Netherlands, Amsterdam.

After getting off the plane, Qin Xiong and Freddy came to the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium in the suburbs. They had no time or the heart to browse the city, and they just wanted to see Ajax's home court with their own eyes!

When the magnificent modern stadium was present in front of me, Qin Xiong looked up at me without looking around, and there were many tourists around him visiting here. However, perhaps in the first two rounds of the Eredivisie, Ajax was a guest and did not play here, so the atmosphere around him was not particularly fanatical, especially yesterday in local time, Ajax defeated the weak team Rocinda away and won two consecutive victories in the new season of the league.

Qin Xiong's eyes seemed to wish to take every detail of the stadium into his eyes, and he looked carefully and seriously, and did not want to miss any details, and stood there for a long time.

Freddy looked at his watch and reminded Qin Xiong that it was time to leave. Qin Xiong's face became solemn and serious, and he walked towards the city center with Freddy without looking back.

He said silently in his heart: Next time I come, I will put on Ajax's battle robe! Be the protagonist here!

......

The most glorious memory of Ajax is in 1995, when Ajax led by Van Gaal reached the top of Europe and wrote the myth that the 9 players in the finals were Ajax youth training players. This record may be difficult to break!

At that time, mainstream European voices believed that Ajax would open up a dynasty and dominate the European football world of an era!

Because except for a few players of the 95 generation Ajax, such as Rijkaard, most of the other main players are very young, Ovemas, Van der Sar, Cruivet, etc.

However, the emergence of the Boseman Act changed European football, making players' voice stronger and stronger in negotiations with clubs. In the end, the 1995 generation Ajax fell apart in the following years, and stars turned to new homes, either due to treatment, league competitiveness and other factors.

However, Ajax did not sink into this, and they always maintained a very high level of youth training.

In less than ten years, last season, in the 2002-2003 generation, the Ajax Youth Army, led by head coach Ronald Koeman, caused a youth storm in European football!

Just four months ago, in the battle of San Siro, if it weren't for the final victory of the Danes Thomason, the one who advanced to the semi-finals of last season's Champions League would have been this talented and young and vigorous Ajax!

The Boseman Act has changed the pattern of European football and made players more frequent. Especially players who have gained fame in second-rate leagues will quickly be "locked" by clubs in the top league.

The new generation of Ajax failed to dominate and suffered a double blow at the end of last season. The league champion failed to defend his title. In the summer, the two main players in the team, Zivo and Van der Mede were taken to the Apennines by the Serie A club. Perhaps this is not a blow to Ajax, a club with a Jewish background. In the process of keeping pace with the times, Ajax also began to shake the traditions of the past: the goal of youth training!

In the past, Ajax always insisted on the goal of youth training not to sell players at a good price, but to enhance the team's strength and for the championship!

But in the post-Bosemann era, with the continuous years of selling players, huge profits were made. On the one hand, the club was unable to retain the helplessness of geniuses, and on the other hand, the fund owner offered attractive prices that made the board of directors excited, and the club also half-superated and bowed to reality.

The departure of Zivo and Van der Mede brought Ajax 30 million euros in income. At the same time, the club also invited meritorious coach Van Gaal to serve as technical director for traditional dignity, but this decision sparked conflicts from the beginning.

When Van Gaal was the head coach in Ajax, he was the "king" of the club from top to bottom. From the first team to the youth team, from technical and tactics to player training, he was all handled by himself. No one has more power than him. But now Koeman is the head coach, and the club has invited Van Gaal to be a strategic designer, which has an embarrassing situation where two tigers cannot stand up.

The departure of two first-team generals has forced Ajax to undergo huge changes in the tactical system in the new season.

The current captain Van der Fate, the Dutchman who is now the halo of Europe's number one genius, was on the front line before, and Koeman pulled him back in the new season, triggering Ajax's tactical changes in the new season. Judging from the three games in the new season, the effect is not very ideal.

Ajax played three games in the new season and three away games.

The first game was the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, who challenged Austria's Graz AK, but Ajax could only be tied 1:1 by his opponent away.

In the new season, Vidis and Rocinda are both mid- and lower-level teams, and there is even a team with relegation strength. Ajax can only win a small goal with a difficult goal. Compared with the stable tactical system last season, they play smoothly, and in the new season, they are staggering in the process of change.

......

Freddy and Qin Xiong came to the place they had contacted before coming. They were close to Amsterdam Athletic Stadium and had to rent cheaply. They did not stay in hotels or hotels, and the cost of accommodation in Amsterdam was too high.

The landlord is a widowed local old man who looks leisurely and does not have the desolation of being lonely in his later years. He is quite content with his two other old men. He drinks and chats with the apartment door. After reading the documents of Freddy and Qin Xiong, he gives them the room key and informs them to place the rent and deposit on the table in the living room on the first floor. The rules to be followed for renting are posted next to the refrigerator. You must read it before moving in. If you don’t want to rent, you should leave directly.

Freddy and Qin Xiong walked into the three-story apartment. In fact, these three-story buildings are independent apartments, and there should be guest rooms on the second and third floors.

Next to the refrigerator on the first floor, Freddy and Qin Xiong carefully looked at the tenant rules posted by the landlord.

There are roughly some unstoppable recruitment - JI, noisy, hygiene requirements, and clear planning of the use rights of items in the apartment, such as tenants are not allowed to use the landlord's washing machine, cannot cook here, etc. As for how tenants solve these problems, the landlord still wrote a guide on another piece of paper: Where to eat cheaply, where to have a laundry...

After reading the tenant's rules, Qin Xiong frowned and said, "It seems that it is very inconvenient."

Freddy took out a calculator from the suitcase, knocked and slapped for a while, and then sighed: "But it is still very cheap. Going to other places, it is either far from the stadium and the transportation is inconvenient, or the rent is more expensive. Let's live here first. Maybe you and Ajax can sign a contract, and the club will provide you with better accommodation."

Qin Xiong had no room for refutation. He was penniless when he came out. As for how much money Freddy brought, he didn't want to ask because he didn't want to rely on others anymore.

Carrying my luggage to the third floor, Freddy and Qin Xiong assigned their respective rooms, which were quite clean, but the decorations were really shabby. A bed, a pair of tables and chairs, and a wardrobe were gone...

Fortunately, Qin Xiong had not had high requirements. He put his luggage and walked to borrow some money from Freddy, then went downstairs and went out. On the way, he remembered that there was a small shop not far away.

He went to the store and bought the cheapest alarm clock.

For him, he is also racing against time now. He has to make the time difference in the shortest time and adjust his physical condition to the best in the shortest time!

Because it is only two days before the date of his trial training!

He returned to the room with the alarm clock. Qin Xiong first went to the shared bathroom on the third floor to wash, then went back to the room to take off his sportswear, and had dinner before coming here. He lay directly on the bed, picked up the alarm clock and adjusted the time. It was not yet 8 o'clock in the evening, but he planned to sleep until at least 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, and had enough sleep for ten hours, and also reversed the jet lag.

I tried the alarm clock, everything was fine, and then I set the alarm clock to six o'clock the next day and placed the alarm clock next to the pillow. The landlord was so stingy that he didn't even give a bedside table!

Doing all this, Qin Xiong closed his eyes, cleared his head, thought nothing, and went to sleep with a steady and rhythmic breathing. For people like him who are full of energy, coaches and doctors will teach some ways to help fall asleep at Jiangcheng Youth Football Home, and over time, they have developed good habits.

The sound insulation effect of this room is very good, and it isolates the noise and hustle and quiet.

Tick, Tick, Tick...
Chapter completed!