Whitehead (61), 20 Raphinha (71), 14 Giovanni Cote (66).
It seems that The Hague's lineup is not bad, and they can prepare for the next game with all their heart.
Xue Yang's debut is getting closer and closer. Seeing that the game is only a few days away, Xue Yang gathered all the players in the training session.
"The 18th round of the league will be ushered in in a few days. I know you are not familiar with my coaching style." Xue Yang told all the players.
Of course it was done through a translator, and Xue Yang's foreign language was not that good.
"You may still be lucky and think that I will look at you differently just because you were the main force before."
"Now that The Hague has changed its head coach, everything starts again."
"I don't care if you were the main player before, as long as you meet my requirements, I will give you enough playing time."
Xue Yang said directly. When Xue Yang said this, the players instantly became serious.
Of course, some of the players, mainly young players, are looking forward to it.
They are all players who did not get much playing time under the previous head coach.
Xue Yang's arrival gave them an opportunity, which made them look forward to it.
"There is still half of the league, and I think with our strength, we can try to qualify for the European competition."
Xue Yang's words once again caused an uproar on the scene. They did not expect that Xue Yang would have such an idea.
In their minds, being in the upper reaches of the standings this season is pretty good.
"I am definitely not exaggerating. I firmly believe that we have such strength, and I will definitely come to lead you and lead The Hague to satisfy all fans!"
Xue Yang's speech this time surprised many players.
They have never thought about fighting for the European war, and probably the fans in The Hague have not thought about it either.
Although The Hague previously stated after being acquired that it would help The Hague compete in the European war in the future.
But no one thought it would be in the near future, and Xue Yang's words seemed a bit arrogant.
Xue Yang's debut is getting closer and closer, and the local media is paying close attention to it.
They are very curious about Xue Yang's coaching level. After all, Asian head coaches are too unfamiliar to them.
They are not optimistic about Xue Yang, but they are looking forward to it, even though Xue Yang has achieved good results in the Club World Cup and even played back and forth with Real Madrid.
As for China, many people are paying attention to Xue Yang.
Xue Yang is not the first Chinese head coach to coach a European team, but Xue Yang is definitely the first Chinese head coach to coach an Eredivisie team.
The Eredivisie is much higher level than the Sevilla League, and its prestige is also much higher.
It can even be said that Xue Yang is the closest Chinese head coach to coaching in the five major leagues.
Moreover, when Xue Yang was at Tianjin Wei, he was the local coach with the best leadership ability, even surpassing many famous foreign coaches.
It can be said that Xue Yang is invincible in China and even top-notch in Asia.
But after arriving in the Netherlands, everything had to start from scratch.
This made many people admire Xue Yang's courage, and Xue Yang's attention became higher and higher.
Unfortunately, sports channels will not broadcast Eredivisie games live, and fans can only watch them live online.
Moreover, there are two Chinese players in The Hague, so many Chinese fans are in front of the computer.
Facing the public attention, Xue Yang was not too nervous.
He is not even optimistic that his team can win, after all, the opponent is the Dutch Eredivisie giant Ajax.
Even though this game is still The Hague's own home court, after all, he led the team for too short a time and did not allow the players to adapt to his tactical system well.
Time passed very quickly, and January 17th soon came.
The Hague faced Ajax at home. In this game, all young players from Xue Yang started.
From the perspective of Chinese fans, this is a completely normal thing.
But according to the Dutch media, Xue Yang was really too bold.
It actually directly overturned the original starter, so the voice of disapproval became even louder.
In the end, The Hague lost as expected, losing 0-1 at home to Ajax.
However, the defeat in this game did not cause Xue Yang to be criticized too much.
On the contrary, many people were quite satisfied with this game, because when the two sides met for the first time this season, The Hague lost 0-4 to Ajax.
Moreover, The Hague did not blindly defend in this game, and there were still many opportunities.
Many media and celebrities made summaries, with one commentator tweeting:
“The Hague had a lot of problems with its full-backs in the first half of the season, but this winter window The Hague introduced two excellent full-backs, and they performed very well in this game.
More than just two full-backs, this young Hague team is eye-catching.
Moreover, facing the powerful Ajax, this new team of The Hague did not blindly defend passively, but chose to attack and defend completely. The new head coach Mr. Xue deserves respect."
Not just this commentator, many people are deeply impressed by these Hague players.
Among them, the full-backs received the most praise, because The Hague's full-backs before were really average.
But in this game, the full-backs on both sides not only became more stable defensively, but they were also able to step in and participate in the attack.
Especially the right back Jin Qiang made several crosses.
The quality was still very high, but it was a pity that he failed to score a goal.
As for forward Xu Qiang, he didn't have many outstanding performances. He has not adapted well to the new environment.
But fortunately, he didn't have any problems. I can only say that his performance was quite satisfactory.
The double midfielder performed well today. Zakaria and Milinkovic-Savic are both midfielders with defensive capabilities.
Among them, Zakaria performed very positively, because under the previous head coach Zakaria basically had no chance.
With the arrival of Xue Yang, he actually got a chance to start.
This made him very excited. In fact, he was not very optimistic about Xue Yang coaching The Hague before.
But as Xue Yang gave him a chance, Zakaria instantly changed his mind.
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