A Scottish bagpipe song "buttons&bows" brought Zhang Jun to the beautiful Netherlands. The CD belonged to Yang Pan, and Zhang Jun was bored so he grabbed a headphone and pulled it to listen to relieve boredom, but heard very strange music. He asked what it was, and Yang Pan gave him a blank look: "Haven't you seen the 98 World Cup?" At the opening ceremony of the World Cup, there were Scottish fans who boasted about this! ”

"Scottish bagpipes?"

"yes, besides it, what other instrument has this sound? Music like the wind......"

"What are you doing with this?"

"The Netherlands is not far from Scotland, I want to bring some music with European characteristics to the past, so as to adapt to the environment there as soon as possible, music is also a local culture! This is what I bought after searching all the video stores in Luoyang, genuine! ”

Zhang Junzhong put on the headphones again, the soothing and melodious music echoed in his head, Yang Pan was right, it really looked like the wind...... Zhang Jun closed his eyes, and such a picture gradually unfolded in front of him with the sound of bagpipes.

On the gently undulating hillside, he sat alone on the grassy hillside, and below the hillside was an endless field of tulips, and the sea breeze mixed with the fragrance of flowers, a very strange fragrance. The wind blew through the hair and clothes, and blew the huge windmills, which creaked and turned. Tulip fields rise and fall in the wind like the waves of the sea, and flocks of butterflies dance in the wind...... It's a pity that I'm alone, and Sophie is not around with such a beautiful view......

Zhang Jun found himself homesick again, and this was the fifth time on this trip. When I went to the Netherlands for the first time, I thought that I would come back in ten days, and the journey was nothing but novelty and excitement, and I didn't know where I was left behind. But this time it's a real trip away from home, and I don't know when I'll be able to come back.

Although when saying goodbye at Luoyang Airport, everyone generally still has a good vision for the future, Zhang Jun still clearly remembers that his mother turned her back and shrugged her shoulders when she finished packing his luggage, and he also saw his father raise his hand when he pulled his mother aside, he knew what it was, it was his father's action of wiping his tears. He has always thought that his parents are very independent of his education policy, and his mother doesn't talk much, but at the airport, he saw another side of this strong woman, and his mother was worried......

And that evening, Sophie hugged his leg and said, "You're going to leave again soon...... anyway", and Sophie pinched him the arm when he parted.

Zhang Jun didn't cry when he was at the airport, he didn't cry when he was homesick in Yanjing, he wasn't a person who cried easily - at least he thought so - but this time, listening to the melodious bagpipes, he ......

Zhang Jun took off the headphones, wiped his face, and saw Yang Pan put on his sunglasses at some point. No one in the plane knew that they were going to play in the Netherlands except for the officials of Warrendam and Mr. Lee, and they were not big stars, so no one would ask them for autographs and group photos.

Zhang Jun was about to make fun of Yang Pan to relieve his homesickness, but he saw two lines of shiny transparent liquid slowly flowing from under his sunglasses......

The Netherlands, a small country, has produced a constant stream of amazing stars in world football, from Cruijff, to the Dutch Three Musketeers, and now Kluivert, Vannis Telrooij, Davids, ...... The Netherlands have never been short of talent, as they have one of the best youth player development systems in the world, and Ajax has a reputation as the "star line".

However, the Fcvolendam where Zhang Jun and the others are going is only a small club, which is difficult to find on the map of the Netherlands, and has been up and down in the first division (later renamed the Dutch Premier League) league in the first decade of the last century, and then relegated. Last season, Warrendam brought in former Ajax manager John Adrianse, who was at home, and it took only one season for the team to move from the first division to the super.

But Adrianse knows that super and first division are two different concepts, and if you want to rely on the first division team to play super, it is unknown whether you can be relegated. So Adrianse "hurt the killer", terminated the contracts of five players whose contracts expired, and then sold four players who still wanted them, and another veteran player retired to assist Adrianse in the position of assistant coach.

