Green Dragon

Chapter 12 Youth team robots

2009 2 Month 10 Day.

After Ajax lost 1-4 to Vitesse, Van Basten received the biggest booing since he coached the team, and the club president and team executives also had to put pressure on him.

Invincible in four rounds, conceded 8 goals in a row, only scored 3 goals, only ranked fifth, and the gap from the top Alkmaar is more than ten points...

Such dismal results made Van Basten, who spent more than 3000 million transfer fees in Xia Chuang, somewhat embarrassed.

Suarez scored two goals in four games, and has always been the offensive player with the most dribbles and the most violations. There is nothing wrong with his state, but he is just a forward, and he can't control the teammates behind him.

The central midfield can neither be solid, nor can it provide support to the forwards, which makes both offense and defense so poor.

Their defense is actually not bad: Vermaelen, Vertonghen, Van der Weil... These players are all qualified to play in the mainstream European teams, but their midfielders seem to be much inferior.

Van Basten somewhat hated the senior management of the Ajax club. If they hadn't sold Sneijder and van der Vaart successively, why would he not even have a midfield core now?
But he can't complain, because everyone knows that Ajax is now a star processing factory. Those young stars choose to join Ajax as a platform and springboard to attract the attention of giants. People will sincerely live in this corner of the world with no money and no future.

Think about it, van der Vaart at the time was the European golden boy in 2003, the young captain, spiritual leader, absolute core of Ajax, the first player in the 80-85 age group to be recognized by the public, but he paid 1000 million euros. The low-priced transfer to Hamburg, which is not a strong team in the Bundesliga, may have explained Ajax's status in European football in the 21st century.

Ajax is no longer the European powerhouse who won the Champions League four times!

Van Basten is no longer the omnipotent all-round striker!

He left the training ground a little depressed, ready to drive to the parking lot.

But for some unknown reason, he walked 200 meters out by a strange coincidence, and came to the youth team training ground not far away.

"Uh, Mr. Van Basten?" The staff standing outside the venue greeted him with some surprise.

Van Basten pointed to the training ground: "Is there a youth team game today?"

"Yeah, and Groningen."

He nodded, turned up the stand-up collar of the windbreaker, then retracted his hands into his pockets again, and slowly walked into the venue.

"Marco," he heard a voice behind him, "everything will be fine!"

He shook his head with a wry smile, waved his hands back, but didn't look back, just limped slightly, and continued to walk forward with a limp.
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It was just a mediocre youth league, with Ajax playing Groningen at home.

As the head coach of the first team, Van Basten seems to have only seen these children once when he first took office for more than half a season, and has been busy with the training and games of the first team since then. Feel a little strange.

There are not many spectators watching the youth team's games. Although there are no tickets for this kind of games, there are only two to three hundred spectators scattered in the whole training ground, which looks a little deserted.

However, this did not affect the fans watching the game. They waved the club's fan scarves and cheered for the teams and players they supported outside the barbed wire.

Van Basten first looked up at the scoreboard in the distance.

The game has gone on to the last 10 minutes and the score is 3-0.

"The overall situation is settled..."

He smiled slightly - no matter how difficult the situation for the first team, it is always a little bit of joy to see a victory.

"Oh, Marco?"

With Van Basten's reputation, as long as he is not disguised, he will definitely be recognized by his fans at the first time. Those diehard Ajax fans immediately surrounded him excitedly. Some people asked him for his autograph. People encouraged him to continue working hard, and of course... there were also people who pointed at his coaching style and wanted to be his teacher.

Although coaches hate being gossiped by others very much, Van Basten did not show too much disgust. On the one hand, the team's performance has been really poor recently, on the other hand, his attention has gradually Fascinated by the situation on the field.

This was originally an offensive opportunity for Groningen, but they were unable to advance the offensive to the hinterland of Ajax. In the end, they could only be cut off by a midfielder, and then they were hit back.

The defensive midfielder not only broke the opponent's ball through repeated entanglements, but also directly hoisted it to Groningen's back with a long pass. The Ajax forward only needed to speed up, counter-offside, catch the ball, and finally passed The goalkeeper completes the shot.

"Ajax, 4! Groningen, 0!"

The loudspeakers in the training ground broadcast a relaxed and happy broadcast.

Van Basten watched all the last few minutes, and then asked a male fan beside him: "When did the number 20 come off the bench?"

"Substitute? Oh no, he's the starter!" The fan answered him almost without thinking.

Van Basten was slightly taken aback: "Starting? Has he always played like this?"

"That's right," the fans raised their heads proudly, "Don't you know how powerful this Chinese kid is? He is simply a tireless robot!"

"...Chinese?" Van Basten opened his mouth wide. He never knew that there would be a young Chinese player in Ajax's youth training team!

Can the Chinese play football?
In his impression, in 1983, he shined in the World Youth Championship in Mexico and started his legendary career as a superstar. In this World Youth Championship, Van Basten, Romario, Protasov , Mikhailchenko and Bebeto are known as the six stars of hope, and one of them is a Chinese.

That may be the only Chinese in his memory who can play football, but it was a long time ago, and his memory is even a little fuzzy.

His eyes fell on the little player No. 20 on the court again.

With fast speed and running vigorously throughout the game, he is undoubtedly an excellent midfield interceptor for a team that likes to attack. It can greatly relieve the defensive pressure of the midfield and allow more teammates to invest in the offense Among them, and he also has a well-regulated pass, the ball is decisive, and he rarely dribbles alone, which is even more rare for Eredivisie players who like individual performance.

He nodded to the fans and limped into the barbed wire.
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After helping the team beat the visiting Groningen 4-0 at home, Longshut performed a little relaxed.

In this game, he not only contributed a game-high eight successful interceptions or steals, but also sent two direct assists. Although there is no scoring data, both the coach and his teammates know that he is the one in this game The key to winning.

It took him a whole season and a half from entering the youth team, to becoming a regular rotation member of the team, and then becoming the main force. The cold eyes, discrimination, ridicule, and blows in it... are not humane, until three months ago , He truly became the absolute main force of the team.

He took the nutritional drink from his substitute teammate and took a gulp, before noticing another tall middle-aged man standing beside the head coach Van den Brom.

Long Shute couldn't help but stay for a while.

Even if he doesn't pay attention to football anymore, he still knows who this man is.

The head coach of the first team!
Stars of adoration and admiration flashed in the eyes of those young teammates around them. Their eyes were not looking at a first-team head coach, but at a childhood idol!A superstar!
Marco van Basten!
How did he come to see the youth team game today? !

Damn!

Long Shute cursed viciously in his heart!
If I knew this earlier, I should have acted harder!

Van Basten is a striker, I should at least take the ball and shoot with two feet!

Although I have been running hard in the midfield, will a coach who is a forward really pay attention to how many passes he intercepts and how many attacks he instigates?
Then he saw van Basten turn to himself: "Are you the dragon?"

"Yes, Mr. Van Basten." Long Shute subconsciously opened his eyes wide, trying to make his thick eyebrows and small eyes look more energetic.

A warm hand rested on his shoulder.

"Tomorrow morning, come to the first team to report."

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