What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 13 The game is about to start
8 month 13 day.

The first round of the Dutch U18 League, Ajax U18 vs Heerenveen U18.

The venue for the match is the second training home in the Ajax training base.

Ajax people generally call this venue the Van Basten Training Ground.

The reason is also very simple, because Van Basten had trained for a long time in the predecessor of this stadium.

Later, the second training ground was built on that basis.

And when Link arrived at the court before the game, he realized that the court was really small.

Although it is the size of a UEFA standard football field, there is no auditorium next to it, and even the home and away dressing rooms are a bit far away from this field.

So it looks very small.

Lin Kedi followed the starting players to the locker room less than 100 meters away from the court.

"This locker room is a common game locker room for all echelons of our U18 and below, and we will only come here during games. What I want to say is very simple, that is, don't cause damage and litter here!"

Enzo first explained the precautions as soon as he entered the door.

This made Lin Kedi a little dazed.

But then, Enzo got to the point.

"Heerenveen U18 uses a formation of 4231 double midfielders, which is completely different from their tactics last season. The tactics of double midfielders are very likely to impose stronger pressure on us in the midfield, so we Be sure to pay attention to the protection of the middle road in front of the penalty area. Le En-"

When Enzo said this, he named the starting midfielder Lean Fernanko in this game.

Le En nodded immediately after hearing it.

Nodding very hard.

Lin Kedi felt a bit like a student answering the teacher's questions in class.

However, Lin Kedi suddenly realized that in the starting lineup, apart from himself, Le En was the youngest. He was only 2 years older than himself, and his 17th birthday had just passed.So there is nothing wrong with him being a student.

Enzo continued to talk about the tactical arrangement.

"This is the person we most need to pay attention to!"

Enzo showed the ipad in his hand.

On the screen was a black man with dreadlocks.

"Martilo Sanchez. He was the player with the most steals in the Dutch U18 league last season. Everyone knows the reason, he will be very hard in this game. Because next week is his 20th birthday."

Lin Kedi was very curious when he heard this.

He couldn't help it either, and immediately patted Minsk Endi who was sitting next to him.

"Minsk, why did the coach say that this person is working hard because he is almost 20 years old?"

At this time, Enzo had actually finished speaking, and everyone was preparing for a silent rest.

So Lin Kedi spoke in a very low voice.

Minsk naturally responded in a low voice.

"What does U18 mean? Under18 means, and the Dutch youth team league has regulations. In the youth team, at most one year old. For example, if you are U1, then you are at most 18 years old. As for you just turned 19 years old, You are still 19 years old and more than 19 days old, it doesn’t matter, but if you are 300 years old, you will not be able to participate in the U20 league in the Netherlands immediately.”

"Then he can go to the U19 league."

"The problem is that not all Dutch clubs are the same as us. We have a lot of talent at Ajax, so the U19 team and the second team are two teams, but the U19 team in Heerenveen is the second team. They are one team. , it’s just that when playing in the UEFA Youth League, players over age are not allowed to participate. Our league system in the Netherlands encourages youth training. There's no ball to kick."

"So this player named Martillo, he can't make it to Heerenveen's second team?"

"Insufficient strength. Although Heerenveen's second team played in the Dutch League, the overall strength of the Dutch League surpassed those of our youth teams. Therefore, he could not enter the Heerenveen's second team. In fact, the teams in the Dutch League He can’t make most of it, and most of the lower leagues are actually part-time players. That’s why the coach said, pay attention to him, because this may be his last professional game.”

"But, you said he seems to be very weak, why should we pay attention?"

"He is weak because he is weak compared to the Eredivisie, but in the youth league, he has advantages in terms of body and age. He cannot continue to play in the youth league because of the rules, but his strength is in the youth league. It is still very strong. Now I can’t continue to play football. In the last game, this kind of player can easily have the mentality of retaliating against the opponent’s players. This kind of thing happened before. A starting-level winger of PSV Eindhoven U18 He was directly shoveled and injured by a Utrecht U18 center forward who was about to end his youth team career and had nowhere to go, so he retired."

"what?"

Lin Kedi's sound made other people in the locker room notice this corner.

But soon, everyone continued to make their own pre-match preparations.

Here Minsk is also adjusting his breathing, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

And that's what Lin Kedi was thinking right now.

I must not become a player like Martillo, I must be promoted to the second team as soon as possible, and then enter the first team.

That's where my career started.

After taking a few deep breaths.

A staff member reminded us to leave the venue.

Walking into the field, Lin Kedi saw Van der Sar among the sparse audience on the sidelines.

Obviously, Lin Kedi found that his teammates were obviously a lot excited.

Then, Lin Kedi saw his language teacher Effie Lewis.

Effie had obviously been paying attention to Lin Kedi, and she also saw that Lin Kedi was looking at her.

Excitedly waved at Linke.

And right next to Effie, Minsk's sister Janissa is also there.

Lin Kedi has good eyesight, and he also glanced at it.

Janissa also waved at Kedi Lin.

Lin Kedi did not respond to the two of them.

Because he has now put all his attention on the upcoming game.

Soon, the two sides lined up to shake hands.

Lin Kedi also noticed Martillo, it seemed that he shook everyone's hand very hard.

It seemed as if he was trying to grab something.

Then came the captains of both sides to choose sides.

this set of processes.

When Lin Kedi played wild football before, he didn't have much experience.

This time, such a long set of procedures will go down.

Lin Kedi felt a sense of ritual.

In the first half, Ajax U18 kicked off first.

Lin Kedi and Mingli Li stood in the middle circle, waiting for the referee to blow his whistle.

The referee kept staring at the watch in his left hand.

"Li, do you have to start on time?"

"Of course. Although there is no TV broadcast in the U18 league, the start time of the game must be according to the time set by the Dutch Football League Association. Also-why do you call me by my name? It's so strange. My friends usually call you I'm Mindre."

"Okay, Mindre, the game is about to begin!"

(End of this chapter)