In the two legs of the semi-finals, Ajax was home and away, and the schedule was relatively unfavorable, but it also gave Ajax the opportunity to take the lead, so Ronald Koeman's game strategy was to try to win Monaco at home.

Ajax's advantage lies in passing and pressing in the high post, how to force Monaco's center forwards Morientes and Poolau out of the penalty area, away from the danger zone, not only to freeze the opponent's wings, but also to prevent the opponent from being offside, this is the targeted tactics that the Ajax coaching staff has been focusing on practicing after playing Real Madrid.

Monaco have not performed well in Ligue 1 this season, currently only sitting third, and the overall strength is not strong, compared to Ajax have the advantage, but to be able to reach the semi-finals, Monaco's strength should not be underestimated at all.

Judging from the performance of this season's Champions League, Monaco has played two exciting matchups, one is an 8-3 home win over Deportivo La Coruna in the group stage, and then a 3-1 home win over Chelsea, especially against Chelsea, which is worth paying attention to.

After being held to a 1-1 equaliser, the team received a red card in the second half, with two fewer players than their opponents, only to beat Chelsea 3-1 thanks to goals from Morientes and Rounda, and Monaco's fighting spirit and tenacity were evident.

However, in the knockout round of 16, Monaco lost 1-2 away and won 1-0 at home, and both games also exposed the crux of Monaco's lack of offensive ability, and this team made a lot of passing and receiving errors.

In response to Monaco's characteristics, Ajax focused on offside traps and pressing tactics in midfield.

Even on the morning of the day before the game, Ajax was still training with their goals.

If there is no accident, Yang Yang will still come off the bench in the second half of this game.

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Alihan and his party arrived in Detokmoste in the middle of training.

Yang Yang had already known their itinerary from Wei Zhen, a reporter from the national television station who came with the team, and it was said that this time Alihan specially took the time to fly in, and he must meet Yang Yang in person and watch the Champions League semifinals tomorrow night.

In addition to assistant coaches Deyang and Wei Zhen, there is also Zhu Leader of the national team.

But in De Tokmost, what surprised Yang Yang was that in addition to the expected technical director Van Gaal, there was also Almere's head coach John Repp, which surprised Yang Yang.

As soon as the training session was over, Yang Yang grabbed a towel to wipe the sweat all over his body, and ran to the sidelines to say hello.

"I didn't expect to see you here, Mr. Rip." Yang Yang still has great respect for the former coach.

John Rap really taught him a lot of things, even after he came to Ajax, Yang Yang returned to Almere and was able to see him often, and Yang Yang benefited a lot from many conversations.

"The body is still too thin." John Rip said with a smile.

This is obviously his evaluation of Yang Yang, the former favorite general, after watching the training.

Yang Yang also smiled, he was only seventeen years old, and now it was a critical period for his body to grow, and the club did not arrange for him to do too much strength training, plus he was already thin, so he naturally looked thin in a group of muscular men.

Allah Wei introduced Yang Yang to the national team head coach Alihan and others, and Alihan also asked about Yang Yang's situation with concern, mainly about his life in the Netherlands, his playing at Ajax and so on.

As a former top player, he knows all too well how important it is to play in a foreign country and immerse himself in local life, so that players can focus on the game and training without any worries.

Yang Yang did not have any discomfort with life in the Netherlands, after all, he lived in Almere for a year before, and he also felt very good when he played at Ajax, and he was basically integrated into the team, whether it was the management or the coaching staff, they all attached great importance to him.

Of course, these are routine concerns, and looking at Yang Yang's performance in the Champions League, it is not difficult to understand how favored he is in the Ajax team now, but Alihan still tactfully suggested that Yang Yang should continue to stay at Ajax.

"You're only seventeen, and as John said, your body is too thin, you need more competition and more time to grow and mature, and there is no better platform in this world than Ajax."

Yang Yang thought so and nodded incessantly.

The teammates left the training ground one after another, and they didn't forget to greet Yang Yang when they passed by, and Ibrahimovic and Maxwell stayed to ask if they wanted to wait for him, and Yang Yang asked them to go first.

Head coach Ronald Coman and assistant coach Luther Carroll also gathered around after seeing off their players.

What surprised Yang Yang even more was that he didn't expect that Luther Carroll, John Repp and Alihan were teammates, so as soon as Alihan planned to return to the Netherlands, he immediately informed John Repp and Luther Carroll, and apparently he had already known about Yang Yang's situation from his two former teammates.

Although Wei Zhen and Team Leader Zhu were in the crowd, they couldn't interject at all among this group of former famous stars and the current European coaches, but from the translator, they knew that the topic discussed by this group of people was Yang Yang.

