Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 109 Without you, Tang may reveal his most fatal flaw

On the 24th, Villarreal players went to the away game for a warm-up match against Real Sociedad. Tang Ye, Haller, and Rodri were not included in the match roster by Escribá because they had just joined the Villarreal first team not long ago.

This was the time the club gave the players to adapt. Before the game started, Tang Ye, accompanied by a rental agency, came to a local residential area in Villarreal.

"Sir, I think this apartment is more suitable for you. The monthly rent is only 8000 euros, and most importantly, the environment here is very good. For the tiring sports during the competition, this apartment is really perfect!"

The agent praised the house a lot, but Tang Ye was absent-minded.

The environment is good and the space inside is large.

The only problem is that this apartment is located quite far from the city center.

The city of Villarreal itself is not big, but even so it takes 20 minutes to drive from the base to this apartment!
After chatting with the agent for more than 10 minutes, Tang Ye really had no ideas, so he found an excuse and went back to base.

In the first-team lounge, Allais and Rodri were lying on the sofa, with the big screen in front of them playing the warm-up match between Real Sociedad and Villarreal.

The game is now in the 34th minute and Villarreal is leading by one goal!
"Tang, I haven't seen you all afternoon!"

Rodri eats a bowl of vegetable avocado, which is his snack this afternoon.

“I went to see the house.”

Tang Ye went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of Coca-Cola, then sat on the sofa.

“Yes, you still have to rent a house outside.”

"Well, actually I don't really want to live outside. Who knew Villarreal didn't have dormitories for youth players?"

Tang Ye bit open the glass bottle with his teeth: "Wow, I feel that Spanish Coke has less gas."

"Haha, you didn't live in the youth training dormitory when you were in Utrecht, did you?"

Rodri put the bowl on the table and opened his eyes wide.

"You just met him, you never know what he will do."

Before Tang Ye could speak, Alai answered for him.

"Hey, Sebastian, don't you think it's convenient to live in the dormitory?"

After taking a big gulp of Coke, Tang Ye now felt his stomach was cold: "I can eat as soon as I get up. The training ground is right next to the cafeteria. Damn, it's so convenient."

Tang Ye has never had too many requirements for his residence, because he is alone, and for him, a house of several hundred square meters is not even as comfortable as a small dormitory.

All of my teammates live on one floor. It is not only lively but also safe!
"Do you like convenience? Then you can live with me. I live in the apartment next to the base. Come on, Tang, come over here."

Rodri stood up from the sofa, and then he and Tang Ye leaned on the window of the lounge, pointing to a tall building opposite: "See that building? It's that apartment. The rent is 3500 euros a month."

"But it may not be good enough for a player of your level."

Rodri laughed awkwardly.

He lived in that building when he was still in Villarreal U19. Besides him, many players from Villarreal U19 and B team also lived there.

Being close is a good thing, but for a player like Tang Ye who the team spent millions of euros to rent, it is indeed a bit not good enough.

With a monthly rent of 3500 Euros, Tang Ye’s weekly salary is 1.8 Euros!
"But it is indeed close. I can take the elevator and walk to the base. The whole journey only takes 5 minutes."

"Perfect, absolutely perfect!"

Tang Ye's eyes were glowing.

Damn, this place is perfect!
"Are you sure?"

Tang Ye's reaction surprised Rodri: "The house is a bit small"

"I'm the only one"

"Yeah, then you can live across from me. The guy across from me just moved out last week. He transferred to Atletico Madrid B team."

As soon as Rodri finished speaking, Ale on the sofa suddenly shouted.

"No!"

what's the situation?
Turning to look at the TV screen, Real Sociedad's defender equalized the score with a long shot.

“Good shot”

Tang Ye returned to the sofa and sat down. Rodri simply sat next to him and said, "How about it? Is there a big difference between the strength of the Eredivisie and La Liga?"

"Indeed, I have watched the La Liga match before, Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid!"

"Um, Tang, that seems to be the Champions League you are talking about?"

“It’s all the same”

Tang Ye waved his hand: "Anyway, the pace of La Liga games is a bit fast."