In this way, the original 28-member first team was left with only 18 players, but Adrianse brought a few young players with some ability and talent from the second team to come up, and went around lobbying those who could not play in the middle of the team, but had the strength, plus a young player he had loaned from Ajax's youth team through personal connections, and a team that would play in the Dutch Premier League was finally formed.

Oh, by the way, and the two Chinese lads who are about to arrive, very talented young people, although they don't have any professional football experience, he has already said hello to the coach of the youth team, Rice, and asked him to train the two Chinese well. It is believed that under the training of Rice, the former assistant coach of Ajax's youth team, they should soon be able to play for the first team.

The average age of the team is now 24.5 years old, and the oldest of the team is 29-year-old Holwijn, an experienced veteran at the back, good at long-distance throw-ins, good endurance and headers. He has been playing for Warrendam, has dedicated all his youth to the club, his character is not to say, he has won the respect and trust of his teammates, and after another veteran defender, Steur (Steur) retired as an assistant coach, the captain's armband was naturally worn on his left arm.

And his partner in the back line is Louis Link (Gijsluirink), who was promoted from the second team last season, 18 years old, good at central defender, midfielder, is one of the club's key training objects, is very popular in the club, future captain.

The two should have confirmed their place in the main team before the season, but Adrianse still loaned 22-year-old centre-back Huisman from superteam AZ and believes he is very promising, physical and a long-running centre-back.

Bartele, 28, a defensive midfielder, is the team's number one star and has the highest salary, but he deserves it, he is fierce defensively, an iron gate at the back, the only drawback is that he is not good at attacking, but it also allows him to defend at the back.

Of all the players, Adrianse is the most optimistic about his loan from Ajax youth Ceeskeizer, who is only 18 years old, plays in the back midfield, has good physical fitness, is very accurate in judging the landing point of high balls, and has a set of defensive and offensive skills, and is the focus of the Ajax youth team, Adrianase snatched him from Ajax by virtue of his personal connections. He was loaned out to make up for Butlet's lack of attack.

The quality of the midfield can reassure Adrianse, but the forward line does not allow him to rest comfortably. Judging by the recent warm-up games, the team's goals have mostly come from midfielders, and Kozel has integrated well into the team, as evidenced by his two assists and a goal. Bayes, who was promoted from the second team last season, became the team's top scorer in the warm-up game, scoring four goals alone, Bayes is only 22 years old, the position is attacking forward, thin and small, but the technique is good, he is very calm in front of goal, he has a high influence in the team, and he is also the target of Adrianse's key training.

However, while Adrianse is happy about the growth of these young players, he is distressed by the delay in scoring in the striker's three warm-up games. It's not normal to always let the attacking defender be in charge of scoring goals, and once Bayes is seen dead, the team's attack will be deadlocked, and Bayes is not very experienced, and he is likely to be targeted in the game, and after he gradually gets noticed by the super teams, he will score very, very few goals. Where were the strikers at that time?

In these three warm-up games, Adrianse tried several striker combinations, but they were always unsatisfactory. Heuvel is a good left winger, the best dribbling in the team, good speed, very accurate passing, the best technical and tactical level of the young players the team has developed themselves, but, but the only downside is that he doesn't seem to be able to shoot and has a poor feeling in front of goal. Adrianse had played him as a starting striker in the first two games, but he had 17 shots on goal, 10 of which were off target, and the other seven were saved by the opposition goalkeeper. Adrianse felt it would be better to put him in midfield, and he could also play with his excellent dribbling and speed, but he was like a lost lamb in the box. In the third warm-up game, he was really active in the midfield, constantly using his dribbling to break through the assists, but unfortunately the strikers wasted his kindness again and again, but he finally helped Bayes score a goal, which was not bad. It seems that he will be a regular partner for Bayes in midfield when the season begins.

Ouichou, a 22-year-old striker from Morocco, joined the team in 2001, although after a year of training, there has been progress, but the physical fitness is too poor, there is still a distance from Adrianse's requirements, he is the team's pistachio, with him, there is no shortage of laughter in the team. But Adrianse didn't just buy him to bring laughter to the team, did he? Then he might as well pay the team members to watch the circus clowns.

