Chapter 617 No Man's Land

Yang Yang has never spent the Spring Festival at home since he left home five years ago.

Living in a foreign country in Europe, he is inevitably affected by some influences around the Spring Festival every year, but he has always been well controlled.

This is the first time he has returned home for the New Year in five years.

The day before he left Liverpool, Benitez and Jesterdam had a long chat with him.

Considering the pressure he has been under for a while and his state is indeed relatively sluggish, the team decided to give him a few days off. The coaching staff hopes that he can rest well and let go of the pressure completely.

As a result, in the twenty-sixth round of the Premier League, Yang Yang will be absent in the away game against Bolton.

In addition, the next two weeks are the national team game days. China is participating in the four-nation tournament. With Yang Yang's status and status today, he does not need to play such a game at all, so he is not within the scope of the national team's call-up. .

Therefore, this time he can take more than half a month off.

According to Benitez, he only needs to return to Liverpool in the twenty-seventh round against Middlesbrough.

Of course, Benitez also hopes that he will not relax during this period of training, because after the 27th round, the Champions League knockout is next, and Liverpool's opponent this time is Inter Milan in Serie A.

This team can be called the strongest in Serie A, and its overall strength should not be underestimated. Ibrahimovic is also the top center in Europe. It is very difficult to win this team. It is exactly what everyone needs to show. when in best condition.

Yang Yang can understand Benitez's intentions. Before such an important schedule, he dared to give him a rest. This is definitely a strong trust in him, because if he is not self-disciplined and neglects training during this period of time And if you adjust, you won't be able to play the game at all when you come back.

But Yang Yang himself knew very well that he was suffering from heart disease.

It's like a person who has worked hard to climb a mountain and finally climbed to the top of the mountain. When he sees the beautiful scenery, he will inevitably feel a sense of loss in his mind. The whole person relaxes a bit, as if Lost goal.

Yang Yang feels this way now.

He had heard before that all those who have won the world footballer will usher in a downturn, which is probably the case.

Liverpool ranked first in the Premier League standings, Yang Yang ranked first in the Premier League scorer list, and first in the Champions League scorer list...

He seemed to have lost his aim all of a sudden.

Therefore, he knew his own problems in his heart, so he did not reject the kindness of the coaching staff. He flew back to Beijing the next day. After staying in Beijing for a day, he flew back to his hometown without stopping.

Su Ye accompanied Yang Yang back to his hometown, but this was the first time for Chinese New Year.

If it was in normal times, she would definitely refuse, because she also wanted to accompany her parents at home. Besides, she and Yang Yang are currently only boyfriend and girlfriend relationship, and it is always a bit embarrassing to accompany him home for the New Year.

But these days, she also saw that Yang Yang's mood was not high, and she was very worried, so she told her parents and accompanied him back to his hometown.

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Yang Yang's parents' business has become more and more prosperous in recent years, and the scale has become larger and larger. It is already a well-known sports brand in China, especially in the field of running shoes.

The previous Beijing Marathon, because of Su Ye's participation, attracted widespread attention from the domestic media and led to a wave of running craze.

Since it was an adjustment to return home this time, Yang Yang didn't want to be disturbed, so he told his parents and did not tell anyone about his return, but only informed his uncle Shen Ming, who had already returned to the country.

Every day, he insisted on quantitative training to maintain his physical condition, and the rest of the time he drove Su Ye around to play.

There are many tourist attractions in Fujian. Yang Yang used to be young and was studying, so he didn’t have time to go out, but this time he had a rare opportunity to play around, but considering the Spring Festival, he chose places with few people and didn’t want to be disturbed. .

His parents and family knew that he had something on his mind. Instead of talking about him, they actively offered advice and suggested places to travel to him, which saved Yang Yang the trouble of searching online for strategies.

Two people, one car, had a lot of fun.

Especially after the Spring Festival at home, he took Su Ye to Wuyi Mountain to live for a few days on the first day of the new year.

Living deep in the mountains and forests, Yang Yang and Su Ye climbed the mountains every day to play without being disturbed by the outside world. In the cold weather, there were few tourists in Wuyi Mountain. In addition, Yang Yang and Su Ye were disguised, but they were not recognized.

It wasn't until he got home that he received the news.

In the twenty-sixth round of the Premier League, Liverpool drew with Bolton 0-0 away.

Since Arsenal won this round, the Gunners reversed Liverpool with a two-point advantage and climbed to the top of the Premier League.

Yang Yang finally couldn't help but check it online, and the outside world reacted a lot to it.

Leading the way for most of the season, but the result suddenly slipped rapidly, and the pressure on Liverpool up and down can be imagined.

