Chapter 170 Are You Ready?

During national team games, the Detok Most training base always seems empty.

In the two years since Ye Qiu took charge of Ajax, the team has invested heavily in player injury prevention. Ye Qiu introduced very professional testing and prevention equipment from Adidas and the United States, and used it in daily training. Pay enough attention.

Because of this, the injuries to Ajax players have never been serious. Whether they are assault players like Robben or Van der Vaart, or players in other positions, injuries are generally very few, and occasionally they are injured. It's a minor injury or some sports injury during a game.

Mascherano's injury falls into the latter category and is basically unavoidable by any preventive means.

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's medical team. Therefore, Mascherano still has to come on time every day even during the national team match week. Detok Most, conducting recovery training under the guidance of Peter Brandt and others.

He was the only one training in Detok Most. Even the French international Abidal was selected for the national team. Although he was only a marginal international, he was still a national player.

As for Arteta, who is also unable to be selected for the national team, he is the captain of the Spanish U21 team and naturally has to report to the national youth team.

In the gym in Detocmost, Mascherano was doing boring physical exercises alone. 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 main defensive midfielder position.

Ye Qiu once told him that he promised to give him a chance, and the head coach did not break his promise on this point. It was just that he was unlucky. He had not adjusted well when he first came here, and he needed to adapt to Ajax and Europe. The football environment, and when he started to feel a little bit better, he was injured again.

Standing in front of the window of the Detokmos medical room, looking at the deserted training ground in the distance, Mascherano sighed with helplessness, because he originally thought that joining Ajax represented a I transferred it myself, but I didn’t expect...

"Javier." Pim Van Dude called him after him.

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

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

He learned Dutch very quickly, but it was not very good. He could only make ordinary polite greetings or some more professional football terminology. These were the first things the club learned when arranging translators.

"You will hand this document to your boss during training tomorrow morning." Van Duder handed over a document.

Mascherano took it and opened it. It was signed by Pim Van Dude, and the content of the document proved that he had recovered well from his injury and was able to participate in the team's training.

As soon as he saw the contents of the document, Mascherano suddenly raised his head and looked at Van Dude, but the Argentinian, who was so mature that he did not look like an 18-year-old boy at all, did not show the slightest surprise. This made Van Dude I felt puzzled in my heart, this is too young and old, right?

"Yes, boy, you can participate in training!" Van Dude's expression looked even happier than Mascherano.

He has been in Ajax for so many years, and countless players have been rehabilitated by his hands. Big names such as Cruyff, Van Basten and others have all recovered from injuries under Van Duder, and this An old Dutch man has always regarded this job as his greatest interest and most proud thing in life.

"Thank you, Mr. Vandude!" Mascherano was very polite.

Van Dude chuckled, a little helpless. He would rather see this Argentine boy as youthful and vigorous as an ordinary 18-year-old kid, but he looks very mature, even a little dull, and speaks very little.

"Don't care about the game and the starting lineup, kid." Van Dude has been looking at Mascherano these days, guessing the kid's mood to some extent, "You know, now the team is fighting on three fronts in the Eredivisie, Dutch Cup and Champions League. "We have to play so many games in a year, and no one can play all the games."

"The opportunity will definitely come back sooner or later. Taking good care of your body is more important than anything else. The most important thing for a professional player is this body. Without it, even if you start every game, you still won't be able to perform."

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

The shape of Mascherano's mouth seemed to change into an arc, as if he wanted to smile, 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. However, he did not know that this boy left home and became independent when he was young, so his personality was a bit lonely, but he was not the kind of unsociable person, he just couldn't speak well. Many, not good at showing emotions.

Mascherano walked out of the medical room and was 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.

"Hello, boss!" Mascherano nodded towards Ye Qiu and took the initiative 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 and smiled when he saw Ye Qiu, "Why did you come back early?"

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

Injuries are very troublesome, and they can be big or small. Ye Qiu has always been very cautious. He doesn't want to leave hidden dangers for the players in the future if the injury is not healed. Therefore, even on vacation, he specifically told Van Dude to be careful with Mascherano.

