Nordwijk is a seaside city located more than forty kilometers southwest of Amsterdam.

With the beautiful beaches of the North Sea and the hustle and bustle of the big city, the scenery is beautiful, and it is definitely a good place for a summer vacation.

Van Gaal loved the laid-back nature of the resort and bought a plot of land in the resort to build a fine home, and since then he has lived here for most of his time except for winter holidays in Portugal.

Especially in the past six months, after returning to the Netherlands from Barcelona, he only stayed in Almere for a while.

Every night, the sea breeze blowing from the North Sea in the west sweeps across the balcony, bringing a little coolness, lying on the beach chair, overlooking the quiet and magnificent night sky, and the laughter of tourists from the beach in the distance from time to time, making him feel as if he wants to immerse himself in this calm night.

I don't know how long it took for Van Gaal to retract his gaze from the starlight in the night sky, only to find that Truss had sat next to him at some point, she was always quietly by his side, but he was always like a child who needed to be taken care of.

Perhaps, this has something to do with the fact that he is the eldest of nine siblings in the family.

The youngest one is always especially well taken care of.

"I just listened to Aaron Moy's football online inside." Truss smiled lightly.

"Hmm." Van Gaal was noncommittal, it was one of his favourite radio shows before, but he hadn't listened to it in a long time.

"Tonight's show is about Ajax for a short time, and the situation is not very good."

Van Gaal nodded slightly and sighed deeply.

European professional football has changed so fast, especially in the years since the Boseman Act, that it can be said that it is so rapid that he is overwhelmed.

The transfer of players has become more convenient, and those big teams with money and power no longer pay attention to youth training, but blindly start to take a faster way to improve the strength of the team, that is, to burn money.

It's understandable, all the big teams play like that, Louis van Gaal played it when he was in charge of Barcelona, but in reality, he knows very well that he is not good at that, what he is best at is developing and promoting young players, polishing the team step by step, just like he did when he was at Ajax in the 90s of the last century.

Unfortunately, it is impossible for him to have such patience in today's professional football.

All the teams, whether Barcelona or Ajax, are getting more and more rushed, both in terms of player turnover and team results, so fast that he only had six months in charge of Barcelona for the second time.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the resignation of the club's president, Gaspard, but Van Gaal is also well aware that all of this is becoming more and more alien and that he needs to adjust himself to the environment again.

Some time ago, Ajax's chairman Michael van Praag personally met him in Nordwijk and hoped that he would succeed Leao Benhag as the club's technical director, and interestingly, in the nineties, when Van Gaal took over the Ajax leadership, his predecessor also happened to be Leo Benhake.

Van Gaal was a bit resistant to this because the club's manager was Ronald Koeman.

He knows Koeman very well, he is definitely a very assertive manager, but he also knows himself, saying that he is honest and direct when he hears it, and if he doesn't listen to it, he doesn't know how to be tactful, he is not tactful enough, he is too sharp, and he is easy to offend people.

If he really takes over the position of technical director of Ajax, will he be able to live peacefully with Koeman?

Even if so, will it be able to solve the dilemma that Ajax is currently facing?

Ajax is one of the biggest victims of the Boseman Act, not to mention the loss of the team that won the Champions League in the 90s, and I am afraid that we will not be able to retain Ziwu and Van der Meyde this summer, and will definitely not be able to retain the likes of Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart and Sneijder in the future.

Even if Louis van Gaal and Ronald Coman could work together, what could they change?

Thinking of this, Van Gaal sighed deeply again, "It's all bad news. ”

"Not really." Truss chuckled.

"Oh?"

"Aaron Moy spends most of his time discussing a person."

"Who?" Van Gaal was curious.

"Yang Yang."

"It's him." Van Gaal immediately remembered the Chinese teenager he met in Almere, and his mind came to mind the figure of him training hard against the wall in the skatepark, and his heart couldn't help but warm.

This is the best thing he has encountered in the past six months.

"He's red." Truss laughed.

"Huh?"

"In the last four games, he has played for Almere in the amateur tournament, winning all four fights, he has performed quite well, Aaron Moy has not heard of him before, but many fans have called the hotline to go over and break the news, what three people in a row, pendulum breakers, Ronaldo II and so on, the conversation is very energetic."

When Van Gaal heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, which he didn't expect.

"That kid turned out to be famous in this way." He smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Almere is not famous, it is rare for such a good seedling to come out of an underdog team, and the fans are excited."

Van Gaal can understand the mood of the fans, and if Almere does produce a star, then all the citizens will be proud of it, even if Yang Yang is not Dutch.

