The news of Jang Jun's departure once again stimulated Warrendam's market, and the next home game against Utrecht on May 2 was filled with Veronica and the stands filled with slogans cursing chairman Horns. There were also people who kept shouting loud boos from the rostrum, and it can be said that the atmosphere was very warm.

Although Horns had no expression on his face, he was very unhappy inside. He chose Chelsea for one reason because of the great gains and the other because he wanted to portray Zhang Jun as a man who could give up everything for money. didn't expect the fans to eat his set at all.

Zhang Jun's influence in the hearts of fans is not something that he can imagine as a businessman.

In this game, Zhang Jun continued his good form, a goal helped the team beat Utrecht 1-0 at home, continued to lead the relegation game, and in the remaining three games, only Warrendam can complete the relegation task with four points.

They will have two consecutive away games and the last home game in these three games, so it shouldn't be a problem to get four points.

On the other hand, Hua Fang has already started to make contact with Chelsea.

Mourinho is said to have liked the talented lad and thought he had excellent physical fitness and awareness. At the end of this season, Mourinho will dispose of a large number of players, including strikers Crespo and Gudjohnsen, who are sure to leave, so he intends to develop Zhang Jun as the leading striker for Chelsea in the future.

Zhang Jun doesn't like Chelsea or not, but Chelsea has a high level, good treatment, and a chance to participate in European competitions. Naturally, you have to choose there.

But at this time, there was a piece of news that made Zhang Jun unsettled.

"Sister Hua, can you say it again." Zhang Jun suspected that he had misheard.

"AC Milan would love to bring you in. They just faxed me to confirm this. Warrendam FC will also be officially notified. ”

"How so?" Zhang Jun sat on the sofa and felt very weak. When he knew that AC Milan was only interested in him, he stopped looking for extravagance. But after only a week, how did AC Milan go from "a little interested" to "very hopeful"?

It is better to go to Serie A than to go to Chelsea to be subleased out because of labor certification issues, although Serie A also has non-EU restrictions, but the other party has submitted a transfer application, there must be no problem with qualifications.

The question is the name "AC Milan", two years later, can Zhang Jun still have the courage to face it?

It was synonymous with nightmares, darkness, and despair, but can it now be synonymous with hope, glory, and dreams?

Hua Fang saw a hint from Zhang Jun's silence. "Do you like to go to Serie A, to AC Milan?"

Zhang Jun didn't answer, but he acknowledged it with silence.

Hua Fang sighed: "I thought that there would be no more contact between you and AC Milan from then on. ”

Zhang Jun hurriedly explained: "Yang Pan will return to AC Milan this summer, and Kaka has been there for two years. I want to play with them...... Actually, the most important thing is that I failed at AC Milan, but I want to prove myself there and prove it to people who have rejected me. If you have fallen here, you must get up here. ”

Zhang Jun said seriously, but Hua Fang was thinking about something else. Chelsea, despite their excellent performances this season, are too early to be called "giants" and now they come across as a "nouveau riche", which is not very good. AC Milan is different, a world-recognized giant, a team that has created a great era, one of the most famous football clubs in the world, and its influence is immeasurable. From this point of view, joining AC Milan will greatly benefit Zhang Jun's own brand appeal and business development.

Moreover, Zhang Jun's interest in AC Milan is also greater than that of Chelsea, so it seems that he has to say sorry to Abu's ruble.

After all, to create a star like Zhang Jun, you can't just see the immediate benefits, but also take a long-term view.

"Good!" Hua Fang clapped her hands, as if she was really moved by Zhang Jun's statement that "where you fall, you have to get up from there". "Then I'll put all my energy into the negotiations with AC Milan and help you get back to Italy." It seems that even she was infected by Zhang Jun, but in fact, she just didn't want Zhang Jun to feel embarrassed by this question.

A delicate acting "female star".

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Two days later, AC Milan made an official offer of €8 million to Volendam for their star player, Chinese striker Zhang Jun, who is currently third in the Dutch Premier League's scorer charts.

