With the two-week international break on the horizon, the club's internationals are heading to the national team to compete.

Some are senior teams, some are youth teams.

After celebrating the UEFA Super Cup from Monaco, De Tokmoste was left in limbo.

Especially with the closure of the door to the transfer market, Yang Yang did not transfer to Ajax as expected by the outside world, which disappointed countless media reporters and fans.

They are all looking forward to Yang Yang's visit to the big four leagues, especially the Chinese fans.

This will be the first Chinese player to play for a big club in Europe's top league, which can be described as highly anticipated.

Regarding the transfer, Yang Yang gave a brief explanation on his blog, saying that he was not ready.

Everyone knows that it is not that he can't go to the big four leagues, but that he chooses not to go for the time being.

As for the reason, Wei Zhen, a well-known reporter of national television, explained in his blog, saying that Yang Yang was particularly cautious and cautious when choosing a team, and had a very clear long-term plan for his career development.

After beating North Korea in June, the Chinese team has successfully qualified for the World Cup.

The national team specially arranged two World Cup warm-up matches in September, in order to continue to hone the team's skills and tactics, and at the same time to examine the players, especially some newcomers.

As early as after the end of the World Youth Championships, Yang Yang communicated with Alihan and the national team's Zhu Leader in the Netherlands, and he hoped that he could focus on playing for Ajax in the new season, striving for a better and better performance in the Champions League in the new season, and gaining more bargaining chips for his next career development.

Whether it is Alihan or Team Leader Zhu, they have clearly expressed their support for Yang Yang.

And this time in the national team training camp in September, Yang Yang did not enter the squad.

Not only him, but also Maintz's Zheng Zhi, Celtic's Zhao Junzhe, Feyenoord's Feng Xiaoting, Alkmaar's Gao Lin, Benfica's Zhou Haibin, Hamburg's Hao Junmin and other foreign players were not selected.

In October, the Chinese team will hold a training camp in Germany, and will play two warm-up games, in which the foreign players will run in with the domestic players to prepare for next year's World Cup.

Whether it is the East Asian Games in November, or next year's warm-up matches and Asian Cup qualifiers, Yang Yang and other foreign countries will not be recruited to participate, which is also to allow foreign international players to gain a firm foothold in the club and play at a high level.

In fact, there was no call-up for foreign international players in the East Asian semifinals in early August this year.

Without the task of the national team, Yang Yang did not return to China, but continued to stay in Amsterdam.

He still insists on training at Detokmoste every day.

Winston Bogard and Luther Carroll also come to Detokmoste every day.

Occasionally, friends come to visit.

For example, Van Gaal.

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"Ha, Louis, what wind brought you here?"

In the corner of Detokmost, when Yang Yang finished a long day of training and looked back, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw Louis van Gaal sitting quietly in the corner of the wall, handing him a bottle of water from a distance.

"Long time no see, why are you here?" Yang Yang asked happily.

"Sneak over here to spy on the information." Van Gaal said jokingly.

AZ Alkmaar will meet Ajax in the fifth round in what will be another tough battle of the new season.

Of course, Yang Yang won't believe him, "Your opponent in the next round is Roosendal, and if you want to spy on it, you shouldn't come to Detokmost." ”

Screwed the cap of the bottle, grunted and drank the water, and soon, a bottle of water was gone.

Louis van Gaal looked at the water in his hand, shook his head, and handed it over again.

Yang Yang also took it honestly and unceremoniously, "I'll invite you to dinner tonight." ”

Van Gaal was happy, two bottles of water in exchange for a meal, worth it.

"I heard that the club gave you a two-week holiday, you just need to return to the team at the same time as the internationals, why didn't you go home?" Van Gaal asked with a smile.

Yang Yang thought of his parents and relatives, and also thought of Su Ye, shook his head and said, "It's quite inconvenient to go back." ”

Needless to say, in third- and fourth-tier cities, gyms are not easy to find, and training will definitely be greatly affected.

As for going back to Beijing, although it is possible to train, but the national team is training there to play a warm-up game, but Yang Yang is on vacation, which is really unreasonable, so Yang Yang finally chose not to go back.

"Then you can also give yourself a vacation and have a good rest." When Van Gaal said this, his eyes flashed with a trace of the elders' pity for the juniors, "You haven't rested for three years, haven't you?" ”

In the summer of '03, Yang Yang represented Almere in the amateur invitational tournament, and then came to Ajax to participate in the talent day selection, and basically never rested; In 04, he participated in the Toulon Cup, and then played in the Asian Cup, and he did not rest the whole time.

Needless to say, this year, after the World Cup qualifiers, he played the World Youth Championship.

