i want to be king

Chapter 898 Ferguson's Revenge
In fact, many people underestimated Van der Sar's historical status in the Netherlands and even in European football.

This is actually quite normal. Whether it is the media or the fans, if they focus too much on the goal, the offensive players will naturally attract more attention, while the defensive players, especially the goalkeeper, are often easily overlooked.

His historical status has also been greatly reduced.

But in the professional circle, this is obviously not the case.

If you want to figure out Van der Sar's status in the Netherlands and even in European football, you have to mention Cruyff.

The greatness of the godfather of Barcelona lies not only in Barcelona, ​​but also in Dutch football.

When Cruyff coached Ajax, he created a new set of goalkeeper concepts. He adopted three-four-three tactics, hoping that goalkeepers would no longer be limited to goalkeeping, but could better serve the team's total defense.

To do this, the goalkeeper needs to be able to read the game well, have an excellent overall view, be able to pass and receive the ball easily, allowing them to become part of the team's attack and defense, and the most subversive point is to push the goalkeeper position forward outside the small penalty area.

Subversion is to better serve the team's overall tactics.

Former Ajax goalkeeper Stanley Menzo can be regarded as a prototype of Cruyff's experiment. At that time, in order to better help Menzo change, Cruyff specially invited Frans Hawke, who had a concept close to him, to train Menzo.

The training of Menzo has achieved good results, and then it was a great success with the younger Van der Sar.

Van Gaal and Cruyff are endless rivals, but some of the two concepts are in the same strain, including the requirements for goalkeepers. Frans Hawke continued to use Cruyff's goalkeeper philosophy to train Van der Sar.

In [-], FIFA officially adopted the return pass rule, which greatly subverted the goalkeeper's training and training concepts, especially the emphasis on goalkeeper passing and receiving.

Van Gaal, van der Sar, Frans Hawke and Ajax reached the top of Europe together, and Van Gaal and Frans Hawke also brought the concept of Ajax to Spain and Barcelona.

Even now, Frans Hoke is still the authority of Spanish goalkeeper coaches. Many teaching materials come from Frans Hoke, which has trained generations of top goalkeepers such as Iker Casillas, Badels, and Reina for Spain.

And all of this is based on the achievements of Van der Sar in those years.

Or it can be said that after the reform of the return pass rules in [-], Van der Sar was the template for all goalkeepers and set the benchmark.

As for the failure at Juventus, the sinking at Fulham, and the later re-emergence at Manchester United, all of these are just on this basis to further demonstrate Van der Sar's personal charm.

As early as many years ago, everyone basically concluded that Van der Sar would be the number one goalkeeper in Dutch history.

It is precisely because of this that Ajax also attaches great importance to Van der Sar's farewell match.

Ajax fans are also particularly supportive of Van der Sar's farewell match.

The entire stadium was packed, and more than 5 fans came to the scene to witness Van der Sar's retirement.

Ajax and Manchester United are also very cooperative.

Starting in the evening, there will be a match between Ajax and Manchester United's youth teams for three to 10 minutes.

The son of Van der Sar and Manchester United assistant coach René Meulensteen are both in the youth team.

Next was a friendly match between Ajax in 10 and the Dutch team in [-]. The time was [-] minutes.

In the end, the first team of Ajax played a game with the world star team, and the time was also 10 minutes.

After that, all the jerseys, gloves, football boots and other things tonight will be put on the Internet for auction, and the proceeds from the auction and the game will be donated to charity.

From this point, it is not difficult to see that whether it is Ajax, the Dutch Football Association, or Manchester United, they all value Van der Sar very much, and it can even be said to be quite respectful.

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After Su Dong arrived in Amsterdam, he received a call from Ronnie.

Most of the players participating in the World Star Team this time are former teammates of Van der Sar, with the exception of Su Dong, who was personally invited by Van der Sar. In an interview, Van der Sar said that Su Dong was the scariest scorer he had ever met, so he sent out the invitation.

Finally, in the VIP room of the Amsterdam Arena, Su Dong met the long-lost Ronnie.

The two hadn't seen each other for a while, and when they met, it was a warm hug.

"How were those two beauties that night?" Su Dong asked with a teasing smile.

Ronnie became depressed when he heard it, "Don't mention it, I had already talked about it, but when I got back, someone took the lead."

Seeing his depressed appearance, Su Dong laughed happily.

"I don't care, anyway, I will depend on you for this matter." Ronnie did rely on it.

Su Dong is not afraid that he will rely on him.

Soon, the two of Su Dong saw the celebrities of Ajax and the Netherlands, as well as the stars of Manchester United, and some of Van der Sar's former teammates, all of whom were old acquaintances.