Prior to this, Chelsea had the most obvious advantage in the battle for Zhang Jun, and the newspapers reported that Hua Fang said that Zhang Jun liked Chelsea's "declaration of goodwill". But AC Milan's involvement has made the situation uncertain – at least at least.

AC Milan's offer is far lower than Chelsea's, but as a giant with an excellent tradition, AC Milan's brand appeal is indeed unmatched by Chelsea. Basically, the outside world thinks that Zhang Jun left Warrendam for money, as Horns said, just look at his choice.

In fact, AC Milan is forced to eat back grass. Negotiations with Crespo broke down at the last minute, and the two sides were quite divided over the issue of personal treatment. With three league games remaining, it was already certain that Crespo would not stay at AC Milan next season.

As a result, AC Milan had to find another striker, with Sao Paulo's Fabiano and Volendamu's Zhang Jun as candidates. But instead of recommending his teammate in Sao Paulo to the club, Kaka solemnly recommended his teammate in high school. And Zhang Jun has indeed performed well since recovering from injury, almost single-handedly leading Warrendam in the relegation run, and has a high hope of success.

AC Milan's scouts gave Galliani and Carlo Ancelotti this in their assessment: "He is a player with a lot of potential. Explosive, fast, and with a nose similar to that of Philippe (Inzaghi), but his left and right foot skills are excellent, and he is also very good at dribbling, and he is more like Andrey (Shepchenko) in all aspects. All in all, he will be a promising player who will be a reliable goalscorer for the team for years to come. ”

After seeing this report and the video of Zhang Jun's game in the Netherlands, Galliani has long forgotten everything that was unpleasant two years ago, and he wants to buy Zhang Jun, Ancelotti still has some opinions, but Galliani can't listen to it. Because Chelsea have an all-round advantage in the competition, if AC Milan are slow, such a good player will go to the Russians.

It's not that AC Milan don't have money, it's just that they have always been very rational about their transfer players, and they rarely make brain-hot deals. They think that with Zhang Jun's current ability and fame, eight million is the most reasonable. Although I want Zhang Jun very much, I refuse to increase the price anymore.

Warrendam FC are more inclined to Chelsea's offer because they earn more. But Hua Fang changed her attitude overnight and put on a posture of "not going to AC Milan". When he signed the contract with Warrendam, it was already said that once a big club wanted to buy Zhang Jun, Warendamm would not be blocked by the price. So all Warendam could do was to agree to the offers of the two clubs, and then leave the rest to Zhang Jun to choose. Moreover, in order to make fans think that Zhang Jun is a greedy person, Horns actually said publicly that there are actually many clubs that want to buy him, but Zhang Jun rejected it because the price was too low, etc. And now that AC Milan has intervened strongly, if the Warrendam club rejects AC Milan's offer, then it will be tantamount to a slap in the face, showing that he is the real greedy for money.

Now the initiative is all in the hands of Zhang Jun and Hua Fang.

Even Basten is building momentum for Zhang Jun to go to Milan: "Warrendam and Chelsea are not suitable for him, only AC Milan is the most suitable for him." Zhang Jun is a well-rounded striker, and he can take Andre's squad when he goes to AC Milan. AC Milan is a great team, and I believe this is both a challenge and an opportunity for Zhang Jun. ”

Li Yongle was even more ecstatic when he heard the news: "Come on, come on!" Here we go to play the Milan derby! He is now firmly at the heart of Inter Milan's youth midfield, and it has been reported that he will definitely appear in the first team of Inter Milan next season, because the Dutch "wild boar" Davies, who is also a midfielder, will leave the team due to conflicts with the club and the manager due to the inability to play the main team.

Judging from the above, Zhang Jun's going to AC Milan is almost a sure thing.

And Zhang Jun himself is also using practical actions to prove his ability to AC Milan. He scored again in the away game against The Hague on 8 May to help the team grab three points away from home and take a crucial step towards relegation.

