Chapter 361 When Self-Abuse Becomes a Habit

With the arrival of the two-week national team game day, the club's international players have rushed to the national team to participate in the game.

Some are senior teams, some are youth teams.

After celebrating bringing home the UEFA Super Cup from Monaco, De Tokmost was utterly deserted.

Especially as the door of the transfer market closed, Yang Yang did not leave Ajax as expected by the outside world, which disappointed countless media reporters and fans.

They are all looking forward to Yang Yang to go to the four major leagues, especially the Chinese fans.

This will be the first Chinese player to play for a giant team in Europe's top league, which is highly anticipated.

Regarding the transfer, Yang Yang gave a brief explanation on his blog, saying that he was not ready yet.

Everyone knows that it's not that he can't go to the four major leagues, but that he chooses not to go temporarily.

As for the reason, Wei Zhen, a well-known reporter from National Television, explained in his blog that Yang Yang was very cautious when choosing a team and had a very clear long-term plan for his career development.

After playing against North Korea in June, the Chinese team has successfully advanced to the World Cup.

The national team specially arranged two World Cup warm-up matches in September, the purpose is to continue to run in the team's technical and tactical, and at the same time inspect the players, especially some newcomers.

As early as after the World Youth Championship, Yang Yang had communicated with Alihan and the national team leader Zhu in the Netherlands. He hopes that he can concentrate on playing for Ajax in the new season and strive for better performances in the Champions League in the new season. Better performance and gain more bargaining chips for your next career development.

Both Alihan and Team Leader Zhu clearly expressed their support for Yang Yang.

And this time in the national team training camp in September, Yang Yang did not enter the squad.

Not only him, including Zheng Zhi of Mainz, Zhao Junzhe of Celtic, Feng Xiaoting of Feyenoord, Gaolin of Alkmaar, Zhou Haibin of Benfica, Hao Junmin of Hamburg and other overseas players were not selected.

In October, the Chinese team will hold a training camp in Germany. At that time, they will play two warm-up games. The overseas players will have a good run-in with the domestic players in these two games to prepare for the World Cup next year.

Regardless of whether it is the East Asian Games in November, or next year's warm-up matches and Asian Cup qualifiers, Yang Yang and other foreign countries will not be recruited to participate. This is also to allow the overseas players to gain a firm foothold in the club and play at a high level.

In fact, in the East Asian semi-finals in early August this year, there was no international player from overseas.

Without the task of the national team, Yang Yang did not return to China, but continued to stay in Amsterdam.

He still insists on training at De Tokmost every day.

Winston Bogard and Luther Carroll also come to De Tokmost every day.

Occasionally, friends come to visit.

For example, Van Gaal.

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"Ha, Louis, what brought you here?"

In the corner of De Tokmost, when Yang Yang finished training all day, he turned around and saw Louis van Gaal sitting in the corner silently, handing him a bottle from a distance Water, he couldn't help laughing.

"Long time no see, why are you here?" Yang Yang asked happily.

"Sneak over to spy on the intelligence." Van Gaal said jokingly.

Alkmaar will face Ajax in the fifth round, which will be another tough fight in the new season.

Of course Yang Yang wouldn't believe him, "Your opponent in the next round is Rosendahl, and you shouldn't come to Detokmost if you want to spy."

Unscrew the cap of the bottle, gurgling water, and soon, a bottle of water is emptied.

Louis van Gaal looked at the water in his hand, shook his head, and offered it again.

Yang Yang also took it honestly, "I'll invite you to dinner tonight."

Van Gaal is happy, two bottles of water can be exchanged for a meal, it is worth it.

"I heard that the club gave you a two-week vacation. You only need to return to the team at the same time as the internationals. Why didn't you go home?" Van Gaal asked with a smile.

Yang Yang thought of his parents and relatives, as well as Su Ye, shook his head and said, "It's inconvenient to go back."

Not to mention my hometown. In third- and fourth-tier cities, gyms are hard to find, and training will definitely be greatly affected.

As for going back to Beijing, although it is possible to train, the national team is training there to play warm-up games, and Yang Yang is on vacation. It is really unreasonable, so Yang Yang finally chose not to go back.

"Then you can also give yourself a vacation and take a good rest." Van Gaal said here, his eyes flashed a trace of the elders' pity for the younger ones, "You haven't rested for three years, haven't you?"

In the summer of 2003, Yang Yang participated in the amateur invitational tournament on behalf of Almere, and then came to Ajax to participate in the talent day selection, and basically did not rest; he participated in the Toulon Cup in 2004, and then played the Asian Cup. He also did not rest the whole time.

Needless to say this year, the World Youth Championship was played after the World Cup qualifiers.

