Ice Shooter of the Green Field

Located in the west of Germany, Mainz is the capital of Rhineland Palatinate, a large state bordering Belgium, France and Luxembourg. Although it is not a big state with the Black Forest State where Frankfurt is located, it is not far away. Starting from Frankfurt to Mainz is only fifty or sixty kilometers away.

One of the highlights on the way is the Rhine River. The only way from Frankfurt to Mainz is the Rhine River. This river is the largest river in Western Europe. It originates in the Alps in Switzerland and passes through several countries in Western Europe. From the Netherlands The port of Rotterdam empties into the North Sea in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Mainz is just on the edge of the Rhine River in Germany. Wu Jiawen said that if you have time to go a little further, you can go to Bingen, a small county town to the west of Mainz. The Rhine River has been called the Rhine Valley since that section. The most beautiful place.

Qi Ce looked out of the car. The car was speeding on the highway. Unlike the traffic jams everywhere in China, the road seemed a bit empty.

Outside the car, the field of vision is also very wide, because there are grasslands and forests everywhere at first glance. After coming out of the airport, there is a large open space. If you walk a little further, you can finally see the buildings.

The view is still very good, there are no tall buildings, and almost all of them are low-rise flat buildings within the visible range. If you look closely, they are all European-style villas. The only taller building is the pointed bell tower on the top. Large and small buildings are hidden In the woods by the river, the pointed bell tower is like a guard watching the wind for the villagers, standing proudly from the green leaves.

There is a low hillside at the back, and looking in, there are many buildings standing here and there on the hillside. It looks irregular, but it doesn’t make people feel messy. Zhou Feng said that any of these houses is a century-old building, at least In the eyes of human beings, these buildings have long been integrated with the mountains, and even in the eyes of outsiders, there will be no sense of abruptness.

Most European countries attach great importance to traditional culture. Even in developed countries, most of the high-rise buildings are concentrated in those major cities, while other places still focus on preserving traditions.

This may also be an important reason for the popularity of European football culture. Apart from the charm of football itself, under such a tradition, football clubs can be well developed and preserved, becoming a local cultural symbol, and rarely move around. Renamed every year.

Forty to fifty kilometers away, it takes about half an hour to run without traffic jams. The Mainz training base is located behind its home court, Bruch Road Stadium, and it takes only ten minutes to walk through Mainz. After entering the city center, the car drove on the tree-lined path for a few minutes, and finally stopped at an inconspicuous doorway.

Clang...clang...clang...

A few people got out of the car and heard a muffled sound from the bell tower in the distance. The sound was not loud, but they could be heard very clearly. Back in the woods, it's three o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhou Feng put the materials into the briefcase, looked up at Qi Ce and asked, "Do you really need to take a break? Go to the hotel to rest first, and it doesn't matter if you come back tomorrow."

"It's okay, thank you Uncle Zhou."

"Okay, very energetic."

The team is now in the preparation period for pre-season training, and the first team has not yet started training, but this is the training ground for youth training. Wu Jiawen said that although European teams will have many foreigners in the first team, the youth training camp is basically They are all local children, and the training time is relatively early. Many young players come to practice during the holidays.

"Hi, Zhou, I heard last week that you're coming, nice to meet you."

"Hi, Mr. Smits, me too."

"Okay, please sit down, this is Qi Ce, right?"

Appearing in front of the three of them was an uncle with a yellow beard. Zhou Feng introduced Gross Smits, the youth training director of Mainz, to the two of them. The right to sign the youth team was in the hands of this man.

"Come from afar, please forgive my poor hospitality." Yellow-bearded Smits picked up his glasses,

I dug out a copy from Yidao's file, and then squinted my eyes and looked: "Oh... so that's the case, isn't it Qi Ce... Well, it's a bit difficult to pronounce the name, oh! I remember you, that one is called Q Ice Cube Boy!"

Qi Ce was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that his name in English was indeed QICE, and Q added an ice cube.

Although it is said that in foreign countries, the first name is the first and the last name is the last, but generally speaking, the actual custom is followed.

"You just got off the plane?" Yellow Beard looked at Qi Ce in disbelief. He spoke English, which Qi Ce could understand completely.

"Yes, but I'm fine."

"Good boy, it's okay. We have a trial training for a week. If it goes well, it will be longer. Also, you speak English very well."

"I'm trying to learn German."

"That's great, almost all of our kids speak English, but if you speak German, you settle in faster."

Zize nodded, it's time to get a German skill book.

When he came to the training ground, Zize's uncommon Asian face attracted the attention of some young players. Some young players yelled something in German, and Zize, who knew nothing about it, could only nod in response.

Because it was a trial training and there was no need for cumbersome physical examination procedures, a youth training coach put down the work at hand amidst Yellow Beard's loud voice, and supervised Qi Ce's first contact with football in continental Europe.

The content of the trial training is very simple. Jumping the ball is the first step. Over the past six months, Qi Ce's basic skills have improved rapidly. No matter on the virtual court or in reality, jumping the ball is the most common simple exercise Qi Ce does.

Qi Ce could feel the sight not far away. It seems that some young players started to look around because the coach was not there. The most conspicuous person in the current training base is undoubtedly the boy with a yellow beard who was brought in just now. He is a yellow man. This is really true. Very rare.

The ball is very ordinary and looks a bit old, but it is still smooth. Qi Ce bounced easily, but when it reached the seventeenth bump, Qi Ce made a mistake.

To be honest, asking him to play a hundred times might not make such a mistake, but this time it did.

As the ball landed, there was a burst of moderate laughter not far away, and Qi Ce curled his lips, but it happened at this time...

"Don't be nervous, kid, it's okay, come on again." Yellow Beard squatted on the side and watched, then got up and shouted at the players who were watching.

"Yes, don't be nervous, let's do it again." The youth training coach threw another ball over, Qi Ce stopped firmly with his feet, and then took advantage of the opportunity to directly start the second ball jump.

...

Concentrating, Qi Ce was very steady this time, but under the supervision of Yellow Beard, the other children had already dispersed.

It can be said that apart from this small mistake at the beginning, Qi Ce performed very steadily in the next more than an hour in addition to the ball jumping and other basic skills tests.

"He performed well, with a solid foundation, and other things need some time to observe." After the first day of trial training, the youth training coach reported Qi Ce's trial training situation to the supervisor Huang Huzi. Regarding that mistake, the coach Didn't mention much.

It’s just that this mistake has become the talking point of some young players in the youth training base. It’s not uncommon to make mistakes in the trial training. However, when Asians come here, most of these young players are seeing them for the first time. Most of the players felt that the Asian would disappear automatically in a few days.