Let me explain that the background of this book was before the summer of 2003, and everything was basically unchanged like history.
What will happen after 2003 will be a brand new story, which can be regarded as half-empty.
Put some absolutely real information so that book friends will not misunderstand that I will make up random things in the novel.
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Lin Qiuli
TscheuLaLing (also written as TschenLaLing, the pronunciation read in pinyin is: tiulaling)
In the history of international football, a star who has Chinese ancestry and dominated the European football world in the late 1970s and early 1980s has never appeared in front of mainland Chinese fans. His name is Lin Qiuli
Mainland people do not know who Lin Qiuli was, but in the late 1970s, Lin Qiuli's name resounded throughout Hong Kong. More than 20 years ago, when Lin Qiuli, wearing the Ajax No. 9 jersey, appeared at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong with his newlywed wife, a crazy Hong Kong fan held up a huge portrait of Lin Qiuli for a long time. At that time, Lin Qiuli's status in the Dutch football world was almost on par with Cruyff. It can be said that Lin Qiuli took the lead in breaking the embarrassing situation of Chinese people in the world football world.
Our reporter team went to the Netherlands to conduct on-site reports on the European Cup. Before leaving, everyone agreed that Lin Qiuli must be found out from the crowds of people in the Canghai so that all Chinese fans can know a piece of pride that Chinese dragons write in the world football world. But "Lin Qiuli" is obviously just a Chinese name. If you only mention Chinese names, no Dutch fan will know who he is.
The reporter stayed in a hotel run by Chinese in Rotterdam. Li Wei, the hotel manager, moved to the Netherlands in the 1980s. He talked to Li Wei about Zvalu, who Xie Yuxin had played for, and also about the friendly match between the Chinese team and the Dutch team in 1996. Inadvertently, Li Wei said an important message: "A Chinese named Zhou Na Lin once played football in Ajax and also played football in the Dutch national team. Chinese people who are older know Zhou Na Lin's name."
The reporter immediately realized that Zhou Na Lin was Lin Qiuli's English pronunciation, but Li Wei could not spell out Zhou Na Lin's English writing. However, he told reporters that the Dutch Football Association has files of previous national team members, so you can go and inquire. The reporter then called the Dutch Football Association, and the person who answered the phone was a female secretary. When she heard "Zhou Na Lin", she thought for a long time and said, "I know this person, but I can only find it when the person in charge of our business comes back. Do you know that everyone is busy with the European Cup now, can you call again tomorrow?" The reporter continued to pursue this clue and called again the next day, which happened to happen that the Dutch team was going to play against the French team that day. The lady was a little impatient: "It's the European Cup, if you can wait a while, you can call after the European Cup." The reporter was going to return home after the European Cup. It seems that the clue from the Dutch Football Association has been cut off.
The reporter mistakenly thought that calling to ask the Ajax Club was the best strategy, but there were always phone messages on the other end of the Ajax Club phone. It was obvious that Ajax people were enjoying the holiday sunshine.
Later, whenever reporters met a Chinese person during interviews in Europe, they would ask: "Do you know Zhou Na Lin?" Most Chinese fans would say proudly: "I know. But we don't know where he is now. He rarely participates in activities organized by Chinese people." Has Zhou Na Lin disappeared?
On the first day of the European Cup, the reporter finally found a clue by chance. Once the reporter chatted with Yang Huagen, chairman of the Dutch Chinese Sports Federation. Yang Huagen heard that he was looking for Zhou Na Lin, and said that the person now lives in The Hague and opened a sports and health food company called "FITAS". Subsequently, the Chinese coach Zhang Jihe, who has obtained the Dutch senior coach certificate, voluntarily matched the reporter. Zhang Ji.
He said: "I just helped Hong Kong Cable TV reporter interview Zhou Na Lin a few days ago. I can take you to find him, but Zhou Na Lin can't speak Cantonese, let alone Mandarin. He can only speak English or Dutch." After the reporter asked Zhang Jihe to get off the phone, the long-awaited Zhou Na Lin's voice came from the other side: "I can accept your interview tomorrow, but it will be after 3:30 pm."
Miss Grandpa
The interview was not smooth. Zhou Na Lin's first sentence was the boss's tone. He said, "I only have 20 minutes today, so if you have any questions, try to ask as quickly as possible." The reporter directly cut into the topic: "Mr. Lin, can you tell us where your ancestors are?" Zhou Na Lin was obviously asked, and he said, "It seems to be in the central part of China, near the seaside." The reporter asked, "Is it Shanghai?" He shook his head and said, "No... I can't say it." Zhou Na Lin's face was a little red with embarrassment. It was a bit unreasonable for Chinese people to not tell their ancestral homes in front of Chinese people.
