super storm

Chapter 210 A good start

Enschede, the Netherlands, Twente's home stadium Herrauls Castle.

In the locker room of the visiting team, Yang Yang sat on his seat and tightly tied the laces of the pair of red football boots on his feet.

Anyone can recognize the black hook on the side of the boot as the Nike logo.

And the one Yang Yang is wearing is exactly the second generation of Assassins that Nike tailored according to his size.

This was sent to Amsterdam in a hurry yesterday. In the next three years, Yang Yang will wear Nike football boots on the pitch.

As for the difference between Nike's Assassin series and Adidas' F50, Yang Yang really can't tell. They are both similar in comfort and flexibility. There is really not much difference.

Of course, if you insist, it must be the psychological effect brought about by more money and less money.

Yang Yang is not unfamiliar with Twente tonight.

Last season, he scored the first professional league goal of his career against Twente.

That goal created the record for the youngest goal scorer in the Eredivisie, and made Yang Yang famous.

After more than half a year, Yang Yang returned to the Heralds Castle Stadium again, and Yang Yang also felt a little special.

Time has passed, and now Twente has changed coaches. Last season's assistant coach, Rini Collen, has been replaced. The left back Herbeck that Yang Yang faced at that time will not play tonight. He will be replaced by a younger 21-year-old player Ramon Zemo, who was Herbeck's substitute last season.

After all, it is the first game of the new season, and everyone in Ajax attaches great importance to it.

Koeman also played with the main force in this game. The goalkeeper is Stekelenborg, the defense line is Maxwell, Vermaelen, Heitinga and Maicon, the midfielder is Garasek, Pienaar and Sneijder are in the middle, and the front trident is Wesley Songk, Charisteas and Yang Yang.

It’s no wonder Koeman attaches so much importance to it, mainly because the team’s first official game of the new season, the Dutch Super Cup, lost to the opponent 3-[-]. Although it was the opponent who pulled three goals in a row in the last [-] minutes, it was really ugly.

Regardless of whether it is the pre-season warm-up match, the Amsterdam Invitational, or the Dutch Super Cup, Ajax has exposed a series of problems in the new season. The offensive end is not sharp enough, and the defensive end is not strong enough.

The departure of Ibrahimovic and van der Vaart still had a great impact on the team's offense. In addition, Yang Yang was participating in the Asian Cup at the time, which greatly affected the team's offense.

The same is true of the defense problem. The departure of Robonte, Escuder and Trabelsi forced the team's defense to be reorganized. Maicon's defensive ability is also a problem.

As for Vermaelen, he performed well last season, but he needs to show better performance this season if he wants to be on his own.

And Twente, who has a difficult away game in the first game of the new season, is really hard to rest assured.

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"The players of the two teams, led by the referee Luther Bosen, entered the court one after another."

"There was immediate applause from the home fans, who obviously wanted Twente to start the season off right."

"And we saw that there were also many fans from Amsterdam at the scene, and they played the banner of Yang Yang."

"Tonight, Yang Yang, who has just returned to the team, will start the game on behalf of Ajax, which surprised many of us."

"In the last season, Yang Yang was more of a substitute for the team. Although he also started, he still played more in the second half."

"Ajax was able to defeat Porto at the last moment and win the Triple Crown. Yang Yang has contributed a lot. This year, Ronald Koeman obviously wants to correct Yang Yang. After all, he will soon be needed."

"In this summer's Toulon Cup and Asian Cup, Yang Yang performed very well, especially in the Asian Cup, he was elected as the best player in the Asian Cup, which is indeed quite rare for Yang Yang who is only 17 years old."

"But there are also many people who worry that Yang Yang's early performance in the Asian Cup will affect his performance in the new season?"

"Tonight's game, let us wait and see."

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With the whistle of the referee Luther Bosen, the game officially kicked off.

Charisteas flicked the ball over to Wesley Sonck and the Belgian striker passed back to midfield and back to the defence.

Ajax did not rush to attack at the beginning, but patiently passed in the backcourt.

Twente intends to take advantage of the opening momentum and take the initiative to put pressure on Ajax.

After several passes, Maicon got the ball from the right, kicked it forward, and sent it to Yang Yang on the right.

Yang Yang took the ball with his back, and behind him was the defensive player Ramon Zemo. He didn't dare to let the ball stay under his feet, and quickly knocked it back to Sneijder, but he suddenly turned around and sprinted behind him.

Sneijder understood, kicked half a high ball, crossed Twente's defense line, and fell behind.

"Ajax quickly created a threat after the start."

"Yang Yang chased the ball on the right, Twente's defenders were chasing back, and Yang Yang passed to the back point."

"Wesley Songk followed up and hit the door directly!"

After an exclamation, all Twente fans breathed a sigh of relief.

