God of Greenery

In the next few days, Song Zhicheng did not let Jiang Xiaolin go to work, but let him concentrate on preparing for the trial training in Alkmaar.

On January 2008, 1, New Year's Day, Jiang Xiaolin called his mother.

In the previous few phone calls, Jiang Xiaolin did not say anything about being cheated. He was afraid that his mother would be sad and angry when he heard that tens of thousands of hard-earned money had been cheated, and he would not be able to take care of her because he was far away abroad.

Jiang Xiaolin only said that his level was not good enough, that he failed several professional team trials, and then temporarily signed an amateur team, playing in the amateur league, and his income was enough to live on, so his mother should not worry.

And this time I called home, and finally I could really announce the good news.

After asking happy new year, Jiang Xiaolin said happily to his mother on the phone: "Mom, I performed well in a few games in December, and scored 12 goals in a single game in the last game. There is a scout from the Eredivisie team in I watched my five-goal match in a single game, and then invited me to their team for trial training. This time I feel that I have improved a lot, and I should be able to pass the trial training and stay in that Eredivisie team.”

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Liantao breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her son's happy tone.

In fact, she has been worrying about her son.

Every time she called her son before, she just called back from a public phone to report that she was safe, and hung up after saying a few words. When she called back, no one answered, so she couldn't help but want to know more about her son's condition.

When calling the scout's cell phone, it has been shut down.When I asked my son, my son always said that the scout was helping him contact other teams, running around, busy and had no time.

Although Jiang Liantao didn't realize that she was being cheated, she always felt terrified.

Her son is her spiritual support. If something happens to his son abroad, she doesn't know how to live.

Now, hearing her son's happy tone finally made her feel relieved.

She didn't know anything about playing football, so she just warned: "Since the opportunity comes, we must seize it, try to pass the trial training, enter the professional team, and make a name for ourselves, so that those in the village who look down on us can see it. Jiang Liantao's son is capable."

This is Jiang Liantao's bitterness about the discrimination and gossip that her mother and son suffered in the village!
Jiang Xiaolin also had a sore nose, remembering the history of being ridiculed by children in the same village as "wild species", "fool" and "monkey" when he was young, and being disgusted by relatives, elders and neighbors.

Jiang Xiaolin said: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely pass the trial training this time and play in the Eredivisie! At that time, you may see me on TV."

Next, the mother and son cared about each other again. When Jiang Liantao asked Jiang Xiaolin if he was short of money and whether he should send him money, Jiang Xiaolin said no, saying that when he came out, his mother had prepared a lot of money.

He didn't dare to say that all the money had been taken away by scammers.

This was the longest phone call Jiang Xiaolin had with his mother after going abroad.

After New Year's Day, on January 1, the first training day after the winter break, the Alkmaar first team training base became lively.

The players drove their private cars into the training base one after another, preparing to start the recovery training on the first training day after the winter break.

Although it was a holiday, everyone was not in a good mood, because Alkmaar's performance this season was really poor.

In the first two seasons, Alkmaar was a top three championship team.

This season, after the 18th round before the winter break, Alkmaar only ranked 8th in the standings. The UEFA Cup was also eliminated in the group stage and failed to advance to the knockout round.

In view of this, the team coach Van Gaal offered to take the blame and resign. It was the players and the club who tried their best to keep Van Gaal to stay.

Although he stayed, but Van Gaal's heart is still in the team. Whether he can lead the players wholeheartedly in the Eredivisie in the second half of the season, everyone has no idea.

No wonder the players are not in a very comfortable mood.

As for the two yellow men at the gate of the base, although everyone was a little curious, no one stopped to ask.

These two people of yellow race are naturally Jiang Xiaolin and Song Zhicheng.

Without Philip's guidance, the two couldn't enter the base, so they could only stand outside the base and wait.

Near 9 o'clock, Philip finally arrived. After everyone exchanged New Year's greetings, Philip took Jiang Xiaolin and Song Zhicheng to register in the guard room, and then led them into the first-team training base.

The traditional giants in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, and Feyenoord, while Alkmaar is a small club that does everything. The last time the Eredivisie won the championship dates back to 1981. , 27 years ago.

Therefore, the scale and facilities of Alkmaar's training base are not comparable to that of Ajax, where Jiang Xiaolin and the others have been.

However, despite this, it is still countless times more advanced than Pulmes, who does not have his own training ground at all and can only train in public stadiums.

When Philip brought Jiang Xiaolin and Song Zhicheng into the training ground, Van Gaal was introducing new teammates to everyone.

Because of the poor results in the first half of the season, Alkmaar introduced two defenders during the winter break to strengthen the defense. At this time, he is introducing to everyone.

Since the club sold the top scorer in the team last summer, Georgia striker Avelas, the team's offensive power has dropped sharply. This is also the reason for Alkmaar's defeat and poor performance in the league and the UEFA Cup this season.

Therefore, what Van Gaal wants to introduce during the winter break is the striker.

But ordinary striker Van Gaal doesn't like it. Excellent strikers are expensive. The excellent forwards introduced during the winter break can only buy two guards to supplement the lineup.

As for the super striker recommended by scout Philip before New Year's Day, he is just a 16-year-old kid from an amateur league!

Maybe it can be cultivated as the team's future potential star, but Van Gaal doesn't think it will have any effect on changing the status quo of the team.

Seeing Philip walking into the training ground with two men of yellow race, Van Gaal knew that the young man was the super striker that Philip mentioned could score five goals in a single game.

"The physique looks good, but I don't know if the scoring ability is as strong as Philip said." Van Gaal muttered to himself.

Sure enough, Philip approached Van Gaal and said with a smile, "Coach, I brought Jiang here, and the other one is his manager Song."

Van Gaal nodded and said, "Bring him here, let him train with the team for a few days."

Philip waved to Jiang Xiaolin and Song Zhicheng, and they both walked over excitedly.

After Philip introduced both sides, Jiang Xiaolin stayed to train with the team, and he and Song Zhicheng left.

The next time Song Zhicheng shows up again, it should be to discuss the contract.