super storm

Chapter 1560 Finally qualified!
Due to the renovation of the White Hart Lane Stadium, the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League Group B, the focus of Tottenham Hotspur's home game against Inter Milan is still held at Wembley Stadium.

Before the game, the situation faced by the two teams was completely different.

Tottenham Hotspur are brave, and their performance in the death group is also remarkable, but their ability to grab points is not enough.

The biggest problem is that they suffered a three-game losing streak in the first three rounds. Although they were all narrow losses, they failed to score points. After the fourth round of home draw with Ajax, they basically announced their exit in advance.

The brutality of the Group of Death is here.

With the strength of Tottenham Hotspur, any one of the other seven groups is eligible for the right to advance. However, in Group B, in front of the sudden emergence of Ajax, the old and solid Bayern Munich, and the mature and stable Inter Milan, Tottenham still lost some advantages.

With only one point in four rounds, they were eliminated from the group stage early. Before the game, everyone guessed that Tottenham Hotspur's fighting spirit would not be too strong.

On the other hand, Inter Milan scored five points in the first four rounds, which is one goal away from Ajax and Bayern Munich. This makes the Serie A team will definitely do their best to beat Tottenham Hotspur in the away game and strive to win.

Therefore, before the game, everyone from the media to the fans to the gaming companies was optimistic about Inter Milan.

But the result once again surprised everyone.

At the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of the home court and launched a rush attack on Inter Milan, frequently threatening Inter Milan's goal and creating more opportunities in a row.

Even in the No. 308 minute, Lucas Jr. broke through and passed back after being blocked. Winks hit the goal directly from the top of the penalty area and hit the goal crossbar. Inter Milan escaped.

After that, Tottenham Hotspur continued to chase Inter Milan fiercely. Although the Serie A team also counterattacked, it was difficult to create a threat. On the contrary, in the No. 80 minute, Sissoko broke into the penalty area from the right and made a pass.

This goal lead was maintained until the end of the game!

One to zero, Tottenham Hotspur won Inter Milan at home.

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When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Yang Yang, Harvey Alonso, Van Gaal, Edwin van der Sar and Overmars all cheered in the administrative office of the Cruyff Stadium in Amsterdam.

"awesome!"

"Awesome!"

"Lady Luck has finally favored us once!"

"Great, qualifying ahead of schedule, the pressure of the last round will be relieved a lot!"

"Who said no?"

"12 years!! I have been waiting for 12 years!!!"

"God, we finally made it to the knockout stages of the Champions League again!"

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Both Yang Yang and Van Gaal looked very calm, but from their eyes, it was not difficult to see their inner excitement at this moment.

Yes, Ajax has not made it to the Champions League knockout rounds for 12 years.

Now, I have finally made a breakthrough in my grades, what a joyful thing it is!

But besides being happy, Yang Yang also had to feel lucky.

Before the game, Inter Milan was the favorite, but in the game, this team did not show the kind of vigor and aggressiveness that should be expected to win an away game. It is obvious that the Inter Milan players have psychological problems.

More importantly, Tottenham Hotspur gave Inter Milan a bad start from the very beginning and made a very good start.

There are no underdogs in the Champions League!
Especially in this terrible group of death, Tottenham Hotspur are putting their lives to death. They are now fighting for their dignity, but they played a very exciting key matchup and defended their dignity.

"Spalletti still underestimated Tottenham Hotspur's determination." Van Gaal shook his head and sighed.

"That's right," Yang Yang nodded, "It's the same for Premier League teams, but against a team like Tottenham Hotspur, any underestimation would be fatal, especially in the current situation of fighting to the death."

Van Gaal patted Yang Yang's shoulder with a smile and said nothing.

In fact, in the two games Ajax played Tottenham Hotspur, the North London team also played very tenaciously and tried their best, because they had two consecutive losses and three consecutive losses at that time. In order to qualify, they had to give it a go.

When Pochettino's team faced Ajax, the combat effectiveness shown was not lost to Inter Milan tonight, but why did Ajax end up with [-] to [-] at home and [-] to [-] away?
The answer is simple, Yang Yang didn't intend to back down at all, and directly confronted them.

The narrow road meets the brave to win!

Spalletti's formation tonight is conservative!

As a world-class coach in the past, Van Gaal can understand Spalletti's concerns, because no one can predict the result before each game, but the cruelty of professional football lies in the fact that the result is the greatest justice.

Therefore, in many cases, whether the head coach's decision is correct or wise depends on the final result of the game.

It is also true that wrong decisions lead to victory, and the reverse can also be true.

As for Yang Yang...

