"Don't worry, brother, I'm going to keep playing for both of our dreams, I'm going to try to be the kind of player you and I should be, I'm going to make you proud of me as much as I'm proud of you!"

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When many people grow up, it is easy to forget the promises they made when they were young or young, and even many times, they will look back with a very self-deprecating look, and then make fun of their ignorance and boredom in the past, as if in this way they can show their current maturity and wisdom.

Sandro never did such a thing, because his past was an indelible scar to him, not only on his heart, but also in his soul, and he would never forget the promise he had made, a promise he had made to his brother Simon.

Twenty-two-year-old Sandro from Brazil was born in a small village called Ricino, more than 300 kilometers from the capital, Brasilia.

Sandro's father, Vahi, was a bricklayer in Riccino who specialized in helping the people of the village build brick walls for a living.

Like all small Brazilian villages and towns, although Riccino is poor and backward, football is very popular here, it is estimated that this has a certain relationship with the fact that Riccino has a lot of grass, but it is not the artificial grass in Europe, it is a kind of grass that grows naturally from the soil, a little hard, but it is indeed a good place to play football.

Sandro's talent for playing football is not very good, but his brother Simon is very good, many people in the town say that Simon will definitely be able to enter the national team when he grows up, go to Europe to play, make a lot of money, and let his family live a happy life, and Simon has always worked hard for this goal.

Simon's talent has even led many professional teams from Brasilia, and even the big teams to send people to examine him, but just when everyone thought that he was about to enter the top club, the doctor detected that he had a heart problem and had to stop playing, otherwise his life would be in danger.

This is simply earth-shattering news for this family that has just seen hope, and Simon's whole person is devastated.

It was in this situation that the younger brother, who was not very talented and had never been looked down upon, walked up to his brother and told him very sincerely, and at the same time very resolutely, "I will play hard for the dreams of both of us!" ”

How a person with low talent can come out of Brazil, which is full of geniuses, this may be something that no one dares to imagine, but whether it is Simon or Sandro, they all believe that no one is born a genius, no matter how good his skills are, no matter how good his talent is, he will be obtained by hard work.

So Sandro worked hard, and in order to be able to better treat Simon, the family moved to Planaltina in the east of the capital, Brasilia, Simon also began to receive treatment, and found a job, the family worked hard to make a living, the purpose is to make Sandro a professional player.

But it often backfires, with Sandro moving from Brasilia to Rio de Janeiro to Kuriciba and then moving south to play at a football academy because there are often professional teams coming to the academy to select talent.

But no one thought that the professional team was indeed coming, but everyone in the same group as Sandro was selected, but he was the only one who cared, and that period of time was almost a desperate day for him, and the only thing that could support him to continue to wait was his daily phone call with his family, because the phone bill was paid by the academy.

Eventually, he made his way into a small club in Astar, where he played and then was scouted by the Brazilian international team during a match for Gremio in the São Paulo Cup, who invited him to a tryout.

But for Sandro, it was not all smooth sailing to enter the Brazilian professional team, when he first arrived at Internacional Brasil, he was injured in a training session and spent six weeks recuperating, which almost made him suffer from this period of time, because every day there are many players of his age, from all over Brazil, who are desperate for a chance to enter the academy of Internacional Brasil.

He believed that he might not have been able to stay at Internacional if it weren't for his injury and that Internacional would not have been able to ignore him according to the rules, but after six weeks, after suffering from cynicism, with the support and encouragement of his family, he finally recovered, and conquered everyone with his almost insane training and rapid progress.

Athletic strength and skill at his feet were the verdicts of the International, and his captaincy of the Under-20 squad brought him to the attention of Tottenham Hotspur, who took him from Brazil to Europe and arranged for him to be trained at Ajax.

Three years have passed in a blink of an eye, he has become familiar with Dutch football, familiar with Europe, familiar with Amsterdam, familiar with Ajax, he has become an international player in Brazil, and he has also become the main midfielder of Ajax, he is regarded by many as Gilberto? Silva's successor, but more people believe that his attacking ability is better than Gilberto? Silva is stronger.

He looks like a midfielder version of Lucio!

For the past three years, he has been like a sponge, frantically absorbing everything from his coach, his teammates and on the field, he has worked hard to improve his strength and skills, and he will never be satisfied with what he has now, even if he is able to bring his parents and brother to Europe and live a comfortable life.

He thanked Tottenham Hotspur and thanked Ajax!

I still remember that when I just came to Europe and met Tottenham Hotspur manager Ye Qiu in Amsterdam, Ye Qiu, who knew his past, said something to him and told him a truth, on the football field, talent cannot decide everything, hard training and hard work are the most valuable qualities of a top player.

So, since then, he's been training harder, he's been training harder, he's trying his best to learn from other teammates, like Edgar? Davis, Sandro learned a lot from Davis.

