super storm

Chapter 1572 Return to the Red Devil Era
Young players beat more, the effect is still obvious.

A week later, Ajax beat Venlo [-]-[-] at home.

Another big score, but what makes Yang Yang most happy is not the team's possession rate of more than 90.00%, nor the team's pass success rate of [-]%, but the team's goals from six players.

Jovic, Sancho, Neres, Van der Beek, Odegaard and Haaland, who played for Ajax for the first time.

The Norwegian teenager Haaland played instead of Jovic in the No. 70th minute. At that time, the team led [-]-[-]. Then Odegaard expanded the score for Ajax. After that, Odegaard assisted Haaland to score.

The player with the best performance in the game was Neres who passed and shot, but in Yang Yang's mind, the best performer was Odegaard who came off the bench. This Norwegian genius played the most exciting part of the game in Ajax.

In just 10 minutes, he used two assists and one goal, proving his strength and great potential.

Obviously, he is starting to make the most powerful impact on the team's starting lineup.

Whether it is Van der Beek who bears the brunt, Frankie de Jong, or Ndombele, they are all obviously threatened.

There is also Haaland, also from Norway, who scored a goal in his debut at Ajax. His tall stature left a very deep impression on the fans, especially his sprinting momentum, which is even more amazing.

With the outbreak of Jovic this season, the Serbian center has attracted the attention of many European giants. Before that, Ajax fans were very worried that Jovic's departure would bring a painful blow to the team, and even a little carelessness would repeat the mistakes after the Europa League final two years ago.

But now, as players such as Erdegaard, Harland, Mullen, Stens and other players are performing better and better, Ajax fans are more at ease. They begin to believe that even if the team really bleeds, it will not be injured.

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What Yang Yang is most happy about is the team's multi-point blooming. After all, this is also a symbol of strong offensive power.

Of course, the opponent Venlo does not have much reference value, and it is not worth making a fuss about, but it can be seen from the game that Ajax's offensive routines are becoming more and more organized, and the players are implementing Yang Yang's tactical concepts and field requirements.

This is what Yang Yang is most happy about.

As for defeating Venlo to get three points, this has long been in his plan.

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A week later, in the No.20 round of Eredivisie, Ajax challenged Hercules away.

Yang Yang once again carried out a large-scale rotation, and for the first time this season, he tried to let Harland start instead of Jovic.

The purpose of doing this is to make the team's main lineup in a better state to meet the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League in the middle of the week, but the rotation adjustment of the defense has loosened the team's defense.

In the opening 6 minutes, Hercules made a quick counterattack and made Feltman's foul in the penalty area. Ajax was awarded a penalty kick. This is definitely a big blow to Ajax.

This is the first time the team has been awarded a penalty kick this season.

But at the critical moment, Onana bravely saved Kuvas's penalty kick, proud of Ajax.

In the next No. 17 minutes, with a wonderful pass from Erdegaard, Haaland broke through the opponent's goal again and scored in two consecutive games. This is also Ajax's only goal in this game.

In the end, the team relied on Harland's goal to narrowly beat Hercules [-]-[-] in the away game.

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On the second day after Yang Yang led the team to defeat Hercules in an away game, Yang Yang's efforts during the winter break finally paid off.

Erik ten Hag led Utrecht to a [-]-[-] draw at home to PSV Eindhoven.

In just 7 minutes of the opening, Ten Hag's team took the lead in scoring. No. 308 minutes further expanded the score and took a two-goal lead in the first half.

It's a pity that Utrecht failed to maintain its advantage in the first half in the second half, and was eventually pulled by Luke de Jong with two goals in a row. In the end, it was a [-]-[-] draw with Eindhoven.

But after a draw, the league points gap between Eindhoven and Ajax has widened to ten.

For the Eredivisie with only 34 rounds and only [-] rounds left, the [-]-point lead is big enough.

Yang Yang can also meet the Champions League knockout with a more relaxed attitude.

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There is a saying in football that changing coaches is like changing knives.

In many cases, it's not that the head coach can't see the team's own problems, even the outside media and fans can see it, so how can the head coach not see it?
The real problem is that due to various reasons, the head coach failed to solve these problems.

In this case, a coaching change can often have an immediate effect.

It's like Manchester United, who changed from Mourinho to Solskjaer. The result is shocking. After Solskjaer took office, Manchester United started a brave mode that is overwhelming.

First, a wave of eight consecutive victories shocked the entire Premier League and even European football.

