Returning to Amsterdam, Yang Yang was very excited from the moment he got off the plane.
He was ranked in the 18-man roster for this game, but he knew he would not, and he would only be substituted in the second half.
At the Amsterdam Arena, it was a special feeling to appear as an away player.
What surprised Yang Yang was that at the airport, many Ajax fans came to greet him, and many of them even wore the eleventh jersey he was playing in Ajax. This made Yang Yang particularly moved.
He specially applied for ten minutes with head coach Ancelotti, interacted with this group of lovely fans on the scene, and signed a group photo, which was a very special feeling for him.
After leaving the airport, Real Madrid moved into a hotel booked in advance, and UEFA's publicity staff also came to the door.
As a player who once played for Ajax, even in the UEFA official information, Yang Yang, who played for Ajax at the age of 16, belongs to the Ajax youth training player. This time, facing the old club, everyone Are very curious about Yang Yang's mood.
Therefore, the official UEFA propaganda staff wanted to interview Yang Yang.
Regarding this issue, Yang Yang smiled and said in an interview with the media that he is a Real Madrid player, but he will always have the position of Ajax in his heart, "Maybe one day in the future, when I am old, if possible , I still hope to return to Ajax. "
In Yang Yang's heart, Ajax was the place where he made his career debut. If he retires here in the future, he will feel very honored and will feel the feeling of falling back.
Of course, no one is sure about the future.
In recent years, Ajax's situation is not optimistic. After Yang Yang left the team, Ajax successively sold the star.
First, a group of players such as Sneijder, Huntelaar, Heitinga and Fermalen left the team. Later, Suarez, who performed well, also went to Liverpool. Ajax's overall strength was greatly affected.
For this, Yang Yang expressed his understanding, but denied that Ajax's youth training is not as good as it was then.
"In fact, I have been back to Amsterdam all these years and I have many friends here, so I know that players like Felton, Aldreveld, Eriksson and Wu Lei are very good, I think they all have strong strength and potential, so I do n’t agree with Ajax ’s lack of youth training. ”
The UEFA reporter also asked about the recent disturbance of Van Gaal's return to Ajax, and Yang Yang immediately expressed his support for his old friends.
Speaking of Van Gaal, he had to mention his old friend, Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona.
Do n’t look at Cruyff living in Barcelona, but in fact he has a great influence in Dutch football.
In recent years, Ajax's performance has been unsatisfactory. Cruyff has criticized and accused Ajax's management in the column.
In 2008, Van Basten coached Ajax, and then Cruyff returned to Ajax as a technical consultant. Everyone expected him to be like a few years ago. Like Van Gaal, Ajax brought a new round of revival, but just a month later, Cruyff resigned on the grounds of disagreement.
At that time, coach Van Basten pointed out that Cruyff resigned because his plan was too radical and idealistic.
This is also a very serious problem for Cruyff.
If you use the domestic network, he is a football keyboard man, can be said to be fair, but seriously lacks first-line practical experience.
After leaving, Cruyff did not stop there, but instead put more pressure on the management in the media, and even hesitated to launch the so-called "velvet revolution", using public opinion to overthrow the Ajax management.
Subsequently, Cruyff and the former player Boar Edgar Davis and five others formed a reform committee to comprehensively promote the reform of the Ajax club, and Cruyff first promoted his friend Junker as a youth training technology The coach, Bergkamp, served as an assistant coach of the first team, and Flander de Boer served as the head coach.
But in the position of chief executive, Cruyff was challenged because he chose his teammate Lin Qiuli.
This is a Chinese player and a very trusted teammate of Cruyff, but since retiring, in the past two decades, Lin Qiuli has never had any professional team management experience, Cruyff hastily Giving Lin Qiuli such an important position as Ajax's chief executive officer caused a fierce conflict within the five-member committee.
Half a month ago, the Dutch media broke the news that the other four members of the Ajax five-member committee, including Davis, tended to invite Van Gaal to take over the position of general manager of Ajax, which triggered Cruyff. Strongly opposed.
A Dutch television station broke the news that Cruyff was extremely excited during the discussion within the Ajax five-member committee. He resigned to express his protest against the appointment of Van Gaal and also made an irrational race against Davis. Discrimination.
Cruyff then filed a complaint with the court, accusing the five-member committee and the club board of directors of failing to fully consult him on the appointment of Van Gaal, violating the procedural justice and demanding a verdict on Van Gaal ’s appointment. Ruling, Van Gaal ’s appointment was invalid.
