With a 2-0 win away at PSV Eindhoven, Ajax sent shockwaves across Dutch football.

After nine rounds of league games, Ajax has risen rapidly in the rankings with their last two consecutive wins, jumping directly to sixth place with 15 points, only seven points away from PSV Eindhoven, who are second in the league.

Feyenoord won 4-0 in this round, reversing PSV Eindhoven and leading the Eredivisie table with 25 points.

Feyenoord's two strikers, meanwhile, Kalou and Kuyt, are the top two scorers with nine and eight goals respectively.

Heerenveen's centre-forwards Huntelaar and Heiselinck are all tied for third with six goals.

Yang Yang has scored four goals so far this season, which is better than last season, but he is still outside the top ten scorers.

That said, Yang Yang has four assists in addition to his four goals, one and one assist in the Champions League, and one in the UEFA Super Cup, and he is Ajax's leading scorer in all competitions so far this season, with a total of six goals, which is already more than the half-year total he scored in the first team last season.

Although the data does not fully reflect the performance of the players, it proves Yang Yang's progress to some extent.

What's more, these goals from Yang Yang directly led to five wins for Ajax, and each goal counted.

With a brace against PSV Eindhoven, Yang Yang once again made everyone aware of his importance to Ajax, and also pushed his fame and influence to a new level.

The morning after Eindhoven, before the training session, De Tokmostt gathered twenty or thirty Ajax fans, many of them wearing Yang Yang's No. 11 shirt and branding, watching the training outside the barbed wire fence at the training ground.

There are fans on the scene to show support, this is the first time for Yang Yang.

It was also the first time since the departure of two star players, Van der Vaart and Ibrahimovic.

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Ali van Erden, managing director of the board of directors of Ajax, accompanied the Dutch national team coach Van Basten all the way from the Amsterdam Arena to Detokmost.

As the coach of the national team, Van Basten's coaching record is also quite good.

In Germany's World Cup qualifiers, the Netherlands beat the Czech Republic 2-0, then drew 2-2 away at Macedonia and won 3-1 at home to Finland.

And today, he came to Detokmost, just to check the form of the Ajax players.

Accompanied by Van Eden, Van Basten stepped into De Tokmostt and saw this group of enthusiastic fans.

This somewhat surprised both Van Basten and Van Eden.

"Unexpectedly, Yang Yang began to gradually get the love of fans."

When mentioning Yang Yang, Van Basten couldn't help but think of the first time he met Yang Yang last summer.

Van Basten is still very concerned about this young player who has performed very eye-catching under his command.

"The team really needs that guy right now." Ali van Eden said with a smile.

Van Basten nodded slightly.

'We're more worried about the recognition of him from the local fans, you know, over the years, our leaders have been homegrown players from our academy.

From the perspective of UEFA rules, Yang Yang is of course Ajax's youth training, but if it is strictly defined, he is not counted at all.

Even, Yang Yang is not considered an academy player for Almere.

The reason is simple, he has only been in the Netherlands for two years so far.

Ajax's standard-bearers have always come from the academy lineage, from Cruyff to Bergkamp to Kluivert.

Previously, in the captaincy of Ajax, Van der Vaart and Ibrahimovic were at loggerheads, and the club management did not hesitate to choose Van der Vaart because he was their own.

But now the situation is completely different.

Ajax now has more and more foreign players, and although local players still dominate the dressing room, they have been weakened a lot, especially after Van der Vaart's departure, there is no new generation of standard-bearers.

Sneijder would have been a suitable candidate, but his character and position on the pitch limited him.

And Ryan Babbel, who was originally favored by many people, has now been completely overshadowed by Yang Yang's light.

"Van Gaal's change has changed a lot of things, bringing a whole new direction for our team and giving us a clear view of the development of the European professional league in the new era."

Van Basten chuckled, "Over the years, Zivu, Litmanen, Escud and Galasek have all captained the team and led the team very well, which proves that it is good to keep up with the trend of the times and make some changes appropriately." ”

Ali van Eden clearly agrees, but ......

"This kind of thing has to be done slowly."

Van Basten frowned, and quickly figured it out.

Like all big teams, Ajax has a strong enough heritage, with a handful of stars and legends in history, and many of them have a certain influence in the media field.

The most typical is the war of words between Louis van Gaal and Cruyff last season, the former is in control of the club, and the latter is in control of public opinion.

