After May Day, the [***] epidemic gradually stabilized and eased in Chinese mainland, and Warrendam, where Zhang Jun and Yang Pan are located, is also going on according to plan in the relegation process. After a win over another rival, Grolingen, Volendamm moved up to 14th place with another win away at Waalwijek, but they are now just three points clear of the relegation zone as their opponents have also performed well behind them.

However, Zhang Jun himself is still in astonishing form, scoring in three consecutive games, and he is currently sitting in the second place in the league scorer list with 20 league goals, close to the top scorer with 26 goals.

Now there is even a Dutch media proposal to give the best newcomer and the best foreign player of the season to Zhang Jun, a Chinese teenager who is only 21 years old. "He's going to be the second Marco van Basten for sure!" Many Dutch people can't wait to announce this.

"The second Basten? The curse of these journalists is really vicious, haha! A delicate, somewhat pale man of his forties put down the newspaper and picked up his coffee.

The blonde man across from him couldn't laugh at all: "You're the only one who still has the time to joke, Marco, think about my opinion, right?" Come and be my assistant and together we will make the red and white jersey take Europe by storm! ”

The man known as "Marco" took a leisurely sip of coffee and shook his head: "Ronald, you know. My promise to come back is already a big step forward. Don't make me do things I don't like, it's not what I want to do, and I don't have any ability. ”

"But aren't Luther and Frank doing a good job?"

"It's different, Ronald." Marko shook his head again, "The difference in our position dictates that I have to take a different path from them. Those who play in central midfield tend to have a good big-picture vision and leadership qualities that bring them a lot of glory when they are players. When they switch to coaching, these skills become more mature, so that they don't have much of a problem with coaching. Luther is the midfield conductor, and Frank is the core of the defense, and you, Ronald, aren't you also from the back? I'm just a centre-forward, I've never been a conning tower on the pitch, I'm just a charging soldier. The management ability and commanding temperament are far worse than those two friends of mine. I'm still honestly better at playing the center forward in the second team, really, that's my specialty, and that's my interest. ”

Ronald looked at Marco with a serious face and stayed for a while before nodding: "Okay, do what you like, just like you who pursue goals on the field." No one can change what you decide......"

"Hey, don't say that. Ronald, I send you a good center every year, don't you have to wake up laughing at night when you dream? Ha ha! Marco laughed, and Ronald laughed too: "You! You're in a good mood during this time, are you back with this little guy? He gestured to a soccer ball on the table.

"Of course, Ronald, my happiest time can only be found on the football field......"

On this day, in the head coach's office of Ajax in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Marco vanbasten accepted Ronald Koeman's invitation to become a general coach of the Ajax youth team, where his job was to train the centre-forward. Although Koeman wants Basten to be his assistant and lead the first team. Either way, on this day, Basten returned, and after eight years away from football, he returned to Ajax, to his beloved football.

So does this episode have any special significance other than providing news material for journalists? Or does it have anything to do with the novel's storyline?

Don't think about it, there's no connection, there's really no connection......

Zhang Jun suddenly found that Ao Chu rarely joked in recent times, he was silently practicing himself every day, and he no longer heard him say "your uncle's" in broken Chinese.

"Seth, do you know what's wrong with Ochu?" Coming out of the team's locker room, Zhang Jun shook his hair and tied his braids while asking Kozel beside him.

Kozel looked around before whispering to Zhang Jun, "Well, I heard that the club is planning to sell Ochu. Several first-division teams have already come to ask for prices. ”

Zhang Jun was taken aback: "How can this be?" ”

"It's normal, as a striker, Ochu has only scored five goals in a season, and the efficiency is really low."

"But, he's been training hard!"

