On the night of the game, Ajax held another pre-match meeting and Ronald Koeman announced his starting line-up.

The goalkeeper was Robant, with Maxwell, Escude, Heitinga and Trabelsi at the back, Frenkie de Jong in midfield, Van der Vaart and Sneijder in the middle, and Wesley Sonke, Ibrahimovic and Viktor Scola up front.

Yang Yang was substituted again, and the specific time to play depends on the trend of the game, but it should be in the second half.

Since the league was out of suspense early, and Utrecht, the opponent of the Dutch Cup final, could not threaten Ajax, the team had more than ten days to prepare, and the players already knew everything about Porto, and the closer to the game, everyone's hearts were calmer.

After the pre-match meeting, the players were given a phone call with their families before all their electronic devices were handed in.

Yang Yang called his parents, who live in Gelsenkirchen, who arrived in Amsterdam yesterday and flew from Amsterdam to Gelsenkirchen today with his uncle Shen Ming's family and a group of Ajax relatives and friends.

However, because Yang Yang came to Germany with the team yesterday afternoon, he did not see him.

When Yang Yang called, his parents were very lively, they had not seen his uncle's family for a long time, and there were endless topics, among which Yang Yang's affairs were the most concerned.

Wei Zheng and his cousin Shen Yuzhu are going to return to China for development, and then there will be two uncles and aunts left in the Netherlands, who have houses in their hometowns, and plan to continue to earn a few years in the Netherlands and return to China to support their retirement.

As soon as I heard that Yang Yang called, everyone was very concerned, and kept asking, Wei Zhen was most concerned about Yang Yang's game tomorrow, after learning that he was still a substitute, he was still a little disappointed, but he also knew that Yang Yang was only seventeen years old, and in a major event such as the Champions League final, it was still not suitable to start.

"Don't worry, we're going to win." Yang Yang said confidently.

After listening to it, everyone also encouraged them, among them there was a strange girl who spoke in a very pleasant voice, which made people feel soft and sweet, using a standard Beijing accent, thinking that it should be a friend brought by Wei Zhen from China.

Participating in the Champions League final, Ajax gave each player in the first team twenty-five tickets, but Yang Yang did not have many friends, John Repp and others would have free tickets from the club, and there were not many domestic friends who were willing to travel long distances to watch a final, so Yang Yang gave Wei Zhen all the tickets except for his parents and uncle's family.

And Wei Zhen also helped Yang Yang handle things very well, from helping his parents go through the procedures for going abroad, to buying air tickets and booking hotels, etc., he was responsible for everything, which also freed Yang Yang from worries.

After hanging up the phone, Yang Yang warmed up when he remembered that he hadn't seen his parents for two years.

It was also the first time he had played in front of his parents since he came to Europe, and he couldn't afford to lose no matter what.

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On the day of the game, after breakfast, Ajax held another tactical meeting, this time mainly to study the attack and defense of free kicks, and Ronald Koeman's preparation was even meticulous to the task of each player.

After the meeting, everyone had a simple recovery exercise in the park next door to the hotel.

Lunch, rest, afternoon tea, departure.

The closer you get to Schalke from the Berg Hotel, the more fans you'll meet on the way, both Ajax and Porto, but with Gelsenkirchen closer to the Netherlands, there are significantly more Ajax fans.

Along the way, there was silence in the bus, the players were either listening to music, or closing their eyes to recuperate, and some people were looking out the window to think, but no one spoke.

Tonight's game is going to be the most important game for everyone so far, and no one dares to take it lightly.

When the team arrived at Schalke, the Ajax fans in front of the crowd rushed to greet them, shouting slogans and encouraging the team, hoping that everyone could continue to work hard to add another Champions League title to Ajax.

The players did not linger outside and got off the bus and went straight into the players' tunnel.

After tidying up in the dressing room, we quickly walked into the stadium for the last warm-up session before the game, led by the coaching staff and UEFA staff, and by this time, the stands of the stadium had already been occupied by most of the enthusiastic fans.

When Yang Yang walked out of the passage, he heard many Ajax fans at the scene shouting his name in unison, which made him habitually raise his hand to thank the fans, and immediately provoked a burst of cheers and applause.

In the process of walking to the court, Yang Yang kept searching the stands, according to the tickets, he could roughly know the area where his parents and uncle's family were sitting, but there were too many fans on the scene, and the heads in the stands were like ants, and they couldn't tell the difference at all.

But he knew that at this moment, his parents and uncle's family must be sitting somewhere in the stands, watching him.

