Chapter 317

When he was discharged from the hospital, Jiang Xiaolin held a press conference to thank the hospital and orthopedic experts for their information and rehabilitation guidance.

At the same time, Jiang Xiaolin said that he had fully recovered both physically and mentally, and as long as he returned to the club for a little recovery training, he would be able to start playing soon.

The Alkmaar club was very excited. When interviewed by reporters, the players, coaches and fans all expressed their hope that Jiang Xiaolin would return to the club as soon as possible to participate in recovery training and then fight with the team in the Eredivisie.

Jiang Xiaolin certainly also hopes to participate in the game as soon as possible.

Therefore, he did not return to his hometown. After asking his domestic agent Fan Hongyu to send his mother Jiang Liantao and cousin Jiang Xueling back to his hometown, Jiang Xiaolin flew to the Netherlands with his agent Baker.

Just when Jiang Xiaolin flew back to the Netherlands, on October 23, the first round of the UEFA Cup group stage officially began.

In the first round, Alkmaar played away against Dinamo Zagreb, Udinese played at home against Tottenham Hotspur, and Spartak Moscow had a bye.

As a result, Udinese defeated Tottenham at home, but Alkmaar was defeated 3-2 by Dinamo Zagreb away and lost the first game.

After the team returned to Alkmaar after the away game, they did not take a day off the next day and started training directly.

At the same time, Jiang Xiaolin, who had returned to Alkmaar, also officially returned to the team to report.

Now Jiang Xiaolin's status and financial resources are different. He no longer lives in the house rented by the club. Instead, Baker rented a villa for him. The housekeeping company cleaned and arranged it in advance. Jiang Xiaolin moved in directly after returning to the Netherlands.

In addition, Jiang Xiaolin's status is different now. If he still walks or takes a taxi to train and play every day, let alone whether he will be laughed at, his safety alone is a hidden danger.

Therefore, Baker rented a good-quality car for Jiang Xiaolin and hired a designated driver, who was responsible for picking up and dropping off Jiang Xiaolin every day in the early stage and teaching Jiang Xiaolin to drive after training.

After Jiang Xiaolin learned to drive and got a driver's license, the designated driver could leave with a thank-you fee.

On the morning of October 24, when the team started training, Jiang Xiaolin, accompanied by Baker, entered the club office building and met with the boss, manager and others to thank them for the contract renewal.

Although Baker analyzed the team's motivation for standing up to support Jiang Xiaolin's contract renewal at that time, after all, they took a huge risk to increase Jiang Xiaolin's salary and bonus, so Jiang Xiaolin still thanked them gratefully.

After meeting with the boss and manager, Jiang Xiaolin went to the club's medical room for a physical examination.

Although the hospital in Peking said that Jiang Xiaolin had fully recovered, the club would definitely not be careless and had to personally examine him before deciding whether to let Jiang Xiaolin start training with the team.

After a day of physical examination, Jiang Xiaolin's physical indicators surprised the medical director Horatio and made the club's top management smile.

After two months of recuperation, Jiang Xiaolin's physical indicators did not decline, and even the calf fracture that everyone was most worried about had completely recovered. It was completely invisible that he had been injured, and even the marks of the operation could not be seen.

This shocked Horatio and others. On the one hand, they were impressed by the development of Chinese medicine, and on the other hand, they were impressed by Jiang Xiaolin's amazing physical recovery ability.

In fact, it was actually the healing potion used by Jiang Xiaolin that was working.

Of course, these are just superficial. What everyone is most concerned about is whether Jiang Xiaolin has invisible hidden injuries in his calf, whether he can do high-intensity training, or even play in the game.

The medical department first let Jiang Xiaolin train in the indoor gym, starting with light exercises and gradually speeding up and increasing the weight. As a result, he did not feel any discomfort until he recovered the training volume when Jiang Xiaolin left Alkmaar last season.

All the onlookers immediately gave warm applause and cheers.

Although it is not 100% guaranteed that Jiang Xiaolin can return to his peak state, what has been shown to everyone is enough to make Alkmaar very happy.

Alkmaar has definitely made a lot of money with this contract extension.

That afternoon, Alkmaar held a press conference. Jiang Xiaolin, the club's general manager Anselm, and the medical director Horatio attended the press conference together to announce Jiang Xiaolin's return and the good news that he has passed the physical examination and will resume training tomorrow.

Jiang Xiaolin's return has swept away the haze of the club, and the decadence of losing to Dinamo Zagreb away has also been swept away.

