"What? You mean, this old guy Dietmar is just playing with me? ”

Coming out of the office building of the Red Bull Club in New York, holding a professional contract that had just been signed, Qin Shou originally smiled and smiled, but under a few words from John, he suddenly jumped like a dog's tail and kept yelling.

The reason is very simple, John told Qin Shou that in fact, this trial is just a formality, no matter how Qin Shou behaves, even if it is as bad as a ****, Dietmar will give him a professional contract.

John was also puzzled by this. But after talking to Dietmar, I understood why. There are two reasons, one is that through the last friendly game, Qin Shou's technical characteristics and defects are extremely obvious, through the communication of the coaching staff, it was concluded that Qin Shou has a strong talent, although many basic things are very white, but these things can be cultivated. So it's still worth signing Qin Shou.

The second is that Henry's strong recommendation impressed Dietmar. Although Thierry Henry is one of the top superstars in international football and the most expensive player in the team, he is only a player after all, and it stands to reason that he has no say in terms of recruitment. However, Dietmar is a head coach who is very good at listening to the advice of others, and he is really interested in Qin Shou, so Qin Shou successfully became a member of the New York Red Bulls.

In fact, to put it bluntly, this is a gamble by the New York Red Bulls. If Qin Shou develops well in the future, then there is no doubt that the New York Red Bulls' gamble has been successful, and they have exchanged for a good player at a very small price. If it fails, it doesn't matter, it's just a contract of the lowest grade of the team, and the New York Red Bulls don't care about this money.

Therefore, this deal is not a loss.

But for Qin Shou, it was very depressing.

Originally, because he successfully got a professional contract after just one day of tryout, which made him secretly proud as disgusting as eating a fly, he performed himself so hard, was tossed by the coach and teammates, and made a lot of jokes, but suddenly told him that these are not important, they can be omitted, which really makes him extremely painful.

"Damn, there aren't many good things in a professional team." Qin Shou scolded viciously, looking at John who was snickering next to him, Qin Shou even sprayed him with him, "You are not a good person, you don't tell me if you know what's going on, curse you every time you eat pork chops in the future, it's half-baked!" ”

"......" John rolled his eyes speechlessly.

But anyway, being able to get a professional contract, no longer having to work around like before, but still not making much money, although the salary of this contract is not high, but at least it is a stable income guarantee, and more importantly, it is much better than the remuneration that Qin Shou gets from working several jobs at the same time.

This is indeed something to be happy about.

Qin Shou was quite open-minded, or rather nervous, and after a while of arguing with John, he was soon pulled out of the depression by Dietmar, and then the two walked towards Stevenson University. This good news is naturally to be shared with the members of the school team.

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Signed a professional contract with the New York Red Bulls, Qin Shou naturally has to fulfill the obligations required by the contract, and must train with the team every day and obey the club's arrangements.

Naturally, Qin Shou waved goodbye to the days when he worked around before. In terms of academics, John stepped forward to help Qin Shou go through the suspension procedures, and Qin Shou of Violet Bar didn't have time to be a "shopkeeper". However, after the end of training every day, Qin Shou would still return to the bar and occasionally help Lao Carl do some chores, but after Lao Carl hired a beautiful female college student as a new waiter, and the drinkers in the bar circled around the sister paper, Qin Shou found that he seemed to be a little redundant, so after the training, he went back to his nest directly.

The days are starting to get boring.

Qin Shou did almost nothing every day, except for eating, sleeping, and going to the toilet, almost all of the rest of the time was spent on training.

Unlike the training of his teammates, in addition to some necessary warm-up training with the team, at other times, Qin Shou was asked by Dittmar to conduct basic training alone on the sidelines.

For example: juggling the ball, running with the ball, and even running without the ball......

Every day, watching the big guys on the training ground laughing and training enthusiastically, and then looking at himself playing and talking to himself here alone, Qin Shou is extremely envious. However, he also knows very well that he is extremely lacking in many aspects now, and he is an amateur player who is halfway home, and if he wants to succeed, he must pay more and be more tolerant of loneliness.

