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Ajax entered the end of the season sprint.

Due to the huge lead in the league, they can concentrate on preparing for the Champions League, which is also the battlefield that most affects the minds of Ajax players.

Accompanied by the praise from the outside world, more attention from mainstream European media, just like Qin Xiong, many players have received news in private, from olive branches thrown out by other clubs.

They don't want to be bothered just yet, hoping to climb to new heights in the season-ending sprint.

In mid-March, Ajax went to the Dutch Cup.

Coman has no plans to train this time.

Ajax reached the semi-finals. Before the semi-finals, they won or lost. As long as they don't play PSV Eindhoven or Feyenoord, they can train any way they want.

But entering the semi-finals means that there is only three games away from winning a championship. The attraction of this real honor is strong enough, and of course it will exceed the temptation of training value.

In particular, Ajax can even sacrifice the league to make concessions for the Dutch Cup, which makes Koeman even more ambitious and must win the Dutch Cup.

Ajax's main force played in the semi-finals of the Dutch Cup.

The opponent is Twente.

In the semi-finals, the winner was determined by one game. The entire Twente army retreated to defend and counterattack.

Ajax failed to make their wishful thinking a reality.

The whole game patiently fought tough battles until the 68th minute of the game, when Qin Xiong responded with a wonderful pass from Van der Vaart after entering the penalty area and scored a low shot from a small angle to help the team open the scoring.

"Qin Xiong inserted into the penalty area at the right time, Van der Vaart obliquely plugged in, Qin Xiong hit the goal from a small angle, and Ajax led Twente 1:0."

Faced with the cheers of the home team fans, Qin Xiong did not celebrate, but just gave a high-five to his teammates lightly. He needed time to digest the sadness of Van Gaal's departure.

After Twente fell behind in the score, he counterattacked with all his strength, which gave Ajax a chance to expand the score.

In the last 15 minutes, Qin Xiong sent a wonderful pass twice. First, he assisted Sneijder to score the goal through a pass from the midfielder, and then attracted three defensive players from the opponent in front of the penalty area. Kex beat Twente 3-0 at home, avenging his youth team, and at the same time got tickets to the Dutch Cup final this season.

After the game, the teammates said they wanted to celebrate their approach to the Dutch Cup final, but Qin Xiong didn't participate. He changed his clothes after taking a shower and went home.

The next day, "International Football" published a battle report: Ajax is aiming at the double crown!

There is no need to repeat the advantages of the local league. There are two games in the Dutch Cup final.

Ajax's opponent has also been released, and it is Utrecht, who is not particularly strong.

In addition, the two rounds of home and away games increase the fault tolerance rate. The stronger the team, the higher the probability of winning the cup.

Ajax is considered to have locked the Dutch Cup championship, plus the league championship, the lowest achievement of the season, at least a double crown.

Of course, this is what the media is bragging about. In theory, Ajax is neither the league champion nor the Dutch Cup champion.

There will be the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of next week. Although Koeman put on a full lineup this weekend, it is only for the players to continue their state on the field and warm up the Champions League.

The Ajax players who have been very serious about training and games in recent days even though they did not play fast in the game, they still easily defeated Vidis at home 4:0.

It can be clearly seen that the effect of their cooperation is more tacit. After Koeman's last step to transform the team, the team's offensive and defensive ends can be retracted freely. Although the offense is not as blooming as before, it is not as effective as before. Few, more importantly, the defense has been strengthened, which is a very important foundation for advancing in the Champions League.

In the same round, the already numb PSV Eindhoven has not yet come out of the shadow of invincibility, but fortunately at least the losing streak is over. They were tied 1:1 at home by Breda, and there are 8 rounds left in the Eredivisie In the context of the league, the gap between Ajax and No.2 PSV Eindhoven has widened to a shocking 17 points!

Three days later, England's upstart Chelsea arrived in Amsterdam under the leadership of coach Ranieri!

Qin Xiong learned the news while watching TV with his teammates in the gym.