The team was full of life due to the majority of young players, and although the results in the warm-up matches were mediocre, this did not prevent the players from looking forward to the upcoming Super League. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and Adrianse is hoping that these young players can surprise him.

Hoens, the 65-year-old owner of the club, had been in the middle of the Eredivisie (later renamed the Dutch Premier League) when he took over the club 10 years ago, before being relegated from the Eredivisie in the mid-nineties. The Dutch coach Ben Hack once coached here, and when he was up and down in the first division, Horns thought of the famous coach, so last year he invited John Adrianse, who was idle at home, to be the head coach of the team, and in just one year, the team was promoted to the super under the leadership of John, and he deserves to be a famous coach! So for this year's recruitment work, he asked Adrianse to let it go. Overall, John did a good job, especially with his personal relationship from the Ajax youth team loan to Kozel, this young player he has heard of, the strength is good, is one of the key players of Ajax, can be loaned, can be described as a wonderful stroke!

Of course, there are also things that annoy the old man, such as the two teenagers from China. John decided to sign with just a few impressions, and he was stunned by the speed with which he smacked. It's not that he doesn't trust John's vision, but when he asked John for information about those two people, John didn't know anything! If it weren't for the fact that he used to be the coach of Ajax's youth team, Horns would have fainted with anger. Looking at his expression, it was as if he had picked up gold, urging the club to complete all the formalities.

When I signed John's contract, I agreed to sign a one-year contract first, and then sign a long-term contract if the team can be promoted to the Super League. Sure enough, the team stood on the stage of the Super League a year later, and Horns also signed a four-year contract with Adrianse, and when signing the new contract, he agreed to Adrianse's request to give him full responsibility for the introduction of players, and wrote this into the terms of the contract, even he, the owner, has no right to interfere. Therefore, although he was reluctant in his heart, he agreed to Adrianse's approach. However, he was always skeptical, he did not understand China, he had the impression that Chinese should be chefs in the kitchen, and those short, yellow-skinned Orientals could not play football.

The tall Dutchman nodded in satisfaction as Zhang Jun and Yang Pan stood in front of Andrianse, and although they felt tired from the long flight, their eyes were still clear and not stained with a trace of dust.

Adrianse patted Les next to him on the shoulder: "Leave it to you, old man!" Hehe! Keep an eye on these two guys and I hope to see them in the first team in two months' time. Two months, I wait for your good news! ”

Rice is his former assistant in Ajax's youth team and has a lot of experience in coaching young players. When Adrianse came to Warrendam, he also poached Rice by the way. He personally went to the Ajax youth team to bring in Rice, who was still a deputy, to build the second and third echelons of Warrendam for him. At that time, he only said to Rice: "Come on, come to me, toss according to your ideas!" Rice packed his bags and followed him to this small fishing village in the northeast of Amsterdam. He believed in Rice, and he gave him rights that he did not have at Ajax. Les did not fail either, with future captain and young centre-back Louis Link (Gijsluirink) at the back; young midfielder Buys, who has contributed to the team's promotion in the first division; Heuvel, a talented young left winger, was the answer. I believe that in two months, no, maybe not two months he will be able to see two sparkling pearls, two mysterious pearls from the East.

Zhang Jun and Yang Pan couldn't understand Adrianse's Dutch, but they both saw the head coach's smile, and a smile should mean that the head coach was quite satisfied with them, so the two of them let go of their hanging hearts.

Adrianse, through his accompanying interpreter, Mr. Li, told the two boys: "Have a good rest, reverse the jet lag, and start formal training with the youth team the day after tomorrow." ”

Then he and Rice left with a joke, and there were ten days left in the new season, all the personnel were there, and he was in a good mood as a manager. There is one last warm-up game left, and then it's time for the exciting Super League. Ten years later, Warrendam is finally back!

