Chapter 1565 Is He Really Going to Stage Another Miracle?

Before Christmas, UEFA held a draw at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

As the No. 1 group in Group B, Ajax's luck is still not good. It perfectly avoided teams such as Schalke 04 and Lyon and met their old rival Manchester United.

Mourinho's team fell behind in the contest with Juventus, failed to get the first place in the group and was forced to be second, but in the draw they were lucky enough to draw Aja x.

These two teams met in the Europa League final two years ago, but at that time Ajax failed to compete with Manchester United. The audience was passive and suppressed by Manchester United. In the end, they missed the Europa League championship. Achieved the great cause of Manchester United.

After two years, the two teams met in the knockout round of the top 16, which undoubtedly added to the spectacle of the game.

The fly in the ointment is that not long ago, Manchester United coach Mourinho dismissed get out of class due to poor record, and then Manchester United intensively searched for a new coach, and finally chose Norway Molde coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

It is a beautiful thing for this former Manchester United star to coach Manchester United, but everyone is very curious, whether Solskjaer can lead Manchester United, which has been in turmoil for many years, to stability?

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If it is said that it is unlucky to draw Manchester United, then the biggest gain for Ajax is the decision officially announced by UEFA.

That is, after many studies and negotiations, UEFA officially passed a resolution to make an exception and issue UEFA's highest level coaching certificate to Yang Yang, which also made Yang Yang the youngest head coach ever in the knockout stage of the Champions League.

Thirty-two years old, for a professional player, he is considered a veteran in his twilight years, but for a head coach, he is still quite young, but whether it is in the Eredivisie or in the Champions League, Yang Yang trained him Ajax played amazing offensive football, which made people shine.

A UEFA spokesperson stated that the reason why Yang Yang made an exception to issue a certificate was not because Ajax entered the Champions League knockout round, but because Yang Yang showed an amazing level of coaching in the Champions League group stage.

"He used ten games to prove his ability, so it's hard for us not to affirm him!"

The ten games apparently also include four outside qualifiers.

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Yang Yang did not come to the scene in person, because usually the general manager of the club Van der Sar attended the UEFA Champions League draw on behalf of the team. As a player and head coach, Yang Yang can enjoy the Christmas holiday with confidence.

The Eredivisie will be suspended for a month, and the schedule is more leisurely than the four major leagues.

Of course, since Ajax will face the Eredivisie, the Champions League and the Dutch Cup in the third line, the Ajax competition will be more tense. The team will start winter preparations after the Christmas holiday and focus on The second half of the game.

Antonio Pintus has also formulated a winter physical reserve training plan for Ajax, the purpose is to further stimulate the physical fitness of the players, so that Ajax players can show better physical performance in the second half.

After receiving UEFA's decision, Yang Yang accepted several media interviews by phone and publicly expressed his gratitude to UEFA. At the same time, he also humbly stated that he is just a rookie in coaching, and he will definitely work harder in the future , and strive to lead the team to achieve better results to prove that UEFA's decision is correct.

Yang Yang also revealed in a telephone interview with the media that Ajax has a clear plan for the second half of the season and hopes to maintain progress in all three lines, especially the Champions League. hatred!"

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In 2018, Yang Yang can finally enjoy a leisurely Christmas.

Since the winter break of the Eredivisie League has a full month, the team's holiday can be put in January.

Yang Yang and Xavi Alonso flew back to Madrid from Amsterdam immediately after playing Utrecht, reunited with their wives, children and family members, and then went to sea together, spending a comfortable Christmas in southern Spain .

But Real Madrid obviously can't do it.

Due to the Club World Cup, Real Madrid ushered in a make-up match just after entering January, challenging Villarreal away.

As a result, facing the yellow submarine on the verge of the relegation zone this season, Real Madrid did not get out of the predicament and tied their opponents in the away game 2-2. This made Real Madrid miss the best opportunity to catch up with Sevilla and still rank fourth in the league.

Currently, the top four teams in La Liga are the leader Barcelona with 37 points, Atletico Madrid with 34 points, Sevilla with 32 points, and Real Madrid with 30 points.

Judging from this point, Real Madrid's performance is really bad, far from worthy of the strength and reputation of this team.

You know, Real Madrid's current star lineup in the team is second to none in the world, and the thickness of the bench is astonishing.

But it is such a team that has lost five league games so far this season, which is very unsatisfactory. Convincing coaching achievements.

