amazing coach

Chapter 23 Heroes and Beauties

The fourth-level amateur team Oriental Dragons eliminated the Dutch second division leader AZ Alkmaar and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Dutch Cup. This was a result that no one with extraordinary imagination could have imagined before the game.

Compared to the battle between the Eredivisie teams, there were almost no media to cover this inconspicuous contest before the game, and there was no live TV broadcast. This game was too inconspicuous. The Eredivisie 2 is a marginalized league, unless there is no Eredivisie.

Only when the team participates in the competition will they be noticed. Although the leaders of the Dutch second division are nothing in Dutch football, they are out of reach in front of amateur teams and are like the Alps.

But it was completely different after the game between Alkmaar and Oriental Dragons. According to the principles of news interviews, Alkmaar's elimination of Oriental Dragons is not news, but Oriental Dragons' elimination of Alkmaar is definitely news, and it is sensational.

Effect news.

After a comprehensive report by Hendry, a reporter from the little-known tabloid "Amsterdam Comprehensive", various media outlets reported on this game one after another and conducted interviews with this team, which is mainly composed of Chinese immigrants. However, in just a few days

On that day, the Oriental Dragons became famous throughout the Netherlands, and some European media even mentioned this in every corner. After all, it is not something that can be seen every year for a team from the fourth-level amateur league to reach the top 16.

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When a miracle occurs, fans naturally want to ask why the miracle happened and who directed this miracle. The media will definitely not miss this opportunity to catch the fans' attention.

The famous Dutch broadsheet "Daily Telegraph" used "Who is the hero" as the headline, and rarely devoted a page to praising the fourth-level amateur team Oriental Dragons.

"The Oriental Dragons, this is an unknown name, is one of the tens of thousands of amateur clubs in the Netherlands, and it is an extremely ordinary one. They have never reached the fourth round of the Dutch Cup before. They are the best.

The result was that they reached the third round under the leadership of former Dutch international Linna Zhou, and now, they have successfully become one of the 16 best teams in the Dutch Cup. What happened in the meantime?

Things started with the Immigration Cup three months ago. The Oriental Dragons are a team mainly composed of immigrants. In order to prepare for the Immigration Cup, they invited Jiang Mu, a Chinese coach who stayed in the Netherlands due to illness.

It seems that Jiang Mu also has a legend in the Netherlands. He applied for a job to almost all professional teams in the Netherlands, but no one was willing to hire him. And now the facts have proved that Jiang Mu does have the talent to become a professional coach.

After just one month of leading the team, Jiang Mu led the Chinese immigrant team to win the Immigration Cup. Three months later, he led the fourth-level amateur team Oriental Dragons to defeat Dutch second division leader AZ Alkmaar.

To accomplish such a feat in three months, Jiang Mu's emergence can be described as coming out of nowhere. Although Alkmaar Ke Liang and Zhou Xiaohu were eliminated this time, the real hero is Jiang Mu. Without him, this would not be possible.

A giant oriental dragon that creates miracles.

Although the Oriental Dragons play in an amateur league, not many videos have been transmitted to the outside world, but if you pay a little attention, you can find the reason why the Oriental Dragons have undergone such a transformation: the young Chinese Jiang Mu gave this amateur team

The team brought new tactics, the 433 formation transformed into a defensive counterattack formation with three midfielders, the 433 winger cutting-in tactic, and the frontcourt pressing tactic, although these tactics are just a small adaptation of Dutch football tactics.

It’s a small deformation, but this kind of deformation is very fatal, because after hundreds of years of development, football’s tactical system has become very rigorous, and it is great to make even a little change...”

The "Daily Telegraph" report made Jiang Mu famous overnight. Although fans still don't pay much attention to this tasteless Dutch Cup, everyone in the Dutch football circle knows that the amateur league has a talented coach from China. Some top amateurs

Teams in the league wanted to hire Jiang Mu as their assistant coach, but they were all rejected by Jiang Mu. He was in the amateur league and had no interest in invitations from other amateur leagues.

The day after the game, Jiang Mu came to work at the travel company as usual. Although his success in the Dutch Cup brought him great fame, it did not bring any fundamental changes to his life.

In addition to leading the team for training and games, he also has to make money to support himself.

I took this domestic tour group around some famous attractions in the Netherlands, and then went to Amsterdam's famous red light district in the evening. China was still very closed in the late 1990s, even though this tour group was all publicly funded bureaucrats.

, they are also full of curiosity and longing for the red light district. Jiang Mu brought them here at night to create opportunities for them. After all, everyone is in the same unit under the blue sky and it is not too embarrassing to watch. There are no so many worries at night.

After sending the guests to the booked hotel, Jiang Mu's work was officially over. He worked more than ten hours a day. No matter how beautiful the scenery in the Netherlands was, he was tired of it. Jiang Mu just wanted to go back to the kennel where he and Zhao Guangming lived.

