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14 balls

On Saturday again, more than a hundred fans gathered around the Victoria Center Stadium in the southern suburb of Amsterdam. They consciously stood outside the low white iron fence on the sidelines and watched the game inside the stadium.

Today, the home team Dimenbrad Middle School encountered Bakken Academy from Almere.

There is a certain gap in strength between the two teams. After losing to their city rival Omnibas at home last week, Bakken Academy vented all the cowardly anger that had been holding back this week on Brad Middle School.

From the first minute, Bakken Academy firmly suppressed Brad High School, especially the team's right.

After experiencing the last round of sluggish performance, the substitute right back was ruthlessly abandoned by head coach Dick Vanpur. Although Nick returned from injury, he still sat on the bench on the conservative side. Yang Yang, who performed amazingly in the last round, won again.

After a hard game, Yang Yang gained a lot, and saw hope, he trained more vigorously. His performance on the court has improved more significantly than a week ago. He formed the right forward in front of him, and the right attacking knife of Baken Academy, tearing open the left defense line of Brad Middle School again and again.

Less than ten minutes into the game, Yang Yang inserted the side of the high-speed wing on the right. After receiving the ball, he faced the opponent's left back. He directly passed the ball with a pendulum. He shook the defender cleanly and neatly and lost his balance. He fell into the field, rushed to the right side of the penalty area and passed it across to the goal. The No. 9 forward of Baken Academy made a close shot in front of the goal.

This goal completely sounded the clarion call for Bakken Academy's offense.

After that, Yang Yang became more active on the right, frequently got the chance to get the ball, faced the defensive players again and again, and formed breakthroughs again and again, but then he either handled the ball poorly or failed to pass the ball in place, and he was unable to assist and score again in the end.

On the contrary, Henk Dimmel, who was in the midfield, performed more actively, and made a pass and shot within half an hour, helping Bakken Academy to lock in a three-to-zero lead before the end of the first half.

Seeing the team completely control the game on the court, the three-goal lead was decided, and head coach Dick Vanpur was relieved and let go of the stone that had lost the same city derby a week ago.

John Rep rarely played away, but he still sat in the coach's seat and watched the game silently.

Seeing Dick Vanpur coming, John Rep smiled bitterly with a strange expression: "It seems that he only knows this trick."

Vanpur knew that the person John Rep was Yang Yang, and nodded, "It's indeed a bit strange."

A trick is not uncommon in professional football, but it is extremely rare for those who only know how to be pendulums but have bad basic skills. No wonder John Rep feels strange.

After his outstanding performance against Omnibas, Yang Yang successfully attracted the attention of the coaching staff, but after a week of observation, almost everyone concluded that although his basic skills have improved significantly, they are still not good, and have not reached the average level of the Almele youth team.

But at the same time, they also concluded that Yang Yang's progress was very fast, and whether it was basic skills, training and competition performance, they were all improving at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He made the same mistake today and will be corrected immediately tomorrow. Although new mistakes will emerge one after another, he is always correcting them constantly. The same mistakes rarely appear repeatedly, which is an incredible progress in itself.

Not only that, take his pendulum extraordinary as an example.

The amplitude is not as large as Ronaldo, but with more fake moves and pace adjustments, the confusion is stronger, which leads to the defender being forced to deal with it hastily, and he is always broken through again and again, with an extremely high success rate of outstripping.

When I played against Omnibas last week, the whole set of movements was very tender and rough, but today, when I used the pendulum to out-of-population several times, it was obviously more coherent and the effect was better.

With his current progress rate, John Rep, who is a right winger, is even very suspicious. If Yang Yang practices this move until it is smooth, like using his fingers, wouldn't it become a weapon for Almere to break through the right?

More importantly, he was finally sure that Yang Yang did have extraordinary ability to read and deduce games, and he was still a game-type player. He was easily excited every time he got to the game and was full of passion on the court.

This kind of player is definitely what all head coaches dream of.

So much so that John Rep himself wondered why he hadn't discovered before that this kid had these advantages?

Of course, he would not know Yang Yang's adventure, but rather attributed it to his own prejudice. He believed that he had only noticed Yang Yang's shortcomings in the past, and never paid attention to Yang Yang's advantages, but felt deeply ashamed.

"The game is almost done, Dick." John Repp nodded.

The half is about to end, and if there is no accident, Bakken Academy, which leads three goals, will win.

"Adjust during the halftime break and let Nick play, he should be familiar with the rhythm of the game."

Nick is the main force of the Almele youth team, with both offense and defense, and the position of the right back cannot be shaken.

"Go to Nick?" Dick Vanpur browed deeply when he heard this, "Yang Yang performed well. Will he replace him at this time..."

In the last half hour, the game was more than 40 minutes, and there was not much time, but Dick Vanpur had already started to like this Chinese player for no reason. It was very easy to use, and he was very diligent when playing on the court and did not leave any effort.

