Taking advantage of Christmas, the team's holiday, Yang Yang took the time to fly to Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

He did not come for a tourist, but came to visit the sick.

Van Basten was ill, and it was not light, which made him resign as Alkmaar's head coach in September and become Alkmaar's assistant coach, but he kept it a secret and did not tell anyone, and Yang Yang only recently found out.

So, he took advantage of this Christmas holiday to fly over to visit him.

Van Basten's tenure has not been smooth and has been intermittent over the years.

Managed the Dutch national team with a modest success, reaching the quarter-finals, followed by a modest stint at Ajax, and then Heerenveen, which also did not improve much, until the summer of '14 with AZ Alkmaar.

One win and two losses in the first three games, after which he voluntarily asked the club to resign for personal reasons.

At that time, Yang Yang also called him and cared about his situation, but he didn't think much about it, but now, when he saw Van Basten with his own eyes, he found out that where is the image of the personable, gentle and elegant celebrity in his impression?

Today's Van Basten is at least two laps thinner than back then, his hair is gray, and his overall spirit is not particularly good.

"Actually, I really don't have any problems, it's just that when I reach middle age, I will inevitably be sick." Van Basten laughed to himself.

In recent years, he has been living in Amsterdam, but Yang Yang is indeed too busy, and he rarely comes to the Netherlands.

And how much pressure there is for professional footballers, everyone knows.

Yang Yang has not had a lot of contact with Van Basten, but he has not met many times, and he is still a little sentimental to see him like this.

It was also at this moment that he really realized that Van Basten was also fifty years old.

As for the cause of Van Basten's illness, Yang Yang has also heard about it to some extent, and he got the news from some old friends.

Mainly because there is too much pressure to coach.

As one of the greatest players in the history of football, Van Basten also has very high requirements for himself, not only when he was playing football back then, but also when he is coaching now, but many times, great players do not necessarily become great managers.

It's like the Argentine national team brought out by Maradona, the greatest star of Argentina, but has been blamed by countless people.

But the problem is that Van Basten is such an arrogant person, whether it is from the height of his career or the fame he carries, he is unwilling to be ordinary, always wants to do a career, and inevitably the pressure is increasing.

From the Dutch national team to Ajax to Heerenveen and now AZ Alkmaar, there is finally something wrong.

According to his old friend Ronald Koeman, most of his illness was caused by stress.

In the courtyard of Van Basten's house, Yang Yang sat opposite him, looking at him silently, with some pity and some sympathy.

"You know, I don't want to tell you, I just don't want you to look at me like that." Van Basten said with a smile.

Yang Yang understood what he meant, even if he was old, he was still the arrogant and great Dutch striker.

"You're wrong, Marco, I'm just thinking, you're thinner, but you're handsome." Yang Yang laughed.

Van Basten was amused by his sudden remark and couldn't help but laugh.

This smile also shortened the distance between the two.

In fact, in the early stage of Yang Yang's tenure at Ajax, Van Basten really helped him a lot, including training.

He was even able to enter Ajax because of the approval from Van Basten.

If Van Gaal is his Bole, then Van Basten is the second Bole.

But it's a pity that the Bole in front of him was tossed out of illness by pressure, and the other Bole, who is sixty-three years old, still continues to toss in the coach's bench and suffer in the fire pit of Manchester United.

Van Gaal's greatest wish was to make up for his unsuccessful career and the setbacks at Barcelona, which made him refuse to admit defeat even at the age of 63.

Hearing Yang Yang mention Van Gaal, Van Basten shook his head, "Don't compare me with that stubborn old man, I'm much smarter than him." ”

"Oh?" Yang Yang was interested.

"You see, I figured it out very quickly, I just resigned as head coach, I concentrated on being an assistant coach, my life is much better, and my body is getting better quickly, unlike him, I find myself guilty."

Although Van Basten was mocking, he actually had some regret in his tone.

Some people say that people are at the mercy of their own character all their lives.

Van Gaal is indeed like this, he just likes to compete, but he doesn't admit defeat, this kind of character always makes him very tired and hard, and even many times he is not recognized and accepted.

Today's world football is completely different from that year, and now this generation of players is experiencing the impact of the Internet wave, and the next generation will be more difficult, for example, Yang Yang has now found that several young players in the Real Madrid team, whether it is life or daily habits, are very different from them, and even incompatible.