Van Gaal really couldn't understand it, because he couldn't understand Yang Yang's cards at all, but he was sure of one thing, that is, Ajax was not as weak as Yang Yang's modesty, at least even in the face of Tottenham Hotspur tonight, Ajax was completely capable of fighting.

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While celebrating excitedly, Van der Sar came over and hugged Yang Yang vigorously, shouting thank you incessantly.

He has been in the management of Ajax for many years, but he has been criticized all the time. The important reason is the poor performance of the team.

Even after the Velvet Revolution, Ajax has not undergone earth-shaking changes and is still trapped in the quagmire.

Until that year, at the UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony, he met Yang Yang and revealed to him the plight of Ajax. Yang Yang's capital injection and guidance opened up a wider world for Ajax.

Overmars, Davis, Bergkamp and others also gathered around Yang Yang and Van Gaal to celebrate.

After a 12-year absence, it is definitely a huge change for Ajax to reach the Champions League knockout round again.

It's not just about the money, there are many, many potential, huge payoffs.

Such as attractiveness to players.

In the past few years, why do many domestically famous players in the Netherlands prefer PSV Eindhoven?
Because this team can play in the Champions League, and the results are good.

On the other hand, Ajax, if they can't play in the Champions League, they don't have much appeal.

Nowadays, Ajax is not only full of talents in the first team, but also in the youth team.

With the outstanding performance of the first team in the Champions League group stage this season, and with the skyrocketing value of European players, the market valuation of the Ajax first team has further soared.

Jovic, Frankie de Jong, Neres, Sancho, Ndombele...

Deloitte had assessed the value of Ajax players before, and the first-team players were all worth more than 3000 million euros. Even Mazraoui, who was just transferred to the first-team by Yang Yang this season and only played right back in the Eredivisie, is now worth more than 1000 million euros.

And everyone knows that what Deloitte gave is only an evaluation price, but the actual transfer fee is much higher than the evaluation price.

Just like Frankie De Jong, his current evaluation price is 600 million euros, but Barcelona's first bid is 5000 million euros. Even so, it is still impossible for Ajax to agree.

There are also Ashraf and Odegaard, these two players have made Ajax a lot of money!
It can be said that under Yang Yang's coaching this season, Ajax has made a major breakthrough in its performance, and the club's management will therefore embark on a broader road.

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There has never been a moment when the Dutch media will cheer for a Champions League showdown between Premier League and Serie A teams.

But after Tottenham Hotspur defeated Inter Milan [-]-[-], the media in the Netherlands were boiling.

Countless media and fans are cheering.

Because of Tottenham Hotspur's victory, Ajax advanced to the Champions League knockout round ahead of schedule. This is the first time the team has entered the Champions League knockout round in 12 years.

Yang Yang's name keeps appearing in the major Dutch media, TV stations, radio stations, websites and forums, and he even went out of the Netherlands soon, and he can be seen in the media all over the world. Praise and reports on him.

When he announced his arrival at Ajax a few months ago, the whole world thought he was crazy!
Why go to a team that can't even play in the Champions League group stage?
But a few months later, he shocked the whole world with his miraculous performance!

After defeating the standard Liege and Dynamo Kiev, he broke into the UEFA Champions League group stage. Unluckily, he was assigned to the Super Death Group. Facing the attack of Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Tottenham Hotspur and other giants, Yang Yang insisted on leading Ajax to fight his way out and temporarily ranked first in the group!

What an astonishing achievement!
You know, this team has not made it to the Champions League knockout rounds for 12 years!
The Times, The Guardian, The Mirror, Bild, Kicker, L'Equipe, Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere della Torino, La Repubblica, El Pais, Aspen, Marca, and even the Catalan Daily Sport and Mundo Sport, which have never been used to Yang Yang, are rushing to report this news.

In the past ten years or so, Ajax has never attracted the attention of the whole of Europe and even the whole world like it is now.

Everyone was shocked by Yang Yang's coaching performance. Even UEFA's official website was amazed at Ajax's early advancement when commenting on the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group match, thinking that Yang Yang had once again created a miracle in Ajax.

"He became the first head coach in the history of European football who did not get the head coach certificate, but led the team to the knockout round of the Champions League!"

Some media even revealed that UEFA is organizing a meeting to discuss whether to open up a special channel for Yang Yang to get a coaching certificate, because he is not yet able to sit on the head coach of Ajax openly.

A head coach who can lead the team out of the death group and into the knockout round of the Champions League, but can't get a coaching certificate?
Is this Yang Yang's problem?Or UEFA's problem?

(End of this chapter)