Green Dragon

Chapter 170 Ajax captains
When the gold foil fluttered all over the sky and the bright five-star red flag slowly rose over the Khalifa International Stadium, Long Shute was thrown high into the sky by his teammates.

"Started 5 games, came off the bench for 1 game, scored 13 goals and 2 assists! He deserves this honor!"

Zhang Bin's voice has been hoarse for some time, but he still did not stop cheering and shouting:

"Congratulations to the Chinese team! We won the first Asian Cup in history!"
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The transcripts of 13 goals and 2 passes in the whole competition and 4 goals and 1 pass in the final made the honors of the best player in the competition, the best player in the final, and the Asian Cup Golden Boot fall on Long Shute's head.

If his goals and assists were deducted, the Chinese team would have been eliminated in the group stage.

Facing such a player, even Director Wei, who interrupted Shixing by him, could only encourage him with good words.

"Thank you for your hard work. It is not easy to achieve such results. On behalf of the Football Association and the Center, I would like to thank you all!" The World Cup is just the first step on the long journey of thousands of miles. Chinese football has more and greater honors waiting for you to conquer! Don’t let the Football Association down! Don’t let the 13 billion Chinese people down!”
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Although this sentence is not appropriate, it is indeed an appropriate reflection of the other players of the Chinese team.

In addition to Long Shute, Zhao Junzhe, Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Hao Junmin, and Yang Zhi were collectively selected for the best team. They only gave up the two positions of forward and left to South Korea and Japan.

Breaking the championship zero breakthrough, and being crowned by stepping on the corpse of Japan, the reputation of the head coach Gao Hongbo immediately rose to an unprecedented height, and these players have undoubtedly become national heroes, no matter in terms of future or money. There is no limit to the way.

Almost in the early morning of the second day after the end of the Asian Cup, FIFA announced the latest ranking of the national team. The Chinese team, which unexpectedly won the Asian Cup, jumped from the 77th before the game to the 45th. It has achieved the best ranking in history in the past eight years, and has continuously surpassed the underperforming Saudi Arabia and Iran among the AFC teams, ranking only behind Japan (21), Australia (24), and South Korea (39).

The next day, the soldiers who returned to China were received by the leaders of the Football Association. Only three European players, Long Shute, Shao Jiayi, and Hao Junmin, were able to escape the enthusiastic speeches of the leaders and the grander celebration banquet afterwards.

Even the news broadcast took up to 10 minutes to report on the perfect performance of the national team in the Asian Cup, and the subsequent focus interview took a full half an hour, through the leaders of the Football Association, national team coaches and players. The interview gave a detailed account of the history of this competition.

In addition to the interview, the scene of Long Shute killing the Japanese team in a very provocative manner in the final made hundreds of millions of TV viewers inexplicably dry mouthed and trembling. For the Chinese, there is no such thing as Compared to hanging up a century-old enemy and then whipping the corpse... It is more of a constant orgasm.

If it is said that following Ajax in the Eredivisie and the Champions League, Long Shute has won the recognition of domestic fans, then as the captain, he led the national team to kill South Korea and Japan in succession and reached the top of the Asian Cup, but he gained a lot. received ten times the previous attention.

After all, the vast majority of people who eat melons will never stay up late to enjoy the Champions League, nor will they squeeze out the time to watch the declining Dutch league while drinking, playing mahjong and watching big dramas. can't read……

Long Shute has become a leading figure in Chinese football.

He is a national hero in football.
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Almost at the same time, the Ajax club publicly released a message.

Club chairman John Jaque personally attended, refuted the transfer rumors that he would sell the team captain Luis Suarez to Liverpool in this winter window, and insisted that Ajax will continue to achieve brilliant results this season .

As the party involved, Suarez also publicly stated that he will not leave the team in the middle of the season. He is the captain of the team and will not irresponsibly abandon the entire team for a higher salary.

These high-sounding clichés can only comfort naive fans, but the media will not believe a single word.

