Chapter 1532 Meet on a Narrow Road and the Brave Wins!

"We are not fish belly!"

Yang Yang's sonorous and powerful voice at the Grimaldi Conference Center quickly spread all over the world.

Everyone sympathized with his experience, because it was indeed too tragic.

Of the eight groups in the UEFA Champions League this season, only Group B is the worst, because there are four teams including Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax and Inter Milan, and the weakest of them is Ajax. x.

What's more, in the subsequent sequence of games, Ajax's debut was a guest at the Allianz Arena to challenge Bayern Munich away, which undoubtedly created difficulties for Ajax.

There is an old Chinese saying that a good start is half the battle.

But looking at it now, Yang Yang's coaching start could not have been more miserable.

Let’s not talk about coaching a big team. He worked so hard to reach the Champions League group stage and made a breakthrough in performance. In the end, he encountered such a terrifying death group that he hadn’t seen in several years. There are even more unlucky people than this ?

As soon as the results of the group stage draw came out, all analysts asserted that Ajax basically had no hope of advancing.

"Yang Yang's first coaching season will stop at the Champions League group stage, and he may even be at the bottom."

Among the odds of winning the championship offered by the three major bookmakers such as William Hill, Ajax is also almost at the bottom. The few teams that are more miserable than Ajax, such as the Swiss Bern Young Club, this team The team is in the same group as Juventus and Manchester United, and it is basically hopeless to advance.

Thirty-two, the odds are ranked 27th, Ajax's misery can be imagined.

This is still the case with Yang Yang. If there is no Yang Yang, it is estimated that everyone will judge Ajax to be out early.

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Media and public opinion all over the world are hyping Yang Yang and his Ajax team.

Almost all the media and fans agree that this team is basically hopeless.

For the rhetoric that Yang Yang yelled in Monaco, more people still understand it as helping the team cheer.

After all, it is indeed a blow to morale for a young team to encounter such a strong opponent.

Not only the outside world, but even the Dutch media were full of mourning.

Even the Dutch Telegraph, which is most optimistic about Ajax and believed that the team could advance from the group stage before the draw, believed that Ajax should take the initiative to adjust its strategy and strive for the third place in the group when analyzing the draw.

Because only the third place in the group can participate in the Europa League. If it is fourth in the group, it will be eliminated directly.

This is undoubtedly a very tragic thing.

But Yang Yang has no time and mood to care about the outside world, he is more worried about his team.

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It coincides with the two-week national team match day. Ajax has very few international players and has just experienced the World Cup. Therefore, during these two weeks, the team did not have any international players to participate in the game, so the staff is very neat.

Yang Yang flew back to Amsterdam from Monaco after the draw, and appeared in De Tokmoorster the next morning.

The first-team players showed up on the training ground on time. Under the leadership of captain De Ligt and accompanied by fitness coach Antonio Pintus, they carried out daily warm-up training, and the rest of the coaching staff was arranging the field. , preparing for today's training program.

When Yang Yang came to the scene, he attracted everyone's attention, but he didn't make a sound all the time, but joined the team silently to conduct warm-up training with everyone.

It wasn't until the warm-up was over that he gestured to Xavi Alonso and Antonio Pintus to give him some time.

The players stood neatly in two rows, standing straight in front of Yang Yang, everyone looked very serious, and at the same time had a bit of dignity, and they always looked at Yang Yang with dodge in their eyes .

They are afraid!

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"I believe everyone already knows the result of yesterday's lottery." Yang Yang's first sentence cut to the chase.

The players also nodded.

"We drew Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan."

The expressions on the faces of many players were obviously darkened, and they were all very worried.

"Many people feel that this is a very bad draw for us, which means that we will unfortunately leave the Champions League stage this season. It is basically impossible for us to stand out from the Champions League group stage."

Everyone has also noticed this kind of news, which is flooding the media and the Internet in the Netherlands, Europe, and even around the world.

As Yang Yang said, almost no one is optimistic about Ajax, and they all sing bad news.

"Frankly speaking, I was at the scene. When I first found out the result, I was also quite pessimistic. I even had the urge to rush up and ask for clarification. Why are we so unlucky?"

The players all nodded in unison, who said no?

Is it too cruel for Ajax to finally qualify for the Champions League once, but it turns out to be so unlucky?

