soccer king

Three shifts.

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It was already afternoon when Qin Xiong woke up, and he himself did not expect to sleep for so long, almost 11 hours.

At the end of the season, the body has been fighting for a long time, and the load is a bit heavy for him at the age of 18. Moreover, this is his first professional league season, and it is still under the club's conscious protection. If Koeman and the coaching staff do not protect him, Maybe he's already overdrawn.

Today, the main players of the first team are on vacation. After eating something, Qin Xiong received a call from Sneijder. He and Heitinga were in a spa in the city and asked Qin Xiong to go to relax and recover together.

In the evening, Qin Xiong soaked in the Jacuzzi with Snedheitinga, and felt that he didn't want to move.

I originally thought that there would be enough rest time before preparing for the Champions League semi-finals, and the recovery after the game was as usual, but in fact it was quite different from before.

If it took him two days to recover from the game half a year ago, it takes longer now. Even with the same consumption of the game, the body feels more tired.

Sneijder and Heitinga were discussing today's news. The Dutch media had mixed feelings about Ajax's 2:2 victory in Louis II.

The situation is of course good. The worry is that Ibrahimovic has been diagnosed with a three-week truce, and the next round against Monaco will not appear.

The media started a big discussion and speculation about who will replace Ibrahimovic.

Even the veteran Litmanen has been listed as a replacement by the outside world.

But after a season, Litmanen played no more than 10 times, can he be trusted?

As for Songk, Sneijder and Heitinga are discussing.

Ajax's own players don't know how Koeman will choose.

In the last game, Ibrahimovic's substitution after he left the field due to injury was a mess. Otherwise, Ajax might be able to triumph from the away game.

"Obviously Songk doesn't make a presence in the box, I mean in certain circumstances he doesn't stand out like Zlatan, he's an opportunist and if Ajax are weak, our Opponents don’t pay much attention to our defense, so Songk may be better than Zlatan, but the second leg of the Champions League semi-final? How can we rely on him?”

Sneijder, who was soaking in the bath, was talking freely while drinking fruit juice.

Heitinga frowned and said, "Could we just drop the striker? Just like in the last game, with a defensive player? As long as we don't lose at home, we can basically advance, right?"

Sneijder shook his head, snorted and said: "Look at what the newspapers scolded our head coach today? The stupid substitution caused the team to only get a draw. He ruined an Ajak game. A deserved victory. Even if we don't make changes based on the opinions and remarks in the newspapers, I think it is true that at the level of the Champions League semi-finals, you can't get what you want by piling up offensive or defensive numbers. Advantage, we need reason and balance, and add a defensive player? My God, are we still Ajax?"

After saying that, Sneijder kicked Qin Xiong's leg lightly in the bath, and asked, "Mine, right?"

Qin Xiong closed his eyes and held his head up to enjoy the comfort brought by the water hitting his back. He nodded in a daze, and hummed twice as an answer to Sneijder.

Sneijder shrugged at Heitinga. "Look, he thinks so too."

Heitinga rolled his eyes helplessly.

Qin Xiong is not interested in privately discussing with his teammates that the head coach should be worried about the formation of troops.

Recently, it seems that Mr. Sloat's physical condition has taken a turn for the worse. Sylvia and Georgia rarely contact Qin Xiong, and Qin Xiong also has to focus on the final sprint at the end of the season.

It's just that he is often startled on the street.

A reporter would suddenly pop up and ask which club he would choose to go to?

The countdown clock to the end of the season has sounded. For many clubs whose season achievements are almost a foregone conclusion, the focus of work is of course to prepare for the next season early.

Now there are quite a few clubs with the most lively scandals with Qin Xiong, among which there are five well-known clubs that may create a sensation.

Chelsea, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayer Leverkusen.

As for Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, there have only been one or two news reports, and I don't know if the reporters are making things up.

Even though there were voices from Manchester United in the Premier League, they did not take any substantive actions.

The above-mentioned five clubs made offers directly to Ajax, and the clubs did not make it public, but the media reporters were very resourceful, and when they got the news, they publicized it.

So Qin Xiong has to hide from ghosts in his life now, knowing which country he is from and which media reporter he represents.

He was a little annoyed, but there was nothing he could do. His silence to the media and his contract with Ajax had never been extended. His original intention was to hope to finish the season in a calm manner, but it turned into a deceitful acquiescence that he did not reject leaving Ajax. Si, that made the transfer rumors rampant.

The next day, Koeman revealed the answer during training.

There are candidates to replace Ibrahimovic.

Pienaar!

The system of the attacking group of four remained unchanged, Van der Vaart pushed to the center or shadow forward position, Pinar played as a winger, and Ajax's main lineup for the second round of the Champions League semi-final surfaced.

This change may be the adjustment with the lowest negative impact on the team as a whole, but no one can guarantee the actual effect.

In the following training, the four of them strengthened their running-in and tacit understanding.

Koeman tried to make them play a disorderly and efficient offensive mode in the frontcourt.

With 4 people as a small team, with the concept of total attack and total defense as the core, through the unpredictable movement and role exchange, the attack is invincible.

After training that day, Qin Xiong received an invitation to dinner.

He and Freddy go to the high-end restaurants where the city's celebrities hang out.

The dinner inviter was club owner Van Prager, accompanied by technical director Van Oss.

Qin Xiong, who was dressed in casual clothes, did not realize the real purpose of the dinner. He thought that the club was still trying to keep him, and wanted to persuade him to renew his contract through communication and sincerity.

But sitting in a more conspicuous place by the window in the restaurant, facing the kind and efficient Van Prager, Qin Xiong unexpectedly didn't hear anything related to his contract from the club owner.

During the dinner, Van Prager and Van Os asked about his life in Amsterdam for more than half a year, his training in the club and his feelings about the game. Especially when talking about several key games, everyone was beaming with joy.

The dinner ended in an atmosphere of joy between the host and the guests, and they formally smiled and shook hands with each other before leaving.

Qin Xiong was confused on the way home, but Freddie was all smiles.

"This meal seems to be really just a meal."

Qin Xiong, who was walking side by side with Freddy with his hands in his pockets, said puzzledly.

Freddy shook his head mysteriously, and said to Qin Xiong: "Believe it or not, tomorrow's newspapers will be full of news that you are about to renew your contract with Ajax?"

After thinking for a while, Qin Xiong suddenly realized, and said, "Is this dinner a show?"

Freddie nodded earnestly.

Appearing in the kind of high-end restaurant where many paparazzi are ambushing, Qin Xiong and the club's senior management are in harmony and even closer than friends, which will be photographed by many reporters.

Qin Xiong has never had any problems with the club, not even rumors of minor conflicts, which makes it more likely that he will have dinner with the club owner and reach a contract renewal agreement.

When a team from the top European league made a substantive offer to Qin Xiong, the Ajax executives knew that it would be futile to discuss any contract renewal with Qin Xiong at this time. They needed to increase Qin Xiong's social status. To get back more transfer fees.

At least tell the clubs in Europe that are interested in Qin Xiong: We have a good relationship with Qin Xiong. He may be inclined to stay at Ajax. If you want him, please make an offer to impress us!

After Freddy analyzed the meaning behind this dinner for Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong seemed less interested. He is not good at this kind of communication skills, and he doesn't like dealing with outsiders like this. As a show, I suddenly felt like I was stupid to talk about the game with the club's senior management just now...

However, maybe this is social life, and you have to accept it if you don’t like it.