"Bang!"

"Play!"

"Smack!"

Assistant coach John Van Tskypp put a piece of printing paper on the wall of the tactical training room and then took three extremely serious shots.

He successfully attracted the attention of all the players, everyone stopped what was in their hands and looked up at the black and white paper.

The content on the printing paper is very concise, with only three lines of bold and black characters:

“The first leg, August 18, home court;

The second leg, August 26, away game;

The opponent is Florence!”

"We've been away from Europe's top events for too long, gentlemen."

Head coach Van Basten's low voice echoed in the room, the football legend who won the Champions League trophy twice in his player age was calm as usual at this time.

"I don't know how you feel, but I personally feel very ashamed, because a club like Ajax has been unable to appear in the Champions League for three seasons. Alkmaar is fine, even an unknown person like Twente is almost standing on our heads..."

"Yes! I can't accept such a shame!"

Van Basten did not roar with gritted teeth, but everyone could feel his emotions.

Their head coach is not an unknown guy. This middle-aged man has long been at the peak of the football world. He deserves such a conceit.

"Don't tell me that the Eredivisie team should be weaker than the Serie A team," he waved his hand, his tone unquestionable, "This is the world of football, and even the most invincible teams will always have failed games. As long as everyone is with me, why can't we give the Italian a defeat?!"

"European Champions League! That's the game we should participate in!"

It was not until the end that the Ajax coach slightly raised his voice.

The young Ajax players also shone in their eyes.

Yes, who doesn't want to participate in the most competitive events in Europe or even the world?

Who wouldn't want to be on the stage that hundreds of millions of fans are paying attention to?

The Eredivisie is too low and not many people will pay attention to it, while the Champions League is completely different!

As long as they can make some use of their performance, those European giants will definitely wave huge checks to pursue themselves!

Even for their own future and money, they will not retain their strength at this time!

-

Van Basten's mobilization will have an immediate effect. In the next few days, all Ajax players were as excited and fanatical as taking drugs. Almost everyone will add training programs to themselves after the end of their daily training. The sound of players gasping for the future training base will always be floating above the future training base.

Perhaps only the equipment administrators and turf maintenance unions complain a little while watching the messy turf and the training equipment scattered all over the field, but whether it is the head coach, the club's senior management, or the diehard fans who visited the training, they will be happy from the bottom of their hearts about the changes in the team.

Not entering the Champions League for three consecutive years has made everyone feel unprecedentedly hungry about this event. They are extremely eager to step onto this gorgeous and magnificent stage and fight with the top giants in European football!

The value soared, the club provided a big contract, the olive branch extended from the real European giants, huge commercial sponsorship, dazzling spotlights, luxury houses and cars, and ubiquitous beauties... These potential rewards are like the best aphrodisiac drugs, inducing players to stimulate all the hormones in their bodies!

As a professional player, no one can refuse the temptation to become famous!

-

"Okay, little guy! Take a break, let's have a rest?"

This is Van Tskyp's second time walking into the training ground. He said this to Long Shute, who was sweating profusely and dribbling himself:

"The improvement of technology is a slow process, and no one will be refreshed overnight. Excessive exercise will not only increase the body's load, but also increase the risk of injury..."

But Long Shute was still unmoved. He just nodded slightly and left the assistant coach who was eager to persuade him to let him go.

Vanskip could only shut his mouth helplessly and watched the young but stubborn little player return to the starting point of the continuous pyramid again, and began to coil quickly with the football.

Fifteen triangle angular cones are placed in a straight line in the training area less than 30 meters, with less than 2 meters apart. If Ronaldinho or Messi were doing this, it would be almost done with his eyes closed. However, for Long Shute, who had just finished a day of concentrated training and shooting and his body was already showing fatigue, he needed to maintain a high concentration. Once his attention was distracted, he might lose the ball.

Perhaps the Dutch TV commentator was right. Long Shute did not have much talent in offense.

Whether in games or training, his performance during the team's offense seemed a bit average, and most of the time, his figure was very inconspicuous - after all, the scene of running 60 meters alone like before was not often seen.

Perhaps it is because he has been used as a midfielder in recent years. His grasp of offensive timing and choice of running are not outstanding, which is in sharp contrast to his sensitive sense of smell and accurate prediction on the defensive end.

However, both Van Basten and other teammates have maintained enough tolerance and patience for him in this regard: After all, Long Shute is just a newcomer. He is the youngest in the first team and the shortest overall training time. Although the tactics of the youth team and the first team are in line with each other, there are still quite a difference. If you want to fully integrate into this whole and have amazing performances on both offense and defense, it is indeed unrealistic for a 19-year-old young player.

No one will really put the task of destroying cities and destruction on his shoulders. Everyone thinks that his main job is to intercept and defend the midfield. In addition, as long as he can threaten the opponent's offensive at a very rare occasion, he will have completed his mission perfectly.

This Ajax doesn't even need him to take on the front and back field connection work, he is an engineer.

Even Van Basten is no exception.

Although he would never let Long Shute just be a pure defensive midfielder, and he personally taught Long Shute to shoot, the Dutch young coach was not so naive that he thought Long Shute could become another self, at least in a short period of time, it was impossible.

Long Shute may know this best.

He does not have Suarez's ghostly running and precise shooting skills, does not have Soleimani's ball-handling and point-grabbing ability, nor does he have to ride a bicycle for 100 times in a row without his legs, but he will never be willing to be a defensive midfielder forever.

In today's football world, even if you are a goalkeeper, you must master one or two skills in other positions. No matter where a player is, if he only knows how to defend, he will definitely not be called first-class.

He was unwilling to put a label on himself that "only knows defense".

So he fought harder than anyone else.
Chapter completed!