This feeling is very strong and gives him unprecedented courage and encouragement, making him determined to do his best to win this fight no matter what, so that they can be proud and proud of themselves.

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"Look, Yang Yang is out!"

"It's him, it's really him."

The moment she saw Yang Yang walk out of the player's tunnel, her mother Shen Lifang's tears couldn't help but fall.

It's been two years, and I haven't seen each other for two years.

In the past two years, she has been thinking about him almost every day and night, worrying about whether he is doing well in the Netherlands, how he is playing, and whether he will be bullied.

But now, when she sees people, she feels a little strange, not quite the same as the son she remembers.

"He's a little taller and a little fatter." Father Yang Yongqiang said with red eyes and gritted his teeth.

"Uncle Yang, that's not called fat, it's strong." Wei Zheng reminded with a smile on the side, "He is now a professional player, there are strict rules for three meals a day, and he is thin, Ajax has made him strengthen his physical fitness training, and now he is much stronger than before, but relatively speaking, he is still thin, and he has to continue to strengthen." ”

"Oh, yes, yes, it's strong, not fat." Yang Yongqiang nodded with joy.

"Hey, Yang Yang, we're here, do you see it, my uncle and aunt are here, do you see it?"

Seeing Yang Yang walk out of the players' tunnel and turn to look at the stands on his side, Shen Yuzhu immediately stood up and shouted loudly.

But there were too many people at the scene, and the noise was too loud, her shouts couldn't reach Yang Yang at all, and Yang Yang was difficult to see him from so many fans, so he quickly ran into the stadium under the greeting of his teammates.

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The capacity of the team is more than 50,000 people, which is about the same capacity as the Amsterdam Arena.

But I don't know why, the feeling for Yang Yang is completely different, as if he is warming up in this stadium, he can't relax at all, his body is slow to activate, and it is difficult for the whole person to get excited.

He is well aware that this is the pressure that the Champions League final puts on him.

From the moment he broke into the first team, almost every game was under pressure.

In the first game against Club Brugge, he came off the bench in the final crucial moments, then PSV Eindhoven, he also came off the bench, then Arsenal, Real Madrid, Monaco, and he came on every game with pressure.

But tonight's game was far more stressful than all the previous games.

Yang Yang has a clear understanding of this, and he also knows that he can overcome this pressure.

After the warm-up, back to the dressing room, none of the players spoke, and there was a dead silence in the dressing room.

Even Ibrahimovic, who is usually the most nervous, is sitting in front of the closet with a serious face at this moment, straightening his chest, and every deep breath seems to calm his inner emotions.

Ronald Coman walked in, but like all the players, he didn't speak.

At this point, there is very little he can do, because he has no way to substitute for the players, he has no way to make his players not nervous, and there is no way for the players to take the pressure off and travel lightly.

To put it bluntly, tension and pressure are part of a football game, and the more important the game, the more intense and stressful it is.

There is no way for professional players to avoid it, they can only overcome it.

This morning, he had an in-depth conversation with every player in the team, especially Victor Scola who returned to the starting line-up this time, Ronald Koeman was also open and honest with the player who has followed him for many years, and hoped that he could perform well in the final, whether he left or stayed in the team, it would be good for him.

For Yang Yang, everyone at Ajax knows very well that he is the future of the team, but it will be difficult to provoke the team's pillar in two years, so he is still a substitute in this game.

Technical director Louis van Gaal has also said that the substitution is the best option to play Yang Yang's threat.

And the real test of this game is in the backline, Heitinga is easy to be reckless and reckless, Escud is more stable, but Ajax's traditional four-three-three style of play is easy to make the team too rash to press, exposing the void behind him, which requires two central defenders to be stable.

In the absence of Galasek, De Jong is the team's midfield barrier, Ronald Koeman's biggest concern is his movements, as a defensive midfielder, it is easy to get cards if he moves too big, and once he gets a card, he will inevitably be restrained, which is not good for the game.

Instead, it is the attack, Ronald Koeman is the least worried, which is the advantage of Ajax.

When the time was almost up and the player's mood had largely calmed down, Ronald Koeman took a deep breath and stood up.

"Alright, everybody."

Everyone followed suit.

"I won't say more than anything else, everything that should be said and prepared, we are ready."

Everyone nodded in unison.

'Tonight's game will probably be the biggest game of your career so far, but I want to tell you that from the moment you walk into this stadium, you have become a legend for the club.

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but raise their heads and chests.

"So, don't be pressured, tonight, enjoy the game to the fullest, do our best and leave no regrets, that's enough."

After saying that, Ronald Coman hugged the group of fighters who were about to play one by one.

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