In desperation, Zhou Na Lin turned on his phone and explained to everyone: "This is my grandfather's fellow villager. He is 85 years old this year. He came to the Netherlands with my grandfather. He knew where our home is." Zhou Na Lin and the old man talked and laughed in Dutch, and then handed the phone to the reporter. The reporter tried to inspire the old man's thinking in Mandarin, Cantonese and English, but the old man said that he could only speak Wenzhou dialect. After repeated decisions, he finally knew that the old man's ancestral home was close to Qingtian County near Wenzhou, and Zhou Na Lin's Chinese name should be Lin Qiuli.
After finding his roots, Lin Qiuli also started to say more. Zhang Jihe next to him whispered to the reporter: "Don't listen to him for a 20-minute interview, just ask casually. Now he has found the feeling of talking." Speaking of his grandfather, Lin Qiuli's admiration was beyond words: "I can't forget my grandfather. He passed away 6 years ago. I also treasured a photo of my grandfather, which was taken with my grandmother. My grandmother is Dutch." Lin Qiuli continued to gesture with his hands and said: "My grandfather is very short, my grandmother is much taller than him. It's interesting to stand together to take photos." Lin Qiuli is 1.85 meters tall, and it seems that this is getting his grandmother's genes.
Lin Qiuli was very impressed by his grandfather: "I heard from my grandfather's fellow countrymen that his grandfather had a very large house in Wenzhou, which was also passed down from his ancestors. Later, my grandfather sold his ancestral home and spent enough money to travel to Indonesia to the Netherlands. That should have happened in the late 1920s or early 1930s. After he arrived in The Hague, he opened a noodle factory called 'Songqi'." The reporter thought at the time that "Songqi" might be a homonym of an auspicious word, and this name must have a certain origin. Lin Qiuli also recounted: "My grandfather who was on the phone with me just now said that his original ancestral home is still there. He went back to the mainland once last year and went to his hometown in Qingtian to take a look."
Speaking of grandpa, Lin Qiuli suddenly remembered something. He ran to his desk for searching, took out a note and told reporters: "This is my grandfather's name, this is my name." The note said "Lin Songqi" and "Lin Qiuli" was written below. The reporter then realized that the "Songqi" noodles factory used his grandfather's name. The reporter asked: "Is Lin Qiuli the name given by your grandfather?" Lin Qiuli nodded, and the reporter joked with him: "When you were born, your grandfather had already thought that you would play football and make a name for Qili." Lin Qiuli shook his head and said: "It's not that. Grandpa just hopes that I can have a bright future."
In the late 1970s, the Hong Kong media, who first disclosed Lin Qiuli's life experience, have always mistakenly written Lin Qiuli as "Lin Qiuna" based on Cantonese pronunciation, and even spread rumors. Over the years, overseas people have called him Lin Qiuna, or according to the English translation habits of Hong Kong people, they are called Zhou Na Lin. Lin said: "I did not inherit my grandfather's noodle factory. My father took over my grandfather's property intact. To this day, my eldest brother is still running this noodle factory, and my other younger brother opens a company with me."
Compared with the complex Chinese family background, Lin Qiuli's experience in playing football is even more bumpy. He talked endlessly about his experience in playing football in Ajax, Panathinaikos and Marseille.
No. 9 of Ajax
Lin Qiuli has been fascinated by football since he was a child. "I am a street football player. I started playing football on the street from the age of 6 to 7. In the Netherlands, football is a well-deserved first sport. There are many people who play well, but my skills are outstanding. Although my health is not as good as others, I am very good at saving my physical strength. Due to my fast speed, I can always score a lot of goals."
At the age of thirteen or fourteen, many B-class teams became interested in Lin Qiuli, but Lin Qiuli was unwilling to leave their hometown to play in the low-level B-class League. At the age of 15, Lin Qiuli joined a local amateur team in The Hague and quickly stood out. A year later, the Dutch A-class club The Hague ADO team took the 16-year-old Lin Qiuli under the account. At that time, Ajax also invited Lin Qiuli, but Lin Qiuli politely declined: "I played football only for entertainment at that time and did not regard it as a job. Therefore, I didn't have time to go to Amsterdam to receive professional training." In 1974, Ajax officially earned the 19-year-old Lin Qiuli through acquisition.
