After playing PSV Eindhoven, it was two weeks of international competition.

Yang Yang received a call-up to return to China to prepare for the quarterfinals, and will play two games in a row, one at home against Japan and one away against North Korea, both of which will determine the ranking of the national team in the quarterfinals.

If they can all win, then there is a great hope of directly advancing to the quarterfinals.

Previously, before returning to China from his vacation, Alihan came to Detokmoste to meet Yang Yang and talked a lot about his plans for the national team in the coming period, such as the fact that he would recruit more young players.

One of the most mentioned points is that he is not very satisfied with the high school striker Han Peng.

He has been trying to find a center forward partner for Yang Yang in the Chinese Super League, but now he has not gained much.

There is a center forward in front of Yang Yang to open the way and withstand the defensive pressure, which is more conducive to giving full play to Yang Yang's attacking power.

Since the end of February, Yang Yang has always felt that his state has always remained at a relatively stable and at the same time relatively high stage, and coaches such as Ronald Koeman and Luther Carroll are also teaching Yang some ways to maintain his condition.

After taking the flight from Amsterdam to Beijing, Yang Yang also closed his eyes and slept, and plunged into the super training ground.

'Kuyt hasn't scored in three games in a row.

Yang Yang couldn't help but feel the urge to snicker.

He has now scored 21 goals and Kuyt's is 22, leaving only one goal separating the two sides.

But it's strange to say, Kuyt really belongs to the kind of player who bursts out of the table as soon as he comes out, but comes and goes quickly, he has scored six goals in three consecutive rounds, but now he has scored three goals in a row without scoring, which is really incomprehensible.

According to previous media analysis, this is the third time this season that Kuyt has experienced a goal drought in consecutive rounds.

Earlier, in September and December, it was maintained for three or four rounds, or even five rounds, and this time I don't know how long it will be.

'It's normal, it's like a person who likes to eat a certain kind of food, but if one day he eats a lot in one go, he gets bored and it takes a while to adjust and recover, and the same goes for goals. Lao Bing explained lightly.

Yang Yang nodded, he also had a deep understanding of this.

In the past, when they were in their hometown, their family of three liked to eat ginger duck and often went to eat it.

Originally, a family of three ate a ginger duck, a little unsatisfied, but once they called for one more, although they also finished eating, but in the next two or three months, they did not have the appetite to taste this delicacy again.

That's what Lao Bing said.

When a professional player scores a goal, it's like they go to eat ginger duck, they can't eat too much.

"Lao Bing, if you say so, can't you score too many goals at once?" Yang Yang was very strange.

"No, it depends."

"I don't understand." Yang Yang shook his head.

"To put it simply, a player's desire to score a goal is a desire, and the stronger it is, the more motivated he is to score goals, and it's like when a person is hungry, no matter how ordinary a meal is, it's a delicious meal."

"For some people, scoring too many goals at a time will indeed make him feel a sense of satisfaction and then relax, which is human nature, but there are also some people who will always maintain a hunger, maintain a motivation, and constantly seek breakthroughs, and this kind of person will not be satisfied with how many goals he scores."

Yang Yang understood what Lao Bing meant, "Then what do you think I belong to?" ”

"I don't know." Lao Bing replied lightly.

"Don't know?"

'You've never been through a test like this, no one knows what you're going to do, it's like you've been chasing Kuyt all the time this season, you have a clear goal and a direction, so you feel like you're motivated and it's strange why Kuyt is so often in a goal drought.

"But maybe, when you have a chance to lead the scorer list in the future, you will find out that you are the same as Kuyt, of course, maybe it will be different from him, but before you lead the scorer list, who knows?"

Yang Yang nodded silently.

It's like people often say, what if I have a million, what if I am a big star, but in fact, it's because he doesn't have a million, and he's not a big star.

Yang Yang now has some feeling in this aspect.

Before the team's star star, he hoped to be the team's key star like Van der Vaart and Ibrahimovic, but after the winter break, he really became the team's number one star and he began to feel the pressure.

Ajax drew with PSV Eindhoven in this round and AZ Alkmaar got a big bargain.

Van Gaal's old guy beat Vitesse 3-0 in this game and came back from a one-point advantage to the top.

Ajax fell back to the third place in the league, and Yang Yang was also under pressure.

He made one pass and one shot, and was greatly appreciated by the media and fans after the game, with everyone attacking the team's backline as too weak, and the two leads were equalised twice.

But Yang Yang, as the star of the house, still feels the pressure, and he will feel that he should score more goals.

The pressure will get bigger and bigger as the season comes to an end, and the feeling will get stronger.

Yang Yang still remembers that at this time last season, Van der Vaart couldn't bear the pressure to quarrel with his girlfriend, and finally met him on the shore of Lake Odeke.

