Chapter 49: It's OK Without You

When the game reached the seventieth minute, He Xu stopped the ball out of bounds again.

At this time, Koeman, who had been waiting for this opportunity, hurriedly requested a substitution, replacing He Xu with Suarez and Martins Jones for the defender Enault.

replaced with three forwards, which is obviously about to prepare for a strong attack, and He Xu, who has always erupted in the second half, was replaced, which also relaxed the tense nerves of the elite coach of Rotterdam a little. Even forget that Suarez is also in the field.

Massimo Charlie watched He Xu off the field in some surprise, but at the same time he also noticed the gesture made by the head coach to him, allowing him to increase the pace of the game and speed up the attack by passing the ball forward.

Suarez, who has barely played since the World Cup, jumped twice on the sidelines and stepped on the turf of Rotterdam with his foot outstretched. Martins Jones deliberately waited behind, and when He Xu was off the field, he hugged He Xu and said, "Boy, look at it!" ”

He Xu didn't speak, just stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, I don't know if it was an inch or He Xu's intention, in short, the two slaps that seemed to be very light made Martins Jones, who had not yet played, feel that the breath in his chest was stagnant.

After getting off the court, He Xu walked to the bench, and Eno who was walking beside him gasped for breath, and the guy who defended Alecic made it even more difficult to support his already insufficient physical reserves.

And He Xu sat on the chair as if he had just come back from a walk. No one knows what he's thinking......

Zhang Miao shouted in the stands that no one in the audience around him could understand, "Why? Why do you want to replace him? Why, you say! ”

But if this group of people understands this sentence, they will definitely agree with it very much.

Because Suarez, who came on as a substitute for He Xu, created a killing opportunity after two minutes, Garrincha made an accurate pass on the side, Suarez shot hard at the top of the penalty area, and the ball quickly flew towards the goal, fortunately, the goalkeeper of the Rotterdam elite had nothing to do before, so now the spirit is extremely concentrated. Leap up and block the ball off the line with a single punch.

Massimo Charlie's corner kick arced into the box, and Martins Jones, although he was distracted by He Xu's breath just now, still jumped high with accuracy, and then flicked his head and sent the ball into the goal.

1 to 1! Ajax equalised just three minutes after the substitution, which made Rotterdam's elite fans suddenly miss the number 99 who was in hot form before, but seemed to be merciless today.

Coman raised his arms and shouted, He Xu sat behind him with some sadness, looking at his appearance, thinking in his heart: When I scored, he should be like this, right?

Martins Jones raced to the bench and hugged head coach Ronald Koeman, and He Xu realized that this was also Martins' first first touch on the ball in the first team, and it actually caused a goal.

I don't know if Martins is provocative or what, anyway, after hugging the coach, he clenched his fists and roared angrily at the place where He Xu was sitting.

He Xu shrugged his shoulders, boring guy. But his palms were still clapping hard, after all, it was his own district team that scored, and if he didn't act happy, I'm afraid it wouldn't be good.

Martins Jones, who walked back to the stadium, waved his fist at the fans in the audience as if demonstratively, prompting an even frenzier of yelling.

He Xu thought to himself: This kid is low-key and won't die, why bother? If this is targeted by radical fans, they are not allowed to throw things at you, right?

The game continued, and without He Xu on the field, it seemed that Ajax's attack became smooth.

Suarez retreats from time to time to receive the ball and is very threatening to break forward, while Martins Jones is well versed in Ajax's attacking process, running just right, and stopping the ball is not as flashy as He Xu before, but it is also very effective.

The already poor strength of the Rotterdam elite was completely exposed at this time, and Ajax, who had regained its momentum, was unable to raise its head.

The Rotterdam elite head coach could only helplessly watch the "villain" Koeman show off his power beside him, shouting loudly again and again, letting the players press up and attack.

Zhang Miao has already left the field early, for her, without He Xu's game, even if she wins a strong opponent and scores more goals, it must be boring.

Garrincha's passing became targeted, Martins Jones's movement was really reasonable, and he was basically able to turn Garrincha's pass into an effective pass, which also added a lot of points to Garrincha's performance.

He Xu, who was bored, looked at the game on the field, and thought with some negative feelings: I am really useless on the field, and even affected the performance of the two boys, Massimo and Garrincha, right?

Martins Jones received the ball and picked it out with an accurate cross, the ball just went over the head of the defender, Suarez squeezed through the defence, chested it off, and once the ball fell, he sent it forward on his toes and into the net between the goalkeeper's legs.

1 to 2! With ten minutes left in the second half, Ajax took the lead and Garrincha threaded the needle before the two new strikers combined to score a brilliant goal.

