super storm

Chapter 70
After playing the second team of Vitesse, the second team of Ajax ushered in a holiday, but the first team had to play another game.

vs. Zwolle at home.

The strength of the visiting team is not strong. After the thrilling relegation last season, it is still a big favorite for relegation this season.

In the first two rounds of the league, they lost [-]-[-] away to Utrecht and [-]-[-] at home to Wahlwijk. After two consecutive losses, they were also a guest at the Amsterdam Arena. Everyone felt that Ajax should be able to end all games in August with a hearty victory.

But the result was astonishing.

At home, Ajax played very poorly. Although the defensive end was well organized, the offense was lackluster. The only bright spot was in the second minute of No.30, when Swedish center Zlatan Ibrahimovic assisted Pienaar to score.

It was the only goal of the entire game.

After the game, head coach Ronald Koeman was criticized by media reporters. Everyone felt that Ajax's performance this season was disappointing. Although they won three consecutive victories, neither the scene nor the result was acceptable.

Koeman said that the team is still running in and adjusting.

"The visiting team played very tenaciously in this game. The head coach Pete Boway formed a five-four-one formation with five defenders and three defensive midfielders. They laid heavy troops in the middle, which made it difficult for us to start our offense."

Regarding the rumored incompatibility between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, Ronald Koeman said that this is a rumor made out of nothing, and there is no conflict or conflict between the two players.

"They are all excellent players with great potential. No matter in any team or under any circumstances, they will not be incompatible. The problem now is that they need to adjust their pace as soon as possible, so that they, their teammates, and the team can become more in tune and in the same rhythm."

After three rounds, Eindhoven's top scorer Kežman led the scorer list with five goals, followed by Ivan Reiden of Wahlwijk with four goals, and Ajax's players only scored one goal, ranking very low.

However, in the Eredivisie standings, Ajax performed well, scoring nine points in three consecutive victories, tied with Wahlwijk, but ranked second in the standings due to goal difference, two points ahead of Eindhoven.

Although the ranking in the standings is good, the Dutch media are very dissatisfied with Ajax's performance, especially on the offensive end.

In the analysis of many reporters and celebrities, Ajax's wing problems have always plagued the team.

Many people believe that the conflict between Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart is not irreconcilable, but the problem now is that Ajax's wing cannot create a threat, so that all teams only need to stick to the center when they play Ajax. This is quite unfavorable for the Eredivisie giants.

Last season, with Van der Meyde sitting on the right, Ajax was the most lethal team in the Eredivisie, but judging from the performance of this season, after losing Van der Meyer, Ajax suddenly became completely unable to attack. The reason is that the wing lost the threat.

Reporters and celebrities have also expressed that if Ronald Koeman cannot solve this problem as soon as possible, then Ajax may still find it difficult to persist until the end of this season, especially in the UEFA Champions League.

After a hard-fought elimination of Graz AK, Ajax's draw in the Champions League group stage has officially come to fruition.

Due to the restructuring of the UEFA Champions League this year, the previous second round of the group stage was canceled. After the first round of the group stage, the top two will directly enter the knockout round, No.3 will play in the UEFA Cup, and the last one will be eliminated.

Although Ajax made it to the quarter-finals in the UEFA Champions League last season, they were still placed in the third tier in this year's tier. The first tier drawn after that was the defending champion AC Milan, the second tier was the La Liga powerhouse Vigo Celta, and the fourth tier was the Belgian powerhouse Brugge.

Although Van der Meyde and Chivu left this summer, whether it was Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart, or Trabelsi, they were all left in the team in the end, and the overall strength was still preserved. Coupled with the emergence of powerful rookies such as Sneijder, Pienaar, De Jong and Heitinga, Ajax's prospects are still optimistic.

However, the four opponents in this group are not weak either.

Needless to say, AC Milan and Celta Vigo are both well-known strong teams in Europe. Even the strength of Bruges in Belgium should not be underestimated. They eliminated the Bundesliga powerhouse Borussia Dortmund in the third round of qualifiers.

As soon as the lottery results came out, the Dutch media was filled with grief again, thinking that the situation of Ajax, which had internal and external troubles, was in jeopardy.

This kind of public opinion situation from the outside world has also added some pressure to the first team.

But as a player of the second team, Yang Yang returned to the familiar skate park in Almere.

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Affected by next year's European Cup, this season's Eredivisie league schedule has been compressed very tightly, but there are only [-] participating teams in the Youth League One. Although it is also a double cycle, the competition pressure is much lighter.