And in this game he is not just as simple as scoring the winning goal, he also has several shots on goal almost caused a goal, in the case of Hena suspension, he alone made the opponent's entire back line useless, his ethereal movement, and sensitive sense of smell in front of goal, let the opponent headache, if it is not for the limited ability of Warrendam midfield, can not provide him with more support, the score is definitely more than 1:0.

This also shows a question, if he is allowed to go to AC Milan, with the support of Kaka, Yang Pan, Pirlo and others, wouldn't it be "like a fish in water"?

After the penultimate round of matches on May 16, the official website of AC Milan officially announced that Zhang Jun will transfer to AC Milan next season, with a transfer date of July 1, 2005, and a contract expiration date of June 31, 2009, with a transfer fee of 8.5 million euros and an annual salary of 3.2 million euros after tax.

The ugly duckling has finally become a noble swan.

After the news was announced, Warrendam's final round at home to Arnhem naturally became his farewell match for three years at Warrendam.

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Zhang Jun looked at the scattered things piled up on the table, they were not valuable things, but they were all meaningful. Those were all things he had used since he first arrived in the Netherlands. Yang Pan's had been taken with him when he went to Italy, and only the CD player he was listening to now was left behind at that time.

Hua Fang walked in and saw Zhang Jun staring at the things on the table in a daze, and knew what the kid was thinking again. "What, can't bear to do this?" She laughed.

"Well, I wonder if I want to take them all." Zhang Jun reached out and rummaged through the pile, and then he took out a watch, "I just bought it in the Netherlands, and I didn't sign a contract with Warendam at that time, so I bought it in Eindhoven." But then I accidentally broke it......"

"There are some things to take away, but more things to throw away." Hua Fang shook her head, "Since you were a child, if you had to keep everything as a souvenir, your home would have become a garbage heap a long time ago, and these useless things would have been thrown away." ”

"But it's really memorable. When I see them in the future, I will remember my time in the Netherlands. ”

Hua Fang smiled: "There's no need. There are a lot of things that you think are treasured now, and when you turn them over in a few years, you will wonder why you left them in the first place. ”

"I don't think so." Zhang Jun thought about it seriously, and then shook his head.

Hua Fang knew that she couldn't convince Zhang Jun, so she had to give up, thinking that this simple child would always understand in the future. Because she herself came from that passage.

"Don't prepare, someone will come to clean it up for you later. Tomorrow is the last game, so rest early. I think there will be a lot of people going to see it, don't let them down. Hua Fang got up and left after a few words.

Zhang Jun looked around at the apartment provided by the club, everything he and Yang Pangang moved in at the beginning were still vivid, at that time he thought that this condition was already very good, but later after seeing a lot of knowledge, he found that this kind of condition can only be regarded as medium to low in the Netherlands. Later, when I had money, I never moved out. The main thing is that he doesn't like to move, because moving means changing, it means going to a strange place, it means saying goodbye to a familiar environment, it means packing up a lot of things, and then he will turn out a lot of things that he thought he had forgotten.

And now he has to move, and he will move far, far away, and maybe he will never come back in the rest of his life.

Except for a few more photos on the wall, the house hasn't changed much. Jang Jun is not a person who likes to decorate a house without having anything to do. I believe that as soon as he leaves with his bag and cleans it, he can open the door tomorrow to usher in the next one.

kitchen, where he had cooked for Yang Pan, and where Sophie had cooked. Speaking of those three months, Sophie's cooking skills have made great progress under the strict requirements and careful teaching of his "strict teacher". Although the cut is still a piece not a piece, the slice is not a piece, and the color is not good-looking, but it can be eaten. This shows that Sophie is not without talent for cooking, but it is really this kind of thing that emphasizes hands-on ability, and there is no teacher to teach it by hand, and the progress is very slow.

However, Zhang Jun estimated that after Sophie returned to school, she would eat in the cafeteria every day, and this craft would regress again. Confucius once said: "Learn from the old and learn the new", this sentence can be applied everywhere, and the same is true for cooking.

