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The intense and hectic pre-season training camp is finally over, and before the first round of the Championship on August 6, Russell gave the whole squad a day off - after a month of intense training, it is better to relax, otherwise it will be too strict and someone will get hurt. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After a short break, the team rallied at home to host their first opponent of the new season, Burnley.

This game was not the opening game of the Championship season, but it received a lot of media attention, with more people covering the game than even the opening game. This reality made the English Football League Committee a little embarrassed - the opening game, which spent a lot of money and energy to promote, was so easily stolen all the limelight by Chu Zhongtian.

In fact, they can't help it, who made the league schedule already arranged? It's too late to make this game the opener.

Since early in the morning, there has been a lot of media gathering around the King's Ranch, and several OB vans have been parked in the parking lot outside the stadium. Although it was not the opening match, the match was temporarily selected by the television broadcaster to be broadcast live nationwide.

Since Chu Zhongtian joined Wimbledon, the team's popularity in England has skyrocketed. Originally, the story of Wimbledon Athletic was legendary enough, but now there is another legend Chu Zhongtian, a double gimmick, which is really very hype.

Boss John opened the door to his bar, and the people waiting outside poured in. They all wore Wimbledon home shirts with Wimbledon scarves around their necks.

"You're so early!" Boss John laughed when he saw them.

"It's the first race of the new season!"

"It's also Chu's first official game back!"

"We can't wait to see the game......"

"Chu's game! Did you know that I have been waiting for this since a few days ago? "Jackson got down in front of Boss John." Although I used to watch Chu's games often, I haven't seen Chu in our Wimbledon jersey for more than ten years! ”

Boss John nodded as he took the beer: "Yes, yes, I know." ”

"I still remember when he played at Wimbledon, and he was ...... with a green face," Jackson didn't rush to drink, but leaned on the bar and began to reminisce. …… I can see Chu's youthful face behind this every day, not Boss John, your current face full of ravines......"

"Thanks for the compliment." Boss John put a glass of beer in front of him with a blank face.

"At that time, it was unthinkable that a player who knew nothing but defense could reach the heights he is today...... The football he plays now is completely different from the football he played at Wimbledon......"

"Who's to say it isn't? I remember that at that time, it was difficult for Chu to even score goals...... He never even shoots in a game. "Someone came up and accosted him.

"Wimbledon had just been established at that time, and no one could have imagined that we would be promoted to the second division so quickly......," Jackson turned to lean back on the bar, looking around the familiar tavern.

"Now Chu World Footballer has won three times, and we are all old."

Two people walked in from the door, one with gray hair and a clumsy figure, and a young man next to him was supporting him, and cautiously entered the door.

"Bent! Old folk! When Boss John saw the people coming in, he quickly threw down the work in his hand and moved out from behind the bar with open arms.

"Hah...... Old John ......" The aged Bent saw Boss John, and also stopped, puffed out his chest, and opened his arms.

The two old men hugged each other.

"You're a rarity, I remember you haven't been here in a long time......" Boss John asked, letting go of his old friend.

"yes, since I've been sick...... My health is not as good as before, and the doctor told me to quit drinking...... "Bent spoke in a voice that was not as good as before, trembling, and lacking strength.

"Don't listen to the doctor's nonsense, I'll tell you that wine is a panacea! What a disease, as soon as you drink alcohol, you will be all cured! ”

Bent laughed, but was interrupted by a cough shortly after.

John hurriedly gave him a seat and asked him to sit down and rest.

Others also came up to say hello to Bent, and the people who had been drinking in this bar all year round were old acquaintances, and they were no strangers to old Bent.

"Want something to drink? Beer or whiskey? Boss John leaned up to him and asked.

Old Bent opened his mouth to ask for a beer, but suddenly realized that there was someone else around, so he glanced at the young woman next to him.

The young woman was the granddaughter of old Bent, and she was eighteen years old. "Grandpa, the doctor said ......"

"Just a small glass." Bent cocked his fingers, "Just a small glass, a small glass...... You know, I haven't had a drink in a long time......"

Boss John was also beside him to help: "Yes, yes, Lovina, today is different, there is a happy event today, it's nothing to drink a glass of wine......"

"By the way, Chu is back, you have to celebrate, right?"

"It's okay to quit drinking, but I always have a drink today......"

Lovina looked at the group of people and shook her head helplessly: "Okay, just a small cup!" A small cup! ”

Old Bent and everyone laughed.

"Just a small glass, of course!"

Boss John happily pouted and moved to the back of the bar to prepare a drink for old Bent.