Not only the local media, but all the Dutch media have reported Jiang Xiaolin's return. Alkmaar fans even wore Jiang Xiaolin's new No. 9 jersey and ran to the club's training base to celebrate..

By the way, in the new season, Jiang Xiaolin's jersey became No. 9, which symbolizes the main striker. Ali, who used to wear No. 9, was forced to change with Jiang Xiaolin and wear No. 29.

Ali was naturally unhappy, but the club threatened him that if he didn't agree, he would be sold, so Ali had to hold his breath and agree.

I have to say this is a bit cruel, but this is the world of football.

Jiang Xiaolin is stronger and more famous than Ali, so it is right to pass on the No. 9 jersey. If Ali doesn't want to be kicked out, he can only agree.

Early in the morning of October 24, 2008, Jiang Xiaolin was driven by a designated driver to the training base of Alkmaar, ready to participate in daily training with the team.

However, at the gate of the training base, Jiang Xiaolin's car was stopped because the guard didn't recognize the car.

However, when Jiang Xiaolin got out of the car to explain and register with the guard, he was discovered by fans and reporters guarding the gate of the base.

Of course, Jiang Xiaolin did this on purpose.

When everyone saw Jiang Xiaolin, they immediately rushed over. Domestic and foreign media reporters, including Peng Zhijie, interviewed him one after another. Fans also rushed over to ask for autographs and take photos with him, and expressed their blessings and love for his return.

Jiang Xiaolin signed autographs and took photos with fans while answering reporters' questions. It took him almost half an hour to enter the base.

During this time, other teammates naturally passed by and greeted Jiang Xiaolin with joy, welcoming his return. Goalkeeper Sergio Romero even parked his car and returned to the door, ready to wait for Jiang Xiaolin to go in together.

After Jiang Xiaolin finished his work at the door and entered the base, Romero came over and said worriedly: "Jiang, I'm really sorry about the accident. Gare asked me to bring his apology to you. He said he didn't mean to hurt you. It was just a wrong move that he made in a second. He hopes you can recover to your peak state."

Jiang Xiaolin smiled and patted Romero's shoulder, saying: "It's okay, I'm completely fine!"

Romero asked in surprise: "Really?"

Jiang Xiaolin smiled and said: "Let's try it when the time comes?"

Romero asked: "How to try?"

Jiang Xiaolin said: "Let me kick 20 set pieces on the penalty area line to try? "

Romero immediately said with a frown: "Aren't you here to slap me in the face?"

Jiang Xiaolin said seriously: "How could it be? I just want to see if my shooting skills are still there."

Romero asked doubtfully: "Is it true?"

Jiang Xiaolin said very seriously: "Of course it is true! I haven't had any serious training or competition for two months. I don't even know if I can still shoot!"

Romero thought about it half-heartedly, and then said tangledly: "Okay, let's try it later!"

Jiang Xiaolin put his arm around Romero's shoulder and walked side by side to the locker room, with a cunning look in his eyes, but Romero didn't notice.

Soon, when they arrived at the locker room, captain Yarence, midfielder David Mendes, midfielder Maarten Martens and others hugged Jiang Xiaolin, congratulating him on his recovery and return to the team family.

At the same time, they also congratulated Jiang Xiaolin on leading the team to win the Olympic championship.

Especially Maarten Martens, who yelled for Jiang Xiaolin to treat him, saying that Jiang Xiaolin had snatched Belgium's group qualification spot, which was how he made it to the finals and won the championship.

Of course, this was actually a joke. Everyone agreed that the whole team would treat Jiang Xiaolin to a meal in the evening to welcome him, not Jiang Xiaolin.

Only the striker Ali, whose No. 9 jersey was snatched by Jiang Xiaolin, was a little depressed, which made the atmosphere a little awkward, but Jiang Xiaolin still greeted Ali in a friendly manner. Ali did not dare to do too much and could only respond reluctantly.

Soon, everyone changed into training clothes and came to the training ground, lining up to start training.

Coach Van Gaal welcomed Jiang Xiaolin's return on behalf of the coaching staff.

For today's training, Van Gaal specifically allowed reporters and fans to enter and watch the team training on the sidelines.

Because he had received the details of Jiang Xiaolin's physical examination yesterday from the team doctor, and Alfred's judgment that Jiang Xiaolin's chance of returning to his peak was as high as 90%.