He ...... Have you been doing well lately? "Van Gaal is interested.

Truss nodded, "I heard that it's very good, but I don't know the specifics, or ...... Shall we go watch him play? ”

Van Gaal hesitated.

The last time he lost the bet with Truss, the bet is to do one thing, Truss hopes that he can find a job as soon as possible and not stay at home all day, and there are currently several invitations from teams and Ajax's solicitation, which Van Gaal is seriously considering.

Is it appropriate to watch Yang Yang's game at this time?

But soon, Van Gaal himself laughed, whether he was suitable or not, and just go if he wanted to see it.

"Okay, let's go see."

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Volendam, a professional club based in the northeastern town of Amsterdam, finished sixth in the Eredivisie last season and were promoted to the Eredivisie through the play-offs.

Born in 1920, the professional team was once a powerhouse in the Eredivisie, but was relegated in the late nineties and struggled in the Eredivisie for five years before returning to the Eredivisie this year.

As a small team, Volendam and Ajax are inextricably linked, the two teams have a very close cooperation with each other, Wim Jonk, who played for Ajax in the early 90s, came through the Volendam academy, he joined Inter Milan at the same time as Bergkamp in '93, and returned to the Netherlands to join PSV Eindhoven two years later.

As a team in a small town, Volendam's financial resources are limited, and the youth training is not outstanding, but it can't stand the big tree of Ajax, as a promotion horse in the Eredivisie, Volendam has loaned a number of young players from Ajax in one go this summer.

Participating in the summer amateur season are centre-back Gerard Afeees, left wing-back Paul Quisten, left winger Sebastian Stuart and striker Rowan Van Sarn, all four of whom are from the Ajax academy, plus centre-back Henny Schelder and right winger Charles Diesels, who have been promoted from their own academy, Volendam's squad is quite good.

Also inextricably linked to Ajax, Almere is even a satellite club signed by the Eredivisie giants, but the league level gap makes Almere far less supportive than Volendam.

At the very least, there isn't even a single Ajax academy in the squad for the amateur tournament.

Unlike Vlafernz, who faced in the previous round, Volendam was the most typical Dutch team this time, with a strong attack and weak defense, and it was a home game, and Almere was bombarded indiscriminately from the beginning of the game.

Rao is Almere has long been mentally prepared for this, and he put on a weak posture of defensive counterattack at the beginning, but he was still very embarrassed by Volendam, and was attacked into the big penalty area again and again, and the goal was even more dangerous.

Although Yang Yang is a right winger and the offensive core of the team, when he saw that his team was in a worrying situation, he also chose to return to defense, actively forced the opponent's defense, and retreated at any time to help the midfield, but he failed to perform too well on the offensive end.

But even so, Almere was still in the 29th minute, Volendam's right winger Charles Diesels cut into the box and calmly scored a goal.

After opening the scoring, Almere was a bit of a disorganization and became more passive.

Yang Yang also saw that the mentality of his teammates had changed, and they all became a little restless, and they were secretly anxious.

If it continues like this, this game will not be won, but I am afraid that it will be a heavy loss.

Thinking of this, Yang Yang decisively returned to the 30-meter area, stationed at the front of the penalty area, and at the same time constantly signaled his teammates to actively retreat, temporarily give up the attack in the front court, and block Volendam's attack first.

The home fans on the sidelines shouted with a lot of energy.

Those who can enter the fifth round of the game are basically strong teams, and Volendam's luck is very good, drawing the weaker Almere, which is equivalent to guaranteeing the sixth round, which is definitely a good opportunity for Volendam, who has just been promoted to the Eredivisie.

Van Gaal and Truss were also standing in the crowd on the sidelines, looking at the two sides on the pitch, and he shook his head helplessly.

"The difference in quality between the two sides is too big, and Almere has no chance." Truss shook his head.

"I don't think so, as long as he hasn't given up, there will definitely be a chance." Van Gaal doesn't think so.

There is still a second half in the game, and as long as the tactics are right, everything is still possible.

Football is an eleven-player game, and it is difficult to change the trend of the game alone.

Besides, Yang Yang is not an extraordinary genius, how can he change the trend of the game by himself?

Others may not know, but Van Gaal knows very well that Yang Yang has today's achievements, and everything comes from his hard work, not talent.

But Yang Yang on the court didn't seem to pay attention to anything else, and was still running at all costs, defending every ball.

With the players up front actively defending, Almere was able to hold off Volendam's onslaught.

At the end of the first half, the home team Volendam took a 1-0 lead thanks to a goal from Diesels.