Chapter 42: A draw

The current goalkeeper of Ajax, Stecklenburg, saw Van Persie shooting out the football, immediately ran to the right. He judged the route of the ball, but because the power of the shot this time was too large and the angle was too tricky, Stecklenburg could only try his best to swim and then barely touch the football with his fingertips, but he did not completely hit the football.

Although the football is touched by the fingertips of Stecklenburg, it has not had much impact on the football. The football still flew into the net.

"gooooooooooooal!! Van Persie's free kick scored directly, it was a wonderful shot." The entire Feyenoord stadium suddenly became excited, and Feyenoord's fans were shouting wildly. Although they only equalized the score, they seemed to be happier than winning the game.

At this time, Van Persie rushed out to the grass in the direction of Feyenoord's seat and slid. Then, after he got up, he accepted the hugs from the substitutes to celebrate.

However, only Feyenoord's head coach Van Marvik did not go forward to celebrate with Van Persie, and Van Persie did not take the initiative to find Van Marvik to express his gratitude.

The two of them ignored each other, as if they were just like each other's air now.

The referee did not continue to let Ajax continue to kick off in the midfield. He blew the whistle to the end of the game. In the end, Ajax paid the price for his conservative tactics away. They won a draw with two goals leading, but what comforted all Ajax fans was that their captain Mark won the best player of the game.

Mark felt very harsh when he heard the celebrating victory by the Feyenoord fans at the De Kuip Stadium. Although Mark performed well in this game, Mark still did not help the team win the game. Even in the last second of the game, Mark believed that the victory belonged to his team, and knew that Van Persie's free kick changed Mark's idea.

After looking at the goalkeeper Stecklenburg's somewhat disappointed look, he felt that he should do something, after all, he was still the captain on the field.

"Mateng, cheer up," Mark said to Stecklenburg, who is four years older than him: "Your save just now was very beautiful. If the angle was not too clever, I think you would have been able to save the football."

Although Stecklemberg was still a little unwilling to accept Mark's words, he felt a lot more comfortable. Sometimes a simple comfort can change people's mood.

In fact, Mark can comfort others, but he feels uncomfortable now. However, Mark, who has always refused to admit defeat, vowed that in the next game of Feyenoord, he will definitely let the team remember that Ajax is not easy to mess with. Fairy Ajax is just asking you for some external reasons. When you meet again, it will be enough for you to suffer.

After the game, Mark also became the focus of the court, especially when he explained the shot that Shinji Ono directly kicked Shinji Ono's head and the shot that caused Shinji Ono to faint directly.

And many sharp-eyed reporters found that Ajax player Ibrahimovic had been wrapped around his nose and went to the hospital during the halftime break, which made the media very excited to know what was going on.

However, the Ajax team has now taken their own bus back to Amsterdam, so even if these reporters want to interview Mark and dig up the inside story of Ajax, they have no chance at the moment.

"Don't be discouraged. We didn't lose this game. It would be a good result to get a point away. As long as we play every league game next, the final league championship will be ours." Head coach Koeman said comforting to all the players in the car.

In fact, this game was entirely Koeman's command mistake, which caused such a situation now. Although Koeman knew in his heart that it was his own mistake, he was still unwilling to admit it, because he thought he would be embarrassed and lose the weight of his iron-blooded coach in the hearts of the players.

But what he didn't know was that sometimes a person made mistakes and needed to admit it. Some world-class coaches took the initiative to take responsibility after the game because they were afraid that the players would be under too much pressure.

Ajax's road is still smooth now. Maybe the players will not have any problems, but once Ajax encounters difficulties, Koeman's personality will definitely bring him a crisis of trust.

"This game is all about my captain on the court. I didn't focus on Van Persie. If I could limit him, he wouldn't have the chance to cut across." Mark took the lead in making a review and apologized to all the players.

Next, it was like an apology meeting. All the players told the mistakes of this game. This was Mark's head. In fact, Mark had no mistakes at all, because although Mark had just started to mark Van Persie, when Grigra came on the court, Koeman moved Mark's position to the left of the center back to defend Kuyt.

Moreover, under Mark's defense, Kuyt completely lost any chance and almost became a spectator on the court. So Mark was not only not wrong, but he performed better than other players. This is why Mark was able to win the best player after the game in a draw.

