To show how seriously Almere took the term assessment, the venue was scheduled to be held on the club's home turf.

The Municipal Stadium is part of the municipality of Almere, but is leased on a permanent basis by the club and is connected to the club's training grounds, with a rugby pitch to the east and tennis and baseball to the south.

The home of the first team is small, surrounded by low, single-storey stands.

When Yang Yang and others came out of the locker room and entered the arranged field, except for the middle position of the main stand, which was empty, the rest of the stands were already filled with a large number of fans, and there were fans entering the passage, and even many players' parents, relatives and friends put up banners of encouragement.

Yang Yang also saw his uncle's family in the east stand, and even the employees of the Chinese restaurant came to cheer for him.

When Yang Yang was meticulously warming up in the stadium, there was a movement in the main stands.

The club's president, René Terburg, was accompanied by a few VIPs, and although there was no welcome ceremony, many people still recognized them, including the mayor of Almere and government officials, and many of the celebrities who followed him.

Yang Yang is a newcomer, he is very unfamiliar with these people, and he doesn't pay attention to them, and he is still warm-up training, but it is Henk Dimel and others who are very excited about the arrival of the mayor.

"It seems that the rumours that the city government will strongly support Almere in the Eredivisie are true."

"With the support of the city government, coupled with the club officially becoming a satellite club of Ajax, I believe that in the next few years, Almere will make a big difference, and it is only a matter of time before he enters the Eredivisie."

"That's right, that's right, it won't work this year, but it will definitely be able to enter next year."

Yang Yang listened silently, recognizing only the chairman, René Telberg, who was said to be the local tycoon of Almere, but who did not live in the city, but in Bralikham.

Laren and Bralikum in the southeastern suburbs of Amsterdam are the most popular residential areas for the wealthy and business executives, but they are closer to Almere, just south of Lake Hoy, southwest of Almere.

What really makes Yang Yang admire is Terborg's vision and courage, it has only been less than seven years since he founded Almere to bring this team to the point where it is today, which is not incredible, and the main reason behind it is that Terburg has put his heart on John Repp, and in addition to finances, he has almost handed over the club to John Repp to take care of it.

Contrary to the lack of football in China, football is the most fashionable topic of conversation among all political and business celebrities in the Netherlands, as can be seen in Terberg's laughter with the mayor and other government dignitaries in the main stand.

The government is also very willing to invest in hardware, not to mention anything else, these venues rented by Almere, in addition to a standard stadium with grandstands, two training buildings, there are six standard football training fields, and three halves, and there are at least three or four training venues of this size in Almere.

When Yang Yang was marveling at the Dutch government's investment in football, there was another movement in the main stands.

Looking up, I just saw the first-team manager John Repp appear in the main stand, very politely leading the way for the two VIPs behind him, while Telberg and others, who had been sitting in the stands, stood up in unison.

"Who is this?"

"What is the origin of this man and woman?"

"Oh my God, that's ...... That's ......"

"Van Gaal!"

"Who?"

"Van Gaal! Louis van Gaal! ”

"Really?"

"Really, really Louis van Gaal."

"Oh God, why did he get here?"

Not only the players on the pitch were talking, but even the parents and fans in the surrounding stands were in an uproar.

Louis van Gaal, who is a thunderous super coach in Dutch football and Ajax, has been engaged in youth training at Ajax for a long time, cultivated many stars, and later brought Ajax to the Champions League in the nineties, is the last glory of Ajax, and is also known as the last godfather of Ajax after Michels and Cruyff.

If nothing else, the current Ajax manager Ronald Koeman is a player brought out by Louis van Gaal.

Everyone was amazed by Van Gaal's appearance, and Yang Yang was also dumbfounded.

He could see that walking behind head coach John Repp was not the middle-aged Dutch man who often ran to watch him train? And the middle-aged lady in the back is not his girlfriend Trus Opamel?

Obediently, it turns out that he is Louis van Gaal!

Yang Yang was extremely surprised, and couldn't believe it.

To say that he is in China, he is familiar with football news, and he is naturally no stranger to the name Louis van Gaal, but because he is only a county-level city in Quanzhou, newspapers and information are not developed, and the TV does not broadcast La Liga live, he has been training in the Netherlands for a year, ignoring other things, and Van Gaal wears a golf cap every time he sees him, covering most of his face, so that he doesn't recognize it at all.

But isn't Louis van Gaal coaching Barcelona?

Oh, by the way, there seemed to be news in January that he was fired early.

