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The Dutch media unanimously gave high praise to Qin Xiong's performance in the Dutch national derby!
With one shot and two passes, Qin Xiong personally directed Ajax's three goals, helping the team to stage a series of desperate counterattacks from the adversity of falling behind!
Among the mainstream praise, there were also remarks of "sowing discord" in an attempt to create internal strife in Ajax.
There were football commentators who said with certainty that Qin Xiong should replace Van Der Vaart!
Through the analysis of the game, the situation, the data, and all aspects, it proved that Qin Xiong was better than Van Der Vaart in the midfield commander role and had an overwhelming advantage.
If Van Der Vaart wholeheartedly played the midfield playmaker role, then such remarks would definitely make Van Der Vaart unhappy. In addition, he was the team captain and should have inviolable dignity.
But most outsiders did not know the real situation inside Ajax. Van Der Vaart had never publicly announced which position he was happy to play. If it were not for the fact that his teammates were in contact with each other day and night, and Qin Xiong's keen insight of the people around him, it might be difficult to find out that Van Der Vaart was actually not happy to return to the midfield to play the playmaker role.
The situation was the opposite. Van Der Vaart was not stingy with his praise of Qin Xiong in an interview after the game, praising the player from China and saying that the club had made a very valuable and wise recruitment decision.
He was vigorously promoting Qin Xiong, not only to show the demeanor of the captain, but also to hope that Qin Xiong could be completely promoted!
The midfield playmaker role was handed over to Qin Xiong, and Van Der Vaart could return to the front line. At least, Van Der Vaart himself thought so.
For the first time, China's football media grandly introduced a competition like the Dutch national derby to the Chinese fans. They also made a personal collection of Qin Xiong's thirty-minute performance in the game, which quickly spread on many internet websites. The click and download rate was very high. In a split second, Qin Xiong's fame in China's football world rose rapidly.
A reporter immediately went to interview the manager of the China men's national team, Ali Khan, and asked him, "Do you know about the performance of the Chinese player, Qin Xiong in the Netherlands?"
Arihan replied, "Of course. As a Dutchman, I have always paid attention to Dutch football. Qin Xiong's performance at Ajax was amazing. He proved that Chinese players have the ability to establish themselves in Europe, even if he is only 18 years old."
"In a month, the China men's football team will go to Japan to participate in the East Asia semi-finals. Will you call Qin Xiong back to China?"
Faced with this question, Arihan shook his head without hesitation.
It could be said that the East Asia semi-finals was a small test for Arihan as the manager of the China men's national team. It was more important for his personal performance.
"To be honest, I spoke to the manager of the Ajax club, Comain, on the phone today. Comain told me that Qin Xiong is a very important player in the club, and the East Asia semi-finals, strictly speaking, is neither a continental competition nor an international competition. Ajax will definitely not let Qin Xiong return to China. I personally understand Comain's decision very well. Ajax needs to win back the league title that they lost last season this season. At the same time, think about it. We will train in late November and go to Japan in early December to compete in the semi-finals. This timing is very crucial for European football. It is the final stage of the UEFA Champions League group stage. Ajax is the leader of the Eredivisie, but in the Champions League, Ajax's situation is like standing on the edge of a cliff."
"There are already a lot of fans looking forward to the day when Qin Xiong plays for the China national team as soon as possible."
"Haha, I'm also looking forward to him joining the national team. However, it may not happen in the short term. Qin Xiong has just gone to Europe. I think the best plan for his growth is to try not to disturb him and let him gain a foothold in European football. This is very important for the development of his career! Even so, I will be in China and pay close attention to his performance in front of the TV. He is a player who is memorable. If China can have a few more outstanding players like him, I believe the China team will be able to rise rapidly in the world of football! "
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When Qin Xiong arrived at the entrance of the club's training base, he was once again blocked by a number of China reporters. He was still unwilling to be interviewed, not only because he was worried that trouble would come from careless talk, but also because the training assembly time was approaching. He did not want to be late, so he rushed into the training base without looking back.
In fact, the atmosphere of the team was a bit like: Drink today, drink today, worry tomorrow, worry tomorrow.
After the defeat in the Champions League, everyone was depressed for a day or two, and the atmosphere was tense.
After winning yesterday's game, everyone immediately became relaxed and comfortable.
