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Chapter 118 Killing Arsenal

Ibrahimovic is crazy!

That's the unanimous conclusion reached by Ajax after watching the Swedish centre-forward's hard work in training.

It is completely different from him who is usually idle, Ibrahimovic is working very hard in every training, and the smile on his face has lost the old smile, replaced by an indescribable solemnity.

What's the matter with him?
Everyone in the team was talking and guessing in private. Some people suspected that he broke up with his girlfriend, some people suspected that he felt the pressure of his recent poor performance, and some even speculated that he had found a suitable team and wanted to show better performance.

Only Yang Yang, Maxwell and Vermaelen knew that he wanted to kill Arsenal.

When a person is desperate for a clear goal that is close at hand, the burst of energy is amazing.

Ibrahimovic is like this now.

But it is precisely because he is completely different from usual that many people are not used to it. Even the head coach Ronald Koeman asked Yang Yang privately what was going on, for fear that something might be wrong with the Swedish center.

"He's fine, he's just crazy about scoring goals." Yang Yang said with a smile.

The grudge between Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Wenger is his private matter. He only told Yang Yang because he is a friend, but this does not mean that he wants others to know, so Yang Yang is willing to keep it a secret for him.

"It's a good thing to want to score goals, but the battle is coming, don't get yourself injured." Ronald Koeman was relieved.

"Also," after a pause, the head coach continued, "You are his friend, you need to find out more about him. Sometimes the more you pursue it deliberately, the more often you miss the goal. It's best to relax and maintain a normal mind."

"Okay, I'll tell him." Yang Yang nodded.

Koeman is a successful professional player after all. On this point, his opinion is quite worthy of consideration.

"Don't go to school for the last two days, concentrate on training, adjust your state, and the home game is very important."

Since entering the first team, Yang Yang has always found time to go to school, sometimes in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon. He played away games in a row a few days ago, and he didn’t even go to a class for a week. The school is also very helpless about this, but Yang Yang is now a regular member of the 18-man roster, so he really doesn’t have time.

The club also attaches great importance to Yang Yang's studies. This is the most important request made by his uncle Shen Ming when he signed the contract. Therefore, as long as there is time, the club will arrange teachers to give Yang Yang one-on-one tutoring lessons so that he can keep up with the school's learning progress as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Yang Yang has the ability of photographic memory, he learns very quickly, and his academic performance has not declined, but has always remained at the forefront of the top students. This also surprised the school and the club, and turned a blind eye to his frequent absences.

Yang Yang knew in his heart that Ajax was a veteran team after all. Facing the powerful Arsenal, although there was not much chance of winning, it did not mean that the club would be willing to bow their heads and kill them. They must fight for a victory at home and then go to the away game for a draw.

"I know." Yang Yang nodded.

"The good news is that Ashley Cole will definitely not be able to play this game. You must have no way to compete with the world's top left-backs. But the bad news is that the French teenager Clichy, who replaced Ashley Cole, performed very well in yesterday's away game against Chelsea in the London derby."

Yang Yang was very surprised when he heard that, "Is it starting at Arsenal? Or is it such an important game?"

"Yeah, Arsenal is now looking for a new stadium. Wenger doesn't have much money to invest in transfers, so he can only boldly recruit new players. This Clichy is not too young. Currently, the youngest player for Arsenal should be Cesc Fabregas from Spain. He will only be 17 years old in May. He is younger than you, but he has been playing with the team."

Yang Yang smiled wryly. He originally thought he was young enough, but he didn't expect that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky.

He started the main team in the London Derby in the Premier League, and represented Arsenal in the Premier League at the age of 16. Apart from admiration for young talents like Clichy and Cesc Fabregas, Yang Yang also had a hint of competition.

He wanted to know the difference in strength between himself and these people of similar age.

"I'll ask Luther to sort out a copy of materials and video recordings later on. You can get them from him and study them carefully."

Ronald Koeman has attached great importance to this since he knew that Yang Yang likes to collect information on his opponents before the game, because he found that Yang Yang played very targeted every time he came off the bench, which is obviously a good homework before the game.

Because of this, before each game, he would ask Luther Carroll to prepare a special material for Yang Yang.

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After seeing Yang Yang, Ronald Koeman walked back to the first team coach's office.

At this time, not only the coaching staff of Ajax's first team were present, but even the technical director Van Gaal also came to observe. Everyone's face looked very dignified, because they were going to face Arsenal, which was invincible in the Premier League next.

The stadium is like a battlefield, and information and intelligence are always the key to defeating the enemy.

