"Frankie, I envy you, you can go to the Europa League semi-finals with the first team."

"The opponent is Lyon in Ligue 1. They are third in Ligue 1 this season and are very strong. I'm afraid I won't have a chance to play by then."

"How could it be? If you are recruited by the first team, you must be recruited only when there is a need for you."

"Maybe they just use me as a backup."

"Don't think too much, I will be in front of the TV to cheer you on when the time comes."

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The first leg of the Europa League semi-finals will be played on May 4.

Before this, the Ajax youth team has 2 games and there are 4 games left in the season.

The Ajax youth team is currently ranked second in the Dutch second division, only 3 points behind the first place Emmen. And there is a direct contest between the two teams in the last four rounds.

However, the Ajax youth team is quite indifferent to this from top to bottom.

Whoever makes the Ajax youth team win the championship will not be able to advance, although Marcel will always say in the locker room that winning the championship is an honor.

But the fact is that there is no honor in winning the championship.

What all the players in the Ajax youth team hope most is not to win the Dutch second division championship, but to be promoted to the first team.

This is the most important thing in a season for the players of the second team.

The fact that the first team needs a forward has also spread in the second team's locker room in the past two weeks.

Therefore, several of the team's forwards are already ready to move.

As for Lin Kedi, he has not been selected once, so he has no hope this time.

What's more, he didn't even make a single appearance in the second team. In the history of Ajax, is there anyone who didn't make a single appearance in the second team and was directly selected for the first team?

Lin Kedi actually checked this question, and the answer seems to be no.

Facts have proved that not everything can be found on the Internet.

Therefore, Link didn't care at all about the news that was spreading wildly in the locker room.

In addition, De Jong was promoted to the first team, and another good relationship, Aiting, was injured and recuperating, so now Lin Kedi's relationship with the rest of the team is relatively normal.

Lin Kedi naturally knows how to avoid such things as shallow exchanges and deep conversations.

Therefore, I will not express any views on this matter.

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April 21st, the 35th round of the Dutch second division.

In this round of the league, Lin Kedi was selected into the squad.

But he still sat on the bench for 90 minutes.

Lin Kedi's performance is still positive.

You may ask, how can you be active if you can’t even play?

Of course, I am more active during training.

But Marcel didn't even give Lin a few minutes of injury time to defeat the enemy.

At the 70th minute of this game, the Ajax youth team was already leading 4-1.

But Marcel held the last substitution spot until the 89th minute, and finally replaced one central defender and replaced him with another.

Lin Kedi didn't know what to say, and he didn't know what happened if he offended Marcel.

However, Lin Kedi is still more willing to think on the positive side.

After all, he is ranked third among centers.

The two people in front of him were not injured and there were no problems, so it seemed that the substitution would not be his turn.

Link is quite good at comforting himself.

But things did not go in a good direction.

Because, the next round of the league is the 36th round of the Dutch Second Division on April 29.

Lin Kedi didn't even make the roster.

Lin Kedi really didn’t know what he had done wrong.

"I train the hardest every day. I am on the substitute team in team training matches and I have scored goals. I don't ask for more. I just want to be a substitute once, and it only takes a few minutes. But it has been 6 rounds of the league. Once

I didn’t even have a chance. One time, I even ran out of substitutions and didn’t give me a chance. Why? I really don’t understand.”

"Lin, I suggest you go and talk to Marcel. This thing is so strange, because we all heard it that day. What Enzo said was that Marcel wanted you to join the second team. But a guy who wanted to

Your coach doesn't give you a chance. This is so strange. And you scored 49 goals in the U18 team. You are not a nobody, but you don't give a chance? If this was at Manchester United, Liverpool

, Real Madrid, that’s possible, but we are Ajax, and we are the team most willing to give young people opportunities in the world, not to mention that this is the second team, and they don’t even give them a chance!”

"You're right! I must talk to Marcel about this matter, at least let him know my attitude of wanting to play football."

"I think you can ask him if you did something wrong——"

"I don't think I did anything wrong. I want to ask him, why did you ask me to join the second team but didn't give me a chance?"

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May 4th, the day of the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals.

The Ajax second team did not train or play on this day.

But on this day, Marcel Keizer appeared on the training ground of the second team.

Because last night, Lin Kedi took the initiative to call him, hoping to have time to chat.

Of course Marcel knew why Lin Kedi came.

So I chose the rest day directly and chatted directly at the team's training ground.

Marcel arrived very early, but Link arrived even earlier.

When Marcel arrived, he saw Lin Kedi was not idle, practicing shooting.

But there was no wave on Marcel's face.

He walked straight towards Lin Kedi.

"Lin, do you have something to tell me?"

Lin Kedi actually came an hour early, thinking that it was just a good time to practice shooting more, and before he knew it, he had already practiced for almost 40 minutes.

But just now he caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye.

But Lin Kedi did not disrupt his training rhythm. Even if he heard that the man's voice was Marcel Keizer, he had no intention of stopping. Instead, he insisted on finishing the remaining shot before turning to

Turn around and face Marcel.

Marcel looked at the way Lin Kedi looked at him.

"You, if you have something to say, just say it. Time on rest days is still very precious."

"Okay. Coach, what I want to ask is also very simple. Why did you transfer me from U18 to the second team, but after 6 games, I didn't even get a chance for one minute. I don't understand.

,Why is this?"

"I think players only need to do one thing, and that is to abide by the coach's rules and respect every decision made by the coach."

"So, coach, this is the answer you gave me? No answer?"

"My answer is, I don't think you have reached the level of a second-team forward, so I won't send you on the field."

"Then why did you transfer me to the second team? If I didn't reach the level, wouldn't it be better to keep me in U18?"

Faced with Lin Kedi's question, Marcel had no way to answer it.

Because the decision to transfer Lin Kedi to the second team was not made by him at all.

But Peter Bosz personally called him and said that this was a decision jointly made by him and Edwin van der Sar. They believed that Lin Kedi was a very talented forward and his progress in the U18

The number of goals has proved this, and he needs to play in a higher-level league area, so Boss hopes that Lin Kedi can be promoted to the second team for training.

To be honest, Marcel's first reaction when he heard the call was to reject the promotion.

Because he is a person with a strong desire for control, he hopes that the team can be built according to his own wishes and that the players can choose according to their own wishes.

But this time, Van der Sar also called Marcel after Bosch's call.

The meaning is the same.

And Marcel realized that Van der Sar admired this Chinese man very much.

This made Marcel very unhappy. He felt that the head coach of the first team and the general manager of the team had interfered in his work, which made him very dissatisfied.

But he couldn't refuse, because the head coach of Ajax's second team has such a position. He needs to select talents from the youth team and help players who cannot play the main role in the first team to maintain their condition.

This job is inherently non-optional.

Because when the contract was signed at the beginning, there were relevant provisions in it.

So Marcel can only transfer Lin Kedi to the second team.

But after Lin Kedi arrives, the better Lin Kedi performs in training and the better he performs in team competitions, Marcel will feel that his power is draining away.

So, Marcel made such a decision, he decided not to give Lin Kedi any chance to play.
Chapter completed!