Mainz is located in western Germany. It is the capital of the Rhineland-Palatinate 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 from Frankfurt. Mainz is only fifty or sixty kilometers away.
One of the highlights on the way is the Rhine. The only way from Frankfurt to Mainz is the Rhine. This river is the largest river in Western Europe. It originates from the Alps in Switzerland and passes through several countries in Western Europe, from the Netherlands. The port of Rotterdam flows into the North Sea in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Mainz is right on the edge of the Rhine in Germany. Wu Jiawen said that if you have time to go a little further, you can go to Bingen, a small county to the west of Mainz. From that section on the Rhine is called the Rhine Valley, and it is the scenery on the Rhine. The most beautiful place.
Qi Ce looked out of the car. The car was speeding on the highway, which was different from the situation where there were traffic jams everywhere in China, and the road seemed a bit empty.
Outside the car, the field of vision is also very wide, because at first glance, there are grasslands and woods everywhere. After coming out of the airport, there is a large open space. If you go a little further, you can finally see the buildings.
The view is still very good. There are no high-rise buildings. Almost all low-rise flat buildings in the visible range. Upon closer inspection, 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.
Behind it is a low hillside. Looking inside, there are many buildings standing on the hillside. They seem to be irregular, but they do not 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 they will not feel abrupt even in the eyes of outsiders.
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. Other places still focus on preserving traditions.
This may also be an important reason why European football culture is loved by people. In addition to the charm of football itself, under this tradition, football clubs can be well developed and preserved, becoming a local cultural symbol, and rarely move everywhere. Renamed every year.
Forty to fifty kilometers, it takes about half an hour to run without traffic jams. The Mainz training base is located behind its home stadium Bruch Road. It takes only ten minutes to walk through Mainz. After the city center of Izmir, the car drove on the tree-lined path for a few minutes, and finally stopped at an inconspicuous door.
Clang...clang...clang...
When a few people got off the car, they heard a dull sound from the bell tower in the distance. The sound was not loud, but the sound was very clear. The birds flew up sparsely from the woods and hovered in the sky for a while. Back in the woods, it is three o'clock in the afternoon.
Zhou Feng put the information in the briefcase, raised his head and glanced at Qi Ce and asked, "Is there really no need to rest? 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 pre-season training preparation period. The first team has not started training yet, but this is a training venue 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 take advantage of the holidays to add training.
"Hey, Zhou, I heard that you are coming over last week. I'm glad to see you."
"Hello, Mr. Smith, so do I."
"Okay, please sit down, this is Qi Ce?"
Appeared in front of the three of them was an uncle with a yellow beard. Zhou Feng introduced the Mainz youth training supervisor, Gross Smitz, to the two. The signing power of the youth team is in the hands of this man.
"Coming from afar, please forgive me for the lack of hospitality." Huangbeard Smith picked up his glasses, pulled out a copy from the document, and then squinted his eyes to look like: "Oh...it turns out to be like this, Qi Is it a strategy... Well, a hard-to-pronounce name, oh! I remember you, the boy named Q Bingcui!"
Qi Ce was taken aback, and then realized that his name in English was indeed QICE, and Q plus an ice cube.
Although it is said that the first name comes first in foreign countries, but generally speaking, it is also a practical habit.
"You just got off the plane?" Huang Xiu looked at Qi Ce in an incredible way. He spoke English, and Qi Ce could understand it.
"Yes, but I'm fine."
"Good boy, it's okay. We have a week for the trial. If it goes well, it will be longer. Also, you speak English very well."
"I am trying to learn German."
"That's great. Basically all of our children can speak English, but if you speak German, you will integrate faster."
Qi Ce nodded, it's time to get a German skills book.
Coming to the training ground, Qi Ce, an unusual Asian face, attracted the attention of some young players. Some young players shouted something in German. Qi Ce, who knew nothing about it, could only nod his head in response.
Because it is a trial training, there is no need for cumbersome physical examination procedures. A youth training coach put aside his job in Huang Hu's loud voice and supervised Qi Ce's first contact with football on the European continent.
The content of the trial training is very simple. Dumping the ball is the first step. In the past six months, Qi Ce's basic skills have improved rapidly. Whether in the virtual court or in reality, the ball is the simple exercise Qi Ce does most often.
Qi Ce can feel the sight not far away~mtlnovel.me~ It seems that some young players are looking around because the coach is not there, and the most conspicuous one at the training base is undoubtedly the young man who just brought in with the yellow beard. Yellow people, this is really rare.
The ball is very ordinary, it looks a bit old, but it's still smooth, Qi Ce easily bumped up, but when it hit the seventeenth, Qi Ce made a mistake.
To be honest, if you ask him to come a hundred times, you may not make such a mistake, but this time it happened.
As the ball landed, there was a burst of laughter not far away, Qi Ce curled his lips, but it was this time...
"Don't be nervous, kid, it's okay, come on again." Yellow Beard squatted to the side and watched, then got up and shouted at the lively players.
"Yes, don't be nervous, come on." The youth coach missed another ball, Qi Ce steadily stopped with his foot, and then directly started the second ball bump.
...
Concentrate, Qi Ce is steady this time, but under Huang Hu's supervision, the other children have already dispersed.
It can be said that in addition to this small opening error, in the next more than an hour, in addition to the ball and other basic skills tests, Qi Ce performed very stable.
"He performed well, his foundation is very solid, and other things need a little time to observe." After the first day of the trial, the youth training coach reported Qi Ce's training situation to the supervisor Huang Huo. Regarding the mistake, the coach Not much to mention.
It's just that this mistake has become the talk of some young players in the youth training base. It is not uncommon to make mistakes when they come to try out. However, most of these young players are here for the first time when Asians come here. In the joking chat, Xiao Most of the players felt that the Asian would disappear automatically in a few days.