A Scottish bagpipe song "Buttons & Bows" brought Zhang Jun to the beautiful Netherlands. The CD was from Yang Pan. Zhang Jun was bored and snatched a headphone to listen to the boredom, but heard a very strange music. He asked what this was, and Yang Pan gave him a blank look: "Have you seen the 98 World Cup? At the opening ceremony of the World Cup, there were Scottish fans who entered the venue!"

"Scottish bagpipes?"

"Yes, besides it, which instrument has this sound? Music like the wind..."

"What are you bringing this?"

"The Netherlands is not far from Scotland. I want to bring some European music to the past, so as to adapt to the environment there as soon as possible. Music is also a local culture! This is what I bought after searching all the audio and video stores in Luoyang. It is genuine!"

Zhang Junzhong put on his headphones again, and the soothing and melodious music echoed in his mind. Yang Pan was right, it was really like the wind... Zhang Jun closed his eyes, and such a picture gradually appeared in front of him with the sound of the bagpipe.

On the slowly rolling hillside, he sat alone on the green grassy hillside. Below the hillside was an endless field of tulip flowers. The sea breeze mixed with the fragrance of flowers, a very strange fragrance. The wind blew through his hair and clothes, blew the huge windmills, and the windmills creaked and turned. The tulip flowers were as undulating as the waves of the sea in the wind, and groups of butterflies were dancing in the wind... Unfortunately, he was alone, and such a beautiful scenery, Sophie was not around...

Zhang Jun found that he missed home again, and this was the fifth time in this trip. When he first went to the Netherlands, he thought that he would come back in ten days. On the journey, he was just novelty and excitement. He was home, and he didn’t know where he was thrown away. But this time he was really far away from home, and he didn’t know when he would come back.

Although everyone generally had a beautiful vision for the future when saying goodbye at Luoyang Airport, Zhang Jun still clearly remembered that his mother turned her back and shrugged her shoulders when she packed her luggage. He also saw her father lifting her hand when she pulled her mother to one side. He knew what that was, and that was the father's move to wipe her tears. He always believed that his parents were very independent in their education policy. His mother didn't say much, but at the airport, he saw the other side of this strong woman, and his son was worried about his mother's journey...

At that evening, Sophie hugged his legs and said, "You're going to leave soon...", and Sophie pinched his arm hard when she was leaving.

When he was at the airport, Zhang Jun did not cry, nor did he cry when he was missing home in Beijing. He was not a person who could cry easily - at least that's what he thought - but this time, listening to the melodious bagpipe, he...

Zhang Jun took off his headphones and wiped his face. When he saw Yang Pan put on his sunglasses at some point. No one in the plane knew that they were going to play football in the Netherlands, and they were not big stars. No one would ask them for autographs and take photos. How cool wearing sunglasses is?

When Zhang Jun was about to joke with Yang Pan to relieve the feeling of homesickness, he saw two lines of shiny transparent liquid slowly flowing out from his sunglasses...

The Netherlands is a small country, but it is constantly producing stars that amazed the world football world, from Cruijff, to the three Dutch musketeers, to the current Kluivert, Van Nistelrooij, Davids... The Netherlands has never lacked geniuses because they have the best young player training system in the world, and Ajax is even more famous as a "star production line".

However, the FC Volendam that Zhang Jun and the others were going to was just a small club. It was hard to find on the Netherlands map. It had been ups and downs in the League One (later renamed the Dutch Football Super League) in the 1980s and 1990s, and was later relegated. Last season, Warendam invited former Ajax coach John Adriansey, who was unemployed at home, and it took only one season to be promoted from Class One to Super League.

But Adriansse knew that super and grade A were two different concepts. If you want to rely on the A-level team to play super, it is unknown whether you can relegate. So Adriansse "killed" and terminated the contract with five players whose contracts expired, and then sold four players who were still wanted. Another old player retired and assisted Adriansse in the position of assistant coach.