"So do you think you can play?"

Rodri smiled and asked Tang Ye a more serious question.

"This one……"

Tang Ye didn't know what to say, and Alebi gave him a thumbs up: "I will definitely be able to play!"

"real or fake?"

Tang Ye laughed. Before the loan, when Escribá talked to him on the phone, he made it clear that he could not guarantee that Tang Ye would have enough playing opportunities.

"It must be true, Tang, you don't have to worry"

Rodri put his hand on Tang Ye's shoulder: "We are in great need of midfielders this season. Do you know why I was promoted from Team B?"

“Because you play well”

“Uh… that’s just one aspect.”

Rodri explained: "We have several midfielders whose contracts have expired and have not been renewed, and the remaining ones cannot meet Mr. Ferran's requirements, so I came up"

"Tang, you are a pure attacking midfielder who can also play set pieces. Players of this type are very rare."

"nonono"

Tang Ye waved his right index finger in front of Rodley: "Don't underestimate my defense. In fact, I can also make tackles. You know how to make tackles? It's the kind that knocks people to the ground. I'm very good at it."

?

"But Mr. Ferran said you are a front midfielder, an offensive front midfielder."

“He’s a holding midfielder”

Alai answered first.

Tang Ye turned his head, with an indescribable touch in his expression.

As expected, Sebastian, you still understand me!
……

On the other hand, on the evening of July 7, Manchester United defeated the Turkish Super League team Galatasaray 30-5 at Old Trafford.

As the team's new coach, Erik ten Hag was interviewed by reporters.

British football journalists are very good at catching hot topics, and they first asked Ten Hag about his summer transfer.

"Manchester United originally wanted to buy Pogba from Juventus for more than 1 million euros, but you came forward to stop the deal, Eric, do you have any other considerations?"

Ten Hah's expression was calm.

Why not Pogba?

Very simple!
"Because I didn't think Pogba was in my plans, I didn't let the club make the deal"

"I am grateful to the team's top management for giving me a generous transfer budget, but I prefer to make transfers when I am sure of success."

After winning the Eredivisie championship, Ten Hag's entire temperament has been sublimated.

Manchester United is now in a period of decline after the end of the Ferguson era, and they need a savior to help the team!
Manchester United fans regard Ten Hag as the savior!

"Okay, can you also answer a question about Tang?"

"Utrecht originally planned to sell Don to Villarreal for around 2000 million euros, but you turned the transfer into a loan. Can I ask why you did this?"

The reporter handed the microphone to Ten Haage's mouth.

"I have feelings for Utrecht. Don's playing style is quite special. He means something different to Utrecht."

Ten Hag's meaning is already very clear.

His idea is that Tang Ye will return to Utrecht after playing for Villarreal for a season.

Because of Manchester United's spending, Ten Hag cannot be Utrecht's savior.

But he can help his old club before he leaves!
"So you're saying that Don can't adapt to the La Liga level?"

The reporter captured the key message in Ten Hag's words: "Without your help, is it possible that Tang will expose his most fatal flaw?"

"..."

Ten Hag sighed: "Let's not talk about tactics. I have a very good relationship with Tang in private, so I will wish him good luck."

!!!

Ten Hag did not give a direct response to the question of whether Tang Ye could gain a foothold in the La Liga, but everyone already had a rough guess in their minds.

Tang Ye's playing style is in complete conflict with the entire La Liga league.

The Chinese teenager was obsessed with pursuing the top five leagues, and Ten Hag wanted to save him, so he changed the original transfer to a loan!
Ten Hag appears to be helping his old club Utrecht.

In fact, he was helping his beloved disciple!
……

Tang Ye didn’t know what Ten Hag mentioned about himself in the interview. He only knew that he was going to start his first formal training with Villarreal this morning!

"Beep!"

Head coach Escrivá blew the whistle and entered the stadium, followed by assistant coach Marty and physical coach Kyle.

The players stood in an irregular circle around Escriva.

Escriva looked left and right, and finally his eyes stopped on Tang Ye.

