Football: The immortal legend on the green field

According to the arrangement of this summer camp, the first round of training matches will be held on July 7. For the players, they only have one day to get familiar with each other. They will form teams on the 23st, conduct team training on the 21nd, and the first round of round-robin matches will begin at 22 pm on the 23rd.

Two o'clock in the afternoon is when the sun is the hottest, and they have to compete under the scorching sun. Those in the 85 and 86 age groups are better off, as their competition is scheduled to end between 7 and 10 in the evening.

Shen Bin didn't feel anything. The coach sent by the organizer was also quite casual. It wasn't a formal match, so the players' subjective initiative had to be brought into play. "The positions on the field are fixed. As for how to play, you have to discuss it among yourselves. If the development meets expectations, some of you may become the captain or main decision-maker of your national team in the future. This is different from other training camps. Developing leadership skills is also the main training purpose.

Especially for players like Shen, you have to take responsibility for the team now. You can have arguments, which is a good thing, but when there are differences of opinion, the captain has the final decision-making power on the field, and others must obey unconditionally, otherwise the whole team will be in disarray. It is good to be good at thinking and to be able to express different opinions, but obedience is a noble quality as a player. "

When the temporary coach, Brazilian Carlos Alves, praised Shen Bin, not all players in the locker room recognized him. They just couldn't show their disapproval directly because of face - after all, this Oriental man didn't provoke them.

It would be more accurate to say that I came here to seek exposure rather than to train.

There are more than just two European clubs here, and each team has different selection criteria. Maybe one team treats you as a treasure, but another team thinks you are shit.

There is not much competition here, after all, there are only one or two players that all teams are fighting for. Who knows who will be picked by which team in a month? Even if they are outstanding now, they may disappear in the long river of countless talents in a few years, so there is no need to offend them.

Especially after hearing that Shen Bin had never been selected for his country's youth team, and the only time he appeared in the transfer news on Ajax's official website last year.

Shen Bin's domestic transfer was a big deal, but it didn't even make a splash in Europe. There were hundreds of transfer news like this in Europe that year.

Among these 15 or 6-year-old players, who among them has not fought their way through?

Who wasn’t the best among his peers when he was a teenager?

But it is not easy to get to where we are now. It does not mean that you deserve to be here now just because you performed well in your youth. Along the way, they saw countless people falling behind, and some of them were even more talented than them...

So what?

Professional football has a typical pyramid structure. The top players are at the top of the pyramid, professional players in the top leagues are in the middle of the pyramid, and professional players in the vast secondary leagues, lower-level leagues, and even other second- and third-rate leagues are all at the bottom. But at least they are still on the ground and can be seen by others.

As for those semi-professional players who have signed professional contracts but are still unable to play in first-team games, they are just the foundation of the pyramid, and it is unknown when they will see the light of day.

From the youth team to the young team, the countless losers who have devoted themselves to football but were eliminated are like the sand in the vast desert surrounding the pyramid.

As vast as the sea of ​​stars, too numerous to count.

From the perspective of football itself, the sacrifices of these people are meaningful. It is their existence that gave birth to the giant of professional football. Without the support of the youth football training system at all levels around the world, and without hundreds of millions of children who love football joining this system, the world's number one sport would be a joke.

But from an individual perspective, every loser who falls in the desert and turns into sand is sad. Some of them have their own faults, some are envied by the gods, and some spend many years to realize that they are not cut out for this job.

The youth and healthy bodies they have invested in this industry have been wasted.

does it worth?

If someone asks them this, they might smile and answer: "I love football and I have no regrets."

But is this true?

But even if it is not true, even if I regret it and am unwilling to accept it, what can I do?

This is reality, and reality is so cruel. There are always only a few people at the top of the pyramid, and the desert composed of countless gravels is the norm.

Especially the players here, all of whom have fought their way out of the vast crowd. People who are used to the survival of the fittest, even if they have any compassion, have basically been worn away now. Instead of sympathizing with others, it is better to think about how to stand out in this fiercely competitive world.

Shen Bin didn't understand what his teammates were thinking and didn't take their lukewarm attitude seriously at all.

He has experienced several turning points in his life, and as the saying goes, "A sword is sharpened by grinding," his mentality has long been honed to be as hard as steel.

When he was spotted by Ajax, both the media and the fans praised him to the skies. And when he was abandoned by Ajax and was revealed to be playing soccer on an amateur pitch, he was not unaware of how badly he was criticized on the Internet.

At 2 pm, the players came to the player preparation area, and the first game had officially begun, with Messi's team facing Suarez's team. As a result, under the scorching sun, both sides failed to perform to their due level, and the score on the field was still 0-0.

Shen Bin didn't think anything of it, but Kagawa Kaili was trembling, because the two central defenders in Fabregas' team were one from Norway and the other from Sweden, and both were over 185 cm tall.

"I'm only 168cm tall, how can I play in this competition?"

"Shouldn't you be happy?" Shen Bin said to Shinji Kagawa, "The chance to prove yourself has come so soon!"

Shinji Kagawa, who had come to his senses, also laughed: "Yes, I will prove that he is wrong!"

"No, you don't need to prove anything to him. You should prove to me that I was not wrong." Shen Bin educated Shinji Kagawa like a leader.

Shinji Kagawa nodded like a chick licking rice: "Mr. Shen, I will definitely not let you down!"

Ten minutes later, the staff came to remind Shen Bin that their game with the White Team was about to begin.

Just as the players of the red team lined up and walked into the stadium, cheers were heard from the audience.

As they were lining up on the sidelines preparing for their game, they had no idea what was happening on the field. They only saw the players of the yellow team running towards Messi and Balotelli who were hugging each other. Shen Bin looked up at the electronic scoring board and found that the yellow team was already leading Suarez's blue team 1-0.

After two long and short whistles, the game between the two teams on the field has ended. The yellow and blue teams have lined up in the center circle to thank the audience!