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

Chapter 71 I should have grown up like this! (2 more monthly tickets requested!)
"Don, you pass the ball to me in that situation!"

On the bus returning to the base, Balazit lay on the back of the front seat, looking at Tang Ye in front of him with glowing eyes.

As for the situation at that time of the game, Tang Ye was already very close to the small penalty area and was facing the goalkeeper directly.

In this situation, even if Tang Ye's shot was only 60 points, he could have scored, but Tang Ye still chose to pass the ball. This is why Balazit is so moved now.

"Tang, you shouldn't have passed the ball to him"

Alai put his hand on Barazit's head: "This guy is so moved now. Hey, Nasser, you are not going to cry because of this, are you?"

Barazite quickly took away Alai's hand from his head: "No, no, how is it possible? I just can't believe it. Why would someone pass the ball at that time!"

Turning to look at Tang Ye: "So what were you thinking at that time?"

"Um, is this important?"

Tang Ye was somewhat embarrassed by Balazit.

"Of course it's important, this matter is related to scoring goals, everything related to scoring goals is important!"

As a striker, Barazit has a special obsession with scoring goals.

“Well, I just wanted to pass it on, and then I passed it on.”

Tang Ye touched his nose and said, "Before I ran to that position, I saw you on the right, so I passed the ball to you. This makes sense, right?"

"Like this?"

Barazit blinked. "Is that why you passed the ball to me because it made sense?"

"Come on, come on!"

Alai pulled Barazite down, and then told Tang Ye: "Tang, remember, don't pass the ball to him in the future, just pass it to me"

"But I won't be moved to tears, Nasser, do you think I'm right?"

"OK OK!"

Ten Hag, who was sitting at the front, suddenly stood up and interrupted the Utrecht players who were making noises in the back: "You are so excited just by winning a game. It's almost the end of the season, and the next part is the highlight!"

He took out his phone and looked at the standings: "Although we are still first in the standings, I can feel the threat, the threat coming from behind. PSV Eindhoven and Ajax have been winning recently, you should also feel these threats!"

"But we want to get into the top four, so it doesn't matter if PSV and Ajax surpass us, right?"

Tang Ye said suddenly.

"nonsense!"

Ten Hag immediately refuted Tang Ye's words: "You are Chinese, and Chinese people should be the most aware of potential risks. If we give up the first place at this time, what if we make a mistake and fail to enter the top four?"

Ok!

but……

Tang Ye took out his mobile phone and took a look at the standings.

The gap between them and the fourth place in the league has now widened to 8 points!
Is it really that dangerous?

……

The team resumed training the next day and welcomed their new winter signing Frenkie de Jong.

Ten Hag pushed De Jong in front of him: "This is our new backup midfielder, Frenkie"

It should be very clear whether each player in a professional club is a starter or a substitute, so Ten Hag directly stated De Jong's status as a substitute when introducing him.

De Jong certainly had no objection to this. He was just a substitute in Ajax, and a substitute who could not play.

The reason why De Jong is willing to transfer to Utrecht is that he feels that the possibility of starting in Utrecht is greater than that of starting in Ajax.

"By the way, everyone should be here, right?"

Ten Hag suddenly remembered something and glanced at the players present: "Uh, there is still one missing, but it doesn't matter, I will introduce Frankie first"

"One less? Can we wait a little longer? Will he come to training today?"

good question!
Ten Hag looked down at his watch and made a judgment based on his experience: "He should still be in bed now."

"Is he hurt?"

De Jong nodded.

"It's not that I'm injured, it's that the heating system in the dorm is too good, damn it, I knew it!"

Ten Hag now feels a little regretful.

He was so emotional during the Christmas party that he even thought about restoring the heating in Tang Ye's room in the morning.

Can the heating in Tang Ye’s room be restored?

Absolutely not!
The heating was on all morning, and Tang Ye was 200 percent sure to be late!
Ten Hag asked Van der Gahe to go to the dormitory to arrest someone. De Jong asked Ten Hag in confusion: "Does this have anything to do with the heating system?"

Ten Hahe waved his hand. "You know that sows want to sleep when they are in a warm environment, right?"

De Jong still didn't understand, but the team's warm-up had already begun.

……

"Here it comes, don't worry!"

Half an hour later, Tang Ye ran out from the cafeteria defense line and started today's training in a panic.

