Chapter 975: Football Keyboard Man

Back in Amsterdam, Yang Yang was very excited from the moment he got off the plane.

He was placed on the 18-man squad for this game, but he knew very well that he would not start and would only be a substitute in the second half.

It's a very special feeling to play as an away player at the Amsterdam Arena.

What surprised Yang Yang was that at the airport, many Ajax fans came to greet him, and many of them were even wearing the No. 11 jersey he used to play for Ajax. This made Yang Yang particularly moved.

He specially requested ten minutes from the head coach Ancelotti, interacted with this group of lovely fans on the spot, and took autographs and photos, which was a very special feeling for him.

Leaving the airport, Real Madrid checked into a pre-booked hotel, and UEFA's publicity staff also came to the door.

As a player who used to play for Ajax, even in the official UEFA data, Yang Yang, who played for Ajax at the age of 16, belongs to the Ajax youth training players. This time, facing the old club, everyone They are very curious about Yang Yang's mood.

Therefore, the official propagandist of UEFA wants to interview Yang Yang most.

Regarding this question, Yang Yang said with a smile in an interview with the media that he is a Real Madrid player, but he will always have Ajax's place in his heart, "Maybe one day in the future, when I am old, if I can , I still want to go back to Ajax."

In Yang Yang's heart, Ajax is the place where he made his career debut. If he retire here in the future, he will feel very honored, and he will also have a feeling of returning to his roots.

Of course, no one can tell what will happen in the future.

In recent years, the situation of Ajax has not been optimistic. After Yang Yang left the team, Ajax has successively sold its leading players.

First, a group of players such as Sneijder, Huntelaar, Heitinga and Fermaelen left the team. Later, Suarez, who performed well, also went to Liverpool. The overall strength of Ajax was greatly affected.

For this, Yang Yang expressed understanding, but denied that Ajax's youth training strength was not as good as it was in the past.

"In fact, I've been back in Amsterdam all these years and I have a lot of friends here, so I know that players like Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Eriksen and Wu Lei are very good, I think they both have a lot of quality and potential, so I don't agree with Ajax's lack of youth training."

The UEFA reporter also asked about the recent turmoil of Van Gaal's return to Ajax, and Yang Yang immediately expressed his support for his old friend.

Speaking of Van Gaal, we have to mention his old friend, Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona.

Although Cruyff lives in Barcelona, ​​in fact he has a great influence in Dutch football.

Ajax's performance has been unsatisfactory in recent years, and Cruyff has criticized and criticized the Ajax management in many columns.

In 2008, when Van Basten coached Ajax, Cruyff returned to Ajax as a technical consultant. Everyone expected him to be able to be like a few years ago. Van Gaal brought a new revival to Ajax, but Cruyff resigned just a month later, citing differences of opinion.

Then-head coach Van Basten pointed out that Cruyff resigned because his plans were too radical and idealistic.

This is also a very serious problem for Cruyff.

If you use the term on the domestic network, he is a football keyboard warrior. He can speak well, but he seriously lacks first-line practical experience.

After leaving, Cruyff did not stop there, but intensified pressure on the management in the media, and even launched the so-called [Velvet Revolution], using public opinion to overthrow the Ajax management.

Afterwards, Cruyff formed a reform committee with former player Edgar Davis and other five members to comprehensively promote the reform of the Ajax club. Cruyff first promoted his friend Juncker as a youth training technology. The coach, Bergkamp as the first team assistant coach, and Flander de Boer as the head coach.

But in the position of executive director, Cruyff was challenged because he chose his teammate Lin Qiuli.

This is a Chinese player and a teammate that Cruyff trusts very much, but since his retirement, Lin Qiuli has never had any experience in managing a professional team in the past 20 years, but Cruyff hastily Giving the important position of executive director of Ajax to Lin Qiuli has caused fierce conflict within the five-member committee.

Half a month ago, Dutch media broke the news that the other four members of Ajax's five-member committee, including Davis, were inclined to invite Van Gaal to take over the position of Ajax's general manager, which triggered Cruyff. strong opposition.

Dutch TV broke the news that Cruyff was extremely emotional during the internal discussions of the Ajax five-member committee, he did not hesitate to resign to protest Van Gaal's appointment, and at the same time made irrational races against Davis. discriminate.

Cruyff then filed a complaint with the court, accusing the five-member committee and the club board of not fully consulting him on the appointment of Van Gaal, violating procedural justice, and demanding a ruling on Van Gaal's appointment. The final court Ruling, Van Gaal's appointment invalid.

