Chapter 190 Playing the Center Defender

In the next few days, Yang Yang was still on the three-point line.

Every morning, he got up early and invited Su Ye to the Summer Palace for a run, and sometimes Su Wenhong would go with him.

Don't look at Yang Yang's running with the ball, but he really has to fight for speed, and he doesn't lose to Su Ye and his daughter at all.

But Su Ye also has her strengths, that is, she knows everything about the Summer Palace like the back of her hand, from the major attractions of the Summer Palace to the historical allusions, she is familiar with all of them, and introduces them to Yang Yang one by one. .

He really didn't know it before, it turns out that there are stories everywhere in the Summer Palace, and every name has allusions and sources.

In addition to admiration, he was somewhat ashamed. After all, his previous play was more like swallowing dates and cows chewing peonies.

Especially at the end of June, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, and Kunming Lake is so beautiful that Yang Yang doesn't want to leave every time.

In addition to morning training, he usually trains alone in Su Wenhong's school. In the evening, except for shopping, he usually stays at home and enters the super training ground for special training, specializing in improving [Borgkamp's stop].

He is now smugly wanting to perform in the Asian Cup, at least, he does not want to disappoint the fans who like him at home.

While Yang Yang was practicing hard in seclusion, several short video clips about him playing football in middle school caused more and more responses on the domestic Internet, and even many football professionals expressed their opinions one after another.

Since Yang Yang performed well in the Champions League and the Toulon Cup, and decided to represent the national team in the local Asian Cup, how to use him has become a problem faced by national team coaches such as Alihan.

In the past, the national team has been playing four, four and two, and the position of the wing avant-garde cannot fully play the threat of Yang Yang, but if you push Yang Yang to the striker like the National Youth Team did, of course, this is also possible. After all, the national football striker is weak now. known.

Although Hao Dong is old and stronger, his state has always been unstable at all times. Li Jinyu and Li Yi are in their prime, but their scoring efficiency is still unsatisfactory, so Alihan is recruited again at the age of 20. The teenager Zhang Shuo.

Although Li Jinyu doesn't score many goals, he is good at connecting and interspersing. He has always been the main force of the national team. The other striker partners are Hao Dong and Li Yi. If Yang Yang goes to the striker, it will be a problem to win.

Moreover, he was only seventeen years old, and even in terms of domestic age, he was only eighteen years old, and it was far from the time when he was on his own.

But after watching the short video clips of Yang Yang's football, fans, media reporters, and professionals are all amazed at Yang Yang's passing ideas and vision. Great idea.

"The passing footwork is still lacking, and the stability is slightly insufficient, but the creativity and passing vision are rare among domestic players."

This is a comment made by a football veteran when he was interviewed by a media reporter on the Internet.

Soon, the Internet will be frying.

Many people have called for Yang Yang to play the core of midfield if he can't be allowed to strike the line.

"In fact, judging from the performance of the Toulon Cup, Yang Yang is indeed very good, and his passing is quite threatening. Four goals and four assists are enough to prove his strength."

A football professional commented, "Of course, it depends on how Alihan positions him. Is he a side attacker? A striker? Or a midfield playmaker? It depends on the positioning of the coaching staff."

But no matter what, Yang Yang's position has become a hot topic among netizens before he reports to the national team.

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At the end of June, Yang Yang finally received a call from the national team leader Zhu.

On the 30th, he appeared at the Capital Airport on time, and together with the national team coach Alihan, and many international players including Shao Jiayi, flew from Beijing to the mountain city of Chongqing, and officially started the training before the Asian Cup.

Due to the flight, the national team's coaching staff, staff and many international players basically took the same flight. Alihan also took the time to communicate with Yang Yang on the plane, mainly talking about his thoughts on the current national team.

He told Yang Yang frankly that he hoped to adopt a 4-3-3 formation, but the international players did not fully understand his tactical intentions. Yang Yang has been immersed in the 4-3-3 in the Netherlands for a long time and is very familiar with this set of tactics. Yang Yang can make a difference.

Judging from the meaning revealed by Alihan, he wants to adopt a four-three-three formation, mainly to play Yan Song and Yang Yang's two flank articles, hoping to activate the team's attacking power.

But the premise is that the team's defense can be stable.

He also sees this very thoroughly. The national football team's personal ability and overall technical and tactical level are not top-notch in Asia, and there is still a gap with Japan, South Korea, and even Iran, Saudi Arabia and other teams, and can only rely on overall and defense.

In the words of the Dutch coach, even in the face of group stage opponents such as Bahrain, Indonesia and Qatar, he did not dare to be careless, for fear of capsize in the gutter accidentally.

In this regard, Yang Yang also understands.

To put it bluntly, what Alihan needs now is his grades.

