Returning to Amsterdam, Yang Yang was extremely excited from the moment he stepped off the plane.

He was named in the 18-man squad for this game, but he was well aware that he would not start and would only come off the bench in the second half.

It's a very special feeling to be on the pitch as an away player at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium.

To Yang Yang's surprise, at the airport, many Ajax fans came to greet him, and many of them even wore the No. 11 jersey when he played for Ajax, which made Yang Yang particularly moved.

He asked manager Carlo Ancelotti for 10 minutes to interact with this lovely group of fans and sign autographs and take photos, which was a very special feeling for him.

Leaving the airport, Real Madrid checked into a pre-booked hotel, and UEFA promoters came to the door.

As a player who once played for Ajax, and even in the official UEFA information, Yang Yang, who played for Ajax at the age of sixteen, belongs to the Ajax academy player.

Therefore, the official propagandist of UEFA most wanted to interview Yang Yang.

Regarding this question, Yang Yang said with a smile in an interview with the media that he is a Real Madrid player, but he will always have the place of Ajax in his heart, "Maybe one day in the future, when I am old, if I can, I still hope to return to Ajax." ”

In Yang Yang's heart, Ajax is the place where he debuted in his career, and if he retires here in the future, he will feel very honored and will have a feeling of returning to his roots.

Of course, no one can say what will happen in the future.

In recent years, the situation of Ajax has not been optimistic, and after Yang Yang left the team, Ajax sold its star one after another.

First, a group of players such as Sneijder, Huntelaar, Heitinga and Vermaelen left, and then Suarez, who performed well, also went to Liverpool, and the overall strength of Ajax was greatly affected.

Yang Yang expressed his understanding of this, but denied that the strength of Ajax's youth training was not as good as it was back then.

'The fact that I've been back to Amsterdam all these years and I have a lot of friends here, so I know that players like Vertonghen, Aldreveld, Christian Eriksen and Wu Lei are very good and I think they all have a lot of quality and potential, so I don't agree with the lack of youth at Ajax.

UEFA reporters also asked about the recent turmoil over Van Gaal's return to Ajax, and Yang Yang immediately expressed his support for his old friend.

Speaking of Van Gaal, we have to mention his old enemy, Barcelona's godfather Cruyff.

Cruyff lives in Barcelona, but he actually has a lot of influence in Dutch football.

Ajax's results have not been satisfactory in recent years, and Cruyff has criticized and criticized the Ajax management in his columns.

In 2008, when Van Basten was in charge of Ajax, Cruyff returned to Ajax as a technical adviser, and everyone expected him to bring a new round of revival to Ajax like Van Gaal did a few years ago, but Cruyff resigned just a month later, citing differences of opinion.

Then-manager Van Basten pointed out that Cruyff's resignation was due to his plans being too radical and idealistic.

This is also a very serious problem for Cruyff.

If you use the domestic Internet, he is a football keyboard warrior who can speak well, but he seriously lacks first-line practical experience.

After leaving, Cruyff did not stop there, but intensified the pressure on the management in the media, and even did not hesitate to launch the so-called "Velvet Revolution", using public opinion to overthrow the management of Ajax.

Subsequently, Cruyff and former player Edgar Davies and other five people formed a reform committee to comprehensively promote the reform of Ajax club, while Cruyff first promoted his friend Juncker as a youth technical coach, Bergkamp as an assistant coach of the first team, and Flender de Boer as head coach.

But in the position of administrative director, Cruyff was challenged because he chose his team-mate Lin Qiuli.

This is a Chinese player and a teammate that Cruyff trusts very much, but since retiring, Lin Qiuli has never had any professional team management experience for more than 20 years, and Cruyff hastily handed over such an important position as Ajax's administrative director to Lin Qiuli, which caused a fierce conflict within the five-member committee.

Half a month ago, Dutch media broke the news that the other four members of the Ajax five-member committee, including Davies, were inclined to invite Van Gaal to take over the position of general manager of Ajax, which triggered strong opposition from Cruyff.

A Dutch TV station broke the news that during the discussion within the Ajax five-member committee, Cruyff was extremely emotional, and did not hesitate to resign to express his protest against Van Gaal's appointment, and at the same time made irrational racial discrimination against Davies.

Cruyff then filed a complaint with the court, accusing the five-member committee and the club's board of directors of violating procedural justice by not adequately consulting him on the appointment of Van Gaal, and called for a ruling on Van Gaal's appointment, which was ultimately ruled by the court that Van Gaal's appointment was null and void.

