Chapter 59 - The first test
In fact, Ibrahimovic’s good mood did not last long.
On the Saturday after the third round of the Champions League qualifiers, Ajax ushered in the first round of the Dutch League in the first round of competition, the opponent is the thrilling relegation of the last season, Waiters.
Ajax is playing away, Yang Yang and Fairmaren are hiding at home to watch live TV.
The visiting team still played very poorly in the first half. Only 13 minutes into the opening, Vettels defender Frankel assisted forward Amoyakh and scored a goal. After that, Ajax failed to break the deadlock until ten. Only minutes later, with the help of Frankel’s own goal, the score was equalized.
Ibrahimović was replaced by Viktor Scola in just one hour in the game, and then Koman continued to make substitutions. In the 87th minute, Sneijder scored a goal. Libao Ajax retreated from the road.
Two consecutive games saved Ajax, Sneijder became the team’s veritable savior since the start of the season, the limelight is the number one star van der Vaart and center Ibrahimovic.
The first round of the new season is often more difficult to play. Ajax can win away and get valuable three points. It can be said that it is very difficult. Eindhoven tied Roda jc two to two on the road. Feyenoord, who is at home, also beat Nijmegen 2-1, and it was not easy.
After returning to Amsterdam from the away, Ibrahimovic’s mood was obviously much worse. It was said that he was severely trained by coach Koman and technical director Van Gaal, which made him suffocated.
Finally, in the second round of the week when Grazak was ushered in at home, Ibrahimovic opened the ball with a left cross from a good friend Maxwell in the opening fifteen minutes. Sent into the opponent’s goal, opened the team’s first record, also scored the first goal of the Champions League this season.
But the good times did not last long. Before the end of the first half, Ajax made a mistake in the back line and was caught by the opponent to equalize the score.
After that, Ajax couldn’t attack for a long time, and the one-to-one score remained at the end. The two sides entered overtime.
Finally, in the 104th minute, Grazak’s defender Emman made a mistake, veteran Galasek seized the opportunity, calmly scored a winning goal, helping Ajax thrilled with a total score of 3-2 Advance to the group stage.
The rest of the life after the robbery greatly relieved everyone on the team, but the accusations from the media soon made the sky of Detok Most more cloudy.
Three official games were played in the new season. As a result, Ajax all played very badly. Not only did the team’s offensive last season fail to threaten, but even the originally solid defense frequently had problems.
Three wins, two wins and one draw, five goals and three goals lost, this transcript seems to be passable, but in these five goals there is an own goal, one is sent by the opponent’s initiative mistake, two unexpected goals help Aja Kekes scored three points in the league and successfully advanced to the group stage in the Champions League.
It can be said that without these two unexpected surprises, Ajax will suffer a disaster.
What is even more unacceptable is that in three games, three goals were lost, averaging one goal per game, and none of them faced a strong team. This kind of defense is hard to rest assured.
Everyone knows that without a solid defense, the team’s performance will not be stable, how to compete with Hiddink’s Eindhoven?
Coman said in an interview with the media after the game that he was satisfied with the start of Ajax. The team’s problem was within his expectations, because before this summer the team lost Van der Med and Qi Wu. After the two generals, both the offensive combination and the defense line have been reorganized and need time to run in.
But Koman finally warned the players, hoping that everyone will enter the rhythm of the new season as soon as possible and come up with their best form. No matter who is in the poor state, they will not appear in his lineup.
The stern warning from Coman undoubtedly sounded the alarm for the first team.
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Affected by the results from the first team and the public opinion of the outside media, the atmosphere of the Ajax second team’s training session in the afternoon was a bit tense.
Tomorrow I will go to challenge Ethel Merzos away, everyone also felt the pressure of the first game of the new season, coupled with the unsatisfactory performance of the first team, the outside media have many discussions, players are not easy.
The same is true of the coach Van Basten standing on the sidelines.
He didn’t speak during the entire training class, but just stood on the sidelines and watched silently.
The team’s 18-man roster has been drawn up, and it has been posted in the locker room at noon. It is clear to everyone who enters and who does not enter. Some people are happy and others are disappointed.
There are more than 20 people in the whole team, but only 18 people can enter the game list. Van Basten can only choose from them. Even he has to choose 11 lineups among these 18 people, which is undoubtedly more cruel.
But this is only the second team, facing only an amateur team in the first round of the knockout of the Dutch Cup.
If you can’t even adapt to this, how to face the mountain-like pressure of the first team?
Under the pressure, the player’s training situation also reflected their psychology faithfully. Van Basten and his assistants also have a panoramic view of all this. He also needs to evaluate the trustworthiness of a player through these.
“Did you make a decision?” Robb Witzger came to him.