In this way, there were only 18 players left in the first team, but Adriansé drew a few young players with some ability and talent from the second team, and ran around to lobby those players who could not play the main players in the mid-stream team but had the strength. In addition, he relied on a loan from the Ajax Youth Team with his personal connections, a team that would compete in the Dutch Football Super League has finally taken shape.

Oh, by the way, there are two young Chinese men who are about to arrive, very talented young people. Although they have no professional football experience, he has greeted the youth team coach Rice and asked him to train these two Chinese people well. I believe that under the training of Rice, the former assistant coach of Ajax youth team, they should be able to represent the first team soon.

Warrendam's average age is 24.5 years old. The oldest in the team is Holwijn, 29, who is experienced in the defense line. He is good at long-distance extra-boundary balls, and has good endurance and heading. He has been playing football at Warrendam and has devoted all his youth to the club. His character is beyond words and has won the respect and trust of his teammates. After another defender Steur retired and became an assistant coach, the captain's armband was naturally worn on his left arm.

The partner with him on the defense is Gijs Luirink, who was promoted from the second team last season, who is 18 years old. He is good at central defenders and midfielders. He is one of the club's key training targets. He is very popular in the club and will be the future captain.

These two people should have determined their main position before the season, but Adriance still borrowed 22-year-old central defender Huisman from the super team AZ. Adriance believes that he is very promising, has good physical strength, and is a central defender who cannot run.

Bartele, 28 years old, is the team's number one star with the highest salary, but he deserves this salary. He is fierce in defense and an iron gate in the team's defense. His only disadvantage is that he is not good at attacking, but this also allows him to defend with peace of mind in the rear.

Among all the players, Adriansse is most optimistic about Cees Keizer, whom he loaned from the Ajax Youth Team. He is only 18 years old, has a low position, has good physical fitness, has a very accurate judgment on the landing point of the high ball, and is a key training target for the Ajax Youth Team. Adriansse snatched him from Ajax with his personal relationship. He rented him to make up for Bartre's lack of offense.

The strength of the midfield and backcourt can reassure Adriansse, but the forward line cannot let him rest. Judging from the situation in recent warm-up matches, the team's goals mostly come from midfield and backcourt players. Kozel has integrated into the team well, and his two assists and one goal are proof of it. Buys, who was promoted from the second team last season, became the team's best scorer in the warm-up match, and won four goals by himself. Bayes is only 22 years old, with a forward-looking position in the offensive position, is thin, but has good skills, is very calm in front of the goal, has a high influence in the team, and is also the target Adriansse is going to focus on training.

However, while Adriance was happy about the growth of these young players, he was worried that the forwards had not scored goals for three warm-up matches. It is not normal for the offensive forwards to be responsible for scoring goals. Once Vales is seen to death, the team's offense will be deadlocked. Vales has not yet had a lot of experience and is likely to be starved in the game. After he is gradually being noticed by the super teams, his goals will be very, very few. Where was the forward at that time?

In these three warm-up matches, Adriance tried several forward matches, but they were always unsatisfactory. Heuvel was a good left winger, the team had the best dribbling skills, the speed was also good, the pass was very accurate, and the technical and tactical level was the best among the young players trained by the team. However, the only disadvantage was that he didn't seem to shoot, and he felt bad in front of the goal. In the first two games, Adriance kept asking him to play the starting forward, but the answer he gave was seventeen shots and ten shots missed.

All seven other times were saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. Adriance thought it would be better to put him in the midfield, and he could also play his excellent dribbling and fast speed. In the penalty area, he was like a lost lamb. In the third warm-up game, he was indeed very active in the midfield and kept using his dribbling to break through and assist. Unfortunately, the forwards were wasting his good intentions again and again, but he finally helped Bayes score a goal, which was not bad. It seems that after the start of the season, he will be Bayes' fixed partner in the midfield.

