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

Chapter 66: Don't be ashamed to ask questions? (2w more requests for first order!)
“I know a lot of you are upset that I didn’t take a vacation.”

Ten Hag said this while eating, and the other Utrecht players at the table were not polite either. They ate the food on their plates bit by bit while pricking up their ears.

"But you have to know that it's already December, and now it's... well, December 12th, and the first half of the season is about to end!"

"But aren't our results pretty good?"

Tang Ye blinked.

In his memory, Utrecht won most of the games, including several with big wins.

“That’s the problem”

Ten Hag put down the fork in his hand and pointed his index finger at the ceiling: "Originally our goal this season was to be in the top twelve of the league. We only needed to get into the top twelve. But because of the good results recently, the top management temporarily changed our goal!"

The players at the table looked at each other.

Changing goals temporarily means greater pressure.

Ramselaar raised his head: "So what is our goal now?"

Ten Hag stretched out the four fingers of his right hand except the thumb: "Top four!"

"I'm sorry my friends, we have been entrusted with an important task by the top management, which means you will be under a lot of pressure in the future."

The three giants of the Dutch Eredivisie, Utrecht wants to get into the top four, which means that they have to have more points than every Eredivisie team other than the three giants!
"It's not an easy thing, right?"

Ten Hag looked around the table at the players.

Whenever Ten Hag looked over there, the players in that position would lower their heads, except Tang Ye who still raised his head and was looking at Ten Hag.

"Lazy pig, do you have anything to say?"

Tang Ye nodded: "Mr. Eric, don't you like looking at the standings?"

"It's normal. It takes a lot of courage to look at the standings. I rarely look at it, so what do you want to say?"

Tang Ye looked at Ramseral, who was sitting opposite him, and then took out his mobile phone.

Open the homepage of the Royal Dutch Football Association and click on the standings.

1. Utrecht, 40 points

2. PSV Eindhoven, 38 points

3. Ajax, 37 points

4. Feyenoord, 35 points

5. Alkmaar, 33 points

6. Groningen, 27 points

Tang Ye pointed at "Utrecht" at the top of the screen and said: "We are number one now, why should we worry?"

Oh?
Ten Hahe raised his eyebrows, picked up Tang Ye's phone, and looked at it over and over again: "When did we become number one?"

"Just after the win against Ajax yesterday"

Ramselaar reminded: "PSV and Groningen drew, they got 2 points less. We were originally second, but now we are directly first"

"wow..."

Ten Hahe covered his eyes.

The Eredivisie is indeed simpler than he imagined!

but!

"Of course I know we are number one now, but will this number one always be number one?"

Ten Hag looked into Tang Ye's eyes: "We are first now, so we will still be first after the season? No, that's not the case. We should feel the pressure!"

Ten Hag asked Tang Ye to unlock his phone again, and then pointed at Feyenoord, who was fourth in the standings: "We are only 5 points behind fourth. 5 points is nothing. Do you understand what I mean? What I mean is that there is no difference between us and fourth now."

"If we don't train hard, we will fall out of the top four!"

Tang Ye nodded.

Although he really wants to take a holiday, he has to admit that what Ten Hag said makes sense!
This season's Eredivisie is extremely polarized, with the leading teams having a lot of points.

If Utrecht makes a mistake in the next game, they will lose the first place!
“I think you understand what I mean.”

Seeing that Tang Ye was silent, Ten Hag took the initiative and put his hand on his shoulder: "The youngest players should make the most sacrifices for the team. I will wait for you in the gym tonight."

"No! Nonononono!"

Tang Ye didn't even bother to eat his burger, and quickly stood up from his seat: "No, this is different, today is Sunday, I don't have to train on Sunday night"

"Come!"

Ten Hag put his arm around Tang Ye's shoulders and pointed at the first-team players in front of him: "They are all your teammates and your good friends. They don't want to lose the game. Can't you make some efforts for your good friends?"

"For the team!"

"To this great team!"

After Ten Hahe said a few words, Tang Ye had no way to retreat.

……

That night, Tang Ye did go to the gym for extra training, but he only warmed up in the gym and then went to the indoor stadium at the base.

Tang Ye saw several familiar faces from the second team in the indoor stadium. Those guys were called by Merente to practice extra. Tang Ye even saw Xhaka.

