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Chapter 1521 I'm here, let go!

"It turned out to be a standard Liege!"

In Yang Yang's office, everyone was a little surprised when they heard the result.

This opponent is not weak at all.

In the eyes of fans all over the world, the real strong teams in Europe should at least be the four major leagues. But in fact, the four major leagues are already the top of the pyramid. The ones that are really underfoot are many teams like Ajax, Nice, Club Brugge and Standard Liege. They may not be well-known, but their strength must not be underestimated.

Ajax is a traditional giant, and fans generally know it, but if you mention Belgium, I am afraid many people will think of Anderlecht, Genk and other teams, but in recent years, the strongest team in Belgium is Club Brugge.

In the past four seasons, this team has won three league championships and one league runner-up, with a stellar record.

What made Brugge's brilliant record in recent years was precisely the poaching of the La Liga team Real Betis in September [-]. At that time, the Spanish coach Garrido was poached by Real Betis, so Brugge dug Michel Prudhom, who was coaching at Al Shabab Club in Saudi Arabia at the time.

The schedule of the League One is very special. There are only 15 teams. The whole season is divided into two stages, one is the regular round robin and the other is the play-offs. After all the teams have completed [-] rounds of the regular round-robin, the top six enter the championship play-offs, the seventh to No.[-] enter the Europa League play-offs, and the last team at the bottom is relegated.

Finally, the play-off points are halved, and after adding the regular training game points, the final standings of the league are ranked.

Standard Liege is a traditional strong team in Belgium, but the last time they won the league championship was five years ago, that is, the season when Prudholm just took over Brugge, when Brugge won the third place in the league.

The next three seasons were in the middle of the rankings, and it seemed to be inactive. Until last season, under the coaching of Portuguese Ricardo Pinto, the team finally won the third place in the league and qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.

Due to the poor performance of Standard Liege in the regular training game of the league, he only got No.6. Although Pinto finally qualified for the Champions League by relying on the points in the play-offs, he was eventually fired.

He was replaced by Prudholm who led Brugge to the championship. He is a direct descendant of Standard Liege's youth academy and a legendary star.

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"In the past few years, Prudholm's European experience has been extremely rich. His team has always participated in the Champions League, so he is very familiar with the Champions League. More importantly, the Standard Liege team has always been stable."

Harvey Alonso was analyzing the opponent's intelligence currently in hand towards everyone.

"Last season's League One round-robin, Standard Liege's biggest problem was their defense. They conceded 41 goals in 43 rounds, and their offense was not outstanding, scoring only [-] goals. But we must pay attention to one thing. Standard Liege often played reversals. The last two rounds of last season were all relying on reversals, and finally qualified for the UEFA Champions League play-offs."

"In the ensuing play-offs of the League One, they won six out of ten games, drew three and lost one. They scored twenty goals. Their offensive ability was even better than that of Bruges, and they only conceded nine goals in defense. They were very, very good."

"Obviously, this is a very capable team. Prudholm is also an old coach with rich experience and a very stable style of play. Facing such an opponent, we must not be careless. If we are not careful, we may be eaten by the opponent."

Yang Yang scanned the crowd, and found that everyone's eyes fell on him.

Winston Bogard is only responsible for injury prevention and rehabilitation physiotherapy, as well as physical strength training for players. Antonio Pintus is also only responsible for physical training, and Frans Hawke focuses on goalkeeper training. Therefore, in the entire coaching team, the only person who can really communicate with Yang Yang is Xavi Alonso.

Of course, that's enough.

Soldiers are expensive and elites are not expensive. Sometimes too many people negotiate together, which is not necessarily a good thing.

"This is a very important game." Yang Yang first set the tone for the upcoming game.

This is not only the debut of Ajax's new season, but also Yang Yang's debut, which is crucial.

How to take this first step is related to the next development of Ajax.

More importantly, Ajax's first leg is still away, and the schedule is relatively favorable.

"The more important the game, the more we have to lift weights lightly and keep calm, so we train and arrange everything as usual. Next, we will only increase some targeted arrangements and drills in the tactical training sessions."

"Our principle is that no matter who the opponent is, we only stick to our tactics. How others play is their business. We should focus on ourselves and respond to all changes with the same."

Ajax is a team composed of young people, and it is impossible to play complex and changeable tactics like Real Madrid.

Real Madrid are a group of experienced top European stars. Whether it is experience, tactical wisdom or their own strength, they are all top-notch, which makes them not only suppress their opponents in strength, but also adapt to different tactical styles.

