20 semester assessment
In the past month, Yang Yang felt that the biggest part of his progress lies in his mentality.
In the year he landed in the Netherlands, he suffered setbacks and became seriously lacking in self-confidence. Especially after joining the Almere Youth Team, he was even more abused and thought about giving up countless times.
But since he got the super training ground, he saw hope again. Through repeated hard training, he clearly felt that he was making progress. Although the training was extremely boring, this progress made him see hope.
The desire for success and progress became the driving force for him to persevere.
Gradually, Yang Yang began to adapt to this boring basic training. After each training, he seemed to be able to feel the extremely subtle progress, which gave him a great sense of accomplishment. Especially after participating in the competition, he was even more ecstatic about his progress, which strengthened his determination to continue training.
The improvement in strength brought by training and the increasingly outstanding performance in training and competitions gave Yang Yang great confidence and also sharpened his tenacious will, allowing him to dare to fight no matter what situation or any opponent.
Even if there is a mistake, he can quickly turn his mind around.
This will has benefited him a lot in the semester assessment. Even in the last 30 minutes of offense and defense, Yang Yang and Henk Dimmel and others became opponents, facing the team's main left back, but he quickly became the main offensive player of his own pair.
With the cooperation of [God's Vision], every run and every catch of Yang Yang brought great trouble to the players who defended him. As long as he gave him some space, as long as his teammates passed the ball in place, he could quickly dribble the ball and create a threat.
When he met Yang Yang in group, the team's left back was sad. Although he tried his best, he was still unable to stop Yang Yang. He was forced to break through again and again by the opponent. After more than ten minutes, he found that his one-on-one defense success rate was zero. This was a shame and helpless.
Yang Yang had a quick move, but it was the seemingly simple pendulum that was extraordinary, but he played it perfectly.
Not to mention the Almele youth team, even in inter-school games, no defensive player can stop him.
If Yang Yang hadn't had poor basic skills and had made mistakes frequently, his performance would have been better than he is now.
Fortunately, after fifteen minutes of playing, John Rep and Van Gaal quickly reached a consensus and immediately asked Dick Van Poole to replace Yang Yang, and the opponent's Henk Dimmel was also replaced.
Needless to say, Yang Yang’s advantages and disadvantages are very obvious, and everyone knows it very well.
"This kid is weird and elusive." John Repp shook his head and sighed.
In just over a month, Yang Yang gave him the feeling that he had been reborn, but he was completely unpredictable.
"He has been training for more than a month. You know how boring it is. It's not something that ordinary people can insist on, but he did it. And I heard that he trains all the rest of his time except for eating, sleeping and going to school every day. Even I can't believe the hard work."
Van Gaal has seen Yang Yang train with his own eyes, and his hard work makes him admire him.
He was both impressed and curious about how a 16-year-old boy could have such ambition and self-control. How far could such a young man improve? Is there still a chance to play in the professional league?
Of course, if they knew that Yang Yang was practicing football even when he was sleeping, he would definitely be even more shocked.
"What do you think of him?" John Rep asked with concern.
Van Gaal shook his head, "I can't understand, but I really want to see it."
This coincides with John Repp's idea.
"But at his age, having such a tenacious mind is unique in anyone I have seen in my life."
Van Gaal's words made John Rep think deeply.
The two were once teammates of the Ajax Youth Team. John Rep was a direct descendant and later promoted to the first team. However, Van Gaal was not accepted by Ajax and was later forced to switch to his team. Although he also performed, Van Gaal was far inferior to John Rep in his career resume.
But after retiring, although Van Gaal worked as a physical education teacher, he soon found a youth training job in Ajax and achieved success in this field, training top European and European stars such as Cruivet, Seedorf, Davis and Reziger, and replaced Leo Benhack as coach in 1992.
After several years of operation, Ajax, led by Van Gaal, vigorously promoted youth training and made great progress. He reached the Champions League finals in 1995 and 1996. In 1995, he defeated AC Milan 1-0 at the Haper Stadium in Vienna, and in 1996, he drew 1-1 with Juventus in Rome, Italy, but finally lost in the penalty shootout.
It is the achievements of the past two years that have established Van Gaal's lofty status in the Netherlands and European football. Although he failed to coach Barcelona twice and coached the Dutch national team was not ideal, it did not damage Van Gaal's prestige at all.