"Good boy, you've been very popular in China lately." Wei Zhen pulled Yang Yang aside and praised with a smile.

With the relationship between his younger brother Wei Zheng and Shen Yuzhu, he and Yang Yang are now on the side of relatives, plus he came to the Netherlands to shoot a documentary before, and he has a good relationship with Yang Yang, and now he is naturally close to each other.

"Where?" Yang Yang smiled politely.

"Don't you know, in recent times, your limelight in China has even overshadowed the NBA's Yao Giant, if you work harder, enter the Champions League final, and even win the Champions League......" Wei Zhen shook his head in disbelief, "My God, you will become a banner in the Chinese sports world." ”

"It's too far away, Brother Zhen." Yang Yang shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He has never been sensitive to these things, and now he wants to concentrate on playing and try to improve his quality and competitiveness.

Wei Zhen also knew Yang Yang's personality and knew what he was thinking, so he didn't say anything else, but mentioned the Asian Cup this summer, which was the first time China held the Asian Cup, and everyone in the country attached great importance to it.

After experiencing the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the Chinese team lost miserably in the World Cup, which is due to strength, and the domestic football atmosphere is a little sluggish.

"We've pretty much agreed with Ajax and now we'd like to ask for your personal opinion." Leader Zhu came on behalf of the national team this time, not only the national team, but also the national youth team.

"The national team and the national youth team need you very much now, and the national youth team is aiming for this year's Asian Youth Championships and trying to reach the World Youth Championships in the Netherlands next year, and our long-term goal is the local Olympics in '08."

Yang Yang nodded heavily, "It is my duty to serve the country." ”

The Asian Cup and the Olympics are held at his own doorstep, and for whatever reason, as long as the national team needs it, Yang Yang has no reason to refuse the call-up.

"Okay." Team Leader Zhu felt the patriotism in Yang Yang's tone, "After negotiating with Ajax, we plan to arrange for you to play the Toulon Cup first, just in France, after you play in the Eredivisie, you can rest for a while, and then fly from the Netherlands to France to meet the team. ”

Yang Yang nodded, "No problem." ”

"After playing the Toulon Cup, you flew directly to Beijing to prepare for the Asian Cup, which is the first time we have held it, the whole country is concerned, the whole country hopes that the team can show its strength, and the whole team is also high-spirited, Alihan even hand-picked you to join the team, he concluded that you will become a sharp knife on the right side of the team, play a key role."

"Thank you."

"Because Ajax also attaches great importance to you, after internal negotiations with our national team, we all feel that you should be allowed to participate in the Asian Youth Championship, so the World Cup qualifiers will not call you up, and when we reach the quarterfinals, we will call you into the team next year."

The schedule of the Asian Youth Championship is somewhat in conflict with the World Cup qualifiers, and Yang Yang also has to take into account the Ajax game, so it is natural for the national team to make such a decision, and it is not difficult to hear from the words of the team leader Zhu that the national team is full of confidence in this World Cup qualifier.

The main thing is that the draw is lucky, drawing Kuwait, Hong Kong, China and Malaysia three opponents, and in the first two games, the Chinese team first won Kuwait 1-0 at home, and Hong Kong, China 1-0 away, it seems that there is basically no problem in qualifying from the group.

After qualifying from the group, the quarterfinals will start in February 05, and Yang Yang will be able to spare time at that time.

"Okay, there is no problem on my side, as long as you negotiate with the club, I will obey the arrangement." Yang Yang agreed without hesitation.

Whether it was the education he received from childhood, the influence of his parents, or his own thoughts, he would make such a choice.

Team Leader Zhu saw that Yang Yang answered so happily, plus what he had learned from Wei Zhen before, and he also knew what kind of character Yang Yang was in his heart, so he immediately stopped saying more and encouraged him a few words.

On the contrary, it was Wei Zhen who pulled Yang Yang and said a lot of words, among which it was obvious that the most important thing for this guy was to ask for tickets to the Champions League final in advance.

"I've heard that tickets for all Champions League finals are very difficult to buy, but the players of the participating teams can get free tickets, you have to give them to me, and I will bring my uncle and aunt, and your uncle's family, to cheer you on."

Yang Yang was thrilled when he heard this, but then reminded with a wry smile: "Brother Zhen, we are only playing the semifinals now." ”

"Then you just work harder and kill Monaco, won't you make it to the final?" Wei Zhen laughed.

When Yang Yang heard this, it turned out that he was encouraging himself in disguise, and he was happy, and immediately agreed to give him a few tickets for the finals.

Not to mention that the tickets will be free at that time, as long as he can enter the finals, he will be happy to buy it with his own money.

It was a Champions League final.

How many professional players can't play a game in their lifetime?