Semester assessment is a traditional feature of Ajax's academy, and two assessment tests are organised each year to assess the competitive status and quality improvement of the players, and the five players with the worst performance in each age group will be eliminated each semester and supplemented with new recruits when the new semester is restructured.

Strict assessment standards, brutal elimination rates, and the stimulation of metabolism have made Ajax full of fierce competition for all ages, and every player must work hard to improve himself and meet the requirements of the team.

Even after layers of screening and elimination, only one of the six in the highest age group can sign a professional contract with the club, enter the Ajax second team, get a two-year probationary period, and if they can't meet the requirements of the first team within two years, they will be forced to leave the team.

It is under this almost cruel competition mechanism that Ajax's success rate is extremely high, and 95% of the players who pass the echelon assessment will eventually become professional players, but not necessarily at Ajax.

Almere has learned and borrowed from Ajax's entire youth training system, including semester assessments, but due to the level of perfection of the youth team and the difficulty of the players, only one assessment test is arranged every year, and only three players will be eliminated.

But even so, it has put pressure on everyone in the team.

In the past, Yang Yang was the best candidate to be eliminated in everyone's minds, but in the past month or so, with Yang Yang's outstanding performance, especially in the past four games, he has become an indispensable and important member of the youth team, and it is not uncommon for him to pass the assessment.

There is even news in the team that the first team manager John Repp intends to transfer several outstanding students such as Yang Yang and Henk Dimel into the first team in the new semester to participate in training and competitions with the team.

Yang kept himself, but it also intensified the competition within the team, increasing the number of elimination spots from the original two to three, and any players who were at risk began to become self-endangered.

Since the usual training is also counted in the assessment results, everyone does their best on the training ground, and sometimes even the action is inevitably a little too big, even in training, there is a kind of bayonet bloody competitive atmosphere all the time.

John Repp and Dick Van Poel watched the training on the pitch silently from the sidelines, neither of them stopping them.

In their opinion, the team's training atmosphere in the past was too relaxed, and now this kind of real knife and gun is the same as training.

"Judging from the performance in the past period of time, Yang Yang has not had much problem passing the assessment." Dick Van Poel said with satisfaction.

In the past four games, Bakken Academy has three wins and one loss, only losing to the city's rival Omnibus, Yang Yang has performed very well in the last three games, with assists in every game, and is the hero of the team's three consecutive wins, which is very pleasing to his head coach.

"His cultural class results are the first in the team, even in Bakken Academy, he is considered a top student, speed, flexibility, explosiveness and endurance are not a problem, one-on-one offense and defense are also top in the team, and there will be no problems in terms of psychological quality."

Dick Van Poel didn't say that he didn't know about this introduction, and he suddenly discovered that Yang Yang had many desirable advantages.

'The biggest problem at the moment is his basic skills like shooting, passing and crossing.

The assessment is divided into three parts, the usual training and game records are evaluated by the coaching staff, and the final test is also scored by the coaching staff for each player's relevant items, the items and scoring standards are borrowed from Ajax, a total of 20 small items.

After each sub-event is scored, the coaching staff will summarize and evaluate, and finally get the assessment score, combined with the usual training and game records, and finally give a total score.

The three leading overall players will be rewarded to represent Almere at Ajax's Talent Day selection, while the bottom three players will be forced to leave Almere's youth team.

After listening to Van Poel's report, John Repp nodded slightly, which was similar to his recent assessment.

As a well-known right winger in Europe, he is increasingly interested in Yang Yang, who also plays the right winger position, mainly because his progress in the past month or so is too fast and amazing.

Even now, his basic skills are still not good, barely reaching the passing line of the youth team, but his pendulum swing is becoming more and more skillful, and in the past few intercollegiate games, no one has been able to hold him.

This surprised John Repp, but at the same time he clearly saw Yang Yang's potential.

After all, he is only sixteen years old, and with his current momentum and the drive to train hard, he may really surprise people.

"There are still a few days left before the assessment, you have to prepare well." John Rep cautioned.

"This time, in addition to the Almere City Government and some people who cooperate with the club on weekdays, I also specially invited a world-class celebrity to visit, he is usually not easy to invite, this time he actually agreed, with his influence in the Netherlands and Ajax, we will definitely show our youth training results at that time."