And in the last few days, when public opinion is raging in Amsterdam, fans who support Cruyff and criticize Cruyff have sparked heated discussions and controversies.

Yang Yang, as a former Ajax player and one of the top superstars in world football today, UEFA reporters naturally will not miss such a good opportunity, taking advantage of his opportunity to come to Amsterdam, he must want to know what he thinks in his heart.

Yang Yang could have stayed out of the matter, and he could have used an inconvenient comment to prevaricate, but this time he didn't.

He first asked whether Cruyff racially discriminated against Davies, saying that he did not know the truth and did not express an opinion, but Yang Yang gave a positive answer to whether Van Gaal was suitable for Ajax.

"Luiz is a good and successful manager, there is no doubt about that, if he is not successful, then I don't know how many people are qualified to say that they are successful, and what is even more rare is that he loves Ajax, and has a lot of coaching experience and business experience, and knows far more about the operation and laws of professional football than those who can only talk about it."

Yang Yang's words were very sharp, which surprised the UEFA reporters, and they did not expect Yang Yang to stand on Van Gaal's side so clearly and fire directly at Cruyff.

But after thinking about it again, it's normal.

In the two and a half years since Yang Yang joined Real Madrid, Cruyff has accused Yang Yang in his column.

As a junior, Yang Yang faced accusations and criticisms from Cruyff, whether it was justified or not, he chose to forbear, and rarely refuted Cruyff, for example, Cruyff said many times that Yang Yang was not as good as Messi, or Yang Yang couldn't play in Barcelona and so on.

And this time, Yang Yang stood against Van Gaal and opposed Cruyff, not only to support his old friend, but also to give a counterattack to Cruyff, which can be regarded as his mercy, if you are like Mourinho, reply to him directly, write your column, don't point fingers at professional football, then Cruyff will be even more embarrassed.

Of course, Yang Yang's rhetoric has also clearly expressed his attitude.

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"Why are you wading into these troubled waters?"

That night, at the hotel where Real Madrid was staying, Van Gaal and Van Basten visited together.

The three of them sat in the hotel's café, Yang Yang ordered a cup of boiling water, and talked about Yang Yang's interview during the day.

Yang Yang didn't feel any problem with this at all, shrugged his shoulders and said: "I'm just saying what I think in my heart, he really only talks about it, he has been away from the front line for nearly twenty years, what else has he done besides writing columns?" ”

Van Basten was a little helpless, and Yang Yang was obviously fed up with Cruyff's stinky temper.

Speaking of which, this person is really strange, Cruyff and Van Gaal's temper is the same, but Van Gaal is very pleasing to Yang Yang, and Cruyff is the complete opposite.

So sometimes it's really funny to talk about.

Van Gaal has been at home since his departure from Bayern Munich, he is waiting for a suitable offer, and even this summer, there are media rumors that Yang Yang persuaded Florentino to invite Van Gaal to coach, but in reality there is no such thing at all, and Van Gaal is unlikely to coach Real Madrid.

To some extent, it is difficult for Van Gaal's team to accommodate a superstar like Yang Yang.

Friendship is friendship, but from the perspective of their respective interests, Yang Yang and Van Gaal are indeed incompatible.

Therefore, Yang Yang's wish to play for Van Gaal has not yet been realized until the Year of the Monkey.

"By the way, you've been fighting Messi hard lately." Van Basten said with a smile.

He has always told people that Yang Yang is the best scorer he has ever seen, because Yang Yang is a masterpiece that he has pulled and carved out of his hand, and it is bound to become the glory of his life.

"Messi is scoring goals this season." Yang Yang said with a smile.

In the 15th round that just ended, Real Madrid defeated Sporting Gijón 3-0 away, Yang Yang scored a goal, and Messi also scored a goal in Barcelona's 5-0 home victory over Levante, so now the number of goals between the two sides is 18 to 16, and it is still very tight.

"Pep Guardiola should be struggling right now." Van Gaal said with a smile, he has coached Guardiola and has been in contact with Guardiola, so he understands Guardiola's temper, "He can't tolerate Messi who only cares about goals this season, but he can't be ruthless, but Messi is ......"

When Van Gaal said this, he glanced up at Yang Yang and shook his head helplessly.

Encountering a guy like Yang Yang, should it be considered Messi's luck or misfortune?

Yang Yang didn't think about it so much, there have been rumors that Guardiola will leave the team at the end of this season because he is tired.

But Yang Yang is different, he is still very combative, because not far behind him, there is a Messi chasing closely.