During international matches, De Tokmost's training base always looks empty.

In the two years that Ye Qiu has been in charge of Ajax, the team has invested heavily in the prevention of injuries for players, Ye Qiu has introduced very professional detection and prevention equipment from Adidas and the United States, and has paid enough attention to it in his usual training.

Because of this, Ajax's player injuries have not been serious, whether it is a shock player like Robben and Van der Vaart, or players in other positions, injuries are generally rare, and the occasional injury is also a minor injury, or some sports injuries during the game.

Mascherano's injury falls into the latter category, and is basically unavoidable by any means of prevention.

According to the rules of the Ajax first team, injured players have to come to the club every day to be tested and treated by the team doctor, so Mascherano still has to come to De Tokmoste on time every day, even during the national team break. Recovery training was carried out under the guidance of Brandt and others.

He is the only one training in the whole Detokmost, and even the French international Abidal has been selected for the national team, although he is only a fringe international, but he is still an international.

As for Arteta, who was also unable to be selected for the national team, he is the captain of Spain's U21 team, so he naturally has to report to the national youth team.

In De Tokmost's gym, Mascherano was doing a boring physical workout alone, his expression was full of something called loss and depression, because he already had a clear sense that De Jong had begun to firmly occupy the position of the main midfielder in the Ajax starting line-up.

Ye Qiu once said to him that he promised to give him a chance, and for this, the head coach did not break his promise, but he himself was relatively unlucky, he had not adjusted his condition when he first came, and he needed to adapt to the environment of Ajax and European football, and when he began to find a little feeling, he was injured again.

Standing in front of the window of Detokmos's medical room, looking at the uninhabited training ground in the distance, Mascherano sighed helplessly, because he originally thought that joining Ajax represented his transfer, but he didn't expect it......

"Javier." Pym? Van Doud called out to him behind him.

The players have gone to play for the national team, and the coaching staff has been given some leave, so the work naturally falls into the hands of Van Doude, and the Dutchman has nothing to do on weekdays, which is to say that it is a little harder at this time.

"Mr. Van Doud!" Mascherano turned around and greeted politely.

He learns Dutch very quickly, but not very well, and is only able to make the usual polite greetings, or some of the more specialized football jargon, which are the first priority to learn when the club arranges for translators.

"You'll give you this document tomorrow morning when you train." Van Doudsey came over with a document.

Mascherano took it, opened it and saw that there was Pym underneath? Van Doude's signature, while the contents of the documents prove that he is recovering well from his injury and is able to participate in the team's training.

As soon as he saw the contents of the document, Mascherano jerked his head up and looked at Van Doud, but the Argentine, who was not at all like an 18-year-old boy, did not show the slightest surprise, which couldn't help but make Van Doud wonder in his heart, this is too young and old, right?

"Yes, boy, you're ready to train!" Van Doud's expression looked even happier than Mascherano's.

He has been at Ajax for so many years, and there are many players who have recovered from his hands, such as Cruyff, Van Basten and others, who have been injured under Van Doude, and this Dutchman has always regarded this job as his greatest interest in life and the most proud thing.

"Thank you, Mr. Van Dude!" Mascherano was very old-fashioned and polite.

Van Dude smiled, a little helpless, he would rather see this Argentine teenager as youthful as an ordinary 18-year-old child, but he looked very old, even a little wooden, and said very little.

"Don't care about the game and the starts, kid." Van Dude has been looking at Mascherano for the past few days, and somewhat guessed the mood of this little ghost, "You know, now the team is fighting on three fronts in the Eredivisie, the Dutch Cup and the Champions League, and there are so many games to play in a year, no one can play all the games." ”

"The opportunity will come again sooner or later, taking care of your body is more important than anything else, the most important thing for a professional player is this body, without him, let you start every game, you still can't play."

When he said this, Van Doud patted Mascherano on the shoulder, "He is the capital of your foothold in Ajax!" ”

Mascherano's mouth seemed to change its arc, as if he wanted to laugh, but he nodded his head to hide it.

Watching Mascherano walk out of the infirmary, Van Doud shook his head and sighed, "Poor boy. ”

He also thought that Mascherano's youth was persecuted by some poor families in South America, but as everyone knows, this kid left home when he was a child**, so his personality is a bit lonely, but he is not the kind of person who does not fit in, but he doesn't talk much and is not good at showing his feelings.

Mascherano walked out of the medical room and was just about to go to the first team when he saw Ye Qiu at the intersection.

"Hi Javier!" Ye Qiu, who had just returned from London, looked in a good mood.

"Hello, head!" Mascherano nodded towards Ye Qiu and took the initiative to make a way.

When Ye Qiu passed by, he patted Mascherano on the shoulder and walked into the medical room.

"Pym!" Ye Qiu shouted as soon as he entered the door.