"That's right, take your time, it's not an overnight thing to be a good standard-bearer, at least he has to prove that he has the strength, he has the responsibility to partner, and most importantly, he has to have the leadership."

The leader of a team is not just saying that he can be if he wants to, if he is not strong enough, then he will definitely not work, if he has enough strength, he will not be able to support him, and if he has strength and support, he will not be able to do without enough leadership.

Like PSV Eindhoven's captain Van Bommel, he may not be the strongest in the team, but his leadership is definitely recognized.

This is also due to PSV Eindhoven's long-term development, which in turn has given him the temperament of a leading player.

"Judging by the current situation, I'm afraid I'll have to contact Raiola again soon." Van Eden said bitterly.

Last time for Yang Yang's contract renewal, he dealt with Raiola a lot, and it was a nightmare.

Judging from the current situation, with Yang Yang's performance, Ajax may really have to put the renewal on the agenda again.

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"Why do you arrange a five-on-five small group confrontation at the end of the training?"

On the sidelines of the training ground, Van Basten asked Ronald Coman and Luther Carroll curiously on the sidelines.

In terms of coaching, he is a newbie and is interested in a lot of things.

Generally speaking, in the middle of the season, the team will not arrange a fierce group confrontation, mainly for fear of injury.

It's true to train to the same level, but only if you don't get injured effectively.

There are more than 20 players in the first team, and there are two or three competitors in each position, and in this kind of small group confrontation, one careless person can get injured, and who knows what is going on at that time?

So, Van Basten was curious about it.

'The atmosphere in the dressing room is good, there is competition within the players, but it is well controlled, the local players and the foreign players get along very well, the atmosphere in the team is even better than last season, and the players have a good sense of trust in each other. Ronald Coman explained.

"Yang Yang did not participate in the pre-season training camp, and our team has a lot of new players, a small range of group confrontation can effectively increase the tacit understanding of the players, and the players' response to this is also good."

Van Basten nodded repeatedly, but vaguely figured out another layer of meaning.

The confrontation between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart has been a hidden danger in the team's dressing room for the past two seasons, and even at that time the dressing room was divided into locals led by Van der Vaart and expatriates led by Ibrahimovic.

But with the departure of the two stars, the inside of the Ajax dressing room has become harmonious.

As early as last season, Van Basten heard that Yang Yang is a foreign player, and he is an iron buddy with Ibrahimovic and others, but he has a good relationship with local players such as Van der Vaart and Sneijder.

"This kid's basic skills have become very solid, and his strength has improved a lot." Van Basten smiled and praised.

Luther Carroll laughs: "He also recently offered to strengthen his strength training and come to the gym an hour earlier every day. ”

"Oh?" Van Basten's face was different, which was a test of perseverance and determination.

It's a pity.

If Yang Yang hadn't already played for the Chinese national team, Van Basten would really consider recruiting him into the Dutch national team, and when the time comes, he will form wings with Robben, and the Dutch frontcourt attack will be much higher than now.

It's a pity that he chose his homeland.

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When the team's training was over and Yang Yang walked off the field out of breath, he saw Van Basten smiling and waving at him on the sidelines.

"Hey, Marco, long time no see." Yang Yang immediately walked over.

"yes, I haven't seen you in a while." Van Basten looked at Yang Yang's body with interest, nodded and said: "Well, there is progress, but it is not enough, a strong physique can make you more comfortable on the court." ”

"I know, I've been working on it." Yang Yang said with a smile.

"I've heard, do it well, there's a great opportunity in front of you right now, and you have to try to seize it."

Yang Yang vaguely heard what Van Basten meant, and he also knew his situation in the team, as well as the current situation of Ajax.

In fact, he really didn't think about it that much, but if he did get to that point, it would be quite good for him.

Later, Yang Yang chatted with Van Basten about some things, asked some questions in training and games, and Van Basten also knew everything and said everything.

As a legendary star in the past, many times his words can solve the problems that have plagued Yang Yang for a long time.

Finally said goodbye to Van Basten, Yang Yang did not go back to the locker room directly, but walked to the corner wall by himself for half an hour of basic training alone.

By the time he returned to the dressing room, it was empty.

Yang Yang is also accustomed to this, and when he came out of the shower and opened the cabinet to change clothes, he found that there was an unread text message in his mobile phone, which was Su Xiaomei from China.

"Happy birthday, Yang Yang!"

After reading it, Yang Yang's heart warmed, and then he remembered that today was his birthday.

He couldn't help but laugh.