37 Eindhoven?
Since the first AS80 derby, a celebration banquet has been held at Shen Kee Chinese Restaurant, perhaps because Shen Ming's cooking skills are really good, or everyone thinks that it can bring good luck, and unconsciously regards Shen Kee Chinese Restaurant as a meeting place.
When night fell, Almere's players began to gather here, consciously or unconsciously, and they did not enter, but took up a fixed table in the corner of the courtyard, and the big guys gathered together to eat and chat.
As long as he is busy with dinner and has dinner, Yang Yang will come out to accompany him.
Gradually, the business of Shen Kee Chinese Restaurant is getting better and better, and more and more citizens are beginning to like to dine here.
So Shen Ming and Yang Yang discussed, and simply allocated the corner area for Almere's players.
Tonight, when Henk Dimel came, Nick and the other five were already making tea in the Almere area, but Yang Yang was in a daze at the dozen stacked business cards in front of him in the restaurant after dinner.
These are the business cards left by the scouts who visited today, and Yang Yang took a closer look at them, including Genk Funk from Utrecht, Michel Beck from Feyenoord, and scouts from many teams such as AZ Alkmaar and Roda JC.
And two of them that caught Yang Yang's attention the most, Karas Van Balen and Pete Deviser from Eindhoven.
Karas Van Baren's business card says it's a scout, but Pete Deviser says it's the chief scout.
What do you mean?
"Cousin, do you know these people?" Cousin Shen Yuzhu asked with concern.
She doesn't know much about football, but at least she knows that behind these business cards are the big teams in the Eredivisie, and any one of them is bigger and stronger than Almere.
She didn't understand what the specific situation was, but she could vaguely guess that with her cousin's performance in the amateur game, I am afraid that it will attract the attention of many big teams, and she was worried about whether she could stay in Almere, but now she should be thinking about whether to stay in Almere, and even considering which team to go to for better development.
Sometimes when she thinks about it, she has to be surprised by the changes in the world, who would have thought that Yang Yang could have today?
If her cousin can become a well-known star in the Netherlands, then she is also honored to be a cousin.
Yang Yang naturally didn't know what his cousin was thinking, and shook his head, he didn't know anything about these names, the only thing he knew was the team behind them, but he was also confused now.
This was the first time he felt that he should find a reliable agent as soon as possible.
At the very least, there is a professional on hand to help with advice and figure out where you stand.
"So what now?" My cousin asked.
There are a lot of scouts coming to the door today, there are more than ten groups, and each group looks very enthusiastic, do you want to call them back? If you don't reply, will you offend people?
Yang Yang smiled bitterly, "I don't know either." ”
This should be considered a blissful annoyance.
"Forget it, put the business card here for me first, and I'll find out about the situation later."
It seems that it is still necessary to find an opportunity to ask John Repp, after all, he is a professional player and the head coach of the team, so he should be more aware of the current football environment.
In his heart, after Yang Yang put away his business card, he walked out of the restaurant, and Henk Dimel, Nick and others immediately beckoned him to come over.
Yesterday was the end of the match, today should be the day the draw results are in, I wonder who Almere's opponent in the sixth round will be?
But no matter what, the opponent will definitely be stronger than Volendam.
Playing Volendam is already so difficult, and the opponent in the sixth round is afraid that it will be even more fierce and unlucky.
At this moment, there was a movement at the door of the restaurant.
Yang Yang looked up and saw head coach John Repp smiling into the courtyard from a distance.
This is Almere's celebrity, and it is the first time to come to Shen Ji Chinese Restaurant, not only everyone around is secretly surprised, but even Yang Yang himself is a little stunned.
Many restaurant guests would not let go of such a good opportunity, and immediately surrounded them, asking for a group photo and an autograph, and surrounded John Repp, which made Yang Yang and Henk Dimel and others very envious.
Whether it's the former Dutch international, the European right winger, or the hero of the past seven years, the weight in the hearts of the fans is simply not comparable to that of their people.
After finally getting rid of the entanglement of the fans, Shen Ming also received the news and greeted John Repp warmly.
Almere's head coach is here, which will greatly increase the fame of Shen Kee Chinese Restaurant, and Shen Ming also knows that whether it is John Repp or Henk Dimel and other players, they are obviously coming for their nephews.
He didn't expect that if he played the ball well, he would be able to drive the business of his Chinese restaurant.
Knowing that the people in Almere had something to say, Shen Ming greeted everyone warmly, took out his treasured good tea, and then went back to the store.
"The results of the draw are in."
There are no outsiders, and Henk Dimel immediately gets to the point.
"Our opponents in the sixth round are much stronger than Volendam."