“Are you a coach?”

Ten Hahe suddenly asked Tang Ye a very strange question.

“I’m not.”

"Then why are you wearing a down jacket?"

Ten Hag pointed at his own Nike down jacket, and then pointed at Tang Ye's Nike down jacket.

Obviously, Tang Ye was the only player wearing a down jacket on the scene.

Ten Hah was very ruthless. He reached out and directly stripped off Tang Ye's down jacket. Poor Tang Ye could only force himself to run, because this could help him avoid feeling cold.

Because the team just played a game yesterday, the intensity of the team's training today will not be too high. Ten Hag organized the players to conduct a 5v5 confrontation.

Before the grouping started, Tang Ye saw De Jong, a brand new face, and walked straight over: "Bart said you are a midfielder? Are you a front midfielder?"

"Back"

De Jong corrected: "But I can also play as a front midfielder"

"Then you are the same as me"

Tang Ye patted De Jong on the shoulder: "I can play as both a front midfielder and a striker!"

"When did you become able to play forward?"

Amrabat's eyes widened.

"You can always kick, you just don't see it"

Tang Ye explained it and then had a brief chat with De Jong.

I didn’t expect that this guy is actually a native Dutchman, which is quite rare in the Utrecht team!
"How much are you worth?"

what?
De Jong obviously didn't expect Tang Ye to ask such a question, and he took a step back, but this was not a secret, so De Jong answered directly.

"600 million euros, this is the latest"

"600 million!"

Tang Ye opened his mouth wide: "Damn, you are the most expensive in our team now!"

After saying that, Tang Ye looked De Jong up and down.

Looking at Tang Ye's exaggerated facial expression, De Jong hurriedly explained.

Last summer, Ajax bought him from William II for 770 million euros.

The transfer market serves the actual transfer. De Jong has a real transfer data of 770 million euros, so even if he has not played a few Eredivisie games, he can still have a considerable value.

Simply put, scouts believe De Jong has potential for development!
“That’s pretty impressive too.”

Tang Ye decided to play a FIFA game with De Jong after he got home tonight, as he happened to have De Jong's player card.

However, before Tang Ye started the game, Ten Hag directly put Tang Ye, Amrabat, and De Jong into one group.

There are three midfielders in a group, and I don’t know what Ten Hag wants to do.

"In the first stage, cooperation is not important. As long as we can get the ball into the goal, it will be considered a success," Ten Hag gave instructions and Tang Ye's group started immediately.

Goalkeeper Ruyter kicked the ball to De Jong, and Josten quickly ran towards De Jong, ready to defend the team's new signing closely.

De Jong was not in a hurry. With his back to the goal, he stepped his right foot diagonally in front of the ball, pretending to run past Joosten's left side, but actually suddenly changed sides and broke through.

The Dutchman's way of getting rid of the ball was very clever, and by the time Josten reacted, De Jong had already pulled away.

After getting rid of the ball, De Jong dribbled forward quickly and Ramsselaar ran up to defend.

De Jong was forced to slow down, and the two began to entangle with each other. De Jong also took this opportunity to demonstrate his excellent ball protection ability.

In the end, his attempt to dribble past the opponent failed. De Jong passed the ball to Tang Ye who ran to his side to receive the ball. With the cooperation of Tang Ye, he performed a series of dribbling moves in the penalty area.

The ball was given back to Tang Ye, who scored from the far corner.

"Pah, beautiful!"

Tang Ye, who scored the goal, received applause from De Jong and other teammates, but Tang Ye looked at De Jong with envy in his eyes.

Superb advancing ability, a standard ball-controlling midfielder!

"I should have grown up like this..."

Off the field, Ten Hag felt relaxed as he watched the first-team players passing the ball non-stop.

Ten Hag is very happy now because the club has brought him the players he wanted.

He could feel that Utrecht was on the right track.

Great players, great tactics.

There is also a super coach of the month!
This is the future of Utrecht!

……

In the 19th round of the Dutch Eredivisie, Utrecht played against Zwolle at home

Utrecht was in very good shape. Less than 5 minutes into the game, Tang Ye assisted Joosten to score the first goal, and the score came to 1:0.

This was a good start for any team and Ten Hag kept this lineup.

As a result, in the second half, something unexpected happened. Zwolle striker Nylander made a very powerful steal and knocked Tang Ye to the ground.