Three days later, on January 6th, Real Madrid played against Real Sociedad at home. Yang Yang's family just returned to Madrid from the south. On a whim, he wanted to go to the Bernabeu to watch a game.

So he called Florentino.

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"Recently, the public opinion of the outside world has been very unfavorable to us."

In the club's administrative office building in Valdebebas, Butragueno, the head of the Real Madrid public relations department, was worried about the current situation to the Real Madrid president Florentino who was sitting across from him.

"Even many media close to us believe that it is difficult for us to make a difference in La Liga and the Champions League this season."

Real Madrid is currently seven points behind Barcelona in the La Liga standings. It is reasonable to say that this is not an insurmountable gap, but the key problem is that after the coaching change, Real Madrid did not show a significant change.

Therefore, the key to the problem is not the seven-point gap, but Real Madrid's performance.

The performance in the Champions League is weak, La Liga is seven points behind Barcelona, ​​and even the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid is playing tremblingly, which makes it hard to believe that this team just won the Champions League for five consecutive seasons last season.

"How's the situation in the locker room?" Florentino asked, frowning.

This is what he cares most about right now.

"It's not ideal. The most important thing is that the players lack motivation. We all feel that they especially lack the motivation to play for the coach. Solari still lacks some weight." Butragueno said.

The dressing room of Real Madrid is like a small society. Every player here is the top star in the world. They all have their own different interests. Then the ensuing problem is that they will lack confidence and persuasion when facing players.

This situation is not accidental. Almost all the head coaches who have succeeded in Real Madrid have quite prominent resumes before.

Needless to say Benitez and Ancelotti, Zidane is the world's top superstar, which makes them have enough confidence and chips when facing players and the locker room.

But Lopetegui and Solari obviously can't.

Needless to say, Lopetegui, although Solari was born in Real Madrid, but in fact, he is the twelfth person with more experience in Real Madrid, that is, a substitute, he has never been the protagonist of Real Madrid's first team.

It is difficult for such a person to sort out the intricate interests of the Real Madrid locker room, but for the head coach of Real Madrid, sorting out these interests is more important than coaching ability.

Just like the current Real Madrid, how to stimulate the fighting spirit and aggressiveness of the players and help them regain their status is more important than all other techniques, tactics and training.

Because with the strength of Real Madrid players, as long as they focus on the game, as long as they put in the game, it is not difficult to win!

Why didn't Florentino know this?

But he really had no choice, because after Lopetegui got out of class, Real Madrid couldn't find a suitable head coach for a while, so he could only let Solari temporarily step up, hoping that the coaching change was like changing a knife, but the result was still the same. Not so good.

"How is the technical department's assessment going?" Florentino asked.

Butragueno sighed softly, "They all believe that the team has obviously stepped down from the peak, and they should show courage as soon as possible, reorganize the team, inject fresh blood, and reactivate the fighting spirit and state of the players. In addition, We need to find a more suitable and capable manager."

"Zidane?" Florentino asked.

"Or Yang Yang!"

"Yang Yang?!" Florentino's expression changed one after another.

It was Florentino's idea to ask the technical team to inspect Yang Yang. He mainly wanted to know how Yang Yang was doing at Ajax, but he didn't think about letting him coach Real Madrid, because Yang Yang was only three years old. Twelve years old.

Unexpectedly, Yang Yang performed extremely amazingly in the Champions League group stage. Not only did he score like a tide, but Ajax also defeated strong enemies repeatedly. After the death of Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur In the competition of the first group, Ajax was able to overwhelm Bayern Munich and qualify as the top of the group. What an amazing result?

At this moment, everyone had to readjust their impression of Yang Yang.

Perhaps, he is not just the world's top superstar, he is also a young coach with great potential.

"The technical department has repeatedly studied all of Ajax's games this season, including the Eredivisie and the Champions League. They all believe that Yang Yang has a very clear mind from the beginning, and Ajax is gradually playing the football that Yang Yang wants. , The progress is very obvious, reaching the knockout round of the top 16 is probably not the end."

Florentino was a little surprised when he heard this.

Not the end? That is to say, Yang Yang can still lead Ajax to move forward?

is it possible?

Could it be that he really wants to stage another miracle?

As soon as this idea came up, Florentino's cell phone on the desk suddenly rang.

Caller ID: Yang Yang!