, take a bath, drink a glass of wine, have a good sleep, and eliminate the fatigue of the day.

A brisk and melodious "Turkish March" played, and Jiang Mu took out his cell phone. It was actually a call from Sihelinja, which surprised Jiang Mu.

"Hello, Miss Shurinja, how are you?"

"I'm Shilinjia, hello, Mr. Jiang?" Shilinjia's light and elegant voice came from the mobile phone.

"Miss Shrinja, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing serious, I'm just bored. I want to buy you a drink and talk about Eastern culture."

"Invite me to have a drink and talk about Eastern culture?" Jiang Mu almost thought he heard wrongly. A woman like Schlinja, whose father is the owner of Frisia and D Bank, a large Dutch insurance company, also has

Many financial industries, I am a top beauty, it can be said that she has both wealth and appearance. When she is bored, young talents who want to drink with her can be arranged from Amsterdam to Rotterdam. She actually takes the initiative to invite her to drink and chat. If Jiang Mu

If he thinks it's normal, he is definitely not a normal person.

"Yes, there is a saying in China that if you have no business, don't go to the Three Treasures Palace. Does drinking and chatting count as a business?"

"Haha, Miss Shelinja, going to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing means visiting other people's homes. Do you want to come to my home?"

Jiang Mu didn't believe that Sihelinjia really wanted to talk to him about Eastern culture, but since they were meeting soon, there was no need for him to ask on the phone. Only the fool and the eunuch Liu Xiahui would ask on the phone.

"Where are you now?"

"Amsterdam, getting ready to go home."

"Oh, great, I happen to be in Amsterdam too, but I won't go to your house. Let's go to Paganini Bar. What do you think, Mr. Jiang?"

"I have no objection to this, because I rarely go out to bars and have no money."

"Don't worry about this. You don't have to pay for it, and it won't be copied. I'll treat you." Shelinjia said with a chuckle.

"Okay, I'll invite you back when I get paid."

"Yes, I remember." Shelinjia replied seriously.

Paganini Bar is located next to the famous Leidse Square in the middle of Amsterdam, overlooking one of the most distinctive canals in the city. It is a bar favored by upper-class young people. Jiang Mu and Schlinja came to the bar

There were very few people at that time, and the nightlife in Amsterdam had not yet begun. Schlinja ordered two glasses of gin at the bar, and she and Jiang Mu found a quiet seat with a better view and sat down.

Gin can be regarded as the national drink of the Netherlands. It is a spirit made by fermenting and distilling barley, oats and wheat, and adding juniper berries. The alcohol concentration is more than 35%. Gin

The name of the wine comes from the Latin word for juniper berry, which means to energize and restore vitality.

Jiang Mu took a sip, sighed, and said, "Fame and wealth are all in vain. After work every day, find a bar and drink two glasses of gin leisurely with a beautiful woman. I think this is life."

"Does this seem to be your Chinese Taoist ideology?"

Shilinjia put her white hooded jacket on the back of the chair and crossed her legs elegantly. Even when she was in and out of bars, her dress was still simple and low-key, but her tall and attractive figure and elegant temperament

It still attracted a lot of attention.

"It seems that you really know something about Chinese culture." Jiang Mu was a little awe-struck, because many girls said they like Chinese culture, but only for a long time, every Chinese has a Laozi and a Confucius deep in their souls.

One is born, one enters the world, one is passive and the other is active."

Although Jiang Mu doesn't know much about Taoism and Confucianism, as long as he is Chinese, what he hears from them is enough to stun any Nordic girl.

"It's really far away and mysterious. Can you tell me the story of Laozi and Confucius?"

Silinja smiled and said, for rich and beautiful women, there is a mortal enemy that they can never avoid. This enemy follows them all the time and constantly interferes with their lives. This mortal enemy is called boredom.

Children from rich families have never had material worries or dissatisfaction in life. Once they are beautiful women, they will have a strong sense of boredom from the bottom of their hearts because they have everything and party every day.

, good wine, handsome men, and a stable future. There is nothing in life that they need to pursue anymore. Instead, they fall into endless emptiness mentally. Their daily life is rich and boring. At this time, if they meet a very

A unique man, a very "boredom-relieving" man, she was easily attracted to him.

"Of course, but there are too many stories about Confucius. If you want to listen to them all, you may have to ask me to be your tutor. I don't have many stories about Lao Tzu, so I will first tell you a story about Lao Tzu who turned Hu into a Buddha."

Although Jiang Mu has never been in the habit of telling stories to others, when faced with a beautiful woman, he immediately changed his habit and told Sihelinjia vividly the story of Lao Tzu going out to Hangu Pass to write the Tao Te Ching.