"It's also true that he can't score goals in training, which shows even more that he is not capable enough. It's also a matter of time before people leave. Kozel knew what Zhang Jun was thinking, and he patted Zhang Jun on the shoulder, "There is no way to do it, the professional league believes in strength." ”

Zhang Jun looked at Ao Chu who was training alone on the training ground, he must not want to leave, otherwise where would he find someone to teach him Chinese? Teach him "Chinese Kung Fu"? The usual pistachios in the team, now to this point, no one has come forward to say a word for him. For the first time, Jang Jun felt the cruelty of professional football, and he didn't know whose fault it was, and from the moment he came on the pitch and scored a goal in the first leg against PSV Eindhoven, it seemed destined that the frustrated back of another person would melt into the bloody sun.

This game is crucial for both the home team Warrendam and the away team Ajax. The former is for relegation, the latter is for the championship, and this meeting is destined not to be as casual as last year's meeting.

Ajax are currently tightly tied to top-placed PSV Eindhoven, with only one point separating the two teams from the final two rounds of the league and anyone could win the title. At the very least, they can't afford to lose against Volendam in order to keep the pressure on PSV Eindhoven.

On the other hand, three points are just a game away, and a defeat to Ajax would make the relegation prospects unpredictable. Warrendam have paid for their almost insane form in the league in the cup.

If you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back.

On May 25, 2003, Sunday, in the 33rd round of the Dutch Super League, Volendamm hosted Ajax, a life-and-death match.

Kivu, see Kivu again!

Some domestic media reported on this game with this title. If the Dutch also read Gu Long's novels, it is estimated that they will also use another title to indicate the contest between Kifu and Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun, see Zhang Jun again!

Just five minutes into the game, Warrendam unexpectedly scored a goal in the melee, and it was Bayes! He poked his foot in the box and the ball went into the net! Bayes was thrilled after the goal, his sixth league goal of the season.

Warrendam has started their "traditional" stacking of arhats again. Zhang Jun pulled up to Bayes from behind, and the two of them were immediately crushed by the swarming teammates.

Compared to the frenzied performance of the players and fans, Adrianse was much calmer, and he stared at the field with a frown. The Ajax player who had conceded the ball just calmly picked the ball out of the door and placed it in the centre circle waiting for kick-off.

Eighty-five minutes remained, enough for them to equalise and take the lead.

Kifu is still responsible for marking Zhang Jun, and after a season of games, the only one who can defend Zhang Jun in the Netherlands is probably Ajax's Kifu. Eindhoven's Hovland has suffered enough from Zhang Jun.

This game has learned the lesson of the last time, Zhang Jun no longer blindly singles with Kifu, but strengthens the cooperation with his teammates. Reporters and fans who were full of expectations rarely saw Zhang Jun take the ball and break through Jifu, more often he was passing, running,

But in the rest of the time, Zhang Jun didn't perform much. Ajax pressed Volendham and they had to equalise and take the lead in the remaining minutes.

Ajax's corner, Kifu rushed to the top of the goal, but unfortunately it was too positive, and the ball was waited for by Westtrop.

Van der Meyde and Van der Vaart's breakaway assists on the left and right flanks frequently threatened Warrendam's defense, and Zhang Jun seemed to disappear from the field for a while. Zhang Jun's defensive level is not high, and now that Warrendam is at a disadvantage, Zhang Jun can't contribute much to the defense, and Adrianse finally decided to replace Zhang Jun.

At half-time, Warrendam still led Ajax 1-0 at home. Adrianse told Zhang Jun in the locker room that he didn't need to play in the second half, conserve his strength and prepare for the final round of the league. Zhang Jun couldn't believe that he was replaced after only half a game, which was the first time he had played a game.

Zhang Jun nodded helplessly, then dissolved his braids without saying a word, and began to put his coat on his body. Adrianse told Ochu, who came on the field in the second half: "After playing on the field, participate more in defense, actively return to defense, and have the opportunity to steal more on the spot in the front court......"

Defense, and defense again. Zhang Jun muttered in his heart, shouldn't he also practice defense?

At the start of the second half, Kifu was surprised to find that Warrendam's striker had been replaced by No. 11 Ochu, and he looked to the home team's bench, where Zhang Jun sat with a gloomy face.