But fortunately, assistant coach Juan accompanies him at any time, or "monitors" him by his side, as long as Qin Shou has a lazy mind or action, Coach Juan will immediately calm his face. However, Qin Shou is quite a resilient person, and he will definitely grit his teeth and insist on what he has determined, which makes Juan unable to find a reason to "punish" Qin Shou.

The week passed quickly. Qin Shou, who has been practicing hard every day, has made some progress, at least he can accurately pass the football to a destination that is not too far away. Of course, this is when no one is pressing, Juan has asked several players to cooperate with Qin Shou for passing training, but under the pressure of his teammates, Qin Shou's pass lost its accuracy again.

This result made Qin Shou very dissatisfied. Coach Juan told him that passing and dribbling are the most basic technical movements in football, and although they are simple, they cannot be reached overnight, and it takes little time to accumulate.

Juan was very satisfied with Qin Shou's progress. After all, although Qin Shou has been playing wild ball for a while, he has never received formal and systematic training, and it is extremely difficult to make such progress in a week.

But Qin Shou knows very well that this is far from enough, he still needs to pay more, and he needs to work harder to catch up with his teammates. He can only continue to train, continue to use his sweat and persistence to shorten the gap between him and his teammates, and reach the level where he can play in official matches as soon as possible.

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Over the weekend, the New York Red Bulls hosted their penultimate opponent of the regular season, Washington D.C. United (D.C. United (D.C.). C。 United）。

Washington D.C. United have had a good year, currently sitting in fourth place in the Eastern Conference and qualifying for the Wild Card Tournament. This does not mean that the Washington D.C. United team has no desire, after all, although the wild card has a great hope of qualifying for the playoffs, there is still a danger of elimination, and the safest way is to qualify directly for the playoffs. Therefore, D.C. United, who are only one step away from third place, will be going all out to get the three points.

And for the home team, the New York Red Bulls, this game is equally important, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a "battle of life and death". Now in 6th place in the Eastern Semi-Division, they have no way out, and if they can't keep their final two league games alive, they won't even have the slightest chance of qualifying for the playoffs - even if they win, they will have to look at the face of the fifth-placed Columbus Crew, with two league games remaining, and as long as the Columbus Crew wins, they still have no chance of advancing to the playoffs.

It can be said that the current New York Red Bulls only have theoretical hope of qualifying. But even if there is only the slightest chance, you can't give it up.

With one team fighting to qualify directly for the playoffs and the other to qualify for the Wild Card Tournament, both teams are giving their best in this game, and the heat and heat are all over the place. The referee became the busiest man of the game, with the whistle blowing frequently from the start to the end of the game, and a total of eight yellow cards were shown.

The end result of this tragic battle was not satisfactory. The two teams ended up 2:2. After conceding the first goal, Henry scored two goals with an overhead kick with his outstanding individual ability. However, in the 80th minute, the visitors scored another goal. Although the players of both teams were red-eyed in the next ten minutes, they did not score any goals, and in the end they could only shake hands and make a peace and score one point each.

D.C. United, who have one point, have not changed their league standings and remain in fourth place. The New York Red Bulls, who also had only one point, dropped to 7th place, in fact, it didn't matter anymore, because it didn't take long for the news of the Columbus Crew's victory in another city to come and all the Red Bulls knew that their season was over early, regardless of their results.

Under the gaze of more than 40,000 people at Red Bull Park, Henry looked at his teammates with lonely expressions, and even some young players still had tears on their faces, and his heart was also a little sour.

Even though he hasn't been with the team for long, and even though this season's defeat doesn't have much to do with him, no one likes to lose, especially on the football pitch, in a place where everything is done to win!

The veteran players on the team had already collected their frustration and began to comfort their teammates one by one. Henry also joined the crowd. Then he and his teammates held hands and began to go around the stadium to thank the fans and ...... Regret.

And Qin Shou, who was sitting in the stands and didn't even enter the 18-man squad in this game, was a little stunned. Watching the fans around him crying or roaring to vent the emotions in his heart in their own way, Qin Shou was speechless, but there was a trace of indescribable loss and sourness in his heart.

"Is this the real charm of football?" Looking at this scene, Qin Shou had an indescribable feeling in his heart for the first time and didn't know where to start, "This is not just a sport, it is also a ...... of life"