He was an iron buddy of Van Basten. The two grew up together in the Ajax youth camp and fought side by side, establishing a deep friendship, even if Robb Witzger used to be a long-term enemy of Faye. Nord works.
“The competition is held in the afternoon, but he still has classes in school in the morning. I still think it better to let him play the bench.”
During his speech, Van Basten dropped his eyes on Yang Yang in the training ground.
In less than two weeks, Yang Yang has been fully integrated into the team ’s training. He always meticulously implements the coaching staff ’s arrangements. He never lazily slacks off during training. After training, he is also one of the very few players who stays to train himself. Van Basten never said that, but he knew everything.
Although talent is valuable, it is not rare in the huge world football, and hard work is the most precious.
Besides, who can accurately judge a person’s talent?
“This kid is indeed a good seedling, as long as it can continue in accordance with the current development momentum, as long as it will be able to contribute to the first team.” Robb Witzger said affirmatively.
After he finished speaking, he looked at Van Basten, who was difficult to choose. “Or, shall I tell him?”
Van Basten shook his head stubbornly, “No, I said it myself.”
As a professional player, he believes that no matter what choice he makes to the lineup, he should assume this responsibility, and personally convey to the players to know, and even explain his intentions.
He once encountered a head coach who was straightforward and rude, and pushed the announcement of the list to his assistant, which made him feel very inappropriate, so he decided to personally say that not only Yang Yang, but also other unsuccessful players.
At the very least, he wants to make them understand why he can’t get in and what to do when he is on the bench.
Robb Witzger nodded, he understood that this is the first game of the Ajax second team in the new season, is it not the first game of Van Basten coaching career?
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As usual, after the training session every afternoon, Yang Yang and Fairmaren will take the initiative to stay and practice.
Yang Yang started from the most basic parts of the ball, and later practiced with Falmaren on the volley pass and then received the ball, followed by routine cross training and one-on-one attack and defense.
[Ronaldo’s assault] It can be said that Yang Yang’s housekeeping skills, especially after mastering the pendulum, he began to practice continuous changes to pull the ball and other movements, which made Fairmaren in a one-on-one situation. The next two are very difficult to defend, and the success rate of defense is also declining.
All this proves Yang Yang’s progress.
But the Belgian central defender is not a fuel-efficient lamp. During his continuous practice, his defensive level has also improved rapidly. After knowing that the frontal defense cannot stop Yang Yang, he began to adopt other defensive methods. There is always a way to make Yang Yang uncomfortable.
The two disgusted each other and supervised progress.
With the constant training every day, he began to have more experience and experience in [Beckham’s Crossing], which are some feelings that are difficult to describe in words, but now he is obviously more Grasped.
And facts also prove that the quality of his passing is becoming more and more reliable.
After the ball was missed by Fairmaren in a pass, Yang Yang originally wanted to ridicule his teammates, but suddenly heard Van Basten’s voice from the sidelines.
“Come, pass me a few to try.”
Seeing Van Basten in a training suit rushing into the training ground, Yang Yang would be polite. Haha smiled and kicked a long-pass cross before sending the ball into the big penalty area. Seeing Van Basten The sense of smell is very sensitive and pushes into the net in front of the door, and then another arc cross is passed, which makes the Dutch legend fight for the top.
Seeing Van Basten personally come off, both Fermalen and Yang Yang are also excited. The Belgian defender is responsible for passing the ball to Yang Yang, who is responsible for the cross, and Van Basten is responsible for grabbing points and Header.
In the process, Van Basten kept pointing Yang Yang’s every pass.
Although it is a center, Van Basten’s footwork is quite superb, and he has put forward a lot of opinions on Yang Yang’s cross-footwork, but the most important thing is that he analyzes Yang Yang’s cross-footing from the perspective of a center. The ball, from the landing point to the arc to the strength, can always hit the point directly, which makes Yang Yang shine and gain a lot.
Because of Van Basten’s friendly guest appearance, Yang Yang’s training continued until the night came down, and this was reluctant to give up.
When Yang Yang came to Ajax, the most wanted thing was to get the idol Van Basten’s advice. The harvest was very rich, and even Fermallen on the side was quite rewarding.
After finishing the training, he was sweating a lot, but Van Basten was in a good mood, saying that he would have to practice with Yang Yang again in the future, which made Yang Yang and Fermallen happy.
For those who missed tomorrow afternoon and could only substitute, Yang Yang did not hesitate to support Van Basten’s decision.
In any case, he had just arrived at the first time, and it was really not suitable for him to succeed.
On the contrary, De Moore is a young academy, and he entered the first-team training camp this summer, and he deserves a qualification.
But Van Basten also promised that regardless of the outcome of the game, Yang Yang will be allowed at least 30 minutes to allow him to express himself.
Obviously, this game will be his first test between Yang Yang and De Moore.