"No problem, I test and count him every day, and the recovery is very ideal. I agree that he can 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 it."

After hearing this, Ye Qiu smiled and said, "Thank you, Pim!" After that, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Hey!" Fan Dude called him, "I think the boy is fine, but he's in a bad mood."

Ye Qiu had noticed that Mascherano looked a little depressed. Now that Fan Dude said that, he felt that he should pay more attention to it. After all, the rookie player had been recovering from an injury for a month, which might cause him a lot of pressure and trouble.

Sometimes, the coaching staff is not omnipotent and can't understand 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 too broad. If you manage too little, you may not be able to fully understand them.

This is the contradiction, and it is also the place to consider the ability of a head coach.

"Perhaps, you should know what he is troubled by, and think of a way yourself!" Fan Dude smiled and waved to Ye Qiu.

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

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With the gradual development of the Southeast New Town in recent years, it has gradually become an important commercial and prosperous area in Amsterdam. The rental market in the Amstelveen area has also gradually become popular and expanded more and more to the south.

In the south, some developers have specially built some three- or four-story residential buildings. 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 customers who need to rent a house.

Mascherano lives in such a third-floor apartment with two bedrooms and a living room. It is a little small, but it is spacious for one person to live. Sometimes his parents and family members will come, but they usually only stay for a few days and go back.

Mascherano has become accustomed to living alone. He has forgotten when he started living alone. Anyway, he started at a very young age, so he doesn't feel uncomfortable at all.

But sometimes it is quite boring.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching many Dutch TV stations that I couldn't understand, I turned around and turned around, and finally turned to sports and watched football games. After all, football is the common language of the world. Anyway, I can't understand the commentary, so I just watch the scene myself. It doesn't matter.

The TV is broadcasting a recording of the European Cup qualifiers between the Netherlands and Belarus. The final result of this game is 3:0. Advocat's Dutch national team defeated Belarus and won a victory smoothly.

In this game, many Ajax players appeared, goalkeeper Van der Sar, Van der Vaart, Robben, Van der Meyde, Sneijder, Heitinga, De Jong all played for the Netherlands, and Hleb wore a Belarus jersey.

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

The second team won the Dutch Cup, which created the history of Dutch football. In the 2000/2001 season, they won the Eredivisie runner-up and the UEFA Cup. Last season, they won the Eredivisie and the Champions League semi-finals. This dazzling achievement made the whole Netherlands amazed by this group of young players.

Robben and Van der Vaart have already established themselves in the Dutch national team. Van der Sar is also the main goalkeeper. Others are assisted by famous players such as Stam, Frank de Boer, Van Bommel, Cocu, Davis, Kluivert and Van Nistelrooy. The strength of this Dutch national team is very outstanding.

The first goal of the Netherlands was Davis assisting Kluivert, the second was Robben's breakthrough cross on the left to assist Kluivert to score, and the third goal was Van der Vaart's two-on-one cooperation with Kluivert after cutting in from the right, and then assisting Van Nistelrooy to score. All three goals were very exciting.

When the game was already decided, Advocaat made a series of substitutions, bringing on Heitinga, Sneijder and De Jong, apparently to further train the players.

At this moment, the doorbell of the house rang.

Mascherano put down the TV remote control in his hand, feeling a little strange. Apart from his family and agent, few people came to his place. Who would visit at this time?

He leaned over to the peephole on the door and looked out, and saw a big open hand with five fingers stretched straight.

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

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

"That's right, he has the biggest and longest hands in the Netherlands and is the easiest to recognize. You don't know our captain at all!" It was Lucio.

"You have the biggest and longest hands!" Van der Sar retorted.

As he spoke, the door opened, and Mascherano was stunned to find that Van der Sar, Lucio, Huntelaar and other teammates were carrying large and small bags.

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

"Please make way!" Lucio had already rushed into Mascherano's house, "Hey, Javier, do you have a kitchen at home?" The Brazilian was carefree and looked like he was back home.

