Football: The immortal legend on the green field

Shen Bin thinks he is in a good position now, and it is Neeskens who is under pressure. The team lost in the two games he was not in. Shen Bin said to Alan Johnson: "Although the fans like Junior's dazzling individual performances and some media are also fueling the flames, there are still many professionals who have different opinions on Junior's overly personal style of play. Is his style of play really useful to the team?"

Allen knew that Shen Bin was a very opinionated person. Knowing Shen Bin's thoughts, he stopped bothering about the transfer issue. "We just need to find a few media friends to give him a gentle push..."

Shen Bin really doesn't think that relying on media pressure can solve his problems.

But Alan wasn't done yet.

"I will call Horst Jr. and ask him to explain the situation. I will force him to put pressure on Neeskens. If he doesn't give me a clear answer, I will threaten him. I will let him know that if he continues like this, you may request a trade."

Allen's words reminded Shen Bin of a sentence he had seen on the Internet before.

The nuclear button is most threatening before it is pressed.

"Then, you can also show some aggression during training," Tellem asked. "If you are dissatisfied with Junior, you can unite with your teammates to teach him a lesson, humiliate him, trample on him, and let everyone know one thing deeply and clearly: if they do not obey your wishes, there will be no room for him to survive in Harlem Athletic."

This meeting was not in vain. Shen Bin found that his agent was really a good military strategist. He came up with one clever idea after another, and they all sounded feasible, especially the last one.

That afternoon, half an hour before the training session, Hallam Athletic held an internal meeting.

Neeskens wanted the players to speak their minds and summarize the reasons why the team suffered two consecutive losses.

"I tried my best" is a phrase that appears frequently at the meeting.

Neeskens once again pointed the finger at Shen Bin, "If someone is not injured but just feels unwell and leaves the court, as if he is the only one who has not lost, I don't think it will help us."

Shen Bin refuted him before anyone else could speak: "That's right. If a player only passed the ball less than ten times in the whole game and always performed ridiculously like a monkey after getting the ball, you don't look for the reason for your deployment of troops, but instead blame the person who connected the team together for victory and brought out the initiative of each teammate. That's the reason for the two consecutive defeats. I admit that it's my fault that I can't score 90 goals in minutes!"

"Calm down, Shen Bin!" Ali Han said, "You do help the team more than others, but that's not a reason for you to attack your teammates."

Ali Han wanted to divert the conflict to a conflict between teammates as much as possible and did not want the conflict between Shen Bin and Neeskens to escalate.

Neskens looked straight at Shen Bin, his big brown eyes with bloodshot eyes looked like a snake would fly out and swallow Shen Bin at any time.

Just as Shen Bin was about to mock Neeskens' deployment again under stress, Martins interrupted the terrible scene that almost happened, "Okay, we are holding a meeting to summarize the experience of failure, not for you to blame each other here."

Shen Bin realized that ever since Neeskens invested money in the club, Martins has become a paperhanger.

Shen Bin turned his gaze to Martins and said, "You keep on fooling me. I want to see what you can come up with."

However, Neeskens could no longer bear it.

There are too many young people here who have been tortured by the mediocre performance of the players and have lost their ambition. Although the two consecutive defeats are unfortunate for them, it is not shameful. They perfectly demonstrated the indifferent and amiable demeanor of being trampled upon. Although they kept encountering failures, they tried their best. This is the strength of the team.

For Neeskens, it was a jarring reminder.

This reminded him of the period of depression he experienced after losing the World Cup final in 74. That mediocre life taught Neeskens a lesson: how easy it is for humans to fail, how easy it is to stay at the bottom, and how easy it is to gain self-satisfaction and comfort from the clichés of the losing team who worked hard but failed miserably.

Why is one of the few players in this team whose performance is pleasing to him a thorn in his side? This damn oriental boy.

In the past, he had only expressed dissatisfaction with his personnel arrangements or tactics, but this time he embarrassed himself in front of everyone. This made Neeskens even angrier!

"I don't want to hear any more of these bastards' crap!" Neeskens yelled. "You feel like you've tried your best and it feels good, but what's the point if you can't win? If you haven't tried your best enough, try harder than you have tried your best. Use every last bit of strength in your body, even if you fight hard on the court. I don't want to hear the word try your best anymore. Damn it, get back to training!"

"Oh oh..." Link was the first one to jump up from his seat, cheering for Neeskens and applauding Neeskens. His performance was as funny as it could be. Gular couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha...", but when he saw Neeskens' vicious eyes, he was frightened and hurriedly fled the meeting room.

"Why is that son of a bitch Link still in the team? Find him a team within two days, even if it's a third-tier team. I don't want to see him in Haarlem again."

If there is one person that both Neeskens and Shen Bin look down upon, it would be none other than the old captain Link.

There has never been such a wonderful players' meeting! Link secretly complained.

Shen Bin stood in the player tunnel, surrounded by Groningen players.

Starting from this round, the Dutch FA Cup will no longer draw lots in every round. The draw five days ago determined the draw positions of each team at once. Haarlem is in the upper half. In addition to Haarlem's home game against Groningen, there is also Ajax's home game against Twente. The lower half is Alkmaar vs. Heerenveen and Twente's home game against Feyenoord.

Shen Bin only practiced with the team for three days. After the team meeting, nothing seemed to have happened. During the three days of team practice, Shen Bin clearly targeted Junior. Neeskens was like a transparent man, as if nothing had happened. In this game, Shen Bin and Junior were arranged to play at the same time. This is a double-edged sword with great risks. Even Link did not leave the team. He is still on the team's observation list.

But what made him take such a big risk?

Since the team unexpectedly eliminated Utrecht and entered the quarterfinals, Neeskens has been thinking about one question for three weeks. In the current situation, should he give up the cup competition and focus on playing well in the last two months of the league to strive for promotion to the first division, or should he risk not being promoted in the end and strive hard in every cup game to bring the team a trophy in 16 seasons and qualify for the UEFA Cup next season?

This is not an option of sacrificing the car to save the driver.