But Ajax can't do it. The team is too young, and they haven't figured out a set of tactics. If they blindly seek changes, they will make the players at a loss, so they must stick to stability.

After receiving Yang Yang's arrangement, everyone understood, and each dispersed to prepare, only Harvey Alonso stayed.

He and Yang Yang still have important matters to negotiate.

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"There are two goals for the away game this time. One is to score away goals and score as many away goals as possible."

There is a very interesting rule in the Champions League knockout round, and that is away goals.

In the case of the same total score, the team with more away goals will advance.

But don't underestimate this rule, because it has brought earth-shaking changes to the Champions League knockout, and even has a huge impact. At the same time, it also makes the Champions League knockout more interesting and suspenseful.

Many teams like to grab away goals. Some people even say that the away game in the Champions League knockout round has only one purpose, which is to score away goals. Whoever grabs more goals will take the lead.

"While scoring away goals, we have to try to get out of the game, which is a draw."

Yang Yang's thinking is very pragmatic. Facing an opponent like Standard Liege and an old fritter like Prudholm, it is difficult for him to take advantage of the opponent in his first match, so his goal is to seek a draw away.

With Ajax's offensive football, it is not impossible to win away goals and draw at the same time.

"I took a general look. The high center forward of Standard Liege is the Portuguese Orlando Sa. Speaking of which, I have a bit of fate with you, because he transferred to the Chinese Super League Henan team for 430 million euros at the beginning of the year, and came back this summer."

"The two central defenders have no experience in the four major leagues, but they have been in the Champions League team for a long time. The overall strength is still good. The two wingers are Maboku on the left. He is the captain of the team. He has played in the Premier League.

"The other is Mehdi Kasai, who just transferred from La Liga Granada this summer. Both of them have a common characteristic, that is, they are very fast. You know, this kind of fast winger is paired with a high center forward. Whether it is in the Ligue [-], the Eredivisie, or some other leagues, they are very popular."

Of course Yang Yang knows that even in the middle and lower reaches of the four major leagues, many teams use this configuration.

It is simple, direct, and rough, but it is very practical, and it does not require high personal abilities of the players, as long as the characteristics are worthy.

So sometimes, a small team can often create a main lineup, and even perform very well and shine, but once there is an injury or player transfer, the overall strength will be greatly reduced immediately.

But it won't work for the rich teams, because they need to fight on multiple fronts and at the same time need some fault-tolerant preparations.

"This team is not easy to play." Harvey Alonso said with some sorrow.

Yang Yang rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Actually, it's not that difficult."

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On the evening of August [-]th, at the Dufrasen Stadium in Liege, Belgium.

In the [-]-[-] season, in the third knockout round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round, Ajax challenged Standard Liege away.

The Dufrasen Stadium, which can accommodate 1 fans, is full of seats, and the stands are full of voices. Many Belgian fans have come here after hearing the news, just wanting to see the demeanor of Yang Yang, the No. [-] football player in the world.

As soon as Yang Yangfu made his appearance, he immediately turned the fans of the home team into his own fans.

Countless people shouted his name in the stands, and the atmosphere in the arena was extremely warm.

But when it comes to the competition, I believe they will not give Yang Yang such courtesy again.

By the time the Ajax players returned to the dressing room, assistant coach Xabi Alonso began announcing the team's starting XI for the evening.

Goalkeeper Onana, the defense line from left to right is Tagliafico, Militao, Dericht and Ashraf, the three midfielders are Frankie de Jong and Ndombele dragging behind, Van der Beek rushing forward, the front trident is Neres, Jovic and Sancho.

This morning, Yang Yang communicated with the first-team players one by one. He would tell the players whether he would start, why, and why he was chosen as a substitute. Yang Yang would give his own explanation and answer their doubts.

Everyone knew that they would start and substitute, but they didn't know that Yang Yang was not in the starting lineup.

He even put himself on the bench, what a luxury decision.

After Harvey Alonso announced the roster, Yang Yang gently rubbed his hands and walked in front of the players with a smile.

"As I said in the pre-match preparation meeting, away games have only one purpose, and that is to score goals."

"We are a team aiming to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League. We must pay attention to opponents like Standard Liege, but there is no need to be afraid. I believe that you can handle it on your own, because you are better than your opponents!"

Everyone couldn't help but nodded.

"Don't worry, don't be afraid, with my queen, you can go on stage with confidence, let go of your hands and feet, beat my opponent to death for me, and show your strength to your heart's content!"

(End of this chapter)