55 Check-in
Ajax's efficiency is still very reliable.
It only took one day for Priscilla Jensen to deal with Yang Yang's transfer, and also handled the handover with Almere Club, during which Yang Yang specially went to Almere Club to say goodbye to John Repp and Dick Van Poel and others.
From the moment he signed his name on his contract with Ajax, he no longer belonged to Almere.
John Repp and Dick Van Poel both encouraged Yang Yang to continue to work hard at Detokmost, and also hoped that he would find time to return to Almere, and that night, Henk Dimel and Nick and other teammates also went to the Chinese restaurant to say goodbye to Yang Yang.
The next day, the Chinese restaurant was suspended, and his uncle Shen Ming's family of three drove Yang Yang to Amsterdam.
The rental house that Ajax is looking for is in the middle of Amstelveen and the new town of the south-east, a small town called Odekerk, three kilometers from Detokmost, the town has only seven or eight thousand inhabitants, the population is not large, but the scenery is beautiful.
The Amstel River runs from north to south to the west of the town, and a tributary divides the town horizontally into north and south, and finally flows into Lake Odekerk in the east, which is bordered by the A2 motorway and the new town in the southeast, and the endless pastures in the north and south.
Seeing the ranch scenery of the Netherlands for the first time made Yang Yang, sitting in the car and driving on the A9 highway, very relaxed.
After getting off the highway at the intersection of Odekerke, according to the map, I quickly found the sports center and library of the town on the north bank of the river, and then turned left at the intersection less than 400 meters to the east, and it was easy to find Yangyang's rental house by following the door number.
This is a typical old Dutch building with a large attic on a single floor and a utility room next to it, but no garage.
The whole street is lined up, all of which are buildings of the same style, and if it weren't for the house number, I'm afraid it would be really easy to make a mistake.
When getting out of the car, Yang Yang looked around, basically nothing special, that is, a few cars were parked sparsely on the side of the road, among which the Porsche 911 Turbo parked at the door of the opposite house was the best, and the other cars all added up to the fact that the car was not as valuable as this car, but the owner lived in the same house as Yang Yang.
Yang Yang walked quickly to the door and rang the doorbell, and soon there was a movement inside.
As soon as the door opened, everyone inside and outside was stunned.
"It's you?!" Both spoke in unison.
The one who opened the door was the Belgian centre-back Thomas Vermaelen whom Yang Yang met in the amateur competition.
"You're the new player Priscilla is talking about?" Fermaren was a little surprised.
"yes, I didn't expect that my roommate would be you." Yang Yang is also very happy, after all, he has played a game.
He still admires Thomas Vermaelen's strength.
"Don't say it, come in quickly."
Fermaren enthusiastically helped Yang Yang carry his luggage and beckoned him and Shen Ming's family to enter.
According to him, he had just moved in the past two days and had been staying in a hotel all the time.
'Even though I've been with Ajax since 2001, it's my first time playing in the Netherlands and I'm still very new to all of this. Vermaren said with some embarrassment.
On the second floor there are two bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, and on the first floor is the living room, kitchen, and communal washroom.
The house is not big, but it is very tidy, obviously deliberately cleaned up before they move in, after they move in, they can choose to take care of it themselves, or they can hire a part-time worker to clean up, but the cost will have to be paid for by themselves.
Fermaren had already moved into one of the rooms, Yang Yang naturally chose the other, fortunately the room was large enough, the ventilation and lighting were ideal, and Yang Yang was also very satisfied.
Uncle Shen Ming and the three of them helped Yang Yang clean up the room, and looked around again, it was indeed very good, and there was nothing else to clean up, and when they saw that Yang Yang and Fermaren could talk about it, they were relieved.
After all, Yang Yang is already sixteen years old, and if he is based on the domestic imaginary age algorithm, he will be almost eighteen.
Before leaving, his uncle, aunt and cousin took away the phone number of the rented house, and told him to contact him more and call as soon as he had something.
After sending off his uncle's family of three, Yang Yang's mood quickly calmed down and plunged into the freshness of his new life.
According to Fermalen's introduction, there is a supermarket not far north of the door, where all the ingredients can be bought, and the hospital is in the northwest, with a walking distance of about 500 meters, which is also very convenient.
But eating is more troublesome, if you don't do it yourself, you have to go west along the river to the west, three or four hundred meters past the library, there are many restaurants, but there is no Chinese restaurant, which makes Yang Yang very depressed.
But it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to solve the problem of three meals a day at school and Detokmost, eat the players' restaurant, and then do it yourself, after all, Yang Yang has also helped in the Chinese restaurant for a year, and there is no problem in stealing the teacher's skills, and taking care of his stomach is definitely no problem.