In the face of players of different eras, different management methods should be adopted, but Van Gaal has always adhered to his own set of old rules, which will definitely not work, and sooner or later there will be problems.

But it can't be helped, he just belongs to the type that gets older and more stubborn.

"Is it really that much pressure to be a manager?" Yang Yang asked.

Van Basten looked at Yang Yang with interest, he had also read some reports, and knew that Yang Yang was determined to become a head coach after retiring, so he smiled.

"Some people say that coaching is like taking drugs, it's addictive."

When Yang Yang heard this, the first thing that popped up in his mind was Ferguson, an old man who had been working until he was over seventy years old.

"I read a book that says that a man's lifelong pursuit is nothing more than those things, money, fame, power and women, and as a head coach, you can really give people a sense of accomplishment in controlling the overall situation, so that everyone in the team, maybe even the top superstars in the world, willingly follow your arrangements and be driven by you, you say, is it enjoyable?"

Yang Yang nodded, it sounded really enjoyable.

But like drug use, it is not without side effects.

Harvest and risk always go hand in hand, and the greater the gain, the greater the risk.

In European football, everyone knows that the manager is the most dangerous profession.

"I have a friend, Mauro Tasotti, do you know him?"

Yang Yang nodded, the gold medal assistant coach of AC Milan, and also the main player of AC Milan at the peak of the past.

"After retiring from football, he has been working at AC Milan and has been through a lot of head coaches, but have you noticed that he has always been an assistant coach, and in the past ten years, he has had many opportunities to become regular, but he just wants to be an assistant coach, do you know why?"

Yang Yang thought for a while and guessed: "Because the head coach is a high-risk profession and the assistant coach is relatively stable, he may simply like football, like AC Milan, and want to engage in football-related work in this club." ”

'It's just one thing, but the other is because he's smart and he knows that the pressure of being a manager is just too much, so big that not everyone can possibly put up with it, and even maybe even the very successful professional players can't stand the pressure from the managerial position, it's almost suffocating.'

When Yang Yang heard this, he specially looked at Fan Basten's white hair, which was really much haggard.

Van Basten has coached and now he is asking to retire and become an assistant coach for AZ Alkmaar, which is more convincing than anything else, although Yang Yang has always felt that Van Basten's coaching has indeed lacked some luck.

'I've been through a lot of big coaches in the world, Cruyff, Michel, Sacchi and Fabio Capello, they've been great managers and I've learned a lot from them, and when I retire, I want to take what I've learned, make it my own, and instill it in my players.

"But gradually, I found that things are not so simple, learning and knowing how to teach others, there is a huge moat in between."

Yang Yang nodded, this is also the most criticized thing about Maradona by everyone, that is, he is always addicted to his own thoughts and ideas, and there is no way to transmit what he wants to his players.

You know, the manager can only stand on the sidelines, and if you want to win the game, you have to have 11 players play for you and implement your tactical ideas, and you need to teach them.

Among the managers Yang Yang has experienced, Ancelotti is undoubtedly the best to do.

This Kanye is not only a master tactician, if he transforms into a teacher, I believe he will also be very successful.

"What's next for you?" Yang Yang asked with concern.

Van Basten smiled and shook his head, "I don't have any plans, I'm having a good time now, relaxed, no worries, Ronald wants me to go to the Premier League to help him, but I'm still thinking about it, you know, going to work in the Premier League is the pursuit of countless people, working on a high-level platform, working with great players, but then comes a huge pressure, and all kinds of problems that can arise at any time, I need to think about it." ”

Ronald Koeman, Yang Yang's manager at Ajax, is now in charge of Southampton in the Premier League, and his results are quite good, and Yang Yang's national team teammate Gao Lin plays in this team.

And Van Basten's words also gave Yang Yang some thoughts, especially about his current situation.

There is no doubt that as a manager, he is certainly not ready.

Zidane has been preparing for this day for more than ten years, and Yang Yang has just made up his mind, and he hasn't even prepared much, but he is ready to be an assistant coach for Zidane?

Can he really do both a job as a player and an assistant coach at the same time?

This is a problem that he needs to solve.