Author: Bei Guoxia

May 23.

The entire Ajax first team and many senior Ajax personnel chartered a flight to the city in southeastern Sweden.

"Is this Stockholm?"

"We are now in the north of Stockholm, only 6.4 kilometers away from the center of Stockholm."

"Frankie, where did you see that?"

"Wikipedia."

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May 24, afternoon.

After a day and a half of reorganization, the Ajax team arrived at the Friendship Arena.

This stadium can accommodate 50,000 people.

"Can this stadium seat 50,000 people?"

De Rong glanced at Lin Kedi.

"Of course, official data. And the venue for the European finals must be UEFA's A-level stadiums."

"But it doesn't look like it can seat 50,000 people. It doesn't have any momentum at all."

"When the seats are full, it will become more impressive."

Lin Kedi and De Jong were walking around the court, talking and laughing, looking relaxed and obviously in good moods.

On the day before the finals, everyone was no longer nervous.

At least he doesn't look nervous at all on the surface.

In the afternoon, after returning to the hotel.

Boss held the last tactical meeting before the game.

The 18-man roster and the starting 11-man roster for the next day's game will also be announced at this meeting.

De Jong began to become nervous again at this time. When the season entered the final stage, he began to enter the regular roster of the first team, but he still started relatively few games, and most of the time he could only sit on the sidelines.

So according to common sense, in today's such an important final, there is a high probability that I will be a substitute.

However, De Jong sent two assists in the last game, and his post-match rating was second only to Lin Kedi, ranking second among Ajax players.

So, De Rong thought, maybe he would have a chance.

However, after the meeting began, Bosch did not announce the list of candidates at the beginning.

Instead, it tells a story, or a memory.

"I played in Waalwijk for three seasons. In the first two seasons, we were ranked 3rd and 4th in the Eredivisie 2 and missed promotion to the Eredivisie. In the third season, we were once

Ranked second, all of us felt that we could definitely be promoted this season. However, in March, we fell to fourth place due to a losing streak. At that time, we calculated that unless we win all the remaining games,

It was possible for us to be promoted in second place. But at that time

We had no confidence at all. Because the top two teams at the time were both very strong, I thought we had no hope of promotion. But hope appeared here. In the first game in April, we were directly tied with the second-placed team in the league.

In that game, we were so injured that we couldn’t make up the 18-man roster. In the end, 4 players on the roster were transferred from the youth team. We were definitely disbanded in that game, but in the end

, we won.”

When Boss said this, he glanced at the players in front of him.

In fact, most players have no expression on their faces.

Bosch sighed secretly.

"Sure enough, players in the Internet era can't beat the chicken blood anymore. They don't react."

And what the players are thinking may be completely different things.

Just like what Lin Kedi was thinking.

"Can Manchester United be the same as your second-place finisher in the Dutch Second Division?"

Bosch was not discouraged. After all, today was only the day before the competition. His words were used as an appetizer at the beginning of a meeting. Although it was a stretch, as long as the main dish was delicious, he could still get high marks.

With this thought.

Bose directly entered the stage of tactical arrangement.

"Manchester United, ranked 6th in the Premier League this season, has scored 54 goals and conceded 29 goals in the league. The number of goals scored is the fewest among the top 7 teams in the Premier League, and the number of goals conceded is the second among the top 7 teams in the Premier League.

Less. In the last 6 games, they have 3 draws, 2 losses and 1 win, and their overall record is relatively sluggish."

"Manchester United's top scorer is Ibrahimovic, but there is no need to worry about that. He is injured and will definitely not be able to catch up in this final."

"At the same time, Manchester United's players who cannot make it to the final include Rojo, Bailly, Luke Shaw and Ashley Young. In fact, their main lineup is also lacking."

"Manchester United's formation, I believe, is still a 4231 double midfielder formation. The two points we need to pay attention to are Pogba and Rashford. Pogba is the core of the midfield and controls the hub of rhythm changes. We

He needs to be restrained during the game."

"As for the tactical arrangements, I'd better announce the 18-man roster for tomorrow's final."

At this time, all 23 players of the first team sat upright.

For the Europa League final, the team directly arranged for all the players from the first team to be present. After all, it is possible to get a card. Naturally, all players have to come, but only players who are on the squad will have the opportunity to play.

, this is a very simple and easy to understand principle.

In the 18-man roster, Lin Kedi and De Jong were both successfully selected.

What Lin Kedi didn't expect was that Kluivert failed to make the squad.

Even Lin Kedi could see the change in the expression on Kluivert's face.

"Next are the starting players. The goalkeeper is Onana, the defense is Riedewald, De Ligt, Sanchez, Feltman. The midfielder is Ziyech, Schone and Klassen. The forward is Dolberg,

Younes and Traore.”

Lin Kedi didn't feel any psychological shock when he heard that his name was not there. After all, he didn't think he would start in the first place.

But De Jong's mentality, sitting next to Lin Kedi, was different.

When he heard that his name was not on the starting list, he still felt obviously disappointed.

That night, I returned to the hotel room.

Lin Kedi and De Jong lived in the same room.

"Frankie, you have the same expression on your face from the moment you finish the meeting to having dinner. Are you afraid that others won't be able to see it?"

"So what if you see it? I'm not even prepared to hide it?"

"Isn't it just that I didn't start the game? You should have thought of this a long time ago."

"I am indeed mentally prepared, but when the starting lineup is actually announced, I will still be unhappy if I am unhappy, and I will still be disappointed if I am disappointed."

"Even if you don't start, you will definitely be the first substitute in the midfield. When the time comes to replace someone in the midfield, it will definitely be you. And isn't the most important thing for the team to win?"

"Lin, after doing this for a long time, you seem to be more mature than me."

"Frankie, why don't you think about what to eat tomorrow morning."

"Isn't the buffet what I had this morning? The buffet in this hotel is pretty good. Besides, tomorrow is a game day, so I don't want to change my meal casually."

"Tomorrow is the Europa League final. I never expected that my second game in the first team would be the Europa League final."
Chapter completed!