The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 170 Are You Ready?

During national team games, the De Tokmoorster training base always looks empty.

In the past two years when Ye Qiu took charge of Ajax, the team has put a lot of money into player injury prevention. Ye Qiu has introduced very professional testing and prevention equipment from Adidas and the United States, and in normal training. give enough attention.

Because of this, the injuries of Ajax players have never been serious. Whether it is an assault player like Robben or van der Vaart, or a player in other positions, injuries are generally rare, and occasional injuries are also a problem. It is a minor injury or illness, or some sports injury during the game.

Mascherano's injury belongs to the latter, basically any preventive measures can not be avoided.

According to the regulations of the Ajax first team, injured players must come to the club every day to receive testing and treatment from the team medical team. Therefore, even during the national team game week, he still has to come to the club on time every day. De Tokmoster, under the guidance of Peter Brandt and others for recovery training.

He was the only one training in the entire De Tokmoster. Even the French international Abidal was selected into the national team. Although it was only a marginal international, it was still an international.

As for Arteta, who was also unable to be selected for the national team, he is the captain of Spain's U21, so he will naturally report to the national youth team.

In the gym in De Tokmoster, Mascherano was doing boring physical exercises alone, and his expression was full of something called loss and depression, because he had clearly felt , In Ajax's starting lineup, De Jong has begun to firmly occupy the position of the main midfielder.

Ye Qiu once said to him that he promised to give him a chance, and regarding this point, the head coach did not break his promise, but he himself was unlucky. The football environment, and when he started to find a little feeling, he was injured again.

Standing in front of the window of the De Tokomos medical room, looking at the deserted training ground in the distance, Mascherano sighed helplessly, because he originally thought that joining Ajax represented I transferred myself, but I didn't expect...

"Javier," Pym van Doud called him from behind.

The players all went to play for the national team, and the coaching staff also got a certain amount of vacation, so the work naturally fell into the hands of Van Dude. The Dutch old man has nothing to do on weekdays, that is, it is a little harder at this time.

"Mr. Van Dude!" Mascherano turned around and greeted politely.

He learned Dutch very quickly, but not very well. He can only give ordinary polite greetings, or some more professional football terms. These are the priorities when the club arranges translations.

"When you train tomorrow morning, I will hand over this document to your heads." Van Dudsey brought over a document.

Mascherano took it over, opened it, and there was Pim Van Dude's signature underneath, and the content of the document was to prove that he had recovered from his injury and was able to participate in the team's training.

As soon as he saw the content of the document, Mascherano raised his head suddenly and looked at Van Doude, but the Argentine who was so old that he didn't look like an 18-year-old boy showed no surprise at all, which made Van Doude Feeling puzzled in my heart, this is too young and old, right?
"Yes, boy, you can participate in training!" Van Dude looked even happier than Mascherano.

He has been in Ajax for so many years, and the number of players who have recovered from his hands is unknown. Big names such as Cruyff, Van Basten and others have all recovered from injuries under Van Dudde's hands. A Dutch elderly man has always regarded this job as his greatest interest in life and the thing he is most proud of.

"Thank you, Mr. Van Dude!" Mascherano said politely.

Van Dude chuckled, a little helpless, he would rather see this Argentine teenager as youthful as an ordinary 18-year-old kid, but he looked very mature, even a little dull, and said very little.

"Don't care about games and starters, kid." Van Dude has been looking at Mascherano for the past few days, somewhat guessing the kid's mood, "You know, the team is now fighting in the Eredivisie, the Dutch Cup and the Champions League. , There are so many games to be played in a year, no one can play all the games.”

"Opportunities will come again sooner or later. It is more important than anything else to maintain a good body. The most important thing for a professional player is this body. Without him, let you start every game, you still can't play."

When he said this, Van Dude patted Mascherano on the shoulder, "He is the capital of your foothold in Ajax!"

Mascherano's mouth seemed to curve into an arc, as if he wanted to laugh, but he nodded to cover it up.

Watching Mascherano walk out of the medical room, Van Dude shook his head and sighed, "Poor kid."

He also thought that Mascherano's youthful maturity was forced by some poor families in South America, but he didn't know that this kid had been independent since he was a child, so he was a bit lonely, but he wasn't the kind of person who didn't fit in with others, it was just that he didn't speak well. Many, not good at expressing feelings.

Mascherano walked out of the medical room and was just about to go to the first team when he saw Ye Qiu at the intersection.

"Hi, Javier!" Ye Qiu, who had just returned from London, looked in a good mood.

"Hi, boss!" Mascherano nodded towards Ye Qiu, and offered to make way.

When Ye Qiu passed by, he patted Mascherano on the shoulder and walked into the medical room.

"Pim!" Ye Qiu shouted as soon as he entered the door.

Pim Van Dude came out from inside, and laughed when he saw Ye Qiu, "Why did you come back early?"

