Chapter 180 Psychological Tactics

After Yang Yang invited everyone in the team to enjoy a sumptuous lunch, the team set off again.

This time their destination was a small town on the Italian border, but unfortunately, the shops in the town were not open for business that day, and everyone returned without success and went to the studio of Cannes.

After an afternoon in Cannes, everyone returned to their hotel in Toulon with nothing more to say.

The first thing Yang Yang did after he came back was to throw the ball out for training, which greatly impressed the coaches and players in the team.

Before they set off in the morning, they found out that Yang Yang had already woken up early and returned from the morning exercise.

In the evening, after the team played all day, many people were exhausted, but Yang Yang was still able to go out for training. This is not only because of his strong self-discipline, but also his physical fitness is obviously much better than that of the players in the team.

When night fell, Yang Yang came back from outside.

After taking a shower, changing clothes, and having dinner, Yang Yang called Van Gaal and was concerned about his situation.

On the phone, Van Gaal was in a good mood and laughed heartily. He said that he also saw Yang Yang's performance in the Toulon Cup in the Dutch newspaper and affirmed Yang Yang's performance.

Regarding his coaching of Alkmaar, Van Gaal said that he has prepared a long-term plan and is very confident.

Yang Yang was a little reluctant, but he still wished him good luck, saying that he still wanted to play under Van Gaal if he had the chance.

"Then I have to work harder. The more you play now, the better you are. As you said, if you go to the four major leagues in two or three years, you will definitely be joining a strong team, or even a giant. If I don't show results as soon as possible, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be your manager in this life." Van Gaal laughed.

Yang Yang also laughed when he heard it on the phone, "Then you have to work hard, you better be faster than me, and then buy me."

The two are no longer on the same team, but they can joke around so easily.

For Van Gaal, Yang Yang admires and respects from the bottom of his heart, because he really helped Yang Yang a lot.

Sometimes I look back and think, without what Van Gaal said at the beginning, how could Yang Yang be included in the squad against Brugge?

How can I come off the bench if I didn't make the big roster? How did it behave? How to get a foothold in the first team?

Of course, at that time, Van Gaal did not necessarily mean to support Yang Yang, it may be purely personal emotional factors, but no matter what, the consequence is that Yang Yang took this opportunity to enter the first team and gain a firm foothold.

Yang Yang is convinced that if he is a horse of a thousand miles, then Van Gaal is the first Bole he has ever encountered.

After calling Van Gaal, Yang Yang called his parents in China.

Parents, cousins ​​Shen Yuzhu and Wei Zheng were all busy, but they were very happy to receive Yang Yang's call.

"In the past few days, domestic newspapers and TV have been reporting non-stop, and everyone around you is constantly praising you. My ears are almost full of cocoons." Mother Shen Lifang smiled proudly.

Yang Yang is also happy in his heart. He is very rational and knows that the Toulon Cup does not have much influence, but it is also a joy to make his parents, relatives and friends feel proud of him.

After Wei Zheng returned to China, he started to deal with the company's brand promotion, but Yang Yang didn't understand it. Speaking of what Wei Zhen said, there were domestic companies and brands who wanted to endorse Yang Yang. Wei Zheng said that he could help Yang Yang in the country. Register the company, but the specific matters have to be dealt with after Yang Yang returns to China.

After playing the Toulon Cup and going to the Asian Cup training, there is still a period of time in between. Yang Yang does not plan to return to his hometown. After all, he has traveled a long way and will go back after the Asian Cup. During this time, he considered living in Beijing.

His parents also agreed with his idea. After all, fighting for the country and maintaining state is more important.

Wei Zhen even suggested that his family had a vacant house in Beijing, which could be lent to Yang Yang to live temporarily.

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The next day, the Chinese National Youth Team began to actively prepare for the semi-final against Sweden.

As a Nordic team, the average age of Swedish players is one year older than the national youth team, but the most important thing is that their physical conditions are very good, with an average height of 1.85 meters. big challenge.

In addition to the advantages of physical fitness, Sweden's entire team's tactical level and players' individual skills are quite good. Defense is the highlight of the Vikings in this Toulon Cup.

In the three group matches of Group B, Sweden drew 1-1 with Japan, beat Portugal 1-0, lost 0-2 to Brazil, with one win, one draw and one loss, and only scored two goals in the three games. , and one of them is an own goal sent by Portugal.

In other words, Sweden has only scored one goal in three games.

Relative to their weak offensive, Sweden's defensive ability is commendable, this is a defensive counter-type team.

The National Youth Team is also good at defending and counterattacking, so many people feel that it will be a hard fight against Sweden.

The coaching staff also intends to strengthen their offense against Sweden, especially around Yang Yang, but it is unknown how much the players can perform on the field.

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The evening of June 8th.

In order to better prepare for the upcoming game, the Chinese team arrived at the stadium two hours earlier.

