What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 16 The First Interview

"What's the name of this Asian kid?"

A middle-aged white man wearing glasses was hanging a cigarette, looking at Lin Kedi who was standing in front of the interview board in the distance.

"No way, De'an, you came to the interview without doing your homework?"

"Come on, Pedri. This is a U18 league game that many Ajax fans don't necessarily pay attention to. The editor-in-chief asked us to interview because he is a fanatic fan. Moreover, you can see that there is no name on the back of their jerseys. None of them are printed, how do I know his name?"

"Well, you always have a point. I read the pre-match booklet for this game, and this number 25 is called Kedi Lin."

"Lin? Japanese? Korean?"

"In the handbook, his name is followed by a Chinese national flag, so he must be Chinese."

"Chinese? Ajax only signed a failed Chinese player a few years ago, do you remember?"

"Of course I remember. During the Dutch second match, a lot of Chinese reporters came. It's just—"

"It seemed like he went to Portugal after one season. Anyway, he played very badly. This should be about the same."

"But this is a bit different, De'an, how can I say this Chinese, but he completed a hat-trick in 60 minutes of his debut."

"U18, there is a big gap with Dutch second. The Chinese directly kicked Dutch second, but it's not kicked out. What's the difference?"

"Having said so much, don't you want to interview him?"

"That's right, Pedri. Let's go, go and interview the best player of our U18 league!"

Lin Kedi won the best player of the game after the game.

The prize, or should it be called the trophy, is a yellow stele-like column.

It looks like an assembly line product.

However, Lin Kedi was still very excited to hold this trophy.

"There will be a press conference to interview you. It is the Telegraph. In the Dutch sports newspapers, one is them, and the other is international football. These two media are the most famous. And our U18 league, which is the Telegraph will Come here for an interview, international football doesn’t like our U18 games, so you have to take the interview seriously for a while.”

Belia was chattering beside Lin Kedi.

"I can't help it. You don't have an agent. I heard that your parents seem to be very busy with work. You didn't make your debut today, so I'm the only one who can tell you this. If you want to become a professional player in the future, then Dealing with the media is a must. When facing this group of uncrowned kings, you must speak carefully, and don’t fall into the language trap of the other party. By the way——If the reporter asks some questions that you can’t answer, you Just say that you are not very fluent in English, that's fine!"

Beria talked more and more vigorously, feeling very experienced.

"Coach, the one with the microphone, followed by the one with the video camera, is that the reporter who came to interview me?"

"Yes, they are the reporters of the Telegraph who are responsible for covering the youth team league. The one with the microphone is Dean Lewis, and the one behind is Pedri Andric. They are very famous in our youth team circle. So you—"

"I see, coach!"

Seeing that the reporter had already walked over, Beria could only explain again and left.

Leave it to Link and reporter Dean Lewis.

"Hello, Lin. Let me introduce myself. I'm Dean Lewis, chief reporter for the Telegraph's youth sports section. Today we're doing a post-match interview with the best player of the game. Don't know, can we now here we go?"

"of course."

Lin Kedi replied naturally.

And De'an heard Lin Kedi's natural answer.I thought to myself, I am not nervous at all when facing the media, I am not a rookie, so can I ask some sharp questions?But then I thought about it, forget it, just a U18 game, what material can I dig, hurry up and finish the interview, and go to the bar is the right way.

So I asked a very simple question.

"You performed very well today and completed a hat-trick. As far as I know, this is also your first U18 game. In the first game, you completed a hat-trick. How do you feel?"

A very classic and unremarkable question.

And this kind of question, even Lin Kedi, who has not received any special training, can answer it very smoothly.

"I was very excited. When I scored the first goal, I was so excited that I even forgot to celebrate. When I scored the second goal, I felt very excited, so I celebrated with a punch. When I scored three goals, I can’t say I’m used to it, but I already like the feeling of scoring goals.”

When Lin Kedi was talking, De'an naturally kept looking at Lin Kedi. He found that this player was very confident when he spoke, the kind of confidence that radiated from the bottom of his heart.

Dean didn't see that in many young players either.

However, De'an is still not prepared to make extra troubles.

Then follow the interview process and ask some general questions.

"According to the data, you only joined Ajax U18 this summer. This is also your first official game. Do you have any secrets for being able to integrate into the team so quickly?"

"Actually, there is no secret. It is to train hard, listen to the coach's arrangement, increase physical fitness and shooting, and the rest may have to do with talent."

Lin Kedi said it very frankly.

De'an didn't listen carefully at all, but just heard the pause after Lin Kedi finished speaking, and immediately started the next question.

"Then in the next game, Ajax U18 will face last season's U18 league champion Eindhoven U18 team. Do you have any expectations for the next game?"

"The first must be that the team can win. This is more important than anything else. Other things are not as important as the team."

"Thank you for your answer!"

De'an immediately put away the microphone.

He greeted Lin Kedi and left.

And Lin Kedi was just about to go to the player tunnel.

Beria ran over from nowhere.

"How is it? What did the reporter ask you just now?"

"Nothing special, just the usual problems—"

Seeing that Beria wanted to hear the details, Link Kedi roughly told Beria about these questions and his own answers.

After hearing this, Beria patted Lin Kedi on the shoulder.

"I didn't expect that you could answer the team's priority for the last question. It's really good!"

"Why does anyone else answer?"

"Of course there are. Many young players will say that they look forward to their first start, look forward to whether they can score goals, and other personal performances. They say that there are very few teams."

Lin Kedi thought to himself, that's because I knew I would perform well. Besides, I had a hat-trick this time, so can I still be a substitute in the end?
(End of this chapter)