A 2-0 away win against Eindhoven, Ajax made the entire Dutch football world tremble.

After nine rounds of the league, Ajax's ranking rose rapidly with his last two consecutive victories and jumped directly to the sixth position, scoring fifteen points, only seven points away from Eindhoven, the second in the league.

Feyenoord won another four-to-zero victory in this round, reversing Eindhoven and leading the Eredivisie standings with 25 points.

Meanwhile, Feyenoord's two forwards, Karau and Kuyt, ranked among the top two in the scorer list with nine and eight goals respectively.

Helenfin's centers Hunterlaer and Hesselink all tied for third with six goals.

Yang Yang has scored four goals so far this season, performing better than last season, but he is still ranked outside the scorer list.

Even so, Yang Yang has four assists in addition to four goals, one goal in the Champions League and one assist, and one goal in the European Super Cup. So far this season, he is the number one scorer in Ajax's various competitions, with a total goal of six goals, which has exceeded the total six goals in the first team last season.

Although the data cannot fully reflect the player's performance, it proves Yang Yang's progress to some extent.

More importantly, Yang Yang's goals directly brought five victories to Ajax, and each goal was very important.

With his double score against Eindhoven, Yang Yang once again made everyone clearly realize his importance to Ajax, and also pushed his fame and influence to a new level.

The next morning after Eindhoven, before the training class, DeTok Most gathered twenty or thirty Ajax fans, many of whom were wearing Yang Yang's No. 11 jerseys, under the banner, watching the training fans on the outside of the barbed wire in the training ground.

This is the first time for Yang Yang that some fans came to support him.

It was also the first time since the two star players, Van der Fate and Ibrahimovic, left the team.

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Ali van Eden, managing director of the Ajax board of directors, accompanied Dutch national team coach Van Basten, and walked from Amsterdam Athletic Stadium to DeTok Most.

As the head coach of the national team, Van Basten's coaching performance is quite good.

In the German World Cup qualifiers, the Netherlands first defeated the Czech Republic 2-0, and then drew with Macedonia 2-2 away, and defeated Finland 3-1 at home. It can be said that Van Basten's national team coaching journey delivered a satisfactory answer.

And today, he came to DeTok Most to investigate the status of Ajax players.

Accompanied by Van Eden, Van Basten walked into DeTok Most, and happened to see this group of enthusiastic fans.

This surprised both Van Basten and Van Eden.

"I didn't expect that Yang Yang began to gradually gain the love of the fans."

When talking about Yang Yang, Van Basten couldn't help but remember the scene when he first met Yang Yang last summer.

Van Basten is still very concerned about this young player who once performed very well under his command.

"The team really needs such a person now." Ali Van Eden said with a smile.

Van Basten nodded slightly.

"What we are more worried about is the recognition of local fans for him. You know, over the past few years, our leaders have been local players in our youth training."

Judging from UEFA's rules, Yang Yang is of course considered Ajax's youth training, but if strictly defined, he doesn't count at all.

Even Yang Yang is not considered a youth training player for Almere.

The reason is simple. So far, he has only been in the Netherlands for two years.

Ajax's flag bearer has always been from the youth training department, from Cruyff to Borgkamp to Cruyvert.

In the previous battle for Ajax's captain, Van der Fate and Ibrahimovic were in stalemate, and the club management chose Van der Fate without hesitation because he was his own person.

But now the situation is completely different from before.

Today, Ajax has more and more foreign players. Although local players still dominate the locker room, they have been weakened a lot, especially after Van der Fate left the team, no new generation of flag bearers appeared.

Sneider was originally a suitable candidate, but his character and position on the court limited him.

Ryan Babel, who was originally optimistic about by many people, has now been completely covered by Yang Yang's light.

"Times have changed, and Van Gaal's transformation has changed a lot of things, bringing our team a new direction of development, and also allowing us to see the development of the European Professional League in the new era."

Van Basten chuckled, "Over the years, Ziwu, Litmanin, Escud and Galassek have all served as captains of the team and have also led the team well. This proves that it is a good thing to keep up with the trend of the times and make some changes appropriately."

Ali van Eden obviously agrees with this statement, but...

"You have to take this kind of thing slowly."

Van Basten frowned and soon figured it out.

Like all the giant teams, Ajax has a strong enough foundation. There are countless stars emerging in history, many legendary celebrities, and many of them have a certain influence in the media field.

The most typical example is the war of words between Van Gaal and Cruyff last season. The former controls the club's authority, while the latter controls public opinion.