"I didn't say I wanted to replace him. I mean, let him go further and attack with all my strength."

"Attack with all your might?" Dick Vanpur was stunned for a moment, but soon understood.

Yes, Yang Yang played as a right back in these two games. Although he performed well on the offensive end, he had to be distracted from defense, let the Nick go up to play the right back, push Yang Yang to the midfield, or even attack in the frontcourt, which would make him even less worried.

"I really look forward to what he will perform." Dick Vanpur laughed.

John Rep smiled, and he also looked forward to it.

"Wait and tell the bus driver that you will detour the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium on your return."

"Hmm?" Dick Vanpur was puzzled.

Normally, when returning to Almere from Dimen, you only need to go east and go to Almere after getting on the A1 Expressway, you can directly reach Almere. However, the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium is on the west side of Dimen. It is not only a longer journey, but also a lively neighborhood.

That area is the core area of ​​the Southeast New City of Amsterdam.

"It's time to give them some excitement." John Rep laughed.

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Attack with all your might?

During the intermission, Yang Yang was ignited after hearing Vanpur's adjustments and instructions.

Especially when he heard the head coach solemnly warn Henk Dimmel that he must do his best to cooperate with him, he felt very excited and satisfied.

He could see that Vanpur was trying to examine him and see if he had the ability to become the team's defensive sharp knife.

This is a good opportunity for him to return to the offensive position!

After the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half, when Yang Yang appeared in front of the left back of Brad Middle School, he obviously saw that the opponent's entire face was dark.

In the first half, the two sides had many head-on competitions. He did not take any advantage from Yang Yang. He was very afraid of this Chinese player who didn't seem very reliable, but was extremely skilled in using a pendulum in a very skillful way, and even a little afraid.

Isn't he a full-back? Why did he suddenly run to the front? Still so far forward?

What exactly does it mean?

Seeing the defensive player's crying expression, Yang Yang grinned, revealing his white teeth, and laughed innocently.

"Please give me some advice."

He said politely, but he did not hesitate at all in the game.

Yang Yang plays offensive positions in China, with both forwards and wingers, and his winger position is his old profession.

When he played for the full-back, he was always worried about defense, but now he doesn't need it. The main right-back Nick is behind him, and head coach Vanpur asked him to attack with all his strength. What else is he worried about?

He was very clear about his strengths and weaknesses, and took the initiative to retreat after the opening. The opponent's left defender was worried about defending behind him and was unwilling to take risks, so he allowed Yang Yang to retreat.

After all, it was just an inter-school game, and the defense was relatively loose. Yang Yang could easily receive the ball between the full-back and the front guard. After turning around, he dribbled the ball and started, and rushed to the left back at a constant speed, forcing the opponent's defense line to continue to retreat.

As he advanced and retreated, Yang Yang kept getting closer. When he reached the opponent, he suddenly accelerated and passed the pendulum. After continuously pretending to move past the defensive player, he dribbled the ball to the bottom line and made a cross.

The series of movements in the front were very beautiful, but the quality of the final cross was not high, slightly higher. The two forwards who were receiving the middle were unable to control the landing point in time. In the end, the ball was cleared by the right back of Brad Middle School.

Unable to create a goal, Yang Yang couldn't help but feel disappointed and said: You should practice more of this cross when you find an opportunity.

As a right-footed player, playing on the right lane, crossing is still a very threatening skill. Even if you don’t have the energy to learn [Beckham’s Crossing] for the time being, at least you have to practice crossing a little more reliable.

Although he didn't play well in the last cross, Yang Yang's extraordinary excellence still won him applause from fans on the sidelines.

This is not a professional game, and the home team fans are not stingy to cheer for the visiting team players.

Returning to the familiar offensive position, he took the lead in the second half, suppressing the opponent's left back in momentum. Yang Yang, who let go of his hands and feet to attack with all his strength, began to be more active on the right, and his abundant physical fitness made him run back and forth on the right.

Finally, in the 63rd minute, he successfully made a breakthrough on the right and passed the penalty area across the cross-legged midfielder Henk Dimmel, who was inserted after assisting, made a close shot, four to zero.

After the victory and defeat were decided, Baken Academy performed more easily, and many players also let go of their hands and feet. Various casual movements emerged one after another. Yang Yang was even more satisfied with breaking through on the right and began to frequently enter the penalty area.

Finally in the 82nd minute, he once again used a pendulum to force the opponent's left back from the inside, and passed the ball to the No. 9 forward at the front of the penalty area, who understood and directly passed the defender behind.

Yang Yang inserted into the penalty area as fast as possible. After catching up with the ball, he faced the goalkeeper who was decisively attacking, and gently pushed the ball into the instep of the right foot. The ball slid past the goalkeeper and hit the goal behind him.

A goal has been scored?

Is this a goal?

Yang Yang was completely confused.
Chapter completed!
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