With Volendam promoted to the Eredivisie this summer, they have begun to upgrade the hardware at the Kalas Stadium, which has made the already humble visiting dressing room even more shabby, but there is a place to sit and shower.

Back in the dressing room with a 0-1 deficit, Almere was frustrated.

It was the first time they had fallen behind in the first half, and even in the first round against AS80, they held on to a draw, but this time they were helpless against Volendam.

They are the promotion horses of the Eredivisie, and even the quality of the young players in the team is not something that Almere can compete with.

What's more, the four Ajax academy players in their team are too good.

Yang Yang once heard that Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven, the three traditional giants of the academy gathered the most elite young players in the Netherlands, and now he has personally experienced the power of Volendam, a few players on loan from the Ajax academy, and he has to admit that there is still a considerable gap between himself and them.

Ajax loaned them to Volendam with the obvious intention of wanting them to get more opportunities to play in Volendam, which means that these players are not yet outstanding in the Ajax Academy.

But they are already so powerful, can you imagine how strong are the famous Babel and Amrabat and others?

They are all the same age, but the disparity in strength makes Yang Yang very uncomfortable.

Almere's other players have also been hit hard, even by Genk Dimel.

He has always been aiming to join Ajax, but now he clearly feels that his strength is not as good as several players who have been loaned by Volendam, how can he enter?

The dressing room was so dead that only the sound of the players' breathing remained, and everyone had a concern, but no one wanted to speak, as if they were under fire from everyone.

Yang Yang quickly calmed down the depression and depression in his heart.

He has never been a man of great talent, having been dissuaded by manager John Repp again and again just over two months ago, but now he has performed on the pitch to no other player in the team, including Henk Dimel.

He is confident that if he is given a little more time, he will be able to completely crush the captain of the team.

In that case, what is the disparity between him and the few players on loan from Ajax?

As long as there is time and as long as he is willing to work hard, he firmly believes that there is no gap that cannot be bridged.

"Okay, don't be down, don't be down." Yang Yang stood up from his seat and shouted loudly.

Everyone in the locker room looked up at him.

In the past few games, whenever he encountered difficulties, Yang Yang would stand up.

It was the same when it was AS80, it was the same when it was against Frafernz, and it's still the same when it is against Volendam.

If anyone else said this, someone would definitely refute it, but Yang Yang came forward, but no one would do it.

He is the most qualified person in the team to say this.

Without Yang Yang, Almere would have been eliminated by AS80 in the first round; Without him, it would be difficult for Almere to win in the second, third, or even fourth rounds against Vlaferenz.

It can be said that Yang Yang led the team to the fifth round.

"Yes, everyone cheer up, don't be discouraged, we still have time and chance." Captain Henk Dimel saw Yang Yang come forward, and immediately stood up.

Yang Yang nodded slightly towards Henk Dimel, and said loudly: "Volendam's strength is definitely stronger than ours, but everyone must know that we have not encountered such an opponent, the first round of AS80, the opponent's strength is stronger than ours, the fourth round of Vlaferenz, the opponent's strength is also stronger than ours, but the result?" ”

"It's us who stand at the Volendan Kalas Stadium!"

Yang Yang's words made many players in the locker room raise their heads one after another.

It's not the first time Almere has beaten the strong with the weak.

Although, this time Volendam is indeed the strongest opponent he has faced since the competition.

'Now we have the second half of the game and there are only two paths in front of us, either we fight them and we leave with our heads held high regardless of whether we win or lose, or we just lose with all our pockets, but what are we going to do against the fans who have come to us away and who are waiting at Almere?

Almere played well in the amateur tournament this summer, reaching the fifth round, which caused a lot of repercussions in the city, and the AS80 was eliminated in the first round, which made many citizens support Almere and the players are more sought after than usual.

In the face of Yang Yang's questioning, all the players began to become firm.

Losing is not as good as others, there is nothing to say, but if there is a lack of fighting spirit, it is not as simple as losing.

As soon as they thought of this, most of the people in the locker room also regained their fighting spirit and were determined to fight to the end.

"Brothers, don't give up, I believe there will be a chance." Yang Yang encouraged.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the door of the dressing room being pushed open from the outside, and then came the familiar voice of head coach John Rep, who praised loudly: "Well said, as long as you don't give up, you must still have a chance." ”

Everyone in the locker room was taken aback, but they didn't expect John Rip to be here.

