Every day at noon, Yang Yang can be seen in the swimming pool of Detokmost.

From the landlubber who was afraid of water like a tiger before, to the current breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, backstroke and other swimming styles back and forth, like a little white dragon on the water shuttling back and forth in the pool, Yang Yang's progress in the pool is no slower than on the court.

When Luther Carroll walked to the pool, he happened to see Yang Yang swimming out and changing his swimming style one after another, and he was surprised, appreciative and funny, what kind of behavior is this? It's more like playing.

"There is no one at the scene, who is this going to show you?" Luther Carroll asked with a smile.

Winston Bogard laughed, "It's good to get used to it, otherwise it's really boring to travel alone every day." ”

Luther Carroll nodded again and again, and it was only at this time that he realized that Yang Yang was only an eighteen-year-old boy after all, but his performance in the team on weekdays gave people a sense of being old and steady, and it was easy for people to forget his age.

"How's he doing now?" Luther Carroll asked with concern.

"It's been a lot of progress, and the physical confrontation has improved a lot, but you also know that the period between the ages of 18 and 23 is a critical period for young players to build their body muscles, and Yang Yang is now in the early stages, so it's better not to overwork."

"The coaching staff thinks the same way, so they won't let him participate in the Dutch Cup, even if it's the Eredivisie and the League Cup, they will pay attention, and you and Kluittenburg will have to pay attention to it at all times and strictly control it." Luther Carroll admonished solemnly.

He is a professional footballer himself, he knows better than anyone that having a healthy and strong body is definitely a blessing for any professional player, if he is injured frequently like Robben, no matter how good his talent is, no matter how hard he works, it will be in vain.

Yang Yang's physical fitness is relatively weak, and compared with his European peers, it is also much inferior, but his insistence on long-term hard training, as well as targeted strength training in the recent period, have made him improve quickly.

Luther Carroll is a coach who has watched Yang Yang all the way, and he also knows very well how difficult it is for Yang Yang to get to where he is today, and he is very much looking forward to it, wanting to know how far Yang Yang can go and what kind of achievements he can achieve.

But he knows better that pulling out seedlings to help them grow is not a good thing.

For the club, any player is destined to be only a passing passerby.

Just like Robben to Eindhoven, Eindhoven will not be responsible for Robben's future at all, they are more concerned about whether Robben can bring them benefits and victory, as for what will happen to Robben in the future, who cares?

Therefore, they almost used the young Robben to death.

Not only PSV Eindhoven, but Chelsea now is basically the same.

Ajax are relatively more warm towards young players, and the likes of Ronald Koeman and Luther Carroll are all professionals, so they will also pay special attention to the long-term development of their players.

Van Gaal's reform is to hope that Ajax will turn player development into a business from now on.

But in fact, some ideas have penetrated deep into the bone marrow, into the soul of every Ajax person, and cannot be changed.

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After Yang Yang finished swimming, he climbed ashore, but was a little surprised to find that it was Luther Carroll who handed him a bath towel.

"Why are you here?"

Luther Carroll smiled, "I'm your full-time coach, I heard that you practice here every day, can you come and have a look?" If you accidentally get hurt, I'll have to write a report, what a hassle! ”

Yang Yang smiled, of course he wouldn't believe it.

The Ajax coaches treat the young players very well, there is nothing to say about that.

"I've heard that you're going to compete with Kuyt for the Marksman King?" Luther Carroll asked, seemingly casually.

Yang Yang was stunned, "You received the news so soon?" ”

"Heh, you little ghosts are discussing openly on the training ground, really when the coaches and staff who set up the fields around are blind and deaf?" Luther Carroll asked with a smile.

Yang Yang didn't care, it wasn't a big deal.

"What do you think?"

"Fight! Of course you have to fight! ”

Luther Carroll's reaction surprised Yang Yang a little, didn't he come to persuade himself to dispel his thoughts?

"Do you know how many Eredivisie titles we've won in the last 10 years?"

Yang Yang frowned and thought about it, shook his head and said, "I didn't pay attention to counting." ”

"Ten years, five, Eindhoven took four, Feyenoord only took one."

Yang Yang nodded, he knew that although the Eredivisie has always had the traditional top three, in fact, judging from the results, Feyenoord has indeed fallen behind in the past few years, and PSV Eindhoven and Ajax are the real strong opponents.

"Then do you know how many Eredivisie Golden Boots we have won?"

