Football: The immortal legend on the green field

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, both sides arrived at the Philips Stadium one after another.

During this game, nearly 300,000 fans flocked to the Philips Stadium.

Although it is the FA Cup final, after all, it is not a strong team like Ajax or Feyenoord that has many international players.

Third parties, that is, local fans, don’t buy many tickets.

The vast majority of fans are from the closer city of Utrecht, but even so, Utrecht is 100 kilometers away from Eindhoven.

There were also some travelling fans from Haarlem, but not many, only around 300.

300VS, the gap can be imagined. The fans of Haarlem Athletic couldn't even make a sound.

The whole stadium was filled with deafening cheers and slogans from Utrecht fans.

"This is the 2004-2005 Dutch FA Cup final, Haarlem vs. Utrecht."

"Haarlem played their best 4-5-1 formation. The defense led by two Italians, Aleister and Bosinha, has been very stable. However, in the league a week ago, they were scored five goals by the same opponent."

"Shen Bin, the young captain of Haarlem SC, who is now the most eye-catching young star in Europe, has returned. He and Tiote, who was born in Côte d'Ivoire and is now a Chinese citizen, have formed the most stable defensive midfield partnership."

The two wingers are local fast horses Sterling and Gular, and the attacking midfielder is another Chinese player Deng Zhuoxiang. "

At the center position is their tall striker, Howard, who has played for Haarlem for six seasons!

Along with the commentator's voice, the fans at the scene burst into violent boos.

However, Utrecht fans are relatively civilized, unlike Roda JC fans who do nothing but swear.

"Their opponents are from Utrecht, a veteran powerhouse in the Dutch league. They were unexpectedly relegated to the second division in the 03-04 season, but this season they have already secured the second division championship two rounds in advance and have returned to the first division."

"The back line formed by Friedrich and Findis is comparable to the steel defense of PSV Eindhoven."

Since the game was broadcast live for free to the whole of Europe, it attracted a lot of attention and the commentators did not hesitate to exaggerate the strength of the players on both sides.

His tone of comparing Utrecht's defense with PSV's defense still met with dissatisfaction among the few local fans at the scene. There were some boos, but they were immediately drowned out by the cheers of Utrecht fans.

"The two Brazilian foreign players in the midfield, Zelos and Cordoba, have made many outstanding performances this season, especially Cordoba, who has scored 5 goals and 3 assists this season. This time he will be tested by two Chinese midfielders, Shen Bin and Tiote. Can the Brazilian genius withstand the pressure?"

"The striker is the 35-year-old Dutch veteran Van Enberg. He and his striker partner Van Basten won the 88 European Cup, which is still fresh in our memory."

Back then, Feinberg was a 19-year-old young man, but now he is a veteran with a weathered face. Most of his contemporaries have retired, but he is the only one who still insists on running on the green field. Veterans never die, they just fade away. "

"Partnering with Vanenberg in the front line is Sham Medina, the main center forward who will represent the Netherlands in the World Youth Championship in their home country in a month."

"Sham Medina is a young man born and raised in Utrecht. He has shown amazing football talent since he was young and has superior physical fitness. Now the 19-year-old Sham Medina has 19 goals in the second division, only 2 less than Deng Zhuoxiang who ranks first in the scoring list."

"There are still two rounds of the league, and it is not impossible to compete for the league's top scorer."

"Sham is known as Kluivert's successor. He is currently the most promising young player in the Netherlands. The Dutch people's expectations for him are higher than Robben and Gular."

"Ruud Gullit once said he was the future of Dutch football."

"When the tall Sham Medina walked into the lounge, he had to lean over when passing through the door, and he stood out even more among the crowd."

"Shyam, here!"

When Sham heard his teammates calling him, he walked over and said, "Hello, captain!" He greeted Vanenberg.

Feinberg is only 181 cm tall, but when standing next to Sham Medina, he is half a head shorter than her.

Every time he saw Sham Medina, Feinberg would sigh and say that he was superior.

"I heard that CSKA Moscow of the Russian Premier League has made you another offer?" Feinberg asked while drinking iced coffee while sitting in the middle seat.

Sham Medina nodded and said, "Yes, they want me to transfer before the World Youth Championship."

The Russian Super League and the Dutch Super League are both affiliated with UEFA.

Although they are all teams from European leagues, they are also divided into different levels based on league ranking and strength.

The Eredivisie is currently ranked fifth, while the Russian Super League is currently in seventh place among all European leagues.

The Eredivisie and the Russian Premier League are basically the same, and they both use the 1+2 model in the European Champions League.

The Eredivisie's place in the Champions League this year was taken by PSV Eindhoven, while Alkmaar and Feyenoord qualified for the play-offs.

If Sham Medina wants to show himself on a bigger stage, transferring to CSKA Moscow is a good choice.

Because they have a starting spot in the Champions League next season.

If Sham Medina wants to stay in the Eredivisie and participate in the Champions League, he can only join PSV Eindhoven. However, he can only be the third center forward in PSV Eindhoven, so he may have to prepare for a long-term bench position.

If he joins Alkmaar or Feyenoord, with his current ability he can only be the first substitute, and these two teams have to start from the qualifiers. It is still unknown whether he can pass the cruel qualifiers.

Don’t think the qualifiers are easy. Inter Milan and Fiorentina in Serie A, Villarreal and Sevilla in La Liga, Newcastle in the Premier League and Liverpool who just created the Istanbul miracle…

The teams that drew Feyenoord and Alkmaar are also at an absolute disadvantage, not to mention that there are at least twenty other teams on the same level as them.

Therefore, joining the leader of the Russian Super League and directly participating in the Champions League is also an upward channel.

But Sham Medina obviously didn't think so.

"I want to consider the transfer after the World Youth Championship. If our Netherlands team performs well and I perform well enough, I may be able to directly join a mid-table team in the top five leagues."

Sham Medina is ambitious. He does not want to waste time and switch back and forth, but instead wants to join the top five leagues directly in one go.

Sham Medina is very confident in himself and believes that his talent can also lead him to the top five leagues.

But he still felt a little jealous of his opponent Shen Bin. It was difficult for him to get into a competitive team in the top five leagues. Why was he, a person of the same age, favored by several giants?

He secretly made up his mind to defeat Shen Bin in this game and let the world see that although Shen Bin was excellent, he was no worse than him.

At this point, Sham Medina looked at Vanenberg and asked, "What is it like to play in the top five leagues?"

"Feeling?" Feinberg took a sip of coffee, smacked his lips and thought for a moment, then suddenly grinned and said, "Higher, stronger, faster!"

Sigh: "Both me and Brucken are losers. I was in danger of losing my starting position in the Bundesliga Munich 1860. In order to occupy a starting position, I never slacked off for a single day. That was a mid-to-lower-level team in the Bundesliga. It's not easy to play there. Not only is it about playing football, but there are also many problems that need to be solved. You have a great chance of staying there, and we will support you in making the best decision."

Sham Medina nodded and thanked him; "Thank you!"