On a beach in southern Spain, many people saw a burly, grim-faced middle-aged man suddenly become a different person after answering a phone call. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I saw him looking at the sun at an angle of forty-five degrees, and he looked up to the sky and let out a roar of grief and indignation:

"Thief God! What kind of grudge do I Marco have with you, and you want to play with me like this?! ”

A middle-aged Italian man next to him suddenly slapped his thigh and leaned up extremely excitedly: "You are definitely Van Basten!" Sign me for it! forza-Milan (come on)! ”

Van Basten suddenly had a balance in his mind.

What is there to complain about?

AC Milan was squeezed out of the Champions League by themselves, and the fans didn't complain......

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Here's a brief recap of the other quarter-finals.

Roma were beaten 2-6 by Shakhtar, while defending champions Inter Milan drew 3-3 with Bayern Munich and narrowly escaped on away goals to become the sole survivor of Serie A.

In the Premier League top three, Manchester United beat Marseille 2-1, Chelsea beat Copenhagen 2-0 and Arsenal were beaten 4-3 by Barcelona.

Real Madrid swept Lyon 4-1, and Raul, the former captain of the Galaxy Battleship, led Schalke 04 to defeat Valencia 4-2 and became the only representative of the Bundesliga.

After the redraw, Ajax was given to Barcelona as one of the big packages, while Shakhtar Donetsk was unsurprisingly given to Barça's arch-rivals Real Madrid – and the La Liga duo always seem to be taken care of by UEFA president Michel Platini.

The Premier League side are less welcome: Manchester United and Chelsea met early in the quarter-finals, and no matter what the outcome, only one of them can continue to advance.

Schalke 04, who was not a big player, was drawn by Inter Milan, which is also a good sign for the defending champions, you know, the two-sided Schalke are almost on the verge of falling into the relegation zone in the Bundesliga......

Three of the four groups of duels are strong and weak, only the Premier League civil war can be regarded as a strong dialogue, the tactical duel between Ferguson and Ancelotti is undoubtedly the most talked about collision in the quarterfinals, and the other three groups are more like the semi-finals, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan seem to have one foot in the semi-finals......

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The quarterfinals are not bad, after all, Barcelona's momentum in recent years is simply unstoppable, and Ajax cannot be compared with the opponent in terms of personnel and technical and tactical play......

With the strength of Ajax, reaching the quarterfinals for two consecutive years is already a strong recovery, after all, it is not bitter, look at the Red Army Liverpool, tired or not, look at the Gunners Arsenal, in the increasingly fierce competition now, even these giants are not planted?

What's more, with the strength of the Galaxy Battleship, it is not the top 16 for six consecutive years!

Van Basten, who figured this out, put away the phone, signed and photographed the enthusiastic Milan fans, and then lay back on the beach.

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Van Basten may be able to afford to beat Barcelona, but there is one person at Ajax who will not agree.

The man's name is ...... Johan Cruyff.

The pride of Dutch football and the godfather of Barcelona was kicked out of Spain due to a violent conflict with the Barça hierarchy, and was even revoked by Rosell from the title of honorary president of the club, which was completely unacceptable to the arrogant Cruyff.

The Dutchman, who had rebelled in Barcelona, fled back to his debut at Ajax and soon became the director of technical advice, and with his status in Dutch football and his mentorship with Van Basten, it was clear to everyone that he was almost the equivalent of Ajax's king.

Van Basten had just laid down when his phone rang again.

"Can you take a break from work?" His wife couldn't help but complain.

Van Basten smiled apologetically, but there was a slight distress on his face - he saw the name of his mentor on the screen.

He had to take over, because the reason why he was able to take over as Ajax manager three years ago was that in addition to his personal qualifications, the recommendation of this mentor was also very important.

Although the Netherlands is not China, it is impossible to have the most basic human feelings.

"Marco, it's me, did you read the news about the lottery?"

Although Cruyff is trying his best to control his emotions, how can he hide Van Basten, who has been friends for 30 years?

Van Basten replied: "Yes, Dennis told me that our opponent in the quarter-finals of the Champions League is Barcelona. ”

"Very well," Cruyff seemed to be brewing feelings, "do you know how those Barcelona guys treat me?"