Everyone also knows that the amateur competition has reached the sixth round, and there are only eight teams left, only Almere is the third-tier team, and the rest are teams with outstanding youth training in the Eredivisie and Eredivisie, no matter who they meet, it will be very difficult.
"Who is it?" Yang Yang asked.
"Ajax."
"What?" Everyone gasped.
Ajax are the favourites in the amateur competition, with players such as Babel, Amrabat and Maduro all first-tier or quasi-first-line players, and many people even feel that even if this team is placed in the Eredivisie, relegation will not be a problem.
Unexpectedly, Almere drew this giant team so quickly.
Yang Yang glanced at everyone and found that everyone was very depressed, and his heart couldn't help but move, he was cowardly before fighting, this is not good.
"Okay, guys, Ajax doesn't have to win every battle, and we don't necessarily have no chance of winning."
Everyone immediately looked at Yang Yang.
"We've played really hard in each of the last five rounds, AS80, Vlafernz and Volendam, which of these opponents is not stronger than us? There are several Ajax academy players in the Volendam team, how much better than us? But the result? ”
When everyone heard this, they all picked up some morale and confidence.
Who's to say it isn't?
Almere has played to this day, doesn't he rely on the weak to defeat the strong one after another?
Last night's game against Volendam was a case in point.
John Repp, who had never spoken, gave Yang Yang an appreciative look, then nodded: "Yang Yang is right, Ajax is not invincible, no matter what, as long as we go all out, we will have a clear conscience." ”
The head coach said so, and the big guys all agreed, nodding their heads one after another, but they were still a little apprehensive in their hearts, which could only depend on the adjustment in the next few days.
Since the sixth round is a home game, John Repp said that he and Dick Van Poel will take time to lead the team in training in the past few days, practice some defensive counter-attacking routines against Ajax, and will also personally direct this game.
This undoubtedly boosted everyone's confidence and fighting spirit.
Everything that should have been said had already been said, so John Lepp stopped staying and got up to leave, but before leaving, he asked Yang Yang to send him out.
The two walked out of the courtyard side by side, and on the side of the road to the parking lot, John Repp asked Yang Yang about his current situation with concern.
"I've heard a lot of scouts have been contacting you lately?" John Rip asked tentatively.
Yang Yang didn't know where the head coach got the news, and when he nodded, he took out the stack of business cards from his pocket, which surprised John Repp, but he didn't expect there to be more than a dozen groups.
When he saw this stack of business cards, John Lepp knew in his heart that Yang Yang was afraid that he would not be able to keep it.
The temple is too small to accommodate the big Buddha, and today's Yangyang is no longer something that Almere can keep.
Yang Yang had the intention of asking John Rep something, so he took this opportunity to ask his doubts on the spot.
"I don't know exactly how these teams are treating you, and I can't say much, but you look at these two guys in PSV Eindhoven."
John Repp took out two business cards from Carlas Van Barren and Pete Deviser.
'Carlas Van Balen is a scout for PSV Eindhoven and is responsible for North Holland, so it's no surprise that he contacted you, but Peter Deviser is PSV Eindhoven's chief scout, so it's not easy.
"What do you mean?"
"According to the process, Karas Van Ballen should take a fancy to you first, then submit a scouting report to recommend you to Piet Deviser, after which Piet Deviser will personally inspect you, and then PSV Eindhoven's youth director Frank Arneson will evaluate you, and if they feel it is necessary, Arneson may even come in person, and even the first-team coaching staff will send someone to accompany them."
Yang Yang is not familiar with the process of vetting players in the Dutch team, and now listening to John Repp say this, he feels that he can let Pete Deviser come in person and leave a business card, which already means that he is very close to Eindhoven.
'Although you haven't signed a professional contract with Almere yet, you are our academy player and they haven't officially approached us yet, so it should still be in the scouting stage, but if you are interested in joining PSV Eindhoven, call him at this time and hopefully it will be a big boost.'
When John Lepp spoke, his eyes kept staring at Yang Yang's expression, as if he wanted to find some clues from his face, but as a result, he found that Yang Yang didn't seem to have any reaction, and he still had an indifferent expression.
The psychological quality is really good!
But what he didn't know was that Yang Yang couldn't see any reaction on the surface, but there were already huge waves in his heart.
PSV Eindhoven, the Eredivisie champions last season, is well known in China as head coach Guus Hiddink, and there are two Asian players in the squad, as well as well-known European stars such as Kezman, Robben and Van Bommel.
What's more, Ronaldo landed in the Europa League from PSV Eindhoven that year and shocked the world in one fell swoop.
Re-walking the development trajectory of idols back then, it is simply a beautiful thing that Yang Yang never dreamed of.
Even he was a little stunned by the sudden pie.
Do you want to join PSV Eindhoven?
Yang Yang was tempted.