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Chapter 19 Van Gaal

In order to show how much Almere attaches importance to this semester assessment, the venue is arranged to be held at the club's home court.

The municipal stadium belongs to the Almere municipal government, but it has been rented by the club for a long time. It is connected with the club's training ground. The east side is the rugby field, and the south side is the tennis and baseball field.

The home field of the first team is small, surrounded by only low, single-tiered stands.

When Yang Yang and others came out of the locker room and entered the arranged field, except for the main stand which was empty in the middle, the rest of the stands were already filled with a large number of fans. Fans continued to enter the aisle, and even many parents and friends of the players held up encouraging banners.

Yang Yang also saw his uncle's family on the east stand, and even the staff of the Chinese restaurant came to cheer him on. Since it was warm-up time, he didn't go there, but waved and said hello from a distance.

When Yang Yang was meticulously warming up in the stadium, there was a movement from the main stand.

I only saw the chairman of the club, René Terberg, accompanied by a few distinguished guests. Although there was no welcome ceremony, many people still recognized that the mayor of Almere and government officials were among the guests, and many of the guests who followed were also celebrities from Almere.

Yang Yang is a newcomer, and he is very unfamiliar with these people, so he doesn't take it seriously, and is still doing warm-up training. On the contrary, Henk Dimmel and others are very excited about the mayor's arrival.

"It seems that the rumor that the city government will strongly support Almere's impact in the Dutch second league is true."

"With the support of the city government and the fact that the club has officially become a satellite club of Ajax, I believe that in the next few years, Almere will achieve a lot, and it will be a matter of time to enter the Dutch second league."

"That's right, that's right, it won't make it this year, but it will definitely make it next year."

Yang Yang listened silently, and he only recognized the chairman René Terberg, who is said to be a local rich man in Almere, but he doesn't live in the urban area, but lives in Blaricum.

The southeastern suburbs of Amsterdam, Laren and Blaricum, are the most popular residential areas for the rich and business executives, but they are closer to Almere, just south of Lake Hoy in the southwest of Almere.

What Yang Yang really admired was Terberg's vision and courage. It took less than seven years to establish Almere, and he was able to bring the team to the level it is today.

Contrary to the fact that the football atmosphere in China is not strong, in the Netherlands, football is the most fashionable topic of conversation for all political and business celebrities. This can be seen from the fact that Terberg is talking and laughing with the mayor and other government officials in the main stand.

The government is also very willing to invest in hardware. Among other things, among the venues rented by Almere, apart from a standard stadium with stands and two training buildings, there are six standard football training venues and three half-courts. There are at least three or four training venues of this size in Almere.

When Yang Yang marveled at the Dutch government's investment in football, there was another commotion from the main stand.

Looking up, I happened to see the head coach of the first team John Repp appearing in the main stand, very politely leading the way for the two distinguished guests behind him, while Terberg and others who had already been sitting in the stands stood up together.

"who is this?"

"What is the origin of this man and woman?"

"Oh my God, that's...that's..."

"Van Gaal!"

"Who?"

"Van Gaal! Louis van Gaal!"

"real or fake?"

"Really, really Louis van Gaal."

"God, why is he here?"

Not only the players on the court were talking, but even the parents and fans in the surrounding stands were in an uproar.

Louis van Gaal, this is a well-known super coach in Dutch football and Ajax. He has been engaged in youth training for Ajax for a long time and has cultivated many stars. Later, in the 90s, he brought Ajax to the Champions League.

Not to mention anything else, the current Ajax coach Ronald Koeman is the player brought out by Van Gaal.

Everyone was amazed at the appearance of Van Gaal, Yang Yang was also dumbfounded.

He could see that the person walking behind the head coach John Repp was the middle-aged Dutch who often went to watch his training?And isn't the middle-aged lady behind him his girlfriend Truth Opalmel?

Oh boy, it turns out he is Louis van Gaal!

Yang Yang was very surprised and couldn't believe it.

As far as he is in China, he is familiar with football news, and he is not unfamiliar with the name Louis van Gaal. However, because he lives in a county-level city in Quanzhou, newspapers and information are not well developed, and La Liga is not broadcast live on TV. He has been training in the Netherlands for a year and ignored other things. However, Van Gaal wore a golf cap every time he saw him, covering most of his face, so that he did not recognize him at all.

But isn't Van Gaal coaching Barcelona?
Oh, by the way, there seemed to be news in January that he was fired early.

