Green Dragon

Chapter 95 The Marathon Leader

"Long, you kid...why does the way you play now look a bit like that guy Louis?"

During training one day in March, Bergkamp suddenly asked.

It has been nearly four months since he returned to the team. As a training madman and a technical poor, Long Shute is of course his key target for poverty alleviation.

Although he didn't show special talent in the profession of training coach, as a top star, Bergkamp's eyesight is quite brilliant.

As a professional player who has just retired for a few years, he knows how difficult it is to improve his technical level, especially for a player who is about to turn 20 years old. Most players in this age group have already formed their skills , although there is still room for improvement, it is absolutely difficult to make a qualitative change.

But in just four months, he witnessed such a thing with his own eyes. Long Shute's various technologies were slowly growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He still clearly remembers that according to Van Basten, Long Shute, who had just entered the first team, would make a mistake eight out of ten times even if he received a long pass from his teammate while running, but now, he has slowly become The team's conventional deterrent weapon.

Those teams in the Eredivisie League have begun to realize that Ajax's No. 8 player is no longer the sapper who can only bury his head in defense. His offensive potential is awakening little by little. Will become a fearsome character who retreats like a rock and advances like lightning.

Facing Bergkamp's question, Long Shute's answer was very reasonable: "Luis's technique may not be the best-looking in the team, but it is the simplest and most practical one, and it is also what I need most, so I have always Learning from him, coach... is there something wrong?"

"No problem, no problem!" Bergkamp waved his hands again and again, and then he sighed slightly, "Although your talent is mediocre, your bones are clear and your physical fitness is extremely outstanding. Good coach, it’s too late to learn art. You must know that the best age to build a foundation in our profession is before the age of 15. Although you are making rapid progress now, this is the result of redoubled training. If you can be a teacher a few years earlier It would be great if I met you in the first year, then I can teach you all the unique skills of my life, so that you can enjoy the pleasure of playing tricks on your opponents with your skills every day..."

That kind of regretful tone, coupled with the figure with his hands on his buttocks, made him look particularly vicissitudes.

Van Basten's voice came from far behind: "Hey, master, you went to the wrong set, this is not a martial arts movie!"
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After a small victory over Real Madrid on February 2, the spirit of the Ajax club seemed to have reached a higher level overnight.

Although this kind of victory has a great element of luck, in the football world, the winner is king is the biggest iron rule, not to mention that their victory was neither stolen by the referee's black whistle or UEFA's care, nor was it stolen. It was not won by malicious fouls and killing tactics, but by the hard work of everyone, with one knife and one gun in the ice and snow. Why can't we accept it with our heads held high?

Ajax, who returned to the league, became more and more unstoppable.

We can even beat Real Madrid... Who else can stop us?

2月19日，联赛23轮，全替补出战的阿贾克斯客场2-0轻取海伦芬。

On the 25th, after the main players finished their rest, they swept Vitesse 4-0 at home, and Suarez scored twice.

On March 3, with the same 1-4 sweep of Utrecht, who played in the stadium, Long Shute, who played the whole game, got an assist.

On the 7th, Van Basten, who is most of Xuezang's main players, led the team to a 2-0 victory over Sparta Rotterdam in Rotterdam, and won a wave of eight consecutive victories in the league and ten consecutive victories in all competitions since the 19th round.

Eight consecutive victories and ten consecutive victories sounded very powerful, but when Van Basten took a breath and looked back at the league standings, he realized that his competitors hadn't fallen behind!

After 26 rounds, Ajax has 22 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 69 points, which is enough to stand out from the crowd even in any league.

But Twente also used the same excellent results to get 21 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 67 points, and they are still closely behind them!
就算是排名第三的埃因霍温也有19胜5平2负，积62分，距离69分的阿贾克斯并不遥远！

This is very troublesome!

Don't look at Ajax's recent leadership. You must know that the league is like a marathon, and the person who leads at the beginning may not be the final winner.

Because the leaders will always maintain a high sense of tension, and the psychological pressure will be greater than that of the chasers. In addition, Twente Europa League is out, they can concentrate all their energy on the league, but Ah Jax still needs to prepare for the upcoming Champions League match!

The opponent is Real Madrid, Van Basten and his disciples must fight with all their strength, and Ajax, who joined Xia Chuang without any reinforcements, is obviously a bit powerless in today's two-line battle. Once they suffer a large-scale injury Sickness, or a few core members who were suspended for red cards in the league, and the team's performance fluctuated, it is very likely to cause an overall collapse!

Twente and Eindhoven are like two hungry tigers. As long as Ajax takes a nap, the two tigers will immediately swarm up and tear Van Basten and his disciples to pieces with their sharp claws. Fragments!
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On March 3, the day after Ajax's victory over Sparta Rotterdam, Van Basten boarded a plane with his team.

"Going to the Bernabéu always feels like a pilgrimage to a holy place..."

On the charter flight to Madrid, Emmanuel Sen murmured, feeling overwhelmed.

There are not a few players who feel the same way as him, and only a half-way monk like Long Shute can calmly squint at the slender waist and soft thighs of the Spanish stewardess.

"The Bernabéu is a great stadium, but we are not civilized pilgrims queuing up," coach Van Basten is not deaf, he felt the need to correct the atmosphere in the cabin, "We are here to kick the restaurant! Our The goal is...to make the Bernabeu a hell for Real Madrid!"

Sitting behind him, Bergkamp nodded thoughtfully:

This white swan used to be aloof, no matter whether it was before or after, why has it become more and more crazy recently?
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A [-]-kilometer air flight is not considered a long-distance journey. Two hours later, Long Shute followed his teammates to the hotel contacted by the club to stay.

After putting down their luggage, they came to Atletico Madrid's training ground-the Espino training base without stopping.

As Real Madrid's rival in the same city, Atletico Madrid can only be regarded as a little brother next to the behemoth. It was even relegated to the second division a few years ago, and it returned to La Liga after several struggles. Ranked fourth in the league and won a ticket to the Champions League, it can barely be regarded as a newly promoted team.

Long Shute, who didn't know much about La Liga, had no impression of Atletico Madrid at first, but he was slightly surprised when he saw the players training at the training base.

In his pair of eyes that can digitize players, he can clearly see that there are three players in the Atletico Madrid team with a combined score of around 85 points!
Forward Diego Forlan, this is the captain of Suarez's national team. Even Su Ya, who has had a hot foot since 2009, can't take away the title of Uruguay's number one superstar from him.

Forward Sergio Aguero, the under-22-year-old Argentine is also not weak. He is Messi's closest partner in the national team and the son-in-law of football king Maradona. He is extremely talented , had a worth of 18 million euros at the age of 2300, and is now a hot striker in Europe.

And their No. 19 goalkeeper...David De Gea, the nearly [-]-year-old local goalkeeper is the highest-rated player in Atletico Madrid!

In the subsequent warm-up practice between the two teams, De Gea almost made Suarez go crazy on the spot!

The Uruguayan striker shot 40 consecutive shots in 6 minutes. Except for one kick, all of them were rejected by De Gea!

This performance made both Van Basten and Bergkamp jealous:

No wonder De Gea is hailed as Casillas' most popular successor!

If Ajax had money, they would definitely buy this little guy!
However, Long Shute, who could see the history, could only shake his head helplessly: Such a superstar of tomorrow...how could it be Ajax's turn to reach out!
(End of this chapter)