Football: The immortal legend on the green field

The average age of the Haarlem team is 24.5 years old. The oldest player is 29-year-old center back Link, who is an experienced veteran on the back line, good at long-distance throw-ins, and good at endurance and headers. He has been playing for Haarlem and, like the new assistant coach Brewer, has devoted all his youth to the club. He has a good character and is deeply respected and trusted by his teammates. After Brewer retired and became his assistant coach, the captain's armband was naturally worn on his left arm.

His partner in the back line is 18-year-old Weiss, who was promoted from the second team last season. Neeskens also loaned 23-year-old central defender Kalou from the first-tier team Groningen. The black player has a strong physique and his height of 192 cm gives him a considerable advantage in heading defense in the penalty area.

But Carew has a fatal weakness, which is that sometimes he is not calm enough and his team is often awarded penalties because of his excessive movements. This is why Groningen agreed to the loan.

Jaynes is 28 years old, a foreign player introduced from Italy, a defensive midfielder, the team's top star and the highest paid player. However, he deserves this salary as he is fierce in defense and is an iron gate in front of the team's back line. His only shortcoming is that he is not good at attacking, but this also allows him to defend with peace of mind in the back line.

Among all the players, Neeskens is most optimistic about Gular, who was loaned from Ajax youth team. He is only 19 years old, a right midfielder, has good physical fitness, and can run 11.8 meters in seconds. He is a speedy winger who is good at both defense and offense. He is the key training target of Ajax youth team, and Neeskens snatched him from Ajax with his personal connections.

The short left midfielder Hanni, 26 years old, has good footwork and can pass the ball accurately.

Neeskens can rest assured about the strength of the midfield and backcourt, but he cannot rest assured about the forward line. The original offense relied on two Brazilian foreign players, who were now exchanged for 18 million euros. The only usable forward is a goal-scoring center forward Howard. The other two forwards are both under years old and were promoted from the reserve team a few days ago. Although they have certain development potential, they are not yet of great use.

If they can't find a striker they are satisfied with before the transfer window closes, they will have to move the French attacking midfielder Kuka to the forward line to cooperate with the center forward Howard, but in this way, the attacking midfielder will have to use Leke, Kuka's substitute last season.

Our team doesn't sound like a real Dutch team, but more like a team from the British Isles.

It's no wonder that the local newspapers, when reviewing the team lineups for next season, satirized Hallam Athletic as a second-tier minnow whose soul had been corrupted by the Scottish bagpipes.

When Neeskens was constantly worried about the lineup, he finally received good news. Shen Bin finally decided to come back and chose to sign with Haarlem Athletic.

A Scottish bagpipe piece "Buttons·bows" brought Shen Bin to the Harlem Athletic Training Base.

Today is Tuesday. Early in the morning, the team's bus driver, Uncle Leonard, drove the red Audi A6 that was handed over to the team by the retired team owner to the town to pick up Shen Bin.

Uncle Leonard turned on the car music while sitting in the car.

"Scottish bagpipes?"

"Yes, besides this, what other instrument can make such a sound? It's like the music of the wind..."

"The Netherlands is not far from Scotland. I want to bring some music with European characteristics so that you can adapt to the team's environment as quickly as possible. Music is also a part of the culture of a place! This is specially prepared for you!"

Shen Bin gradually relaxed his tense mood with the music. The soothing and melodious music echoed in his mind. Leonard was right, it really was like the wind... Shen Bin closed his eyes, and such a picture gradually unfolded in front of him with the sound of bagpipes.

He sat alone on the gently undulating hillside, with endless tulip fields at the bottom. The sea breeze was mixed with the fragrance of flowers, a very strange fragrance. The wind blew through his hair and clothes, blowing the huge windmills, and the windmills creaked and turned. The tulip fields were undulating like the waves of the sea in the wind, and groups of butterflies were dancing in the wind... A beautiful angel in a snow-white gauze dress was dancing in front of him...

The face of the angel is very similar to the girl in the dream, but the difference is that she is a real East Asian, with long black hair and a fairy-like face...

Shen Bin felt embarrassed that he kept thinking about the person in his dream. Sometimes when he woke up in the morning, there would be a small map left on the bed.

Standing in front of Horst, the team president who came to greet him, Shen Bin took a deep breath, shook hands with Horst, and looked into Horst's eyes without fear. This surprised Horst, who had lived in the United States since childhood. In his impression, the Chinese people commonly seen in Chinatowns and international students in the United States are either timid and hardworking lower-class laborers or gentle and elegant academic masters.

Two hours later, the team doctor handed a physical test report to Neeskens and Horst. They were 178 cm tall, 76 kg in weight, 120 kg in bench press, 260 kg in squat, 8 minutes and 27 seconds in 2 meters, 48 minutes and 100 seconds in pace, 14 seconds in 23 meters, 5 seconds in 25*21 m shuttle run, 9% in fat content, and a testosterone index of 1250...

Looking at the data, Neeskens' eyes widened, and he obviously couldn't believe his eyes. Even the picky Neeskens had to admit that this Chinese man, who looked not to be in outstanding physical condition, had a physique as strong as steel.

Especially the testosterone content, Neeskens couldn't help but imagine that if this guy became a superstar, he might become a nightmare for those unscrupulous female stars...

After receiving the physical examination report submitted by the team doctor, all problems no longer existed.

Shen Bin took a deep breath. This was the first contract he had ever signed independently. When he wrote the two words "Shen Bin" in Chinese stroke by stroke, he finally realized...

I am a real professional player!

"Welcome, sen." Horst stood up and extended his hand.

"Sen, resume training with the youth team these days. Next Tuesday, the Coca-Cola "Stars of Tomorrow" summer training camp will be held in Nice, France. Gular has already received the invitation letter. I am contacting the organizer and trying to get you in." Neeskens said to Shen Bin.

Shen Bin knew that now was the off-season and the team's first-team had not yet gathered and were still on vacation, so he was not surprised by this. However, the thought that he might be able to participate in the "Star of Tomorrow" training camp still made Shen Bin excited. After all, there were young talents everywhere and geniuses gathered there.