Before the Christmas holiday, the Eredivisie ushered in a 25-day winter break.

The Dutch U18 League also ushered in the winter break.

Notre Dame High School ushered in more than two weeks of Christmas vacation, which lasted from the week before Christmas to the first week of the following year.

Ajax U18 will regroup on January 3, 2017 and restart preparations for the second half of the league season.

Ajax U18 team won 13 games in the first half of the league, lost 1 game and drew 4 games. It is currently ranked first in the U18 league, but it is only 1 point ahead of Eindhoven U18 team.

That’s all. This top position is not very stable.

But for Enzo, the good news is that Gakpo has left the Eindhoven U18 team and been promoted to the first team.

After losing a powerful shooter, PSV's scoring efficiency also dropped significantly.

On the contrary, Ajax U18 has a scoring machine in the youth league.

Therefore, Enzo can be said to be full of confidence in winning the U18 league championship this season.

If there is anything else that can hinder the U18 team from winning the championship.

Enzo believed in only one thing - that Lin Kedi was promoted to the second team.

The better Lin Kedi's performance is now, the more Enzo is afraid of this matter.

Although Enzo knew that there was no way to stop this, after all, Ajax has always had a tradition of reusing young players. Sometimes, they would even reward some youth training players and promote them to the first team to experience professional football.

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For example, at the end of each season, the coaches of the first team will always select people from all echelons to the first team, allowing them to participate in the training of the first team and feel the atmosphere of the first team.

Ajax Club has always been in this development model.

Enzo understands and knows that this method is the most suitable for Ajax's development model.

But when you are on the chessboard, it is difficult to be rational.

Recently, Enzo has been afraid of meeting the second team coach Marcel Keizer.

Because Marcel took the initiative to find Enzo before Christmas.

Even though it was January 15th now, almost three weeks had passed, but Enzo still remembered the conversation clearly.

"Enzo, how are you doing?"

"Marcel? Why do you have time to come to me? You must be very busy recently, right? After all, the second team just lost so miserably last week."

"I remember we were still good friends back then. Even though we don't see each other very often now, we can still be considered ordinary friends. Why do we talk like this when we meet?"

"Forget it, forget it, what do you need from me?"

"Of course I'm looking for you for work matters."

"Work? You mean?"

"Yes, it's that Chinese boy Lin Ke. Both of our forwards are injured, and now we can only let the attacking midfielder play as a center forward. So I think of our Ajax youth training camp. This sight makes me realize

I found out, Enzo, you brought out a good player, scored so many goals, and will definitely break the scoring record."

"No, you can't take him away! This season is when we have the best chance to regain the U18 league championship. U18 cannot live without Lin! And he is not yet 16 years old, he can't play in the professional league!"

"Of course I know this. But it's only four months. I can wait until March 29, and I will promote him to the Ajax second team."

"You can't do this!"

"Can't do this? No, of course I can do this. And this matter is not yours to say, and I believe Lin is definitely willing to be promoted to our second team."

The conversation ended here, because Enzo could no longer remember whether he left directly or after saying something.

But Enzo himself knows that Marcel's last words are right, because no youth team player can refuse to play in the professional league.

Enzo can only pray for one thing now, and that is that Marcel will no longer need Link to defeat the enemy.

Let Lin Kedi stay in U18 for a full season. Enzo prays like this.

He hopes to win the first championship in his coaching career, but now it seems that Lin Keen is very much needed for this championship.

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January 17th, the first league game of the U18 team after the winter break.

Ajax U18 vs Advance Eagles U18.

In this game, Lin Kedi was placed at the center position.

However, in this game, Lin Kedi's performance was average and he was severely restricted by the opponent's double midfielders.

But even so, Lin Kedi still sent a wonderful pass at the 75th minute of the game, assisting Filippo to score the only goal of the game.

Continue to maintain the top position in the U18 league.

After this game.

Enzo and the coaching staff continue to hold meetings once a week as usual.

"Enzo, I think there is a piece of data that you should pay attention to."

"What data?"

Berea did not speak, but handed a report to Enzo.

When Enzo took the report, the first thing he saw was the words marked in bold.

[8 assists, ranking fourth in the team in assists]

"What's wrong?"

Enzo looked at Berea with a blank expression.

Berea couldn't see the result he wanted from Enzo's face, so he was a little discouraged and even a little shocked.

"Enzo, don't you think Lin's assists are also very good?"

"Fourth in the team, it's really okay."

"No, no, no, Enzo, I don't think you realize Lin's comprehensiveness."

Enzo looked up at his friend.

"Comprehensiveness? I've played left winger, right winger and center this season. Isn't that comprehensive?"

"It's not about the comprehensiveness of this position change, but you should no longer use Lin Kedi as a dedicated center. You should let him work hard to improve towards an all-around center. He has this potential, and his passing ability

The ball is very good among centers. Although he is only 1.76 meters now, we have also measured his bone age and height. He can grow to about 1.85 meters, so he is definitely the embryo of a very good all-round center!"

At this time, Enzo began to take a serious look at his old friend.

"Berea, I know what you said, but the team's offensive tactics are like this now, and Lin's scoring efficiency is very high. Lin can play a big role in our offensive tactics. In fact, his

His shooting skills are much better than the other two in the frontcourt. So - you said that if you don't let Lin shoot, let him pass the ball to Filippo or Mindre?"

As soon as Berea heard this, he knew that his good friend had no intention of adopting his suggestion.

"But - isn't the greatest significance of our youth team's existence just to train players? This is what you told me not long ago!"

"But the championship is equally important!"

Enzo suddenly roared, frightening all the coaches present.

But Berea was unmoved because he discovered that his old friend had gone astray in his coaching philosophy.

Because the topic of whether championships are important is basically a topic that does not need to be discussed in the first-team professional football. But in the youth team, this is really a topic that needs to be discussed.

And the consistent philosophy of the Ajax youth team is - if we train good players, champions will naturally come.

Note that this is in order, and Ajax youth training coaches have always upheld the important task of cultivating players.

As for the championship, that is a natural result.

However, Berea discovered that his good friend Enzo Ference had already put the championship first.
Chapter completed!