Yang Yang walked into the stadium from the player tunnel, looked back at the stands behind him, and found that there were more Chinese fans present tonight than in the group match. They were all wearing red shirts, holding banners, and shouting slogans. Fans also waved cards with Yang Yang's name on them.

When the fans in the stands saw Yang Yang coming out, they were very excited and shouted Yang Yang's name loudly.

Yang Yang also politely thanked the fans for coming to Toulon to cheer for the team.

I am not a real fan, and I will definitely not come to this southern town to watch the game.

"I didn't expect so many people to come tonight."

"Yeah, suddenly there is a feeling of being back at home."

"When they shouted like this, I couldn't help but burst into flames. I couldn't wait."

"More than that, after entering the semi-finals, domestic national TV stations have broadcast live."

"real or fake?"

"Really, it's just the time difference. It's early in the morning domestic time."

"Hehe, work hard, focus on playing football, don't let them down."

The players walked into the stadium one after another to warm up.

Due to the warm-up nature of the Toulon Cup, there was no venue draw before the game. According to the organizing committee, whoever enters the venue first will choose which side of the coach's bench and bench to use.

The Chinese team played a game in this stadium before, which was the first round of the group match against Colombia. At that time, the team was sitting on the left side of the home team's coaching bench, so out of habit, the team chose the left side this time. , all players go directly to the left half for warm-up training.

But just when the Chinese team was in the middle of training, the Swedish team also came to the field. They didn't even say hello, and they went directly to the left half for training. The goalkeeper even walked to the goal line and blocked the Chinese team. The goalkeeper will close the town.

This sudden change made everyone on and off the field a little surprised, and the team leader on the sidelines went up to negotiate with Sweden as soon as possible.

The situation on the field was very chaotic. The Swedish team had physical advantages, and the movements during warm-up and training were relatively large. The Chinese team suffered from a physical disadvantage, and sometimes had to let the other side to avoid injury.

"Leader, coach, what's going on?" Yang Yang and others quickly ran to the sidelines to inquire about the situation.

This situation should not happen. Whoever arrives first has the right to choose, and the team that arrives late can only choose the other side. This is a tacit understanding.

Like Sweden, who insists on robbing someone after arriving late is not only unreasonable, but also quite lackluster.

"They said they wanted us to exchange venues with them." Feng Jianming, the team leader, said angrily.

"why?"

"Yeah, why change it?"

"Didn't you say, first come, first choose?"

Feng Jianming scolded his mother again indignantly, "It's a first come, first choice, but they insisted on changing, saying that this side was their lucky half, they were sitting in this lucky half before and tied the Japanese team at the last moment. Yes, this half will be used this time."

"It doesn't make sense."

"Yeah, won't the organizing committee come to coordinate?"

Feng Jianming shook his head and said, "Coordination, it's useless, they won't give in an inch, and the organizing committee doesn't dare to push too hard. Neither side is willing to offend, let us negotiate by ourselves, but the other party has now made it clear that they want to grab it outright."

Head coach Tie Sheng was on the side, watching the scene of dozens of people on the training ground training in half-court, and kept shaking his head, "You can't continue like this, you will be injured."

"They deliberately made the training and warm-up very big, but they were threatening." Yang Yang also frowned, but he was not so angry. He was used to off-field tricks in Ajax.

In order to win, professional teams can do everything they can, and it is not uncommon for the Swedish team to do this.

"This is also a psychological tactic. If you want to directly frustrate our spirit before the game starts, it is best to provoke us so that they can play more smoothly in the game."

When Yang Yang said this, not only team leader Feng Jianming and head coach Tie Sheng, but also the surrounding players were aware of the problem.

Who said it wasn't?

This is just a warm-up match of the Toulon Cup, where is it necessary to do such a thing?

Don't say anything else, it doesn't sound good to Sweden.

There is only one explanation for why they did this, and that is what Yang Yang said, psychological tactics.

"What do you think?" Feng Jianming asked the head coach Tie Sheng and the players.

But everyone is reluctant to speak at this time, because they are worried, what if they give up and lose the game as a result?

Yang Yang looked at the embarrassed head coach and teammates, and sighed inwardly, they were all under too much psychological pressure.

"Let's go, I've never believed in the so-called lucky half. Even if we let them use this side, as long as we can hold our breath, we can still score the opponent's goal." Yang Yang stepped forward.

At this point someone should stand up.

Feng Jianming and Tie Sheng looked at each other and nodded.

"Then let it go, this is the unanimous decision of all of us." Tie Sheng also didn't want Yang Yang to take responsibility alone.

"Yes, iron guidance, let the players go to the right side to train, I don't believe that they can win the game by this half."

The National Youth Team was quickly notified, and they packed up and moved to the right half.

The Swedish players stayed where they were, holding their heads proudly one by one, jokingly watching the players of the Chinese team switch venues.

Although the players of the National Youth Team already knew that this was the opponent's psychological tactics, they couldn't help but get angry.