"Hey, Isaac!"

Seeing Xhaka practicing dribbling near the marker, Tang Ye ran over and asked, "Were you also called here by Mr. Merente for extra practice?"

"Um, Don? Yeah."

Xhaka spread his hands: "Mr. Melente consulted Eric, and he now thinks that extra training can solve all problems. We are working hard to get a higher league ranking, and this is the solution that Mr. Melente came up with."

Obviously, the second team coach Merent was influenced by Ten Hag's coaching philosophy.

Ten Hag transformed Tang Ye through extra training, and Melente also wanted to transform his second team players through extra training.

They all came from the second team. If Tang Ye can do it, Melente believes that other players in the second team can do it too!

“Oh, let me show you this.”

Xhaka said as he pulled the ball to his feet.

Push the ball with the arch of your left foot and pass it to your right foot, then push it back with your right foot, and move your upper body quickly.

"Fuck, that's cool!"

Tang Ye took a step back: "This is Cruyff's move, I have played this in the game"

Zakhabi gave a thumbs up: "Yes, I have been practicing for more than two months. It is not difficult to practice, but I just can't use it in the game!"

Xhaka is only half a year older than Tang Ye, and at the age of 17, he likes to show off.

It would be so cool if we could use fried meatballs once in the Eredivisie final!
"No, it's too cool, I have to practice it too."

Tang Ye went outside the field and pulled a ball over, shaking it left and right, imitating Xhaka's movements.

As a holding midfielder, Tang Ye’s favorite are these little techniques that can help him protect the ball!
"Okay, Don, stop with that stuff!"

Ten Hag saw Tang Ye dribbling on the sidelines and said, "Come on, that's not your job, come over here. And you, your name is Xhaka, right? Isaac Xhaka, come too, you've been called up."

"Ah, me?"

Xhaka pointed at his nose.

When the second team players were called by the first team coach, Xhaka must be lying if he said he was unhappy, so he quickly put on his training stuff and ran over.

After Tang Ye, who arrived late, arrived, Ten Hag began to explain the content of today's training. He selected several players from the second team, including Xhaka, and let Xhaka and Tang Ye, two offensive players, and three defensive players (including a goalkeeper) play against each other.

The goal of the attacking player is to get the ball into the goal, while the goal of the defending player is to snatch the ball from Tang Ye or Xhaka.

The purpose of this training is to enhance Tang Ye's shooting ability.

This is a decision that Ten Hag made recently. According to the data compiled by Van der Gahe, the number of shooting opportunities Tang Ye got in front of the goal was second only to the two main strikers Haller and Barazit.

Tang Ye’s positioning talent is so outstanding that Ten Hag had to let the attacking midfielder practice shooting.

"Practice shooting!"

Tang Ye rubbed his hands: "Mr. Eric, you know, my favorite thing is shooting."

After saying that, Tang Ye raised his right leg and made a volley with the outside of his foot.

"I'm not talking about that kind of shot, the one that hits the far corner. Remember, you kicked it in training!" Ten Hag asked Tang Ye to stand on the left and pointed to the far corner above the player's right.

"This!"

Tang Ye nodded.

It turns out that today's task is to train his [De Bruyne long-angle shot]

It just so happens that Tang Ye’s skill is currently only level 1, so he can take this opportunity to enhance it.

The training began, Tang Ye moved closer to the penalty area, and two defensive players from the second team ran out.

Tang Ye wanted to dribble past the defense, but he was scolded by Ten Hag: "Pass the ball, pass the ball, don't dribble past the defense!"

Snapped!
Tang Ye passed the ball to Xhaka, who moved sideways in front of Tang Ye and then used his heel to pass the ball back to Tang Ye.

Look far away!
Snapped!
The ball hit the net.

[De Bruyne's long-range shot, lv1: imitate]

Proficiency: 48.2/50
Soon!
Hearing the voice next to him, Tang Ye became a little excited.

Does this mean that his second skill will soon be upgraded to level two?

With only 1.8 proficiency points left, Tang Ye doesn’t even need to eat broccoli!
"Come on, keep going!"

The joy of the finishing touch made Tang Ye quite happy, and his enthusiasm for training was also boosted a lot.

Come again!

It was still the same cooperation, Tang Ye passed the ball to Xhaka, and Xhaka passed the ball back.

