super storm

Chapter 180 Psychological tactics

After Yang Yang invited everyone in the team to enjoy a sumptuous lunch, the team set off again.

This time their destination was a small town on the Italian border, but unfortunately, the shops in the town were closed that day, and everyone returned without success and went to the film city of Cannes.

After an afternoon in Cannes, when everyone returned to the hotel in Toulon, they still had more to say.

The first thing Yang Yang did after he came back was to go out for training while bouncing the ball, which made the coaches and players in the team admire him very much.

It was before they set off in the morning that they discovered that Yang Yang had already gotten up early and returned from morning exercises.

In the evening, the team played all day, and many people were exhausted, but Yang Yang was still able to go out for training. This is not only because of his strong self-discipline, but also his physical fitness is obviously much better than that of the players in the team.

When night fell, Yang Yang came back from the outside.

After taking a shower, changing clothes, and having dinner, Yang Yang called Van Gaal to care about his situation.

On the phone, Van Gaal was in a good mood and kept laughing heartily. He said that he also saw Yang Yang's performance in the Toulon Cup in Dutch newspapers, and he affirmed Yang Yang's performance.

Regarding his own coaching of Alkmaar, Van Gaal said that he has prepared a long-term plan and is very confident.

Yang Yang was a little bit reluctant, but still wished him good luck, saying that he still wanted to play under Van Gaal if he had the chance.

"Then I have to work harder. The better you play now, the better you are. As you said, if you go to the four major leagues in two or three years, you will definitely join a strong team, or even a wealthy team. If I don't get results as soon as possible, I'm afraid it will be difficult to become your head coach in this life." Van Gaal laughed.

Yang Yang also laughed when he heard it on the phone, "Then you have to work hard, you better be faster than me, and then buy me over."

The two are no longer in the same team, but they can joke around so easily.

For Van Gaal, Yang Yang admires and respects him from the bottom of his heart, because he really helped Yang Yang a lot.

Sometimes I look back and think about it, how could Yang Yang have entered the squad against Bruges without what Van Gaal said back then?

If you didn't make the squad, how could you come off the bench?How did you perform?How to gain a foothold in the first team?

Of course, at that time Van Gaal may not have the intention of supporting Yang Yang, it may be purely some personal emotional factors, but no matter what, the consequence is that Yang Yang took this opportunity to enter the first team and gain a firm foothold.

Yang Yang firmly believes that if he is considered a thousand-mile horse, then Van Gaal is the first Bole he has ever met.

After calling Van Gaal, Yang Yang called his parents in China again.

Parents, cousin Shen Yuzhu and Wei Zheng are all busy, but they are still very happy to receive Yang Yang's call.

"In the past few days, domestic newspapers and TVs have been reporting non-stop, and everyone around you is praising you non-stop. My ears are almost callused." Mother Shen Lifang smiled proudly.

Yang Yang was also happy in his heart. He was very sensible and knew that the Toulon Cup didn't have much influence, but it was also something to be happy about making his parents, relatives and friends feel proud of him.

After Wei Zheng returned to China, he started to deal with the company's brand promotion, but Yang Yang didn't understand these things. Referring to what Wei Zhen said, some domestic companies and brands wanted to find Yang Yang to represent him.

After the Toulon Cup, there is still a period of time between training for the Asian Cup. Yang Yang does not plan to go back to his hometown.

His parents also agreed with him. After all, it is more important to maintain the state to fight for the country.

Wei Zhen even suggested that his family has a vacant house in Beijing, which can just be lent to Yang Yang to live temporarily.

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The next day, the Chinese National Youth Team began to actively prepare for the semi-final match against Sweden.

As a Nordic team, the average age of Swedish players is one year older than that of the National Youth Team, but the most important thing is that their physical condition is very good, with an average height of 1.8 meters [-], which will be a big challenge for the National Youth Team.

In addition to the advantages of physical fitness, the tactical level of the entire Swedish team and the individual technical level of the players are quite good. Defense is the highlight of the Vikings in this Toulon Cup.

In the three group matches in Group B, Sweden drew [-]-[-] against Japan, beat Portugal [-]-[-], lost [-]-[-] to Brazil, won [-], drew [-] and lost [-]. Only two goals were scored in the three games, and one of them was an own goal voluntarily sent by Portugal.

In other words, Sweden only scored one goal in three games.

Compared with their weak offense, Sweden's defensive ability is commendable. This is a defensive and counter-attacking team.

And the national youth team is also good at defensive counterattacks, so many people think that it will be a hard battle against Sweden.

The coaching staff also intends to strengthen their offense against Sweden, especially around the point of Yang Yang, but it is unknown how much the players can play on the field.

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The evening of June [-].

In order to better prepare for the upcoming game, the Chinese team came to the stadium two hours in advance.

