Green Dragon

Chapter 20 How can the Chinese have the strength to play football?

This chapter is very watery, so I am embarrassed to take up tomorrow's share, so let me release it now, and give me a ticket if you have one.

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On the night of April 2009, 4, on the Chinese Internet, some posts suddenly became popular.

One of the most representative is an article titled "Heartbreak!Art football is dead!Eredivisie giants bow to Chinese sponsorship! "The post attracted countless attention:

"Ajax has not played in the Champions League for three consecutive years. They bought so many people last year. The finances must be beyond their means. Even ABN AMRO Bank, which has supported them for nearly 20 years, chose to leave. They signed a global insurance in the new season, and this Insurance is just opening up the domestic insurance market in China, and if it’s not early, it’s not late. Within half a year after they signed the sponsorship contract, there are Chinese players appearing in the club. If you still can’t see the connection between the two, I I can only say nothing about your IQ..."

The posts quickly went viral online, sparking an immediate and heated debate.

"Let me just say that Chinese players are not at the top level right now. It's fine to play in the Bundesliga [-] or Portugal [-]. How can they have the ability to play for a team like Ajax?"

"Ajax is no longer that wealthy club. I think their current player level is also average. Chinese players may not have the strength to play!"

"There is a fart's strength! Even if the Eredivisie is a third-rate league in Europe, the Chinese don't have the strength to play football!"

"You traitor! Why can the Japanese and Koreans play football in Europe, but the Chinese can't?!"

"It's not about the players, it's about the system, do you understand?"

"MD, people with dark minds see everything as a conspiracy!"

"I think this guy is playing very well, can't you guys watch the video before arguing?"

"Upstairs, don't pretend, the Eredivisie doesn't have a live broadcast at all, you watch the shitty video!"

"Hey, hey, who said there is no video, come to our forum, there are all the first-hand videos of major European leagues..."

"In addition, who said that there is no live broadcast of Eredivisie, we can watch it on Guangdong Economic Channel!"

"Let's have it, he played for half an hour, what can he see?!"

"Besides, even if you play in the low-level league like the Eredivisie, so what?"

"What, isn't he a striker? Is he a midfielder? Or is he a defensive player? What the hell! Isn't he just hitting people with his body! At most he's the second Zheng Zhi!"

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If Long Shute could see these comments, he would vomit three liters of blood and fall to the ground.

Fortunately, he was not in the mood to pay attention to domestic comments at all.

More importantly, he has no time.

The most important thing for him at the moment...is to continue to get playing time with the first team.
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Compared with the bustling atmosphere in China, the Dutch side seems much deserted.

There were no special reports, and no reporters came to interview. Even the local media in Amsterdam, which supported Ajax, did not give Long Shute any description.

In the sports section of the "Amsterdam Post", the key man of this game is of course recommended as Suarez who scored twice and fought to the last second. It is he who is tireless and runs from start to finish to lead The team completed the reversal. As for the Chinese teenager who sent the assist, there is not even a photo the size of a tofu cube.

Because the large photo that was published was Suarez kissing the back of his hand...

Long Shute's name was only mentioned twice in substitutions and assists, and there was no other introduction.

——Maybe we can't blame the media, after all...they can't get the details of this young man.

At the end of this report, the predictions for the last two rounds of Ajax are written:

"Ajax's opponent in the next round is Sparta Rotterdam, which ranks last. Ajax, whose morale is boosted, shouldn't have a big problem, and the final game is against Twente at home. To keep the second place in the league..."

There is a lot of optimism in the article, and the same sentiment permeates the Ajax team.

So a week later, Ajax, who went to Rotterdam, was bloodbathed 14-4 by the 0th-ranked Sparta Rotterdam...

Everyone didn't know what happened. Van Basten hugged his head and roared in the wind of Rotterdam, while the Ajax players were sleepwalking in the Rotterdam Arena with a capacity of only 1 people.

Long Shute felt something for the first time:
Never underestimate the energy of a relegation team!

In this game, he came off the bench in the 70th minute, but before he came on, Ajax had fallen behind by four goals and was beaten by the opponent. Although he was able to stabilize the midfield with his ubiquitous running and defense, But it can't stop the opponent's wave after wave of desperate attacks!

After all, although it is a pity not to qualify for the Champions League, it will not make the Ajax players despair; but if they cannot stay in the First Division, those players of Sparta Rotterdam are very likely to lose their jobs!

The Spartan players aiming at relegation really turned into brave and fearless Spartan fighters at this moment. Their madness made Long Shute, who has always had a strong psychological quality and a calmness value of 17, a little scared, not to mention Vermaelen , Vertonghen, these young boys in their early 20s.

The Spartans tore through Ajax's defense over and over again, smashed the old giants to pieces, and then put away the bloody butcher's knife contentedly, and got the points they wanted.

Ajax reaped a disastrous defeat, while their rival Twente beat their opponent at home. The two teams changed positions in the standings again, and Twente took the lead by two points.

Those Chinese viewers who waited in front of the TV or computer for the second consecutive week were immediately disappointed, and the World Football program team immediately put aside their plan to go to the Netherlands for an exclusive interview.

And those sunspots on the Internet are even more cheerful.

"Take a look, the essence of parallel imports is undoubtedly revealed!"

"Fighting a relegation team and scoring four goals in a row! What kind of performance does he have as a defensive midfielder?!

"My God, is the Eredivisie league so rubbish now?"

"The fame of Van Basten I will be ruined in the hands of Chinese sponsors!"

"Painful! Don't blindly worship foreigners! There are good opportunities in China too!"

"What a good chance! With his rubbish level, he doesn't even have the qualifications to play in the Chinese Super League!"

"Only relying on sponsors to enter the first team of a third-rate team at the age of 19. Obviously, he is only mediocre. If he is placed in the Super League, he will be a fart!"

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As for the explanations in the comments that "football is a team sport, and Long Shute is just a substitute" and "the relegation team is terrible to fight hard", they were directly squeezed into the corner by the excited trolls. In the noisy Internet wave, not even a little ripple was blown.

If Long Shute paid attention to the comments on the domestic Internet these days, he would definitely not vomit three liters of blood, but just foam at the mouth and lose consciousness...

Although a defeat made him a little frustrated, he at least got close to 20 minutes of playing opportunities. Van Basten is also quite satisfied with his active performance on the field, because even when he was behind by a large score, Long Shute still played. Still trying my best to complete the tasks assigned by the coach.

After this game, Van Basten's friendliness towards Long Special increased a bit, approaching the 80 mark.

Then in the training session two days later, Long Shute was told individually by assistant coach Witzger:

"You start the last round and the manager wants you to be ready."

Long Shute bit his back molars and nodded vigorously.

He knew that his chance had come.

(End of this chapter)