Ye Qiu pointed to the door, obviously referring to Mascherano, "How is his condition? It's been more than a month."

Straining is very troublesome, but it can be big or small. Ye Qiu has always been very careful. He doesn't want the injury to heal and leave hidden dangers for the players in the future. Therefore, even during the holidays, he specially told Van Dude to be careful. Watch Mascherano.

"No problem. I have tested and counted him every day. His condition has recovered very well. I agree that he will train with the team. You will receive the report tomorrow. By the way, let the first team doctor give him a more detailed test. , to verify."

Ye Qiu laughed after hearing this, "Thank you, Pim!" After speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Hey!" Van Dude stopped him, "I don't think there's anything wrong with that kid's body, but his mood is a bit bad."

Ye Qiu also noticed just now that Mascherano looked a little depressed. Now that Van Dude said this, he thinks this should be taken seriously. After all, the rookie player has been injured for a month. Causes a lot of stress and distress of all kinds.

Sometimes, the coaching staff is not omnipotent at all, and it is impossible to know everything about the players. After all, no one is willing to share all their thoughts and ideas with the coaching staff. If you manage too much, they will think you are in charge Too broad, and you probably won't be able to fully understand them if you're too narrow.

This is where the contradiction is, and it is also where the ability of a head coach is considered.

"Perhaps, you should know what troubles him, and figure out a solution yourself!" Fan Dude smiled and waved to Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu smiled, he could more or less guess the reason.

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With the gradual development of the southeast new urban area in recent years, it has gradually become an important commercial and prosperous area in Amsterdam, and the rental market in Amstelveen has gradually become popular, and it is expanding more and more southward.

In the south, some developers have specially built some three- or four-story houses. The first floor is a shop, and each floor above is a single apartment, which is specially used for rent or sale, specifically to cater to those who need to rent a house. customer.

Mascherano lived in such an apartment on the third floor, with two bedrooms and one living room. It was a bit small, but it was very spacious for one person. Sometimes his parents and family members would come over, but They usually just stay for a few days and then go back.

Mascherano is already used to living alone. He has forgotten when he started living alone. In short, he started at a very young age, so he will not feel uncomfortable at all.

It's just that it's boring sometimes.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching a lot of Dutch TV stations that I don’t understand. Look at the scene by yourself, it's not bad.

What was broadcasting on TV was the recording of the European Cup qualifiers between the Netherlands and Belarus. The final result of this match was 3:0. Advocaat's Dutch national team defeated Belarus and won a victory smoothly.

Many Ajax players played in this game. Goalkeeper Van der Sar, Van der Vaart, Robben, Van der Meyde, Sneijder, Heitinga and De Jong all played for the Netherlands successively, while Hleb was Wearing a Belarus jersey.

Today's Ajax is no longer the Ajax of the past. Although Advocaat is called the head coach of the Eindhoven faction, he actually has to reuse and promote Ajax This group of young players from the Knicks, because in the past three years, this group of players have performed so well.

In the second team, they won the Holland Cup, which created the history of Dutch football. In the 00/01 season, they were the runner-up of the Eredivisie and the champion of the UEFA Cup. Last season, they were the champion of the Eredivisie and the top four of the Champions League. The results made the whole Netherlands amazed by this group of young players.

Both Robben and Van der Vaart have gained a firm foothold in the Dutch national team, Van der Sar is also the main goalkeeper, and the others are supplemented by Stam, Frank de Boer, Van Bommel, Cocu, Davis, Ke Ruivert and Ruud van Nistelrooy and other famous players, the strength of this Dutch national team is very good.

The first goal of the Netherlands was Davis assisting Kluivert, the second was Robben's breakthrough cross from the left assisting Kluivert's goal, and the third goal was Van der Vaart's goal. After dribbling the ball in from the right, he cooperated with Kluivert for one-two, and then assisted Ruud van Nistelrooy to score. All three goals were very exciting.

Just when the overall situation of the game was decided, Advocaat made consecutive substitutions and put on three players, Heitinga, Sneijder and De Jong, obviously in order to further train the players.

At this moment, the doorbell of the house was rang.

Mascherano put down the TV remote control in his hand, a little strange, except for his family members and agents, few people came here, who would visit at this time?
Looking out through the peephole on the door, what I saw was a big open hand with five fingers stretched out straight.

"Who is it?" Mascherano asked, not afraid of being robbed, and unlocked the door.

"You saw my hand, didn't you recognize me?" Van der Sar's voice came in.

"That's right, he has the biggest, longest and easiest to recognize hands in the whole of the Netherlands. He doesn't know our captain too well!" The voice was Lucio.

"Your hands are the biggest and longest!" Van der Sar retorted.

While speaking, the door was opened, and Mascherano was stunned to find that Van der Sar, Lucio, Huntelaar and other teammates were all carrying big bags and small bags.

"You..." Mascherano was a little surprised, but more puzzled.