Xhaka is very smart. He knows that his position is Tang Ye's sparring partner, so he does not deliberately pursue performance.

"I am coming!"

Tang Ye laughed and kicked the ball out.

Snapped!
The second team goalkeeper saved the ball, but Tang Ye still got a proficiency of 0.2.

"Keep going"

Tang Ye urged the assistant coach to kick the ball over.

The players of the second team were a little surprised when they saw Tang Ye's condition.

I remember this guy wasn’t like this last year!

Damn it!

No wonder Tang Ye can play in the first team.

Whatever talent Melente talked about was fake.

Tang Ye was able to be promoted from the second team to the first team because he worked harder than everyone in the second team!

This is their role model!
"Give it to me, give it to me, I'm coming, I'm coming!"

Snapped!
The goalkeeper always shoots at the far corner because he knows where Tang Ye will shoot, so the goalkeeper has a very high success rate in saving the ball.

But Tang Ye didn’t care anymore. Scoring a goal was secondary.

Getting the effect of training is the most important thing!
Snapped!
[lv1: imitate →lv2: similar]

[De Bruyne's long-angle shot lv2: similar]

Proficiency: 1/70
"Wuhu!"

Tang Ye jumped up on the spot and threw an uppercut, which made Xhaka on the side a little confused: "Tang, it seems you didn't score a goal!"

"Goals are not the point"

Tang Ye shook his head and said earnestly: "You have to feel your own improvement, this is the most important thing! I feel my own improvement now!"

Just as Tang Ye said, after the second skill is upgraded to level 2, Tang Ye's shooting angle will be greatly improved.

Then there are new skills.

Because the second skill was upgraded to level 2, Tang Ye also unlocked his third skill.

But the third skill he got seemed a little bit wrong?
[De Bruyne's spatial movement level 1: imitate]

Proficiency: 7499/50
"what?"

Tang Ye stood there in a daze for a moment, and then his mind was instantly overwhelmed by a large amount of information.

[lv2: Similar → lv3: Simulation]

[lv3: Simulation → lv4: Realistic]

[lv4: Realistic →lv5: Replica]

No, it's not?

Directly reached the maximum level?
"what happened?"

Zhaka walked towards Tang Ye: "Damn it, Tang, you didn't have an epiphany, did you?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I was just distracted."

Tang Ye shook his head and walked back, indicating that the game should continue.

Turn on the system.

[De Bruyne's Spatial Movement, Level 5: Reproduction]

Proficiency: 3999/4000
hiss--

Take a deep breath.

I just got this space movement skill, and my proficiency level directly increased to over 7000.

Tang Ye clearly had not received any training on positioning!

There is no doubt that Tang Ye can be 100% sure.

He has a BUG!
lv5: The replica is already the maximum level, but Tang Ye seems to be able to continue to gain proficiency?

"Isaac, let's continue!"

Tang Ye passed the ball to Xhaka, who then observed the ball and made a run according to his own ideas.

Unfortunately, he did not feel the improvement brought to him by [De Bruyne's spatial movement].

Never mind, just take two steps first!

Walking left and right, Tang Ye first tricked the defensive player closest to him, and then went around behind him.

No need to think, because running without the ball is so easy!

"come here!"

Tang Ye pointed to an empty space on his right side, Xhaka passed the ball, and Tang Ye shot the ball into the net.

The long-corner shot at level 2 is completely different from the long-corner shot at level 1. Tang Ye’s shot is indeed much more accurate.

Hey, wait!

Tang Ye discovered something strange.

His already level 5 positioning skill has been upgraded again!
[lv5: Replica →lv6: Ask questions without shame]

[Field of View: 91 → 93]

[De Bruyne's Spatial Movement Level 6: Don't be ashamed to ask questions]

Proficiency: 00/00
[Although you can no longer run fast at the age of 37, you have the best positioning ability in today's football world! ]

[Your rich experience makes you very humble. You asked De Bruyne, who is far less talented than you, for advice on positioning techniques, and incorporated his spatial positioning ideas into your own techniques.]

[Be eager to learn, and don't be ashamed to ask questions! You have obtained: French Advanced Treasure Box (Growable)]

"This……"

Take a deep breath and calm yourself down.

Tang Ye is now 200% sure.

His system is breaking down!
……

(End of this chapter)