Ouichou is a 22-year-old striker from Morocco. He joined the team in 2001. Although he has made progress after a year of training, his physical fitness is too poor. He is still a long way from Adrianse's request. He is the team's pistachio. With him, there is no shortage of laughter in the team. However, Adrianse will not just ask him to bring laughter to the team when he comes in? Then he might as well pay to invite the players to see the clown in the circus.

The team after the major blood change is full of vitality because young players account for the majority. Although the results of the warm-up match are mediocre, this does not prevent the players from looking forward to the upcoming Super League. A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and Adriance is also hoping that these young players can bring him some surprises.

Hoens is the boss of this team, 65 years old. When he took over the club 10 years ago, the team was in the middle of the Eredivisie (later renamed the Dutch Football Super League). He was reduced from the Dutch Super League to the Eredivisie in the mid-1990s. The famous Dutch coach Ben Hack once coached here. When he was ups and downs in the first league, Hoens thought of the famous coach, so last year he invited John Adrians to serve as the team

The head coach, in just one year, the team was promoted to super under John's leadership, and he deserves to be a famous coach! So he asked Adrians to let go of the recruitment work this year. Overall, John did a good job, especially when he loaned from the Ajax Youth Team to Kozell with his personal relationship. He has heard of this young player for a long time and is very strong. He is one of the players Ajax focuses on training. It is a wonderful way to be able to loan him!

Of course, there are also things that bother the old man, such as the two young men from China. John decided to sign the contract with just a few impression points, and the speed was astonishing. It was not that he did not trust John's eyes, but when he asked John for information about the two people, John actually asked him for a question! If it weren't for the coach of the Ajax Youth Team, Horns would have fainted from anger. Looking at his expression, it seemed like he had picked up gold and urged the club to complete all the procedures.

He made a decision when signing a contract with John, first signing a one-year contract, and then if the team can successfully advance to the Super League, then signing a long-term contract. Sure enough, the team stood on the Super League field a year later, and Horns also signed a four-year contract with Adrians as promised. When signing a new contract, he agreed to Adrians' request to give full responsibility for the introduction of players to him, and wrote this in the terms of the contract, and even the boss, he had no right to interfere. Therefore, although he was unwilling, he still agreed to Adrians' practice. However, he always doubted that he did not know China. In his impression, the Chinese should be chefs cooking in the kitchen. It is still possible that those short-sized and pale-faced orientals would play football.

When Zhang Jun and Yang Pan stood in front of Andriansai, the tall Dutch nodded with satisfaction. Although the long-distance flight made them feel tired, their eyes were still clear and there was no trace of dust.

Adriansé patted Les on the shoulder beside him: "I'll leave it to you, old man! Haha! Keep a close eye on these two people, I hope to see them in the first team in two months. I'll wait for your good news!"

Les was his assistant to the Ajax Youth Team and had a lot of experience in coaching young players. When Adriance came to Warrendam, he also dug up Les. He went to the Ajax Youth Team to invite Les, who was still the deputy, to build Warrendam's second and third-level echelons. At that time, he only said to Les: "Come on, come here and do whatever you want!" Les packed his luggage and came to this small fishing village-like town in northeastern Amsterdam. He believed in Les, so

Give Rice the rights that Ajax does not have. Rice did not disappoint him, the future captain, young center back Gijs Luirink on the defense line; young midfielder Buys who made great contributions to the team's promotion in the first league; excellent young left winger Heuvel was the answer he handed over. I believe that in two months, no, maybe he could see two glittering pearls, two mysterious pearls from the East in just two months.

Zhang Jun and Yang Pan couldn't understand Adrianse's Dutch language, but they both saw the head coach's smile. A smile should mean that the head coach was quite satisfied with them, so the two of them were relieved.

Adriansey told the two young men through his accompanying translator Mr. Li: "Stay good rest for a day, reverse the jet lag, and start formal training with the youth team the day after tomorrow."

