Currently, Rosen faces a challenge: he only has 10 attribute points for upgrade bonuses, and cannot simultaneously increase his 19-point header and 16-point stamina to the maximum.
After careful consideration, Rosen believes that 16 points of stamina are enough to cope with the needs of the game, after all, he is not a free man throughout the game. In contrast, improving the ability to seize scoring opportunities is more critical.
Therefore, he first allocated 5 attribute points to increase his header from 19 points to 20 points, and then invested 3 attribute points to increase his stamina to 19 points, only 1 point away from the maximum. The remaining 2 attribute points are reserved for backup.
After the adjustment, Rosen's personal information and skill status are as follows.
Name: Rosen
Nationality: China
Age: 16 years old
Height: 182cm
Weight: 80kg
Level: 4
Experience: 600/700
Remaining attribute points: 2
Club: Pulmes (Netherlands)
Shooting: 20
Off-ball movement: 20
Tackle: 3
Heading: 20
Physical strength: 19
After looking at his personal attributes, Rosen smiled confidently. With full shooting, heading and off-ball movement, as well as nearly full physical strength, he firmly believed that he could successfully pass the trial training of Alkmaar.
Although there is still room for improvement in dribbling, passing and teamwork, with these outstanding performances, Rosen believes that he is enough to stand out in the trial training of Alkmaar and gain a foothold in the Eredivisie.
During this period, Song Zhicheng specially arranged a vacation for Rosen so that he could devote himself to the preparations for the trial training of Alkmaar.
On January 1, 2008, New Year's Day, Rosen called his mother. In the previous call, he concealed the experience of being cheated to avoid worrying his mother.
He only told his mother that his football level needed to be improved and he failed to pass the trials of several professional teams. He was currently signed to an amateur team and his income was enough to be self-sufficient.
And this time, he could finally share the good news. He excitedly told his mother: "Mom, I played well in several games in December. I scored 5 goals in the most recent game. A scout from the Dutch Eredivisie team watched my game on site and invited me to try out for their team. I feel that I have made a lot of progress this time. I should be able to pass the trial and stay in that Dutch Eredivisie team."
On the other end of the phone, Jiang Liantao, the mother, heard her son's excited tone, and her worries were finally relieved. Although she didn't understand football, she still told her son to seize this opportunity, strive to pass the trial, enter the professional team, and play a famous game.
Rosen was also deeply moved, remembering the discrimination and ridicule he suffered in his childhood. He firmly assured his mother: "Don't worry, Mom, I will definitely pass the team's tryout this time!"
After the mother and son cared about each other, when the mother asked if he needed money, Rosen declined. He didn't dare to tell his mother that the money had been defrauded long ago, for fear that his mother would worry.
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After New Year's Day, on January 5, the first training day after the winter break, the Alkmaar first-team training base was bustling. The players drove into the base one after another, ready to start recovery training.
However, although the holiday was over, the players were not in a relaxed mood. Alkmaar's record this season was not good, which was very different from its performance in the previous two seasons. It is currently ranked only 8th in the standings and was eliminated in the UEFA Cup group stage.
In view of this situation, head coach Van Gaal offered to resign, but the players and the club tried their best to keep him, and finally Van Gaal continued to stay.
At the gate of the base, Rosen and Song Zhicheng attracted the attention of many Alkmaar players. Because they were of the yellow race, without Philip's guidance, they could not enter the base and could only wait at the gate.
At nearly 9 o'clock, Philip finally arrived. After exchanging New Year greetings, he took Rosen and Song Zhicheng to register at the guard room and then led them to the first-team training base.
Compared with the prestigious clubs in Dutch football history, including Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord, Alkmaar is relatively small in scale. The last time it won the Eredivisie championship was in 1981, 27 years ago.
Given this background, Alkmaar's training base is naturally not comparable to Ajax in terms of scale and facilities, which is also the club that Rosen and his team have visited.
However, compared with those teams such as Pulmes that do not even have their own exclusive training grounds and can only train in public stadiums, Alkmaar's training conditions are undoubtedly much better.
Under the leadership of Philip, Rosen and Song Zhicheng entered the training ground, and coach Van Gaal was introducing the newly joined defenders to the players. Due to the poor performance in the first half of the season, Alkmaar introduced two defenders during the winter break to strengthen its defensive strength.
Since the club sold the top scorer Georgian striker Avilas last summer, the team's offensive power has declined significantly, which is also the main reason for Alkmaar's poor performance in the league and the UEFA Cup this season.
Therefore, Van Gaal hopes to introduce a striker to strengthen the offensive power during the winter break.
However, since excellent strikers are expensive and difficult to obtain, Van Gaal finally had to settle for the second best and introduced two defenders as lineup supplements.
As for the so-called "super striker" recommended by scout Philip before New Year's Day, he is actually just a 16-year-old young player from the amateur league. Although he may have the potential to become a potential new star of the team in the future, Van Gaal does not think he can play a big role in improving the team's current predicament.
When Philip walked into the training ground with two Asian faces, Van Gaal immediately realized that the young player was the super striker mentioned by Philip who was said to be able to score five goals in a single game. He secretly observed Rosen's physique and secretly wondered whether his goal-scoring ability was as good as Philip said.
Afterwards, Philip introduced Rosen and his agent Song Zhicheng to Van Gaal.
Van Gaal nodded and agreed to let Rosen stay with the team for a few days to observe his performance. After the two sides introduced themselves, Rosen stayed on the training ground, while Song Zhicheng left the scene.
After Philip and Song Zhicheng left, Van Gaal said to Rosen, "Rosen, you should join the team and train with everyone in the next few days."
Rosen nodded and walked into the team, which aroused the curiosity and discussion of other players.
However, Van Gaal did not give the players too much time to discuss. He clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention and said: "Today is the first day of training after the New Year. I didn't want to say anything that would damage morale. But we must face reality."
Van Gaal then listed the team's poor performance in the first half of the season and emphasized that the team must redouble its efforts to catch up with the ranking in the standings.
Van Gaal's words resonated with the players, who cheered and encouraged each other. Even though Rosen, as a trial player, had not yet officially joined Alkmaar, he was deeply moved and echoed loudly.
His attitude won the players' appreciation and recognition.
Van Gaal nodded with satisfaction and continued, "In this case, everyone should be mentally prepared to work harder to catch up in the second half of the season. Assistant coach Junker will arrange today's training content."
As Van Gaal's assistant, Junker was responsible for arranging the training program for the day.
Considering that today is the first day of training after the winter break and the team's current severe situation, the coaching staff decided to conduct formal training from the first day to improve the players' competitive state.
Although the training intensity is moderate to avoid player injuries, the training content still covers multiple aspects such as physical fitness, agility, coordination, dribbling, stopping and passing.
Before the training started, Rosen suddenly heard the system's prompt sound in his mind.
The system issued him the third task: signing with Alkmaar.
The task requires him to sign a professional contract with Alkmaar through a trial to obtain a reward.
Although Rosen was confused about the "special skills" in the reward, he was ready to go all out to complete the task and prove his strength.