Koeman raised his arms and high-fived him in the air, "Well done!" That's it, keep going on the offensive and don't give them a chance! Hold them down......"

Van Basten frowned, is that so? It seems that He Xu's kid's situation is not good, but what happened to him today?

Two minutes before the end of the game, Massimo Charlie broke the ball at the back and made a long pass, the ball flew over most of the pitch and fell into the Rotterdam elite penalty area, Garrincha, who had been active on the side of the field, appeared in the penalty area in a ghost, and then with a flick of the outside instep, the ball drew a curve in the air and fell into the far corner of the goal!

The whole stadium was boiling, Garrincha slid to his knees on the turf in excitement, and Massimo Charlie, who assisted him, Martins Jones, who had always regarded him as an idiot along with He Xu, and other teammates rushed over to celebrate his conclusive goal.

At this moment, everyone seemed to have forgotten the He Xu who was sitting on the sidelines, who was replaced halfway, and who scored eight goals in the previous four games but was regarded by them as seven goals.

He Xu slapped his face sincerely this time, celebrating his friend's goal.

Garrincha's flickering kick was not only soft, but the ball went around the goalkeeper's hand beautifully, so it was no wonder that many of the Rotterdam fans in the stadium applauded.

The score remained 3-1 until full-time, and the visitors were eventually beaten back, with the Rotterdam elite unable to stop Ajax and Alecic's brilliant play unable to turn things around.

However, Ajax's striker Martins Jones, who came off the bench in the second half, made many media eyes shine, and in their opinion, the Dutch Ajax academy player is much more pleasing to the eye than the yellow-skinned No. 99! What is so great about that 99 kid besides luck and running faster? Looking at our Martins, how reasonable are the running passes on the pitch? Sure enough, Chinese players cannot be compared with our Dutch players, just as Chinese football and Dutch football cannot be compared at all.

The next day, when Liang Yuan saw the report published by this reporter who didn't know his name, he sneered and said to himself: "Can't you compare? I think it's pretty much the same, I haven't even won the World Cup. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Van Basten, who was sitting across from his desk, threw over with a pack of napkins.

Liang Yuan didn't dodge, he was smashed on the head, he rolled the stack of newspapers into a tube, and smashed it at Basten. Although it was across the table, because Liang Yuan had a good time to let go, Basten did not dodge and was hit by this paper tube.

If anyone sees this scene, they will definitely sigh: two old guys can always regain some of their original vitality when they get together!

He Xu also saw the report, he saw it in the hotel, but he just smiled indifferently and didn't say anything. Chinese players, haven't they always been treated like this? Even Chen Bo, who has been fighting for Feyenoord for many years, has always had a lot of negative comments about him in the media.

At yesterday's press conference, Coman did not bring He Xu, who performed badly, and faced questions from the media about He Xu's status. Koeman's reply was that He Xu was overly tired in the previous game, and he was still a minor after all, and his body was relatively weak, so he would perform sluggishly in this game. It is hoped that the media will protect and care for the young players, instead of chasing them.

But at the same time as he said this, in the locker room, Martins Jones did not protect and care for the Chinese player who was younger than himself, he took advantage of the lack of attention, came to He Xu's side and whispered, "Hey! Boy, do you see? It doesn't matter if you don't play, and it's the same without you! ”

He Xu, who was there with the equipment bag after taking a shower, raised his head and glanced at him, and then lowered his head again, and before bowing his head, he said "oh" again in a voice that was not too small.

made everyone look back here, and Martins, who was standing with his head down, looked at He Xu, who was sitting in front of him and cleaning up his things, and was in the focus of everyone's attention, and the scene was very embarrassing.

……

After the whole team flew back to Amsterdam, He Xu said goodbye to his teammates and returned home, Zhang Xiao had already prepared a table of food that looked poisonous and immortal, and sat there waiting for He Xu.

He Xu didn't speak, just walked back to the room, threw down his backpack, and lay down in the room.

Zhang Miao didn't call him nervously as before, just walked in, sat beside him, and silently held his hand.

But what is very annoying is that as soon as she grabbed He Xu's hand, He Xu shook his hand as if he had been electrocuted, and pulled it back.

Zhang Miao stubbornly grabbed He Xu's hand again this time, and He Xu still wanted to break free, but Zhang Yao leaned down and bit his hand.

He Xu's arm shook, he snorted in pain, and did not speak. Zhang Miao only bit it, and before he could use his strength, he snorted, "Why are the muscles in your hands so hard?" My tooth hurts! ”

(Shocked by the death of Tito Vilanova, a simple tribute to the head coach who dedicated his entire career to Barcelona.) There must be football in heaven, go all the way)