On Saturday afternoon, nearly 30,000 fans flocked to Philips Stadium.

With less than an hour left before the start of the game, the home team fans are tortureing the visiting team fans with their number advantage.

“Groningen is a small place, the winters are cold and desolate.”

"There is a boy named Alyang, and he lost his direction there."

"We love him more than you."

"Take 4.3 million away, thank you for everything Aryan has brought to you!"

......

Robben seemed very upset when he heard the singing of Eindhoven fans.

The scenes from the youth team to the age of 18 are like slideshows appearing in my mind.

If Eindhoven is his springboard for pursuing his dreams, then Groningen is his youth.

A city located in the northernmost part of the Netherlands, with extremely cold winters and people can only rely on agriculture for a living.

The sudden memory that surged from the depths of his mind caught Robben off guard, and this memory ran through his student days.

These clips reminded him of a French film "Welcome to the North" he once watched.

The protagonist was forced to be assigned to a small town in the north because of work adjustments. He went to cry and left after three years, carrying a warm memory that he could never forget in his life.

This is what this memory gives Robben.

Groningen people are diligent and enthusiastic about their work. Groningen Club is a pragmatic club. Through their own exploration and introduction, they have brought many children into the threshold of professional football.

Here, talented young people can succeed as long as they possess the qualities of modesty and diligence.

They know that they can't keep talented players. Whenever they meet big clubs with suitable players to develop bids, they usually accept reality openly and let the children leave with blessings.

According to memories of previous lives, Ronald Koeman, Van Deck, Suarez, Robben and Tadic all came from this club.

Robben suddenly realized that many of his thoughts were subtly influenced by this body.

For example, yesterday I thought about the way to survive in a small club.

Even though this memory was not so clear at that time, he clearly existed in the depths of his subconscious.

Listening to the lyrics of the home team fans on the stadium, Robben suddenly felt a mixture of annoyance and anxiety.

As if seeing what Robben was thinking, Hiddink smiled and said, "Aryan, everyone has just returned from warming up. I plan to let everyone take a breath. I think the situation in the locker room not far away is similar.

If you want to go and have a look, hurry up!”

Looking at Robben's incredible expression, he settled down. Jason said deliberately: "Run, Alyang!"

Amid the laughter of everyone, Robben stood up and pushed open the door of the locker room and ran towards the visiting team's locker room without any hesitation.

After only a moment, a knock on the door sounded in the visiting team's locker room.

"Please come in!"

As soon as the head coach of Groningen finished speaking, everyone saw Robben wearing red and white uniforms and smiling faces walking in.

Everyone was stunned at first, and then greeted Robben warmly.

"Aryan, long time no see!"

"You guy can't have gone the wrong way, right?"

"Why do I feel his hairline has moved back?"

Robben hugged and his teammates one by one, and slapped the guy who teased his hair just now.

The player was named Kovakman, one year older than Robben. The two have been training on the team since they were young.

There were 3 familiar figures missing in the locker room, 2 strange faces added, and several youth team players also entered the first team. Robben felt that this was still the team he was familiar with.

Although it was only a few minutes from entering the locker room to leaving, Robben obviously felt much more relaxed.

Back in Eindhoven's locker room, Van Bomel was telling everyone about his interesting stories when he first joined the first team: "I was thinner than Kras when I played for the first time. There were less than ten minutes left in the game. A famous teammate was injured. It was already winter and it was too late to warm up. The head coach looked at me jumping on the ground and shouted to me: 'Mark, you can hold me up now'.

So I ran up tremblingly, and the opponent immediately sent a corner kick. I grabbed the first point. I thought to myself, Oh my God, I did it. At this moment, the opponent's central defender pressed his head on my back and pushed me into the goal. The fans of the court laughed!"

There was a burst of laughter in the locker room immediately, and even Hiddink laughed so hard that he fell back and forth.

This allowed Robben to avoid the embarrassment of returning to the locker room to face everyone.

Settling down. Jason told everyone a few important matters and ended the tactical arrangement. He knew very well that long-term discussions at this time were annoying.

Hiddink joked in the second half of everyone's gaze: "Give the ball to Alyan at the beginning and end of the first half, and he knows who is most likely to get distracted at this time."

Amid amid a kind laugh, Hiddink led the substitute out of the locker room.

Because of Robben's relationship, the two teams were very friendly in the player channel. Van Bomel quickly became enthusiastic with the opponent's players. His bragging level shocked Robben.

The game started with Groningen kicking off, and they methodically recovered the defense after losing the ball.

Robben saw that the right-back who was playing against him was a teammate of the youth team. He was a witness of scoring 50 goals in a season during his youth team. He was also "abuse" by himself when he was confronting the internal group.

Seeing Robben take the ball, the opponent subconsciously avoided his gaze and then shouted to the back and midfielder to help defend.

In the eyes of Eindhoven's teammates, this is a wonder.

"What did Alyan do before? Look at the right back who looked overly frightened."

"Damn, the old man is right, we should pass the ball to him."

"As long as Aryan is there, the right guard will probably have cramps in less than an hour. He looks over-tight."

Seeing that the breakthrough route had been blocked, Robben turned around and passed the ball to the midfield, and then the football was transferred to Romedal's feet. The midfielder who had just made up for defense had to move to the middle.

The Eindhoven team was not in a hurry to attack. They were like experienced hunters, not in a hurry to act, but waited for the prey to consume almost the energy before taking action.

Groningen's defense seems to be solid, but in fact it is full of crises.

Eindhoven players played very easily, while their opponents were running around.

Robben felt that these former teammates were in a relaxed state of defense against Romedal, and they felt very stressed when they met him.

In such an atmosphere, Groningen made a mistake.

In the 42nd minute of the first half, Borgrond used too much diagonal long pass to Robben, and the football passed to Groningen's right back.

Robben immediately pressed up and prevented the opponent from passing the ball calmly.

But Groningen's right-back who originally wanted to stop the ball saw Robben rushing towards him, panic and wanted to clear the ball. Before he could get the ball, the football had already flew to his feet.

The football hit his calf and just bounced under Robben's foot.

Unexpectedly, the other party was so panicked that he was familiar with it, and he still had to accept the gifts he delivered to his door.

So Robben dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area. Groningen's right center back did not dare to rob and kept retreating into the penalty area. Kezman immediately ran to the far end to restrain his opponent's defensive power.

Seeing Groningen's left central defender subconsciously following Kezman, Robben immediately cut inward, shook the central defender away, forming a single shot.

Groningen's goalkeeper was not going to attack, nor was he not going to attack. Just when he was struggling with whether to attack, Robben had already shot with his right foot.

The football drew a small arc and flew around the goalkeeper into the goal.

Groningen put all the focus of defense on Ronaldo himself, but unexpectedly let the opponent score a goal, and the morale of the whole team fell at a visible speed.

Seeing his teammates rushing towards him, Robben raised his hands and signaled his teammates to calm down.

He is not ready to celebrate.

In the atmosphere of a little surprised by the home team fans, Robben walked towards the away team area and put his hands together to apologize to the Groningen fans.

Seeing Robben being kind to his old club, Groningen fans in the visiting team's stands collectively gave him applause.
Chapter completed!