Utrecht beat reporter Pierna: Erik ten Hag has earned an enormous degree of trust from the club's upper management. Some executives now see him as the hope for the team's rise.
Royal Dutch Football Association match preview: At 1:30 p.m. Amsterdam time on November 8, the Eredivisie showdown—PSV Eindhoven will host Utrecht.
2015–16 Dutch Eredivisie standings attached.
1. Utrecht, 28 points
2. PSV Eindhoven, 28 points
3. AZ Alkmaar, 25 points
4. Ajax, 24 points
5. Feyenoord, 20 points
6. Groningen, 19 points
Looking at the standings displayed on the association's homepage, Erik ten Hag felt vaguely unsettled. That was also why he rarely emphasized the league standings to his players.
Erik ten Hag found it strange. Why did Utrecht, who had lost their first two matches of the season, suddenly have so many points?
When had they earned all these points? It felt like Utrecht hadn't won that many matches, had they? But when he checked the match records, Utrecht really had won that many points! Lying alone in bed, Erik ten Hag stared at the ceiling and tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
In his first season at Utrecht, Erik ten Hag had led the team to 28 points after eleven rounds, taking first place over PSV Eindhoven on goal difference.
And taking advantage of Utrecht's momentum, he had also developed a young genius like Tang Ye! Damn it, why was he so good?
November 5. There were still three days until Utrecht's away match against PSV Eindhoven. Erik ten Hag took time out of the packed training schedule and had the players undergo physical examinations.
There were many items in the examination, but only two caught Tang Ye's attention.
Height: 1.77 m. Weight: 66.5 kg. "Holy shit, I really got taller."
Tang Ye was rather pleased.