Nordwik is located in a coastal city more than 40 kilometers southwest of Amsterdam.

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

Van Gaal loved the leisure here, so he bought a piece of land in the resort and built an exquisite house. Since then, except for winter vacations in Portugal, most of the rest of the time lived here.

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

Every night, the sea breeze blowing from the north sea to the west swept across the balcony, bringing a hint of coolness. Lying on the beach chair, looking at the quiet and magnificent night sky from afar, the laughter and joy of tourists came from the beach from time to time, making him feel as if he was about to immerse himself in this peaceful night.

It was unknown how long it took to sit, but Van Gaal retracted his gaze from the stars in the night sky, but found that Truss had sat next to him at some point. She was always by his side quietly, but he was always like a child who needed care.

Perhaps, this has to do with him being the youngest of nine siblings in the family.

The youngest one is always particularly cared for.

"I just listened to Aaron Moy's football online in it." Truss smiled slightly.

"Hmm." Van Gaal refused to comment. This was his favorite radio show before, but he hasn't listened to it for a long time.

"I've been introducing Ajax for a short time tonight. The situation is not very good now."

Van Gaal nodded slightly and sighed deeply.

European professional football has changed too quickly, especially in the years since the emergence of the Boseman Act. It can be said that it is changing with each passing day, so fast that he is overwhelmed.

Players' transfers have become more convenient. Those wealthy and powerful teams no longer attach importance to youth training, but have begun to adopt faster ways to improve the team's strength, that is, to burn money.

This is understandable. All the giant teams play like this, and Van Gaal also play like this when coaching Barcelona. But in fact, he is very clear that he is not good at these things. What he is best at is cultivating and promoting young players and polishing the team step by step, just like he did when he was in Ajax in the 1990s.

But unfortunately, it is impossible for professional football to give him such patience today.

All teams, whether it is Barcelona or Ajax, are becoming more and more eager for quick success. Whether it is the movement of players or the team's performance, the speed is getting faster and faster, so fast that when he coached Barcelona for the second time, he only had half a year.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the resignation of the club chairman Gaspart, but Van Gaal also knows that all of this is becoming increasingly strange and he needs to adjust himself and re-adapt to this environment.

A few days ago, Ajax's chairman Michael Van Prager personally went to Nordwik to meet him, hoping that he would replace Leo Benhack and serve as the club's technical director. What's interesting is that when Van Gaal took over the position of coach Ajax in the 1990s, his ex happened to be Leo Benhack.

Van Gaal was somewhat resistant to this because the club's head coach was Ronald Koeman.

He knows Koeman very well and is definitely a very opinionated head coach, but he also knows himself. To put it nicely, he is honest and direct, and not listening, he does not understand tactfulness, is not smooth enough in dealing with things, is too strong, and is prone to offend people.

If he really takes over as the technical director of Ajax, can he live in peace with Koeman?

Even if it can, can it solve the various difficulties Ajax is currently facing?

Ajax is one of the biggest victims of the Boseman Act. Not to mention that the lineup that won the Champions League in the 1990s was lost, I may not be able to keep Ziwu and Van der Mede this summer, and I will definitely not be able to keep Ibrahimovic, Van der Fat, Sneijder and others in the future.

Even if Van Gaal and Ronald Koeman can work together, what can they change?

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

"Neither." Trus chuckled.

"oh?"

"Aron Moy spent more than half of his time discussing a person."

"Who?" Van Gaal was curious.

"Yang Yang."

"It's him." Van Gaal immediately remembered the Chinese boy he knew in Almele, and his figure of practicing hard in the skate park against the wall, and his heart couldn't help but feel warm.

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

"He's red." Truss smiled.

"Um?"

"In the past four games, he represented Almere in amateur competitions and won all four games. He performed very well. Alon Moy had heard of him before, but many fans called the hotline to reveal the news that he had been talking very vigorously, such as three people, pendulum extraordinary, Ronaldo II and the like."

After hearing this, Van Gaal couldn't help laughing, which was something he didn't expect.

"That kid is actually famous in this way." He shook his head with a wry smile.

"Armele is not very famous. It is rare that such a good seedling has emerged in an unpopular team. The fans are excited."