Especially Sudong's coach Rijkaard in Barcelona.

"Hey, Frank, long time no see." Su Dong walked over and hugged Rijkaard directly.

Since leaving the Barcelona coach, Rijkaard has also coached in Turkey, but his results are not satisfactory, and he is basically not coming out now. With his historical status and achievements, he basically has no worries about food and clothing, and does not need to do the hard work of the head coach.

Rijkaard had long heard that Su Dong would participate, and he had already been mentally prepared. When he met, he was naturally polite.

Today's Su Dong is no longer the Su Dong he was when he played for Barcelona. He is now classified as No.1 in world football. More importantly, he will only be 27 years old in September. In the words of the media, he still has at least five years of his peak.

It's scary to think about it.

Su Dong is now not only high enough at the peak, but also very long.

Van Gaal and Hiddink were also invited to participate. Su Dong also knew the two world famous coaches. They exchanged greetings and said a few words. There were also some other former teammates, such as Mackay, Kluivert, and Van Bronckhorst.

Among the Dutch players, one of Su Dong's favorite attackers is Daniel Bergkamp.

Su Dong took the initiative to go over to say hello to the Ice Prince. He did not deny that he had watched Bergkamp's video, learned to stop the ball and some football skills, and really benefited a lot from it.

"I think your current ball-stopping and ball-handling skills have not lost to me back then, and have even surpassed me." Bergkamp was also very impressed with Su Dong's admiration, and praised him back in return.

"I think that in today's world football, only Messi can stand shoulder to shoulder with you in this respect."

Su Dong was also very happy with the praise from the Ice Prince and kept thanking him.

Later, when Su Dong chatted with old acquaintances such as Del Piero, Vidic, Rooney and Ronnie, he happened to see not far away, the usually rebellious Belgian goalkeeper Courtois was like a shy little fan at this time, asking for autographs and taking photos with Van der Sar, and at the same time chatting there very enthusiastically.

Van Gaal's steadfast assistant coach, Frans Hoke, was soon on board.

This was specially arranged by Su Dong. He had already greeted Van der Sar and Frans Hawke before. They all knew Su Dong's intention of bringing this teammate to Amsterdam, and he didn't mind giving them a helping hand.

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It is said to be a competition, but it is actually an event, a show.

The youth team drew [-]-[-]. Van der Sar's son Joey made a mistake, but received warm applause from the fans.

The ensuing duel between the two classic teams won a lot of applause.

Especially when the two sides entered the field, the live broadcast did not introduce a player, and the fans at the scene would wave their flags and cheer.

One of the more interesting places is that Cocu had a direct free kick, but was hugged by Van der Sar, and Ma Kai also had a header and hit the post.

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After the two warm-up games, tonight's event will come to the final focus.

Ajax against the world stars.

Although the situation of Ajax has not been ideal in recent years, there are still many players with good potential, such as central defenders Vertonghen and Alderweireld, full-backs Van der Wiel, Simon de Jong, Eriksson, Rodney Sneijder, etc., are all quite good players.

The head coach of the world star team is Ferguson.

To everyone's surprise, this disrespectful Scottish old man actually took this opportunity to take revenge. When he was arranging his troops, he directly placed Su Dong in the center back.

"Leo didn't come for something. We just need a central defender. Look, you are the tallest and the strongest among all the people present, so..." Ferguson had an expression that I didn't want to be like, but there was a mischievous mirth in his eyes.

Everyone around burst into laughter.

"Sir, I am very sure now that you are avenging your own personal revenge." Su Dong was also happy.

"No, mainly because I think you are too comprehensive. Since you can play as a free man in the frontcourt, you must also be able to play as a free man in the backcourt. So, don't be pressured, you will definitely be able to." Ferguson said with a smile "sincerely".

Isn't this an obvious way to avenge the massacre last season?
"Sir, the Community Shield is coming soon, are you sure you want to do this?" Su Dong threatened.

Ferguson kept nodding with an expression of "I'm not afraid of you."

Everyone thought it was funny.

In fact, this is a show. Ferguson took the opportunity to "revenge his personal revenge", which made everyone find it interesting.

Since his debut, Su Dong has always played as a center forward. I don't know how effective it is to play as a central defender?

Su Dong looked at Vidic again. The Manchester United central defender must have listened to the head coach, "I am looking forward to partnering with you as a central defender."

Every time I saw Su Dong in the past, I was abused terribly, but now I'm fine, and I directly became the partner of the central defender.

It felt pretty good.

(End of this chapter)