The match against Ajax was considered by many Dutch media and domestic media to be the worst game for the two Chinese teenagers, and Zhang Jun's performance was the worst. Some Dutch media even used the headline "Zhang's poor performance buried the team", and everyone's spearhead was unanimously aimed at Zhang Jun who was too lonely in the game and refused to cooperate with his teammates. Some domestic media once again played the fine tradition of rich imagination of Chinese, and the analysis believes that this is likely to be the manifestation of the internal contradictions of the dark horse Warrendam, and Zhang Jun will be alienated by his teammates because of the performance of this game.

Li Yan once again played the role of "Zhang Jun's guardian" - a nickname given to him by some of his colleagues in China because he always spoke favorably for Zhang Jun - in his role. He pointed out in a review article, "It is precisely because of Zhang Jun's performance of Kifu that people can see the unlimited future of a star...... This shows that he has a strong desire to win and fighting spirit, and it is also a sign of his growing confidence...... Looking at Kifu taking the initiative to find Zhang Jun to change his jersey after the game, we can see that Zhang Jun's behavior has won the respect of his opponents...... I can now boldly predict that the next time the two meet, if Zhang Jun can defeat Kivo, then the Netherlands will not be able to keep him! ”

On December 22, in the final round of the league before Christmas, Volendamm comfortably defeated the visiting Excelsior Rotterdam 3-0 at home, presenting a Christmas gift to their fans, and the team also got rid of the shadow of the 0-2 defeat to Ajax in the previous round. Zhang Jun scored two goals again, and the media immediately began to change their tune and sing praises, cheering "Zhang Jun is resurrected!" "Zhang Jun launched an attack on the Golden Boot with a steady pace!" "Zhang Jun, the king of the forbidden area!" …… Looking at the ecstatic adjectives, it is hard to believe that half a week ago, they were all unanimously criticizing Zhang Jun, who "launched an attack on the golden boot".

For Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, they don't need to pay attention to these good and bad comments, now they just want to enjoy Christmas and relax their tense nerves. There was also good news that Anke was coming to the Netherlands to find them.

They received a call from Anke after the match against Ajax. Anke first sternly "angrily reprimanded" them for being celebrities and forgetting their friends, and the two places were so close to each other that they didn't say anything to come and see him, even if they couldn't get away and make a phone call. The two argued that they did not know that Dortmund was next to the Netherlands. Then Anke climbed down the pole and said that he came to them for Christmas, the round-trip fare, the room and board, the outings - everything was taken care of by the two salaried stars, and he had to take a few of their signed jerseys with him when he left, and he told his classmates that he and the two stars were high school classmates, and that everyone else looked at him with a psychotic eye, which hurt him so much that he had to bring something back to open their eyes.

When Anke appeared on the platform of the station, Zhang Jun and the others recognized him at a glance, because his height was so eye-catching. Zhang Jun opened his arms and gave Anke a bear hug.

"Anke, you've grown taller again, haven't you?" Yang Pan patted Anke on the shoulder.

"One meter nine, hehe!" Anke held her head high.

Yang Pan punched him in the stomach, "Tighten your belly!" Bow down! Submit! Don't be so conspicuous! ”

Anke's eyes were sharp, and he glanced at the sunglasses beauty on the side: "Huh? This is ......"

"She is our ......," Zhang Jun said, patronizing the joy of the reunion just now.

"Beauty!" Without waiting for Zhang Jun to finish speaking, An Ke immediately revealed his true form, rushed up and asked very shamelessly, "Miss Fangming?" Shall we go for tea together? I know where in Amsterdam there is the best double hostel, and we are ok...... Ouch! ”

Zhang Jun came up on Anke's head: "Damn! The country is easy to change, but the surname is difficult to change! You kid is a wolf who hasn't been fishy in ten years! She is my and Yang Pan's agent - Sister Hua, thirty years old! ”

When Anke heard that there was a difference of ten years and a generation gap, he pursed his lips and shrugged: "Let's go eat, I don't even have lunch!" ”

"You're still ......"

"Haha! Someone has done a big wrong, so I naturally have to fully cooperate, otherwise I'm really sorry for the readers! Anke laughed.

The four of them found a random restaurant to eat, tomorrow is Christmas, and the Dutch sky is very suitable for the atmosphere and snow is falling. It is said that more than 1,600 years ago, there was an old man named Nicholas in Bari, the Netherlands, who was a philanthropist all his life and loved to help the poor. When Dutch missionaries arrived in the Americas in 1822, they brought with them the story of this great philanthropist. So the story of Santa Claus gradually spread around the world. Today in Santa's hometown, Santa Claus in festive dresses and glittering Christmas trees can be seen everywhere in the streets. The family rushed home with large bags of gifts.