The Eredivisie is over, but Sandro doesn't go on holiday like everyone else, he continues to come to De Tokmoste every day and train on his own, because he was named in the Copa America squad for Brazil in July, and he needs to adjust his form and then go on vacation so that he can show his form when training with the national team.

Ideally, he can get coach Menezes to give him a place in the main team, and he also dreams of playing in the World Cup in Brazil.

That was undoubtedly a dream shared by him and his brother Simon!

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Bobby? Harms stopped outside the training ground.

Although the weather had turned hotter, he was still wearing a long-sleeved shirt, and he was too old to be negligent.

Sandro is training on the training ground, a rookie who is very much favored by almost all Ajax coaches, only 22 years old, but he has performed very well at Ajax, playing as a regular for three seasons, becoming more and more solid and, more importantly, more than just a defender.

Of course, the Brazilian has near-perfect physical fitness, speed, strength, agility, coordination, bouncing ...... He has almost surprisingly perfect professional physicality, and in the last three years, he has also stopped being just a defender, he has made himself more well-rounded.

Ajax's coaching staff has a lot to do with all this, but it's the players who really make the difference.

I still remember that Ye Qiu once used a very vivid and apt sentence to describe the growth and progress trajectory of players, he was likened to playing mahjong, a player with good talent is equivalent to getting a good hand, and a player with bad talent is equivalent to getting a bad hand.

But all those who have played mahjong know that good and bad cards are not important at all, the most important thing is that you can enter the cards in the process of playing mahjong, if you can enter the cards, even if you hold a bad hand, you can still win, and if you can't enter the cards, even if you get a good hand, I'm afraid you can only lose.

In other words, good and bad hands cannot be the criterion for whether you can win or not, it can only be said that if you get a good hand, the probability will be relatively high, but that's all.

If you put the cards on the football field, then it is equivalent to a player's ability to learn and absorb.

Learn from your teammates and even your opponents, absorb the knowledge of the coaching staff and all aspects, and then use them for your own use to improve your own strength.

Looking at all the top players, almost all of them come out this way, no matter how bad their talent is!

There is no doubt that Sandro has been able to get to where he is today thanks to his ability to learn and absorb and his hard work on the training pitch, so he has become one of the best midfielders in the Eredivisie over the past few seasons, and he is also very well-rounded, as the Netherlands have always been rich in versatile midfielders.

From the distant Cocu to Van Bommel and then Sneijder, the Netherlands have always had a knack for developing versatile midfielders, and Sandro is another well-rounded midfielder from Ajax, thanks to his hail from Brazil.

It's hard to imagine a Brazilian player without skill, without attacking ****, it's impossible.

"Sandro!" Seeing Sandro on the training pitch finish one of his long passes and stop training out of breath, Bobby? Harms called out to him.

See it's Bobby? Harms, Sandro immediately laughed, quickly ran to the sidelines, and opened his hands to hug him.

"Don't mess around, sweaty, don't stain my shirt, boy!" Bobby? Harms hurriedly reached out to block it.

"Bobby, it's been a long time since I've seen you!" Sandro respects him from the bottom of his heart.

I still remember when he first came to the Eredivisie, whether it was Ajax or his agent, they all told Sandro that if he wanted to gain a foothold in the European professional league, it was best to be a defensive player, so the most eye-catching thing about Sandro at that time was defense, he was called a beast waist, and many people thought he was like Gilberto? Silva and Vieira, that was the impression at that time, until later Bobby? Harms told him that if he wanted to succeed, he had to go further.

"Do you know what the Tao is for, and now professional football is fast?"

"Because the transition between offense and defense is constantly compressed, or even simply dissolved!"

"In other words, in modern football tactics, when a player, especially a midfielder, plays an important role in defense, then he is also controlling the team's attack to the greatest extent, and in the same way, when a player plays an important role in the attack, he is also influencing the team's defense to the greatest extent!"

"A lot of people say Gilberto? Silva wasn't much involved in the attack, but they never thought about it. When Silva breaks the ball, he hands it to the left, to the right, to the front, or to the back, all of which determine the direction of the attack and whether the next attack after a team breaks the ball will work. ”

"The players in front of you are actually just executing Gilberto? Silva has laid out a route for them! ”

"In the same way, when Messi loses the ball in the front court, whether he throws the first counter-robbery, whether he chooses to grab from the left side of the ball holder, or from the right side of the holder, or only blocks his forward route, these are all affecting the direction of the ball carrier's pass, and then determine the team's defensive center of gravity, because the defense must be converted with the opponent's attack!"

"Maybe it should be said that the players of any team have two parts of ability, one part of the ability determines the lower limit of the player and the team, that is, no matter how bad they are, they will not fall below the lower limit, and the other part is also the most important part, he determines the upper limit of the player and the team, that is, what kind of height and achievement they can reach!"