It seemed that no one was thinking about the fourth round of the Champions League group stage in ten days. Most of them were probably waiting until it was over.
In the morning, everyone did light recovery training and chatted with each other during the training. After a break at noon, the number of people training increased a lot in the afternoon.
"Hi, Qin Xiong."
The reserve team's Drieder, Maduro, Rustenberg, and the others came together to the first team's training ground to train with the first team.
They were temporarily transferred to the first team.
During the afternoon training, Qin Xiong partnered with Maduro. After training, he asked Maduro about the reserve team.
Maduro told him that under the leadership of van Basten, the reserve team had made great progress in the league tournament. At the same time, the reserve team was also in high spirits in the reserve cup. The team's atmosphere was very good. Often after the game, everyone would roar in the locker room, "Fight for the first team."
Qin Xiong smiled when he heard that. To be able to imagine such a scene, everyone in the reserve team could be said to be ambitious people who were secretly sharpening their knives to usurp the throne!
When it came to individuals, Maduro was calmer. He insinuated that they were waiting for someone to leave.
Qin Xiong combined his familiarity with the first team and could roughly guess who Maduro was talking about.
The American, O 'Brien.
He and Maduro's positions and roles were similar. He had been at Ajax for many years and had become a peripheral person. However, because of the contract and the fact that he was behind Galasek and De Jong, Ajax did not often play a double defensive midfielder formation. Therefore, O 'Brien had fewer chances to play a single defensive midfielder. Now, there was no need to replace O' Brien with Maduro. Perhaps after O 'Brien left, Maduro would naturally be promoted. This was more humane for the club.
The reason why so many players were transferred from the reserve team to the first team was because Ajax was going to compete in the third round of the Dutch Cup in the middle of the week. Comain wanted to carry out a big rotation to let the reserve team players come up to train.
Before the end of the training, Comain let everyone practice a set piece.
When Qin Xiong was ready to take a free kick, Comain walked to his side and smiled easily. "I heard that you always practice free kicks. How good are you?"
Qin Xiong's opponent was Stekelenburg. He turned his head and glanced at Comain. Without saying a word, he ran up, stood firm and supported himself. Then, he lifted his leg and shot!
There was no human wall in this training. It could be said that it was a long-distance shot without any obstacles. Qin Xiong shot the football at an extremely fast speed without any spin. After rising to a height of three meters above the ground, it flew parallel to the right side of the goal. Stekelenburg had already moved over in advance. However, when the football was about 10 yards away from the goal, the football had an erratic trajectory!
Stekelenburg's eyes widened and hurriedly shifted his center of gravity again. He did not expect the football to fly so irregularly. It was clearly flying to his left, but it suddenly fell and flew slightly to the right!
His arm blocked the football, but he was unable to block the center of the football. After the refraction, the football still flew into the goal.
A burst of strange cries erupted from the side of the training ground. It was unclear whether they were praising Qin Xiong or making fun of Stekelenburg.
Qin Xiong turned his head again to look at Comain. He tilted his head to indicate the direction of the goal and silently replied.
Comain smiled silently. He waved his hand and pointed to some of the players from the reserve team. He asked them to form a human wall. Then, he called out Snede, Van Der Vaart, Ibrahimovic and Qin Xiong. The four of them began a free kick battle!
The reserve team players formed a human wall with sullen faces. There were even people who signaled to Qin Xiong: Lower your strength, lower your strength!
The four First Team players who took the free kicks took turns to take the field. Each of them took 10 free kicks.
When the final result came out, Ibrahimovic's face was gloomy. He had hit 0 out of 10!
Instead, he kicked the reserve team players until they grit their teeth. It was extremely painful.
Snede scored two goals. Van Der Vaart also scored two goals.
Qin Xiong took the lead and scored three goals.
Stekelenburg was not very familiar with Qin Xiong's "elevator ball". Although there were times when he made mistakes, as soon as the trajectory of the elevator ball came out, Stekelenburg basically panicked! Sometimes there would be serious prediction errors. After all, he was a substitute goalkeeper and had not seen many big scenes. If it had been Lobonte, the chances of him making a save would have been much higher.
Comain did not make any comments. He asked the players to tidy up the scattered footballs around the training ground and announced the end of the training.
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