Thanks for the reward of "Altitude 1.75"!

Does anyone expect the Champions League final to be the Spanish derby? Will the script from two years ago be repeated? Hahaha.

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During the two days of preparing for the trial training, Qin Xiong did not go to the bustling Amsterdam. He only jogged around his place in the morning, afternoon and evening, did light exercises in the room, and had reasonable and sufficient rest.

August 27, 2003.

In the morning, Freddy and Qin Xiong came to the youth training base of Ajax Club: DeToekomst

Meaning: belongs to the future college.

Since the 1960s, the high-quality production efficiency of this Ajax Youth Academy has created the myth of Ajax Youth Training.

Here, there are three ways for Ajax to absorb youth training seedlings.

First, collect local talents within 60 kilometers of local areas, centered on Amsterdam.

Second, on the annual draft day, thousands of children will come here to show Ajax's football ability in order to impress Ajax and enter this most famous football institution in the Netherlands.

Third, the Ajax Overseas Satellite Club recommends talents, such as Pinal from South Africa, and Shabalala, who is less than 18 years old in the team. Their ability to travel across the ocean to Ajax is the contribution of the Ajax satellite club system. Qin Xiong's trial qualification is also behind the scenes of the Down Group and Ajax Overseas Satellite Club.

One thing that must be faced is that although Ajax does not dig out geniuses from abroad is a distortion of facts, youth training director Rick Linke tirelessly declared: We will not look for children 60 kilometers away from Amsterdam. We believe in our own culture and we do not consider looking for young players abroad.

There is no doubt that using Ajax's youth training system to use their own family is an important characteristic!

Of course, Qin Xiong is already 18 years old. His yearning for Ajax does not mean that he wants to become a genuine Ajax person!

He is not here to join Ajax's youth training system, he is just here to try out. If he can succeed, his goal will be to enter the first team. It can be said that he does not expect Ajax to train him and reshape him. He needs a stage to show it. He believes that he has strong strength, and his efforts over the past 15 years have been the basis of his confidence.

Even though Ajax is famous for his youth training around the world, he still needs outsiders, that is, signings in the transfer market.

For example, the first team striker Ibrahimovic was dug by Ajax. Who is the club that missed Ibrahimovic? Arsenal.

The Youth Academy is located next to the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium. It is sunny and the wind is gentle. When Qin Xiong and Freddy walk into this training base, they will naturally enjoy the scenery inside.

There are 7 complete courts here, and the training conditions are obvious and outstanding. However, the scenery here makes Qin Xiong feel excited, which is excitement.

The youth training director Rick Link, who was receiving the two, looked at Qin Xiong with a scrutiny look while looking at Qin Xiong while looking at the trial recommendation letter Freddy handed him.

Qin Xiong keenly realized from the other party's majestic expression that he seemed a little unhappy.

Yes, Ricklink was certainly unhappy.

Ajax has not yet had a satellite club in China, especially in talent introduction channels, and has not made such investments.

This is bound to be related to China's football competitiveness, or the soil for football talents.

So a Chinese player came to Ajax for a trial and took out a letter of recommendation from the satellite club in Africa in a blatant way.

Ricklink is not a fool, there must be something wrong with it!

However, he did not intend to make things difficult for Qin Xiong and Freddy.

Just as the African continent is performing a scene of a black-hearted agent "selling" some children who dream of becoming famous to Europe every day, this is not uncommon.

No matter what, when the other party came, there was a letter of recommendation in hand. Ricklink confirmed to the satellite club in Africa and recognized Qin Xiong's trial qualification.

In his opinion, maybe it was just to let Qin Xiong take a one-day tour here.

"Can you understand English?"

Although the Netherlands has its own language, the mainstream language in this country is still English. Even homeless people begging on the streets will use English.

Qin Xiong replied to him: "Sir, I can, there is no problem with general communication."

Ricklink nodded and said to him: "Wait for the youth team's warm-up match, I will let you join one of them. This is your trial and seize the opportunity."