This Yang Yang knew, because he heard his teammates say in the morning, "It seems that there is none." ”

Luther Carroll nodded, "Yes, no, not once." ”

When he said this, Luther Carroll looked regretful, which is also the regret of all Ajax fans.

"Five titles in 10 years, but no Eredivisie Golden Boot, this has always been a place where many opponents look down on us, we have trained Van Basten, Bergkamp, Litmanen, Kluivert and other European attackers, but we have not won a Golden Boot for 10 years."

"But you may not know that ten years ago, starting from '91, we won the Eredivisie Golden Boot for four consecutive years, Bergkamp won the first three years, Litmanen won the Golden Boot in '94, and Bergkamp tied for the Golden Boot with PSV Eindhoven's Romario in '91."

Luther Carroll introduced these words with a touch of pride.

"PSV Eindhoven have won the Eredivisie Golden Boot since 10 years ago, from Ronaldo to Nielis to Ruud van Nistelrooy to Kezman, and in 10 years, only Feyenoord has won one each on Van Jujdonk and Vitesse on Mahras."

"In the past decade, neither Kluivert, nor Van der Vaart, nor Ibrahimovic have been able to bring a Golden Boot to the team, and the lack of a good striker has always been a big problem for the club."

Yang Yang understood what Luther Carroll meant.

It turned out that Ajax also hoped to compete for this shooter king.

"Before, when Marco came to visit, he told me and Ronald that he thought you would be a killer with a keen sense of smell." Luther Carroll smiled.

"Oh?" Yang Yang really hasn't heard Van Basten talk about this.

"Speed, explosiveness, these are the necessary advantages of a killer, but the most important thing is your excellent off-ball running, but at that time your stop was not good enough, he regretted it, but now I see, as soon as you stop the ball better, the number of goals and assists immediately rises, which shows that Marko's vision is not wrong at all."

Yang Yang really didn't know that Van Basten gave him such a high evaluation behind his back, and thought to himself that he really had to find a chance to thank him.

"What did the Boss say to Cruytenberg?" Yang Yang asked with concern.

"I can come here, you should know what Ronald means, the team will try to help you at the tactical level, but Kluittenberg's side will continue to be strict, this is not negotiable."

When I saw Yang Yang's expression, I knew it would be like this, and Luther Carroll laughed.

"Yang, all of us are very happy to see you have such an enterprising spirit, but you have to remember that the shooter king can't compete this year, and you can continue to fight next year, but once your body is broken, it will not be easy to recover."

After a pause, Luther Carroll continued: "I specially analysed for you, Kuyt's goal situation this season, he can be called an iron man, he plays 90 minutes almost every game, but his scoring efficiency is not consistent, there are consecutive rounds of goal drought in September and December, so you still have a good chance." ”

'I'm still saying that, try to keep a calm mind, the more relaxed you are, the more chances you have to score, the better your ability to take chances, and you have to try to be consistent, and you have to score goals consistently, which is more conducive to competing for the Golden Boot than a hat-trick and a brace, and it's also more helpful for the team.

Seeing Luther Carroll leave, Yang Yang, who was sitting by the pool, couldn't help but smile slightly.

It seems that even the coaching staff is supporting him to compete for the Eredivisie Golden Boot.

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On the evening of February 16, the Amsterdam Arena.

In the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, Ajax hosted AJ Auxerre.

Players from both sides came to the players' tunnel one after another, and Czech referee Yarosov Yala was making a final check before the players on both sides came on the field.

He has also been admiring the recent Ajax rookie in European football, with many saying that he is another young talent for Ajax after Van der Vaart and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Yang Yang smiled politely back.

AJ Auxerre are a mature squad with an average age of 25 or 6, but there are also young youngsters in the squad such as 22-year-old right wing-back Sagna, 19-year-old centre-back Kaboul and 18-year-old midfielder Diaby.

Yang Yang was opposite 27-year-old left wing-back Sebastien Jores, and next to him was 23-year-old French central defender Mignot, and Yang Yang had already known the strengths and weaknesses of these two players from the information provided by the coaching staff before the game.

Although Mineot is only 1.82 meters tall, he is physically strong, and his speed and agility are weak.

As for Jores, he defended well, but he had a serious problem, which was a lack of concentration and frequent distractions in the game, which was an old problem for him.

One of the key points that the coaching staff told Yang Yang before the game was to make good use of the opponent's problem.

Yang Yang also fought against two opponents in the super training ground last night, and he is familiar with their situation.

Less than six minutes into the game, he seized a chance on the right flank and quickly ran out of gap to get a chance to counter-attack.