Ok?
"I heard that you were often late for training in Utrecht, but you arrived on time today."

“That was a long time ago.”

Tang Ye explained: "I was no longer late when the second half of the season started."

"Haha, ok ok, that's best."

Escriva nodded: "At least I don't have to go to your house to catch you."

Tang Ye chewed gum. Listening to what Escriva said, if nothing unexpected happened, Ten Hah must have said something to him!
"Okay, our training today is quite complicated. Kyle will lead you in warming up. We will gather again later."

Beep!
Another whistle was sounded, but this time it was Kyle instead of Escrivá who blew the whistle, and the players started stretching on the spot.

"Hey, Tom!"

Someone nearby called Tang Ye's name. It was the team's forward Bakambu: "Ferran said you were often late when you were in Utrecht. Is that true? Are the Eredivisie teams that strict?"

Bakambu was a little surprised.

From what Tang Ye said just now, he was late for Utrecht for almost half a season.

In this situation, the head coach was still willing to let him start!
Is the Dutch league so lax?

"Uh, okay, there is actually a punishment."

Tang Ye explained: "When I was first promoted to the first team, I was not allowed to enter the first team cafeteria."

"What the hell?"

Bakambu was stunned, and Trigros, who heard Tang Ye's answer, was also stunned.

Rodri suddenly realized: "Tom, no wonder you can't jump high, you couldn't even get food in Utrecht?"

"It's not that you can't eat it, it's that you can't eat it in the first-team cafeteria"

Tang Ye wanted to explain, but everyone was only willing to listen to the explosive news.

Now all Bakambu and Rodri’s minds are filled with the image of Ten Hag not letting Tang Ye eat.

They can totally imagine that scene!

Seeing Bakambu still looking shocked, Tang Ye expressed innocence: "Don't you believe that I really can't enter the first-team cafeteria?"

"That's not what we don't believe. Forget it, don't say anything. Don, I heard from Sergio that you are also a midfielder, right? An offensive midfielder?"

When it comes to the words "offensive midfielder", Bakambu and Sansone's expressions become noticeably more serious.

As the team's forwards, they fully understand the importance of a midfielder to the front line!
"Will you ever get rid of someone?"

Seeing that Tang Ye didn't say anything, Sansone asked again.

Tang Ye shook his head.

"How about advancing? Advance with the ball, carry it from the backcourt, and then pass it to the forward"

Tang Ye still shook his head.

Holding the ball and advancing is what De Jong is good at.

That thing requires too high a level of speed endurance, as well as the ability to grasp the timing of acceleration, which Tang Ye can't do.

"Is this not possible either..."

Sansone was simply silenced by Tang Yegan.

Getting past opponents and advancing with the ball are the most basic skills for a midfielder.

Only by doing these two things can Tang Ye find opportunities to pass the ball to the forward.

In other words, if Tang Ye can't even do these two things, how can he get a chance to pass the ball to the frontcourt?

"Sebastian"

Bakambu found Allais and asked: "How did you score the goal?"

"Forehead……"

Alai touched his nose and finally found a more appropriate answer: "I don't know, anyway, I got in in the end."

Bakambu didn't quite understand what Haller meant. He actually wanted to ask for advice from this super shooter from Utrecht.

However, thinking that Ale is still in the learning period of Spanish and cannot speak complicated sentences in one breath, Bakambu did not think much about it.

After the warm-up, the training began. Escriva's habit was the same as Ten Hag's, which was to do some lap exercises before the training started.

The ball must be passed within 3 feet, and you must move while controlling the ball and cannot step on it in place.

There are a lot of rules, but they are pretty easy to understand.

As a midfielder, Tang Ye was assigned to a group with Rodri, Bakambu, and Sansone.

2 people fight for the ball and 8 people pass it.

The sound of balls hitting the balls and the laughter of the players unfolded on the training ground.

It was fine at the beginning, but after Escriva asked him to speed up the pace, Tang Ye felt a little strenuous.

Escrivá asked the players to move while passing the ball in a circle.