"Tomorrow is the New Year in the West, and the family reunion is like our Chinese New Year......" Yang Pan muttered to himself as he looked at the beaming people outside the window.

"Homesick?" Anke asked him.

"Sort of." To Anke's surprise, Yang Pan did not fight him this time: "I will definitely not be able to go back to the Spring Festival this year, and I will not be able to go back on New Year's Day." After the New Year, the team is going to Spain for training again, and the weather there is better. ”

"What about you?" Anke turned his head and asked Zhang Jun.

"I really want to." Zhang Jun said, "I miss home, I miss school, I miss Lao Liang, I miss Ren Yudi, I miss Li Yongle, and I miss Sophie." ”

"What about Anke, don't you want to?" Zhang Jun saw that Anke only cared about eating except for asking two words, and really didn't eat lunch......

"I want to, but I can go back for the Spring Festival, hehe! The school holidays are held at the end of February. Anke wiped her mouth and said.

"Ahh I'm so envious of you guy! Zhang Jun wrapped his hand around An Ke's neck.

"Ahem! Loose, let go, I'm eating...... Yang Pan, scratch me again, go back at night and clean you up! Yes! You're still scratching...... Ha! Ahaha! Good...... Hah, I admit defeat! Admit defeat! ”

Yang Pan withdrew his hand, put it in front of his nose and sniffed: "Damn!" And fox smell! ”

"Poof!" Hua Fang, who had been drinking coffee silently on the side, sprayed all the coffee she had just drunk on the table, attracting the surrounding guests to look at it.

Hua Fang smiled apologetically at those people as she quickly wiped the coffee off the table with a napkin. "Hey, pay attention. is so public, if it is discovered by the fans, none of you will want to run. Hua Fang admonished Zhang Jun and Yang Pan.

Zhang Jun then remembered that he was already a well-known football star, and he just cared about messing with Anke, and at that moment it seemed that he had really returned to his high school days.

After being reminded by Hua Fang, the three of them were a lot more honest and bowed their heads to eat. After a long time, Zhang Juncai asked An Ke in a whisper: "When will you go back?" ”

"After New Year's Day."

"Yang Pan and I wrote a lot of greeting cards, which I originally planned to send back. Since you're going back, it's just right. We're entertaining you, and you're going to do something for us, be a return messenger. Help us bring those greeting cards back. ”

"Okay, whose ones are they?"

"Me and Yang Pan's parents, Lao Liang, your family, Ren Yudi's family, Li Yongle, and Sophie's family."

"Sophie!" Anke was excited as soon as she heard the name. "Hey, great opportunity! Go back and spend the festive season with Sophie! "He's already in a state of hope.

But Yang Pan ruthlessly destroyed the dream in his heart: "Cut! Don't think about it. Yang Pan waved his hand, "Zhang Jundu officially proposed to Sophie, and Sophie agreed......"

"What? Beg...... Propose? Anke put down the knife and fork and looked at Yang Pan in surprise.

Yang Pan pointed at Zhang Jun, and Zhang Jun nodded to An Ke.

"Ahh

This time, Hua Fang put the money and tips on the table, and the three of them set up An Kefei and escaped from the restaurant.

"This is where you live?" Anke stood in the courtyard and looked up at the red roof.

"Yes, the apartments provided by the club, we pay a little rent every month." Zhang Jun took out the key and opened the door.

After entering the door and turning on the light, Yang Pan turned on the air conditioner, and then hung his coat on the coat hook. "Whatever you want, it's your own home."

"However, this is so different from where I live, how can it be my home?" Anke stood in the living room, looking around the room, and couldn't close her mouth with envy.

"Wouldn't it? We're only two bedrooms, so you're not that miserable there, are you? Zhang Jun also hung up his coat.

"Anyway, we don't have a lot of space there. Thank you, Sister Hua. Anke took the hot water handed over by Hua Fang, "It's really not easy to be outside!" ”

"I heard you're working in a tavern now?" Three people sat on the couch.

"Well, I want to exercise myself, I can meet a lot of people there, I have made some friends, and the boss is good to me."

"It's mainly because you're a big stupid guy and have the strength." Yang Pan said.

"Damn! Yang Pan, the relationship is familiar, I will sue you for slander if you say the wrong thing! ”

Watching the two bickering, Zhang Jun seemed to be back in high school, but unfortunately this time there were only three people, and the other two were not here.

