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Chapter 1606 Debut Is the Peak

Yang Yang has lived in Madrid for nine years. Although he doesn't go out much on weekdays, he is quite familiar with the city.

This time Ajax broke into the Champions League final, and the venue of the final was in Madrid.

For Yang Yang, it feels like returning to his home court.

As early as the team's first leg, after the team's [-]-[-] away victory over Barcelona, ​​the Ajax management began to look for hotels in Madrid.

From the last round of the Eredivisie to the final of the Champions League, there are two full weeks in the middle, and there is plenty of time for preparation.

Liverpool is longer, and there are three weeks of preparation time from the last round of the Premier League to the Champions League final.

Around the two-week preparation time, Yang Yang and the coaching staff also drew up a very detailed preparation plan, from targeted tactical drills, to players' physical reserves, to other aspects, and even down to the time when the team arrived in Madrid.

Yang Yang and the coaching staff reached a consensus early on that the team should arrive in Madrid as soon as possible.

Madrid is located in the Iberian Peninsula in the south of Europe, and Amsterdam in the Netherlands is located in the north-central part of Europe. The temperature difference between the two places is about ten degrees. Although the Ajax players adapted well when playing against Barcelona, ​​Yang Yang decided to go to Madrid in advance to prepare for the game.

For this reason, he took the initiative to contact Florentino and borrowed Valdebebas.

The hotel was also finally decided by Yang Yang. He lived in the Pullman Madrid Airport Convention and Exhibition Hotel opposite the IFEMA Convention and Exhibition Center in Madrid. This hotel is located in the suburbs, just in the middle of Valdebebas and Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. The straight-line distance from the hotel to Valdebebas is less than two kilometers.

The hotel has a total of 170 nine rooms, and the entire hotel is fully booked by Ajax. The floors are provided for Ajax players, coaching staff, staff, and invited Ajax guests and business partners.

There are two restaurants in the hotel, one of which will be taken over by Ajax chefs, who will be responsible for providing catering services for Ajax players and coaching staff. All ingredients will be tested by Ajax personnel, or airlifted directly from Amsterdam to Madrid. The gym, swimming pool, masseuse, sauna and other places will also be taken over by Ajax.

Yang Yang's move has only one purpose, and that is to create a preparation environment free from outside interference.

But he is also well aware of the psychology of the players, so during the two-week training camp, he will give the players vacations from time to time according to the progress of the preparations. At the same time, in order to avoid the lack of games for a long time and the player’s state being affected, Yang Yang also made an agreement with Real Madrid to hold an internal training match with Castilla at the Di Stefano Stadium in the middle of the two weeks.

Everything has only one purpose.

That is to let the Ajax players meet the Champions League final in the best condition.

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It cannot be concealed that Ajax borrowed Valdebebas, but when Ajax arrived in Madrid and when he entered Valdebebas for training, they were strictly kept secret.

There is only one purpose, and that is to avoid external interference as much as possible.

So much so that after the team arrived at Madrid Airport overnight, they rushed to the hotel to check in, and set off secretly by bus the next morning. When they arrived at Valdebebas, they did not receive any attention during the whole process.

After all, this is not the center of Madrid, and it is not lively.

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In the past few years, Real Madrid has not invested much in the transfer market, but has invested heavily in Valdebebas.

After years of upgrading, this training base has been built into a top-level training center second to none in the world's sports world. Its various hardware and software facilities are the best in the world. Not only in the field of football, but even in all sports circles, Valdebebas is the most complete and advanced modern training base.

So much so that when the Ajax players arrived at the training base, everyone was amazed.

From the Di Stefano Stadium overlooking the fence, to the irregular design of the Real Madrid administrative office building, and finally to the layout of the main entrance of the training base, everything made the Ajax players very impressed.

In the past three years since Yang Yang invested in Ajax, De Tokmost has been upgrading various software and hardware. This training base is already quite good in the Netherlands and even in European football.

"This is Real Madrid's training ground!"

When getting off the bus, every Ajax player's eyes lit up, as if Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden.

In fact, what really amazed them was not necessarily the hardware facilities of Valdebebas, but the halo bonus brought by the brilliant achievements of this legendary team in the past ten years, which made them all feel admiration in their hearts.

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"Hello, welcome to Baldbebas!"

The director of Baldbebas greeted him with a smile on his face, walked over directly, and hugged Yang Yang.

"Glad to see you back, Yang, we all miss you!"

"Me too, Juan." Yang Yang hugged the supervisor who had been with him for many years, and then turned to the security team members who were desperately waving at him in the distance. They have been dealing with each other almost every day for the past nine years, and they are very familiar.

