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Over the weekend, when Yang Yang led the team to face Utrecht away from home, he had just walked out of the players' tunnel when he saw Utrecht's Head Coach, Erik ten Hag, already waiting at the entrance. The moment he saw Yang Yang, he warmly came forward to greet him.
"Thanks. It's good to see you, Erik." Yang Yang politely shook Ten Hag's hand.
He did not intend to play in tonight's match, so he had not joined the team for warm-ups. Ten Hag secretly rejoiced at the sight.
Because he knew very well that if Yang Yang took the field, Utrecht's defense would have no chance of stopping him.
This was not a contest between evenly matched teams at all. It was practically an adult against a child.
While Ten Hag secretly reveled in his good fortune, Yang Yang quietly sized up the Dutch middle-aged man.
Perhaps because of Zidane's bald coaching staff, Yang Yang had a special fondness for bald coaches. On top of that, many Dutchmen went bald in middle age, and Erik ten Hag was no exception.
He was about to turn forty-eight. Although he had once been a professional player, his career record was nothing remarkable.
He had come through Twente's Youth Training Camp, then played for Eredivisie clubs such as Twente, Graafschap, Waalwijk, and Utrecht. By 2002, he had essentially announced his retirement. He then entered coaching directly, taking charge of a youth team at Twente's Youth Training Camp.
This was also the standard path for many Dutch Head Coaches. They started in youth academies and gradually moved through the age groups, from U17 to U19. In 2006, Ten Hag took a step up. First Team Head Coach Fred Rutten took notice of him and promoted him to the