Chapter 702 He Is Yang Yang! 【I Wish You All a Happy Chinese New Year! 】

"I never thought he could achieve something like this."

The day after Yang Yang successfully defended his title as the World Footballer of the Year, the Dutch Telegraph published a column written by Van Gaal and compiled by the famous journalist Michel van der Sema, and published it on the front page.

"The first time I met him was in the summer after I left Barcelona, ​​in a park in Almere, with his back to me, silently practising against a broken wall, his basic skills were not Well, practiced for a long time, again and again."

"Even now, everyone can still see the wall in the park in Almere, and there are still countless traces left by Yang Yang when he practiced in the past, and it has become a famous place in Almere. It is a tourist attraction that attracts countless tourists to the Netherlands every year.”

"At the time, he gave me the impression that he was diligent, hardworking, and tireless. I was in a bad mood, so I looked at him and made a bet with myself. I didn't think he would last long, because no one can survive like this I persisted in the boring training for a long time, and Yang Yang at that time gave me the feeling that it was very ordinary, and I didn’t see any possibility of becoming a talent.”

"And I was just thinking that this kid was probably driven crazy and wanted to play football, but he was about to be eliminated from the youth academy of an amateur team like Almere, so he practiced hard, But unfortunately, this is doomed to be useless, and his persistence is just a momentary impulse."

"But what I didn't expect was that his persistence moved me."

"I've never seen a person who can endure that kind of boring basic training for such a long time like him, and as far as I know, even now, Yang Yang still insists on these trainings every day. "

"Many people say that Yang Yang is a football genius, but I know that everyone who knows him knows that he is not. If he is a genius, then more than half of the professional players in the world are geniuses."

"But he's really an incredible person, he's got super self-control, he's able to do whatever it takes to achieve his goals, he's able to put up with that kind of extremely boring training day and night, which makes him All the way from Almere to Ajax to Liverpool."

In the article, Van Gaal recalled the days he spent with Yang Yang in Almere and Ajax. He wanted to tell everyone the real Yang Yang. He wanted everyone to know that Yang Yang has come to this day. How difficult it is.

Everyone only saw Yang Yang's appearance on the surface, his majesty, and his invincibility on the court, but few people noticed that Yang Yang's ascetic self-discipline and diligence over the years.

"I forgot, exactly since when, more and more people are telling me, hey, Luis, your friend is a genius, look at his performance on the court, his speed, his breakthrough with the ball, His biography, his..."

"Every time I hear this kind of talk, I smile, I'm relieved, but at the same time a little sentimental."

"Yang Yang got a lot, but at the same time he gave more."

"He's changed a lot in recent years, especially in the last year."

"Last year, he won the European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year. He was in a downturn. He often called me, hoping to get my help. At the same time, he would talk to me about a lot of things. I found him Started to become more mature and more responsible.”

"He was no longer just Yang Yang himself, he began to realize that he represented Chinese football, Chinese sports, and even Chinese people. He had a lot of responsibilities, so he started to work harder and harder."

"Not long ago, he came to the Netherlands to see me and talked to me a lot. He said that he hoped to find a way to help Chinese football become stronger, which made me suddenly feel that he is no longer the one I am familiar with. Child, he's grown tall, strong, and admirable."

"Here, I want to say that Chinese football is indeed very weak, but Yang Yang's success proves that China has excellent football talents, they just lack some soil to cultivate these people, they lack some excellent football basic coaches, they lack A complete and rigorous talent training system and league competition mechanism."

"From Yang Yang's body, we should have a new understanding of Chinese football, not only to see its advantages, but also to see its problems. This is an opportunity, but also a challenge."

"Yang Yang is only twenty-two years old, but he has already found a goal that he can strive for his whole life, and he has shouldered many responsibilities, which makes him more admirable, but also makes him change. You have to be more disciplined and more diligent.”

"As a professional head coach, I am proud to have worked with players like Yang Yang; as his good friend, I am also honored to have such a friend."

"At the same time, I also want to say that the success of winning the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or is just the beginning for Yang Yang. I hope to see him continue to work hard, and I even hope to see him lead him. To achieve better results in our country and to find a strong football path."

