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Chapter 423 Equaling the Legend

On the evening of April [-]th, Amsterdam Arena.

Eredivisie No.30 three rounds, Ajax vs. Vitesse at home.

After the game started, Ajax actively pressed forward and launched an attack, trying to eat the opponent at the beginning.

But Waiters was obviously prepared for this, not only actively defending, but also played a sharp counterattack in the 7th minute, piercing through Ajax's goal, making all the Ajax fans in the audience break into a cold sweat.

Before the game, Waiters head coach Edward Sturling publicly stated in the media that Waiters would go all out to attack Yang Yang.

As it turns out, his team did start out surprisingly well.

The first to concede the ball, but Ajax played in no hurry.

Yang Yang is not in a hurry to score a goal, or to equalize the score.

Not only that, he also took the initiative to appease his teammates and signaled everyone to keep calm.

After that, Ajax always controlled the situation on the field, patiently organizing and creating opportunities.

In the Eredivisie, Ajax has absolute confidence.

At No. 20 minutes, Yang Yang suddenly withdrew from the frontcourt. After receiving the ball with his back, he knocked back to Sneijder.

Yang Yang used his acceleration to throw off all the defenders, and directly inserted into the penalty area. Facing the falling ball, he grabbed the ball before the attacking goalkeeper Coutinho, and the ball passed the goalkeeper again and fell to the goal behind him.

The whole scoring process is very simple and straightforward, but very effective.

One to one!

The entire Amsterdam Arena is boiling again!

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With a score of one to one, the two sides ended the first half.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Ronald Koeman adjusted the team's tactics and played a wave of offensive at the beginning of the second half. Sneijder scored in the opening 4 minutes to reverse the score.

In the No.601 minute, Yang Yang assisted Charisteas to score a goal, further expanding the score.

After leading [-]-[-], everyone in Ajax is still working hard.

From the beginning of the second half, Yang Yang took the initiative to take on more tasks of attracting defensive attention and opening up the momentum for his teammates. His intention is also very clear, that is to help the team score and reverse Waiters.

In the face of the once-in-a-century legendary record, Yang Yang can still maintain such a mentality and reason, which makes everyone in the Ajax team admire him very much, and they all benefit from Yang Yang.

In addition, on weekdays, Yang Yang gave gifts during the New Year and holidays, invited the whole team to dinner, and was the captain of the team, everyone admired him, and his popularity was excellent. Therefore, after the team led by [-] to [-] and established the victory, everyone began to reciprocate, consciously wanting to help Yang Yang score goals.

With one more goal, he will tie the 42-goal record of Groot, who scored the most goals in a single season in Ajax history.

Not only the players have such thoughts, but the head coach Ronald Koeman also thinks so.

It would be an honor for him if his team could produce the Golden Boot winner with the most goals in Eredivisie history. What's more, he knew very well that Yang Yang really wanted it.

No one said, but I have to admit in my heart that the possibility of the Champions League semi-final team defeating Barcelona is very slim.

Not only because of strength, but also because of the schedule.

This kind of double match in a week is really very exhausting for Ajax.

Just look at the difference in the performance of AC Milan in the two rounds before and after the game.

Barcelona has to take advantage of the schedule. Between their quarter-finals and semi-finals, there are one game a week for two consecutive weeks.

But there is no way, the schedule is the schedule.

Therefore, breaking the historical records of Groot and Dylan, defeating Eindhoven to win the Dutch Cup has become Yang Yang's last pursuit this season, and it may also be his last gift to Ajax.

Ronald Koeman quickly replaced Charisteas with Bendtner, because the Danish center has better physical fitness and stronger impact, and the cooperation with Yang Yang is also more tacit.

And this time the substitution really quickly reaped miraculous results.

After playing for 10 minutes, Niklas Bendtner suddenly pulled to the right again to receive the ball, turned around from the front of the penalty area, dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and crossed it to the goal.

Switching positions with the Danes, Yang Yang, who was inserted into the middle, understood it. He rushed to the goal and easily pushed the lower left corner in the middle, scoring his No.40 second goal this season!
After Yang Yang scored the goal, he was so excited that he rushed to Niklas Bendtner and jumped directly on the Dane.

tied!
He finally equaled Henk Groot's record!

Scored 42 goals in a single season!
He tied with Henk Groot as the player with the most goals in a single season in Ajax history!

