Green Dragon

Chapter 28 Long Special Number
In addition to training, on the first day of the new season, Van Basten also organized a small meeting and handed over the captaincy of the new season to Suarez.

And the first job of the new captain is to distribute "extracurricular homework" to everyone.

Long Shute, who had just relaxed his muscles in the physical therapy room, received a few pieces of printing paper as a matter of course.

Captain Su patted him on the shoulder: "Go back tonight and finish answering, and leave it to me before training tomorrow."

After returning to the apartment, Long Shute couldn't wait to start doing his homework.

"1. What is the jersey number you want to wear in the new season? You can fill in more than one."

He wouldn't just fill in a number 1, because that's the fixed number of the main goalkeeper...

他仔细回忆了一下队友们的号码，然后写上了6、8、16、18、26、28。

The reason is simple: these two numbers are auspicious numbers, and they are all the way...

"2. Which sports drink do you prefer during competition?"

Long Shute didn't even think about it, so he wrote something casual.

"3. For the length of the socks, which one do you prefer?"

"4. Do you need tight trousers for winter competitions?"

"5. Do you need to wear gloves during the game?"

"6. Which teammates do you tend to share a room with when you're playing away from home?"

"7. For the coaching staff's training methods, what aspects do you hope to change?"

"8. Do you have any taboos about the club's diet? Do you have any suggestions for nutritious meals?"

"9. Can the existing facilities and logistics support personnel of the training base meet your needs? Do you have any suggestions?"

……

Long Shute shook his head, and finally signed his name.

If this is a domestic survey, would anyone seriously answer such a questionnaire?
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The next week may be a bit of a luxury for Long Shute. In addition to studying tactics with the whole team, he is doing upper body strength training in the gym with two teammates with leg injuries. According to the advice of the coach and the team doctor, the amount of training has been greatly reduced, so that his body can recover to a certain extent.

Of course, he was still in the rest period and missed the friendly matches with other teams, but the Ajax players who had a rest for the summer were still vigorously beheading their opponents.

Perhaps it was due to the pressure, but everyone was very excited. Soleimani made a great contribution with a pass, and Suarez, who had just won a new contract, scored twice and was unstoppable.

Although the forward line is sharp, but after the loss of Vermaelen, the Ajax defense line is a bit horrible. The two forwards scored three goals, and they conceded three goals in a row. If it wasn't for the last moment Emmanuel Nursen's long-range projectile deflected into the net on the opponent's defender, and their first victory of the new season may be lost.
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Fortunately, after a week-long rest period, Long Shute finally walked out of the dark gym and began to formally gather for training.

Since the first week is basically physical recovery and tactical training, he does not have the problem of not being able to integrate into the team.

Four days later, he finally started the second warm-up match.

Facing the champion of the Belgian First Division, Suarez used a five blessings and an assist to shine throughout the whole process. This time, the young defense behind him also conceded a goal at the last moment. Ajax won 7 -1 Bloodwash opponent.

This conceded goal has nothing to do with Long Shute, because he was replaced by Anita in the 60th minute...

After all, it is a warm-up match. Both sides focus on examining the players' status, and there is no limit to the number of substitutions. Even the goalkeeper position has been rotated.

If it is said that before these two games, Anita, the main defensive midfielder of last season, still felt that his position was as stable as Mount Tai, then after the game, he must have a strong sense of crisis in his heart.

Although it was only a warm-up match, Long Shute once again proved to everyone with his ubiquitous figure and super-wide sweep that with a little practice, he can definitely become the most indispensable midfielder in this team!
Of course, everyone can see that Long Shute's defense sometimes marks people and does not look at the ball. The transition between offense and defense is not fast enough. There is still room for improvement, creativity and agility are insufficient, the ability to get rid of defense in a small area is close to none, the awareness of advancing forward is not strong, and the grasp of timing is still poor. As for the coach's tactical arrangement, although he has tried his best to fight for it. Finished, but too rigid, without a flash of its own.

But...just because of his tireless running and extremely positive attitude in the game, he can conquer his teammates and coaches.

The Ajax players suddenly realized that this season is not easy...

On the top there is the high-pressure training of head coach Van Basten, on the bottom there are the eager expectations of countless fans, and there is a tireless training madman beside him...
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After the second warm-up match, Van Basten announced the numbers of all players for the new season.

Since there are not many big names joining this summer, and not many people leaving the team, the numbers of most of them have been used from last season.

It's just that the departure of the old captain Vermaelen has changed the numbers of several midfielders, but Long Shute, who was promoted from the youth team, unexpectedly got a number that symbolizes the status of the main force, No. 8.

The original No. 8 player, Emmanuel Nursen, chose No. 7, which symbolizes the main winger. However, the other midfielders had no interest in this extremely auspicious number in China. In the end, they only played three official games. Long Shute.

However, considering that Suarez, as the captain, still chose his No. 16 jersey, No. 8 certainly does not mean that Long Shute has become the main force.

Since Ajax had no money to buy players, in mid-to-late July, 7 days before the transfer market closed, their lineup had not changed much.

Goalkeepers: No. 1, Maarten Stromberg (vice-captain, 27); No. 12, Kennett Vermeer (23); No. 41, Jeroen Verhofen (new aid, 29) ).

Defender: No. 2, Van der Veer (21); No. 3, Oleg Presas (29); No. 4, Timothy Atuba (new aid, 27); No. 5, Verhenton ( 22); No. 12, Bruno Silva (29); No. 17, Robbie Villarth (new aid, 31); No. 19, Toby Alderweireld (20); No. 27 , Daley Blind (19); No. 30, George O'Gararu (28).

Midfielder: No. 6, Lasmus Lindgren (25); No. 7, Urbi Emmanuelsen (23); No. 8, Long Shute (promoted from youth training, 19); 11 No., Ismail Esatti (21); No. 18, Gabriel Garcia (30); No. 21, Iyengar Enno (23); No. 22, Sim De Jong (20); No. 23, Vunong-Anita (20); No. 24, Jan-Ali van der Heyden (out on loan, 21); No. 25, Alvado Snow (22); No. 26, Jeffrey Sa Erpont (21); No. 28, Dennis Romedal (31); No. 29, Mitchell Donald (21); No. 34, Barkisioglu (29); No. 40, Demi Demi Zeu (26).

Forwards: No. 10, Miralem Soleimani (21); No. 16, Luis Suarez (captain, 22); No. 20, Dario Kvitanic (25); No. 35, Marvin Zehral (out on loan, 19); No. 36, Manu Chayan (out on loan, 22); No. 39, Darko Baodur (new aid, 20).

This set of not-so-strong lineup ushered in their 2009-2010 new season.

(End of this chapter)