"Alright, alright, stop making trouble." Zhang Jun saw that the two of them had already taken off their shoes and were about to put on their feet, so he hurriedly persuaded them. "Tomorrow Christmas, we will go to Uncle Wang's house together, and then take Anke around the day after tomorrow. What do you think, Anke? ”

"Anyway, you can pay for it and go anywhere." Anke is really direct.

“……”

"Look, look, what am I talking about? He won't appreciate it. "Yang Pan didn't miss any opportunity to hit Anke.

While the two were making a fuss, Zhang Jun and Hua Fang cleaned up the room and made room for Anke, a one-meter-nine man, to sleep. Then he walked out with a soccer ball in his arms.

An Ke was still messing with Yang Pan, Zhang Jun smiled, and he rubbed his right foot lightly. "Anke!"

Anke heard Zhang Jun call him, turned his head and saw a football flying towards him. Shocked, he instinctively stretched out his hands to catch it, but the football hit his fingertips and bounced out. Yang Pan on the side was lying on the sofa, hooked the football from Anke's side with a backward kick, and the football hit the wall and fell. “yeah！ Make-up shot successful! Yang Pan shouted.

Zhang Jun looked at Anke: "How long has it been since you touched a football?" ”

"Two years." Anke looked back at the soccer ball still bouncing on the floor.

"Are you still going to play?" Zhang Jun asked again.

"I don't know." Anke shook his head, he got up and grabbed the ball from behind the couch with one palm, and then just like that, the ball didn't come out of his hand. "My parents didn't send me to Germany to learn how to play, but to find a job in the future...... I may have to go back to my home country as well. There's no way I'm going to make a living out of football, unlike you guys, who have decided to go down the path of professional football almost since high school. ”

"Throw the ball to me." Zhang Jun motioned for Anke to throw a high ball. An Ke threw it out according to his words, Zhang Jun jumped high and pushed it back, this time An Ke took it very firmly and did not let it go.

"This soccer ball was given to you, and even if you don't make a living from it, you still touch it more or less often. Lest in the future, when we play together, you will pick up the ball from the inside of the goal every time. ”

"Yes, do you want my autograph?" Yang Pan brought his face up.

Anke pressed the ball directly in his face.

On Christmas Day, Zhang Jun and the four of them came to Uncle Wang's house in the city to spend a rather lively Christmas, roast turkey and traditional Chinese food took turns, and several people were addicted to eating, and they could only indulge this time a year. Zhang Jun and the others also brought Christmas gifts to Uncle Wang's family - three sets of jerseys with their names and a signed football ball, and they also took a group photo with Uncle Wang's family.

Uncle Wang's son was very interested in Zhang Jun and them, and he also went to watch the match between Ajax and Warrendam when he went to university in Amsterdam. He took a lot of photos with the two players by himself, and took a new notebook for them to sign, which he went back to show off when school started.

Before waiting for Christmas dinner at Uncle Wang's house, Zhang Jun called Sophie, today is Christmas, and although domestic schools are not closed, he will also call back to say hello. Now the two are in a fiancé relationship, of course, their relationship has not been recognized by their parents, Zhang Jun plans to wait for him to return to China, and then solemnly come to the door to explain the matter.

Sophie is waiting for her roommates to get dressed up, and they make an appointment with the boys in the 701 dormitory to go out and sing karaoke together. It's Christmas, and school is still in session, so it's natural to make good use of this time in the evening. In the past few days, Sophie has received a lot of Christmas gifts from people she knows or doesn't know, of course, there are also greeting cards from the 701 dormitory, as well as small gifts sent by Li Yongle from Yanjing. She kept these two things, and the rest she put in a large garbage bag and threw it into the bin while no one was looking. Now that she has established a relationship with Zhang Jun, she should also pay attention to those who don't know each other and are not familiar with different surnames.

"Alright! It takes so long for you to change your clothes, and there is no place when it's late! Sophie looked at her watch, it was half past six, and her roommates had been cleaning up since they came back from class at half past four in the afternoon, and now they are washing their hair, changing their hairstyles, changing their clothes, putting on accessories, putting on makeup, and ...... She herself just changed into a coat and put a long white scarf around it.

"Hehe, Sophie, we can't compare to you. You already have a heart, so naturally you don't need to work it, our happiness depends on these preparations! A sister teased Sophie, they all knew that Sophie was Zhang Jun's girlfriend, but they didn't know that her girlfriend had been upgraded to a fiancée.