As the team's top scorer, Yang Yang was on vacation at this time. He felt a little uneasy, but at the same time, he was even more grateful to Benitez and Yesterdam for their maintenance.

Yang Yang has always been a man of gratitude and repayment. Whoever treats him well, he will repay him in every possible way.

Benitez may have some shortcomings in character, but his trust is beyond doubt.

But when he thinks of his current situation and Liverpool's current situation, Yang Yang is also very uncomfortable.

He has never found a solution to his own problems.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

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"It's cold outside and don't wear any clothes."

Su Ye walked out of the balcony lightly and put a coat on Yang Yang's body.

As a matter of fact, how cold will the winter in southern China be?

But Yang Yang still felt a warmth, and held Su Ye's hand gently, but couldn't help but sigh.

"I'm a little scared all of a sudden," Yang Yang said.

"What are you afraid of?"

Yang Yang didn't say anything, just held Su Ye's hand, obviously with a little more force.

The two have been eating and living together during this time. What was Yang Yang thinking about, how could Su Ye not know?

Today's Su Ye is no longer what it used to be. She doesn't know anything about football. On the contrary, in order to have more common topics with Yang Yang over the years, she has read a lot of football books and news, and has a deep understanding of football.

From the past to the present, after the peak, it has declined all the way, and in the end, it has quickly disappeared from everyone's stars, I don't know how many.

The most recent one is Barcelona's Ronaldinho. The Brazilian superstar obviously fell quickly after his peak.

But Yang Yang is different from him. Yang Yang is younger, but he has already won all the honors that an individual can get.

He won the Champions League top scorer twice, the Premier League top scorer, the Eredivisie Golden Boot...

"I think it's great that you know how to be afraid." Su Ye comforted.

"How to say?"

"At least you won't get stuck in the mud." Su Ye looked at him and smiled sweetly, "And I believe that you can get to where you are today, all of this is not accidental or luck, you have such strength, So instead of fear, you're in awe."

awe.

When Yang Yang heard this word, he couldn't stop nodding. He felt that awe was more appropriate to describe his state of mind at this moment than fear, because he was not without confidence, but felt awe in his heart.

"With awe, you will be more strict with yourself, I believe you will come out soon." Su Ye smiled.

Yang Yang also smiled, and after hearing Su Ye's explanation, he felt a lot better.

"To be honest, since I met you until now, I've never seen you worrying about gains and losses like you are now."

"Then what have I always been like?"

"You are very confident, and sometimes I even think that you are too confident."

Yang Yang nodded. He suddenly remembered what Van Gaal said to him on the phone not long ago.

"Know how to be afraid? It's a good thing, overcome it and you'll be mature!"

Now combined with Su Ye's words, Yang Yang suddenly realized something in his heart.

The ignorant are fearless, and such self-confidence cannot last long.

Many people say that excessive low self-esteem can lead to extreme self-confidence, which may make sense, but how long can it last?

How can people be without blows and setbacks? How can it always be smooth sailing?

The self-confidence that comes from inferiority complex will make people slumped in the face of blows and setbacks.

Only by overcoming inferiority complex and truly having self-confidence is true self-confidence.

In the past few years, Yang Yang has been holding back a lot of energy in his heart, and he wants to prove himself.

And that in itself is an inferiority complex.

Now that he has proven himself, he has won the honor that everyone dreams of, but what will happen next?

He used to have a clear goal, from Almere to Ajax, from the bench to the first team, from the Eredivisie Golden Boot to the Premier League Golden Boot to the World Footballer. Again, every step fell into place.

But now, he has come to the top of the mountain. He doesn't know what to do next, and no one can tell him.

It was as if he had broken into an endless no-man's land, unable to see where he was going and no way out.

Van Basten retired early due to injuries after he won the World Player of the Year.

Yang Yang is only twenty-one years old, and it is hard for him to imagine that he will go downhill from now on, which is not what he wants.

Standing beside her, Su Ye noticed the change in Yang Yang's face. She knew what Yang Yang was thinking, but suddenly a thought flashed through her mind and asked, "I want to go somewhere, will you accompany me? "

"where?"

Su Ye didn't say anything. After smiling, he took his hand and said, "It may take a few days, and it is estimated that you will have to suffer a bit on the way. You can go with me, okay?"

Even if she doesn't ask softly, as long as Su Ye wants to go, Yang Yang will accompany her.

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After the two negotiated properly that night, they started packing up the next day and said goodbye to their relatives at home.

Yang Yang also went to say goodbye to his uncle Shen Ming, because when he was in the Netherlands, he was really taken care of by his uncle's family.

After finishing everything, Yang Yang and Su Ye took a plane to Beijing.

Two days later, they took another flight south.