"Mr. Rip, why are you here?"

"Oh, Mr. Van Poel is here too, that's great."

Everybody was overjoyed that the two managers were here and they could help them with their ideas.

Without a manager, they feel like they've lost their way on the pitch and become headless flies.

John Repp and Dick Van Poel did not inform the team before they came, but after seeing the team's predicament in the first half, they couldn't hold their breath and decided to take a walk in the locker room.

Who would have thought that more than two months ago, Yang Yang had been sentenced to death by the team?

And now, they suddenly feel that Yang Yang is more suitable to be the captain than Henk Dimere.

But this idea is only a flash, after all, Henk Dimel is the team's youth training descendant, and he is a native of Almere, so he has a natural advantage, if Yang Yang is the captain, I am afraid it is not very suitable.

But it is undeniable that Yang Yang is the leader of this team.

"Okay, as Yang Yang said just now, we are only one goal behind, and we still have a chance." John Rep said with great certainty.

Everyone has a much higher level of trust in the first-team manager than Dick van Poel, and the former international has even more in mind when he says so.

John Repp also came prepared, he had been watching the game from the sidelines in the first half, and knew the situation of the two teams very well, and immediately made adjustments to the problems exposed by the team's defense in the first half, and gave the game strategy for the second half, especially how to play a good defensive counterattack.

'We have to make substitutions, just one up front.' Henk Dimel turned his head to look at Yang Yang, "Yang Yang, your task is to stay in the frontcourt, we don't need you to defend, you have to withstand the opponent's two central defenders." ”

Yang Yang was taken aback, this is to hand over the burden of the attack to himself?

John Repp didn't have time to explain, "The midfield has a back four and a midfield five, everyone has to keep their position firmly in place at all times, Genk, even you, try to get forward as little as possible without enough grasp and chance. ”

After hearing this, everyone looked at John Repp in disbelief, and then looked at Yang Yang, this is to put all the bets on Yang Yang alone, can he do it?

But soon, everyone was relieved.

The team has been able to get to this day, Yang Yang has contributed a lot, and he is also the best player in the team, if even he can't, then who else can pick up this burden?

"We all know where Yang Yang's crux is, so we changed our strategy in the second half, and all the passes to Yang Yang were pushed forward as much as possible and passed directly in front of him."

Yang Yang's weakness is that his basic skills are too poor, and he makes a lot of mistakes in stopping the ball on the first foot, especially when he is closely marked by the opponent, but his advantage is speed and high-speed dribbling, as long as he passes the ball in front of him and lets him rush up, then no one can stop it.

John Repp's adjustment and arrangement can be described as to hit the nail on the head and is very targeted, which makes Yang Yang admire it very much.

He even began to feel that he might need to learn more about it, as it would help him better understand the game, and even control it.

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With the arrival of John Rep, Almere regained his footing and saw his direction again.

When the two sides returned to football, Volendam, who had a one-goal lead, were clearly more morale-boosting, but Almere was not to be outdone.

Soon, everyone noticed the change in Almere's formation, changing the formation to a four-five-one style of play, and the two lines of the midfield and back were kept more compact and tight, especially in the middle of the midfield, Henk Dimel and two teammates built a protective wall in front of the defensive line, firmly arching the defense behind them.

Yang Yang is running at all costs in the front court, when he gets the ball, he is constantly interspersed in the front court, looking for opportunities, and when Volendam gets the ball, Yang Yang is constantly harassing the opponent's defenders, especially the two central defenders.

At this point, Yang Yang obviously has to do a better job than the previous No. 11 center, which makes Volendam's defenders secretly complain, and even a little unable to adapt.

The defense is unstable, and the attack in the midfield is difficult to exert at will, coupled with Almere's meticulous defensive formation, the two sides have fallen into a stalemate, and I have to say that John Repp's on-the-spot command is still very effective.

The only unsatisfactory thing is that it is difficult for the midfielder to pass the ball to Yang Yang with a big foot, and the pass is always unable to be in place, either the distance is unsatisfactory, or the passing line is wrong, which leads to Yang Yang Although he is very active in the front court, he has never been able to get a chance.

But now that the tactical changes in midfield have worked, Almere is confident that opportunities will come their way.

Especially Yang Yang, who is still meticulously performing the task in the front court, does not dare to slack off.

This tactical execution was also appreciated by Louis van Gaal in the crowd on the sidelines, and his favourite was this type of player.