What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 28
22 goals in 39 games.

Even though Lin Kedi has almost reached the average of one goal per game, this is not the goal record of the Dutch U18 League.

"Do you know who the goal record holder of the U18 league is?" (It's really hard to find on the Chinese Internet)

In the dormitory of the Ajax youth training camp, Filippo suddenly asked Lin Kedi a question.

"Who?"

"Ince Taylor. He scored 35 goals in 55 games. Even in the youth league, that's a staggering number."

"Wait, Filippo, Ince Taylor? I don't seem to have heard of it. Which team is he in the Eredivisie now?"

"Why do you think he's in the Eredivisie?"

"Isn't it here, went to another league?"

"No, he didn't get a foothold in the Eredivisie at all."

"No way, after scoring 55 goals, you still can't gain a foothold in the Eredivisie League?"

"That's it. Ince Taylor was the first Golden Boot after the restructuring of the Dutch U18 league. It was the distant 08-09 season. After that season, he was promoted to the second team by Feyenoord. A standard process. However, Ince Taylor, who has killed all sides in the U18 league, has hit a wall everywhere in the Dutch second league. He played 12 times in half a season and failed to score a goal. In fact, I think Feyenoord is also very good He had his chance, as a striker, one goal and 12 appearances."

"You only said half a season? Did he leave later?"

"Exactly! During the winter window, he was given up by Feyenoord's second team. At that time, the head coach of Feyenoord's second team told him directly that there was no place for him for the rest of the season. He could Choose to try another team. At that time, Telstadt, the relegation team of the Dutch second team, signed him, but he was not as good as Feyenoord in Telstra. The remaining half In the season, he only played 3 times, and he didn't score a goal. The 1 appearances added up to less than 3 minutes. At the end of the last season, he was terminated by Telstar and went to Katwijk in the Dutch League. Except at Katwick, he only played in single digits a season. After that season in Katwick, he went to play in the African league. Yes, you heard that right, the African league— — Seriously, I don’t even know any countries in Africa that have leagues.”

"now what?"

"He retired a long time ago, who knows, anyway, you can't search for this person on the Internet, you can only search for his name in some battle reports of the Feyenoord second team at that time, but that's all, Fei There is no photo of him on Yernold's official website, no photo of him online, no information about him on social networks."

"Wait, there is no information about him anywhere, how do you know?"

"Before you came, last season, the fitness coach of the U18 team, Fields Saeed, used to work as a video analyst for Feyenoord's U18 team. This is what he told us."

“总觉得有点不可思议，在U18联赛都能打进55球了，但是去到荷乙连1球都进不了？好歹有12次出场啊，12次出场1球都进不了？”

"What's so surprising about this. There is an insurmountable gap between the youth team league and the professional league. To take the simplest point, the training days of the professional league are basically two training days a day. We Well, basically all of them are part-timers and come to train after finishing school, except for the kind of talent who can be promoted to the professional league, and ordinary talented young players are also lost."

Seeing that Lin Kedi was so unfamiliar with professional football, Filippo told him again.

"Actually speaking, I just entered professional youth training three years earlier than you, but you really don't know many things if you don't enter this circle. Youth training is also very cruel, although Ajax is the largest youth training team in Europe. The team, their first team uses the most youth players in the Eredivisie. I don’t know if it is the most in the top European leagues, but it must be in the top. But with so many players in the youth team, they were promoted to the second team in the end. It’s all pitifully small.”

"Teams in any professional league are similar. Only a very small number of people can become professional players and enter the professional arena. The rest will change careers, and those who don't change careers will go to low-level leagues. There is no other way. Yes. This is why most European countries require youth players to train while going to school, this is to ensure that you can have other outlets after you can’t enter the professional system.”

"Filippo—why did you suddenly become so profound today? You don't look like a Brazilian at all."

"No, it's because I'm a Brazilian that I know how difficult the road to professional football is. That's why I took it so seriously when I was in school."

"You're so serious about going to school, aren't you going to kick it up?"

Lin Kedi responded jokingly when he heard Filippo say this at first.

But seeing Filippo didn't smile at all.

"What do you mean, I remember you are only 18 years old. There is no need to make a decision so early, didn't you tell me? You will not be able to play in the youth team league until you are 20 years old at the latest?"

"I said, but those opportunities are reserved for those players who don't have to work hard for their livelihood. They may be able to rely on their parents to support them. They can stay as long as possible and hope for a miracle. But I can't, I still have a family to support. Although the salary of Ajax youth players is already the highest in the Dutch professional football youth team, but I calculated that after I graduated from high school, I went to work on a fishing boat, and the salary was higher than mine now. .”

"But, you are now the main right winger of Ajax U18. Isn't this position good enough?"

"Remember that guy I told you about a few minutes ago? Do you remember his name? Ince Taylor. I can't be like him and waste a few more years because I don't even qualify for the second team. No. So, I have to make a plan early. In fact, I should have told you a long time ago. But I have never had a chance to say it. Today is just a holiday, and you haven’t come home, so I am going to tell you. After all, you are me here The most compatible friends in the three years of the youth training camp."

"Filippo—"

"Lin, you are talented. I think you are far more than that Ince Taylor. The thing I just said was more just to draw out my own affairs, and I didn't mean to bad-mouth you. I just returned Enjoy it."

When Filippo said this, he was silent for a while, and Lin Kedi immediately expressed that he understood, and when he wanted to continue, Filippo shook his head and continued.

"You are the most talented player I have seen in the three years I have been at Ajax. You can definitely go to the second team and perform as well as here. But I can't do it. I need to support my mother, brother, and sister in Brazil. Therefore, I will choose to leave after the end of this season. In the next days, I will keep my feet on the ground."

Lin Kedi saw Filippo's relieved look after he finished speaking.

I also know that my good friend has made up his mind, and it is difficult to persuade him.

(End of this chapter)