Chapter 244 Challenges

On the flight back to Amsterdam from Turin, Italy, everyone at Ajax sat in silence.

No one was willing to speak.

Yang Yang was sitting in the seat, and it was rare that he did not "sleep", but no one paid attention to his changes.

He was thinking about the whole game, thinking about his competition with the stars of Juventus, thinking about the mistakes he made in the game and the opportunities he got.

Two voices kept popping up in his mind.

One is to tell him that Zambrotta is the world's top full-back with excellent offense and defense, Nedved is also the world's top star, and Emerson and Tacchinati are also outstanding midfielders. In front of his opponent, at least he didn't look too ugly, that's enough.

"You just turned eighteen!"

But there was another voice telling him that he could have done better. He even had a chance to dribble the ball into the penalty area, but in the physical confrontation with Zambrotta, the Italian full-back was defeated. It got squeezed and the ball was lost.

If that time rushed into the penalty area and the speed picked up, he was fully confident that he would get a shot.

What if the ball is scored?

Guilt, self-blame, unwillingness, helplessness...

Many different complex emotions are intertwined, and this is the mood of Yang Yang at this moment.

Unknowingly, Yang Yang took more responsibility for himself, especially on the offensive end.

Maybe it was when reporters called him Ajax's new flag-bearer; or when a group of fans wearing his jersey came to cheer him on the outside of De Tokmost's training ground; Basten tells him when opportunities arise; or...

Who knows when?

That's a good thing, and it's a sign that his position within the team is constantly improving.

With great power comes great responsibility.

He knew that if he was going to take on the flag left by Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, he would have to learn to play under that pressure and responsibility, and even overcome them.

And now, Yang Yang has also begun to feel the mountain of pressure that made Van der Vaart breathless and overwhelmed before.

He doesn't know if he can take up this burden, but he is willing to accept this challenge.

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The flight arrived at Amsterdam Airport late at night.

As soon as Yang Yang turned on his mobile phone, he immediately received two text messages from China.

"Although you lost, you did your best, don't be sad."

"Secretly tell you the good news, my dad has agreed to my application for the middle school entrance examination, thank you for your encouragement!"

After reading the text message, Xiaomei Su's flowery smile appeared in Yang Yang's mind. The crisp laughter seemed to ring in his ears, which made his original heavy heart a lot better.

"I'm fine, don't worry, congratulations on getting what you want."

After sending the text message, he put away his mobile phone, followed the team out of the airport, and got on the bus.

Unexpectedly, I received a reply soon.

"The eight characters haven't been written yet, and I may not be able to get into the Chinese opera."

Yang Yang didn't expect that Su Xiaomei didn't sleep so late.

Could it be that she has been waiting for her reply?

But after thinking about it, he felt that it was unlikely, and shook his head amusingly.

"It's fine. If you don't pass the test this year, you will repeat it. If you really don't pass the test, I will try my best to help you realize your dream. At least let you make a movie and make it on the big screen."

"What you said, I'm all counting on you."

Immediately after, another message was sent, "Then don't be discouraged, you must continue to work hard to play football, otherwise how can you have the money to support me to make a movie?"

Seeing her being serious, Yang Yang couldn't help but smile, but he quickly thought that this was Su Xiaomei trying to comfort him.

"Thank you, I feel better."

"Then smile more. You look very handsome when you smile. All the girls in our class say they like to see you smile."

Yang Yang couldn't help laughing again when he saw this sentence.

"Okay, I won't tell you, I'm going to bed when I'm tired, and I have class tomorrow, bye."

"Well, go to bed early, good night."

"you too, good night."

Yang Yang put away his mobile phone, and the annoyance in his heart also eased a lot.

Losing the game, he was convinced, but still felt very unwilling.

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Super training ground.

After the replay, Yang Yang started training.

But this time, he did not perform basic training and star skills as before, but directly practiced against each other.

The simulated opponent is Juventus' Zambrotta.

As the world's top full-back, Zambrotta can play on the left and right sides. Although he is a right-footed and debuted as a right-back, he actually performs quite well on the left.

He is 1.81 meters tall and weighs 76 kilograms. He is proficient in both left and right foot skills, fast, with excellent physical fitness and strong confrontation ability. He has a very fierce style on the court. Able to defend, very comprehensive.

Even Yang Yang felt that he was synonymous with a perfect full-back.

In the super training ground, Yang Yang practiced against the simulated Zambrotta again and again, and was knocked to the ground by the opponent again and again, and it was always difficult to break through the defense of Zambrotta.