While moving horizontally, he also had to pass the ball and observe the position of the person trying to steal the ball. This was a bit difficult for Tang Ye, who was participating in this kind of training for the first time.

Fortunately, Tang Ye has the habit of observing when passing the ball, so the only problem for him is movement.

Tang Ye wanted to solve his problem by passing the ball quickly, but he immediately caught the attention of Escribá: "Tom, I'll give you one more rule. You need to pass the ball within 2 to 4 feet. What we are practicing today is the feeling of ball control. You don't need to use your strengths."

There was no other way. Tang Ye gave up the idea of ​​passing the ball directly with the first kick and instead began to actively seek opportunities to control the ball.

It was uncomfortable to play, but Tang Ye could clearly feel that he was slowly adapting to this passing system.

[Ball Control: 75 → 76]

The effect of the training was better than Tang Ye had imagined, and his ball control attribute directly increased by one point!

"Huh, huhu..."

The intensity was quite high. After playing for more than 10 minutes, the players began to pant. Escrivá walked up to Tang Ye at some point and asked, "Are you okay?"

“Not very good”

amount.

Escrivá obviously didn't expect Tang Ye to answer like this.

Pointing to Group B who had not yet completed their practice on the field: "La Liga is different from the Eredivisie. We need players to have enough ball control ability. At the same time, you also need to learn to run when your teammates pass the ball. These are what we need to train."

Tang Ye chewed the gum in his mouth and didn't say anything.

In the past, Tang Ye did not feel this kind of strain during training, but Escrivá only took Tang Ye a little over 10 minutes to make him feel this way.

The difference in training methods between La Liga teams and Eredivisie teams is greater than he imagined!

"Hurry, hurry, run, run!"

Unlike when they were fighting for the circle, Escrivá's voice became much louder as soon as the competition started. As long as a player had a problem, he would shout out at the first opportunity.

"Tom, run! Damn, are you a pig? You can't pass the ball at this time, you are too anxious!"

Just 10 minutes into the training match, Tang Ye lost the ball 4 times, which made Escrivá very anxious.

"Pass the ball, pass the ball. Don't always think about cooperating with the striker. Your partner is the midfielder. Pay attention to the defensive midfielders on both sides!"

Following Escrivá's advice, Tang Ye passed the ball to Rodri who was cutting in from the right, but the two unexpectedly went together.

Rodri ran straight past!

The ball was snatched away by Team B and finally scored by Ale.

"My mine!"

Tang Ye quickly raised his hand to apologize.

Depend on!
Escrivá waved his hands in anger. Tang Ye's actions made him so angry that he remained silent on the sidelines.

The game continued, and Team A, as the kick-off party, launched an attack on Team B. Tang Ye and Rodri made a few simple passes.

Tang Ye is obviously slowly adapting and is playing much better than before.

Rodri ran to Tang Ye with the ball, and Tang Ye moved forward at the same time.

When he didn't have the ball, he looked up and noticed Bakambu in the open space in front of him.

At this time, Tang Ye made a small move.

Sneak a glance at Escrivá on the sidelines.

Escrivá:?

Escriva said nothing.

Got it!

Tang Ye smiled and reached out to Rodri for the ball.

The ball rolled diagonally towards him, Tang Ye seized the opportunity and kicked it forward with his right foot.

boom!
[De Bruyne arc through pass level 3: simulation]

Proficiency: 313/400
???

"You lost again..."

I thought Tang Ye's pass would make the ball disappear without a trace, but unexpectedly the ball rolled past several defenders of Team B.

Suddenly slowed down and came to Bakambu's feet!
!!!

boom!
A direct shot into the goal.

King Tang lost possession of the ball and it entered the opponent's court.

Bakambu did not turn around and gesture to Tang Ye. He stood motionless in the penalty area of ​​Team B.

He is thinking.

Thinking about a question that he hadn't thought about just now.

That's what Alai said.

I don’t know how the goal was scored, but I was able to score in the end.

understood!

Bakambu understands!
He knew what Alai meant!

……

(End of this chapter)