It seems that as long as a team arrives in a mainstream European league, it will attract the attention of the Dutch sports media.

It's no wonder that at the level of the top 8 of the Champions League, the attention itself is high. Secondly, although Chelsea is not at the same level as Ajax, they are rich, which shocks the European football circle!

This does not depend on the owner's financial resources. After all, the owners of some clubs are quite rich, but they are miserly.

Chelsea's wealth is reflected in: spending money like water!

It's the boss's willingness to spend a lot of money that is shocking.

Although Chelsea boss Abramovich's dream lineup is still far away, he didn't buy any world superstars such as Nesta, Ronaldo, and Raul, but at the very least, he also bought a lot of powerful players who became famous in Europe. Will, plus Chelsea, which was impoverished a year ago, still has a little player background, such as Lampard, Terry, and Glenshire. The strength of Chelsea, which combines the old and the new, is shocking enough. force.

The Dutch media don’t like Chelsea. On the one hand, Chelsea is rich and rich like a local tyrant, which is something that Dutch clubs do not have. Even PSV Eindhoven, which is supported by a consortium, spends money like Chelsea, especially without blinking an eye. Compared with his own strength, it is still a world of difference.

On the other hand, Chelsea's coach Claudio Claudio Claudio Ranieri does not speak English, so it is very troublesome to interview. He also needs to be equipped with a translator to relay the news, which makes the reporters very impatient.

Ranieri made some diplomatic remarks in the pre-match press conference, complimented Ajax's strength and expressed respect, and then made the Dutch media very disgusted by boasting about Chelsea's changes, and even filmed The boss is flattering, it is Abramovich who has brought about a qualitative change in Chelsea, and they will realize their football dreams together.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Without Abramovich, how can Chelsea, which is heavily indebted, have the scenery of today's worry-free life?

But this kind of cruel reality of using money to solve everything and realize dreams is still unacceptable by the public.

Koeman encountered difficulties from Fleet Street in the pre-match press conference.

British journalists are always asking off-topic questions. For example, Chelsea have taken a fancy to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, van der Vaart, Qin Xiong, Maxwell and so on.

As the coach of Ajax, what do you think?

Coman didn't want to cause trouble, but he was still irritated.

Use idealism to attack realism.

Claiming that Chelsea can't buy championships with money, if they want to gain recognition and achievements, they must be down-to-earth and follow the laws of football development. Considerable fighting power, and has won countless honors and achievements.

Chelsea is like the radicals in today's football. Wherever they go, there will be a big debate between money and ideals, reality and tradition.

Of course Ajax belongs to those who have no money and ideals. Of course, they must not understand it and firmly oppose Chelsea.

if not?

The stars who have been cultivated through hard work are seduced away by your money. How are you going to live these days?

The night before the game, Qin Xiong saw the news on the Dutch Sports TV, and he felt very strange.

The quarter-finals of the Champions League between Ajax and Chelsea seems to have changed the focus of the outside world.

out of the game itself.

......

Beihai, night.

A luxury cruise ship was quietly parked on the North Sea. On the bow deck, a middle-aged man in a shirt and trousers stood there, holding a wine glass in one hand and high-end red wine in the other. He poured half a glass for himself from time to time. Wine, looking south while tasting fine wine.

In the distance of the sea, the outline of the mainland can be vaguely seen, and the charming colors of the city under the night can be seen.

There is the Netherlands, Amsterdam.

The man standing at the bow and blowing the sea breeze smiled slightly, raised his wine glass in front of his eyes, and squinted his eyes to observe the far south, the city of freedom.

He is Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea.

Last summer, he entered Stamford Bridge with the ambition to overturn the traditional pattern of European football.

His money has reshaped Chelsea's body, a strong and powerful new body, and the team has reached the top 8 of the Champions League immediately. It doesn't seem too far away from his dream of being the Champions League champion and standing proudly at the pinnacle of European football.

But maybe he underestimated football.

He did bring Chelsea a strong new body, but he couldn't inject a new soul into Chelsea!