Despite two dismissals from Barcelona and unsuccessful coaching of the Dutch national team in between, Louis van Gaal's status in Dutch football is quite high, everyone respects him, and Almere is honoured to have a world-class coach like him.

Yang Yang looked at Van Gaal in the stadium, and the Dutch coach also found him in the stands, raised his right hand with a smile, and greeted Yang Yang Yaoyao, which immediately attracted the attention of John Repp next to him.

"Louis, do you know Yang Yang?" John Repp asked, surprised.

Van Gaal smiled and nodded lightly, "I guess I know." ”

He doesn't seem to like talking about his personal affairs in front of outsiders.

"What's more, he has been secretly following people for more than a month, and he has lost his eyes." Truss joked with a smile on the side.

John Lepp was even more curious, "What's going on?" ”

Truss glanced at Van Gaal and found that he didn't want to say more, so she could only say a few words, which was nothing more than that Van Gaal felt that Yang Yang's basic hard training would not last long, and the result was a big accident.

She said it vaguely, but John Rip was shocked.

As the head coach of the team, he has completely changed his opinion of Yang Yang, and is very optimistic, but listening to Truss say this, even Van Gaal favors Yang Yang, and even does not hesitate to follow him for more than a month of training, what does this mean?

Who in the whole Netherlands doesn't know that Van Gaal is notoriously foul-tempered, and he definitely can't tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes, but he can track Yang Yang for a month, in addition to being very optimistic, what else can he say?

And who doesn't know, Van Gaal's vision is notoriously vicious, and being favored by him is even more convincing than being looked at by Ajax's chief scout, if this news spreads, Yang Yang will immediately be worth a hundred times, attracting the attention of countless Dutch teams, and even solicitation.

What's more, John Repp has been given definite news that Van Gaal's next stop is ......

Thoughts crossed his mind, and the Almere manager was caught off guard.

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After the players finished the warm-up, the club's president, René Telberg, began to speak before the assessment, and also announced a major event for the club, that is, Yanmar Agricultural Machinery from Japan officially sponsored the stadium named Almere.

In other words, the Municipal Stadium will be officially renamed the Yanmar Stadium in the future.

This sponsorship from Japan will greatly ease the financial pressure on Almere and greatly stimulate the club.

Regardless of whether the team can succeed in the second division this season, at the very least, the club's business is definitely thriving.

After the chairman René Telberg, head coach John Repp solemnly introduced the purpose of the semester assessment, and announced that he had invited the famous coach Van Gaal to serve as the technical adviser of the assessment, which received thunderous applause from the audience.

The test is the same as the usual training session, or 90 minutes, and the training items are similar to the usual training, which are some of the most significant regular events, such as 10-meter and 30-meter sprint switchback running, monkey walking, and four-on-four, six-on-six small-field attack and defense, the only difference is that at the end of the training, a 30-minute full-court offensive and defensive game is arranged.

Since the training program was not unusual, everyone quickly began the final assessment under the organization of Dick Van Poel.

Although they are all daily training events on weekdays, everyone obviously feels the difference, and there are many coaches with notepads on the sidelines who score while watching the game, which makes many players who perform well on weekdays, but are slightly nervous, feel pressured and make frequent mistakes.

Coaches don't show any sympathy when grading because it's part of the psychological assessment.

The psychological quality is not strong enough, which is also limiting the future development of the players, after all, when it comes to the real game, the opponent will not give the weak the slightest pity and sympathy.

For example, in the game against Omnibus, the right wing-back who replaced Nick played very badly, and then he was beaten by Dick van Poel and never got a chance to play again.

The coaches' scoring is not just about seeing that there are no mistakes, but more about comprehensive evaluation.

For example, passing will not only evaluate the quality of the passer's pass, such as the speed of the ball, the route of the ball, whether it reaches the receiver's habitual foot, whether it is easy to receive the ball, etc., but also evaluates the receiver's running response and receiving action.

Yang Yang's passing and receiving are weaknesses, although after more than a month of hard practice, the progress is very obvious, but he is still not as good as others, but his off-ball running and receiving and passing lines have repeatedly made eye-catching performances.

In terms of speed test, whether it is a 10-meter or 30-meter sprint switchback, he is the best in the team.

In the past month or so, in addition to the most basic training, he has not lost his fastest advantage at all, and under Lao Bing's professional supervision, his speed and explosiveness have improved compared to the past.

In the subsequent monkey walking games and group confrontations, Yang Yang also showed his own progress.

When it came time for the final full-time offensive and defensive match, head coach John Repp and technical adviser Louis van Gaal also came down from the stands, personally walked to the sidelines to supervise the game, and gave the players a score.