In recent days, just when the public opinion in Amsterdam was fierce, fans who supported and criticized Cruyff caused heated discussions and disputes.

As a former Ajax player, Yang Yang is also one of the top superstars in the world today. The UEFA reporter will naturally not miss such a good opportunity. Taking advantage of his opportunity to come to Amsterdam, he must want to know What was in his mind.

Yang Yang could have stayed out of it originally, and he could have used an inconvenient comment to prevaricate it, but this time he didn't.

He first asked whether Cruyff racially discriminated against Davis. He said that he did not know the truth and did not express his opinion, but Yang Yang gave a positive answer to whether Van Gaal was suitable for Ajax.

"Luis is an excellent and successful manager, there is no doubt about it, if he is not successful, then I don't know how many people are qualified to say that he is successful, what is even more rare is that he loves Ajak Sri Lanka, who has very rich coaching experience and business resume, understands the operation and laws of professional football far better than those who only rhetoric."

Yang Yang's words were very sharp, which surprised UEFA's reporters. They did not expect Yang Yang to stand on Van Gaal's side so clearly and directly fire at Cruyff.

But after thinking about it, it's normal.

Two and a half years after Yang Yang joined Real Madrid, Cruyff accused Yang Yang in the column.

As a junior, Yang Yang faced accusations and criticisms from Cruyff. No matter whether it was justified or not, he chose to forbear and rarely refuted Cruyff. For example, Cruyff repeatedly said that Yang Yang was inferior to Messi, Or Yang Yang went to Barcelona and couldn't play a game like Yunyun.

And this time, Yang Yang stood against Van Gaal and opposed Cruyff, not only to support his old friend, but also to counter Cruyff. In that case, reply directly to him, write your column, don't point fingers at professional football, then Cruyff will be even more embarrassed.

Of course, Yang Yang's rhetoric has clearly expressed his attitude.

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"Why do you have to go into this muddy water?"

That night, in the hotel where Real Madrid stayed, Van Gaal and Van Basten visited by coincidence.

The three sat in the hotel's cafe, Yang Yang ordered a cup of boiling water, and talked about the interview Yang Yang received during the day.

Yang Yang didn't think there was any problem with this at all, shrugged and said, "I'm just saying what I think, he really only exaggerates. He has been away from the front line for nearly 20 years. Apart from writing columns, What else have you done?"

Van Basten was a little helpless, and Yang Yang was obviously fed up with Cruyff's bad temper.

Speaking of which, this person is really strange. Cruyff and Van Gaal have the same bad temper, but Van Gaal is very pleasing to Yang Yang, while Cruyff is completely the opposite.

So sometimes it's really funny.

Van Gaal has been out of work since he left Bayern Munich. He is waiting for a suitable invitation. Even this summer, there are media rumors that Yang Yang persuaded Florentino to invite Van Gaal to coach, but in fact there is no such thing at all. The thing is, Van Gaal can't go to coach Real Madrid either.

To a certain extent, it is difficult for Van Gaal's team to accommodate a superstar like Yang Yang.

Friendship is friendship, but from the perspective of their respective interests, Yang Yang and Van Gaal are indeed incompatible.

Therefore, Yang Yang has always wanted to play for Van Gaal, but he doesn't know that it will not be realized until the Year of the Monkey.

"By the way, you have been fighting fiercely with Messi recently." Van Basten said with a smile.

He has always told people that Yang Yang is the best scorer he has ever seen, because Yang Yang is a masterpiece that he has single-handedly drawn and carved, and it will surely become the glory of his life.

"Messi has been working hard to score goals this season," Yang Yang said with a smile.

In the fifteenth round that just ended, Real Madrid beat Sporting Gijon 3-0 away, Yang Yang scored a goal, and Messi also scored a goal in Barcelona's 5-0 home victory over Levante, So now the number of goals between the two sides is 18 to 16, and they are still very tight.

"Guardiola should be very entangled now." Van Gaal laughed. He has coached Guardiola and has been in contact with Guardiola, so he understands Guardiola's temper. Messi, but he can't be ruthless, but Messi is..."

Van Gaal said this, looked up at Yang Yang, shook his head helplessly and sighed.

Meeting a guy like Yang Yang, should it be Messi's luck or misfortune?

Yang Yang didn't think so much. There have been rumors from the outside world that Guardiola will leave the team after this season because he is tired.

But Yang Yang is different, he is still very fighting, because not far behind him, there is another Messi chasing closely.