super storm

Chapter 1472

While Yang Yang led Real Madrid to La Liga, Ajax, who was far away in Amsterdam, was also hurrying to prepare for the second half of the Eredivisie. Van Gaal and Edwin van der Sar's goal for the team was to keep the top two in the league.

This is not an easy task.

Before the winter break, the Eredivisie played a total of 3 rounds. Ajax was five points behind PSV Eindhoven and only three points ahead of No.[-] Alkmaar. With Ajax's fluctuating performance, it was not easy to reverse Eindhoven.

Ajax's biggest advantage is the schedule. Not only have they been eliminated in the Champions League and Europa League, but they have also been eliminated from the Dutch Cup. This has led to Ajax only having the Dutch League next.

Single-line combat, one game a week, this is a good thing for Ajax.

During the training camp during the winter break, the Brazilian left-back Jorge, who shined in the first half, injured his knee during training and is expected to be absent for one to two months. This made Ajax feel a little unprepared.

A very important reason why the team was able to counterattack all the way in the first half and return to the second place in the standings was the attack on the left. The full-back Jorge drove Frankie de Jong and Neres in front, coupled with Jovic's deterrent power in the middle, so that Ajax's offense was completely activated.

Now that Ruore is injured, Ajax has lost his arm on the left, and Ziyech can only rely on Ziyech to attack on the right, which has curbed the team's good momentum in the first half.

Van Gaal and Van der Sar also mentioned in the video conference with Yang Yang that Jorge was repeatedly photographed by the Dutch media in nightclubs. Although he was suppressed by Ajax, it also caused people to worry about whether the 21-year-old Brazilian teenager had enough self-discipline.

In terms of training young players, Ajax already has a very mature and complete mechanism, and has very rich experience. They clearly know how to persuade players, how to guide players, and how to put pressure on players, urging them to maintain self-discipline and progress.

Therefore, after obtaining Yang Yang's consent, Ajax quickly introduced their captain Niklas Tagliafico from the Argentine Independiente with a transfer fee of 350 million euros.

This is not the first time Nicolas Tagliafico has landed in Europe. As early as 20, the 27-year-old Argentine came to Murcia on loan from his home team Banfield. As a result, he played [-] times in only one year and only assisted one time. His performance was not satisfactory, so he failed to stay.

After returning to Banfield, Tagliafico helped the team win the Argentine Serie B championship and broke into the highest-level Serie A at the time. He transferred to the independent team in [-] and was soon appointed as the captain. In [-], he led the team to win the South American Club Cup.

He is only 1.7 meters tall, but Tagliafico is known for his desperation on the court. He can run and fight hard.

Tagliafico is 25 years old, has already matured, and has proven his strength in South America and Argentina, and was selected for the Argentine national team. This time, his purpose of coming to Ajax is to make up for the shortcomings of six years ago and prove his strength and value in European football.

In contrast, Jorge has more characteristics in offense. He has the skills of a Brazilian player at his feet, can pass, control and burst, and is 1.8 meters tall. This is the standard height of a full-back, but his body is slightly thinner, but he is younger.

Tagliafico has more experience and maturity, and he knows exactly what he wants. Such players are often more liked by the head coach, because there is no need to worry about their hard work on the court.

The intention of Ajax to introduce Tagliafico is very clear. It is not only to fill the vacancy on the left side of the team, but also to put more pressure on Jorge, forcing Brazilian players to feel the cruelty of competition and strive to improve themselves.

Sometimes young players are like that, it's too smooth sailing, it's not a good thing.

Of course, not all players' training can be smooth sailing.

Just like Kluivert Jr.

Due to the adjustment of the team's style of play, Ziyech moved forward to play the right winger and adopted a style of play as a front midfielder, which caused Kluivert Jr. to become a rotation and substitute player, which made Kluivert Jr. very dissatisfied.

Ajax is full of patience with him. Van Gaal, van der Sar, Bergkamp and others have persuaded him many times and patiently explained the team's intentions to him, but he still can't accept it, thinking that he should get a main position.

Just before the winter break transfer window opened, he publicly bombarded Ajax, threatening to leave the team if he was not given the main position, which made Ajax very passive.

There is no doubt that his potential and talent are very promising, but when the team is doing well, there is no reason for Kluivert to disrupt the pace of the team, and his talents, whether compared with Neres or Ziyech, are obviously still somewhat insufficient.

