15 Ambition
Even on the bus on the way back, Yang Yang was still deeply immersed in the feeling of scoring the goal just now, which was so moving that he couldn't pull away for a long time.
At that moment, his mind was simply blank, and he was so confused after scoring the goal that he suddenly reacted when his teammates rushed over to celebrate with him, which became the talk of everyone on the bus back.
The football field is the most admired strong.
In the past, everyone in the team knew that Yang Yang entered the Almere youth team through relationships, and his poor performance after joining the team seriously dragged the team back, resulting in him not having the slightest popularity in the team and always being excluded.
But since the last game against Omnibus, Yang Yang came off the bench to assist the team to pull back a city, created danger many times, and almost helped the team equalize or even reverse the score, everyone began to change their opinion of him, plus the performance in training is getting better and better, and the attitude of his teammates towards him has naturally changed greatly.
Even the captain Henk Dimeer, after receiving Yang Yang's assists in two consecutive games, it is difficult for him to turn a blind eye to Yang Yang, although he can't be amiable, but at least it can be regarded as business.
Listening to the ridicule of his teammates, Yang Yang also had to reflect on his rookie reaction after scoring his first goal, it was too much to lose points, and the countless celebrations he had imagined were forgotten, what a rare opportunity to play handsome?
With two assists and a goal, Yang Yang was praised by head coach Dick van Poel after the game.
He was also the only player to be praised by the manager after the game, and although Henk Dimel had two shots and one pass, he did not receive praise in this game, just as he was not named and criticized after the last game against Omnibas.
It's no wonder that the overall strength of Bled Middle School is worse than that of Bakken School, and after the right side was revitalized by Yang Yang, Henk Dimel was naturally active in the middle, but in the last tough battle, the performance was so sluggish, and the captain of the Almere youth team also lost a lot of points.
After two consecutive performances, especially in the second half of today, he was pushed to the front court and granted the authority to attack with all his might, and everyone knew very well that Yang Yang's status in the team was rising with his performance on the field.
In this regard, Yang Yang has always remained calm and rational.
He knows very well that all this today is not easy to come by, it is completely earned by his hard training on weekdays and hard work on the field, if he slacks off and his performance declines, then all this will leave him again.
The manager's praise, the affirmation of his team-mates, and his first goal after landing in the Netherlands made him even more resolute, and he vowed to work harder to train and consolidate his fundamentals as soon as possible.
Time waits for no one, and the semester assessment is approaching.
…………
…………
"Look, it's the Amsterdam Arena."
There was an exclamation from the front of the bus.
When everyone heard this, they all rushed to the front of the carriage, or the windows on both sides, and looked up, is there a magnificent modern stadium in front of the road?
Different from other famous football stadiums in Europe, a road connecting east and west passes through the middle of the Amsterdam Arena, and the stadium is like a behemoth, towering in the middle of the road, so that Yang Yang and others sitting on the bus can feel the grandeur of this stadium very closely, which is very shocking.
This is the first time Yang Yang has seen the largest five-star stadium in the Netherlands, which can accommodate more than 50,000 people.
The driver of the bus deliberately slowed down so that the players on the bus could see more clearly and carefully.
It's late afternoon, the stadium is lit up, it's all around, and under the road, countless fans are gathering on the pitch from all directions, tonight is Ajax's home game.
"Oh my God, there are so many people, densely packed, like ants."
"Isn't it? I wonder how many fans will be in tonight? ”
"There must be a lot, the season is coming to an end, every game is extremely crucial, and tonight must be a blast."
"Oh boy, what a spectacular scene a stadium of 50,000 people gathers?"
Listening to the admiration of his teammates, Yang Yang also thought so, even though the bus had passed through the tunnel under the stadium, he still admired the beast-like stadium from the back window of the bus.
What would it be like to gather in the stands with 50,000 fans?
How vast will the noise created by 50,000 fans be?
'It's not a good situation for Ajax this season, with three league games left and Ajax six points behind PSV Eindhoven, but the good thing is that tonight PSV Eindhoven will travel to Feyenoord and Ajax host Graafschap, a game that Ajax will be aiming to win.
"It's not easy, Mattea Kezman is the hottest top scorer in the Netherlands and Europe right now, scoring 33 goals in 31 league games, the strongest contender for the European Golden Boot this season, the goal momentum is just right, plus stars like Van Bommel and teenager Arjen Robben, it will be very difficult for Feyenoord to win at home."
"I don't think so, Feyenoord's veteran Van Hojtenk is also in good form right now, scoring 26 goals this season, which can be described as old and strong, plus players such as Kalou and Van Persie, Feyenoord may not be without the ability to fight."