Qin Xiong said solemnly: "Sir, I can do it!"

Ricklink stood up and walked out with the two, then pointed to a building and said to Qin Xiong: "There is a locker room over there. You can change your jerseys and sneakers inside. It doesn't matter what you wear. I'll put on a training shirt later."

Qin Xiong picked up his shoulder bag and walked towards the building.

Freddy followed Ricklink to the training ground. On the way, Freddy asked curiously: "Are there no other tests? Ajax's famous material selection standards, TIPS, technology, insight, personality, speed. Just relying on a short training match, the players are not comprehensive enough?"

Ricklink didn't mind Freddy's outspokenness, so he also said straight to the point: "The new season has begun. This young man didn't come here on draft day, and we have not examined him before. The standard you mentioned is just the foundation of the foundation. Maybe you don't know about us here, so I can introduce it to you in detail."

"I hope to hear the details."

Freddy said with a smile.

Through Ricklink's introduction, Freddy has an intuitive understanding of this place.

For clubs like Ajax that have absolutely superiority in the Netherlands, they select and train players, and are by no means just judged based on the most basic characteristics of ordinary clubs.

In this youth training base, also known as Ajax Future, there are more than 200 youth training players, divided into 7 groups, and each age has another echelon, ages ranging from 7 to 19 years old.

Like the material selection criteria Freddy asked just now: TIPS.

That is compared to younger players. The younger the players, the more plastic they are!

Like Qin Xiong, who is already 18 years old, it is not enough to just examine his speed, personality, insight, and technology!

To be implemented, Ajax's youth training system development model is that the echelon under 12 years old will focus on the 343 formation as the core of the competition training, and over 12 years old will change to the 433 formation.

In other words, TIPS is just the minimum standard for entry threshold. Otherwise, Ajax would have thousands of children coming to try out every year, but it has accumulated year after year. It is impossible for only more than 200 youth training players to stay here, let alone the satellite club recommended talents added here.

To go far, the root cause of this situation is laid by the overall tone of the development of Dutch football!

That is the "Sword Qi Fight" within Dutch football.

Which is the most important thing, tactics and technology?

When Michels led the Netherlands to win the title of Uncrowned King with all attacks and defenses, the Netherlands' football tactics of all attacks and defenses were popular all over the world and won the world's applause.

This also laid the foundation for the tactical supremacy that Dutch football has adhered to since then!

So when it comes to Dutch football, it is offensive football, and it is an almost unchanging 433 formation.

In this context, the TIPS standard can only be the foundation of the foundation.

Whether it is personality, insight, technology and speed, it all need to serve tactics!

In other words, it means serving the team!

If you violate this principle, then no matter how fast you are, your personality is outstanding, your insight is excellent, your skills are unparalleled, but you are away from the tactical system. Then, sorry, you are not the player Ajax wants!

Qin Xiong is already 18 years old. Whether he can meet Ajax's material selection standards is not just to evaluate him based on TIPS standards. He needs to further observe his team consciousness based on TIPS and find a balance point in it. In other words, not only must he obey and serve the team, but also to find his own role here and show his personality.

The reason why Ricklink is not optimistic about Qin Xiong is also here. In places like China, there may be some players with fast speed, strong strength, good skills and keen insight. However, compared with a team, in a complex environment such as 11-person teamwork, if he does not have to patiently and actively guide and train from a young age, he does not think that Chinese players can do better than local Dutch players.

Especially, Qin Xiong is a stranger and an outsider.

The youth team in today's training match, both players from both sides are very familiar with each other when they train together every day!

Freddy's expression did not change at all. He was confident in Qin Xiong, especially since he understood what the focus of Ajax's specific inspection of the players was, so he had no worries.

We must clarify the complex situation, find the right position in the team, and find a breakthrough in unfamiliar environments.

This is what Qin Xiong is best at!
Chapter completed!