Then he left with Rice and laughing. There were ten days left in the new season, and all the staff were already here. He, the head coach, was in a good mood. There was still the last warm-up game left, and then the expected Super League. In ten years, Warren Dam finally came back!

Back at the hotel arranged by the club, Mr. Li introduced them in detail the Warrendam club that they were about to live and work, and told them that in a few days, when everything settled down, the club will find another translator for them, and he, the part-time worker, should leave. But no matter who is the one who is here to do the translator, it is better to communicate directly with his teammates and coaches. Therefore, if they want to integrate into the team smoothly and succeed in Europe, language is the key. The two are still young, have gone to college, and have received higher education, so there should be no big problem to learn. However, he is still worried that although the two can help each other together, they can easily form a fixed small circle, and the running-in with new teammates will be affected. Therefore, he encouraged the two to get along more with those Dutch players for no reason, and understand their lifestyle and thinking habits, so that they can better cooperate on the court.

"The company will pay attention to your development in the Netherlands. If there are any difficulties, the company will stand up for you. Be confident and bold to make a name for Chinese football!" Mr. Li said this and was no longer a translator, or an assistant to the department manager of Philips (China). He is an ordinary Chinese football fan.

The next day, Warren Dam Club held a press conference to meet the newly joined players, media and fans. This press conference should have been held two weeks ago, but Adriansey has been busy with the team's recruitment work, so this matter has been postponed to the present. All the newly joined players attended and were introduced to the media and fan representatives one by one by the head coach. However, among these people, there is no Zhang Jun and Yang Pan. In the club's official archives, the two are now apprentices. Football apprentices like them will not be new in any team. There is no need for the club to hold a press conference for recruiting several apprentices.

When Keizer and several others and head coach Adriansey smiled at the "bombing" of the reporters with their team's orange jerseys, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan were still honestly experiencing the jet lag in the hotel.

At this time, on this sunny morning, everything that happened outside had nothing to do with these two Chinese teenagers. They enjoyed the last one in their lives without thinking about anything, just like they were lazy as relaxed at home. When they woke up, the world should be different.

PS: The Spring Festival is coming soon. Because I want to go back to Luoyang for the Spring Festival, I can’t update the novel in just seven days. In order to let you have a good New Year, I will leave Chengdu on the next week until I leave Chengdu on the 19th, and strive to update a chapter "We Are the Champions" in two days. It can be regarded as a gift for me to pay my early years to everyone.

Author statement: From now on, we have entered the professional football stage, which involves a large number of real clubs, players, coaches, and all football-related information. I am based on the principle of being as real as possible, but in the arrangement of some information and thinking about the plot of the novel, I have made some changes to those information. For example, in 2002, Warrendam was working hard to advance to the Super League in the Dutch Football League, but in the novel I have advanced to the Super League by one year.

I have also made some modifications to the information of some players, but they have not written them completely according to the actual information. For example, when some players appear in the team, I have made some postponement for the plot arrangement. Those who appeared in the team in 2002 would postpone their appearance for one year. Thanks to the fcmilan79 friend of Qidian, you provided Warrendam's player information and Dutch football and the customs and customs information of the Netherlands, which has given me great help. I will also make corresponding adjustments to the subsequent plots for your information.

Writing football in reality is a very difficult thing. You have to write the truth, and you don’t want everyone to confuse reality with novels after reading it. After all, it is very difficult to change what happened in reality.

In addition: Kaka in AC Milan is Kaka in the novel, but they are still a little different. Kaka in reality is a pure Brazilian who cannot be more pure. His original name is Ricardo Izecson Santos Leite. Kaka is called "Kaka" because his little brother can't make a clear sound of his name. It is traditional for Brazilians to use nicknames instead of real names, so Kaka has been used all the time. Kaka in reality already has a fifteen-year-old girlfriend, but in the novel, he is a diamond five, haha!
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