Back at the hotel arranged for them by the club, Mr. Li gave them a detailed description of the Warrendam Club where they were about to live and work, and told them that in a few days, when everything was settled, the club would find another interpreter for them, and it was time for him, a part-time worker, to leave. But whoever is the interpreter is not as good as communicating directly with teammates and coaches, so language is the key for the two of them to integrate smoothly into the team and succeed in Europe. The two are still young, and they have gone to college and received higher education, so it should not be a problem to learn. However, he is also worried that although two people can help each other together, it is also easy to form a fixed small circle, and the run-in with new teammates will also be affected. Therefore, he encouraged the two to mingle with those Dutch players more and understand their lifestyle and thinking habits so that they can better cooperate on the field.

"The company will pay attention to your development in the Netherlands, and if there is any difficulty, the company will stand up for you. Rest assured to boldly break through and make a name for Chinese football! When Mr. Li said this, he was no longer a translator or an assistant department manager at Philips (China), he was just an ordinary Chinese football fan.

The next day, Warrendam FC held a press conference to meet the newly signed players, the media and fans. The press conference was supposed to take place two weeks ago, but Adrianse has been busy with the team's recruitment, so the matter has been postponed until now. The newly signed players were all in attendance and were introduced to the media and fan representatives by the head coach one by one. However, among these people, there is no Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, in the official files of the club, the two are now apprentices, football apprentices like them will not be new in any team, and there is no need for the club to even recruit a few apprentices to hold a press conference.

When Keizer and several others and head coach Adrianse held the team's orange jersey and smiled at the reporters' "bombardment", Zhang Jun and Yang Pan were still honestly jetlagged in the hotel.

At this time, on this sunny morning, everything that happened outside had nothing to do with the two Chinese teenagers. They enjoy the last lazy sleep in their lives when they don't have to think about anything, just as they usually do at home. When I wake up, the world will be different.

ps: The Spring Festival is coming, because I want to go back to Luoyang for the Spring Festival, there is no way to update the novel in just seven days, in order to let you have a good year, so I will be in the next week, until I leave Chengdu on the 19th, and strive to update a chapter of "We Are the Champions" in two days, which can be regarded as a Spring Festival gift for everyone to pay tribute to the early years.

Author's Statement: From now on, we will enter the stage of professional football, which will involve a lot of real-life clubs, players, coaches, and all football-related materials. I have made some changes to the arrangement of some materials in order to conceive the plot of the novel. For example, in 2002, Warrendam was still trying to get promotion to the Premier League in the Dutch Bundesliga, but in the novel I brought them forward by a year to the Super League. I have also made some changes to the information of some members of the team, and I have not completely written according to the actual information. For example, I postponed the timing of some players to the team for the sake of the plot. The man who was supposed to be in the team in 2002 was postponed for a year. Thank you very much to the starting point of fcmilan79 friends, you provided Warrendam's player information and information about Dutch football, the Dutch customs and customs have given me a lot of help, and I will also adjust the plot accordingly for your information.

It is very difficult to write about football in reality, and I want to write it realistically, but I don't want everyone to confuse reality with fiction after reading it. After all, what has happened in reality, it is very difficult to change it.

Another: The Kaka in AC Milan now is the Kaka in the novel, but they are still a little different. In reality, Kaka is a pure Brazilian, his original name is Ricardoize Issékson Santos Leci (Ricardoizecsonsantosleite), Kaka is called "Kaka" because his little brother can't pronounce the sound of his name, Brazilians have a tradition of replacing their real names with nicknames, so the name Kaka has been used. In reality, Kaka already has a fifteen-year-old girlfriend, but in the novel, he is a diamond king, hehe!

By the way, Warrendam, the Netherlands, is a Catholic town that was once a small fishing village, and its beautiful scenery is complemented by rows of green wooden houses and lace-trimmed curtains hanging from the windows. The town is located in the northeast of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, in the province of Groningen, close to Germany, with a population of about 50,000 people, you can take bus 110, 112, 113, 116 from the bus terminal in front of Amsterdam Central Station, which takes 40 minutes. In addition, Warrendam is also a popular wedding photography spot. If that friend is able, you might as well go there and have a wedding photo with your sweetheart! But be sure to post it online for me to see, hehe!

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