Since leaving home five years ago, Yang Yang has never been at home for the Spring Festival.

Being in a foreign country in Europe, he is inevitably affected around the Spring Festival every year, but he has always been well controlled.

This is the first time in five years that he has returned home for the Chinese New Year.

The day before he left Liverpool, Benitez and Yesterdam had a long conversation with him.

Considering the pressure he has been under in recent times, and the fact that he is really in a slump, the team decided to give him a few days off, and the coaching staff wants him to rest well and let go of the pressure completely.

As a result, in the 26th round of the Premier League, Yang Yang will be absent from the away game against Bolton.

In addition, there are two weeks of national team matches ahead, and China is participating in the Four Nations Tournament, with Yang Yang's current status and status, he does not need to play such a game at all, so he is not in the scope of the national team's call-up.

Therefore, this time he can take a full vacation for more than half a month.

According to Rafa Benitez, he only needs to return to Liverpool in the twenty-seventh round against Middlesbrough.

Of course, Benitez also hopes that he will not relax his training during this period, because after playing 27 rounds, the Champions League knockout round will follow, and Liverpool will draw Inter Milan in Serie A this time.

This team is the strongest in Serie A, the overall strength should not be underestimated, and Ibrahimovic is the top center forward in Europe, it is very difficult to win this team, and it is the time when everyone needs to be in the best condition.

Yang Yang can appreciate Benitez's intentions, and dare to give him a holiday and rest before such an important schedule, which is definitely a strong trust in him, because if he is not self-disciplined enough during this period of time, neglecting training and adjustment, he will not be able to play at all when he comes back.

But Yang Yang himself knows very well that he is suffering from heart disease now.

It's like a person who has worked hard to climb a mountain, and finally climbed to the top of the mountain, and while seeing the beautiful scenery, it is inevitable that there will be a feeling of sudden loss, and the whole person is relaxed, as if he has lost his goal.

Yang Yang feels this way now.

He had heard before that everyone who won the World Footballer of the Year would usher in a slump afterwards, and it was probably like that.

Liverpool are first in the Premier League standings, Yang Yang is the top scorer in the Premier League, and first in the Champions League scorer list......

It was as if he had lost his purpose all of a sudden.

Therefore, he knew his problems in his heart, so he did not refuse the kindness of the coaching staff, and flew back to Beijing the next day, and after staying in Beijing for a day, he flew back to his hometown non-stop.

Su Ye accompanied Yang Yang back to his hometown, but it was the first time for the New Year.

If it was in normal times, she would definitely refuse, because she also wanted to accompany her parents at home, besides, she and Yang Yang are only boyfriend and girlfriend at present, and it is always a bit embarrassing to accompany him home for the New Year.

But these days, she also saw that Yang Yang's mood was not high, and she was very worried, so she told her parents and accompanied him back to her hometown.

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Yang Yang's parents have become more and more prosperous in business in recent years, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and they are already a well-known sports brand in China, especially in the field of running shoes.

The previous Beijing Marathon, because of Su Ye's participation, attracted widespread attention from the domestic media and drove a wave of running craze.

Since going home this time was an adjustment, Yang Yang didn't want to be disturbed in any way, so he told his parents a lot, and didn't tell anyone about his return, only informed his uncle Shen Ming, who had already returned to China.

Every day, he insisted on quantitative training to maintain his physical condition, and the rest of the time he drove Su Ye around to play.

There are many tourist attractions in Fujian, Yang Yang used to be young, and he was studying, so he didn't have time to go out, but this time he had a rare opportunity, he played around, but considering the Spring Festival, he picked a place with few people to go and didn't want to be disturbed.

His parents and family knew that he had something on his mind, but instead of talking about him, they actively made suggestions and suggested places for him to travel, which saved Yang Yang the trouble of checking the strategy on the Internet.

Two people, one car, but have a lot of fun.

Especially after the Spring Festival at home, he took Su Ye to Wuyi Mountain to live for a few days on the first day of the new year.

Living deep in the mountains and forests, Yang Yang and Su Ye climb the mountain every day to play, without being disturbed by the outside world, the cold weather, there are fewer tourists in Wuyi Mountain, plus Yang Yang and Su Ye have been disguised, but they are not recognized.

It wasn't until he returned home that he received the news.

In the 26th round of the Premier League, Liverpool drew 0-0 with Bolton Wanderers away.

With Arsenal winning this round, the Gunners reversed Liverpool by two points to reach the top of the Premier League.

Yang Yang finally couldn't help but check it on the Internet, and public opinion from the outside world reacted very much.

led for most of the season, but suddenly fell sharply, and the pressure on Liverpool can be imagined.