"But then I thought about it, and I felt that this is not only a kind of exercise for us, but also a kind of test for us. I always believe in one thing, that is, a strong team is the best touchstone. It's useless to be extravagant, the key is to play on the pitch."

Everyone looked at Yang Yang, obviously thinking about what he said.

"As I said before, everyone here is selected by me personally and has been affirmed by the management. We all believe in your strength and potential."

Yang Yang took a step forward and pointed at De Ligt and Militao who were standing in the back row, "We all believe that De Ligt and Militao can become the best central defender combination in Europe. Or separate, both are the strongest."

"We also believe that De Jong can become the best defensive midfielder in Europe, both offensively and defensively. We also believe that Ndombele will become the best B2B midfielder in Europe. We I also believe that Van der Beek will become the best all-round attacking midfielder after Gerrard and Lampard."

"We believe that Jovic, Sancho, Neres, Odegaard, Mullen, Stens, Boadu, you can all become the best frontcourt attackers in Europe, and we also believe that Onana Already one of the best young goalkeepers in Europe, we also believe that Ashraf, Tagliafico and Jorge are all very good full-backs..."

"We all believe that everyone here is the best among their peers and the hope of Ajax in the future. You will become the cornerstone of Ajax's revival, and at the same time, you will definitely be able to make everyone in European football People are amazed by you."

"You are the best! Maybe not now, but I believe that this season or next season, you will be able to prove this, and I am convinced of this, even now!"

Yang Yang's words made the young Ajax players excited.

The same words, heard by different people, have completely different effects.

Yang Yang is the top superstar in today's world football, and he is an idol familiar to everyone present since childhood. Hearing these words from his mouth, how could the teenagers of Ajax not be excited?

"What I want to tell everyone is, don't confine yourself to the Eredivisie, don't belittle yourself, don't be imprisoned by the circles you draw, we should bravely go out, face those so-called powerful opponents, follow the They competed against each other and used the game to prove our strength."

"Maybe we will lose this season, but next season, next season, we will have a chance to win!"

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree.

One of the most important reasons why a wealthy family is a wealthy family lies in its aura.

It seems that when many mid-lower teams meet Real Madrid, half of the momentum has been lost before the game is played.

When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!

In many cases, you just have to be a little stunned.

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Yang Yang said a lot in one breath, but paused on purpose.

He wants the players to digest what he said and what it means.

Sometimes, the mentality of being timid before a fight is the biggest enemy of a weak team challenging a strong team.

A strong team does not mean that they are really strong, it does not mean that they are perfect, they also have various problems, and a weak team does not mean that there is no chance at all.

Even the Chinese team can reach the World Cup finals, what else is impossible?

Besides, Ajax is weak?

Yang Yang doesn't think that compared with top teams like Real Madrid and Bayern, they are indeed much weaker. However, if Ajax exerts its own advantages and suppresses the opponent's weaknesses, it may not be without the strength to fight.

There are no underdogs in the Champions League!

"It's useless to just talk about it!" Yang Yang's words drew the attention of all the players to himself.

"If we want to beat our opponents, especially the away game against Bayern Munich in the first round of the Champions League, if we want to create opportunities, we must continue to strengthen our own strength. I need each of you to work harder."

When Yang Yang said this, he glanced at everyone present, his eyes swept across their faces, and finally asked loudly: "I'm asking you now, do you want to win?"

"think!"

"louder please!"

"Think! Think!"

"Do you want to advance to the group stage?"

"Think! Think! Think!"

"Do you want to make those noisy media reporters outside feel the feeling of being slapped in the face?"

"think!"

"Do you want to kill Bayern?"

"think!"

Yang Yang nodded heavily, pointed hard at the players in front of him, and looked at them with firm eyes.

"Well, in the next two weeks, the coaching staff and I will conduct special training for you. We will not only train the whole team in a targeted manner, but also train you one-on-one. I hope that each of you will Be prepared to endure hardships, I believe, this will be a precious wealth for you."

"Because in two weeks you will be at the Allianz Arena and surprise the whole world!"

All Ajax players felt Yang Yang's good intentions and the confidence revealed in his words.

Although they had only been together for more than a month, they already believed in Yang Yang.

Perhaps they haven't reached the point where they can trust each other without any doubts, but at least they are willing to believe what Yang Yang said, and they have worked hard for it.