In the past few days, just when Amsterdam ’s public opinion was fierce, fans who support Cruyff and attacked Cruyff have caused heated discussions and controversy.
As a player of Ajax in the past, Yang Yang is also one of the top stars in today's football world. UEFA reporters will naturally not miss such a good opportunity. Taking advantage of his chance to come to Amsterdam, I definitely want to know. What did he think in his heart?
Yang Yang could have stayed out of the way. He could use an inconvenient comment to block it, but this time he didn't.
He first asked whether Cruyff was racially discriminatory against Davis. He said 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.
"Louis is an excellent and successful head coach. This is undoubtedly. If he is not successful, then I don't know how many people are eligible to say that he is successful. What is more rare is that he loves Ajak. Sri Lanka, who also has a very rich coaching experience and business experience, is far more aware of the operation and laws of professional football than those who can only boast.
Yang Yang's words were very sharp, which surprised the UEFA reporters. They did not expect that Yang Yang would stand on the side of Van Gaal so clearly, and directly fire at Cruyff.
But after thinking about it, it is normal.
In the past two and a half years since joining Yang Yang, Cruyff has accused Yang Yang in the column.
As a junior, Yang Yang faced the accusations and criticisms from Cruyff, regardless of whether it made sense or not, he chose to be tolerant, and rarely refuted Cruyff. For example, Cruyff said that Yang Yang was not as good as Messi, Or Yang Yang can't go to Barcelona to play games and the like.
And this time, Yang Yang stood in Van Gaal, opposed to Cruyff, not only to support his old friends, but also to give Cruyff a counterattack. This is still his mercy, if it is like Mourinho In that way, just go back to him, write your column, and do n’t point fingers at professional football, Cruyff will be even more embarrassed.
Of course, Yang Yang's rhetoric has clearly expressed his attitude.
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"Why do you go this muddy water?"
That night, in the hotel where Real Madrid stayed, Van Gaal and Van Basten visited the same place.
The three sat in the hotel's coffee shop, Yang Yang ordered a glass of boiling water, and talked about Yang Yang's interview during the day.
Yang Yang didn't think there was any problem at all, and shrugged: "I just said what I was thinking. He really only exaggerated. He has been away from the front line for nearly two decades. In addition to writing columns, What else have you done? "
Van Basten was a little helpless, and Yang Yang was obviously fed up with Cruyff's bad temper.
Speaking of this, this person is really strange. Cruyff and Van Gaal have the same bad temper, but Van Gaal is very pleasing to Yang Yang, and Cruyff is the opposite.
So sometimes speaking, it's really interesting.
Van Gaal has been at home since leaving Bayern Munich. He is waiting for a suitable invitation. Even this summer, there are media reports that Yang Yang persuaded Florentino to invite Van Gaal to coach, but in fact there is no such In the meantime, Van Gaal could not coach Real Madrid.
To some extent, it is difficult for Van Gaal's team to accommodate superstars like Yang Yang.
Friendship belongs to friendship, but in terms of their respective interests, Yang Yang and Van Gaal are indeed incompatible.
Therefore, Yang Yang has always wished to play for Van Gaal, and he did not know that it would not be realized until the year of the monkey.
"By the way, you recently fought Messi fiercely." 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 he has drawn and carved out, and will certainly become the glory of his life.
"Messi is vigorously scoring goals this season." Yang Yang laughed.
In the fifteenth round just ended, Real Madrid defeated Athletic Gijon 3-0 away, Yang Yang scored a goal, and Messi scored a goal in the Barcelona home victory over Levante at 5-0. So now the number of goals scored by both sides is 18 to 16, and it is still tight.
"Guardiola should be very tangled now." Van Gaal chuckled and said, he coached Guardiola and also contacted Guardiola, so he understands Guardiola's temper, "He also can't afford this season only to score goals Messi, but he couldn't help it, but Messi ... "
Van Gaal said here, looked up at Yang Yang, shook his head helplessly and sighed.
When meeting someone like Yang Yang, should it be Messi ’s luck or misfortune?
Yang Yang didn't think about it so much. There have always been rumors that Guardiola will leave the team after this season because he is tired.
But Yang Yang is different, he is still very fighting spirit, because not far behind him, there is a Messi is catching up.