Pym? Van Dude walked out of it and smiled as soon as he saw Ye Qiu, "Why did you come back early?" ”

Ye Qiu pointed to the door, obviously pointing at Mascherano, "How is he doing?" It's been more than a month. ”

This kind of thing is very troublesome, big or small, Ye Qiu has always been very careful, he doesn't want to leave hidden dangers for the players in the future, so even during the holidays, he specially told Van Dude to watch Mascherano carefully.

"No problem, I test and count him every day, and the situation is recovering very well, I agree that he will train with the team, you will receive the report tomorrow, and then by the way, let the first-team team doctor give him a more detailed test and verify it."

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, "Thank you, Pym!" With that, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Huh!" Van Dude called out to him, "I don't think there's anything wrong with that kid's body, but his mood is a little bad." ”

Ye Qiu also noticed just now that Mascherano looked a little depressed, and now that Van Dude said this, he felt that this should be paid a little attention, after all, the rookie player has been recuperating from an injury for a month, which may cause a lot of pressure and distress for him.

Sometimes, the coaching staff is not omnipotent, it is impossible to know everything about the players, after all, no one wants to share all their thoughts and ideas with the coaching staff, if you manage too much, they will think that you are too broad, if you manage less, then you probably can't fully understand them.

That's where the contradiction lies, and that's where the quality of a manager is measured.

"Perhaps, you should know what he's messing with, figure it out for yourself!" Van Dude smiled and waved his hand to Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu smiled, he could more or less guess what the reason was.

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With the gradual development of the new southeast town in recent years, it has gradually become an important commercial and prosperous area in Amsterdam, and the rental market in Amstelveen has gradually become hot and expanding more and more southward.

In the south, there are a number of developers who have built three or four storey residences, with shops on the ground floor and single apartments on each floor of the upper floors, specifically for rent or sale, specifically to cater to those who want to rent.

Mascherano lived in a three-story apartment, two bedrooms and one living room, a little smaller, very spacious for one person, and sometimes his parents and family would come over, but they usually only stayed for a few days and then went back.

Mascherano was used to living alone, he had forgotten when he had started living alone, in short, at a very young age, so he didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

It's just that sometimes it's boring.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching a lot of Dutch TV stations that I don't understand, going around, and then going to sports and watching football games, after all, football is the common language of the whole world, anyway, if you can't understand the commentary, you can watch the scene by yourself, it's not bad.

The TV was broadcasting a recording of the European Championship qualifier between the Netherlands and Belarus, which ended in a 3-0 victory, with Advocat's Dutch national team beating Belarus to get a smooth victory.

A number of Ajax players were featured in the game, with goalkeeper Edwin van der Vaart, Robben, Van der Meyde, Sneijder, Heitinga and De Jong all representing the Netherlands, while Hleb wore a Belarusian shirt.

Today's Ajax is no longer the Ajax team of the past, and Advocaat, despite being known as the head coach of the PSV Eindhoven faction, has actually had to reuse and promote this group of young Ajax players, because this group of players has performed too well in the past three years.

Winning the Dutch Cup in the second team made the history of Dutch football, while the 00/01 season was the Eredivisie runners-up and UEFA Cup winners, and last season was the Eredivisie title and the Champions League semi-finals.

Arjen Robben and Van der Vaart have both established themselves in the Dutch national team, Van der Sar is also the main goalkeeper, and the others are supplemented by Stam and Frank? With the likes of De Boer, Van Bommel, Cocu, Davies, Kluivert and Ruud van Nistelrooy, the Dutch national team is outstanding.

The Netherlands' first goal was Davies setting up Kluivert, the second was Robben's breakthrough cross from the left to assist Kluivert's goal, and the third goal was Van der Vaart's one-two with Kluivert after cutting inside on the right flank, and then assisting Van Nistelrooy's goal.

Just when the game was already decided, Advocaat made a series of substitutions, bringing on three players, Heitinga, Sneijder and De Jong, apparently to further develop the players.

At this moment, the doorbell at the door of the house was ringed.

Mascherano put down the TV remote control in his hand, a little strange, he rarely came here except for his family and agent, who would visit at this time?

When the cat's eye leaned into the door and looked out, it was a large open hand with five fingers stretched out.

"Who?" Mascherano was not afraid of being robbed, so he directly opened the door lock and asked.

"See my hand, and you don't recognize me yet?" Van der Sar's voice came in.

"That's it, his hand is the biggest, longest and easiest to recognize in the whole of Holland, I don't know our captain too well!" Listen to the voice is Lucio.

"Your hands are the biggest and the longest!" Van der Sar retorted.

As he spoke, the door opened, and Mascherano was stunned to find that Van der Sar, Lucio, Huntelaar and other teammates were all carrying things in large bags.

"You ......" Mascherano was a little surprised, but more confused.

"Excuse me!" Lucio had already rushed directly into Mascherano's house, "Hey, Javier, do you have a kitchen at home?" "The Brazilian was so smug that he looked like he was back in his own home.