"Please make way!" Lucio has already rushed into Mascherano's house, "Hey, Javier, do you have a kitchen at home?" Same as at home.

"Yes, over there, what are you doing?" Mascherano pointed in the direction of the kitchen.

"By the way, is there a barbecue grill?" This time it was Abidal who asked, and he also had a lot of things in his hand.

"Yes!" I believe that most Argentines have a barbecue grill at home, "on the balcony."

"This bastard said that their Brazilian barbecue is better than your Argentine barbecue. I don't believe it. He said he will show his hand later."

Mascherano is a little confused. Why do these people come to their own home to show off their cooking skills?
But soon, he was surprised to find that teammates came upstairs one after another, and almost everyone had something in their hand, either food or drink.

The [-] to [-] square meter home, which was originally not spacious, was suddenly filled with so many people.

The last ones to arrive were Ye Qiu, the coaching staff, and De Jong, who was walking with a limp.

"What's wrong with your leg?" Mascherano was a little surprised to see that De Jong's knee was wrapped with bandages and gauze.

"Forget it, bad luck!" De Jong shook his head vigorously.

Sneijder on the side shook his head and smiled, "The national team played for less than 10 minutes, but Ramachenko from Belarus injured his knee and left the field."

"He didn't mean it!" Hleb explained to his team-mate and compatriot on the national team.

"I know, I know, that's why I said it was unlucky!" De Jong was a little frustrated.

When there are more people, it will naturally become lively.

Seeing that the small house couldn't accommodate so many people, they simply tidied up the living room, moved all the furniture and so on, to free up a large space, and then started to cook their own food.

Mascherano is not a person who likes to be lively. On the contrary, he enjoys the quietness a little bit, but with so many teammates coming to his door, he thinks it is not just for the dinner party, because if it is a dinner party, he can go there restaurant or somewhere else.

But obviously, the teammates don't seem to be ready to tell him the reason. The Brazilian gang led by Lucio is ready and they are actively preparing materials, and Argentina is responsible for fighting against the Brazilian gang BBQ gang.

"Hey, Javier, it's too much to bully people, they've all come to your house, fight with them, we support you!"

"Yes, these guys are too bullying, they even come to challenge you, it's outrageous!"

"Don't worry, no matter how unpalatable you make it, we will judge you to win!"

Teammates drag Mascherano to the barbecue grill, it is clear that they are now all in support of the Argentine barbecue gang.

Everyone is competitive. No matter how old Mascherano is, he is only 18 years old. After being coaxed by his teammates, and seeing the provocative appearance of Lucio and Maicon, he immediately rolled up his sleeves. Decided to fight to the death with this group of Brazilian enemies.

The entire duel was pitch-dark, with sand and rocks flying, landslides and ground cracks.

In the end, everyone has only one feeling, and there is no taste in eating anything.

Because this group of guys don't know how to make food at all, even Lucio, who claims to be a first-class barbecue skill, doesn't know whether the roast beef is roast beef or burnt beef.

But it's strange to say that the food is not delicious, but a group of people are playing around there, you taunt me, I laugh at you, you tease me, I tease you, the whole atmosphere becomes better instead, Especially when Ye Qiu asked Fatty Jin to bring some signature dishes, all the players rushed to eat and gobbled it up, and all the depression was swept away.

After eating and cleaning up, everyone helped Mascherano clean up the house, and they didn't go home one after another until it was dark.

"This kind of activity is very meaningful, we must continue!" Ye Qiu still felt that today's activity was very effective.

Mascherano was not in a good mood during his recovery, but organizing such a dinner can somewhat dilute his depression, and De Jong is also injured. Next, the team's midfield defense still depends on Mars Celano.

"How about just like this, the big guys take turns to be the host, and organize it once a week." As the captain of the team, Van der Sar also thinks it is very meaningful to organize such a dinner, at least it can fully connect the friendship between teammates .

Although everyone came to Ajax to play football and get paid, but for any team, it is often not only football and money, because everyone has to live.

At Van der Sar's age, he more or less understands some truths, that is, football can be very important, even more important than life and death, but football can also be very insignificant, because football can never be the whole life of a professional player.

"You are responsible!" Ye Qiu smiled and agreed with Van der Sar's idea that the club can also allocate a special sum of money to support this plan, and then he stood up, ready to leave.

Mascherano sent Ye Qiu and the others downstairs, and now he somewhat understood the purpose of the head coach for hosting this dinner.

Although he likes to be clean, it's a pleasure to be lively occasionally, let alone with his teammates.

"Oh, that's right!" Walking downstairs, Ye Qiu suddenly turned around and looked at Mascherano.

"Are you ready, Javier?"

Mascherano was taken aback for a moment, then thought of De Jong's injury, and he immediately understood the meaning of the coach's words.

"Ready, head!" He nodded firmly.

(End of this chapter)