But Yang Yang always stood up again and again and re-entered the contest.

At first, Lao Bing did not deliberately stop him, but gradually, he also found that Yang Yang was venting more than training.

After being shoveled by Zambrotta once, when Yang Yang stood up again, he found that the light and shadow of the star in front of him had disappeared.

He knew that Lao Bing had stopped simulating pair training.

"Do you know why you can't do anything about Zambrotta?" Lao Bing's voice sounded faintly.

Yang Yang sat on the grass without saying a word.

"It's not just you, there are countless sideline assaulters who can't do anything about him. Do you know why?"

Yang Yang was somewhat curious, "Why?"

"Because under normal performance, he is all-round and has almost no weaknesses."

Yang Yang was silent, he had to admit that Lao Bing was right, Zambrotta did not have any weaknesses.

"Remember what I told you before, only comprehensive skills can create rich and varied tactics, Zambrotta is like a full-back with no obvious flaws, and Juventus is like a team with no obvious flaws. Iron Legion."

"Faced with such a team and such an opponent, you have only one way to go, and that is to make yourself as comprehensive as your opponent, to hide all your weaknesses and weaknesses, and to fight against your opponent to see who exposes it first. weakness."

Yang Yang still didn't speak, but he knew that Lao Bing was right.

Juventus is indeed such a team, and in the Netherlands, there is also a team of this type.

PSV under Hiddink's training is like a simplified version of Juventus.

After the national derby, Yang Yang even thought that if he hadn't made a breakthrough from Li Rongpyo and earned a penalty kick and a red card from Alex, the final result of that game would have been worse for Ajax.

The team is like that, and so are the players.

Why is Ibrahimovic so scary?

He has excellent physical quality, height, strength, confrontation, and he has all the advantages of a Nordic high center.

But what's even more terrifying is that he still has the delicate foot skills that are not lost to the No. 10 player, and the flexibility of his body is also quite good, which makes him like a technical player with the body of a Nordic strong man, let him become more comprehensive.

Looking back at myself, the basic skills have been made up, and the stopping technique is no longer a hindrance, but these are still far from enough.

Especially when facing a European fullback like Zambrotta, Yang Yang needs to make himself more comprehensive, which requires higher and more demanding requirements for himself.

He needs to hone his basic skills to be finer and more solid, to polish his ball stop to be more stable, and to make every stop he makes more comfortable.

He wants to be stronger!

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In the morning, Yang Yang still got up early, took Maxwell, Fairmalan, Maicon and others, and ran three laps around the Odekerke Lake. The whole process lost the cheerful atmosphere of the past and became a little depressed.

After the run, and having breakfast, Yang Yang went directly to the gym of De Tokmost

He was still the same as usual, meticulously completing the warm-up before strength training, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Winston Bogard still arrived at the gym on time, accompanied Yang Yang one-on-one for the morning strength training, and asked him a few subtle questions from time to time.

After Yang Yang completed the training items such as bench press, squat, deadlift, instant upper arm, and cycling, he took out the nutritional drink he had carefully prepared, and watched Yang Yang squeeze his nose and pour it into his stomach. Completed the task satisfactorily.

But Yang Yang didn't want to leave as early as usual today, but asked with concern, "Winston, are you free during the winter break?"

"Winter break?" Bogard was a little surprised.

According to the arrangement of Ajax, the team will have a holiday during the winter break, and it will not be until after Christmas, at the beginning of January, that the team will gather again in southern Europe for the winter break training camp to prepare for the second half of the season.

During this period of time, the team is on vacation, and the coaching staff and staff are on vacation except for a few people on duty. Many people even arranged vacation plans early.

"Do you have a plan?" Yang Yang asked.

Bogard shook his head, "Not yet, maybe stay at home, or help out at my friend's gym, you know, my biggest wish is to have a gym of my own."

"I'd like to hire you to continue to be my personal trainer, okay?"

"Personal trainer?" Bogard was taken aback.

"Yes, during the winter break, I want to continue training. I need a coach with rich experience like you to supervise and guide me. These days, I can pay you according to the payment standard of private training outside."

Bogarde's salary in Ajax is not high, mainly because of his reputation. Even the salary paid to him for private education outside is not a big problem for Yang Yang, not to mention that it is only a dozen days. .

"I'll think about it." Bogard hesitated.

Yang Yang nodded, "Of course, I'll wait for your news."

After speaking, he turned and walked out of the gym under the watch of Bogard.

The moment he stepped out of the gym, he suddenly found that there were fluttering fluff in the sky.

Snowing!