Sometimes when I think about it, time really goes by so fast, it's been three years in a blink of an eye.

"A few days ago, I went back to Almere." Yang Yang found a place beside Van Gaal to sit down and said softly.

Van Gaal nodded slightly, he clearly knew what this place meant to Yang Yang.

"I went to visit my uncle, and I stopped by the former club to meet my former teammates. Many of them are now the main force of the team and are in the third tier."

Yang Yang introduced what he had seen in Almere, as if he was talking about a world that was not in the same time and space as him.

It's like when he sat on the bus and told Almere's team-mates anecdotes about the Ajax star.

In fact, the distance between Amsterdam's southeast new city and Almere is only more than 20 kilometers, and it takes about half an hour to drive back and forth, that is, Yang Yang can't drive by himself, otherwise, it is not a problem to go back and forth every day.

Where Van Gaal lives, it is more than an hour's drive from the Alkmaar training base.

This is too common and normal in the Netherlands.

"For three years, this team has been in the second division every year, and it has failed every year." Van Gaal said with a wry smile.

He and John Rep were also old friends, and he really couldn't say much about what happened to Almere.

There are too many teams like Almere.

It's certainly sympathetic, to be honest, but that's what Pro League is.

This is like a pyramid. Everyone sharpens their heads and wants to climb up, but when one goes up, one has to squeeze one down. How can it be so easy?

Yang Yang's emotion was not entirely due to what happened to Almere.

To be honest, he does not have deep feelings for this team, but for some of his teammates back then.

Henk Dimel, Nick and others, when they were in the Almere youth academy, performed better than him, but now, their situation is completely different, especially when Yang Yang saw them , I feel that they have all begun to be somewhat content with the ordinary status quo.

At the age of 20, he still can't rush into the Dutch League, which is indeed a big blow to Almere.

"Mr. Leip said that if he can't rush into the new season, he will resign." Yang Yang said lightly.

Van Gaal nodded, "Failed to compete in the second round, it was a big blow to him, and the pressure was also huge. Resigning may be a relief. For him, it is not necessarily a bad thing."

Yang Yang agreed with this statement, because he felt that John Repp was obviously much older when we met this time.

"Sometimes, I feel very lucky. You know, my biggest wish was to stay in Almere and play in the first team. I never thought that I would be able to get to where I am today."

Yang Yang turned his head, looked at Van Gaal, and said with a smile.

This is the deepest feeling in his heart.

He really felt that he was very lucky, especially when he returned to Almere and saw the status quo of his former mentor and teammates, when these people looked at him with envy, even jealousy, but with When he was in despair, he cherished what he had now even more.

"You can get to where you are today, circumstances are only part of it, but what's more important is your diligence and hard work."

Van Gaal patted Yang Yang's shoulder lightly and said affirmatively.

When a person turns hard work, self-discipline, and even self-abuse into an almost instinctive habit, it will explode with amazing energy.

Yang Yang is like that.

"Your teammate in the national team, Gao Lin, has solid basic skills, excellent physical fitness, strong ability to hold the ball with his back, very comprehensive features, and good speed, but here he lacks some Things, it makes him obviously half a beat slower than his teammates, whether in games or training."

Van Gaal pointed to his head, but he was definitely not saying that Gaolin is not smart enough, but the wisdom of playing football.

Yang Yang can understand what Van Gaal said, just like when he was in the Almere youth team, he couldn't grab the ball from his teammates no matter what.

"He is very savvy, give him a little more time and opportunity, I believe he will repay you." Yang Yang helped Gao Lin speak.

Van Gaal laughed, "I know, otherwise, I wouldn't sign him, but I won't tell him anything, I need to put a little pressure on him, make him work harder, make him work harder, and this can be done. Metamorphosis."

Coaching young players is Van Gaal's strength. Yang Yang has no ability and has no right to comment.

In these few games, Van Gaal did not just use Gaolin as a center, but often let him play on the side, and even let him play in midfield. I believe this is also to make him integrate into the team faster and better.

As for when he will be able to enlighten, it depends on his own creation.

Van Gaal's performance is good now, which can give him more patience, but once the team's results show ups and downs, if Golin doesn't get better, the next thing to welcome him will be the bench.

"Don't worry, I will help you supervise him." Yang Yang smiled.

Van Gaal doesn't know where this guy is going to secretly remind him, but he doesn't care.

He is the head coach of the team and doesn't care what the young players think, what he needs is the performance of the players.

As for Yang Yang, he will not interfere with Van Gaal's training of players. He just wants to give Gaolin some encouragement and advice.

After all, the two of them are not only comrades in the national team, but also good friends in private.