In fact, even Ajax fans will not listen to the words of the chairman and the captain, because so many years of blood and tears have told them how cruel the world is, and they have long been devastated. I got used to the club's business model of selling cores for cash.

In the eyes of everyone, it is nothing more than that Liverpool's offer failed to meet Ajax's expectations, and Suarez's departure is only a matter of time.
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Suarez and their agent, Pep Guardiola, told Longshot all about it at a reception dinner on the day of his return to Amsterdam.

"Liverpool agreed to transfer after the end of the season, but the transfer fee is slightly lower, about 2500 million euros (equivalent to 2100 million pounds)..."

Guardiola shrugged, slightly regretting Suarez's decision to delay the move.

After all, Ajax can only give him a weekly salary of 2 euros, and once he transfers to Liverpool, this salary can immediately be increased to 7 pounds. Counting the high appearance fee and various bonuses of the Premier League, his overall income At least triple it.

As an agent, he certainly hopes that players can transfer every season and their wages can be raised every day, so that his income can increase faster.

But now that the employer has made a decision, he has no way to force it to change. He can only use this time to continue discussing personal treatment issues with Liverpool.

Compared with the price of 2650 million euros in history, this offer has hardly changed, and considering Liverpool's eagerness to find a substitute for Torres at the time, this price may still have a certain premium...

A super scorer with nearly 60 goals in a single season, the best player in the Eredivisie League, the captain and core of the traditional giants Ajax... It can only be sold for a mere 2100 million pounds. I am afraid that many people who do not understand the European transfer market people were taken aback.

But, perhaps this is the status quo of the Eredivisie, their best player is only a second-rate role in European football, even if they can beat Real Madrid, Milan and Liverpool in the Champions League.
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The team captain Suarez was retained, and the team deputy Long Shute also returned to the team-although neither of them will be able to play for the time being-Ajax also started the second half of the journey.

It's just that this journey is somewhat unfavorable.

When Suarez was still in the transfer vortex and Long Shute was still fighting with South Korea, Ajax lost 0-2 away to Utrecht in the first round of the league in the second half.

Speaking of it, Utrecht is really the sufferer of Ajax. It seems that they have not let Van Basten take three points in this stadium for a long time...

As Suarez made it clear and Longchute also returned with honor, the Ajax players quickly reversed the situation under the leadership of the two captains and swept Breda 1-29 in the Dutch Cup match on January 4. , Three days later, they continued to ravage Breda 1-3 in the league (Breda is so pitiful...), and on February 0th, they defeated Graf Sharp 2-5. With three consecutive victories, those who were ready to criticize Van Basten again The weak voice of winter combat shut up again.

However, the victories in these three games are not directly related to the two captains-Long Shute, who just participated in the intensive competition, needs a little rest, and Suarez, who bit someone, is still under a long suspension period. Sit in the stands and cheer for your teammates...

Then the time came to July 2.

Eredivisie League round 23.

On the eve of this 2B Valentine's Day, the two captains of Ajax appeared in the 18-man roster at the same time.

Suarez, who had been holding back for a winter, started, while Long Shute, who had just finished his rest, could only serve as a substitute.

"My fitness is fine!"

The Ajax deputy looked at the starting lineup and made a strong protest to the head coach:

"Coach, I want to play football!"

Van Basten rolled his eyes, his body shook, and he let out a roar:

"You think you're really a football master! You think Ajax would lose without you? Give me a good bench!"

Seeing the vice-captain deflated, the first captain Suarez and the third captain Stegrunberg laughed gloatingly.

Assistant coach Bergkamp shrugged innocently.

"..."

Long Shute blinked his eyes, and it took him a long time to react, and he responded weakly:
"Okay, coach."

By the way, this does not seem to be the national team.

Ajax, who ranks first, wins Rhoda JC, who ranks eighth and has only half of his points... It seems that there is no difficulty...

(End of this chapter)