In the conversation with Vermaelen, Yang Yang learned that Odekerk was very close to De Tokmost, so many Ajax players were rented here.
"Guess who's living across from us?" Vermaren asked mysteriously.
Yang Yang immediately remembered the Porsche 911 that pulled the wind, he originally thought it was a rich man, but he didn't expect it to be an Ajax player, so he became curious and asked: "Who?" ”
"Ibrahimovic."
"Is that him?" Yang Yang was full of surprise.
"I heard that he originally lived in Dimen, but then moved here, not far from him, and there was a Fiat parked in front of the door, which is the house of Brazilian player Maxwell, and they are the iron buddies of the first team."
Yang Yang was really surprised, but he didn't expect that there were still many Ajax players living here.
But that's fine, and we can take care of each other.
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At near noon, Yang Yang and Fermaren left their rental house, re-entered the intersection, continued to walk 500 meters to the east, and took a bus to Detokmost, two kilometers away.
Yang Yang went to the club to check in according to Jensen's reminder, paid 20 euros for insurance, and received a complete set of Adidas training equipment, from football boots to training clothes, which was provided to the youth team for free after Adidas sponsored Ajax.
After receiving the equipment, under the guidance of Fermaren, Yang Yang came to the locker room of the second team again, randomly chose a cabinet that no one used, and after tidying up, Yang Yang came to the office of the head coach of the second team.
Van Basten's office door was open, and as soon as Yang Yang stood at the door, Van Basten saw him, immediately smiled and beckoned to him, signaling him to hurry inside.
"Boss." Yang Yang saluted respectfully.
If it was before, Yang Yang could call Van Basten Marko, but since he has become Van Basten's player, then he should call him the boss like all other players.
"Okay." Van Basten was so happy to see Yang Yang that he couldn't close his mouth, and after signaling Yang Yang to sit down, he continued to speak, introducing the current situation of the second team of Ajax, mainly because there are many players drawn out of the first team, and the second team is short of manpower.
"We have a lot of pressure in the new season, we have to play in the league and the Dutch Cup, I hope you can prepare well for the new season, especially in terms of physical reserves, and you must adjust well in the period before the season."
From the tone, Yang Yang could feel that Van Basten had high hopes for him.
Fred Arroyo had told him that Van Basten had personally named him to the second team.
"Don't worry, boss, I'll do my best." Yang Yang solemnly assured.
'Don't be nervous, it's your first season, whether it's the league or the Dutch Cup, it's a challenge for you, especially in the Dutch Cup, where you're not just playing against other teams in the second team or in the lower leagues, or even in the Eredivisie.
The Dutch Cup is different from the cup competitions of other countries, and the second team can participate, while Ajax's second team has always been not bad, often causing upsets in the Dutch Cup, and sometimes even facing teams in the Eredivisie.
As for the league, the Ajax II team wants to participate in the Dutch Youth League, and the opponents are basically the youth teams of the Eredivisie and the Dutch B professional teams, each of which is very good, which is also a new challenge for Yang Yang.
As early as in the amateur competition, whether Yang Yang faced Volendam or Ajax, Almere encountered hard battles, and Yang Yang also gained a lot in these hard battles and encountered challenges from different opponents.
But in the end, it was a cup competition, and there were only two or three strong opponents, but then it was different, every opponent in the league was good, and he might even meet the same talented Feyenoord youth team and PSV Eindhoven's youth team, which was also quite a challenge for Yang Yang.
However, if he can withstand the challenge, then Yang Yang's progress will undoubtedly be faster.
"In addition to the opponents, you also need to learn how to self-regulate, knowing that a season is a very long time span, how to maintain your form during this long period of time, this is a very advanced science."
Van Basten elaborated: "It's pointless if you only stand out in a few games from time to time, and even if your performance fluctuates too much, it's hard to get a foothold in a team, and you can only be considered a qualified professional if you try to keep your form consistent." ”
Yang Yang knows that this is Van Basten's professional experience, and being able to tell himself this at the first meeting shows that Van Basten attaches great importance to him, so he is also very sincere and humble to be taught, saying that he will work hard and will resolutely implement it according to the arrangement of the coaching staff, and will not let Van Basten down.
And Van Basten also admonished Yang Yang, "I know that you have always had your own habit of practicing in Almere, I am not against you practicing more, but I want to remind you to be moderate, don't backfire, overwork is not good for you to maintain your own condition." ”
Yang Yang is not worried about this at all, after all, there is Lao Bing from the super training ground to help him control it, and he believes that there will be no major problems in this aspect.
At least judging from the situation of the amateur competition, Lao Bing does have something unique in this regard.