Of course, he believes he is not as fragile as Van der Vaart.

Pressure is like a heavy set of shackles to him, it does cause problems for himself, but at the same time it is training himself to become stronger.

Winston Bogard is already preparing a sandbag for Yang Yang, and plans to let Yang Yang train with a sandbag this summer.

Whether it is shackles or sandbags, it is both a test and a grind.

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When Yang Yang appeared at the capital airport, he was immediately surrounded by fans who had been waiting at the scene.

A large number of enthusiastic fans were shouting Yang Yang's name, surrounding the group at the exit, and the media reporters behind him were also full of long guns and short guns, all aiming at Yang Yang, shooting hard regardless of the cost.

That battle not only stunned Yang Yang, but even the surrounding travelers were shocked.

Even the biggest names at home and abroad are not treated like this!

Many people are even wondering, who is so influential?

And when more and more people knew that it was Yang Yang who returned to China, the travelers who had time surrounded him, and the scene became a mess.

A reporter from a well-known domestic website posted this scene on the Internet, causing netizens to exclaim.

No one thought that Yang Yang would be able to make domestic fans burst out with such amazing enthusiasm.

Yang Yang was carrying a duffel bag, a little helpless in the face of the enthusiastic fans, he kept reassuring, hoping that everyone would not mess up, but there were many people and the crowd was surging, and Yang Yang really had no choice.

In the end, the ground staff and security personnel of the airport quickly intervened, separated Yang Yang from the enthusiastic fans, opened a passage for Yang Yang, escorted him out of the airport, and left the airport directly after getting into the car arranged by the national team to pick him up.

Even after Yang Yang left in the car, he could still see many fans and media reporters chasing him on the road.

"Isn't this battle too big?" Yang Yang smiled bitterly.

"No, no, no, it's not big at all." The driver of the national team said with a smile while driving in front, "You don't know, although the Eredivisie is not broadcast live in China, the fans have always paid attention to your news, and every goal you scored has caused a huge response among domestic fans." ”

Yang Yang was a little surprised, although he browsed the domestic Internet, chatted more with Su Ye, Shen Yuzhu and Wei Zhen and others, or paid attention to domestic news, etc., he really didn't know that the reaction of domestic fans would be so big.

"You've scored 21 goals in the Eredivisie and the domestic fans are expecting you to score more, and it's better to break Ronaldo's record."

When he said this, the driver was also proud, as if Yang Yang had broken the record, and he was also stained.

"It's not that easy." Yang Yang smiled modestly.

Of course, he also wants to, and even he will work hard for it, but he will not take the initiative to say it, to shout slogans.

That's not his character.

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This time, the national team training camp was at the Xianghe base, but the first game against Japan was arranged in Tianjin.

Tianjin is close to Japan, and the advantage of being a home field is indeed not obvious enough, but it is conducive to playing North Korea directly away.

North Korea is close to Japan, and if you want to play home advantage against Japan, it will be more troublesome to play away from home.

What's more, North Korea is not a fuel-efficient lamp either.

Of all the teams that can make it to the quarterfinals, there is not a single underdog.

As early as when he was in Amsterdam, Alihan told Yang Yang that many domestic media accused and criticized him for being conservative, and he himself admitted that he may have been born in the back midfield, which is somewhat cautious, but he also has his own worries.

That is, the technical and tactical level of Chinese players is not high, the overall strength is not advantageous, and the team cooperation is not good enough.

"I also want to let go of my hands and feet, but no, the psychological quality of the players is weak, they can't bear it at critical moments, they are not conservative, they are not cautious and careful, who knows when we will suddenly make some mistakes and cause the team to lose?"

Yang Yang has talked about this with Zheng Zhi, Zhao Junzhe and others, and they all believe that Alihan's caution is not unreasonable.

In the final analysis, Chinese football has never shown convincing strength to prove itself to be a strong team in Asia.

Since it is not a strong team in Asia, it can only put itself in the position of a weak team in a down-to-earth manner.

And those who can enter the quarterfinals, which team can the Chinese team say that they will win?

Needless to say, Japan and Iran are not soft persimmons to be kneaded.

The media and fans don't know the real situation, their thoughts and words are understandable, but the national team must be sober enough and self-disciplined to play every game of the quarter-finals as if it were a final, so that there is a chance of winning.

Yang Yang's return to the team immediately became a great event for the Xianghe base.

The team leader and coaching staff also welcomed Yang Yang back to the team, and asked him about his state and performance during this period, hoping that he could continue to work hard.

And this time, Alihan also recruited more young players, including Yang Yang's teammates in the national youth team.

After Chen Tao returned to the team, he came to the door for help as soon as possible.