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The next day, when the national youth team, led by head coach Crouchen, came to the opposite side of the hotel to prepare for the game in the training ground rented by an amateur team in Utrecht, they were immediately startled by the excitement outside the stadium.
Nearly 1,000 fans and more than 100 media outlets gathered outside the training ground.
When the players of the national youth team arrived, everyone gathered around and shouted loudly.
"Yang Yang! Yang Yang!! Yang Yang!! β
That battle, that momentum, even the weathered Crowchen couldn't help but be a little surprised.
This isn't in Amsterdam, it's in Utrecht.
Who would have thought that Yang Yang would have such a huge attraction here.
When fans and media saw Yang Yang appear, they rushed to the scene, and the scene was even a little chaotic for a while.
In fact, after the national youth team arrived in the Netherlands, it was not that there were no media and fans who came to watch the team's training, but more of them were domestic media, as well as Chinese and international students, but now even the media in the Netherlands and even Europe, as well as Dutch fans, have come, and this battle has really not been seen.
"Good boy, is he so popular in the Netherlands?"
"For sure, when I went to Utrecht for a tryout, a lot of fans shouted Yang Yang's name at me." Chen Tao said with a smile.
"Why?"
"How do I know? Maybe I'm mistaken. Chen Tao smiled awkwardly.
But this can be regarded as an indirect confirmation of one thing, that is, Yang Yang really has a super attraction in Dutch football.
"You must know that the German authorities now evaluate the value of players, and Yang Yang is the most valuable among young players, even higher than Santos's famous genius Robinho, you can imagine for yourself."
After listening to Chen Tao's words, the teammates of the national youth team couldn't help but be blind, how do they know how to imagine?
"Let's put it this way, if Yang Yang leaves Ajax, then the next step must be to go to a giant team that we all know well, and either he doesn't go, he must give the core main force if he wants to go, and the value will not be less than 30 million euros."
"Thirty million?" The teammates were speechless.
Chen Tao added, "Remember, it's the euro, not the yuan." β
Everyone was dumbfounded, that was close to 300 million yuan, which can be said to be an astronomical amount.
Chen Tao's transfer to Anderlecht was only 800,000 euros, and they already felt that it was very high, but they didn't expect Yang Yang to be worth more than 30 million euros, they couldn't imagine it.
"Champions League stunner, European Golden Boy Award, League Cup winner and best player, last season's Eredivisie champion and best player, this top halo is not false, he has worked hard bit by bit."
Chen Tao looked at Yang Yang, who was being interviewed by media reporters on the sidelines, and said with admiration.
Now, Yang Yang is a role model for him to learn from and a goal to strive for.
Some players of the national youth team, including Feng Xiaoting and Zhou Haibin, also admired Yang Yang very much, and each of them was holding back their strength in their hearts and wanted to perform at the World Youth Championships.
Yang Yang told them that the famous Dutch agent Goudo Albers, who runs Zheng Zhi and Chen Taoliuyang, will bring scouts from Dutch clubs to watch the game during the World Youth Championships, and as long as they perform well, everyone will have a chance.
When Yang Yang shined in European football, with Zheng Zhi and Zhao Junzhe and others staying abroad one after another, especially after his teammate Chen Tao also completed his stay abroad, all players with some strength in the national youth team were eager to stay abroad to prove themselves.
And the World Youth Championships is the best stage to show their strength.
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As the game approached, after many players, including Yang Yang, returned to the team, Crouchen also seized every opportunity and successively played the cards in his hand that were still ready, including offensive tactical drills.
Looting! Step by step!
This is what Krauchen emphasises the most, and he demands that all players must use high-intensity pressing tactics against their opponents, leaving no room for them to think and play calmly.
Crowchen's tactical requirements are very in line with the mainstream trend of European football now, and they are also very consistent with Ajax's tactics, so Yang Yang has no problem adapting to it at all.
Chen Tao has trained with Yang Yang at Ajax for several months and is no stranger to this set.
Feng Xiaoting and Zhou Haibin benefited from the experience they learned during the national team and were able to quickly understand this style of play.
But what really surprised Yang Yang was a new center forward on the team, Gao Lin.
According to the news obtained by Yang Yang, Gao Lin has not played once in the domestic league so far, which can be said to be a blank slate, but he was selected by Crowchen into the national youth team and entrusted with important tasks.
He is a little taller than Yang Yang, his physical fitness is very good, his basic skills are very solid, he can hold the ball, he can carry people, and his speed is not bad.
What really surprised Yang Yang was that he was very smart in several pressing and running, and he was also one of the players who received the most praise from Crawford in training.
