Ajax beat Tottenham Hotspur in the early hours of this morning to take another step towards the Champions League throne, and this Ajax team has become a role model for young people, the future of the football world.
However, Ajax can have today's victory In addition to the efforts of young people, the experience and stability of veterans are also an important part, and Tadić and Huntelaar have used the minds of veterans once to make up for the various "unstable" situations that young players may have. Among them, it has to be said that the twenty-nine-year-old Blind, from the second generation of stars to the young fame to the failure of the road to the giants, now has found his own position well, has become an indispensable part of this Ajax team. Today we will talk about the story of this "young veteran".
Although Blind has not been able to help the Dutch national team achieve a championship breakthrough, nor has he lifted the trophy of the European Champions Cup that he touched when he was five years old, it is undeniable that he is a happy person.
At the age of five, his father, Danny Blind, lifted the European Champions Cup as captain of Ajax, and he also left a kiss on the Champions League. Maybe At that time, Blind did not know what this dangling trophy meant, but seeing his father's joy of being so obsessed with it, little Blind may have fallen in love with the taste of the trophy from then on.
"I want to be as good as My Dad!" Little Daly really put it into practice. At the age of 8, Young Brinder joined his hometown team Ajax Youth Academy and began to study football next to his father, who was then Ajax's youth director.
In the 07-08 season, Young Blind, who was still nominally in the youth B team, was actually the mainstay of the youth A team. In 2008, younger Than 18, Young Brinder was promoted to the Ajax first team, and at just 17 he was offered his first professional contract. This is not the dividend that the little "Blind" surname brings to him, but the result of Daly Blind's efforts and talent that is not weaker than his father's.
On 7 December 2008, Blinder made his career debut in Ajax's 2–1 away win over Volendam, with the young Blinder coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute, and his debut created a corner kick with a long-range shot to form the winning goal.
After 12 days, he received a three-year extension from Ajax, which was the best start.
Unlike his father, Daly Blind appears thinner, but this also makes Young Blind a defensive all-rounder. Full-back, centre-back, back-back, centre-back and even full-back, Blind can do it. But at the same time, there is also a problem that "the characteristics are not distinct", so the early famous Blind is prematurely tepid.
At this time, a man of fate quietly entered his life and eventually succeeded in changing the trajectory of Blind's life, making him change from a slightly frustrated genius teenager to a real mainstay of Dutch football.
It was when he returned to Ajax after a frustrated loan spell in Groningen, when Blind met his current wife, Katie Fleur. Katie is also said to be an avid Ajax fan, and the two also met because of football and fell in love.
Katie is a Dutch model and dancer who danced with American singer Robin Seeck at the Video Music Awards (MTV VMAS). At the same time, Katie worked on radio broadcasting.
The relationship between the two is like glue, and Blind once said in an interview: "I feel like an ordinary person, we are just an ordinary couple." But sometimes my girlfriend Katie has a hard time doing it because as a player you get a lot of attention. Katie has given me a lot of support, and I have to try to protect her. ”
Katie's arrival completely changed Blind's career, training harder than before, while also fully exploiting his all-rounder and aggressive attributes, and finally impressing de Boll, then the head coach and his father's long-time friend.
In the 12-13 season, Blinder made a breakthrough in his career. At De Boer's request, Blind began experimenting with the left-back position. Eventually, he became Ajax's main left-back and became more confident as he played under Frank De Bohr. The more he played, the better Blind became the main defender of the Dutch national team under the guidance of the father and son of Enfangar.
The same coach has coached two generations of excellent internationals, which is also a rare spectacle in world football, and Young Blind did not let his surname be dusted.
In the process of Brazil's World Cup qualifiers, Blind has become the main player of the "Orange Army", that year's World Cup group stage first round, the Netherlands shockingly washed the defending champions Spain 5-1 blood, Blind gave two feet of accurate long passes in this game, assisted Van Persie and Robben for the team to equalize and counter-score, he became famous and received the attention of the giants.
Blind himself said that after meeting Katie, he trained harder than before. Katie's role in guiding and motivating him was no less than that of his father, which made Blind so affectionately grateful to his wife.
'I don't really want people to know I'm Blind's girlfriend, I just want to be a regular fan, cheer for Blind in the stands, cheer for Manchester United, cheer for Dutch football.' Katie said this in an interview with the media.
This is different from the wives or girlfriends of many other players, probably related to the profession, Katie is very cold in the face of the media, and she does not have to grasp all the details of the star's life like other star partners, which not only earns herself a quiet space for solitude, but also makes Blind's image instantly elevated.
The biggest crisis of Blind's career was during the Manchester United era, although he was in manchester United. Enfangar took him into the giants, but the bottleneck period of Blind's career development coincided with the turbulent period of Manchester United, and Blind was quickly labeled as a "parallel cargo".
At this time, it was Katie who stood up, she reduced her workload, and tried to accompany Blind as much as possible, bringing a lot of warmth to Blind in a foreign country. Although Blind was once called "blind" by extreme fans, saying that he was the "big colander" of Manchester United, Blind was still very professional, whether on the bench or in the game, Blind was always well prepared.
"I'm having a tough time at Manchester United and I don't even know what to do to not get criticised, but Katie told me that learning to accept criticism is also part of life. If others criticize the right, we will accept it with an open mind, if the criticism is unreasonable, don't pay too much attention, we just need to do ourselves well and be worthy of ourselves. "Blind spoke more than once in a future interview about his difficult experience at Manchester United, but every time he took Katie out and praised him.
Even Mourinho, who has always liked to "fight education", said of Blinder : "In my 18 years of coaching, Blind is one of the most professional athletes I have ever met, both on and off the field. I had a great time working with him. I thank him from the bottom of my heart for his dedication and dedication over the past two seasons. It can be seen that Katie's guiding role in the low tide of Blind's career is even no less than that of the elder Blind.
After all, home and harmony can be prosperous, and with such an intellectual and beautiful person on the side, Blind will never have to worry about the instability of the backyard.
In 2018, Dutch football and Blind once again fell into the bottom, and the lack of access to the World Cup made players like Blinder a year of playing Dutch football were criticized.
The stadium is frustrated but not frustrated. After missing the World Cup that year, Blind announced on social media that he ended a decade-long love run and got engaged to his girlfriend Katie.
Against the backdrop of the beautiful Provencal countryside, Katie, with her graceful figure, leaned out of the convertible halfway through, wearing an engagement ring on her finger. Blind also shared several photos titled "We're Engaged."
In it, Katie wrote a love quote for her future husband, Blind: "Everything is so perfect! Baby I love you and you make me the happiest girl on the planet. No matter where we are, you always make me smile and make me feel different and confident. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you! ”
Although Blind and his girlfriend have not yet "the next Blind", the dog food sprinkled with Katie is enough to make the single lads in Ajax's current team envious and hateful, and as Blinder's career "springs back" Blind has become more and more active, the frequency of dog food on social media has become higher and higher.
This loving little couple cares for and supports each other, and overcomes the problems brought by fate again and again in life, which is stronger than Jin Jian, which is an example for many young people in this impetuous society. After all, this is a real life partner!
The Champions League continues, Ajax and Blind still have a lot of possibilities, but the only constant is that regardless of whether they win or lose, Blind can come home and see someone leave a lamp for him and bring him a kiss, which is enough, this is a warm harbor that belongs only to Blind. With her, Blind can go forward with Ajax!