Yang Yang is so excited!
After he got off Bendtner, he hugged his teammates one by one, and ran to the sidelines specially, hugging Ronald Koeman, Luther Carroll, Kluitenberg, Winston Bogard and others, as well as all teammates on the bench.

Finally, he bowed to all the fans in the four sides of the Amsterdam Arena, thanking them for their support!

This brought him applause and cheers all over the sky!

Everyone knows that this may be his last league game at the Amsterdam Arena.

In the past three years, they have witnessed Yang Yang grow from a rookie to a first-tier European star step by step here.

Now, he's leaving!
Live TV footage even captured many Ajax fans crying.

But surprisingly, no one kept him, not even those crying fans.

Because they all know that Yang Yang's departure is to find a broader stage and challenge a higher limit.

Maybe many, many years later, when he is old, he will come back here again like other legendary stars.

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Tie the legend!

After the game, almost all newspapers in the Netherlands, large and small, focused on Yang Yang's brace.

Those two goals saw him equal Henk Groot as one of Ajax's all-time top scorers.

But there is still one round left in the league, and everything is not over yet.

The Telegraph in the Netherlands praised Yang Yang on the front page, believing that he has created miracles for two consecutive seasons.

"Last season, he broke Ronaldo's legendary record that had been dusty for a decade, which is surprising enough."

"Unexpectedly, this season he even tied Henk Groot's best record in history, and he is even one step away from breaking Cohen Dylan's best record in Eredivisie history."

"We really can't use any adjectives to praise him, but he really brought too much shock and excitement to all of us and the entire Dutch football world. He even has a kind of magic that makes people want to worship him."

"The Waiters coach Sturling, who once threatened to attack Yang Yang before the game, had to admit after the game that they couldn't stop Yang Yang at all. They tried their best, but Yang Yang was unstoppable."

The Dutch Volk also published the news that Yang Yang tied the legendary record on the front page, and also published the evaluation and praise of Yang Yang from all walks of life in Dutch football.

Van Basten, head coach of the Dutch national team, said that he is not surprised at all by Yang Yang's achievements.

"Ajax this season is very similar to the Ajax we had back then."

"The Ajax team back then had a group of outstanding teammates such as Van Schip, Winter, Rijkaard and Ronald Koeman. These people later became well-known stars in Europe, and our head coach was Johan Cruyff. He led us to come up with beautiful offensive football."

"And this season's Ajax team is also very strong. Players such as Pienaar, Sneijder, De Jong, Vermaelen, Maxwell and Maicon all have strong strength. Among the young players, there are also young rookies like Niklas Bendtner and Ryan Babel."

"Ronald Koeman is also a very good head coach. Just like Cruyff trusted me back then, he trusted Yang Yang unwaveringly. Therefore, I have no doubts about Yang Yang's achievements today."

"Even, I am very much looking forward to seeing him score again in the last round of the league this season, and even score twice!"

In addition to Van Basten, the head coach of the Chinese national team and Ajax star Ali Han also accepted an interview with People's Daily.

Alihan said that Yang Yang is the most professional player he has ever seen, and he is very hardworking.

"He always tells me with practical actions that he is a player that any head coach can fully trust, not only his goals, but also other aspects. He is a natural leader."

Alihan also said that in the past many years, European football has had too many misunderstandings about Chinese football.

"The appearance of Yang Yang is a kind of luck for Chinese football, because his performance in European football will make everyone more aware of the strength and potential of Chinese players, and it will also make European clubs realize that this country with the largest population in the world will be a treasure trove of football in the future."

"Yang Yang told everyone with practical actions that China does not lack football talents, what China lacks is the soil to cultivate talents, and these are precisely what European clubs are best at."

Alihan also said that with Yang Yang's popularity in the Eredivisie League and European football, more and more Eredivisie clubs have realized the potential of Chinese football. Especially this season, several Chinese players have gradually emerged in the Eredivisie League and won the World Youth Championship before. These are very good phenomena.

"More and more European clubs are embarking on the gold rush of Chinese football, and the connection between Chinese football and European clubs will become more frequent. I believe that in the next few years, more Chinese players will go abroad and enter the European league. This is definitely a good thing for Chinese football."

Alihan believes that all this is because of Yang Yang's success in European football.

"He is like a banner. He makes all European football people realize that in the most populous country in the world, there are still countless Yang Yang buried, and these are their opportunities!"

(End of this chapter)