What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 41 First Team
On May 5, Lin Kedi arrived at the training base of the first team.

It is indeed completely different from the second team and the youth echelon.

More luxurious, more professional.

Yesterday, Ajax advanced to the Europa League final of the 2016-17 season by virtue of away goals after losing in the second leg.

On the plane back to the Netherlands, Bosch directly announced that on the 13th, the second team player center Lin Kedi will be promoted to the first team.

Everyone in the first team seemed very surprised. After all, there were only two games left at the end of the season. At this time, a center forward was promoted to the first team.

But when everyone in the first team returned to the Netherlands, they found out that Lin Kedi was actually a player who hadn't played a game in the second team.

Everyone was talking.

"Frankie, haven't you been on the second team? What kind of player is he?"

"Lin, he is very nice and talented. He also scored goals in training games. He has good shooting skills, but he has no chance to play."

"It doesn't show anything."

"It's okay, we'll know when we get to the team."
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As for the meeting between Lin Kedi and the first team members, there was no such thing as the captain introducing his teammates.

Because Lin Kedi was just a player promoted from the second team after all, everyone didn't have much enthusiasm for Lin Kedi.

De Jong, however, is different.

"Lin, you are finally in the first team!"

"Frankie, I thought it would be a long time before I saw you next time, but I didn't expect to see you so soon."

The two exchanged pleasantries.

Then, the morning training began.

I want to ask how the training intensity of Lin Kedi's first team compares with that of the second team.

It can only be said that the intensity is higher and the professionalism is stronger.

After the whole morning, Lin Kedi was half dead from exhaustion.

When it was time for lunch, De Jong and Lin Kedi sat at the same table.

At this time, Dericht came over.

"Matthews."

"Frankie, and Lin."

Watching the back of De Ligt going to get the meal.

De Jong chatted with Lin Kedi.

"Matays is the team's main central defender and the team's third captain. He will be the next captain if nothing else happens."

"Frankie, how many people are in our first team?"

"Together with you, 24. There are 3 goalkeepers, the main goalkeeper is André Onana, the substitute goalkeeper is Dideric Ball, the third goalkeeper is Cedric Ball, these two Balls They're not brothers, they're just surnamed Pol."

"There are these 7 defenders, Hailo Riedwald, Matthijs De Ligt, Devinson Sanchez, Kenny Tate, Joel Feltman, Nick Felgefer, Hai Coe Westerman."

"There are seven midfielders, Hakim Ziyech, Lasse Schone, captain David Klaassen, Amin Younis, Doni van der Beek, Abdhakim Nu And there is me, Frankie de Jong."

"There are seven forwards, Bertrand Traore, Kasper Dolberg, David Neres, Justin Kluivert, Matteo Casciera , Vaklav-Czerny, and you, Lynch."

"Some of them met in the second team."

"Yeah, if you can't play in the first team, go to the second team to gain experience. That's it. But they are all first team players."

Following De Jong's guidance, Lin Kedi recognized the face and name again.

"I think you have a good chance."

"How come, now there are 7 strikers."

"It's not calculated like that. Most of them are wingers, even Dolberg, despite his 1 meters, but he is more suitable and good at playing on the left. Traore is 87 meters, but he is also a winger. Not to mention Kluivert, who also plays as a winger. There are many games in the first team where the midfielder Younis is used to top the center forward."

"No front formation?"

"Yes, Younis is a bit like Cesc Fabregas of the Spanish team at that time. So, I think the boss must have his reasons for wanting you to be promoted to the first team. After all, you are a pure center forward, and your shooting skills It's really good. You also have the ability that a center forward should have to catch the pass. I think this is why the boss likes you."

"You call the coach the boss?"

"Yes, it depends on the habits of each coach. You can call him boss, boss, coach, whatever."

"Then I'd better call boss like you."

"By the way, let me tell you about the situation in the team. In fact, our first team as a whole is very harmonious. It is completely different from the dressing rooms of those wealthy clubs. There are no gangs or influence here. Because everyone is generally very young. , there are not many old players. So getting along is quite easy."

"That's really good."

"That's right. There is something else I want to tell you. The team's performance in recent years has not been very good. In addition, this season has not won the Eredivisie championship for three seasons. The Dutch Cup and this season also have I haven’t won the championship in 7 seasons. This season, the Champions League also fell to the qualifying play-offs. Last season, the Champions League fell to the third round of qualifying. Three, entered the Europa League. In short, it is really good to reach the final of the Europa League this season, although the opponent is Manchester United."

"Wait, Frankie, does Ajax still need to qualify for the Champions League? I think in the past few years, we were second in the league at worst."

"The Eredivisie has only two places in the Champions League. Moreover, the Eredivisie's ranking in the European competition has always been 2 or 12 in recent years, so even the league champions have to participate in the qualifying rounds, starting from the first qualifying round. , and in the past few years, Eredivisie teams have participated in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers 13 times, and they have only advanced to the main match once. So this is a vicious circle, and the Eredivisie's European war points are getting lower and lower. Fortunately, this We broke into the Europa League final this season, and only then did we stop the decline in the Eredivisie's points in the European competition."

"So the other Eredivisie teams have to thank us."

"PSV and Feyenoord will not thank us."
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After the afternoon training, Peter Boss left Kedi Lin behind.

"This is the first time we have talked face to face."

"seems like it."

"How is it, the first day in the first team, are you still used to it?"

"It's okay, the atmosphere here is very good, I like it very much."

"That's good. Tomorrow is our penultimate game of the whole season and the last league game. After this game tomorrow, we will start preparing for the Europa League final. I promoted you to the first team, yes You must be important, and I want you to understand that."

Lin Kedi naturally nodded in agreement.

And that's how the conversation ended.

Lin Kedi also knew a word.

"Don't look at what other people say, but look at what they do."

Although Lin Kedi has only been in the first team for a day, he already likes it and he doesn't want to leave.

(End of this chapter)