super storm

Chapter 269 Trump card

There was a deafening cheer from the Amsterdam Arena when referee Dick van Egmond blew the whistle to end the first half.

With Yang Yang scoring twice in the first half, Ajax temporarily leads Alkmaar [-]-[-].

Yang Yang was already profusely sweating, but his expression was very excited, and he kept high-fiving his teammates along the way.

The referee Van Egmond also had a good impression of Yang Yang. Seeing Yang Yang approaching, he took the initiative to shake hands with him.

Among the Eredivisie referees, Yang Yang's reputation has always been very positive. He rarely uses small movements, focuses on the game, and never flops. There is even a saying in the referee circle that as long as Yang Yang falls to the ground, he must have been violated.

Such a player, coupled with the fact that he has performed better and better this season, is naturally popular everywhere.

"Thank you, Dick!" Yang Yang shook hands with Van Egmond.

"Keep going."

The referee didn't make much contact with Yang Yang. After shaking hands, he led the line referee back to the player tunnel.

This kind of aboveboard contact is still allowed according to the rules.

Yang Yang saw Van Gaal standing at the entrance of the player tunnel with a livid face, as if he had been cheated out of millions.

"How is it? How does it feel to return to the Amsterdam Arena?" Yang Yang walked over and asked with a smile.

This is which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted, Van Gaal was secretly angry after hearing this.

Yang Yang was very happy. The old man called him to provoke him before the match.

"The game is not over yet, why are you happy?" Van Gaal said in a deep voice.

"Happy." Yang Yang was still smiling, but in Van Gaal's eyes, he had the urge to slap him.

"I said, I won't let you down. It was the same in the first half, and it will be the same in the second half."

After finishing speaking, Yang Yang deliberately waved goodbye to him, and then got into the player tunnel.

Van Gaal stared fiercely at his back for a long time, then shook his head helplessly and smiled wryly.

"This stinky boy..."

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"Alkmaar's defense is still very good, especially in the middle."

"Yeah, we're going to play in the second half, so we probably have to start from the right."

"Unexpectedly, before Van Gaal has always focused on training offense, now he went to Alkmaar, but turned out to be defensive training, it is really unpredictable."

"Some things are actually common. Although Van Gaal is known for his offensive football, he is actually good at training defense. And as a head coach, even if he doesn't understand himself, doesn't he have an assistant coach?"

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Two to one temporary lead, so that the Ajax players did not dare to be careless in the locker room.

Alkmaar has indeed performed at a very high level this season, especially as the season progresses, their performance is getting better and better. Judging from the first half, their strength is indeed not as good as Ajax, but their performance on the court is not much better.

Being able to lead the Eredivisie standings, Alkmaar is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp.

"Yang, what's the matter with you?" Sneijder looked strangely at Yang Yang who had been silent all this time.

I don't know when it started, more and more people in Ajax's locker room are used to asking Yang Yang's opinion before doing something, even if it's just a symbolic casual question.

For such a change, the players themselves did not feel it, and Yang Yang also did not notice it, as if it had changed subtly and unconsciously for a period of time, and was accepted by everyone.

"I don't know if you found a very interesting place?"

Yang Yang's question caught the attention of everyone in the locker room, wanting to know what the interesting thing Yang Yang said was.

"Van Gaal has always believed in dominant tactics, but this tactical style of play has high requirements on the player's ability. In this season's Eredivisie, we and PSV have adopted this style of play, but PSV is based on defense, while Van Gaal's philosophy has always been based on offense."

The starting points are different, resulting in different methods of selecting players for the two teams, as well as different tactics and routines.

Of course, in the eyes of ordinary fans, there may be no difference, much the same.

"But Alkmaar's players don't have the strength to implement Van Gaal's tactical play, so they need to run more. I don't know if you have noticed that when the ball is on the left, their players and the overall defensive formation will quickly move to the left in order to create a numerical advantage and form enough oppression."

In theory, if the pressure is sufficient and the defensive position of the players is fine, it will be difficult for the opponent to pass the ball.

"Alkmaar's players obviously failed to fully implement Van Gaal's set of ideas. During high-speed movement, it is difficult for them to keep the distance of assisting defense within a reasonable range, which is about ten meters."

Ajax themselves adopt this style of play, so Yang Yang is no stranger to it.

Take his two goals in the first half as an example. Although the methods are different, they are almost the same in their bones.

After pulling to the side to catch the ball, he dribbled the ball inside at high speed, and used the speed to impact the opponent's defensive position, causing the opponent's players to make mistakes in helping to defend and fill the position, and then seized the opportunity to score goals.