On the day of the national team match, the team began to have a holiday. Vermaelen and other international players selected for the national team also left the team one after another to fight for the country, while Yang Yang continued to go to school every day.

After school on Friday afternoon, my cousin Shen Yuzhu drove to Oderkerke to pick him up.

This is the first time he has returned to Almere since he came to Amsterdam. He actually felt like returning to his mother’s house. He found everything new and interesting along the way. I have to say that this person has changed very quickly.

Back at the Chinese restaurant, it happened to be a busy dinner time, and Yang Yang offered to help after putting down his things. Everything still looked the same as it was more than half a month ago, but it felt completely different.

It has been seven years since Almere was founded, and it has been two years since it became a satellite club of Ajax. However, Yang Yang is the first person to join the Ajax youth academy from the Almere youth academy, and he directly entered the second team.

The second team, also called the reserve team, is a team specially prepared for the first team.

Many Almere citizens recognized Yang Yang and encouraged him to work hard to get into the first team of Ajax as soon as possible. At that time, all of them would be willing to go to cheer for Yang Yang and become his relatives and friends.

Yang Yang naturally smiled and nodded in agreement.

Although it is still very far away from the first team, this is the goal he is working hard for.

In the evening, Henk Dimmel, Nick and others who received the news all came to visit Yang Yang. Even the head coach John Repp and Dick Van Poel also made a special trip to visit Yang Yang. They were very concerned about Yang Yang's situation in the Ajax youth training camp.

Fred Arroyo has been in touch with John Repp all the time, and they all know Yang Yang's performance in the Ajax second team very well. Everyone is surprised that Yang Yang can start in the Ajax second team in just two games, and even has a faint tendency to become the main force.

They all know how difficult it is for Ajax's second team to be the main force, and the only reasonable explanation is that Yang Yang has improved significantly in just over half a month, allowing Van Basten to reuse him.

"Hey, Yang, you'll be fine. After the Dutch Cup, you played in the Youth League One. You performed better one game after another, but we were miserable. The coach used you to train us every day. He always said, look at Yang Yang, he was not as good as you at the beginning, and now he is already the starter of the Ajax second team."

Henk Dimmel imitated John Repp's lectures, making everyone present burst into laughter, but they all felt very emotional, because they could clearly feel that the gap between themselves and Yang Yang was widening.

Yang Yang didn't expect that one day he would also become the child of someone else's family in the words of the head coach of Almere. He really felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart, but he still humbly said a few words.

The instigator, Henk Dimmel, was slapped lightly on the back of the head by John Repp.

There were only [-] teams in the first round of the Dutch Cup. Almere failed to squeeze into this list and was eliminated in the qualifying round. He could only concentrate on playing in the third tier league. This made many players, including Henk Dimmel, very envious of Yang Yang.

It was the Holland Cup, a national competition in the Netherlands, and Yang Yang's performance in the second team is getting better and better. It is hard to guarantee that he will be favored by the first team in the near future and directly enter the first team. Then it will be different from now.

John Repp also felt that Yang Yang had a good chance at Ajax.

"From the information I have received so far, the Ajax management has no idea of ​​introducing wingers. They invested a lot of money in the contract renewal this summer, and they don't have enough funds to operate the transfer. For the weakness of the wings, they still decided to adopt the method of internal promotion. Therefore, you still have a good chance."

Yang Yang nodded when he heard it. As a person who trains in De Tokmorst all day, he naturally knows this, but he also knows that Ajax has a lot of talents, and there are many players who can play the right winger position.

In contrast, although I have a chance, I still have to work harder.

When Yang Yang expressed his thoughts, John Repp, who was born in Ajax's youth training, couldn't help nodding. He also felt that for the time being, Yang Yang didn't need to think too much, and he could just focus on improving his own strength.

"Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. You have to believe that Ajax's coaching staff and scouts will never miss any capable player, because this is the foundation of Ajax's foothold in European football."

Yang Yang nodded his head in thanks.

After staying in Almere for two days, Yang Yang returned to Amsterdam next Monday to continue school and training.

Since the team is still in the lockout period, Yang Yang's training is carried out alone.

This situation lasted until mid-September, when the first team and the second team started training again.

The next opponent of the second team is the second team of Alkear in the Youth League One, and the game will be played away.

Due to the long suspension of games and training, head coach Van Basten is a little worried about the status and performance of the players. Even Yang Yang is afraid that his previous good momentum will be interrupted.

But what I didn't expect was that not long after the game started, the players of Alkmaar's second team took the initiative to give a generous gift.

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