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Chapter 43 Van Marwijk's Expectations!

Things should be viewed dialectically. Although the system is deceptive, the benefits are real.

Chen Fan's mood improved again.

It took Chen Fan [-] minutes to climb the eleven stairs. Of course, this had something to do with the time he spent communicating with the system.He opened the door and put down his sports bag. Chen Fan had no time to rest, and Van Marwijk was still waiting for him.

Without spending too much time, Chen Fan found the room of the Dutch coach, adjusted his breathing slightly, and knocked on the door to enter.

Van Marwijk was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed and a folder in his hand.

Seeing that it was Chen Fan who came in, the Dutch coach put down the folder, stood up with a smile and shook hands with him.

"Mr. Van Marwijk, I'm Chen Fan."

Chen Fan didn't know what to say in the first sentence of the meeting. Van Marwijk said with a smile: "I know, I have watched you three games."

These words relieved Chen Fan's nervousness a little, and he sat on another sofa under Van Marwijk's gesture.

Still, he seemed a little reserved.

Van Marwijk looked at Chen Fan who was sitting upright, and said with a smile, "You don't have to be nervous with me, just treat me as David."

Chen Fan nodded and said, "Mr. Van Marwijk, first of all, I am very grateful to you for giving me this training camp. You must know that many people have doubts about me; secondly, I promise to do my best during the training camp."

Van Marwijk shrugged and said: "This opportunity was won by yourself. If you didn't have a good performance in Holland Second, it is absolutely impossible to arouse my interest."

"Isn't it a miracle that a defender is at the top of the scorer list and has 2 more goals than No.[-]? The person who creates such a miracle certainly arouses my interest!"

Chen Fan's eyes lit up. It turned out that Van Marwijk chose him for this reason.

That's right, he is not well-known, and the league he participated in is only the second-tier league. If it wasn't for his good performance, how could he get into his sight.

"As for other people's doubts about you... what does that have to do with me?"

"My job is inseparable from my grades. Without grades, I can't continue this job. Even if I follow their ideas and ignore you, if the team's grades are not good, they will still add insult to injury and criticize me violently."

"If the team's performance is not good, they have the ability to let me continue in this position?"

"Even if they have this ability, I am too embarrassed to continue to stay in this position."

He looked at Chen Fan and said seriously: "Chen, everyone will be questioned by others. The important thing is what should we do? If we can adjust our mentality and turn these doubts into the driving force for progress, we can make a brilliant report card!"

"If we focus on pleasing them and conforming to them, we will end up getting nothing!"

Chen Fan let out a long breath and nodded to Van Marwijk.

"I took the position of Dutch coach, but no one questioned me. They questioned my ability and whether I could make the players listen to my demands. After the qualifiers started, they questioned me for abandoning the tradition of Dutch football. Some people even said that in my hands, the gorgeous Dutch football is dead!"

"They say that the current Dutch team is the ugliest Dutch team in history, and they think I am the sinner of Dutch football."

"Take the selection of players as an example. I gave up Ruud Ruud. They criticized me a lot, thinking that the Dutch team's attack power will directly drop to a notch!"

The more Van Marwijk spoke, the more excited he became, and Chen Fan unconsciously drew closer to him.

It turns out that Mr. Van Marwijk, like me, has been questioned by people, and his words are sharper.

Turns out we're all the same...

"But I led the Dutch team to three consecutive victories and occupied the top position in the group standings! So I don't care what they say, because I am the head coach of this team."

Chen Fan's expression was lifted. Van Marwijk had always given him a gentle and refined temperament on TV. It turned out that this man also had a youthful and passionate side.

"So..." Van Marwijk patted Chen Fan's shoulder and said, "The key is the results we have to make!"

"Football is a utilitarian circle. There are no achievements. No matter how gorgeous your team plays, you will be greeted with overwhelming criticism, just like Basten."

"Qualified from the group of death with a complete victory. At that time, the media praised him to Tianshan, but after losing to Russia, the media sent him to hell."

Van Marwijk smiled contemptuously, and continued: "They say my football is too utilitarian, and I just want to be utilitarian, because people will always remember the winners, and this is also the prevailing norm in this world."

"Who remembers the losers?"

"If Pele hadn't won three World Cups, who would have named him the world champion? Maradona hadn't won the World Cup, so he could become the second generation champion?"

Chen Fan didn't expect to meet Van Marwijk like this at all, but he was very satisfied with this way of meeting. They were like a pair of friends, expressing their thoughts.

"Mr. Van Marwijk, I agree with you very much. There are no achievements, and no one remembers us."

Van Marwijk frowned and asked, "Why do you keep calling me Mr. instead of Coach?"

Basten also raised this kind of question before. Chen Fan thought to himself, do all coaches have this habit, wishing others to call him by his job title instead of his name?
"Mr. Basten once asked the same question."

When it came to Basten, Van Marwijk became interested and asked, "When did he ask? Under what circumstances did you meet? Oh, you are in the youth team, and meeting him is not difficult."

Chen Fan replied: "Yesterday, when I met him in his office, he asked this question. I told him at the time that the husband was showing respect to him, but he still insisted that I call him coach."

Van Marwijk seemed to have noticed something and asked: "Why did he meet you in the office? Could it be that he wants to transfer you to the Eredivisie team?"

Basten met a youth team player in the office, except for some ideas, there is no second possibility.

Chen Fan nodded and said, "Mister's guess is correct. I reported to the first team yesterday and participated in a training session."

Van Marwijk's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Look, Basten has discovered your value! He has discovered your value just like me!"

"Chen, what does this mean?"

Chen Fan didn't know how to answer.

Van Marwijk stood up and walked around the room. He suddenly turned around and said to Chen Fan: "Chen, seize the opportunity, get on the Eredivisie field as soon as possible, and tell everyone with your actions that you are the best right back!"

"Use action to seal the mouths of those who question you!"

"As long as you can do this, my door will always be open to you! Not only that, but I will also put you on the field of World Cup qualifiers!"

Chen Fan's blood surged, and he died for a confidant, not to mention that a confidant does not require him to sacrifice his life, but only requires him to display his ability on the field.

Chen Fan stood up and said to Van Marwijk very seriously: "Mr. Van Marwijk, I will not disappoint you and Mr. Basten's expectations of me!"

"Call the coach!"

"Well, Mr. van Marwijk, oh, coach!"

(End of this chapter)