"Okay, everyone doesn't need to review it. Although we didn't win the opponent in this game, I won't ask everyone to practice more next time. Don't worry." Koeman seemed to have seen the purpose of these players, so Koeman said generously.

After hearing Koeman's words, most of the players smiled on their faces. They were waiting for the head coach's words, but there were still a few players who were sincerely blaming themselves. Among them were Heatinga, who made Kuyt score a goal under his own defense, De Jong, who caused a direct free kick opportunity, and Strecklenburg, who did not save the equalizer in the end, and Mark who did not win in this game.

But these people were not immersed in self-blame for too long. Soon the atmosphere of the Ajax players in the car became lively. Everyone started chatting and singing. The players who were in self-blame also showed smiles on their faces and were entertaining happily with everyone.

Soon the bus drove back to Amsterdam, and the head coach then took a day off as usual to give the players some rest.

Now Ajax is caught up by second place Eindhoven after the draw in the last game, but Ajax is still far ahead of the Eredivisie standings with an eleven point lead.

Since the team has been on vacation for one day, Mark still has nowhere to go, he simply played videos with his parents at home. Through chatting with his parents online, Mark learned that his parents have bought more than a dozen stores in his small town and rented them out.

Mark's father Jack Ma has now become a landlord that everyone envies. Of course, this is also thanks to the fact that the economy in Mark's small town is not very developed, so holidays are much cheaper than those second- and third-tier cities.

However, for Jack Ma and his wife who have been busy for half their lives, they suddenly felt like they didn't know what to do after they got idle, and they suddenly lost motivation. They worked hard to make money every day to hope that they could live a better life and let Mark suffer less.

Now Mark is already promising and is rich now, so Jack Ma and his wife don’t know what to do every day.

"You are just walking around now. Don't your dad like to travel? I guess it would take decades if you travel all over China." Mark gave them a suggestion.

Mark's suggestion is indeed good. Jack Ma is really a person who "finds the immortals of the Five Mountains and travels to famous mountains all his life". However, he had never had the opportunity to travel because he was busy with business. Now, after Mark put forward this suggestion, it was still very consistent with Jack Ma's thoughts. Jack Ma discussed with his wife and began to prepare a plan to visit the beautiful mountains of the motherland.

"No need to save money. I have to cover all the costs of your travel. Your son is also a rich man now." In the end, Mark was afraid that his parents would not be able to play the benefits when they were traveling for money, so he had to give some advice to his parents.

Jack Ma now feels that Mark has really grown up and feels more and more distressed. Although Jack Ma still saves money after Mark says such words, he still accepts his feelings for his children with a smile, but as for how to do it, it is his business.

After Mark closed the remote video with his parents, the next step was the training program. Training will always be Mark's unchanging theme.

Mark, who entered the "Dream Space", gained the honor points of this game. Since Ajax was just a draw in the last game, Mark only got ten points of honor points. However, because Mark scored two goals in the last game and won the best in the game, the system will give Mark a reward of 40 points. The honor points of Mark now have 200 points. Originally, Mark should have more honor points, but because Mark has to train in the Dream Space every day, the consumption is also amazing, so the 200 points of honor points is already a lot for Mark.

Suddenly, after Mark finished the day of training in the dream space, Mark suddenly felt very tired. After all, although the training in the "Dream Space" will not have any impact on his body, it will still bring double fatigue to Mark's spirit.

Mark just wants to lie down and take a rest, and have a good sleep. After two hours of rest, Mark woke up. After looking at the watch, Mark's fatigue has weakened a lot. It seems that sleep is still helpful for his mental recovery.

Although Mark felt his head still heavy now, he decided to go out for a walk and see the scenery of Amsterdam, which is also beneficial to alleviating his mental fatigue.

Mark now leaves his villa and rides his bicycle to the streets of Amsterdam. In fact, in theory, stars like Mark should own private cars, so why do he still wander around Amsterdam by car and bicycle?

Actually, this is the case. Although Mark has some money now, buying a car is not a big deal for him, but Mark does not have a driver's license yet. For Mark, who does not have a driver's license, he is not allowed to drive on the road. Moreover, Mark is very busy every day now, and he doesn't have time to sign up for a driving training class to learn driving skills.