"In modern football tactics, for offensive players, offensive ability is only their lower limit, and defensive awareness is their upper limit; For defensive players, defensive ability is only their lower limit, but offensive awareness is their upper limit. ”

"For you, your ceiling is clear, and then you should try to raise your ceiling, which will determine whether you play in the Eredivisie or in the big four, whether you can only be a defensive role player or a midfield manager with the ability to play alone!"

Is it Bobby? Harms' words made Sandro determined to work hard to improve his offensive ability while maintaining his defensive ability, and he has made a huge improvement in the past two or three years.

It's just that today's Eredivisie and today's Ajax are no longer as brave as they used to be, coupled with the embarrassment of the back position, everyone talks about Ajax, and more Suarez, Hulk and Lucas? Moura and other attacking players, while few people pay attention to Sandro.

But Tottenham Hotspur, as well as Bobby? Harms, however, has been keeping an eye on the Brazilian midfielder.

"There's good news and bad news, which one are you going to hear?" Bobby? Harms, accompanied by Sandro, walked slowly down the path of Detokmost.

"Good news!" Sandro said with a smile that his face was a bit fierce and a little scary when he laughed, but he was a very enthusiastic and cheerful young man at heart, and I heard that his favorite thing was singing.

"The good news is that you're going to Tottenham Hotspur to report and they've decided to call you back!"

Sandro was stunned, he couldn't believe it, "Really? He laughed happily.

"Really!" Bobby? Harms nodded, "The club will probably notify your agent soon." ”

"Great!" Sandro is happy to say that he is not without feelings for Ajax, but because he has always belonged to Tottenham Hotspur, and Tottenham Hotspur arranges members of the coaching staff to Amsterdam every month to visit and coach several players on loan, and he is also a key focus of Tottenham Hotspur.

"But there's also bad news!" Bobby? Harms said with a smile.

"What's the bad news?"

The Dutchman stopped, "Tottenham Hotspur is a big team, a big team, but the second half of the season is not ideal, Yaya? Toure's departure has led to problems in the midfield, coupled with the coaching staff's decision to make significant adjustments and reforms to the midfield, so joining Tottenham Hotspur in this situation will be under a lot of pressure, and at the same time, it will be difficult for the outside fans and the media, you have to be mentally prepared! ”

Sandro has heard of this, and in fact, when he wants to go to north London, he is mentally prepared for this, and he is not afraid at all, because he believes that he can get a place at Tottenham Hotspur, even if he is a substitute at the beginning, he will slowly take back the main place.

"Tottenham Hotspur's midfield competition will be very fierce, even miserable, because they are also figuring out a new set of tactical ideas, they will bring in a few players, even big stars, plus a few academy players in the original team, for you, you may not be able to occupy the main position all of a sudden."

"Hmm!" Sandro nodded solemnly, "I know, thank you, Bobby!" ”

Over the past few years, Bobby? Harms has always taken good care of him.

Of course, the old Dutchman takes good care of everyone in the team, treats everyone very well, is a very popular person in the team, so Sandro is like everyone else, and he is very grateful to him.

"Remember the word, at all times and in any situation, be patient, keep a heart to learn, I believe you can play at Tottenham Hotspur and earn a place!"

Even Bobby? Harms is now very optimistic about Sandro, but Tottenham Hotspur is not Ajax, the north London team is a giant, the competition is very fierce, and the best players in the world are gathered, which makes it difficult for anyone to enter Tottenham Hotspur to say what the future will be.

But for Sandro, the Premier League is a challenge he's been longing for, and he wants to be like his predecessor Gilberto? Silva, like him, has made a name for himself in the Premier League.

No, he wished he had done better than Gilberto? Silva is better, better! Sandro has heard of this, and in fact, when he wants to go to north London, he is mentally prepared for this, and he is not afraid at all, because he believes that he can get a place at Tottenham Hotspur, even if he is a substitute at the beginning, he will slowly take back the main place.

"Tottenham Hotspur's midfield competition will be very fierce, even miserable, because they are also figuring out a new set of tactical ideas, they will bring in a few players, even big stars, plus a few academy players in the original team, for you, you may not be able to occupy the main position all of a sudden."

"Hmm!" Sandro nodded solemnly, "I know, thank you, Bobby!" ”

Over the past few years, Bobby? Harms has always taken good care of him.

Of course, the old Dutchman takes good care of everyone in the team, treats everyone very well, is a very popular person in the team, so Sandro is like everyone else, and he is very grateful to him.

"Remember the word, at all times and in any situation, be patient, keep a heart to learn, I believe you can play at Tottenham Hotspur and earn a place!"

Even Bobby? Harms is now very optimistic about Sandro, but Tottenham Hotspur is not Ajax, the north London team is a giant, the competition is very fierce, and the best players in the world are gathered, which makes it difficult for anyone to enter Tottenham Hotspur to say what the future will be.

But for Sandro, the Premier League is a challenge he's been longing for, and he wants to be like his predecessor Gilberto? Silva, like him, has made a name for himself in the Premier League.

No, he wished he had done better than Gilberto? Silva is better, better!