After Mitchell van der Gaag left, Erik ten Hag remained in the office and logged back onto the Royal Dutch Football Association website.
Seeing the photo of himself on the homepage, dressed in a suit and directing the players on the pitch, Erik ten Hag let out a long breath.
The Best Coach selection was mainly based on tactical setup. Erik ten Hag remembered that he had barely studied Utrecht's tactics back in October.
All he could say was that this month's Best Coach trophy had been far easier to win than he had expected! He just wondered whether he could win another one this month?...
Training resumed after a one-day break.
The first day back was not very intense, consisting only of the most basic ball-feel and combination drills.
The training was simple, but the players could not bring themselves to feel happy.
Because their next league opponent was PSV Eindhoven!
Ramselaar, Balazhit, and Tang Ye were practicing passing combinations down the right flank, while Haller pressed for the ball in the middle.
"Tang, you don't look like you're under much pressure. Do you not know how strong PSV Eindhoven are?"
Ramselaar had noticed that Tang Ye had the most relaxed expression of everyone training that day.
"PSV Eindhoven? Of course I know PSV Eindhoven. They've got someone who's really good at tackling!"
Really good at tackling?
Tang Ye's words left Ramselaar and the other two completely baffled. "Did you see him on TV? What's the name of this player who's so good at tackling?"
"Oh, he's on the reserves."
Tang Ye suddenly realized what they meant. "I'm talking about the reserves. That guy is with PSV Eindhoven Reserves. The reserve players are already that good, so the first team must be even better!"
"Haha, Tang, did PSV Eindhoven