Faced with Yang Yang's pass, Song Ke did not stop the ball, but hit it directly, which caused him to fail to hold the ball and hit it high.

A good opportunity wasted, and the Belgian himself was a little depressed, but he still gave Yang Yang a thumbs up.

This ball is really not Yang Yang's responsibility, the main reason is that he didn't handle it well.

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After being beaten by Ajax first, Twente did not dare to go up blindly, and began to shrink his defense consciously.

No matter from the information before the game or the duel in the super training ground last night, Yang Yang has figured out the characteristics of Ramon Zemo.

His defensive ability is good, and he has an obvious advantage in defending high balls. This has something to do with his good at playing central defenders, but his speed is slow and not flexible enough, which makes it easy for him to be thrown away the moment Yang Yang turns around.

The straight penetration just now is the best example.

But it's a pity that Song Ke failed to seize the opportunity, otherwise, the game would have been much easier.

Now, with Twente's attention, Ajax's offense is also in trouble.

Yang Yang also began to feel what Ronald Koeman said to him. The opponent began to strengthen his defense and obviously paid more attention to him.

He is very clear that this is a stage that must go through, and he must break through the opponent's attention and layers of defense to prove his strength, so that he is eligible to get Ajax's starting lineup and the NO.11 jersey on his body.

Under such circumstances, Yang Yang began to become more active.

Although he just played the Asian Cup final a week ago, although he traveled thousands of kilometers to fly back to Amsterdam, although he knew very well that no one would criticize him even if he did not perform well, he still gave his best.

He never played for others, he played for himself.

Constantly surpassing himself and breaking through himself is what he wants most.

With a firm mind in his heart, Yang Yang was also very devoted on the field, actively interspersed with empty space, and patiently waited for the opportunity.

But Twente is not a fuel-efficient lamp. This season, under the training of Collen, the defensive strength has been greatly improved. The pre-season game has been well received, but this time against Ajax, he just struggled for half an hour.

It was not until the No. 301 minute that Yang Yang found a gap in Twente's defense.

With a pass from the backcourt, Charisteas in the penalty area grabbed the first spot and sent the header to Yang Yang at the front of the penalty area.

Facing the incoming ball, Yang Yang dunked with his left foot, passing the Twente player who was back to defend and make up for the position. After bringing the ball into the penalty area, he volleyed vigorously with his right foot before Zemo came up to block it, and the ball flew straight to the goal.

The goalkeeper flew to save, but still could not prevent the ball from entering the net.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"No.301 minutes in the first half, Ajax finally broke through Twente's goal!"

"A goal from 17-year-old Yang Yang, one to zero!"

"This is also Ajax's first league goal of the new season, a good start!"

After Yang Yang scored the goal, he quickly turned around and rushed out of the field, rushed all the way to the bottom of the stands where the Ajax fans were, opened his arms high, and asked all the Ajax fans for their applause and cheers.

In the stands, the Ajax fans were not stingy, and they gave out huge cheers, and the momentum even overwhelmed the home fans.

Behind Yang Yang, the Ajax players also rushed forward and surrounded him.

"No one should doubt now that Yang Yang is becoming an increasingly important key player in this Ajax team."

"In the first three and 10 minutes, Ajax had the advantage, but they were unable to score for a long time."

"The most threatening shot also came from Yang Yang's pass. Wesley Songke failed to suppress the ball, and Yang Yang also tried to create opportunities, but failed to break the deadlock."

"Perhaps because he saw that his teammates were not strong enough, Yang Yang simply went up on his own and scored Ajax's first goal of the new season, which was also Yang Yang's first league goal this season."

"I believe that after the game is played, the worries about Yang Yang can come to an end."

"We can tell you with certainty that from the first 10 minutes, Yang Yang has basically continued his excellent form in the Asian Cup, and his return is bound to drive Ajax's offense."

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After taking a one-goal lead, Yang Yang was obviously not satisfied yet.

He is very clear that one to zero is not a safe score, and Ajax has enough ability to continue to score goals.

Facts have proved that when the goal broke the deadlock, it was difficult for Twente to focus on defense.

Nine minutes later, Yang Yang got another chance on the right. After receiving a through ball from Sneijder, he threw away Zemo, quickly dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area, and passed the low-level ball to the back point.

This time Wesley Songk finally didn't miss the opportunity, pushing the ball from close range and sending the ball into Twente's goal.

Two to zero!
After that, Ajax continued to make persistent efforts, and the offense became smoother and smoother.

In 1 minute of stoppage time, Yang Yang dribbled the ball from the right side and forced a breakthrough. After attracting Zemo's attention, he suddenly passed back to Maicon who was inserted in the back row. The Brazilian right back passed a 45-degree diagonal pass to the penalty area, and Charisteas headed the goal from close range.

Three to zero!
(End of this chapter)