"I know, John, Russell has gone too far, God will punish him, you don't have to take it to heart......" Van Basten could only comfort his teacher.

"I can't wait, Marco," Cruyff interrupted his amateur's reassurance, his voice unconsciously quickening, "I know my words are too strong, but I really hope you can beat Barcelona." You may not be able to understand how I'm feeling right now, but if I could, I'd love to see the look on Russell's fat pig in Amsterdam......"

Sixty-four-year-old Cruyff babbles on his phone like any old man.

Van Basten listened to him quietly, and then replied in a deep voice: "I can't tell you that we can definitely beat Barca, but we will definitely do our best, I promise you, John. ”

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Cruyff turned off his phone and walked out of his office at the club.

The board's full-time secretary followed him and walked with the Ajax and Dutch legend.

Cruyff stopped in front of a wood.

It was the club's No. 2 training turf, and a faint sound could be heard.

"It's a national team break, right?" He didn't look back, just asked casually.

"Yes," replied the secretary hurriedly, "there should be no training assignments for the first team this week." ”

"Check it out." Cruyff wrapped his trench coat tightly, and the Netherlands was still occasionally chilly in March.

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There was only a red figure in the huge training ground.

Just like his usual training time, Ronshit still arrives here on time every day and trains without compromise.

He rejected the warm-up match between China and Costa Rica, and Gao Hongbo and others did not contact him again, so he was able to concentrate on training.

Sometimes young people like Blind and Eriksen who have not been called up by the national team will also be present at this training ground, but more often than not, he is alone.

It's hard for a guy to train his defensive skills, so he focuses on possession and dribbling.

He filled the training field with triangular cones, and then dribbled the ball around the corners of the pyramid to change direction while slowly picking up speed.

As soon as the speed is fast, the mistakes gradually increase, and occasionally the sudden stop changes direction will cause you to lose your balance or even fall to the ground.

The training was very boring and the progress was minimal, but he had to persevere.

He knows that his natural ball sense is not very good, so he can only strengthen his memory through repeated practice to let the muscles of his body, and over the years, it will always play some role.

After each set of dribbles, he also gives himself a set of long-range shots – the feeling of shooting can also be strengthened with a lot of practice.

After practicing alone for an hour and a half, Long Shute finally stopped.

He had long noticed that there were two onlookers standing not far from the sidelines, but he never stopped masochistic training because of the gaze of others.

Instead, he nodded at the other and prepared to leave.

But as soon as he saw the other party's face, he couldn't help but froze.

"Mr. Cruyff?"

Even if he didn't deal with the new technical adviser, he had been with Ajax for four seasons and the ubiquitous Cruyff photos and portraits were deeply imprinted in the minds of every Ajax player!

Cruyff slowly spoke: "You didn't compete in international competitions?"

"It's just an inconsequential warm-up game." Long Shute smiled, took out a towel from the training bag on the sidelines, and wiped the sweat on his face casually.

"When I see young people like you, I feel that I am indeed old......," Cruyff sighed.

Before Long Shute knew how to comfort the old man, he heard the club's emperor change his words: "Do you know who our opponent in the Champions League is?" ”

"Of course, Barcelona." Long Shute nodded.

Cruyff looked at him: "Do you feel a little headache and worry?" Even powerless despair?"

Long Shute laughed out loud.

"Why should I be afraid?" He straightened his chest with a youthful look of pride, "If the opponent is not strong enough, then how can I prove that I am the strongest?"

Cruyff also laughed: "It's not my era now, the Eredivisie champion is not the strongest. ”

"Maybe you're right," Long Shute looked at the gray-haired old man, but still didn't retreat, "but I've always liked to slap the old faces of these big families. ”

"Ambitious!" Cruyff laughed happily, and then he asked, "Can you tell me, your name?" ”

Ronshit planted headlong on the turf.

You are this routine...... That's not right!

You didn't even know that I was punching Real Madrid, kicking Milan, Liverpool sitting under my ass, the best player of the Asian Cup?

You're crazy, old man!