In just one training session, he had two successful anti-offside positions, ran a single knife, was praised by Crouchen, and personally demonstrated the running position.
Then, when he stopped the ball in the backcourt once, he sent a wonderful pass to Yang Yang, making Yang Yang give him a thumbs up.
After the training session was over, Yang Yang was also very curious about this new teammate and took the initiative to walk over.
"Well done!" Yang Yang boasted.
Gao Lin was surprised, and nodded again and again with some flattery, "It's nothing, whatever the coach says, I will do it." β
"It's very rare, you really understand Crouchen's intentions." Yang Yang said with a smile.
"Thank you." Gao Lin smiled modestly.
It can be seen that he is still somewhat restrained in front of Yang Yang.
As a player who has never even played in the domestic league, in the face of a domestic superstar like Yang Yang who has broken through in European football, it is impossible to say that he is not a little nervous.
"No matter what, keep it up, let's work together." Yang Yang smiled and encouraged.
"Yes, definitely."
Seeing Yang Yang leave, Gao Lin still couldn't believe that Yang Yang would take the initiative to come over and talk to him, and praise him several times, which really surprised him.
Yang Yang didn't mean anything else, but simply felt that Gao Lin was indeed very powerful, and Crowchen's vision was very unique.
Even though it's just a training session, a lot of things can be seen.
To put it bluntly, what you can't play on the training ground can't be shown on the field.
Then Yang Yang walked to another new teammate, Lu Lin.
This is a player from Guangdong, who is currently playing in the second-level Chinese league team in China, and has performed well, so he was selected for this year's national youth team, and was valued by Crowchen, and is very hopeful to beat Hao Junmin as the main force on the left side.
In the face of Yang Yang's praise, Lu Lin's reaction was not much better than Gao Lin's, and he looked even more shy and introverted.
Yang Yang's impression of him comes from his superb footwork with his left foot, but his stature is not high, but his speed is not very fast, which somewhat limits his development space, but in any case, a left-footed player with excellent foot ball control skills is still quite worth looking forward to.
Although he didn't have a very in-depth conversation with Crawford, Yang Yang felt that whether it was Gao Lin or Lu Lin, he could see Crawford's selection criteria and the style of play he preferred, which was more consistent with what Alihan of the national team currently admires.
And for this group of national team teammates in his team, Yang Yang is also full of expectations.
He believes that in terms of pure strength, there are several players in the team who have enough quality to play in the Eredivisie.
As a Chinese player, of course, he also hopes that more and more teammates can bravely go abroad and break into the world in the European League.
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Before the national youth team announced the squad, several well-known bookmakers in Europe offered the Chinese team very low odds to win the championship, which was the worst among the 24 teams, even worse than Panama and Syria.
The reason is simple, Chinese players always can't bear the pressure at critical moments.
However, after the national youth team announced the squad and Yang Yang was officially selected for the national youth team, the odds of winning the championship offered by the bookmaker rose immediately, and he rushed directly to the fifteenth place, barely in the middle of the stream.
However, they are not optimistic about the Chinese team, because they believe that one Yang Yang cannot lead the whole team.
Of the 24 teams, Argentina are the favourites to win the title, and this team has gathered a group of young stars who have already made a name for themselves, such as goalkeeper Γstari, Garay and Zabaleta at the back, Biglia and Gago in midfield, and Messi and Sergio Aguero in attack.
Each of these players is no stranger to European football, and many of them are well-known rookie talents.
Second only to Argentina is another South American powerhouse, Brazil, with Yang Yang's Ajax teammate Felipe Luiz in the current team, and this team also includes established players such as Raphinha and Sobis.
Spain are another team with strong title calls, with Alexis, Raul Albiol, Jose Enrique, Juanfran Brown, Cesc Fabregas, David Silva and Llorente among a number of talented young Spanish talents.
Among them, Cesc Fabregas and David Silva are the most famous.
In addition to these high-profile teams, the host Netherlands is also full of talent.
Ajax's team-mates such as Vlar, Maduro, Emmanuelsen and Ryan Babel are in this team, as are the likes of PSV Eindhoven's talented Afelai, as well as the likes of Collins John, who broke the record for the youngest goalscorer in the Eredivisie before Yang Yang.
It can be said that the World Youth Championship is a world-class stage that gathers all young players from all over the world to show their strength.
Although Yang Yang is well-known in European football, the overall strength of the Chinese team is not strong, so the outside world does not have a high evaluation of his trip to the World Youth Championships.
But Yang Yang himself is full of expectations, because he can feel that many teammates in the team are full of eagerness.
They want to stay in the United States, and they want the whole world to know them.
And the World Junior Championships are their best stage!