Therefore, he decided to make Jiang Xiaolin's first training session after returning to the team public, allowing the media and fans to watch the recording, announcing Jiang Xiaolin's return and boosting the team's morale.

After all, the team lost the first UEFA Cup group match, and the opponent was the weakest in the group match, which was a bit of a blow to the players and fans.

The media reporters and fans were of course very interested.

Dozens of media reporters from the Netherlands, Europe and China set up their cameras on the sidelines and aimed atJiang Xiaolin was recording.

Thousands of fans sat in the simple stands, holding banners supporting Jiang Xiaolin, welcoming his return, and hoping that Jiang Xiaolin would play in the game as soon as possible.

After consulting Jiang Xiaolin, Van Gaal did not make any special arrangements, but let Jiang Xiaolin train with everyone, and all of them were subject to the same amount of training.

This made teammates, reporters, and fans a little worried.

As a result, Jiang Xiaolin completed all the training very well.

Whether it was speed, weight, or running position, Jiang Xiaolin had no abnormalities, and people could not tell that Jiang Xiaolin had suffered a calf fracture only two months ago.

This shocked everyone, but also made them very happy.

The biggest surprise of the morning training session was Jiang Xiaolin's shooting training on the penalty area line.

Jiang Xiaolin evenly placed 20 balls on the penalty area line and then shot.

As a result, Romero was very energetic, but in the end he only saved two.

The remaining 18 goals were all kicked into the goal by Jiang Xiaolin.

Because Jiang Xiaolin could not only shoot straight, but also shoot with an arc. When shooting from the corner of the penalty area, he could use an arc to bypass Romero's palm when he jumped up to save the ball.

With a 100% hit rate on the goal frame and a 90% goal rate, Jiang Xiaolin at this time was no different from before the injury, which surprised the fans at the scene.

While everyone was constantly applauding and cheering, they were also talking about it:

"Great, Jiang Xiaolin seems to have really recovered his pre-injury state."

"What do you mean by seem? It's obvious that Jiang Xiaolin has indeed recovered his peak state."

"Jiang Xiaolin's physical fitness is too good, this recovery speed is simply unheard of! A fracture, it was completely healed in two months, and he can still play football, it's too scary."

"Jiang Xiaolin's physical fitness is very good, otherwise he wouldn't have such a strong body and speed."

"I heard that he has genetic atavism, and there are professors at the University of Amsterdam who are specifically studying him."

"No wonder!"

That night and the next day, various videos and reports of Jiang Xiaolin's crazy shooting in his first training session after returning to the club appeared in sports media around the world.

"Jiang Xiaolin is in good shape on the first day of his return to the club!"

"Jiang Xiaolin started training with the team, all 20 shots hit the goal frame, and finally 18 were scored! 》

《With his terrifying physical fitness, Jiang Xiaolin has proved through the first training session that he has recovered to his peak state before the injury! 》

《Jiang Xiaolin returns to Alkmaar, and this season's Eredivisie is worth watching! 》

《Through the observation of the first training session, we estimate that Jiang Xiaolin will not be playing in the game too far away. 》

However, even though the reporters were optimistic about Jiang Xiaolin's playing time, they did not expect that Jiang Xiaolin would appear in the team's game list so soon.

On October 26, before the 7th round of the 2008/2009 Eredivisie season, Alkmaar played against Volendam at home. In the pre-match press conference held by Van Gaal, Jiang Xiaolin's name appeared in the 18-man roster of the game.

Even if he did not start, it was already scary enough!

You know, Jiang Xiaolin had just been discharged from the hospital and had just returned to the club to participate in recovery training. Is it appropriate to let Jiang Xiaolin enter the game list so soon?

Did Van Gaal ignore Jiang Xiaolin's injury and force him to use him?

These topics became the focus of all media and fans before the game.

Of course, there were also reporters familiar with Jiang Xiaolin who interviewed him by phone and asked him what he thought about the coach's arrangement of him in the 18-man roster for the game.

Jiang Xiaolin told the reporter an unexpected fact. It turned out that Jiang Xiaolin took the initiative to ask to be included in the roster, but Van Gaal did not force him to be included.

Because Jiang Xiaolin felt that he had recovered to his peak state and there was no problem in participating in the game.

In addition, Jiang Xiaolin, like other teammates, completed all training programs during training and did not feel any discomfort.

Therefore, Van Gaal added Jiang Xiaolin to the game roster, and then he would see whether to let Jiang Xiaolin come on as a substitute and complete his return debut.