Sophie smiled, she remembered Zhang Jun. Today Christmas, she knew that the West must be very lively, and hoped that he would have some fun too, and after being tired for months, he could finally relax and relax.

The phone rang. "It must be those anxious boys who are urging them, Sophie, you take it, and say that we will do it right away, let them wait." The roommate took the time to say to Sophie as he rubbed lipstick on his lips.

"Oh." Sophie put down the book and went to answer the phone, "Hey, hello, excuse me...... Zhang Jun! ”

"Whoa!" The roommate's small mirror fell on the table. "Surprise me, Sophie doesn't have to be so excited, right?"

Sophie was embarrassed to stick out her tongue at her roommate.

Zhang Jun smiled and pushed away the two light bulbs and said into the phone, "It's Christmas, hehe!" I'll call back to say hello, Christmas ......."

"Merry Christmas, Zhang Jun!" Sophie smiled, "Hee-hee, I'll say it first!" ”

Zhang Jun scratched his head, "Merry Christmas, Sophie!" Are you okay at school? ”

"Very well, the people in our dormitory are getting ready to go out and sing with the people in your dormitory! It's a holiday today, so it's time to have some fun! ”

"Is it Lele and them? You greeted them on my behalf. It's also quite lively here, Anke came from Germany, and the three of us and Sister Hua are spending Christmas at Uncle Wang's house. ”

"I can hear it, it's so lively over there, hehe! I heard Anke's voice, and he was still so loud! ”

"Sophie, they called us downstairs." The roommate touches Sophie and softly reminds her.

"Huh? Oh, Jun Zhang, they're coming, I've got to go. Just now they were talking about rubbing......"

"You wait." Zhang Jun turned his head over: "Yang Pan, Anke, do you want to say a few words to Sophie?" ”

The two were playing the PS2 game console brought back by Uncle Wang's son, one person and one team, and they were in the middle of a fierce battle, and they didn't want to move their nests at all. They looked at the TV screen and shouted, "Sophie, Merry Christmas!" ”

Zhang Jun said: "They said they wish you a Merry Christmas. ”

"I hear you, hehe, it's time for me to go, have fun!"

"You too, have fun!"

Sophie quietly glanced around, saw that no one was paying attention, blushed and kissed on the microphone. "Goodbye, Jun Zhang." Then hung up the phone.

Zhang Jun closed the phone and touched his cheek, he heard that sound and knew what it meant. He jumped over excitedly: "You all get out of the way!" Play live and no one is my opponent! ”

"Ahh Zhang Jun! You caused me to lose a ball! Anke exclaimed.

"Stupid, don't make excuses if your strength is not good." Yang Pan waved his fist, "yes! Ronaldo scored twice! ”

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The three of them finally found a sense of home in a foreign country, and this New Year was not lonely. They had a good time that day before Hua Fang drove them back to the apartment. In the next two days, Hua Fang also drove them to various places to play. Although they are the hosts, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan are still visiting many places for the first time, but fortunately, there is Hua Fang, a "tour guide" who seems to be familiar with these attractions, and they have a lot of fun. The pressure of professional players and the pressure of studying abroad and working part-time have all been thrown out of the sky during this time, and having fun is the theme.

The time to get together is always too short, and in the blink of an eye, it is time to break up, Anke wants to return to Dortmund, pack up and leave for home. However, he did not ask Zhang Jun for an autographed jersey.

"Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Volendamm......" Anke shook the four rolls of film in his hand, "I washed it and brought it back for everyone to see." ”

On the platform of the station, the three of them hugged each other and said goodbye.

"Take care, Dortmund is not far from Volendam, come and play when you have time!"

"Huh! When you start the second half of the season, I'm going to start school, and everyone is very busy, so we just need to talk on the phone a lot. I've written down your numbers. ”

Hua Fang reminded the three of them that the train was about to leave, and Anke reluctantly hugged the two of them separately and prepared to get on the train.

When he turned to step on the car door, Zhang Jun stopped him: "Are you really not playing football anymore, Anke?" ”

Anke smiled at him: "When you are old in the future, I will be old too, let's play football together again!" He waved his hand in a dashing manner, turned and got into the car.

The train slowly drove out of the station, Zhang Jun looked at the train that was getting farther away, and suddenly felt the cruelty of reality. Friends who used to play football together have now gone their separate ways and are in two different worlds. Two have already embarked on the path of professional football, and the other is preparing to embark on the other path.

He sighed with some regret, but he didn't hear Yang Pan snort on the side: "That fool who pretends to be cool!" ”

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