soccer king

Three shifts

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Ajax's winter break training camp has begun.

Captain Van der Vaart, who won the European Golden Boy Award, is more active than in the past, and seems to be silently declaring "leadership".

The training of the strong team is improving day by day, and Qin Xiong is not uncomfortable at all.

And he became a "coach" after training every day, supervising Sneijder's extra training together with Heitinga.

This was Sneijder's initiative.

This gave Qin Xiong the opportunity to "bully" Sneijder together with Heitinga.

2004 1 Month 21 Day.

Four days later, Ajax will host Nijmegen at home.

Today's training is the same as usual, nothing special.

However, Qin Xiong seemed absent-minded during training, not even interested in chatting and joking with his teammates.

Especially when the training started in the afternoon, Coman noticed Qin Xiong's strange state, and specially called Qin Xiong to him and asked him if he was not feeling well.

Koeman's emphasis on Qin Xiong is obvious to all. In the second half of the season, the health and state of all Ajax's main players are the top priority in the head coach's mind.

Qin Xiong did not slack off, and he completed the training tasks assigned by the coaching staff excellently as always.

It just looks melancholy and lonely.

Faced with Coman's concern, Qin Xiong didn't tell the truth, but just shook his head and said that he had no problem.

Yes, even if there is a problem, it is only a short day today.

Maybe no one at Ajax knows or cares. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve.

Due to the time difference, when training starts in the afternoon, in China, every family should gather together to eat New Year’s Eve dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala together.

In the past few years, Qin Xiong, every Spring Festival, the Jiangcheng Youth Football Home will organize a lively New Year's Eve dinner. A group of children gather together to watch the Spring Festival Gala, eating and drinking, which is both enjoyable and happy.

Maybe I didn't think it was so special before, especially every year, it became a habit, there were no surprises, and Qin Xiong himself didn't have many friends there.

But after all, on special festivals, a group of compatriots celebrate together, and the atmosphere is still there.

But when this kind of festival that has lost surprises comes again, Qin Xiong, who is far away in Europe across the ocean, feels an uncontrollable sense of loneliness.

After the training, other teammates left one after another. Qin Xiong also went back to the locker room and changed into casual clothes. He returned to the training ground with a shoulder bag on his back.

Sneijder is still training extra, running with a heavy load.

Heitinga stood aside with his arms crossed and his chest pretending to be dignified to supervise him. Qin Xiong walked over to say hello and said, "Today I will go first."

Sneijder caught up with Qin Xiong, pushed him on the shoulder, and said with a serious expression: "Hey, are you in trouble? If you have something to say, we will help you solve it."

Under the prosperity of Amsterdam, there are also heinous crimes hidden. People like Qin Xiong who have left their homes and come here are not sure, but there is a small probability that they will run into trouble.

Qin Xiong shook his head and said to him: "I'm fine, you can continue training, and I'll supervise you tomorrow. Don't worry, I'm fine."

Smiling at Sneijder, Qin Xiong waved at Heitinga again, and he left the club on foot.

Walking back to Wardell Street, it was already dark.

Qin Xiong returned to the apartment and lay on his back on the big bed.

The phone rang suddenly, Qin Xiong picked it up and saw that it was a number from Germany.

He thought of an old friend who, on average, emailed only once a month.

After picking up the phone and hearing the voice on the other side, Qin Xiong's guess was correct.

"Brother Yi, what's the matter?"

Liu Yi, a Chinese player who plays in Nuremberg, Germany, has the same background as Qin Xiong, and both come from the Jiangcheng Youth Football Home.

"Qin Xiong, today is New Year's Eve, and tomorrow is New Year's Day. May I ask how you celebrate the Spring Festival?"

"The team needs to train and live normally."

"Well, Pengfei called me just now. He meant that we'll get together in Europe for the holidays."

Zhang Pengfei, who came from the same background as them, is now playing for Maritimo in Portugal.

After hearing this, Qin Xiong was surprised and said, "He's in Portugal, far away from us."

"He said that as long as we decided to spend the holidays together, he would ask the club for leave."

Germany and the Netherlands border, the distance is very close, and the transportation is convenient.

But from Portugal to the Netherlands or Germany, it takes half of Europe.