Dick Van Poel nodded solemnly, but was curious.

With John Rep's status in Ajax and the Netherlands, even he finds it difficult to please, what is the reason?

However, the head coach doesn't plan to reveal it in advance, so he doesn't want to ask much.

'At the end of the session, you tell them that not only will the top three players get the chance to go to Ajax for a talent day, but the club will also sign them a professional contract and move into the first team for the next season.

At present, Almere is at a critical juncture in the second division, and if the second team succeeds, then entering the first team is equivalent to having a chance to play in the Eredivisie, which is a great temptation for any player.

Even if the club unfortunately fails to reach the second division, it will be a big improvement for them to play in the third division in the new season.

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Sure enough, when Dick van Poel conveyed the manager's commitment after training, the atmosphere in the team was even higher.

Especially a group of standouts led by Genk Dimel, who are already the best performers in the team on weekdays, and now that the manager has promised such an attractive reward, why don't they work hard?

Yang Yang was also intrigued, and he also wanted to fight for one of the spots.

Not only for a professional contract and first-team qualifications, but also to be able to meet his idol Van Basten.

Ever since seeing the majestic Amsterdam Arena in person, he has dreamed of seeing Van Basten and competing with his peers and even the talented stars of the first team.

He wanted to know how far he was from his peers in the world.

Seeing the gaps clearly, he will be more motivated.

In the next few days, there will be no competition in Bakken School Park, Yang Yang is training day and night, in addition to going to school every day, he doesn't even have to help with the restaurant, and his uncle Shen Ming knows that his semester assessment is imminent, and he is strictly ordered to concentrate on training.

In the skatepark during the day and into the super training ground at night, Yang Yang kept practicing those basic movements that others had been proficient in as early as ten years old, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

In the blink of an eye, it was the morning of the assessment test.

It was a rare sunny day, with a cloudless sky and a blue sky as if it had just been dyed.

Under Lao Bing's suggestion, Yang Yang, who was still in good spirits after a night of hard training, in order to maintain his condition, his training volume in the skatepark in the morning was greatly reduced, and after calculating the time, he trotted all the way to the training ground.

The atmosphere in the locker room was obviously more stuffy than usual, everyone was burying their heads in sorting out their jerseys and boots, no one spoke, even after Yang Yang came in, everyone just looked up at him, and many people's eyes looked very complicated, only Henk Dimel and others nodded at him friendly.

Obviously, they are all aiming for the top three and do not feel the threat of Yang Yang.

Yang Yang was still recognized by everyone as the bottom of the list more than a month ago, no matter how much he was reborn, it was impossible for him to improve by leaps and bounds in more than a month, or even reach the top three.

The basic skills are gradual, and the progress rate like Yang Yang is already very fast, but it is impossible to catch up with players such as Henk Dimel who have been practicing hard for nearly ten years in just over a month.

Yang Yang is also very self-aware of this, but he is still willing to do his best for this.

For some other teammates who may be eliminated, Yang Yang felt the unwillingness, envy and even resentment in their eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart, but he knew very well that survival of the fittest was the foundation for a team to remain competitive.

Even if manager John Repp relented and kept them, he would only be less and less able to keep up with the team in the future.

The same is true for yourself.

Changed into a jersey and put on his boots, when Yang Yang walked out of the locker room, he saw Dick Van Poel encouraging the players outside the door one by one.

"Mr. Repp asked me to tell you to work hard and put your best foot forward, and he believes you will stay."

"Well, thank you, Mr. Rip."

"He also said that as long as you pass the assessment, as long as you continue to work hard and maintain the current momentum, the team will sign you a professional contract for the next season, and he will also choose the opportunity to move him to the first team, so you don't let him down."

"I understand." Yang Yang nodded.

He could feel that although John Repp and Dick Van Poel were optimistic about him, they still felt that it would be difficult for him to stand out in the assessment, otherwise there would be no need to give him such a promise in advance.

But the more this happened, the more he wanted to fight.

At the very least, he wants to prove that his blood, sweat and hard work in the past month or so of hellish training have not been in vain.