Yang Yang lived in Madrid for nine years. Although he didn't go out very much on weekdays, he was still familiar with this city.

This time Ajax entered the Champions League final, and the final was in Madrid.

For Yang Yang, it feels like he is back to his home court.

As early as the team's first leg, after defeating Barcelona by 5-0 away, Ajax's management began to look for hotels in Madrid.

From the last round of the Eredivisie to the Champions League final, there was a full two weeks between the two, and there was plenty of time to prepare for the game.

Liverpool is longer, and there are three weeks of preparation for the final Premier League final to the Champions League.

Around the two-week preparation time, Yang Yang and the coaching staff also formulated a very detailed preparation plan, from targeted tactical exercises to players' physical fitness reserves, to other aspects, and even to the time when the team arrived in Madrid.

Yang Yang and the coaching staff reached a consensus early, that is, the team should arrive in Madrid as soon as possible.

Madrid is located in the Iberian Peninsula in southern Europe, and Amsterdam in the Netherlands is located in the north and central Europe. The temperature difference between the two places is roughly about ten degrees. Although Ajax players adapted well when playing Barcelona before, Yang Yang still decided to go to Madrid in advance to prepare for the game.

For this purpose, he took the initiative to contact Florentino and borrowed Valdebebas.

The hotel was finally decided by Yang Yang. He lives at the Pullman Madrid Airport Convention and Exhibition Hotel opposite the IFEMA Convention and Exhibition Center in Madrid. This hotel is located in the suburbs, just between Valdebebas and Wanda Metropolitan Stadium. From the hotel, it is less than two kilometers in a straight line.

The hotel has a total of 179 rooms, and the entire hotel is included in Ajax, and it is provided to Ajax players, coaching staff, staff, as well as invited Ajax guests and business partners on the floor.

There are two restaurants in the hotel, one of which will be taken over by Ajax's chefs, who will be responsible for providing catering services to Ajax players and coaching staff. All ingredients are tested by Ajax, or they will be airlifted directly from Amsterdam to Madrid. The gym, swimming pool, masseur, sauna and other places will also be taken over by Ajax.

Yang Yang's goal is to create a preparation environment without external interference.

But he also knows the players' psychology, so during the two weeks of training, he will give players a break from time to time based on the progress of preparation. At the same time, in order to avoid the long-term lack of games and the players' condition is affected, Yang Yang also agreed with Real Madrid to have an internal training match with Castia at the Distiffano Stadium in the middle of two weeks.

Everything has only one purpose.

That is to let Ajax players face the Champions League finals in the best form.

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Ajax borrowed Valdebebas, which could not be hidden, but the time when Ajax arrived in Madrid and when he entered Valdebebas to train was strictly kept secret.

There is only one purpose, that is, try to avoid external interference.

So the team arrived at Madrid Airport overnight and rushed to the hotel to check in. The next morning, he took a bus and set off secretly. When he arrived at Valdebebas, he did not receive any attention throughout the journey.

After all, this is not the city center of Madrid, and it is not lively.

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In the past few years, Real Madrid has not invested much in the transfer market, but has invested heavily in Valdebebas.

After years of upgrade, this training base has been built into the world's leading top training center. All software and hardware facilities are the best in the world. Not only in the field of football, but also in all sports, Valdebebas is the most complete and advanced modern training base.

So much so that when Ajax's players arrived at this training base, everyone was amazed.

From the Distiffano Stadium overlooking the distance through the wall, to the irregular design of the Real Madrid administrative office building, and finally to the main gate layout of the training base, everything is amazing to the Ajax players.

In the past three years since Yang Yang invested in Ajax, DeTok Most has been undergoing various software and hardware upgrades. This training base is already quite outstanding in the Netherlands and even in European football, but compared with the Valdebebas in front of him, he is still a little stingy.

"This is Real Madrid's training base!"

When getting off the bus, every Ajax player's eyes shone, as if Liu Laolao entered the Grand View Garden.

In fact, what really made them admire was not necessarily the hardware facilities of Valdebebas, but the halo bonus brought by the brilliant achievements of this legendary team over the past decade, which made them feel a sense of admiration.

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"Hello, welcome to Valdebebas!"

The director of Valdebebas came up with a smile, walked over directly, and hugged Yang Yang.

"I'm so glad to see you come back, Yang, we all miss you to death!"

"So too, Juan." Yang Yang hugged the supervisor who had been with him for many years, and then went from far away to the security team who were waving at him desperately. In the past nine years, they have been dealing with each other almost every day, so familiar that they can no longer be familiar with him.

"Do I want you to take you around?" Juan asked with concern.

Yang Yang and Harvey Alonso looked at each other and laughed at each other.

"Thank you, Juan, but let's do it ourselves!"

"Oh, that's right, this is your home!"

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Yang Yang stayed in this training base for nine years, and even during these nine years, he stayed in this base for longer than staying at home. He knew every tree and every corner of the place very well.

Ajax borrowed the training area of ​​Real Madrid's first team, five standard stadiums and a comprehensive training ground. All venues are equipped with state-of-the-art floor heating and drainage and other functional facilities. Five of them are available now, because one stadium is being replaced with turf, which is also the norm.

In fact, Yang Yang was not satisfied with Valdebebas' layout. He believed that the first team occupied more than half of the field, and the western half was divided into two. The training ground for the youth team above, and the training ground for the second team Castia and the home court of the Distefano Stadium below. This certainly highlighted the importance of the first team, but in fact it also made Real Madrid's youth training a little embarrassed.

The entire Valdebebas has three very large training buildings. The first team is of course the largest, and the second team and the youth team each have one, which shows that Real Madrid has also invested a lot in this.

Yang Yang's coaching ability can be seen by being able to make a breakthrough in the Champions League field where Gunners gather.
Chapter completed!