"That's right, take it slowly. It's not a matter of being a good flag bearer overnight. At least he has to prove that he has such strength, such a responsible partner, and most importantly, he has such leadership."

The leader of a team is not something that can be just like you want. If you don’t have enough strength, it will definitely not work. If you have enough strength, it won’t work, it won’t work without anyone to support you. If you have strength and support you, it will still not work without enough leadership.

Just like Eindhoven's captain Van Bomel, his strength may not be the strongest in the team, but his leadership is definitely recognized.

This is also due to Eindhoven's long-term training of him, which has led to him the temperament of a leading player.

"From the current situation, I'm afraid I'll contact Raiola again soon." Van Eden said bitterly.

The last time he had dealt with Raiola a lot for Yang Yang's contract renewal, it was simply a nightmare.

Judging from the current situation, with Yang Yang's performance, Ajax probably has to put the contract renewal on the agenda again.

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"Why are there five-to-five small-scale grouping confrontations at the end of the training?"

On the side of the training ground, Van Basten curiously asked Ronald Koeman and Luther Carroll on the side of the training ground.

He is a novice in coaching and is interested in many things.

Generally speaking, midway through the season, the team will not arrange fierce group confrontations, mainly because they are afraid of being injured.

Training based on practical standards is correct, but the premise is to effectively avoid injury to players.

There are more than 20 players in the first team, and there are two or three competitors in each position. In such a small-scale group confrontation, you may be injured if you are not careful. Who can tell clearly what is going on?

So, Van Basten was curious about this.

"The atmosphere in the locker room is very good. Although there is competition within the players, it is well controlled. Local players get along well with foreign players. The atmosphere in the team is even better than last season. The players have a good sense of trust in each other." Ronald Koeman explained.

"Yang Yang did not participate in the pre-season training camp, and our team has many new players. Small-scale grouping confrontation can effectively increase the players' tacit cooperation, and the players' reactions to this are also good."

Van Basten nodded repeatedly, but vaguely figured out another meaning.

The confrontation between Ibrahimovic and Van der Fate was a hidden danger in the team's locker room in the past two seasons. Even at that time, the locker room was divided into local factions led by Van der Fate and foreign factions led by Ibrahimovic.

But with the departure of the two stars, the interior of Ajax's locker room became harmonious.

As early as last season, Van Basten heard that Yang Yang is a foreign player and is a good friend with Ibrahimovic and others, but he also has a good relationship with local players such as Van der Fat and Sneider. Now it seems that there are huge benefits to Yang Yang in this game.

"This kid's basic skills have become very solid, and his strength has also improved a lot." Van Basten praised with a smile.

Luther Carroll laughed: "He has recently offered to strengthen strength training and went to the gym one hour in advance every day."

"Oh?" Van Basten showed a strange look on his face. This tests the players' perseverance and determination.

What a pity.

If Yang Yang had not played for the Chinese national team, Van Basten really considered recruiting him into the Dutch national team and formed a wing with Robben at that time, then the Netherlands' frontcourt offense would be much better than it is now.

It’s a pity that he chose his own motherland.

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When the team's training ended and Yang Yang walked out of the field panting, he saw Van Basten waved at him with a smile on the sidelines.

"Hey, Marco, long time no see." Yang Yang walked over immediately.

"Yes, I haven't seen you for a while." Van Basten looked at Yang Yang's body with interest and nodded, "Well, there have been progress, but it's not enough. A strong body can make you feel more like a fish on the court."

"I know, I'm working hard all the time." Yang Yang smiled.

"I heard that, do it well, and now there are good opportunities in front of you. You must try to seize it."

Yang Yang vaguely heard what Van Basten meant, and he also knew his situation in the team and Ajax's current situation.

In fact, he really didn't think so much, but if he really got to that point, it would be quite good for him.

Then Yang Yang talked to Van Basten and asked some questions in training and competitions. Van Basten also said everything he knew and said everything.

As a legendary star in the past, his words often solve the problems that have troubled Yang Yang for a long time.

After finally saying goodbye to Van Basten, Yang Yang did not go back to the locker room directly, but walked to the corner wall and conducted a separate basic training for half an hour.

When he returned to the locker room, it was already empty.

Yang Yang was used to this. After taking a shower, he opened the cabinet and was about to change his clothes, but found an unread text message on his phone, which was Su Xiaomei from China.

"Happy birthday, Yang Yang!"

After Yang Yang finished reading it, his heart felt warm, and then he remembered that today was his birthday.
Chapter completed!