Football: The immortal legend on the green field

When the European war and the league had not yet started, the transfer market had basically settled, and the Dutch media finally turned their attention to Haarlem.

Shen Bin is always cautious when facing the media. He is not like European and American players who are either talkative or have a bad temper and always go against the media.

Shen Bin has a bad temper. It should be said that he has no temper.

On Monday, the players returned to the training base after a day of rest. Reporters saw Neeskens and Shen Bin entering the Haarlem Athletic Training Base like an uncle and nephew. They were talking and laughing, and were very close.

Neeskens was wearing a tracksuit today and it looked like he was back to his old routine, ready to go out on the field and train like a normal player.

After the game, Horst knew that there was a high probability that he had made the right bet. In order to increase the success rate and avoid accidents, necessary investment was still needed. He believed in the truth of the business world: without investment, there would be no output.

It seems that he was stimulated by the constant tentative offers from dozens of clubs.

Although he and Neeskens hold the same view, that is, to refuse to negotiate Shen Bin's transfer with other clubs this season, their purposes are different. Neeskens is for the team's results, while he thinks Shen Bin is like a potential stock, which is still far from the highest value of the stock.

Despite the club's tight finances, Horst still formed a three-person medical support team specifically for Shen Bin.

Neeskens has strong opinions about this. He believes that such an arrangement will lose the inherent balance among the players and is not conducive to team unity. In his opinion, Shen Bin is just a newcomer with development potential, and it is not appropriate for him to enjoy Ronaldo-like superstar treatment.

Shen Bin was disrespectful of Horst's arrangement. Past experience told him that scientifically adjusting the rhythm of training and competition is more important than experience.

Neeskens doesn't think so. Half a game is not a problem for Shen Bin at all. In last week's FA Cup, he was still full of energy at the end of the game and did not have any cramps. There is no problem with his physical fitness at all. It's just cramps. As long as he can get through that period, the player can still continue to play for half an hour. Basically, most players encounter the same problem.

After the team returned to Amsterdam from Geneva, Shen Bin received a comprehensive physical examination by the team doctor. It would not be wrong for him to be cautious. After all, it was his first adult game after returning from injury. Everyone else started training together at the request of the coach, but Shen Bin was jogging around the court. Although he started training, he accepted the doctor's advice to reduce the intensity, shorten the training time, and take a day off occasionally.

This is necessary for a young player whose body has not yet reached maturity, and Shen Bin also has a serious injury history. This is what an athlete who wants to survive a long season must do.

The team's victory cannot solve all problems, just as the hot-tempered Neeskens cannot change his paranoia.

On the contrary, new conflicts will also arise due to changes in the team's culture. On the second day of the game, the former team captain Link held a small "party" at his suburban villa on the weekend, under the pretext of celebrating the first victory of the new season.

But since the excuse was the team's first win, why were most of the players invited, except Shen Bin who played a decisive role in the game?

During the training break, Gular came to Shen Bin with a swagger, "Shen Bin, do you have a conflict with Link?" Gular said like an older brother, "Don't worry, leave it to me!"

Shen Bin nodded with a smile: "Thank you."

Then Gulal walked up to Link. Shen Bin was far away and didn't know what he said. He only saw Gulal saying a lot and then pointing at Shen Bin. Link used his signature fake smile to show that he agreed with Gulal's opinion.

Is it solved like this? Shen Bin didn't believe that Link would completely obey Gular.

But it doesn’t matter whether Shen Bin believed it or not. What matters is that Gular believed it.

Gular returned to Shen Bin and said, "Link told me that he would turn the page. Shen Bin, please give me some face and turn the page too."

Is being a big brother really addictive?

Shen Bin had no choice but to say, "If he turns the page, I'll turn the page too."

"That's it, this is my brother!" Gular smiled happily.

Neeskens' presence on the practice field is bad news for others in training camp, which is completely open to the media except for scrimmage training.

Except for some people who are crazy about becoming famous, a normal player does not want to be distracted by other things during training.

Fortunately, the media's attention was mainly on Neeskens and Shen Bin.

The media easily discovered that Shen Bin did not do the same thing as the other team members, but just jogged for recovery. "Shen Bin, is your knee joint okay?"

"no problem."

Shen Bin only answered the question about his injury once, and then other reporters asked the same question, but he ignored it. Miraculously, the reporters at the scene were keenly aware that it was a question Shen Bin didn't want to answer, so they tacitly asked other questions.

Seeing several media surrounding Shen Bin who was stretching, Neeskens was always worried that the young Shen Bin would say something wrong, so he came over and rescued Shen Bin in time. The reporters then shifted their main target. A reporter from the Amsterdam Now asked Neeskens what he thought about the players' level of effort.

"effort?"

Neeskens appreciated the question, “Yes, I take this very seriously. In addition to the love for the game, the most important thing is whether you work hard on the training ground.

There is no greater effort than being the first one in the gym and the last one out. I've seen young players do this, but" Neeskens glanced at Shen Bin, who did not participate in the joint training.

They get along very well, Shen Bin is a good kid, but he lacks a sense of boundaries. How should I put it?

He lacked sufficient respect for himself, and Shen Bin completely accepted the olive branch extended by Horst.

Neeskens believes that Horst is trying to gain control of the team, which is not a good sign.

If he wants to lead the team, the young man must fear himself. And Shen Bin neither flatters himself nor deliberately alienates himself. Everything he does is just to prove that he can gain a foothold in the team by relying on his own ability. Okay, Neeskens is willing to give him a chance to prove himself, but not to blindly follow the random arrangements of the boss who knows nothing about the team.

Their goals are different. His goal is to achieve outstanding results, while little Horst just wants to make more money.

Seeing Shen Bin listening carefully to the fitness expert's explanation, Neeskens felt a little uncomfortable. When he was a player, neither he nor Cruyff enjoyed such treatment.

Can you compare me with Cruyff? The opponent the day before yesterday was just a third-tier team. You haven't experienced any real tests yet, but you put yourself in the position of a superstar. Neeskens doesn't like this, but he doesn't show it.

Because he still needs to maintain his good image as a mentor and leader, but once the stupidity of young people exceeds his threshold, anything can happen.

"Some people don't do that," Neeskens said. "I believe that sooner or later they will realize that spending a lot of time on the training ground to develop their talents will help them control the game."

Shen Bin dared to say that Neeskens spent more energy dealing with the media than on tactical research, but how could such a person talk about hard work and dedication in front of reporters? What is wrong with this world?

Boasting is not the Chinese style.