Qin Xiong thought for a while and said: "Forget it, let's come to Europe to play football, work is the most important thing, don't ask for leave from the club just for the festival, let him stay in Portugal well, get together, there will be opportunities in the future .”

"Well, yes, that's what I mean too, but you also understand Pengfei's character and like to mess around. By the way, are you going back to China next month?"

"Shouldn't be back. Next month, there will be a European war."

"Well, it's understandable. Come on, I should go back. The situation in the Nuremberg league is good. As long as the chain is not lost, I may play in the Bundesliga next season. Arihan called me and asked me to return to China next month to represent the national team. World preliminaries."

"Okay, you go too!"

After hanging up the phone, Qin Xiong got up and went to open the door, only to hear a knock on the door just now.

Freddie entered the room and closed the door. Seeing Qin Xiong lying on the bed again, he frowned and asked, "Why? Don't you want to go?"

This morning, I agreed to go to Chinatown in the evening. Overseas Chinese will also hold New Year's Eve celebrations.

Qin Xiong lay on the bed, and said lightly: "It feels very strange. I don't know a Chinese, but I insist on participating in their activities. It feels really strange."

Freddie sighed, adrift, and that was it.

He understood Qin Xiong's feelings very well.

Back then, he went to China alone because of the huge rewards offered by the Tang Corporation. During major festivals, he was still alone. Later, there were more foreigners and everyone knew each other well, so he felt a little bit less during the festivals.

Just then, the knock on the door rang again.

Qin Xiong straightened up and looked at Freddy. Even the landlord, Rutmanson, rarely came to knock on the door. No one came to his apartment.

Who will be outside the door?

Qin Xiong went to open the door, and when he saw Sylvia and Georgia standing outside the door, he was very surprised and asked, "Why are you here?"

Sylvia held Georgia's hand, and she held a three-layer insulated food box in her other hand.

The two siblings walked into the room with smiles on their faces, they looked at each other, and then smiled at Qin Xiong in unison: "Happy New Year!"

Qin Xiong was stunned.

The two siblings speak Chinese that sounds awkward but warm.

Sylvia let go of Georgia's hand, lowered her head and covered her mouth with a smile, as if she knew that Chinese was weird, and she was a little embarrassed.

After she raised her head again, she put the insulated food box in the other hand on the table in the room, turned around and smiled at Qin Xiong and said, "You said at Christmas that Chinese New Year is in the winter break. At the end of the period, so I specifically checked and asked some Chinese students, and confirmed that today is a very important festival similar to our Christmas Eve, so Georgia and I come to accompany you to celebrate the festival, oh, I heard that China celebrates New Year’s Eve There is a custom of eating dumplings at night, so I tried to make some myself, if it doesn’t taste good, please don’t laugh at my craftsmanship.”

Qin Xiong was dumbfounded and froze in place.

My whole heart seemed to melt at this moment.

Seeing the pretty Sylvia and the cute Georgia smiling at him, Qin Xiong seemed to have a thousand words stuck in his throat and didn't know what to say.

Freddy looked at the situation in the room, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and then he left silently.

Qin Xiong suddenly became embarrassed, because his apartment was too small, and there were no decorations, and there was only one chair.

So he could only sit by the bed, with the chair in front of him, and Georgia sat there, swinging his legs happily, urging Qin Xiong to taste the dumplings made by his sister.

The dumplings brought by Sylvia looked pretty good, and Qin Xiong didn't care about the taste when he ate them. His heart was filled with emotion.

It's just that Sylvia didn't bring chopsticks, but used a fork...it didn't have much impact.

"Give me a taste too, I'm not allowed to steal it when my sister is ready."

Qin Xiong held a plate in his left hand and a fork in his right hand and fed Georgia a dumpling. Georgia had a strange expression while eating, probably because she was not used to it.

Sylvia stood in front of the table in the room, with her back facing the direction of the bed. She casually picked up the drawing book on Qin Xiong's table, flipped through it casually, and suddenly, her face was flushed.

Because in the picture book, there are too many sketches of her portrait.

She dared not turn around.

While eating dumplings, Qin Xiong happily introduced to Georgia how the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival.

The loneliness that lasted for a long time during the day dissipated in an instant.

Maybe this New Year's Eve, he didn't live a lively life at all, and he didn't eat and drink to satisfy his tongue.

However, he is very happy.

Is there a touch that may be remembered for a lifetime?