Jackson came over with a wine glass and sat next to old Bent: "I just said we were all old, and you are here, old Bent!" ”

Bent pouted: "Chu is old, how can we not be old?" ”

Thirty-four-year-old Chu Zhongtian can definitely be called a "veteran" in the football world. Many players have retired directly when they reach his age.

"Haha!" Jackson laughed.

Johnson brought the glass over and placed it in old Bent's hand. It's a small glass - but for the big cups that everyone usually drinks.

Old Bent picked up his glass, took a small sip, felt the wonderful taste of the wine in his mouth, and then swallowed it slowly.

"Ah......h

"Awesome!" He smiled.

The granddaughter next to her rolled her eyes, her grandfather, is a drunkard, if she is not sick, this wine is really hard to quit.

"Old man, are you going to watch the ball today?" Boss John sat down and asked him.

Bent nodded: "Of course, otherwise what am I going to do?" I'm going to watch the ball! ”

"Hey, hey, know you're going. Everyone here is going to go! ”

※※※ For cost saving reasons, or for some traditional reasons, Wimbledon does not arrange for everyone to stay in a hotel before the home game, but to live in their own homes, and then on the morning of the game, they gather together for lunch, and after the lunch break, prepare for the afternoon game.

The team met at the training ground next to the King's Ranch, and then had lunch in the restaurant before heading to the stadium for a match.

When Chu Zhongtian arrived by car, the outside of the stadium was already surrounded by many reporters and eager fans.

He didn't drive the car directly into the parking lot of the King's Ranch, but went around and entered the training base.

Today is the first race of the new season, and it has been a long journey. Chu Zhongtian parked the car in the parking lot and did not rush down, but sat in the car to rest.

What the first game will look like, he doesn't know yet. Maybe it's good, maybe it's bad, maybe it's not good, it's not bad.

When will a summer of training come to fruition?

Chu Zhongtian didn't know the answer, but he felt that as long as he worked towards this goal every day, the whole team would hope to achieve this goal as soon as possible.

Will the poor results in the warm-up games affect the confidence of my teammates? When the team encounters problems in a game, will the teammates unconsciously go back to the old ways? In the face of media pressure and fan expectations, what will the team do as a whole?

These questions swirled in Chu Zhongtian's mind. He's not like most people, just looking forward to the game, he's thinking a lot of questions, like the manager of a team.

Some people may think that Chu Zhongtian is too tired like this, but Chu Zhongtian enjoys such a process.

※※※ "Chinese is off to a good start, and if the first race can be won, it may be a good omen of a good season......" In front of the King's Ranch, media from China are recording a special program. While no Chinese television outlet has won the rights to broadcast the Championship, at least they can cover the game in their own way.

"We can see that there are a lot of Wimbledon fans at the scene, and they are all holding posters with Chu Zhongtian's portrait...... We can even see Chinese of some yellow-skinned and black-haired faces among the fans, who may be local Chinese students...... Chu Zhongtian has a very high status in the hearts of Wimbledon fans......"

Some fans saw these Chinese news agencies and shouted at the camera lens: "i-love_chu!!! ”

Someone else said to the camera in very unfamiliar Chinese: "Hello! Good bye! ”

Chu Zhongtian's status in the hearts of Wimbledon fans is extraordinary, which has also led some Wimbledon fans to become interested in China as a country, and even germinate the idea of learning Chinese. That's why there is this scene in front of us.

Immediately, some Chinese media took the opportunity to interview these friendly Wimbledon fans, asking them what they thought of Chu Zhongtian's joining the team, and what they thought of Wimbledon's performance in the warm-up game some time ago.

Most of the fans' responses were quite positive. Many people feel that the warm-up game does not explain the problem, the warm-up game is to let the team make mistakes, as long as the mistakes can be found and corrected, the warm-up game will play a role.

Everyone also gave tolerance to Chu Zhongtian's performance: "He has only been in this team for a month, and he still needs to find a tacit understanding to cooperate with the team, I think this is normal." ”

"Chu's performance is good, he works hard, but we should give him time...... I watched the criticism of him in those media, and it was unfair! ”

Unlike the tolerant and supportive fans who went to interview their peers, many British journalists were not optimistic about Wimbledon's start to the league.

"From the warm-up games, we really couldn't expect much from the first game at Wimbledon......

"I don't think the performance of this team will be consistent for the least of the first half of the season."