In fact, Adrian made a stupid move. He thought that Zhang Jun's lack of participation in defense on the field would make the team passive, but in fact, it was precisely because of Zhang Jun's presence in the first half of the game that Ajax's back line did not dare to act rashly. Like a nail, Zhang Jun pinned the opposing five defenders firmly to their backfield, unable to step forward too much to support the attack. Jang Jun's defense is different from passive defense, he is active and active. His shots, his twenty goals, his speed...... As long as he's still cruising in the front court, he's always reminding the other side: if you still want to lose the ball, just rush forward. It's a well-known saying: offense is the best defense.

But Adrianse forgot. A good striker doesn't always have to score goals, as long as he's still on the pitch, he can be a threat to the opposition. This deterrent is more terrifying than his goal, because it has been destroying the will of the enemy all the time.

The consequences of Zhang Jun's departure were evident ten minutes later, Ajax's corner, Van der Meyde passed the ball into the penalty area, and captain Kevour made a powerful rush! The soccer ball smashed under the crossbar and bounced into the net!

The ball is in! Ajax equalized the score in the 55th minute! 1:1 Draw!

Kifu was thrilled after the goal and ran to the dugout to hug Koeman, a goal that pulled Ajax back from the precipice and qualified to continue their league title fight with PSV Eindhoven.

But Zhang Jun's face was ugly, watching his opponent cheering for the goal on the field, and he was replaced early, which was really uncomfortable. He was hungry to play, to break through Kivu, to shoot, to score, to bring victory to the team, but all that desire could only be dissipated in his heart, and he could only watch helplessly from the bench as his team-mates and opponents fought on the pitch.

There was a burst of exclamations on the Ajax bench, just now Yang Pan relied on speed to force a breakthrough through Van der Vaart and Galasek, and shot vigorously in the corner of the penalty area, but unfortunately it was slightly off, the football smashed into the side netting, and if the angle was not good, it was likely to think that the ball had been scored. Some of the home fans cheered, but they soon saw Yang Pan shaking his head and running back.

Adrianse was a little excited, he threw the towel in his hand on the ground, maybe he was already starting to regret it. After replacing Zhang Jun, Warrendam's offense was like a headless fly scurrying around. Ochu tried hard to prove himself, but unfortunately he did nothing under Kiv's guard, without the arrowman, Bayes had significantly fewer passes forward, and Hevel and Yang Pan were both wide attackers, they were not killers, and they could not finish the opponent's last life. And without Zhang Jun to attract the opponent's defense, it is much more difficult for Bayes to score, he can be used as a shadow striker in the front midfield, but now there is no one to cover for him, his shadow striker is exposed to the opponent's defensive formation, and there is no shadow anymore.

wanted to fight to the death with the tiger, but threw away the knife in his hand, is Adrianse really old?

Somewhere in the stands, a man in a hat stood up and stretched, and said to a man next to him, "Let's go, there's nothing to see." ”

"But the game isn't over yet......"

"I'm not here to play, I'm here to see him. Now that he's been substituted and Warrendam has been terrible since he's been off, there's no reason for me to stay any longer. After a long time, we can't run away when we are recognized. The man who spoke pressed the brim of his hat down again.

"Well, I don't want to see a headline in the newspapers tomorrow like 'Van Basten reveals his whereabouts in Warrendam', or Ronald will have to kill me." His companion stood up and turned his head to look at the field again, "Ajax will win!" He then walked down the stands with the man he called "Van Basten".

The ball is in!!

Van der Meyde pumped his fist excitedly and ran towards the corner flag, but the referee's rapid whistle sounded behind him. The linesman raised the small flag in his hand, offside!

Van der Meyde was a little incredulous, and he made a whistle motion on the edge of his mouth: "Are you sure the ball is offside?" I started it at the same time! ”

The referee smiled and shook his head at him and raised his hand for the home team to take a free-kick.

Koeman calmly reminded his players from the sidelines to continue to put pressure on the home team and not to be affected by the decision.

And Adrianse broke out in a cold sweat. Van der Meyde was only half a position longer than the defender just now, and if the linesman hadn't looked carefully, he would probably have lost the game.

Zhang Jun watched nervously on the field, he didn't want to lose, now he just needs to keep this draw.