Yang Yang walked into the stadium from the player tunnel, looked back at the stands behind him, and found that there were more Chinese fans present tonight than in the group stage. They were all wearing red jerseys, holding banners and shouting slogans. Many fans even waved cards with Yang Yang's name on them.

When the fans in the stands saw Yang Yang coming out, they were very excited and shouted Yang Yang's name loudly.

Yang Yang also politely thanked the fans for coming to Toulon to cheer for the team.

If you are not a real fan, you will definitely not come to this small southern town to watch the game.

"I didn't expect so many people to come tonight."

"Yeah, suddenly there is a feeling of being back at home."

"When they yelled like this, I couldn't help burning up, and I couldn't wait."

"Not only that, after entering the semi-finals, the national TV station in China broadcast live."

"real or fake?"

"Really, it's just time difference. It's early morning domestic time."

"Hehe, work hard, focus on playing football, and don't let them down."

The players walked into the stadium one after another to warm up.

Due to the nature of the Toulon Cup as a warm-up match, there was no field draw before the game. According to the organizing committee, whoever enters the field first will choose which side of the coach's bench and bench to use first.

The Chinese team played in this stadium before, which was the first round match against Colombia in the group stage. At that time, the team sat on the left side of the home team coach's bench, so out of habit, this time the team still chose the left side, and all players went directly to the left half for warm-up training.

But when the Chinese team was in the middle of training, the Swedish team also came to the field. They didn't even say hello, and they went directly to the left half for training. The goalkeeper even walked to the goal line and blocked the Chinese team's goalkeeper Guan Zhen.

This sudden change made everyone on and off the court a little surprised, and the team leader on the sidelines immediately went up to negotiate with Sweden.

The situation on the court was very chaotic. The Swedish players had an advantage in body, and they made more moves during warm-up and training. The Chinese team suffered a lot physically, and sometimes had to yield to the opponent to avoid injuries.

"Team leader, coach, what's going on?" Yang Yang and others quickly ran to the sidelines to inquire about the situation.

This kind of situation should not happen. Whoever arrives first has the right to choose, and the team that arrives later can only choose the other side. This is a tacit understanding.

Like Sweden, if you insist on robbing someone after arriving late, you are not only unreasonable, but also quite unmannered.

"They said they wanted us to exchange venues with them." Feng Jianming, the team leader, said indignantly.

"why?"

"Yeah, why change?"

"Didn't you say, first-come, first-choice?"

Feng Jianming scolded again angrily, "It's first come, first served, but they insisted on switching, saying that this side is their lucky half. They sat in this lucky half before and tied the Japanese team at the last moment. This time they will use this half."

"It doesn't make sense."

"Yeah, won't the organizing committee come forward to coordinate?"

Feng Jianming shook his head and said: "It's useless to coordinate. They won't budge an inch, and the organizing committee doesn't dare to push too hard. Both sides don't want to offend. Let us negotiate by ourselves, but the other party has made it clear that they want to grab it."

The head coach, Tie Sheng, looked at the scene where dozens of people were training in the half-court on the training ground, and kept shaking his head, "It's impossible to continue like this, you will get hurt."

"They intentionally made the training and warm-up moves very big, which is threatening." Yang Yang also frowned, and it's not necessary to get angry. He was used to off-court tricks in Ajax.

In order to win, professional teams can say that they will do everything they can, and the Swedish team's tricks are not uncommon.

"This is also a psychological tactic. If we want to directly frustrate our spirit before the game starts, it is best to irritate us, so that they can play more smoothly in the game."

When Yang Yang said this, not only the team leader Feng Jianming and head coach Tie Sheng, but also the surrounding players were aware of the problem.

Who said no?
This is just a warm-up match for the Toulon Cup, why is it necessary to do such a thing?

Not to mention anything else, spreading the word will not sound good to Sweden.

There is only one explanation for why they did this, and that is what Yang Yang said, psychological tactics.

"What do you think?" Feng Jianming asked the head coach Tie Sheng and the players.

But everyone was unwilling to speak at this time, because they were all worried, what if they gave up and lost the game, what would they do?
Yang Yang looked at the embarrassed head coach and teammates, and secretly sighed in his heart, they were all under too much psychological pressure.

"Let's go, I never believed in the so-called lucky half. Even if they use this side, as long as we can hold our breath, we can still score the opponent's goal." Yang Yang stepped forward.

Someone should stand up at this time.

Feng Jianming and Tie Sheng looked at each other and nodded.

"Then let it go, this is the unanimous decision of all of us." Tie Sheng didn't want Yang Yang to take the responsibility alone.

"Yes, Iron Guide, let the players go to the right side for training. I don't believe that they can win the game by relying on this half."

The national youth team was notified quickly, and they packed up their things and went to the right half.

The Swedish players stayed where they were, with their heads raised proudly, jokingly watching the players of the Chinese team switch venues.

Although the players of the national youth team already knew that this was the opponent's psychological tactics, they still couldn't help but get angry.

(End of this chapter)