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Chapter 1235 Am I Ready?

Taking advantage of Christmas and the team's holiday, Yang Yang made a special trip to Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

He is not here for tourism, but for visiting patients.

Van Basten was ill, and it was not serious, which made him resigned from the position of Alkmaar's head coach in September and became Alkmaar's assistant coach, but he kept it a secret and didn't tell anyone. Yang Yang didn't know until recently.

So, he took advantage of this Christmas holiday to fly over to visit him.

Over the years, Van Basten's coaching has not been smooth, and it has always been intermittent.

Coaching the Dutch national team was quite successful, stopping at the quarter-finals, then coaching at Ajax was not a success, and later coaching Heerenveen, also did not improve much, until coaching Alkmaar in the summer of [-].

After winning one and losing two in the first three games, he took the initiative to resign from the club due to personal reasons.

At that time, Yang Yang called him and cared about his situation, but he didn't think much about it, but now, when he saw Van Basten with his own eyes, he realized that there was no image of the personable, gentle and refined celebrity in his impression?
Today's Van Basten is at least two circles thinner than before, his hair is gray, and his spirit is not particularly good.

"Actually, I don't really have any problems. It's just that I'm middle-aged, and I'm bound to suffer from illnesses." Van Basten laughed at himself.

In recent years, he has been living in Amsterdam, but Yang Yang is really too busy, and he seldom comes to the Netherlands. It is rare for him to go back to China or stay with his wife and children. How can he have time to visit relatives and friends?
And how much pressure professional players have, everyone knows.

Yang Yang has a lot of contacts with Van Basten, but they don't meet many times. Seeing him like this is somewhat sentimental.

It was also at this moment that he really realized that Van Basten was already 50 years old.

As for Van Basten's illness, Yang Yang had also heard about it, all from some old friends.

Mainly because the coaching pressure is too great.

As one of the greatest players in the history of football, Van Basten has extremely high demands on himself, not only when he was playing football, but also when he is coaching now. But in many cases, great players may not be able to become great coaches.

It's like the Argentine national team brought out by Argentina's greatest star Maradona, but it has been criticized by countless people.

But the problem is that Van Basten is such an arrogant person. No matter from the height of his career or the reputation he bears, he is unwilling to be ordinary and always wants to do something. The pressure is inevitably increasing.

From the Dutch national team to Ajax to Heerenveen, and now to Alkmaar, something has finally gone wrong.

According to his old friend Ronald Koeman, more than half of his illness was caused by stress.

In the yard of Van Basten's house, Yang Yang sat opposite him, looking at him silently, with pity and sympathy.

"You know, I don't want to tell you, I just don't want you to look at me like this." Van Basten said with a smile.

Yang Yang understood what he meant, even though he was old, he was still the proud and great Dutch striker.

"You're wrong, Marco, I was just thinking, you look handsome even if you lose weight." Yang Yang laughed.

Van Basten was amused by his sudden sentence, and couldn't help smiling.

This smile narrowed the distance between the two of them.

In fact, when Yang Yang played for Ajax in the early stage, Van Basten really gave him a lot of help, including training.

Even, he was able to enter Ajax because he got the approval from Van Basten.

If Van Gaal was his Bole, then Van Basten would be the second Bole.

But it is a pity that the Bole in front of him fell ill due to the pressure, while the other Bole, who is 63 years old, still continues to toss on the coaching bench, suffering in the fire pit of Manchester United.

Van Gaal's greatest wish is to be able to make up for his unsuccessful career and at the same time make up for the regrets caused by Barcelona's setbacks, which made him still refuse to admit defeat even at the age of 63.

When Yang Yang mentioned Van Gaal, Van Basten shook his head, "Don't compare me with that stubborn old man, I'm much smarter than him."

"Oh?" Yang Yang was very interested.

"You see, I figured it out very quickly. I simply resigned as the head coach. I will concentrate on being an assistant coach. My life is much easier, and my health has also improved quickly. Unlike him, he makes mistakes for himself."

Although Van Basten said he was ridiculing, there was actually some regret in his tone.

Some people say that people are at the mercy of their own character throughout their lives.

This is indeed the case for Van Gaal. He just likes to compete and refuses to admit defeat. This kind of character always makes him very tired and hard, and many times he is not even recognized and accepted by others.