Zhang Jun suddenly realized that he was thinking too far, and he had so many associations from a kitchen. Looking at everything familiar in front of him, he yawned and realized that it was time for him to rest.

Get up and walk to the bedroom, then turn off the light in the living room, close the door, and let the living room return to darkness and calm.

Tomorrow, it's finally coming.

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In fact, Zhang Jun really wants to have a DV in his hand and shoot wherever he goes. He wanted to record everything he saw today, as a memento and evidence of his later memories. But can he still play on the court with a DV racket? Apparently not, so he just "really wanted to".

While preparing in the dressing room, it was business as usual. If anything, it's just that everyone doesn't smile much. Although they have already got four points and are relegated early.

is also relegated in advance, so there is only one task in this game: Zhang Jun's three-year farewell match in Warrendam.

Adrianse didn't arrange too much, 442 formation, he let go and play against the opponent, in order to create opportunities for Zhang Jun in the case of attack, so that he could use the goal to draw a perfect end to his trip to the Netherlands.

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There were more and more people in the stands, and the square outside the stadium was also crowded with people from all over the world, all of whom came to witness Zhang Jun's farewell. Today's tiny Veronica is destined to set the club's record for the highest attendance, and that record will not be broken for a long enough time.

Wang Hua and his photography partner walked through the crowd, while his colleagues took pictures while he quietly observed.

Most of the fans wore Jang Jun's No. 11 orange jersey and walked to the ticket gates holding various signs and singing "Jang Jun bless Volendam". Although there are many people, they are orderly and there is no confusion.

"I guess Warendam is empty." The colleague teased while taking pictures.

"Almost." Wang Hua looked at these people, some of them didn't even look like a fan. He still remembers interviewing an old fan the other day and asking him if he would come to watch the game today. The 60-year-old fan was sure he would. Because Zhang Jun brought him a lot of joy. "When he and Jan first came to Warrendam, they were just kids. Now he's a star, playing in the best team in the world and I'm grateful for everything he's done for us while he's here. Most of the fond memories of my decades of watching football are linked to this Chinese boy. So when he's leaving, I'm going to see him off and tell him that the Warrendamians will always support him. ”

The speech of this veteran fan also represents the voice of the vast majority of fans. During Wang Hua's last farewell album for Zhang Jun, he could be heard everywhere.

"He's a great player!"

"He's my idol! I've never had such a crush on a player other than Basten! ”

"He's very likable because he's always very nice."

"He never refused to ask us to sign autographs and take pictures, he always did his best to satisfy the fans. On the pitch and off the pitch. ”

……

Now it's time for such a likable player to leave the fans who support him.

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It should be said that after the start of the game, there was not much taste of farewell matches. The teams are concentrating on the game, and the fans are concentrating on cheering for their respective teams. After all, the farewell match must be a game first and foremost.

In this game, the two teams with no baggage let go of their hands and feet, played against each other, the attack and defense were fast, and there were a lot of wonderful shots, in the first half alone, the two sides combined for four posts, five sliding out of the goal, and the goalkeepers of both teams also made a total of seven key saves. Let the audience be hooked. However, it is a slight pity that neither side scored in the first half.

Zhang Jun also did not score.

He was more about creating chances for his team-mates in the first half, as evidenced by how often he pulled to the left and right to break through passes. He has scored 17 league goals so far this season, which is third, one goal away from second and four goals from first, and it is unlikely that he will win the Golden Boot.

Seventeen goals isn't a lot, but it's pretty scary considering he's only played half a season. What's more, his goals are very high, relying on his goals to directly grab nineteen points for the team, and the team finally relegated him. Wang Huadu once joked that the club should increase Zhang Jun's goal bonus to 10,000 euros each, because it was indeed a "golden ball".

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"Hey, I said Zhang, don't pass me the ball again in the second half." Hena was a little embarrassed and said to Zhang Jun that Zhang Jun passed him three good balls in the first half, but he didn't score any of them. "You know, you're the one who was the one who played today, and you were the one who should have scored the goal."