So now Mark is still riding his bicycle in Amsterdam, just like he is not famous. It is already an afternoon in Dutch time. Mark is idle and comes to the Dutch Palace (koninklijkpaleis).

The Dutch Royal Palace is the essence of the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. It was originally built as a city hall. Construction started in 1648, with 13,659 stakes on the foundation. It was used as the royal palace of Napoleon and his brother when it was occupied by Napoleon. It was returned to the municipal government in 1813. It was owned by the royal family in 1935. It is now a guesthouse for the royal family. However, Mark has no interest in this palace. The Dutch Royal Palace is not open to the public now. Only some important guests will open for a period of time after they come. It is obvious that Mark's identity has not yet reached the point where the Dutch Royal Palace is welcomed directly. Mark came here to see the Duschaf Wax Museum on the left side of the palace.

Madame Tussauds' Wax Museum is on the left side of the palace. It is the branch of the British Wax Museum. Mrs. Tussan first built a Wax Museum in London, England. Now it has branches in New York, Las Vegas and Hong Kong, USA. It mainly displays wax figures of celebrities.

After buying a ticket, Mark entered the wax museum for a visit. As soon as he entered the museum, it was a real scene that combined with the times, reflecting the prosperous golden age of Amsterdam. Inside, it turned into a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere. This is the theme of "Pirates of the Caribbean". Walking into a dark house, in the winding passage, there were a few people pretending to be ghosts to scare visitors. Anyway, they were all the haunted houses in the amusement park, which was meaningless. If you really entered the wax museum, you would find it fun. Like other wax museums, there are mainly politicians, local historical celebrities, and today's stars. Mark was not interested in these stars, and the ones that made Mark most interested were these football stars. However, it seemed that there were no other stars here except the old generation of football superstars, the Three Dutch Musketeers.

"What I did is really like that." Mark couldn't help but praise him in his heart after looking at the lifelike appearance of the three Dutch musketeers in the sports general area. Mark had seen Van Basten himself. It can be said that Mark now is fully qualified to comment.

"When will I have such a cool wax figure?" Mark thought in his heart.

But what surprised Mark was that there seemed to be only wax figures of the Three Dutch Musketeers, and other people's wax figures, such as the Dutch wax figures of Cruyff, Koeman, and Debord brothers, Mark did not find them.

After asking and explaining, Mark realized that these people had either not been made wax figures or had their wax figures removed. After all, those people are no longer popular, so the wax figures are going to be updated. The current Three Dutch Musketeers were also displayed this week, and ordinary people can't see them at other times.

After hearing this, Mark not only sighed: "When seeing a professional player pass their peak moment, he will be replaced by others. Now the new players who watch the game may have forgotten the elegant style of the Dutch Three Musketeers."

In fact, Mark only saw the heroic posture of the Three Dutch Musketeers galloping on the court in his vague memory when he was a child. CCTV had just broadcast the Serie A short time ago, Mark had not received professional football training at that time. In that league called "small world", Mark met the unstoppable style of the Three Dutch Musketeers. At that time, Mark was only four or five years old. From then on, Mark fell in love with football and went out of control.

However, what makes Mark most depressed is that the domestic head coaches let him play as a Chinese defender. Maybe Mark is born one head higher than other players, and his foot skills are not very good, so there seems to be no other choice if he doesn't play as a central defender.

"Ding Ding Ding" At this time, Mark's phone rang. Mark saw that the caller ID was called by Colos.

"Dear, do you know who I am? Have you missed me recently?" Colos's sweet voice rang on the phone.

"It seems that we really respond to the old saying in China: "I have a heart-to-heart relationship. I just thought of you and was about to call you. How are you doing in the United States? Have you paid attention to rest?" Mark said with a smile on the side of the phone.

"Haha, dear, let me tell you good news. I have been selected as the cover girl by the American magazine "vogue". Do you know how famous this is? I am really lucky. Are you happy for me?" Kolos said excitedly on the other end of the phone.

"Then you have to congratulate you, my dear, you are one step closer to your goal. I really think I am a basketball player now, so I can join you in some ways." Mark didn't know what "vogue" magazine was, but he still congratulated Kroos and then coaxed Kroos.
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