super storm

Chapter 1481
At noon on March 20th, La Liga's No.[-] eighth round, Real Madrid challenged Eibar away.

Although the team had a rotation, Yang Yang took the initiative to ask Ying to start and scored twice in the game, helping the team beat Eibar [-]-[-] away and scored another three points.

After this game, after nearly [-] days, Real Madrid was finally able to take a good rest in the middle of the week and take a breath.

On the morning of the second day of the game, after recovery training, the team announced a day off.

This made Real Madrid very excited.

After the winter break, for more than three months, Real Madrid didn't even have a day off. All the players were tense and devoted themselves to the preparations and games. Both mentally and physically, they were extremely exhausted.

It is rare to play one game a week. Yang Yang and Zidane arranged two days off, but considering that the league is entering its final stage, the team must balance the players' status, so the two days off should be staggered.

The players also understand this and are still very happy.

……

Taking advantage of the holiday, Yang Yang specially flew to Amsterdam.

Yang Yang rarely spared time, Van Gaal, Van der Sar and others were all happy with his arrival.

After the coaching change, Ajax's situation has not improved.

Reziger's coaching basically continued the thinking of Yang Yang and Kaiser before, insisting on attacking from the left, but this style of play is easy to be contained by the opponent, especially when the opponent gradually understands your thinking.

This is the case in professional leagues. One trick is rarely going to work. Only with enough technical and tactical means can there be enough ways to defeat the opponent in the game.

At present, the Eredivisie has played 27 rounds. Ajax ranks second with 61 points, seven points behind the top-ranked Eindhoven. The possibility of catching up with the opponent is almost gone, because there are only seven rounds left in the league.

With Eindhoven's current performance, it is really very, very difficult for Ajax to reverse.

But the good news is that Ajax is currently ahead of No.3 Alkmaar by five points, and the possibility of the opponent wanting to reverse Ajax is very small. Therefore, as long as Ajax plays normally, it is very hopeful to get second in the league.

But this is not a good thing for Ajax.

Second in the league, this seems to have become the curse and destiny of Ajax in the past few years.

Ranked second in the league every year, they have to participate in the third round of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers every year, and every season either stops in the third round or stops in the play-offs. They are always one step away from the UEFA Champions League group stage, but they still can't get past it.

What's more terrible is that neither Van Gaal nor Van der Sar has a good solution to the team's situation.

"The number of goals reached 72, four more than Eindhoven. It is the team with the strongest offensive ability in the Eredivisie. The number of goals conceded is only 25, two less than Alkmaar, and six less than Eindhoven."

Van Gaal was very angry when he said it, "We are the team with the strongest offensive ability and the strongest defense in the Eredivisie, but we are as many as seven points behind PSV Eindhoven. How can people be reconciled?"

Yang Yang heard the annoyance in Van Gaal's heart, and also felt the unwillingness of Van der Sar and others, which is normal.

Is this Ajax team not strong?
no.

As Yang Yang said before, he is very confident in this Ajax team, because the strength of this team is really good.

If we say that at the beginning of the season, everyone was still full of doubts about Ajax, thinking that Ajax’s strength had plummeted after selling many main players, especially the entire central axis, then now, after most of the season, Ajax definitely made everyone shine.

Dolber is gone, but the new aid Jovic shines in the center position; Younis is gone, Neres has sprung up;

The core midfielder Klaassen left the team, but Frankie de Jong and Van der Beek have sprung up suddenly. In addition, Ndombele is becoming more and more mature. Today's Ajax midfielder strength has not declined compared to before, but there is a faint trend of improvement, because this combination is too young.

The defense left Davidson Sanchez and Tate and others, but new aids Dumfries and Warbel gained a firm foothold. After the teenager Jorge was injured, Tagliafico replaced him and even directly took the main position. The Brazilian left back had to sit on the bench after returning from injury.

On the bench, Kluivert Jr., Mullen, Stens, Schone, Rosario, Feltman...

There are mature and young players in the Ajax lineup, and the internal competition is very fierce. Everyone has to work hard and work hard to perform and improve themselves in order to gain a firm foothold in the main lineup.

It can be said that Ajax seems to be younger than last season, and its strength on paper is weaker, but both Yang Yang and Van Gaal are very clear that this Ajax team is really very strong and has great potential.

This is why Yang Yang dared to say that he would bring this team to the quarter-finals of the Champions League within three years.

He never talks nonsense. Three years is his most conservative estimate. If the players improve rapidly, he is fully confident that he will lead Ajax to the Champions League knockout within two years.