Today's world football is completely different from that of the past. The current generation of players is experiencing the impact of the Internet wave, and the next generation will be even more difficult to deal with. For example, Yang Yang has now discovered that several young players in the Real Madrid team are very different from them in terms of daily routines and daily habits, and they are even out of tune.

Faced with players of different eras, different management methods should be adopted, but Van Gaal still insists on his own set of old rules. This will definitely not work, and sooner or later there will still be problems.

But there is no way, he belongs to the type that gets more stubborn as he gets older.

"Is it really so stressful to be a head coach?" Yang Yang asked.

Van Basten looked at Yang Yang with great interest. He also read some reports and knew that Yang Yang was determined to become a head coach after retiring, so he smiled.

"Some people say that coaching is like taking a drug, it's an addiction."

When Yang Yang heard this sentence, Ferguson was the first thing that popped into his mind. This old man worked until he was over 70 years old.

"I've read a book that says that a man's lifelong pursuit is nothing more than those things, money, fame, power, and women. As a head coach, you can really give people a sense of accomplishment in controlling the overall situation, so that everyone in the team, and maybe even the top superstars in the world, will willingly follow your arrangements and be driven by you. You say, is it fun?"

Yang Yang nodded, it sounds really enjoyable.

But like drugs, it is not without side effects.

Gains and risks always complement each other, and the greater the gains, the greater the risks.

In European football, everyone knows that the head coach is the most dangerous profession.

"I have a friend, Mauro Tassotti, do you know him?"

Yang Yang nodded, the gold medal assistant coach of AC Milan, and also the main player of AC Milan at its peak.

"After retiring, he has been working in AC Milan and has experienced many head coaches, but have you noticed that he has always been an assistant coach. In the past ten years, he has had many opportunities to become a regular, but he just wants to be an assistant coach. Do you know why?"

Yang Yang thought for a while, and guessed: "Because the head coach is a high-risk occupation, and the assistant coach is relatively stable, he may just simply like football and AC Milan, and wants to engage in football-related work in this club."

"This is just one aspect of it. On the other hand, because he is very smart, he knows that the pressure of being a head coach is too great. It is so great that no one can bear it. Even successful professional players cannot bear the pressure from the coaching position. It is almost suffocating."

When Yang Yang heard this, he took a special look at Van Basten's white hair, he was really haggard.

Van Basten has coached, and now he asks for a retreat and becomes Alkmaar's assistant coach. This is more convincing than anything else, although Yang Yang has always felt that Van Basten's coaching is indeed lacking some luck.

"I have experienced many world famous coaches, including Cruyff, Michel, Sacchi and Capello. They are all excellent coaches. I have learned a lot from them. When I retire, I will want to integrate these things I have learned into my own, and then instill them in my players."

"But gradually, I found that things are not so simple. There is a huge gap between learning and teaching others."

Yang Yang nodded. This is what everyone criticized Maradona the most, that is, he was always obsessed with his own thoughts and ideas, and he couldn't transfer what he wanted to his players.

You know, the head coach can only stand on the sidelines. If you want to win the game, you have to let eleven players play for you and implement your tactical thinking. This requires teaching them.

Among the head coaches Yang Yang has experienced, Ancelotti is undoubtedly the best.

This Kanye is not only a master tactician, if he transforms into a teacher, I believe he will be very successful.

"What are your plans next?" Yang Yang asked with concern.

Van Basten smiled and shook his head, "I have no plans. I am very happy now, relaxed and without worries. Ronald wants me to help him in the Premier League, but I am still thinking about it. You know, working in the Premier League is the pursuit of countless people. Working on a high-level platform and working with great players, but what comes with it is huge pressure and various problems that may arise at any time. I need to think about it."

Ronald Koeman, Yang Yang's head coach at Ajax, now coaches Southampton in the Premier League, and his performance is quite good. Yang Yang's national team teammate Gao Lin plays for this team.

And Van Basten's words also gave Yang Yang some ideas, especially about his current situation.

There is no doubt that he is definitely not ready to be the head coach and be alone.

Zidane has been preparing for this day for more than ten years, Yang Yang has just made up his mind, and he has not even prepared much, but is he ready to be Zidane's assistant coach?

Can he really do the two jobs of player and assistant coach well at the same time?
This is a problem he needs to solve.

(End of this chapter)