"Feyenoord is basically hopeless of winning the title and may not be willing to snipe PSV Eindhoven with all their might."
"Not necessarily, these three giants are mortal enemies of each other, and Feyenoord is at home again, so they will definitely go all out."
'Hopefully, Ajax will have to do their best to win tonight to have any hope of winning the title.'
Almere is a satellite city of Amsterdam after all, and everyone is naturally emotionally more inclined towards Ajax and would prefer to see Ajax come back from behind to win the title than PSV Eindhoven.
Yang Yang is not very familiar with these two teams, and he is not as good as his teammates, but he is more impressed that PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord both play for two Asian players, PSV Eindhoven is South Korea's Park Ji-sung and Lee Young-pyo, and Feyenoord is Japan's Shinji Ono and South Korea's Song Jong Kook.
These four Japanese and South Korean internationals all performed well in the South Korea-Japan World Cup and were recruited into the team by the two giants of the Netherlands, but except for Shinji Ono, the other three are not the main team, but they are also important substitutes for the first team.
"When will I get the chance to play in a big team like them?" Yang Yang asked in his heart.
Especially when he looked at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium behind him, he was even more enthusiastic.
What would it be like to play in a stadium of 50,000 people?
The crowd in the bus gradually shifted the topic to Ajax's game tonight, after all, this is related to the trend of this season's Eredivisie title.
Although Ajax is mainly young, the overall strength is not weak, the number one star in the team is the Dutch local talent, and Van Persie and Robben are known as the new three musketeers of the Netherlands, Van der Vaart, don't look at the age of 19, but he is already the captain of Ajax, and he is recognized as a future top superstar player in Europe.
In addition to Van der Vaart, Ajax's midfield also includes Swedish center Ibrahimovic, South African player Pienal, Dutch winger Van der Meyde, plus rookies Sneijder and De Jong, and the backline also has new generation stars such as Maxwell, Trabelsi, Heitinga and Zivu, the whole team can be described as full of talent.
After winning the title last season, Ajax played on two fronts this season, facing European powerhouses such as Inter Milan, Lyon, Valencia, Arsenal, Roma and Valencia in the Champions League, and finally stopped in the quarterfinals and lost to AC Milan, who reached the Champions League final.
It is precisely because of the two-front battle and the Champions League results that Ajax have had some ups and downs in the domestic league, and were eventually overtaken by the more stable PSV Eindhoven, but since the end of the Champions League in April, Ajax has been struggling to catch up.
Thinking of this, Yang Yang couldn't help but feel a burst of envy and longing in his heart.
Ajax's group of young people is not much older than him, Sneijder and De Jong are only three years older than him, but now they are already important players in the Champions League quarterfinals, but Yang Yang is still struggling to survive in the lower teams, and the gap is really uncomfortable.
But Yang Yang quickly suppressed the confusion in his heart, he knew very well that the only thing he needed to do now was to improve his strength as soon as possible, and he believed that with the help of the super training ground, he would definitely have the opportunity to compete with these stars.
…………
…………
For the Almere youth players on the bus, Ajax was close at hand, but it was like the end of the world.
Discussing Ajax's stars is like discussing another world.
The only thing that is more intimate is that every summer Talent Day, Ajax's stars will be present, interacting with all the young players and competing together, which is a consistent tradition at Ajax.
In other words, the three who emerged from Almere's semester assessment will have the privilege of getting up close and personal with these stars, and even if they are lucky, they may be able to play side by side.
But all this is still too far away for Yang Yang, and he doesn't have so much attention to these things.
For example, Ajax's technical director, the decorated coach Leo Ben Haac, is leaving, and it is said that he had a peach scandal with a female secretary of the team, which spread and was forced to flee to Mexico, while everyone is speculating who will take over the position of Ajax's technical director.
There is also center forward Ibrahimovic who asked for the captain's armband and was refused, and he was very unhappy, complained in the media, and even threatened to leave Ajax at the end of the season.
But these are either media chasing after the wind and shadows, or some gossip, and Yang Yang is not interested.
The only thing that caught his attention was that a team-mate read the news in the newspaper that Van Basten was said to have successfully passed the coaching exam and would officially take up the role of Ajax's reserve manager in July this year.
This is the first time Yang Yang has heard news from idols.
He is said to have been training as a coach since August last year and has been interning at Ajax since then.
I haven't been able to play with Van Basten for 20 years, and if I have the privilege of playing under him, it would have been a great thing.
But this thought flashed in Yang Yang's mind, and even he felt unrealistic.
The most important thing for him at the moment is to establish himself at Almere first, and that's the right thing to do.