"Do you want me to show you around?" Juan asked with concern.

Yang Yang and Harvey Alonso looked at each other and laughed in unison.

"Thank you, Juan, but let's do it ourselves!"

"Oh, that's right, this is your home!"

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Yang Yang has stayed in this training base for nine years, and even during these nine years, he has stayed in this base longer than at home. He is very familiar with every plant, tree, and every corner here.

Ajax borrowed the training area of ​​Real Madrid's first team, five standard pitches and one comprehensive training field, all of which are equipped with the most advanced functional facilities such as floor heating and drainage, and now only five of them are available, because one of the pitches is being replaced with turf, which is also the norm.

In fact, Yang Yang is not satisfied with the layout of Valdebebas. He believes that the first team takes up more than half of the field, and the western half is divided into two. The upper part is the training ground of the youth team, and the lower part is the training ground of the second team Castilla and the home stadium of Di Stefano. This certainly highlights the importance of the first team, but it actually makes Real Madrid's youth training somewhat embarrassing.

There are three very large training buildings in the entire Valdebebas. Of course, the first team is the largest, and the second team and the youth team each have one. It can be seen that Real Madrid has invested a lot of capital in this.

Yang Yang took the Ajax players to the first team training building and visited every floor and department. When almost everyone saw him, they greeted him very warmly.

There is also Ajax's coaching staff. In addition to Frans Hawke, Yang Yang, Harvey Alonso, Pintus and Winston Bogard are all very familiar with Valdebebas. During the loan period, all facilities and personnel of Valdebebas will fully cooperate with Ajax's training.

From software and hardware facilities, to high-tech equipment, to garden landscape... Valdebebas is top-notch.

The Ajax players were also amazed. Except for Yang Yang, Ashraf and Odegaard, it was the first time for everyone else to see this legendary training base.

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"Ha, Yang, you're finally here!"

After Yang Yang took everyone to visit the training base, he just went out when he saw Manuel Redondo, the general manager of Real Madrid, walking quickly from the direction of the office building with Butragueno.

"Nice to meet you, Manuel." Yang Yang hugged Redondo vigorously, and then hugged Butragueno, and then he noticed Raul, "Hey, Raul."

After shaking hands vigorously, the two bumped shoulders.

They are neighbors for many years and former comrades-in-arms, so there is not much to say.

"Florentino specifically told me that during your loan period, the training base and the club will fully cooperate with you. If you have any needs, just ask, and we will try our best to meet them." Manuel Redondo expressed his opinion.

After receiving Yang Yang's thanks, the chief executive of Real Madrid moved closer and whispered, "Florentino has a very important meeting to attend, so he couldn't come here in person. He asked me to say sorry to you."

"It's okay, please help me convey my thanks, I am very grateful."

"Originally Florentino wanted to invite you to dinner, but considering the current situation, let's keep it."

The Ajax battle is imminent, and Yang Yang is definitely not willing to make extra troubles, so the best way is not to be disturbed.

But if Yang Yang went out to eat with Florentino, it would be too conspicuous.

"Help me thanks Florentino."

Then Yang Yang looked at Raul again, and pointed at the legend of Real Madrid with a smile, "Raul, are you afraid that you will lead the team to the promotion play-offs and be demoralized by us? Let's talk about it first. If you can't be promoted by then, don't blame me."

Raul also laughed straight away, "The game hasn't been played yet, how do you know you can win?"

He was originally the head coach of the youth team, but after Castilla coach Solari became the firefighting coach of the first team, Raul became the head coach of the second team. He is currently playing in the third level of the Spanish C League. He won No.5 in the first group and entered the semi-finals of the promotion playoffs.

Of course, Yang Yang didn't really believe that the second team led by Raul could beat Ajax, so he laughed and passed.

Raul's coaching in the youth team and the second team was not smooth, and he did not get too good results, but the more because of this, the more he admired Yang Yang, because Yang Yang was almost at the peak of his debut, and he took Ajax to the Champions League final for the first time. This is definitely the stage that best proves his coaching level.

In terms of importance, the World Cup and the European Cup are definitely more important, but in terms of skills and tactics, the Champions League is the number one in the world.

Yang Yang's coaching ability can be seen by being able to fight his way out of the UEFA Champions League where the gunners gather.

If Ajax really wins the championship this season, it may not be able to shake the current situation in European football, but at least Yang Yang and this Ajax team will be recorded in history.

(End of this chapter)