In addition to Alihan, Yang Yang also chatted with Shao Jiayi, who played in Munich, Germany. The latter spoke highly of Yang Yang, saying that the Champions League final had aroused great repercussions in Germany, and Yang Yang's outstanding performance was a great honor for the Chinese .

For the praise of the seniors, Yang Yang humbly said that he was just doing his best.

Shao Jiayi expressed the hope that he will have the opportunity to move around more in the future. After all, there are not many Chinese players studying abroad.

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The flight arrived in Chongqing at 5 pm.

When Alihan took the international players out of the airport, there were a lot of media reporters and fans gathered at the scene, including many young fans, who immediately swarmed up when they saw the national team coming out.

What is surprising is that they are not chasing after the national team coach Alihan, nor are they chasing after many famous international players in the team, but targeting the national team recruit Yang Yang, and directly treat the rest of the national team coldly. people.

Yang Yang was also flattered by the enthusiasm from media reporters and fans, but their preference for one over another made him a little embarrassed, after all, he was just a newcomer.

As for Yang Yang's extremely high popularity, the coaching staff is happy to see it, and the international players have different reactions.

Finally got out of the airport, got on the bus, went directly to the hotel, and joined the international players who had stayed at the hotel earlier.

The room has already been allocated, and Yang Yang and Zheng Zhi, an international player from Shenzhen, have been allocated the same room.

This time, the national team will stay in Chongqing for five days, play a warm-up match with Lebanon on the third, fly to Beijing on July 4, and go to the Xianghe Base for closed training, fly to Hohhot on the ninth, play another game with the United Arab Emirates, and come back later Beijing.

If nothing else, Yang Yang's roommate will be Zheng Zhi during the entire training process and during the Asian Cup.

According to Zheng Zhi, Yang Yang's roommate should have been Zhou Haibin, but then Zhang Shuo joined the team, and the two used to be roommates, so they continued, so Yang Yang's roommate became Zheng Zhi.

The arrangement of the coaching staff was not random, but requested by Alihan himself.

Zheng Zhi played as a midfielder in the club, and he was still the core midfielder, but in the national team, Alihan wanted him to play as a central defender.

"The old man told me a lot about Dutch football, including the responsibilities of the central defender. I am at a loss. Tell me, how does the central defender of your team play?"

Zheng Zhi watched Yang Yang pack up his things, and the two sat together. Before they could say a few words, they directly talked about football.

The term "center defender" is still unfamiliar in China. No wonder Zheng Zhi is not clear, but in the Netherlands, it is not surprising at all.

Heitinga, Fermaelen, Escud and others all have strong ball-playing abilities.

Just like last season, Ajax's central defender was Heitinga. He is a very comprehensive player. He can play in midfield, right back and central defender. .

Yang Yang has heard Ronald Koeman talk about this problem more than once. He believes that the central defender is very important in the entire tactical system of Ajax, and even more and more important in Dutch football.

Heitinga, Escud and Vermaelen are not high school defenders. The reason why Ajax prefers to use them at the risk of high defense is to take into account the team's midfield and backcourt.

It was rare that Zheng Zhi took the initiative to ask, and Yang Yang certainly knew everything and said everything.

In addition, there are a lot of videos and records on his laptop. He combined the videos and analysis materials to explain to Zheng Zhi as much as possible the responsibilities of the center defender and how Heitinga and others played football.

The materials Yang Yang had on hand were all accumulated when he was in Ajax, even Alihan's national team did not have them, and it happened to be a counterpoint analysis, which made Zheng Zhi very useful. Many people who were originally confused Things are gradually becoming clear.

But if you want to play a role on the court, you have to go through actual combat tests and the cooperation of your teammates.

After this exchange, the relationship between the two immediately became much closer.

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That night, the national team organized the first dinner, and the team leader Zhu also introduced Yang Yang to all the international players at the dinner.

The reaction of the internationals to this recruit is also different. After all, everyone knows that this young man has risen too fast, and this time he joined the team is estimated to be aimed at the main position.

Who can look at their competitors without any doubts?

Of course, it's not enough to look at Yang Yang's face, everyone competes fairly, and everyone can do it according to their abilities.

It was also during this dinner that the team leader Zhu announced that the winning prize of the Asian Cup would be as high as 500,000 yuan, which is the highest prize in the history of the national team. It is not difficult to see that the General Administration of Sport and the Football Association are eager to be at home. Win this honor and restore the low charm of the national football team in China.

However, Yang Yang can see that the internationals don't care about the amount of bonuses, they all care more about results.

Although the popularity of the national football team is sluggish in China, the Football Association is also constantly controversial, and the league also has many problems. But after wearing this national team's jersey, they are not playing for the Football Association, but representing China.

The strength of the ability, the outcome of the game, these are hard to say, but the international players still cherish this sense of honor.