soccer king

Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

After getting off the plane, Qin Xiong and Freddy came to the Amsterdam Arena in the suburbs. They didn't have time or thought to visit the city. They just wanted to see Ajax's home stadium for the first time!

When the magnificent modern stadium appeared in front of his eyes, Qin Xiong looked up and couldn't take his eyes off. There were also many tourists around here to visit, but maybe it was the first two rounds of the new Eredivisie season. Ajax was a guest and did not play here. The game, so the surrounding atmosphere is not particularly frenzied, especially yesterday local time, Ajax just defeated the underdog Rosinda in an away game, and won two consecutive league victories in the new season.

Qin Xiong's eyes seemed to wish to take every detail of the stadium into his eyes. He watched carefully and earnestly, not wanting to miss any details, and stood there for a long time.

Freddy looked at his watch and reminded Qin Xiong that it was time to leave. Qin Xiong's face became serious, and he walked towards the city center with Freddy without looking back.

He said silently in his heart: Next time I come, I will wear the Ajax jersey!Be the protagonist here!

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The most glorious memory of Ajax closest to the contemporary era was in 1995, when Ajax led by Van Gaal reached the top of Europe and wrote the first nine players in the final. The legend of the player, this record may be difficult to break!

At that time, mainstream voices in Europe believed that Ajax would open up a dynasty and rule European football for an era!

Because Ajax of the 95th generation except for individual players, such as Rijkaard, most of the other main players are very young, such as Overmars, Van der Sar, Kluivert and so on.

However, the emergence of the Bosman Act changed European football, making players more and more powerful in negotiating with clubs. In the end, Ajax of the 95 generation fell apart in the following years, and the stars switched to their new home, or Due to treatment, or due to factors such as league competitiveness.

However, Ajax did not sink there, they have always maintained a very high level of youth training.

In less than ten years, that is, in the last season, the 2002-2003 generation, the Ajax youth army under the leadership of head coach Ronald Koeman created a youthful storm in European football!

Just four months ago, in the battle at San Siro, if it weren't for the Dane Thomasson's lore at the last moment, it would have been this talented, young and vigorous Ajax team that advanced to the semi-finals of last season's Champions League!

The Bosman Act has changed the pattern of European football, making the circulation of players more frequent, especially players who have suddenly become famous in the second-tier leagues, and will be quickly "locked" by clubs in the top leagues.

The new generation of Ajax failed to dominate. At the end of last season, they suffered a double blow. The league champion failed to defend. In the summer, the two main players in the team, Chivu and Van der Meyde, were taken to the Apennines by the Serie A club. As far as clubs with a strong background are concerned, this is not a blow. In the process of advancing with the times, Ajax has also begun to shake the past tradition: the goal of youth training!

In the past, Ajax has always insisted that the goal of youth training is not to sell players for a good price, but to strengthen the team and for the championship!

But in the era after the Bosman Act, with the huge profits made by selling players for many years in a row, on the one hand, the club’s helplessness in not being able to retain talents, on the other hand, the attractive price offered by the funder made the board of directors feel tempted, and the club also Half pushed and half bowed to reality.

The departure of Chivu and van der Meyde brought Ajax an income of 3000 million euros. At the same time, for the sake of traditional dignity, the club invited back the meritorious coach Van Gaal as the technical director. Sparks of conflict arose within the club.

When Van Gaal was the coach of Ajax, he was the "king" of the club from top to bottom. From the first team to the youth team, from skills and tactics to player training, he was in charge of everything. No one had more power than him. Bigger, but now Koeman is the coach, and the club has invited Van Gaal back as a strategic designer, which creates an embarrassing situation where one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.

The departure of two generals from the team's first team has forced Ajax to make huge changes in its tactical system in the new season.

The current captain Van der Vaart, the Dutchman who is now the number one genius in Europe, used to be on the front line. In the new season, Koeman moved his position back, triggering Ajax's tactical changes in the new season. Judging from the three games in the new season, the effect is not too ideal.