Another England teenager, Sancho, has always been a substitute and rotation, and he has made great progress in the team.

Therefore, both Van Gaal and Van der Sar felt very headaches for Kluivert Jr. If they agreed to his request, they must destroy the status quo of the team. If they refused, his contract was only until [-]. He threatened that he would not renew his contract with the club, which made Ajax in a dilemma.

The club finally came to the conclusion that if Kluivert Jr. refused to renew his contract, he could only choose to sell him this summer. It is impossible to keep him for a free transfer, right?
Besides, there are many young players in the current team, and there are many young players waiting to be promoted. If they really want to leave, Ajax will not force them to stay, and they cannot be threatened by players anyway.

Even if his surname is Kluivert.

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In addition to Tagliafico, Ajax also signed Norwegian Molde striker Erling Haaland during the winter break.

The 17-year-old Norwegian teenager has only played [-] games for Molde so far, scoring four goals and one assist. Among them, he scored two goals and one assist in the league. They were all achieved in the second half of last year in the Norwegian League, basically all came off the bench.

Molde coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is very optimistic about this young teenager. He has recommended it to Manchester United many times before, but the Red Devils don't care about him, so this gave Ajax the opportunity to take the opportunity and paid a transfer fee of 300 million euros. At the same time, he promised to continue to loan Harland to Molde for another season.

Since the Norwegian league will not start until March and end at the end of November, if Harland returns to Ajax, it will not be until January [-] at the earliest, after the winter break transfer window opens.

However, during the loan period of Molde, Ajax will arrange a special coach to follow up, hoping to help him improve his strength as soon as possible.

Van Gaal is very optimistic about him, thinking that the future of this tall and strong Norwegian center is limitless.

Jovic, introduced this season, has basically played a role in the first half, especially in that wave of crazy offense, Jovic has played an important role as a center, which also makes people look forward to the second half, or next season.

Ajax's strategy is also very clear. Cultivating young semi-finished products like Jovic and Harland has shown potential. After playing their worth, Ajax simply cannot retain people.

Star processing factory, this is the way Ajax will survive in the future.

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On January [-], in the first round of the knockout round of the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid challenged Leganes away.

Leganes is a satellite city located in the southern outskirts of Madrid. This newly promoted team last season was finally able to relegation with difficulty, which has surprised many people. However, they are ranked No.13 in La Liga so far this season, which is another surprise.

In the away game against Leganes, Real Madrid still played with rotation and substitute lineup.

Yang Yang and Zidane once again rotated 809 players. As a result, they played almost zero-to-nil against Leganes in the away game. It was not until the No.[-] minute that the young player Teo Hernandez made a pass from the left. Asensio shot from the edge of the small penalty area and broke Leganes' goal, scoring the lore goal for Real Madrid.

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Three days later, in the No.20 round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Deportivo at home.

After the opening, Real Madrid took the initiative to apply pressure, but failed to break the deadlock.

Yang Yang and Mbappe's double forwards didn't cooperate very well. On the contrary, in the No.203 minute, a quick counterattack penetrated Real Madrid's defense on the right, and then passed to the center. Adrian Lopez scored an empty goal from close range.

The conceded goal stimulated the bloodiness of Real Madrid, and the home team launched a crazy counterattack.

No. In the 209th minute, Marcelo suddenly entered the left side of the penalty area and crossed to the front of the small penalty area. Yang Yang dived to the top from close range and scored a header to break through Deportivo's goal, tying the score.

No.40 In the second minute, Yang Yang retreated to meet Marcelo, then turned around and sent a direct pass. The Brazilian left back once again inserted into the left side of the penalty area and made a pass to the back point.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, it was another push from the edge of the small penalty area by Mbappe, which made another victory for Real Madrid.

Then Yang Yang assisted Modric with a heel push and scored, four to one!

No.708 minutes, Marcelo sent an assist from the left, Yang Yang quickly ran out of the gap, and easily scored the goal with no defense, [-] to [-]!

No.804 minutes, Mbappe made a pass from the right, and Yang Yang scored with a header in front of the goal, [-] to [-]!

hat trick!

Then with a corner kick, Varane headed the ball and Vermaelen scored a goal, [-] to [-]!

In the end, Real Madrid beat Deportivo [-]-[-] with Yang Yang's hat-trick and assists.

Marcelo, who has been criticized and criticized recently, is also a shame tonight, using a hat-trick of assists to justify himself.

(End of this chapter)