Yang Yang originally thought that he had no fans in Japan, because the Japanese have always looked down on Chinese football.

But what he didn't expect was that when Ajax took a flight, crossed half the world, and arrived at Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan, a large number of Japanese fans came to the airport to pick him up.

Many of them wore Ajax No. 11 jerseys, under the banner of welcoming Yang Yang, and when they saw the Ajax players appear, they were even more enthusiastic and pounced on Ajax, especially the most eye-catching Yang Yang.

The Toyota Cup is held in East Asia, Ajax is the Champions League champion, Yang Yang is currently the only Asian player in the Ajax team, and he has just won the European Golden Boy Award, known as the most talented and outstanding young player under the age of 21.

Plus that stunning goal in the Champions League final six months ago, as well as a great performance in the Asian Cup.

All the past has made Yang Yang super attractive in Asia, and the limelight has long overshadowed the foreign internationals of South Korea and Japan.

The Ajax players have just flown halfway around the world and are already exhausted and exhausted, but Yang Yang is still in good spirits, and he is not refusing to come in the face of autograph requests from Japanese fans.

Soon, he saw Wei Zhen from China in the crowd.

Wei Zhen finally squeezed away the fans and peers and came to Yang Yang, which made his image quite embarrassing.

"Brother Wei, I'm so embarrassed, I didn't expect there to be so many Japanese fans." Yang Yang looked at him and smiled.

Wei Zhen shrugged his shoulders depressedly, he really couldn't help it, "They have always worshiped the strong. ”

Yang Yang raised his eyebrows, am I considered a strong man?

Well, it's good to be a strong man.

"This is the last Toyota Cup, and it has little influence in the world, but the domestic media and fans attach great importance to this Toyota Cup, and there will be many Chinese fans on the scene to watch the game, and the TV station has also arranged for me to follow up and report."

Yang Yang nodded, "Okay, but I'm afraid it won't work tonight, tomorrow, I'll apply with the team and accept your interview." ”

"Okay, confirm the time, contact me."

After sending Wei Zhen away, Yang Yang was soon surrounded by enthusiastic Japanese fans, and there were many female fans, all of whom shouted Yang Yang's name and stretched out their hands vigorously, trying to hold Yang Yang.

That enthusiastic appearance made Yang Yang feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, the ground staff and security guards at the airport were prepared, and soon came forward to relieve Yang Yang, and escorted Yang Yang all the way to the bus that had been prepared in advance and parked at the door.

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"Hey, Yang, didn't you say that you are mortal enemies with Japan?" Heitinga asked curiously.

"yes, what's wrong?" Yang Yang turned his head and asked with a smile.

"Then why do they still like you so much?"

Yang Yang smiled, and suddenly remembered what Wei Zhen said, "They have always admired the strong. ”

"What? Overmatch? Heitinga gave an incredulous expression, "Are you talking about you?" ”

As he spoke, Captain Ajax deliberately unzipped his coat, revealing the strong chest muscles and abdominal muscles outlined by a close-fitting training uniform inside, showing off to Yang Yang.

There was a burst of laughter on the bus.

"You have a point in saying that, you are indeed very strong and strong." Yang Yang nodded in praise.

But just when Heitinga was full of smugness and wanted to show off his muscles, Yang Yang changed his words, "However, generally speaking, female fans seek players either because he is stronger, or because he is handsome, since I am not as strong as you and not as strong as you, it can only prove that I am ......"

Heitinga didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and immediately zipped up his coat, "No, no, no, you're still stronger." ”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Between the strong and the handsome, Heitinga chose the handsome without hesitation.

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For the Toyota Cup, Ajax doesn't take it very seriously, because this year's opponent is Caldas, the dark horse of the Copa Libertadores from Colombia, and the strength is not strong.

As long as the team adjusts a little and plays normally, there is no problem in beating the opponent.

What really surprised Ajax was that Yang Yang was so favored in Japan.

If it was said that on the day of the team's arrival, enthusiastic fans went to the airport to pick up the airport, which had made everyone at Ajax feel Yang Yang's influence in Asia, then the next day, the team's first training session in Yokohama was crowded with fans and reporters, which surprised everyone.

There is no doubt that they are all coming for Yang Yang.

For this situation, Yang Yang himself was also a little flattered.

After the recovery training, the team specially arranged for him, Sneijder and Maxwell to interact with the fans at the scene, and also made an exception to arrange for Yang Yang to be interviewed by the media reporters on the spot.

The group of journalists is not only from Japan, but also from several Chinese and South Korean media outlets.

It can be said that so far, Yang Yang almost represents the highest level of Asian players staying abroad, the Champions League stunner, the European Golden Boy Award, which is an honor that all Asian players have never won in the past.

In this regard, Yang Yang modestly said that his career has just begun, which is more of an encouragement.

