Chapter XVIII. Dutch Super Cup
The Dutch Super Cup, officially known as the Johan Cruyff Shield, is a Super Cup competition named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, and the two sides are the winner of the Dutch Football Bundesliga and the Dutch Cup last season.
Ajax, last season's Eredivisie champions, will face the Dutch Super Cup first before the start of the season.
Last year's Dutch Cup was won by fellow Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven, and the two teams playing the Dutch Super Cup can be regarded as an appetizer before the start of the Eredivisie.
However, speaking of which, Ajax has taken a bit of an advantage in this cup competition, because the venue of the Dutch Super Cup has always been set at Ajax's home stadium Amsterdam Stadium, so Ajax can also be regarded as a home game.
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Uncle Roma's family is a typical Ajax fan family, from top to bottom, whether it is Uncle Roma, Aunt Salissa or son Sander, they are all loyal fans of Ajax, especially Uncle Roma and Sander, both have season tickets for the Ajax team, and home games are never left behind.
Aunt Salissa, although she is also a loyal Ajax fan, sometimes thinks the stadium is too noisy, so more often she will watch Ajax games on pay TV.
At noon that day, Aunt Salisa made lunch early, and Uncle Roma and Sander went out for a ride to the Amsterdam stadium after eating lunch.
Originally, Uncle Rohm and Sander actually had a common fan group, but due to the kick-off time of the Dutch game, they did not meet in a pub first, for example, and then go to the stadium together, like the fans in England, to cheer up the team, but to watch the game first, and then gather to celebrate.
"Shande, do you think Coach Frank will let Lee play?"
Uncle Rom, a loyal fan of Li Lin, is still worried about whether his favorite player can play.
It wasn't surprising that his father would ask him, as it was the fifth time in a while that his father had asked him.
"Dad, I'm not Coach Frank, how do I know if Lee can play, what is the use of you always asking me, won't you know when the time comes?"
Hearing Shande's words, Uncle Rom suddenly seemed to remember something, and said with an excited expression: "By the way, the time should be almost up now, the starters may have come out, you can take a look on the Internet." ”
Unfortunately, Uncle Roma was disappointed by the result, because the players he wanted to see were not on the list.
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Yes, Li Lin had been told two days ago that he would not be able to start in the Dutch Super Cup, but Li Lin was not surprised, and it would be strange if Frank de Boer insisted on putting himself in the starting line-up. He doesn't think he has that much charisma and has already conquered Coach Frank de Boer. No matter how good he was in the warm-up, it wasn't a reason for Frank de Boer to take the risk.
After all, it's a one-legged final, so it's definitely going to be consistent, and Frank de Boer promises he'll be a priority if he makes a substitution.
At noon, the team's bus slowly drove into the team aisle of the stadium, where football media from all over the Netherlands had already arrived here, waiting for the arrival of the players and the start of the game.
The car door opened, the players rushed out, Li Lin wore headphones, walked into the locker room, he did not receive any harassment from reporters. Speaking of which, there are still two most popular people in this team, one is the team's head coach Frank De Boer, who has been successful in his playing days and is still dazzling after picking up the coaching whip, and the two consecutive Eredivisie titles are enough to make Frank De Boer proud, so there are many reporters around him, and the other is the young Danish core of the team, Christian Eriksen!
You know, Eriksen, as a player born in 92, participated in the European Championship in Ukraine this summer, as the team's attacking core started three consecutive games, although he did not score or assist, but his role on the field is undoubted. So for such a talented star, there are naturally many reporters around him.
"Hey, look at the posture that Christian was interviewed, a proper big star, who also participated in the European Cup this summer, Lee, envy or not?"
Blind walked into the locker room and saw Li Lin who was recuperating with his eyes closed, and couldn't help but be happy and made a joke.
"I think it's big brother, you envy it, you're 22 years old, and you haven't been selected for the Dutch national team yet? Are you in a hurry, are you sad? I'm only 18 years old, and I'm not in a hurry anyway. ”
Li Lin didn't open his eyes, but the expression on his face became more soothing.
"Hey, I said, why are you talking so badly?"
Blind was not happy, every time he made a joke about the other party, he was speechless, and just wanted to go up to "teach a lesson" to Li Lin, Erikson walked in.
"Christian! Daly, he's jealous that you've played for the national team and says bad things about you! ”
Blind's eyebrows jumped, and he opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but as if he had been enchanted, he couldn't say a word, and he was stunned, but Erikson relieved him.
"Daley, I told you a long time ago, you either do it directly, or don't provoke him, you don't know that guy is unforgiving."
As soon as these words came out of Erikson's mouth, Blind's eyes immediately changed, and his eyes were fixed on Li Lin, revealing a dangerous aura.
Just as the nick of time came, Coach Frank came in.
Li Lin ran behind the head coach and grimaced with Blind, with a smug look on his face.
"Okay, okay, hurry up and change your clothes!"
Frank de Boer smiled that it takes this kind of living treasure to make the dressing room less dull, and he's happy to see that happen.
Of course, this also has to do with the fact that there are no veterans in this team, and if you are in a big team, I am afraid that you will not be qualified to play so much.
When the players sorted out their jerseys, in the locker room, they could already faintly hear the cheers of the fans in the stadium, like ocean waves, constantly slapping the locker room, stirring up the players' originally excited emotions.
Frank de Boer stood solemnly in front of the tactical board and began to tell the players one last time about the tactical essentials of the game.
'In this game, we played 4-4-2, with Borigott and Sigsolsson up front, midfielders Eriksen, De Jong, Jensen and Schöne, defenders Blind, Aldeveld, Moisand and Van Rijn, and goalkeeper Vermeer.
When the head coach said this, Li Lin subconsciously glanced at Van der Wiel, who was calm next to him, Van de Wiel, as the team's main right-back, did not play in this game, I am afraid that the news of Paris Saint-Germain's purchase by the media is not groundless, I am afraid that the transfer is a foregone conclusion