Yang Yang had lived in Madrid for nine years. Although he rarely went out in his daily life, he was still quite familiar with the city.
This time, Ajax had reached the Champions League Final, which was being held in Madrid.
For Yang Yang, it felt a little like returning to his home ground.
As early as after the first leg, when the team had thrashed Barcelona 5–0 away from home, Ajax's management had begun looking for a hotel in Madrid.
There were a full two weeks between the final round of the Eredivisie and the Champions League Final, leaving ample time to prepare.
Liverpool had even more time, with three weeks between the final round of the Premier League and the Champions League Final.
Around those two weeks of preparation, Yang Yang and the coaching staff had also drawn up an extremely detailed plan, covering targeted tactical drills, the players' physical conditioning, and every other aspect—even down to the time the team would arrive in Madrid.
Yang Yang and the coaching staff had reached a consensus early on: the team had to arrive in Madrid as soon as possible.
Madrid was located on the Iberian Peninsula in southern Europe, while Amsterdam in the Netherlands lay in central-northern Europe. The temperature difference between the two places was roughly ten degrees. Although Ajax's players had adapted well when they played Barcelona, Yang Yang still decided to head to Madrid early for preparations.
For this reason, he took the initiative to contact Florentino and borrowed Valdebebas.
Yang Yang ultimately made the decision on the hotel as well. They would stay at the Pullman Madrid Airport & Feria Hotel, opposite the IFEMA exhibition center in Madrid. The hotel was located on the outskirts, right between Valdebebas and Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. From the hotel