Van Gaal can understand the mood of the fans. If Almele really produces a star, all citizens will be honored by this, even if Yang Yang is not a Dutch.

"Have he...have been acting very well recently?" Van Gaal was interested.

Trus nodded, "I heard it's very good, but I don't know the specifics. Why don't we go and watch him play?"

Van Gaal hesitated.

The last time he lost his bet with Truss, the bet is just one thing. Truss hopes that he can find a job as soon as possible and not stay at home all day. At present, there are invitations from several teams and Ajax's recruitment, and Van Gaal is seriously considering it.

Is it appropriate to go to Yangyang’s game at this time?

But soon, Van Gaal smiled himself. No matter whether he fits or not, just go see it.

"Okay, let's go see."

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Volendan, a professional team located in the northeastern town of Amsterdam, won sixth place in the DUT last season and successfully advanced to the Dutch Eredivisie through a playoff.

This professional team, born in 1920, was once a strong team in the Eredivisie, but was relegated in the late 1990s and struggled for five years in the Dutch League, until this year when he returned to the Eredivisie.

As a small team, Warrendan and Ajax have close ties. The two teams have very close cooperation with each other. Wim Jonk, who once played for Ajax in the early 1990s, came from Warrendan's youth training. He joined Inter Milan at the same time with Borgkamp in 1993, and returned to the Netherlands to join Eindhoven two years later.

As a team in a small town, Volendan has limited financial resources and is not outstanding in youth training, but he cannot withstand the big tree of Ajax. As a new Eredivisie, Volendan loaned several young players from Ajax this summer.

Those participating in the summer amateur competition include central defender Herad Afies, left back Paul Quisten, left winger Sebastian Stewart and forward Rowan van Saren. These four players are all from Ajax youth training. In addition, the centre-back young player Henny Scherder and right winger Charles Diesels promoted by their own youth training, Volendan's lineup is quite strong.

He also has close ties with Ajax. Almere is even a satellite club signed by the Eredivisie giants, but the gap in league level makes Almere far less support than Volendan.

At least, there is not even a single Ajax youth training in the lineup participating in the amateur competition.

Unlike Fraferentz, who was facing a strong defense and weak offense in the last round, this time, Warrendan faced by Almere is the most typical Dutch team, with strong attack and weak defense and fighting at home again. From the beginning of the game, he launched a bombardment against Almere.

Even though Almele was mentally prepared for this, he acted as a weak man in defensive counterattack at the beginning, but he was still suppressed by Warrendan in a very embarrassing manner. He was attacked into the penalty area again and again, and was even more dangerous in front of the goal.

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

But even so, Almere was still inserted into the penalty area by Warrendan's right winger Charles Diesels in the 29th minute and scored a goal calmly.

After the first record, Almere was a little confused and the scene became more passive.

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

If this continues, there is no need to mention winning this game, I am afraid I will lose a crushing defeat.

With this in mind, Yang Yang decisively returned to the defense within the 30-meter area and stationed at the front of the penalty area. At the same time, he kept signaling his teammates to actively retreat, temporarily giving up the offense in the frontcourt and blocking Warrendan's attack first.

The home team fans on the sidelines shouted very vigorously.

Those who can enter the fifth round are basically strong teams. Volendan is very lucky and beat Almere, who is the weaker, which is equivalent to being the sixth round. This is definitely a good opportunity for Volendan, who has just been promoted to the Eredivisie.

Van Gaal and Truss also stood in the crowd on the sidelines, looking at the two sides against each other on the court, he shook his head helplessly.

"The strength gap between the two sides is too big, and Almere has no chance." Trus shook his head.

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

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

Football is a game of eleven people, and it is difficult to change the trend of the game alone.

Besides, Yang Yang is not an extraordinary genius, how could he change the trend of the game alone?

Others may not know, but Van Gaal is very clear that Yang Yang has achieved what he is today, and everything comes from his hard practice, not his talent.

But Yang Yang on the court seemed to ignore everything else and was still running without hesitation, defending every goal.

With the frontcourt players actively returning to defense, Almere barely blocked Volendan's tide offensive.
Chapter completed!