Although he was sacked from Barcelona twice and failed to coach the Dutch national team in between, Van Gaal still holds a high status in Dutch football.

Yang Yang looked at Van Gaal in the stadium, and the famous Dutch coach also found him in the stands. He raised his right hand with a smile and greeted Yang Yang. This action immediately attracted the attention of John Repp beside him.

"Louis, do you know Yang Yang?" John Rep asked in surprise.

Van Gaal suppressed his smile and nodded lightly, "It's considered acquaintance."

He doesn't seem to like talking about his personal affairs in front of outsiders.

"What's more, he has been following her for more than a month, but in the end he missed it." Truss joked with a smile.

John Rip was even more surprised, "What's going on?"

Truss glanced at Van Gaal and found that he was unwilling to say more, so she could only say a few words. It was nothing more than Van Gaal thought that Yang Yang's basic hard training would not last long, and the result was a big accident.

She spoke indistinctly, but John Rip listened with astonishment.

As the head coach of the team, he has completely changed his view of Yang Yang, and he is very optimistic about it. But after hearing what Truth said, even Van Gaal favored Yang Yang, and even followed his training for more than a month. What does this mean?
Who in the Netherlands doesn't know that Van Gaal is famous for his bad temper, and he can't tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes, but he was able to follow Yang Yang for a month. Apart from being very optimistic, what else can he say?
And who doesn't know that Van Gaal's vision is notoriously vicious. Being favored by him is more convincing than being favored by Ajax's chief scout.

More importantly, John Repp has received definite news that Van Gaal's next stop is...

A series of thoughts flashed through my mind, and the head coach of Almere was a little caught off guard.

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After the players finished warming up, club chairman René Terberg began his speech before the assessment, and at the same time announced a major event for the club, that is, Yanmar Agricultural Machinery from Japan officially sponsored the stadium named Almere.

In other words, the municipal stadium will be officially renamed Yanpo Stadium in the future.

This sponsorship from Japan will greatly relieve Almere's financial pressure, and at the same time greatly stimulate the club.

No matter whether the team can reach the second place this season or not, at the very least, the club's operations are definitely thriving.

After the chairman René Terberg, the head coach John Repp solemnly introduced the purpose of the semester assessment, and at the same time announced that the famous coach Van Gaal was invited as the technical consultant for this assessment, which received thunderous applause from the audience.

The test is the same as the usual training session, which is still nine 10 minutes long. The training items are similar to the usual training. They are some of the most meaningful regular events, such as 30-meter and 10-meter sprints and return runs, monkey walking, and four-on-four and six-on-six small-court offense and defense.

Since the training items were not surprising, everyone soon started the final assessment under the organization of Dick Fempl.

Although they are all daily training items on weekdays, everyone obviously feels the difference. There are many more coaches with notepads on the sidelines who are watching the game and scoring. This makes many players who perform well on weekdays but are slightly nervous.

In this regard, the coaches will not give any sympathy when scoring, because this is part of the psychological evaluation.

The psychological quality is not strong enough, which also limits the future development of players. After all, when it comes to the real game field, the opponent will not give the weak ones the slightest pity and sympathy.

Just like in the game against Omnibas, the right back who replaced Nick performed very badly. Since then, he has been sidelined by Dick Van Poel and never got even a chance to play.

The coaches' scoring is not just about seeing no mistakes, but more about comprehensive evaluation.

For example, when passing a ball, the pass quality of the passer will be evaluated, such as the speed of the ball, the route of the ball, whether it is passed to the receiver's dominant foot, whether it is easy to catch the ball, etc., and the receiver's running response and catching action will also be evaluated.

Yang Yang's passing and catching are weak points. Although he has improved significantly after more than a month of hard training, he is still not as good as others. However, his off-ball running and receiving and passing lines have repeatedly shown impressive performances.

In terms of speed test, whether it is a 30-meter sprint or a [-]-meter sprint and back run, he is the best in the team.

In the past month or so, apart from the most basic training, he has not lost any of his speed advantages. Under the professional supervision of Lao Bing, his speed and explosive power have improved compared to before.

In the subsequent monkey walking game and group confrontation, Yang Yang also showed his own progress.

At the end of the full-court offensive and defensive match, the head coach John Repp and the technical consultant Van Gaal also came down from the stands, went to the sidelines to supervise the battle, and scored the players.

　If nothing else, I should be watching the World Cup final at this time.

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