Zhang Jun smiled, he said in his heart, if possible, I am not happy to be the protagonist.

"You had a crazy assist in the first half, but you're the shooter! What are you thinking, Zhang? Hena asked, grabbing Zhang Jun's shoulder.

"I know what he's thinking." Hevel walked up. As an assister, he is very aware of Zhang Jun's current thoughts, and he wants to use the method of helping others score goals by assisting others to alleviate his guilt of leaving everyone like this. But he's not Hevel, and a lot of things are different. "I know what you're thinking. But you're a goalscorer and if you really want to do something for us, go score goals. He said to Zhang, "I think a lot of people come here to watch you score, not for you to assist us again and again. ”

He patted Zhang Jun on the shoulder, this meaning couldn't be clearer, the whole team is looking at you, Zhang Jun, go score a goal!

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When Zhang Jun came out of the locker room again, he was stunned by what he saw.

"Zhang, go all the way!"

"We're going to miss you!"

"You will always be our king!"

"Zhang Jun bless Volendam!"

……

The stands were full of slogans for him. Horns' name, who has been cursed for three games, did not appear in any of the slogans this time because people did not want to lose their appetite at this time.

"This ...... There weren't so many ...... in the first half," Zhang Jun asked.

"That's because everyone wants to surprise you." Louie Link patted Zhang Jun. "It's not time for me to say goodbye to you, let's play, we've got forty-five minutes left."

"Hmm!" Zhang Jun nodded fiercely, held back the tears that were about to burst out of his eyes, and stepped onto the court behind Louis Link.

We have 45 minutes to go, and we can play together for 45 minutes. Three years have passed in a hurry, and only these last forty-five minutes remain.

Hold on, Jun Zhang. Don't let it slip away like any ordinary forty-five minutes.

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Standing in the middle circle, with a football at his feet, listening to the shouts of the audience, Zhang Jun exhaled softly.

Three years ago, on August 17, 2002, he and Yang Pan first came to Warrendam, where they were not familiar with each other. Adrianse handed them over to Mr. Rice and left, and from then on they began their hard training under Rice. Speaking of Rice, I should have visited him before leaving, and I can now grasp some of the things he talked about at the beginning.

Then Uncle Wang selflessly and enthusiastically accepted them, being their chef, their driver, and their translator.

Now I feel a little nostalgic for the time when I was not famous.

The referee blew the whistle and the second half began.

Zhang Jun knocked the ball to Hena next to him and rushed forward.

The wind lifted Zhang Jun's long hair, and people saw his smiling face.

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"The game went into the second half for 20 minutes, and the score was 0-0. Zhang Jun had three chances, but they were all narrowly off. One of the five-meter shots hit the post, and the audience sighed. However, Zhang Jun does not seem to have the idea of scoring in this game. Although he had more shots on goal in the second half than in the first half, he would not hesitate to pass the ball if his teammates had better chances than him. ”

This is what Wang Hua quickly wrote down in his notebook, and these will be used as materials for writing after the competition.

He wrote and suddenly found that if Zhang Jun left, then his career as a journalist would be over. He didn't know Italian and couldn't learn Li Yan to continue working as a reporter in Italy.

At first, he only volunteered as Li Yan's Dutch translator, and never thought that he would be a journalist. And it's been so long, and it's been so far. 90% of the manuscripts about Zhang Jun in "Sports Weekly" were written by him.

Many people met Zhang Jun through his pen and also knew him. But now he's going to quit soon. Just like what he said to Li Yan that day at the gate of Dr. Celeron Hospital in Paris, he was content to witness so many moments that were enough to go down in the history of Chinese football and enjoy so many happy moments.

From now on, before the report on Zhang Jun, there will be no more words "reported by Wang Hua, a special correspondent of this newspaper."

The cheers suddenly became louder, causing Wang Hua to wake up from his state of running god.