Lin Qiuli's brilliant career began. Lin Qiuli's first coach was the famous Dutch "godfather of football" Michels. Michels has coached clubs such as Ajax, Barcelona, ​​and led the Dutch team to win the European Cup in 1988. Lin Qiuli recalled that Michels was particularly skilled. When he first joined the team, Michels said to him: "As long as you listen to me, I will make you a better player." In the first season, Lin Qiuli has been serving as a substitute and played only 15 games in the past, but his characteristics have been fully revealed. "I am fast, good at making breakthroughs on the wing, and I am a goal-scoring expert."
It was the most glorious era of Ajax, and stars such as Neskens and Collor were there. "They are the main players of the national team, and their relationship is very good. They are not young anymore, and I am still very young. I play as a winger, and one-on-one guard is easy to pass the defender. But the way of playing was rough at that time, unlike now, there is no red and yellow card constraint. The black-hearted defender always kicks the knees from behind, so I am often injured. At this time, others can only comfort you 'don't cry'."
Michels changed Lin Qiuli's style of playing football. Michels has strict requirements on players' ball control skills, but he does not like players showing off their skills and requires players to take the ball as soon as possible on the court. The "father of all attacks and defenses" ordered the players to run hard on the court, which made Lin Qiuli difficult to adapt. "Michels said that geniuses must also be based on diligence. I am not in good physical condition, and after running for half an hour, I exhausted my strength and had to be substituted. I cannot use my skills to the fullest."
A year after Lin Qiuli joined the team, Yugoslav Ivic replaced Michels's coach. Lin Qiuli was very respectful when mentioning Ivic: "There are many famous coaches I have studied under, such as Michels, Hapel, Wilkes, etc., but Ivic is the only coach I love. He taught me how to play football easily." Ivic did not demand that Lin Qiuli fly all over the field, "He asked the defenders to pass the ball to me, and when I was in control of the ball, my teammates ran, and then I gave them about 10 meters of passes. This greatly reduced my running task. Some coaches only emphasized that the players should integrate into the team, and only Ivic played my characteristics."
Lin Qiuli gradually established his position in Ajax and wore the No. 9 jersey. But when he was 23 years old, he voluntarily gave up the opportunity to participate in the 1978 World Cup. "I was too young at the time and played many games in the just-concluded season. I felt very tired, so I didn't want to travel all the way to Argentina, so I withdrew from the national team before the World Cup started. Others would say that this was a stupid decision, but I would rather enjoy life in the Netherlands and stay.
I am very happy at home." Lin Qiuli finally had the idea of ​​playing for the national team, but he had excellent skills and only played for the Dutch national team 16 times. "The national team is another style, and I can't play with it with all my strength." In the history of Dutch football, Lin Qiuli may be one of the few stars who do not like the Dutch-style "all-attack and all-defense", but he cannot play for the national team, not only because of the inconsistent tactical style, but also one of the reasons for Lin Qiuli's Chinese heritage.
Lin Qiuli played for Ajax for 7 years and won the domestic league and cup championships five times. In 1981, at the age of 26, he transferred to Greece's Panasinaikos. The reporter was surprised why Lin Qiuli left the famous European Ajax. He explained, "I gradually became Ajax's No. 1. All the fans on the court cheered me, and the 10 teammates on the court worked around me, which was a burden for me. The coach had high expectations for me, and sometimes there was a conflict with me, so I had to leave."
Lin Qiuli played for Panasinaikos for two years and was exposed to another football style. "There are few excellent players there, my skills are unparalleled, and people like me very much. Greece is located on the beachfront, with dense woods and beautiful scenery. When I arrived, I was completely on vacation and didn't care about the results of the game. In the first year, I only won the third place in the league, and in the second year, I led the team to the championship." In 1983, Lin Qiuli transferred to the French Marseille team and played for the team for two years. What he regretted was that "until I left Marseille, Tapi (the former French football strongman) had not become the boss of the team." In 1985, Lin Qiuli returned to Rotterdam, not far from home and joined Feyenoord.
Lin Qiuli believes that he has not performed well in recent years. Living in foreign football will make him earn a lot of money. His annual income in Greece is 1 million Dutch guilds (about 500,000 US dollars), which gradually depressed his desire to play football. "I became a rich man in my 20s, which is not a good thing. The older I am, the more I realize the mistakes I made in the past. This is how life is." Games come one after another, but Lin Qiuli is depressed. One day Feyeno
The chairman of the German club asked Lin Qiuli: "Do you still like playing football? If you like it, please cheer up. If you don't like it, let's make other plans." Lin Qiuli immediately replied: "Mr. Chairman, I can definitely play better!" Two weeks later, the invincible Lin Qiuli was resurrected. "I keep creating opportunities for the forwards, it depends on whether they can catch it. Although my body is not as good as when I was young, my skills are better and I can easily play with the opponent's defenders."
Chapter completed!