"I think Chu is a high-level player, but he needs to adapt to the team, and Russell, as the head coach of the team, has a bit of a clear mind...... Ha! ”

Wimbledon spent more than £9 million on seven players this summer, the top five of the 24 teams in the Championship, but their performances in the warm-up games were a mess. I think the main responsibility is on the manager, Russell, and if he can't get good results after spending so much money, then Wimbledon Athletic may consider changing the manager. As Chu said, they are here for upgrades, not for relegation......"

Their British counterparts are not very optimistic about Wimbledon, and they feel that the future of this team is not bright.

At first, when Wimbledon didn't perform well in the warm-up games, the media made a fuss, as if Wimbledon shouldn't have done well.

Now, after a month of warm-up games, the media are used to the team's performance. Wimbledon football is a mess, so the media are no longer expecting a good performance in their first league game.

※※※After lunch, the Wimbledon players rested in the training base. At the same time, under the scorching sun, more and more fans appeared around the King's Ranch.

The game starts at half past four in the afternoon. It's because it's the first league game of the new season, and everyone wants to come early because they don't want to miss such a great moment.

At 3:30 p.m., the away team's bus arrived at the Kings Ranch, and at the same time, the Wimbledon players also arrived in the Kings Ranch's home dressing room from the training base.

The stadium begins to check tickets for fans to enter.

Those fans who have been waiting for a long time are still full of passion, and they are not listless because of the scorching sun and high temperature near Tainan, many fans ** upper body, singing various songs, followed the army into the stadium.

With forty minutes to go, the players went out to warm up.

When the first Wimbledon player appeared on the sidelines, the first cheers came from the fans in the stands, who were scrambling to find seats.

"It's out!"

When Chu Zhongtian appeared, the cheers reached the most.

The Chinese reporters at the scene directly felt Chu Zhongtian's popularity here.

At that moment, they even thought that they had arrived in the Premier League, and the cheers resounded in the sky, which was really shocking.

The loud music played on the radio was also drowned out by cheers.

"This is Chu Zhongtian...... one Chinese reporter lamented.

"Seeing such a scene, I can somewhat understand why he chose to return to Wimbledon in the first place......

Chu Zhongtian warmed up on the field, and every touch of the ball caused cheers from the fans in the stands.

The reporters' eyes widened, trying to see what Chu Zhongtian's state was from the warm-up.

Watch his shots, watch his passes, watch his expressions...... Guess from all the details that can be seen in him how he is today.

Chu Zhongtian didn't know that the reporters were all observing him with a magnifying glass, and in fact, he was also using the opportunity to warm up to test his state.

After getting the ball, try a long-range shot first to see how the shot feels.

The ball flew into the goal like a cannonball.

Wimbledon goalkeeper Rosec is no stranger to such shots, although Chu Zhongtian has not scored a long shot in the warm-up game, but in daily training, he has long seen Chu Zhongtian's long-range shooting level.

It's hard to imagine that this guy wouldn't have scored when he was playing at Wimbledon...... "Oh! The long-range shot is as sharp as ever! A reporter exclaimed. In the warm-up game, Chu Zhongtian not only did not score, but also did not even shoot from a distance, which once puzzled the reporters - Chu Zhongtian's long shot is not a secret weapon, and there is no need to keep it secret before the league...... They didn't know that Chu Zhongtian didn't shoot from a distance, but he wanted to cooperate more with his teammates, and was unwilling to choose to use personal heroism to solve the battle.

Chu Zhongtian's warm-up also attracted the attention of the opposing players and coaches, after all, Chu Zhongtian holds the title of three world footballers, and at the same time has just come from Real Madrid, he is the number one star in the Championship this season, even if he goes to the Premier League, he can play the main team. Burnley had to pay extra attention to this man.

In the previous warm-up, Chu Zhongtian's performance was not very good, but Burnley's coaching staff did not dare to be careless, everyone knew that it was unlucky to underestimate Chu Zhongtian, Real Madrid underestimated Chu Zhongtian, and as a result, he let go of such a midfield core in vain.

Burnley's coach hopes to make an estimate by watching Chu Zhongtian's warm-up live to see how Chu Zhongtian is doing.

Judging by this long-range shot, his shot should feel good...... Burnley's players are also talking: "This is Chu? ”

"I can't believe he's in our league......"

"The long-range shot was great."

"Nonsense, his long-range shot is his signature scoring weapon!"

Everyone was just admiring the Championship's biggest star, but they forgot to warm up, causing Burnley's assistant coach to yell at them: "What to see! Warm up!! ”

A group of people hurriedly retracted their heads and continued to warm up.

Looking at the appearance of these people, Burnley's assistant coach shook his head and sighed.

(To be continued)