The game entered the last ten minutes, Warrendam contracted all the way, and Ajax surrounded the home team in the half of the field and bombarded indiscriminately, and the score was still fixed at 1:1, which was a miracle.

"Whose home is this?" Yang Pan wiped the mud off his face, and his center of gravity was unstable just now and he was shaken to the ground by Van der Vaart. He was very embarrassed and depressed in today's game. led in the first half, but replaced Zhang Jun in the second half, Zhang Jun himself didn't understand, and Yang Pan didn't understand either.

"Yang!" Westrop saved Ibrasimovic's shot and threw it to Yang Pan on the right.

Galasek wanted to kick the ball out of bounds in advance, but Yang Pan stretched out a kick first and poked the ball forward ten meters away! Accelerate and chase the ball yourself!

Warrendam strikes back at the last minute! The home team fans shouted Yang Pan's name to cheer him on, but as soon as Yang Pan caught up with the ball, Kifu stabbed out and stuck to him.

Yang Pan felt an oppressive force coming at him, forcing him to slow down and then try to shake the other party with a feint, but to no avail. He wanted to break through in the most direct way - knock the ball forward and then accelerate.

But as soon as he knocked the ball out of his control, Kifu made a cross-cut and stuck in front of him, Trabelchy hurriedly stepped forward to take the ball away, but at this time, Yang Pan, who was accelerating, felt that he had hit a wall, all the momentum stopped, and he almost sat on the ground!

Looking at Kifu's back, Yang Pan suddenly realized how amazing the silly boy sitting on the bench was. Everyone only saw that Kifu stared at Zhang Jun and did nothing, but didn't Zhang Jun also drag Kifu so that he didn't dare to act rashly?

Yang Pan remembered the last time the two teams clashed, and Zhang Jun singled out Jifu again and again. That fool actually hit the wall for a full ninety minutes! Can you do it yourself? Yang Pan asked himself, maybe he would avoid him after hitting him three times, otherwise he would definitely end up bleeding from his head. But Zhang Jun really lasted for 90 minutes! That fool...... Yang Pan shook his head.

The match ended in a 1-1 draw. Warrendam dropped from 14 to 15 while Ajax did not move in the standings, but the gap on PSV Eindhoven widened to three points - PSV won at home. In that case, if Ajax want to win the title, they will only have to fight PSV Eindhoven on goal difference, as they have 10 more goal difference than PSV Eindhoven. But only if they win at home in the last round and PSV Eindhoven lose away to Roosendahal, who are currently 13th. Is this possible, though?

It's fair to say that this is a game where there are no winners.

In the final league fixture, Volendam will remain at home against Elite Rotterdam who are behind them. Both sides need to be relegated and this game will not be a friendly encounter, but a duel to the death. It's no wonder that Adrianse replaced him midway through the previous round, and the relegated team usually bursts out at the end with a force that even the strong teams can't resist. However, Adrianse must withstand it, and Warrendam must also withstand it, and the difference between the two teams is two points, and whoever loses will go to the play-offs. For the current situation where the team is physically exhausted, playing in the play-offs means relegation.

Just two days before the final round of matches, news broke that Ochu would move to first-division side Armsden at the end of the season. Unable to adapt effectively in the Super League, he may be able to find his place in the first division. After hearing the news, Zhang Jun was always a little uneasy in his heart. Although he relied on his strength to sit firmly in the main force, he squeezed Ochu to the bench after all. The more Ochu didn't care, the more restless his heart became.

"Fool, he is not strong in his own right, and he has nothing to do with you." Yang Pan enlightened Zhang Jun.

"That being said, but I still want to do something for him." Zhang Jun said as he lay on the bed with his hands on his head.

"What can you do for him? Go and advise the club to stay in Ochu? Don't be stupid, go to sleep, tomorrow is a crucial battle! Yang Pan turned off the lamp at the head of his bed, and the room suddenly became dark. Zhang Jun sighed on the bed before lying down and sleeping.

Yes, tomorrow is a crucial battle.

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