"Zhang Jun gets the ball now!" A colleague beside him shouted excitedly.

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Zhang Jun is now holding the ball, and he is in front of the opponent's big penalty area. A defender pressed up, but Zhang Jun didn't plan to rely on speed to rush over. He just slammed the ball on the spot and shook it off.

He suddenly wanted to play.

Breaking away from the first defender, he took the ball into the penalty area, and he didn't use his amazing acceleration and explosiveness, just the usual slow dribble.

"He's going to be cut off like this!" Someone exclaimed.

However, he then pulled the ball down to the left with his right foot, avoiding the tackle by the second defender.

Veronica's cheers grew louder and louder.

Zhang Jun, who has connected the two, is about to fight, and the goalkeeper is already waiting, but Zhang Jun's goal is not the goalkeeper.

The third defender rushed in from the right side at high speed and blocked Zhang's shot with a sliding tackle. And Zhang Jun is waiting for this person, his shot is fake, and the smash is real. The left foot slammed the ball to the right and just brushed the opposing defender past him!

This slam leaves him facing the goalkeeper directly. But it's also a little bigger, and if you don't do it well, it will let the goalkeeper get the ball. Zhang Jun relied on his explosive power to chase the ball, but as soon as he used his left foot, he found that his body could not rush forward, and the defender who had just been shaken off by him smashed the ball grabbed the hem of his jersey with his hand, so that he could not leave the spot!

Is it just to watch the goalkeeper pounce and confiscate the ball?

Or go down to the ground now and get a penalty?

Jang Jun didn't have time to think about it, he had to make a decision right away.

Zhang Jun's choice is - he does not rush forward, but falls to the defender behind him, and then his right foot is very awkward and directly throws it to the football!

Does he still have to volley in this situation? The defender who pulled him was shocked and added another blow to his hand. Of course, he wouldn't know that for a stubborn person like Zhang Jun, it is not okay to just pull it with your hands, unless you press the whole person under you.

The goalkeeper also noticed Zhang's move, and he opened his hands and stretched his body as far as he could, trying to fully seal the angle of Zhang's volley.

Zhang Jun's left foot is no longer honestly rooted on the ground for support, now he doesn't need to keep his balance, now he needs to stretch his foot as close to the ball as possible. Fly out with your left foot and swing your right foot towards the soccer ball to see the stance...... He's going to volley!

"Hey! Well done! The goalkeeper snickered inwardly.

But when Zhang Jun's body was almost parallel to the ground, he kicked the football with his right foot, and at that moment, he shook his ankle, turned into a pick, and picked the football over the goalkeeper's head!

Shoot!

And he himself was unable to maintain his balance and fell to the ground.

The soccer ball gracefully crashes into the empty goal.

"Zhang Jun bless Volendam! Jang Jun bless Volendam!! The song exploded like thunder over Veronica.

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！ Zhang-Jun-!! ”

After the goal, Zhang Jun didn't get much excited, he just stood in place, raised his arms high, and quietly listened to the cheers given to him.

Think back to his first career goal and how excited he was at the time, because it meant he got off to a good start. But now this goal means the end of a good start, how can he be happy?

This wonderful goal, which relied purely on skill to connect three people in the penalty area, has also become Zhang Jun's swan song in Warrendam.

In the 88th minute, the fourth official raised a substitution sign on the sidelines, under the 11th and on the 33rd.

Adrianse deliberately replaced Zhang Jun in advance, just to give him a separate curtain call.

Zhang Jun glanced at the fourth official who had replaced him, and knew that it was finally time to say goodbye. He hugged Hena and turned to walk to the sidelines. Even his opponents would shake his hand and wish him all the best of luck in Italy.

Hevel sped in from the other side and held him tightly for five seconds before letting go. "Let's go, Zhang, I don't even know who to cross in the future......"

"Just kidding, there will be strikers better than me."

When Hevel heard Zhang Jun's words, he just shook his head and smiled bitterly, didn't say anything, and watched his friend walk off the field.