With six consecutive victories in the league and two consecutive victories in the FA Cup, Solskjaer's start is amazing enough, including a [-]-[-] away victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the league and a [-]-[-] away victory over Arsenal in the FA Cup.

After a [-]-[-] home draw with Burnley, Manchester United quickly ushered in a three-game winning streak, including two consecutive victories in the Premier League and a [-]-[-] away victory over Chelsea in the FA Cup.

Twelve games, eleven wins and one tie. Such an amazing record made Solskjaer almost sacred in the hearts of Manchester United fans. No one would have thought that after changing a head coach, Manchester United would behave so crazy.

Many fans even exclaimed that the strongest Manchester United is returning, and Solskjaer will bring Manchester United back to the Red Devils dynasty under Ferguson and continue to rule the Premier League.

The team has famous European stars such as Pogba, Matic, Sanchez, Lukaku, etc. Solskjaer has gone [-] unbeaten games since he took office. Manchester United's momentum can be described as shocking.

This also made the outside world full of expectations for the next Champions League round of [-] knockout rounds. Many people expressed sympathy for Yang Yang and Ajax, because if it was based on the situation at the time of the draw, Ajax would not be powerless. But now, with Manchester United recovering strongly, Ajax can be said to have no chance of winning.

Even when Yang Yang held the last training session before the game in Amsterdam and held a press conference to announce the 18-man roster for the away game against Manchester United, he also expressed caution about the away game.

"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is shocking. The Manchester United under his coach have played with a passion that they haven't had in the past few years. Manchester United seems to have regained the demeanor of the European hegemony of the year."

"At Old Trafford, our priority is how to stop Manchester United from scoring goals!"

Even when the media asked Yang Yang to predict the score, Yang Yang said helplessly, "In the knockout round of the Champions League, facing such a strong Manchester United, it is normal to lose one goal or even two away goals. We will be mentally prepared."

But in a blink of an eye, Yang Yang had a different attitude at the coaching meeting of De Tokmoster.

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"I have watched all Manchester United's games under Solskjaer's coaching until now, and I have watched some of them at least twice."

Yang Yang gestured two fingers towards the assistants. He was indeed studying the video of Manchester United's game.

"There is no doubt that from the [-]-[-] defeat to Liverpool in the away game, after Solskjaer took over, Manchester United has been in full swing, but sometimes, consecutive victories can cover up too many problems."

Harvey Alonso and others are used to Yang Yang's analysis of opponents. This is Yang Yang's strength. His tactical sense is very keen and his analytical ability is super strong, which makes him always very unique in tactical analysis.

"After Solskjaer took over Manchester United, strictly speaking, he only did one thing, and that was to liberate Pogba. All his affairs revolved around this matter, and Pogba also gave Manchester United and Solskjaer enough in return."

Yang Yang also admired Pogba when he mentioned Pogba, "This is a phenomenal midfielder. He is very, very strong. After he was liberated, Manchester United exploded with great competitiveness."

Everyone also understands what Yang Yang said, because media reporters have already analyzed that the three best-performing players of Manchester United's outbreak during this period are Pogba, Martial and Rashford, among which Pogba is the core of the team's soul.

"Beckenbauer said that the strongest is often the weakest. Pogba is Manchester United's strongest point, but it is also its biggest weakness, because Manchester United's outbreak during this period depends more on the individual abilities of the players than the team as a whole."

"That's why I said earlier that winning would cover up too many problems."

"Everyone has seen Manchester United's [-] wins and [-] draw in [-] games. The results are indeed quite amazing. There are also tough battles, but digging deeper, it is not difficult to find that Manchester United is too dependent on the individual performance of the players. As long as we pinch Pogba and limit Martial, how can Manchester United attack?"

Harvey Alonso has also been thinking about ways to restrain Manchester United. At this moment, when he heard Yang Yang's words, he suddenly understood, "You mean, we should adopt a shrinking defense to limit Pogba's possession of the ball and Martial's breakthrough space?"

After a pause, the Spaniard nodded and said: "Since Fellaini left the team, there are almost no players in Manchester United's frontcourt who have the ability to attack the fulcrum. They are still trying to break through from the ribs and use players to hit the opponent's ribs. Our double midfielders have certain advantages in this regard."

Unexpectedly, Yang Yang shook his head and rejected Harvey Alonso's idea.

"It is not safe to shrink the defense. Even now, I still lack some confidence in our defense. We are too young, and it is not good for us to defend for a long time. The risk is too great."

"Then you mean..."

"Old rules, grab at the beginning!" Yang Yang smiled maliciously.

(End of this chapter)