Tactical theory is always perfect, but as long as people are executing it, it is impossible not to make mistakes.

With eleven people on the field, it is impossible to maintain the same frequency all the time.

"Yang Yang's observation is absolutely correct!"

Ronald Koeman's voice suddenly came from the door of the locker room, and the players all looked over and found that the head coach and Luther Carroll didn't know when they were standing there.

"Alkmaar's players haven't adapted to Van Gaal's style of play, so the loopholes are not small. In the second half, we will use this to play, attract the opponent's defensive center of gravity to one side, and then suddenly shift to the other side to attack!"

It's not uncommon to switch from one side of the pitch to the other abruptly.

Hearing this, Yang Yang suddenly realized something.

"Boss, what do you mean, use the right side to feign an attack, and then suddenly shift to the left side to create murderous intent?"

"Smart!" Ronald Koeman praised with a smile.

Whether it is Coman or Luther Carroll, they are increasingly discovering that Yang Yang is actually a very smart player who is good at thinking and summarizing. This is probably related to his strong learning ability. He is a veritable schoolmaster in the team.

Even in the intensive season, he can still maintain the top cultural class results.

"Kronkamp is injured, Alkmaar's defense on the right has weakness, and Van Gaal is very afraid of our right, so every time the ball hits the right, they will quickly deploy heavy defenses to the left."

Speaking of this, Ronald Coman paused for a moment, then smiled slightly, "After Yang Yang scored twice in the first half, I believe they will be more afraid in the second half, so we will use this to create opportunities."

Yang Yang is like a trump card in the hands of Ajax. No matter where he is placed, Alkmaar must pay attention to it, especially after scoring twice, it is impossible for Van Gaal not to pay attention to the defense of Yang Yang.

This is the biggest advantage of Ajax.

Looking back at Alkmaar, there is no ace player like Yang Yang.

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After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Van Gaal quickly realized something was wrong.

After the opening, Ajax played very aggressively, taking the initiative to attack, and it was still on the right led by Yang Yang.

The combination of Yang Yang and Maicon on the right is the right attack channel that frightens the opponents in the Eredivisie. It is reasonable to attack the right, but Van Gaal still feels very puzzled and uneasy.

Until the first point, that is, only 6 minutes into the second half, Yang Yang ran to the gap on the right to catch the ball and attracted Alkmaar's defensive attention to the left, when he suddenly shifted his big foot and sent the ball to the left.

Maxwell cut in quickly, stopped the ball with his chest on the left line, dribbled in quickly, formed a beautiful two-for-one cooperation with Pienaar, and crossed to the front of the penalty area.

Sneijder quickly jumped in, volleyed from the top of the arc, and broke through Alkmaar's goal again, [-] to [-]!

This goal completely woke up Van Gaal.

He knew very well that he had fallen into Ronald Koeman's trick!

Van Gaal quickly made adjustments, but Ajax played rhythm and morale and continued to launch a series of offensives. On the contrary, Alkmaar was forced to retreat.

Only 9 minutes later, after Yang Yang cooperated with Maicon on the right, he dribbled the ball and cut inward, and then passed the ball to Sneijder, who passed the ball diagonally to the unguarded Pinar in the penalty area.

Faced with such a god-given opportunity, the South African international will of course not defend easily, and directly hits with a push, four to one!

Van Gaal stood in front of the visiting coach's bench with a livid face, obviously quite dissatisfied with the situation on the field.

After Ajax scored the fourth goal, Van Gaal finally couldn't bear to make a substitution, and replaced two players in one breath.

The two substitutions quickly played an effect in the game, especially Ramzi, who came off the bench, assisted his teammates to score a goal in the No.806 minute and successfully rewritten the score to [-]-[-].

But in this game, Alkmaar's defeat is set.

Yang Yang himself was substituted in the No.708 minute, and Ryan Babel replaced him.

In the end, Ajax defeated Alkmaar [-]-[-] at home with Yang Yang's brace.

However, because Eindhoven beat Groningen [-]-[-] with Farfan's goal, Ajax just counterattacked Alkmaar and ranked second in the league standings, but instead helped Eindhoven reach the top.

As for the last two rounds of consecutive victories, Feyenoord once again played a nerve-like performance. They lost 7 to [-] to Den Bosch in the away game. In the opening [-] minutes, Boschalter was sent off the field with a red card, which directly led to Feyenoord's defeat.

Dirk Dirk also failed to score this round, the number of goals is still 22 goals.

Yang Yang, on the other hand, relied on scoring twice in this round, with [-] goals, to narrow the distance between him and Dirk again.

(End of this chapter)