From the opponent's penalty area to the sidelines, Zhang Jun has lost count of how many people he has hugged and shaken hands. All he knew was that the fans kept shouting for him to go a little slower.

"Greetings to His Majesty!" A huge banner was unfurled in the stand, with the name "Long Teng" under Zhang Jun's surname.

Zhang Jun also deliberately slowed down, because he knew that with every step, he was one point away from Warrendam.

Eating a nutritious occupational meal for the first time; Playing as a professional for the first time; First professional goal; First league win; The first failure; First hat-trick; exchanging jerseys with an opponent for the first time; First Championship Trophy...... His numerous firsts have been forever left in this little-known Dutch club.

Finally, the road has come to an end.

Zhang Jun hugged Faria, who came on as a substitute, and then raised his hands again and waved goodbye to everyone. Goodbye, Veronica! Goodbye, Warrendam! Goodbye, Holland! Goodbye, that orange ......

Zhang Jun tasted a hint of saltiness at the corner of his mouth and actually cried.

It's so humiliating......

Zhang Jun lifted the orange Warrendam jersey and buried his face deeply. He didn't want too many people to see him crying, because Jang Jun would always be the smiling boy in front of them, bringing them countless joys and joy to himself.

Adrianse is like a kind father, using his broad chest to contain Zhang Jun, who bows his head and sobs. He knew that Zhang Jun was really reluctant to come here. However, there is always a time to break up, and there are many things that are divided and combined in this life, so don't cry.

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Wang Hua leaned on the railing and looked at the bench below - that was the focus of the game now.

Zhang Jun's guy actually cried, after all, he was still a child. Warrendam was just a springboard to a higher league for Yang Pan, and this silly boy had put all of his three years of affection into it.

But whether you want to or not, you have to leave. Because there's a bigger world out there. Don't cry, Zhang Jun, think about the future, it will be very beautiful.

It's a pity that I can't be with you anymore......

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When you came, you were still a childish child.

We're looking at your nerves for the first time and we're still worried about you.

But who knew that your first goal would help us get a point.

While we were still amazed at this Chinese boy who came out of nowhere, you have improved beyond our imagination.

You led Warrendam to relegation and brought us back the first trophy in twenty years with "Scorpio".

We were upset when you were turned away by AC Milan.

When you get injured and can't play anymore, we pray for you.

When you announced your return with a hat-trick, we were happier for you than anyone else.

You are the King of Warrendam, our God.

For three years, we've gotten used to having you and enjoyed it.

Because you always surprise and delight us.

Now you say you're leaving, you're going to create bigger and more brilliant achievements.

We are so reluctant to let you go, just as we are unwilling to end an unforgettable relationship.

We know what your tears are shed in Veronica.

Don't put your head down, don't be afraid that others will see your tears.

Because how strong you are, they don't understand, but we do.

Thank you for all you have done for us in the past three years.

Those sixty-three goals, a cup trophy, the round of 16 in the League Cup, the Scorpio, and your smile...... Nothing we forget.

So let's go, Jun Zhang. No matter where you are in the future, we will be your eternal supporters.

Come back and see us when you have time, and remember to bring your beautiful girlfriend.

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The 04-05 season came to an end on 23 May 2005 after the home game against Arnhem. This ended with a three-year-long first love affair between Zhang Jun and Warrendam.

Although there have been third parties in the past three years, there have been brief transference and parting loves, and there are painful memories for eight months, but these things in the past now seem to be an indispensable part of those three years, and joy and sorrow are intertwined together to form these three dreamlike years.

Now, he was finally going to say goodbye to those years. Then pack up your bags and mood again, and accept the unknown challenges in a new and broader world.

What will be waiting before him?

But no matter what awaits you, be sure of something, Jun Zhang. When the smile is still on your face, you have nothing to worry about, just take it in your stride.

And we're constantly cheering you on.

("We Are the Champions" "Part 2 in the Netherlands" ends)

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