As the team's top scorer, Yang Yang was on vacation at this time, and he was a little sad in his heart, but at the same time, he was more grateful to Benitez and Yesterdam for maintaining him.

Yang Yang has always been a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and whoever treats him well, he will repay the other party in every possible way.

Benitez may have some personality shortcomings, but his trust in him is unquestionable.

But when he thinks of his current situation and Liverpool's current situation, Yang Yang is also very uncomfortable.

He never found a solution to his problem.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

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"It's cold outside, and I don't wear a single piece of clothing."

Su Ye walked out of the balcony lightly and took a coat and draped it on Yang Yang's body.

In fact, how cold can the winters in southern China be?

But Yang Yang still felt a warmth, and gently held Su Ye's hand, but he couldn't help but sigh.

"I was a little scared all of a sudden." Yang Yang said.

"Afraid of what?"

Yang Yang didn't say anything, just held Su Ye's hand, obviously a little harder.

The two of them have been eating and living together during this time, what is Yang Yang thinking in his heart, and how can Su Ye not know?

Today's Su Ye is no longer the same as she was at the beginning, she doesn't know anything about football, on the contrary, over the years, in order to have more common topics with Yang Yang, she has read a lot of football books and news, and she also has a deep understanding of football.

From the past to the present, the peak has fallen all the way, and finally quickly disappeared into everyone's stars, I don't know how many.

The most recent is Barcelona's Ronaldinho, and the Brazilian superstar has clearly fallen quickly after his peak.

But Yang Yang is different from him, Yang Yang is younger, but he has already won all the honors that he can get personally.

He won the top scorer in the Champions League twice, the top scorer in the Premier League, the Eredivisie Golden Boot......

"I think it's great that you know how to be afraid." Su Ye comforted.

"How?"

"At least you won't sink into the mud." Su Ye looked at him and said with a smile, "And I believe that you can get to where you are today, all of this is not accidental, nor is it luck, you have such strength, so you are not so much afraid as awe." ”

Awe.

When Yang Yang heard this word, he couldn't stop nodding, he felt that it was more appropriate to describe his state of mind at this moment with awe than fear, because he was not without self-confidence, but he felt that his heart was full of awe.

"With awe, you will be more demanding of yourself, and I am sure that you will come out quickly." Su Ye said with a smile.

Yang Yang also smiled, after listening to Su Ye's explanation, he felt a lot better.

"To tell you the truth, I've never seen you suffer as much as you do now."

"So what have I always been?"

"It's so confident, and sometimes I feel like you're too confident."

Yang Yang nodded, and he suddenly remembered what Van Gaal had said to him on the phone not long ago.

"Know how to be afraid? It's a good thing, overcome it and you're ripe! ”

Now combined with Su Ye's words, Yang Yang suddenly realized something in his heart.

The ignorant are fearless, and such self-confidence cannot last.

Many people say that excessive low self-esteem can lead to extreme self-confidence, which may make sense, but for how long?

How can people be without blows and setbacks? How can it always be smooth sailing?

The self-confidence that comes from low self-esteem can make people collapse in the midst of blows and setbacks.

Only by overcoming low self-esteem and truly having self-confidence is true self-confidence.

Over the past few years, Yang Yang has been holding back a lot of energy in his heart, and he wants to prove himself.

And this in itself is a form of inferiority.

Now, he's proven himself, he's got the honor everyone dreams of, but what's next?

He had a clear goal in mind, from Almere to Ajax, from the substitute to the first team, from the Eredivisie Golden Boot to the Premier League Golden Boot to World Footballer of the Year, and he walked along the way as if he was climbing a step, and every step was implemented.

But now, he has reached the peak, and he does not know how to go next and how to do it, and no one can tell him.

It was as if he had broken into a no-man's-land with no end, unable to see the direction clearly, unable to find a way out.

Van Basten retired early due to injury after winning the World Footballer of the Year.

Yang Yang is only twenty-one years old, and it is difficult for him to imagine that he is starting to go downhill from now on, which is not what he wants.

Standing beside her, Su Ye noticed the change in Yang Yang's face, she knew what Yang Yang was thinking, and suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind, and asked, "I want to go to a place, will you accompany me?" ”

"Where?"

Su Ye didn't say anything, after smiling, he took his hand and said, "It may take several days, and it is estimated that there will be some hardships on the way, you can go with me, okay?" ”

Even if she didn't ask for something soft, as long as Su Ye wanted to go, Yang Yang would accompany her.

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After the two discussed that night, they began to pack their things and say goodbye to their relatives at home the next day.

Yang Yang also went to say goodbye to his uncle Shen Ming, because when he was in the Netherlands, he was really taken care of by his uncle's family.

After doing everything, Yang Yang and Su Ye took a plane to Beijing.

Two days later, they boarded another southbound flight.