"How's it going, Nicky?"

Terry Eames (terry_eames) had just finished an interview with reporters when he came to the sidelines to ask about his assistant who had been working here, the team's current assistant coach, Nikki English (nicky_english). As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the court.

It's already four o'clock in the afternoon, and the morning course is very noisy, but it's much quieter by this time. Compared to the crowd in the morning, there are far fewer people still on the pitch. Cheering on the tryouts in the stands, or even watching the excitement, the spectators can't afford to sit in the stands all day and scatter.

His gaze wandered the pitch with no clear goal.

Suddenly, his gaze stopped. He pointed to a black-haired and yellow-skinned trainer on the pitch who knew at a glance that it was not an Englishman and asked the assistant coach next to him, "Who is that guy?" ”

Niki Ingrid glanced up in the direction Eames was pointing, and immediately understood who Eames was asking. "A Chinese student, introduced by Emily."

"Emily?" Eames was even more confused, "When did she meet a Chinese student?" ”

"It is said to be her alumnus, called ...... Well...... The name of the Chinese is really hard to pronounce, the first charge? Or Chu Chongtian? Anyway, Emily called him Chu. ”

"He passed all the tests in the morning?" Eames asked.

Ingrid nodded: "All passed." There is a foundation, he himself said that he received a period of professional training in China. As he spoke, he rummaged through a document in his hand, finally finding one and handing it to Eames.

This document contains the name of the tryout and some basic information, such as height, weight, birthday, and position that he is good at.

The name column is filled in with "chu_zhongtian", 5 feet 10 inches tall (about 1.80 meters), weighing 12.5 inches (about 80 kilograms), born on December 1, 1983, nationality is China, and his current occupation is an international student at Wimbledon Art School. He excels in DMC (defensive midfielder).

The next step is the specific trial program, each of which is followed by the scoring and signature of the coach in charge.

After scanning, Eames found that the Chinese scored very low on the technical tests, but his physical ability was scored very high. Signing the autograph below happens to be assistant coach Nikki English.

"I'm in good shape, I'm okay in the 100-meter sprint, and I'm comfortable in the 25-meter switchback......," Ingrid told Eames. The technical aspect is not satisfactory, and it can be seen that there is indeed training, but the level is very low. He said he hadn't played football in a few years, so the technical training had been left behind. Then again...... Is this all the way professional football training in China? ”

Eames did not answer his question because he didn't know either. To those of them who are ordinary Britons, Eastern China is as distant and mysterious as the Vega Galaxy.

"What's next?" Eames asked casually.

"Thirty minutes for a team game."

Eames looked at his watch, and it was already a quarter past four. "So what are you waiting for? Let's get started! ”

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From morning to afternoon, after Emily sent Chu Zhongtian to sign up, she did not leave, but helped in the stadium, and she was very busy. Chu Zhongtian could see that Emily had a good relationship with many people in this emerging club. Think about her being called "Princess Dons", and it's normal to have a good relationship with these people, who are celebrities among Wimbledon fans. The good thing about being a celebrity is that no matter where you go, there is always someone who knows you. If someone knows it, it is related, and it is easy to do things if there is a relationship, which is not unique to China, it is like this all over the world, and it is better to have a relationship than not to have a relationship.

Chu Zhongtian took the time to observe Emily, and as he came into contact, he became more and more curious about this princess of Dons. And Emily was also busy looking at Chu Zhongtian's trial situation, she was not curious about Chu Zhongtian, she was just concerned about Chu Zhongtian's trial performance, and then speculated whether Chu Zhongtian could be selected and join AFC Wimbledon.

To be honest, she came to Chu Zhongtian because she had watched his game, but it didn't mean that she knew much about his strength. She felt that Chu Zhongtian played very well, and it was an appreciation for Chu Zhongtian who did not give up until the last moment, and in terms of spiritual will, Chu Zhongtian was indeed "very good". She just wanted to give the cute boy who didn't give up until the last moment of the competition a chance, if he could be selected, it would be gratifying, but if he wasn't selected, at least he participated.

It's just that this boy still gave her a small surprise today, and he actually stood out from more than 900 people. Now there are only one hundred and eleven people left on the court, and Chu Zhongtian is still among them.

Maybe he can really be part of our team?

Emily thought of this possibility, and a wave of anticipation welled up in her heart. But why she was looking forward to it, she couldn't say.

There are fewer and fewer people tryouting. Middle-aged uncles with big bellies and jerseys like tights, otaku with glasses and high myopia, children under the age of 16, and other tryouts who were enthusiastic about team affairs but were weak all left the stadium one after another. Although they were eliminated, there was not much unwillingness and disappointment on their faces, after all, they also contributed to the team...... It's all about participation. If you can't play for the team you support, you can always cheer them on from the stands.

Emily became more and more idle, and she walked up to Old Bent and them, and sat down on the humble stone steps of the stands, and began to admire the performance of the tryouts.