But why does such a team play like this in the Eredivisie?
If it is said that both the Champions League and the Europa League failed at the beginning of the season, and the Dutch Cup is a problem with the formation of the former coach Keizer, then what about the Eredivisie?

Why is there such a big ups and downs?
"The right back is still a problem. When our left side is frozen by the opponent, we don't have a very effective way to break through the opponent's defense. This is a big problem. In addition, the team is relatively young, so in many games, we clearly have the advantage, but we still can't win or get a draw."

Yang Yang has carefully considered this matter. Ajax scored the most goals and conceded the fewest goals, but why are there so many draws and losses?

There is only one answer, and that is that the team's performance is very unstable.

Young teams will always perform unstable, and what is more serious about Ajax is that too much offense is concentrated on the left.

If it is those teams that are unable to resist Ajax's left attack, they will often be devastated and win big victories one after another, but if they encounter opponents who can stop them, then Ajax will have no good way.

"This is a very serious problem." Yang Yang hoped to attract the attention of Van Gaal and Van der Sar. "If we want to make a breakthrough in the Champions League next season, we must solve this problem, because the overall strength of the opponents in the Champions League is very good, even if it is just a peripheral game."

Today's Ajax does not have any chips to underestimate any team participating in the Champions League, even in the peripheral qualifiers, because Ajax has been on the periphery for many years.

One year or two can be said to be accidental, but several years in a row, this is absolutely unusual.

More importantly, this will bring a huge psychological burden to the team, just like Real Madrid's Champions League Sixteen Lang, the more entangled in this, the harder it is often to make a breakthrough.

"How is the signing of the right back and central defender going?" Yang Yang asked with concern.

Although central defender Wobel performed well, Yang Yang still felt unsatisfied. The combination of him and De Ligt did not complement each other.

Such a central defender partner can cope with the Eredivisie, but it is not enough if they want to go to the Champions League.

Yang Yang has been in the Champions League for many years. He has experienced too many defenses, so he knows very well that a combination of high-school defenders like De Ligt and Wobel will have to kneel when they encounter fast and flexible forwards with good skills.

The key to preparing for the battle is to prepare for all potential hidden dangers. Otherwise, it will be too late when you meet a small striker in the Champions League qualifiers next season.

Losing a game is often a lost season.

"After what you said before, we are looking around for players who meet our requirements. At present, the more rewarding ones are the central defenders. There are three or four people on the inspection list. I have arranged for scouts to follow up one-on-one. Be sure to understand everything about the opponent."

After listening to Van Gaal's words, Yang Yang kept nodding his head. He was very assured of Van Gaal's ability and Ajax's scouting level.

How can there be such a good thing in this world?

Especially now that there is such a shortage of central defenders, who are both good and capable, and at the same time cheap, they take advantage of everything.

But it seems that Van Gaal seems very sure to solve the hidden danger of the central defender.

"The most difficult thing now is the right back." Van Gaal said with a helpless expression. "If it is necessary to have excellent defensive ability, we have it in our team. Dumfries and others can be competent. But it is really hard to find a right back with strong offensive ability. Every one of them is a treasure of each team."

Originally Tate was good, but unfortunately, he was poached by Lyon.

If the problem on the right side cannot be solved, then Ajax's stubborn illness still cannot be solved.

Of course, Yang Yang is not helpless, he can coordinate through overall tactics, but it is still a big loss in the end.

Flying with both wings, this is the tactic Yang Yang wants to play in Ajax.

"It's okay, there is still time, if you search patiently, you will always meet a suitable candidate." Yang Yang can only give encouragement.

He must not have much time in the future, because the Champions League will be the knockout round of the quarter-finals soon, and Yang Yang's game tasks in Real Madrid are also very heavy, so he must have no time to take care of Ajax.

He promised Florentino that he hoped to help Real Madrid win another Champions League and achieve the Triple Crown again. After that, he retired and left Real Madrid. This can be regarded as his explanation to the chairman of Real Madrid and to the fans of Real Madrid.

If the Champions League can really win five consecutive championships, in this case, not to mention Yang Yang, even Zidane has the idea of ​​​​retiring.

After all, if they stay, what can they bring to the team?
Instead of this, it is better to retreat bravely and protect yourself wisely.

Of course, Yang Yang came to Ajax directly from Real Madrid, which really surprised many people.

But there is no way, in the most important plan of his second half of his life, Ajax is very important.

(End of this chapter)