Ajax's performance this season has not been very good, but Yang Yang firmly believes that the team will improve in the second half of the season, and at the same time said that he will try to play a higher level of competition in the second half.

There were also Japanese reporters at the scene who asked Yang Yang about the draw results of the Asian quarterfinals of the World Cup Qualifiers that just ended a few days ago, and they wanted to know Yang Yang's opinion on the draw results.

After the Chinese team defeated Kuwait, the national football team successfully qualified from the group and advanced to the quarterfinals.

The draw for the quarter-finals is based on the results of the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, with South Korea and Japan both placed in Pot 1, China and Saudi Arabia in Pot 2, Iran and Uzbekistan in Pot 3 and Bahrain and North Korea in Pot 4.

Starting in November, all the teams expected to reach the quarter-finals have been in the AFC for PR, eager to avoid Iran in Pot 3, as everyone knows that drawing Iran is tantamount to drawing into the Group of Death.

But there are only two groups in the quarterfinals, either Japan or South Korea will be drawn.

The final result was a draw in Kuala Lumpur on December 9, in which South Korea drew Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Bahrain, and Japan drew China, Iran and North Korea.

That is, China was drawn into the group of death.

As early as after the results of the draw were released, Wei Zhen had already passed the news to Yang Yang as soon as possible.

"It's really not a lucky draw, we're in the same group as the two strongest teams in Asia, and North Korea is very competitive, so it's really a bad group."

Yang Yang answered the media's questions with a solemn face, "But I want to say that we have the confidence to face all difficulties and challenges. ”

'We are no strangers to Japan or Iran, we have played against both teams in the Asian Cup, so I think we have the quality to win, and of course it takes everyone to work together and work together.

When the Japanese media asked Yang Yang to guess the final situation of this group, Yang Yang smiled and said, "I hope to see China, Japan and Iran join hands to qualify." ”

That's a clever answer.

According to the rules of the group stage, the top two teams in the group will advance directly, and the two third-placed teams will play a play-off, and the winning team will compete with the fourth-placed team in North and Central America for a ticket to the World Cup in Germany.

Yang Yang's answer won him warm applause from the audience.

But soon a Japanese reporter picked on him and asked him about the behavior of actively threatening the referee in the Asian Cup final, which made the originally relaxed atmosphere of the scene very embarrassing.

Yang Yang also smiled and said righteously, "Even now, I still insist that it was a handball, and it was a deliberate handball, I can understand the fact that the Japanese players did not admit it for the sake of national interests at that time, but I can't understand that today, in the face of indisputable facts, there are still people who are unwilling to accept the truth." ”

The Japanese reporter who asked didn't expect Yang Yang to suddenly be so-for-tat, but he was very embarrassed.

Yang Yang was not interested in being interviewed again, and after politely apologizing to the fans and media reporters at the scene, he turned around and left.

As for the reporter who stirred up the situation, he ran away in disgrace under the hostility of many peers.

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On the night of the third day the team arrived in Yokohama, the last Toyota Cup officially kicked off at the Yokohama Stadium in the World Cup final, witnessed by nearly 60,000 fans.

Caldas counter-attacked the European giants defensively.

The Colombian team arrived in Japan early on December 1 and spent half a month training and preparation here to face Ajax in the best possible condition.

On the other hand, Ajax, not to mention the long journey, just played a game four days ago, and the physical consumption is huge.

Ronald Koeman also knew in his heart that the team was in a physical disadvantage and had to finish off the opponent in the first half.

Therefore, from the very beginning of the game, Ajax put on an aggressive attacking posture and firmly suppressed Caldas.

Just four minutes into the game, Yang Yang crossed from the right, and Charlie Steas headed the goal from close range and hit the crossbar.

Although he failed to score, he was also shocked by the opponent's cold sweat.

Then there was another attack from the right, McCone's cross from the right was volleyed by Wesley Sonk at the back post, only to hit the post and bounce off the line again.

But when everyone was worried that Ajax's luck and condition were not ideal, Yang Yang stepped forward, and when Charlie Steias leaned on the opponent's central defender with his body and stopped the diagonal pass from the left to Yang Yang, Yang Yang took advantage of the situation to deduct a defender of the opponent and hit a left-footed volley to break the deadlock on the field.

The goal was broken, and Caldas could no longer hold on.

Colombia's dark horse could only take the initiative in the second half, Ajax on the one hand to take advantage of the situation, on the other hand, their physical energy fell very badly, had to retreat, concentrate on defensive counterattack.

In a quick counter-attack in the 64th minute of the second half, Yang Yang used a pendulum to shake two opposing players and then crossed to the left, where Wesley Songk quickly followed up and hit a shot to extend the score to 2-0.

In the end, Ajax defeated Caldas with Yang Yang's pass and shot and successfully won the last Toyota Cup.

Yang Yang also won the best player and got a Toyota with his outstanding performance in this game.