"I really didn't expect Chu to stay until now. I feel like this trial is still very strict......" The representatives of the Dons Bar who were brushed off got together and discussed. Chu Zhongtian's performance in the trial also surprised them. They didn't know that Chu Zhongtian could play football before, and he played well, at least better than them, because he passed the layers of examinations and selections, and they had already been eliminated one after another.

'I saw a couple of familiar faces in the crowd who had played in other teams. I only saw them at Griffin Park last week at the retreat (exit_trial), and they were all aiming for the professional team...... But they also seem to be eliminated? ”

Retirement is a training game opportunity for young players who have been rejected by major clubs to save their careers, and often their last. Those young people who have been abandoned by the club for various reasons, with dreams and passion for football, make a last ditch fight in front of many scouts. If they don't get selected, they'll have to give up football and either go to school or simply get a job to do.

"He's in good shape." Thirty-two-year-old Jackson commented seriously, "I'm still in good spirits after a long day's running." I'm just not good at physical fitness......" Speaking of this, Jackson lowered his head and looked at his bulging little belly helplessly.

"He's very strong and he's not at a disadvantage when he collides." The skinny Phil said enviously.

"You can see that he likes football." That's what old Bent said.

Listening to what her peers said about Chu Zhongtian, Emily quickly found her future alumni from the crowd.

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Chu Zhongtian was standing on the sidelines in a yellow training vest, and before it was his turn to play, he was warming up very seriously on the side, even though he had been exercising all day. As he told Emily, this is his principle, and he is always serious and conscientious in whatever he does. That's true for part-time jobs, like studying, and for playing football.

His temporary teammates rested on the sidelines, watching others play and commenting in a few words. But no one came up to talk to him, maybe because of his special identity, which made him seem a little out of place, right? Maybe his temporary teammates will be worried about whether the Chinese can understand English. The tryouts from the Dons Bar that he knew well had been knocked out, and he was the only representative of the Dons Bar. But he didn't know what the old acquaintances in the stands were saying and seeing of him.

Chu Zhongtian would also watch the performance of those tryouts during the warm-up, and he wanted to make a horizontal comparison in his heart - what are the shortcomings and advantages between himself and these British kickers. How much of the training I received from 1989 to 1999 can still be used today. During the three-year football vacuum from 1999 to 2001, what did he lose and what kind of impact would it have on his own strength. What does he need to rely on if he wants to be on this team?

In the past few years, he has learned to think with his brain. It's different from when he was playing, when he always rampage with his stocky body. The whiteboard coach who once punched his father and collapsed his nose may be right, he is a "can't run" who only knows how to use his body, if it weren't for his father's steady stuffing of money to him, he might not really be able to get the same stable starting opportunity in that team. He always sprints over, shovels, reaches out and pulls the opponent's jersey, or knocks him over the side of the shoulder, knocking the opponent into a mess. Who calls him a full-time defensive midfielder?

After looking at it for a while, Chu Zhongtian came to a general conclusion:

The trial training is divided into two aspects: physical and technical, and the assessment is carried out separately.

Not everyone of these Englishmen is more skilled than their own, after all, many of them play football amateurly. It's the kind of football lover who loves football and goes to the community court every weekend to play a game or two. Compared to these amateurs, his technical level is not at the bottom. But among the more than 100 people who have been screened, their foot skills are not optimistic......

Physically, he has always been very confident, even compared to foreigners who grew up eating beef, he never felt that he was inferior. He did very well in the endurance test, as could be seen from the surprised look on the face of the coach who was in charge of testing his group. Chu Zhongtian bet that the other party must not have thought that a Chinese could run such an excellent result. However, if he knew that Chinese football had always emphasized physical fitness in the past, and used the 10,000-meter run as a warm-up before breakfast every day during the training camp, I don't know how he would feel......

The training materials and concepts of Chinese football were all learned from the Soviet Union, and they are still decades old. Socialist sports place great emphasis on physical fitness. It's okay if the technique is not good, if you don't have the physical strength to play a few games and you get exhausted, that's definitely not good.

"No matter how good the technique is, it can't be played without physical support. So no matter what type of player you will become in the future, you must be physical! ”

This is a sentence that Chu Zhongtian's football enlightenment coach often mentions during training. When he was a child, he didn't understand anything, and he thought that what the coach said must be right, so he worked hard to practice physical fitness, and in the end he didn't make much progress in his technique, and became the best physical one in the team.

Now he didn't know whether to resent the Enlightenment Coach who couldn't even remember his name, or to thank him......

Chu Zhongtian felt that he was not a very talented player. After leaving the football school, he seriously reflected on his 10-year football career, and finally had to admit that he was slightly inferior in terms of football talent. Maybe I was able to play in the team, really just because of the money that my dad stuffed during the New Year's holidays......

So the only capital that can give him a foothold on the football field now may be that his physical fitness is quite good.

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ps, there is a change at six o'clock in the afternoon~~

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