"I have full confidence in him because he is Yang Yang!"

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Van Gaal's column has aroused huge repercussions in the Netherlands, Europe, and even the world, and has been reprinted by countless media, especially in China. Once reprinted by the media, it quickly aroused heated discussions among domestic fans and football practitioners.

This is the first time they have seen from the top European coaches about Yang Yang's importance to Chinese football.

In fact, all the people in China have attached great importance to Yang Yang's two consecutive awards.

Although due to the time difference, the World Player of the Year was announced at more than 3:00 am the next day in Beijing time, but the national TV station and major domestic authoritative party periodicals and newspapers also sent congratulations to Yang Yang for his consecutive awards. highly rated.

The next day, the country's top leader personally sent a congratulatory message to Yang Yang, who was far away in Europe, congratulating him on behalf of the people of the whole country for winning this supreme honor for two consecutive years.

"Your success is not only your personal success, but also China's success, which is a huge motivation for all young athletes in China."

And Yang Yang also promised himself on the phone that he would continue to work hard and never fail everyone's expectations of him.

This news also caused frantic reports and discussions from media reporters and fans across the country and even around the world in a short period of time.

This is undoubtedly to further enhance Yang Yang's status and influence.

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Yang Yang's consecutive success has sparked huge discussions around the world.

Judging from the vote rankings released by FIFA, Yang Yang won the award with an absolute overwhelming advantage. Cristiano Ronaldo ranked second, Messi third, Torres fourth and fifth. Kaka, the sum total of all these people can't compare to Yang Yang's score.

This can almost be said to be elected with an absolute advantage without any suspense, so that everyone can feel Yang Yang's lofty status in the current world football, he is a veritable world football player.

In addition to the value in the arena, Forbes also analyzed Yang Yang's market value while reporting the news of Yang Yang's award, believing that the market value of the Chinese player is far greater than his FIFA World Player of the Year ranking The advantages shown on the list are even greater and more surprising.

"According to the results of the investigation by authoritative institutions, Yang Yang's commercial value has far exceeded the scope of football and sports, and his annual commercial sponsorship income is already an astronomical amount."

Forbes cites Nike as an example.

The American sports brand signed a five-year sponsorship contract with Yang Yang, and the sponsorship cost was as high as 15 million euros, which is an astronomical figure that no one has been able to surpass so far.

"But according to the current information we have received from Nike, Nike is intensively trying to contact Yang Yang's team, hoping to re-sign a contract, which may even exceed 20 million euros, which will create a brand new high-priced sponsorship. contract."

"In addition to Nike, Yang Yang recently signed a brand new sponsorship contract with the famous German car brand Porsche for a period of five years and 10 million euros per year. Porsche officials said that after signing Yang Yang, the Porsche Cayenne will be available in the Chinese market. Sales are rising at an astonishing rate, and they are looking forward to the new contract."

"This is the case with Nike and Porsche, as are other international brands such as Armani and Head & Shoulders. They attach great importance to the Chinese market, and for superstars like Yang Yang, who are very popular in China and the Asian market, they are more willing to do anything. put in."

In the end, Forbes concluded that with the huge market of China and Asia backed, Yang Yang's commercial value has far exceeded that of traditional superstars like Beckham and Ronaldinho, reaching an unprecedented height.

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Of course, in the overwhelming praise, it is not completely without the voice of doubt.

Argentina national team coach Maradona said in an interview with Ole newspaper that Yang Yang is not as good as Messi.

"There is no doubt that Messi is the best player in the world, he is only 21 years old, but he has more praise than when I was 26 years old, if Messi can maintain the current status Momentum, he believes he can get more Ballon d'Or and World Footballer in the future."

As for why Yang Yang was chosen in the World Footballer's Ballot, Maradona said that it was mainly due to the rules, and he had to choose Yang Yang, otherwise he would choose Messi.

But everyone knows that this statement is somewhat suspicious of favoring one's own family.

But it is obvious that when he won the first World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, Yang Yang was still subject to a lot of controversy, such as who is better between him and Kaka.

But this year, he was undisputedly elected!