Sometimes when I think about it, time is really fast, and it's been three years in a blink of an eye.

"The other day, I went back to Almere." Yang Yang found a place to sit down next to Van Gaal and said softly.

Van Gaal nodded slightly, he clearly knew what this place meant to Yang Yang.

"I went to visit my uncle and I took a trip to my former club and met my former team-mates, many of whom are now the main players of the team and are playing in the third division."

Yang Yang introduced what he had seen and heard when he was in Almere, as if he was talking about a world that was not in the same time and space as him.

It's like when he sat on the bus and told Almere's team-mates interesting facts about the Ajax star.

In fact, the southeast new town of Amsterdam to Almere is only more than 20 kilometers, and it takes about half an hour to drive back and forth, that is, Yang Yang himself can't drive, otherwise, it is not a problem to go back and forth every day.

Van Gaal lives just over an hour's drive from AZ Alkmaar's training base.

This is all too common and normal in the Netherlands.

"It's been three years, and this team has been rushing to the second level every year, failing every year." Van Gaal said with a wry smile.

He and John Rep were old friends, and he really couldn't say anything about what happened to Almere.

There are too many teams like Almere.

If you really want to talk about it, it must be sympathetic, but that's the way the professional league is.

It's like a pyramid, everyone sharpens their heads and wants to climb up, but if you go up one, you have to squeeze one down, how can it be so easy?

Yang Yang's emotion is not entirely because of what happened to Almere.

To be honest, he doesn't have deep feelings for this team, but for some of his teammates back then.

Henk Dimel and Nick and others performed even better than him when they were in the Almere Academy, but now, their circumstances are completely different, especially when Yang Yang sees them, it feels like they have begun to be a little resigned to the ordinary status quo.

At the age of twenty, he still can't make it to the Dutch second league, which is indeed a big blow to Almere.

"Mr. Repp said that if he can't make it again in the new season, he will resign." Yang Yang said lightly.

Van Gaal nodded, "The failure of the consecutive rush to the second level is a big blow to him, and the pressure is also huge, and resigning may be a relief, and for him, it is not necessarily a bad thing." ”

Yang Yang agrees with this statement, because he feels that John Repp is obviously much older when they meet this time.

'Sometimes I think I'm lucky and you know, my biggest wish back then was to stay at Almere and play in the first team, I never thought I'd be where I am today.

Yang Yang turned his head, looked at Van Gaal, and said with a smile.

This is the deepest feeling in his heart.

He really felt very lucky, especially when he returned to Almere and saw the current situation of his former mentors and teammates, when these people looked at him with envy, even jealousy, but also with unattainable despair, he cherished all this he had now.

"The circumstances that have made it to where you are today are only part of the story, but what is more important is your diligence and hard work."

Van Gaal gently patted Yang Yang's shoulder and said affirmatively.

When a person turns hard work and self-discipline, even self-abuse, into an almost instinctive habit, it will explode with incredible energy.

Yang Yang is like that.

"Your teammate in the national team, Gao Lin, his basic skills are very solid, his physical fitness is very good, his ability to hold the ball with his back is very strong, his characteristics are very comprehensive, and his speed is not bad, but here, something is missing, which makes him obviously half a beat slower than his teammates whether it is playing or training."

Van Gaal pointed to his head, but he was certainly not saying that Golin was not smart enough, but that he was smart enough to play.

Yang Yang can understand what Van Gaal is saying, just like when he was in the youth team at Almere, he couldn't grab the ball from his teammates no matter what.

"He has a good understanding, give him a little more time and opportunity, and I'm sure he will give you something back." Yang Yang helped Gao Lin speak.

Van Gaal laughed, "I know, otherwise, I wouldn't have signed him, but I won't say anything to him, I need to put a little pressure on him, make him work harder, let him work harder, and then he can complete the transformation." ”

Adjusting young players is Van Gaal's strength, and Yang Yang has no ability and no right to comment.

In these games, Van Gaal did not just use Golin as a center forward, often let him play on the side, and even let him play in the midfield, I believe this is also to let him integrate into the team faster and better.

As for when he will be able to enlighten himself, it will depend on his own creation.

Van Gaal is doing well now and can give him more patience, but once the team's results take a turn and Golin doesn't improve, the only thing to greet him next is the bench.

"Don't worry, I'll help you push him." Yang Yang said with a smile.

Van Gaal didn't know where this guy was going to secretly remind, but he didn't care.

He's the manager of the team, he doesn't care what the young players think, he needs the performance of the players.

As for Yang Yang, he will not interfere with Van Gaal's adjustment of players, he just wants to give Gao Lin some encouragement and tips.

After all, the two of them are not only comrades-in-arms in the national team, but also good friends in private.