"My grass!"

Tang Ye fell to the ground, holding his ankles tightly with both hands.

“nononono…”

Ten Hag felt something was wrong, and the Utrecht team doctor hurried onto the field and brought him a piece of news that plunged Ten Hag into despair.

Tang Ye sprained his ankle!
"hiss……"

Tang Ye was sitting on the bench. Team doctor Roosevelt brought over two ice packs and asked Tang Ye to put them on his ankles.

"how do you feel?"

“a bit cold”

"..."

"I mean pain. Do you feel any pain?"

Ten Hag had his hands in his pockets and there were three very obvious lines of wrinkles on his forehead.

Tang Ye felt his wound carefully, and then replied: "Well...it hurts a little"

Ten Hah turned his head away with a somewhat unhappy expression.

The Dutch Youth Protection Organization always likes to implement their underage protection laws when young players are training.

But what about the competition!
Why are the Minor Protection Laws not used in official competitions!

[No, injured? ]

[Damn, Nylander, right? The visiting team's forward is so pretentious? ]

[It's over, Mungo's game is over for Utrecht! 】

【Believe in Ten Hag! 】

"What the hell!"

When anchor Wang Chao saw Tang Ye being helped off the field by the team doctor, he felt his heart ache.

Not only my heart aches.

His wallet felt the pain too!

Now the Dou Warriors in the live broadcast room are facing a problem.

With Mungo gone, should we still trust Utrecht in the next game?
Or……

Should we still trust Ten Hag?

Tang Ye sat on the bench, his hands feeling a little uncomfortable from the ice pack.

Roosevelt just said that Tang Ye would probably need to rest for a month in his condition.

Taking a month off is indeed a very good thing, but Tang Ye soon discovered something wrong.

Among Utrecht's three forwards, Josten was just promoted from the second team and has not yet figured out how to play in the Eredivisie.

Then there is Allais, this big guy is a typical standing center, his ball protection and dribbling abilities are so poor that they are unbearable to watch.

As for Barazit, this guy can dribble the ball, but he can't pass it.

With three forwards with different characteristics gathered together, plus Ramselaar who likes to pretend to be the ball holder, Utrecht simply couldn't find any offensive opportunities.

The situation on the field was a bit embarrassing for Utrecht, but Ten Hag did not panic.

According to the Dutchman's experience, Utrecht always attacks inexplicably.

Especially the second half!

Utrecht was very strong in the second half of the game!

however……

"Fuck, it's tied? Damn, Nylander scored in front of the goal!"

Nylander also jumped. In the first half, he stepped on Tang Ye and caused him to sprain his ankle. In the second half, he equalized with Utrecht, which directly confused Ten Hag.

What luck today!
Wasn’t he devout enough when he prayed to Jesus on Christmas Eve!

……

After the game, Ten Hag walked into the press room with a dead mother's face, and the reporter first asked him about the equalizer.

"That was luck. I can say with full responsibility that our opponent had very good luck today. You know, a draw always requires some luck."

Ten Hag slowly told reporters: "Strictly speaking, the equalizer is a reflection of a team's luck. It cannot reflect the strength of a team. From this point of view, we are the stronger side because we scored the first goal at the beginning of the game."

"Our opponents won by luck, otherwise the score should have ended 1:0. It's a pity that we didn't find more opportunities after taking the lead, but we really should have won"

Click!

Click, click, click!

"How is Tang's injury?"

The reporter unsurprisingly asked about Tang Ye's injury, and Ten Hag answered according to the team doctor's advice: "I think he may need a month to recover, but it's hard to say, because Tang is still a child, and children generally recover faster."

The reporter nodded.

"After Tang left the court, Utrecht encountered the problem of not being able to create offensive opportunities. Do you think this problem is related to Tang's absence from the court?"

“Oh? This is not directly related.”

Ten Hag disagrees with the reporter's speculation: "Don can indeed create opportunities at times, but a team will not be centered around one player. Our offense today did not work out, it was a problem with the entire midfield and forward line. It doesn't mean that we have no offensive ability just because Don is on the bench. This is very wrong. Our real core has always been on the court."

Oh?
Ten Hag's words stunned the reporters in the audience.

Although I reacted suddenly.

Damn, the core of what this guy is talking about is himself!
……

(End of this chapter)