Ajax played three games in the new season, three away.

The first game was the qualifying round of the European Champions Cup. They challenged Graz AK in Austria as a guest. As a result, Ajax could only draw 1:1 away from their opponents.

Two consecutive away games in the league in the new season, Vidis and Rosinda, both are in the middle and lower reaches, and there is even a team with relegation strength. Ajax can only win a small goal with difficulty. Last season's solid tactical system, they played smoothly, but the new season is faltering in the process of change.

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Freddy and Qin Xiong came to the place they had contacted before they came. It was close to the Amsterdam Arena and the rent was cheap. They didn't go to a hotel or a hotel. The cost of accommodation in Amsterdam was too high.

The landlord is a widowed local old man. He seems to be in a leisurely state, without the desolation of being lonely in his old age. He is quite happy with himself. He drank and chatted with two other old men in front of the apartment, and watched Freddie and Qin Xiong I gave them the room key after the certificate, and told them to put the rent and deposit on the table in the living room on the first floor. The rules to be followed in renting a house are posted next to the refrigerator. You must read it before moving in. If you don’t want to rent, then go straight people.

Freddy and Qin Xiong walked into the three-story apartment. In fact, the three-story building is an independent apartment, and there should be guest rooms on the second and third floors.

Next to the refrigerator on the first floor, Freddy and Qin Xiong carefully read the tenant rules posted by the landlord here.

Generally, there are some things that do not allow recruitment-JI, noise, hygienic requirements, and clear planning of the right to use the items in the apartment. For example, tenants are not allowed to use the landlord’s washing machine, can’t cook here, etc. As for how the tenant can solve these problems Question, the landlord still thoughtfully wrote a guideline on another piece of paper: where to eat cheaply, where is there a self-service laundromat...

After reading the tenant rules, Qin Xiong frowned and said, "It seems very inconvenient."

Freddy dug out a calculator from the suitcase, tapped it for a while, and then sighed: "But it's still very cheap here, go to other places, either the distance from the stadium is inconvenient, or the rent is more expensive, first here Stay here, maybe you can sign a contract with Ajax and the club will give you a better place to live."

Qin Xiong had no room to refute. He was penniless on this trip. As for how much Freddy brought, he didn't want to ask, because he didn't want to rely on others.

Carrying the luggage up to the third floor, Freddy and Qin Xiong allocated their own rooms. The room was quite clean, but the furnishings were really shabby. There was a bed, a table and chairs, and a wardrobe, all gone... ..

Fortunately, Qin Xiong wasn't too demanding, so he packed his luggage and went to find Freddie to borrow some money, and then went downstairs to go out. On the way here, he remembered a small shop not far away.

He went to the store and bought the cheapest alarm clock.

For him, it is also a race against time, he wants to get rid of jet lag in the shortest time, and adjust his physical condition to the best in the shortest time!

Because there are only two days before his trial training date!

Returning to the room with the alarm clock, Qin Xiong first went to the shared bathroom on the third floor to wash up, and then went back to the room to take off his sportswear. He had eaten before coming here, so he lay directly on the bed, picked up the alarm clock and set the time. By 8pm, but he intends to sleep, at least, until 6am tomorrow morning, ten hours of adequate sleep while also reversing the jet lag.

I tried the alarm clock, everything was fine, and then I set the alarm clock to [-] o'clock the next day, and put the alarm clock next to the pillow. This landlord is so stingy, he didn't even give me a bedside table!

After doing all of this, Qin Xiong closed his eyes, cleared his head, thought of nothing, and performed "self-hypnosis" to fall asleep with steady and rhythmic breathing. Doctors will teach some methods to help you fall asleep, and over time, you will develop good habits.

The sound insulation effect of this room is very good, it is isolated from the hustle and bustle of the outside world, and it is silent.

Tick, tick, tick...

There are still 52 hours before Qin Xiong goes to Ajax for trial training...