Since the draw of Arsenal in December, Ajax's scouts have been working intensively, focusing on collecting all kinds of information on Arsenal, sorting out and analyzing them, so as to prepare for the upcoming knockout match. Play a role.

"According to the information we have received, it can be basically confirmed that Arsenal has a lot of injuries, Ashley Cole will not start, Bergkamp will basically not start, and may not even make the squad." Luther Carroll analyzed.

"Why?" Coleman asked.

He and Bergkamp used to be teammates, and he is very aware of the strength of this Dutch player. Although he will soon be 35 years old, Bergkamp's performance is still very good, and he is an important member of Arsenal's striker this season.

"Arsenal spent 1000 million euros during the winter break to introduce Jose Antonio Reyes from Sevilla in La Liga. This young player is Wenger's most important player now. He is very fast. More importantly, everyone is very strange to him, and the double striker formed by him and Henry has lightning speed and is very lethal."

With the undefeated season, Arsenal's starting lineup and technical and tactical play have begun to be noticed by all teams, not only in the Premier League, even in the Champions League, the Gunners are also the target of public criticism.

In this case, the stimulation brought by the fresh blood can not only act on the team, but it is also a hidden danger to those opponents who are familiar with or have studied Arsenal in depth.

"If there is no accident, we speculate that the starting lineup is goalkeeper Seaman. The defense line from left to right is Clichy, Campbell, Kolo Touré and Lauren. There is no suspense about the two left and right midfielders in the midfield. Pires is on the left and Ljungberg is on the right. But in addition to captain Vieira in the center, it depends on whether Gilberto Silva can return from injury. Otherwise, it should be Brazilian midfielder Edu. The striker will be a combination of Henry and Reyes."

As the season progresses to the present, there is basically no suspense between the two sides' technical and tactical play and starting lineup, but Arsenal's advantage is that even if they only use the bench, they are enough to firmly suppress Ajax.

"In terms of offense, Ljungberg has not been in a good state recently. He cooperated with Bergkamp the most tacitly before, but now the first player is Reyes, who has just arrived. There has been no spark between the two of them, but it still can't be ignored."

Luther Carroll's reminder made everyone nod their heads.

A star at Ljungberg's level may create a deadly killing opportunity at any time.

"We must pay attention to Pires on the left. Manchester United's [-]-[-] defeat of Arsenal in the FA Cup a few days ago is worth learning from. Ferguson used Keane to mark Pires, and we have De Jong or Garasek. Cutting off Pires' connection with Henry can greatly curb Arsenal's offensive threat."

The most powerful offensive firepower of the Gunners currently comes from the left. The combination of Ashley Cole, Pires and Henry on the left has made all European football teams frightened. But now that Ashley Cole is injured, as long as the connection between Pires and Henry is cut off, Arsenal's offense will be greatly reduced.

"Clichy played very well in the away game against Chelsea and was selected into the best team of the current round of the Premier League. However, if we study it carefully, it is not difficult to find that he has basically no contribution on the offensive end. In defense, he likes to tackle very much. This is not a good habit."

"Arsenal's two full-backs, Lauren and Clichy, both have positional problems. In the game against Chelsea, Goodjohnson repeatedly cut inside the penalty area from the left rib, causing Lauren and central defender Toure. The position overlaps, not only giving way to the side, but also leaving a chance for the left side of the front of the penalty area."

"The problem with Clichy on the left is his cover. Campbell is tall and strong and has excellent frontal defensive ability, but his slow turn is an old problem. Once he is pulled out, Clichy can't always cover his position behind him in time. Therefore, whether it is Chelsea or Manchester United, they must grab Clichy's side to play."

"In the last round of the Premier League game against Chelsea, in the goal lost at the beginning, Chrissy's left flank was the starting point for Chelsea's goal. It was only in the subsequent games that he performed very well, which covered up the initial mistakes. But all teams seized this point to play, and the answer is already very obvious."

After Luther Carroll's analysis, everyone began to understand that behind Arsenal's incomparable strength, there are actually very weak links, especially the impact of injuries is no less than that of other teams.

If the world's top left-back Ashley Cole is on the field, maybe this problem on the left will be covered up, but for now, the teenager Clichy is destined to become the weakest link in the Arsenal lineup.

The key is, how can Ajax take advantage of this?
Manchester United won the FA Cup, but Chelsea was reversed [-]-[-] by Arsenal in the Premier League when they scored first at home. Both games provided Ajax with enough experience and material for reference.

How to play this game?
Everyone looked at Ronald Koeman in unison.

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