"Yes, over there, what for?" 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 hands.

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

"This bastard said their Brazilian barbecue is better than your Argentine barbecue, I don't believe it, he said he would show off his skills later."

Mascherano was a little confused. Why did these people come to his house to compete and show off their cooking skills?

But soon, he was surprised to find that his teammates came upstairs one after another, and almost everyone had something in their hands, either food or drinks.

The house of 70 or 80 square meters, which was not spacious to begin with, suddenly rushed in with so many people, and it was immediately filled.

The last to arrive were Ye Qiu and the coaching staff, as well as De Jong who was limping.

"What's wrong with your leg?" Mascherano saw De Jong's knee joint wrapped in bandages and gauze, and was a little surprised.

"Don't mention it, bad luck!" De Jong shook his head repeatedly.

Sneijder on the side shook his head and smiled, "He played for less than 10 minutes in the national team game, but was hit in the knee by Belarus's Lamachenko and left the field."

"He didn't mean it!" Hleb explained to his national team teammate and compatriot.

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

With more people, it naturally became lively.

Seeing that this small house couldn't accommodate so many people, they simply cleaned up the living room, moved all the furniture together, freed up a large area, and then started to cook their own food.

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

But obviously, his teammates don't seem to be ready to tell him the reason. The Brazilian barbecue group headed by Lucio is ready. They are actively preparing materials, and the Argentine barbecue group is responsible for competing with the Brazilian barbecue group.

"Hey, Javier, they are too much of a bully. They have come to your door. Fight them. We support you!"

"Yes, these guys are too much of a bully. They even came to challenge us. It's outrageous!"

"Don't worry, no matter how bad you make it, we will declare you the winner!"

The teammates dragged Mascherano to the barbecue grill. It was obvious that they all supported the Argentine barbecue gang.

Everyone has a competitive spirit. No matter how mature Mascherano is, he is only 18 years old. After being coaxed by his teammates and looking at the provocative looks of Lucio and Maicon, he immediately rolled up his sleeves and decided to fight to the death with this group of Brazilian enemies.

The whole match was a dark battle, with flying sand and rocks, and landslides.

In the end, everyone had only one feeling, that nothing tasted good.

Because this group of guys didn't know how to cook food at all. Even Lucio, who claimed to be the best in grilling, didn't know whether the grilled beef was roasted beef or burnt beef. In short, it was unpalatable!

But it was strange that the food was not tasty, but a group of people were playing and making a fuss there, you ridiculed me, I laughed at you, you teased me, I teased you, and the whole atmosphere became better, especially when Ye Qiu asked Jin Shouzi to send some signature dishes later, all the players rushed to eat, and the scene of wolfing down all the depression was swept away.

After eating, everyone helped Mascherano clean up the house, and they went home one after another until dark.

"Such activities are very meaningful, and we must continue!" Ye Qiu still felt that today's activities were very effective.

Mascherano was not in a good mood during his recovery, but organizing such a dinner party could dilute his depression to some extent, and De Jong was also injured, and the team's midfield defense would still depend on Mascherano.

"Why don't we take turns to be the host and organize it once a week?" As the captain of the team, Van der Sar also thinks that organizing such a dinner is meaningful, at least it can fully strengthen the friendship between teammates.

Although everyone comes to Ajax to play football and get a salary, for any team, it is often not just about football and money, because everyone has to make a living.

At Van der Sar's age, everyone understands some truths, that is, football can be very important, even more important than life and death, but football can also be 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 meaning. The club can also allocate a special amount of money to support this plan. Then he stood up and prepared to leave.

Mascherano sent Ye Qiu and the others downstairs. He now somewhat understood the intention of the head coach to hold this dinner.

Although he likes quietness, it is also a pleasure to be lively occasionally, not to mention with his teammates.

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

"Are you ready, Javier?"

Mascherano was stunned, and then thought of De Jong's injury. He immediately understood the meaning of the head coach's words.

"Ready, boss!" He nodded firmly.