"Yes, over there, what's going on?" Mascherano pointed in the direction of the kitchen.

"By the way, is there a barbecue?" This time it was Abidal asking, and he was carrying a lot of things in his hand.

"Yes!" It is believed that most Argentines have a barbecue grill at home, "on the balcony." ”

"This bastard says their Brazilian barbecue is better than your Argentinian barbecue, I don't believe it, he says he'll show his hand later."

Mascherano is a little confused, these people want to compare, to show their cooking skills, to come to their own home?

But soon, he was surprised to find that his teammates were coming upstairs one after another, and almost everyone was carrying something in their hands, either food or drink.

The seventy or eighty square meters home, which was not spacious, suddenly rushed into so many people, and it was suddenly full.

The last to arrive was Ye Qiu and the coaching staff, as well as De Jong, who walked with a limp.

"What's wrong with your leg?" Mascherano saw De Jong's knee with bandages and gauze wrapped in a strange way.

"Don't mention it, bad luck!" De Jong shook his head vigorously.

Sneijder on the side shook his head and smiled, "The national team played less than 10 minutes, but I was hit by the Belarusian Ramachenko and injured his knee and went off the field." ”

"He didn't mean to!" Hleb explained it to his teammate and compatriot for the national team.

"Knowing the way, knowing the way, that's why I said it's unlucky!" De Jong was frustrated.

When there are more people, it naturally becomes lively.

Seeing that this small house could not accommodate so many people, they simply cleaned up the living room, moved all the furniture and everything, freed up a large area, and then began to cook their own food.

Mascherano is not a person who likes to be lively, on the contrary, he enjoys it a little, but with so many teammates coming to the door, he thinks it will not be as simple as just having a dinner, because if it is going to have a dinner, it can go to the restaurant or somewhere else.

But it is clear that his teammates do not seem to be ready to tell him the reason, the Brazilian Gang Grilled Meat Gang led by Lucio is ready, and they are actively preparing the materials, and it is the Argentine Grill Gang who is responsible for playing against the Brazilian Gang Barbecue.

"Hey, Javier, the deception is too much, they have come to your door, fight with them, we support you!"

"Yes, these guys are too bullying, and they even came to the door to challenge, it's not like words!"

"Don't worry, no matter how unpalatable you are, we will judge you to win!"

The teammates dragged Mascherano to the barbecue, and it was clear that they were all supporting the Argentinian barbecue gang now.

People are competitive, no matter how old Mascherano is, but he is only 18 years old, he was coaxed by his teammates like this, and then looked at Lucio and McConna full of provocation, and suddenly rolled up his sleeves and decided to fight to the death with this group of Brazilian mortal enemies.

The whole fight was dark, flying sand and rocks, and the mountains and landslides cracked.

At the end of the day, everyone has only one feeling, and there is no taste for anything to eat.

Because this group of guys don't know how to make things to eat at all, even Lucio, who prides himself on his first-class barbecue skills, doesn't know whether it is roast beef or burnt beef, in short, it's not delicious!

But it's strange to say, the things are not delicious, but a group of people are playing around over there, you taunt me, I laugh at you, you tease me, I tease you, the whole atmosphere has become better, especially when Ye Qiu asked Jin Slender to send some signature dishes, all the players rushed to eat it, gobbling it up, and all the depression was swept away.

After eating and wiping, everyone started to help Mascherano clean up the house, and did not return home until it was dark.

"This kind of activity is very meaningful, to continue!" Ye Qiu still felt that today's activity was very effective.

Mascherano was not in a very good mood during his injury, but organizing such a dinner party could somewhat dilute the depression in his heart, and De Jong was also injured, and the team's midfield defense still relied on Mascherano next.

"It's better to leave it like this, the big guy takes turns to be the host, and organizes it once a week." Van der Sar, as the captain of the team, also felt that it was very meaningful to organize such a dinner, at least to fully connect with the friendship between his teammates.

Although everyone comes to Ajax to play football and get a salary, for any team, it's often not just football and money, because everyone has to live.

At Van der Sar's age, he understands that football can be important, even more important than life and death, but football can also be very insignificant, because football can never be the whole of a professional footballer's life.

"You're responsible!" Ye Qiu smiled and agreed with Van der Sar's meaning, the club can also allocate a special amount of money to support this plan, and then he stood up and was about to leave.

Mascherano sent Ye Qiu and them downstairs, and he now somewhat understood the head coach's intention to hold this dinner.

Although he likes to be clean, it is not a pleasure to be lively once in a while, let alone with his teammates.

"Oh, yes!" Walking downstairs, Ye Qiu suddenly turned around and looked at Mascherano.

"Are you ready, Javier?"

Mascherano was stunned for a moment, then thought of De Jong's injury, and he immediately understood what the manager meant.

"Ready, head!" He nodded firmly.