John Rep also admires this former teammate, and he also knows that Van Gaal's football creed is that hard work is more important than talent, so he attaches great importance to tactical discipline and player execution.
It can be said that players of Yang Yang are exactly what Van Gaal appreciates the most.
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After Yang Yang got out of the court, the unlucky left back showed his power and abused the right winger who came on the bench later, which not only showed his strength, but also allowed everyone to see a fact clearly.
It’s not that his defense is too bad, but that Yang Yang’s one-on-one breakthrough is too strong.
Everyone was also puzzled. He obviously only knows the pendulum extraordinary trick, but why can't he be able to defend himself?
Yang Yang gives people the feeling that every time he uses it, it is different from the past, there is no pattern to follow, and it always changes according to the opponent, which makes defensive players unable to defend themselves.
After the 30-minute offensive and defensive match, Yang Yang smiled and apologized as he listened to his teammates' complaints.
He really didn't think about embarrassing his teammates, but on the court, his only idea was to compete for the top three.
The teammates are too strong. Henk Dimmel and Nick are all leading figures in the team. Logically speaking, it is undisputed that they will take the top three, and Yang Yang still has a big gap with them in terms of basic skills.
Therefore, Yang Yang can only grab points as much as possible in his own advantageous projects and learn from his strengths and weaknesses.
Looking at the teammates around, many of the teammates who were struggling in the elimination line were very worried, worried that they would not perform well, and were beaten by the coaching staff with a low score and were eliminated.
This scene also made Yang Yang very moved.
More than a month ago, he was like everyone else, full of worries about the future. How could he have thought that a month later, he was no longer worried about elimination, but instead was trying his best to compete for the top three?
All these changes came from the super training ground and his own efforts.
Looking at the expressions of his teammates, he also secretly swore in his heart that he must continue to train and work hard to improve himself.
"Don't worry, with your performance today, there will definitely be no problem passing the level."
Henk Dimmel, who was standing by, thought Yang Yang was worried about the assessment, so he came over and comforted him with a smile.
Yang Yang smiled but did not explain. After all, he once said that he would compete for the top three, but this has become a joke for everyone. Even now, not many people still believe it.
The main reason is that Yang Yang’s basic skills are indeed too poor.
"How are you thinking about the thing I mentioned to you a few days ago?" Henk Dimmel asked.
Yang Yang nodded, "Okay, I'll count you as me then."
After receiving the invitation from Henk Dimmel, Yang Yang first discussed with his uncle, and then called his parents. Although there was no semester assessment at that time, he had already expressed confidence that he would be left with the team.
His son is far away in the Netherlands and has excellent cultural achievements. He is also attracted by a professional team that is about to enter the second level. Yang Yang's parents really have no reason to give up football and return to China to study, so they can only agree to let him continue to stay in the Netherlands.
But my parents also made a request, that no matter what the prospect of playing football, cultural courses must ensure grades. Even if you cannot play football in the future, you can still study in a university in the Netherlands. The sign of returning home after returning to China will still be popular.
Of course, Yang Yang agreed.
This is not because he is proud, but since he has a super training ground, Yang Yang has been energetic every day and found that his memory has become excellent. He often only listens to the content taught by the teacher in class and can learn from it and learn from other things.
After more than a month, although Yang Yang spent all his spare time practicing football, his cultural grades were not affected, but instead improved.
Yang Yang himself couldn't figure out the reason, and Lao Bing did not give a good explanation. It was considered an unexpected gain brought by the super training ground.
After the morning semester assessment, the coaches have to sort out the scores, combine their usual training performance, competition records, and cultural scores in the school, and finally give a comprehensive score.
The comprehensive score will not be given until the afternoon, but many teammates have begun to congratulate Henk Dimmel, Nick and others in advance, believing that they basically took the top three, and there is no suspense. Many people have even agreed in advance that when Henk Dimmel and others will attend Genius Day, they must have just asked for the signature of the Ajax star for them.
Henk Dimmel is also sure to win, and he always refuses his requests to his teammates.
As his teammates changed their views, no one mentioned that Yang Yang had made a bold statement to compete for the top three places. Even if someone took it seriously, he was unwilling to offend Yang Yang. However, no one believed that Yang Yang could fulfill his bold statement from beginning to end.
After John Repp announced his disbandment, everyone went back to the locker room to take a shower and take a shower.
Yang Yang was playing the ball and heading south back to the skate park to continue his basic training.
Chapter completed!