On the evening of August 14, Cruyff Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

In the third round of the Champions League qualifiers, Ajax faced Standard Liege at home.

When Standard Liège head coach Prudeholm walked into the Cruyff Stadium, more than 50,000 fans booed him fiercely, which moved him a little because he rarely encountered such a big scene in Belgium.

But soon, he knew why.

He smiled bitterly in his heart, because it was not his decision to sue Yang Yang and Ajax for UEFA.

But it doesn't matter. He is the head coach of Standard Liege. It is normal for him to take the blame as the head coach.

However, the booing from Ajax fans made Prudholm's already heavy mood even more depressed.

Is Ajax a strong team?

This is a matter of opinion.

Putting Yang Yang aside, Ajax is actually not strong, because this team has been out of the Champions League group stage for several consecutive years, and has been the second second in the Dutch Legion for many years. Such a team is not much stronger.

Especially in the past few years, core players have gone one after another, and the team of the Europa League runner-up two years ago has basically been emptied.

This is also the reason why many people question Yang Yang's decision, and many people even think he is degenerating.

Prudholm originally thought so, but after the first round of the two sides, he completely overturned the past prejudice.

Ajax, or Ajax under Yang Yang's coach, is actually really strong.

He has no way to describe that feeling specifically, and he can't even say what this team is strong, but he really feels that this team is very strong, with strong offense, strong midfield control and strong defense.

But the final result seems not to be like this. The two-to-two score is more like two-sided playing a good goal in the first half.

After returning, Prudholm carefully studied the video of the first round of the game. He felt that this Ajax played a completely different tactical style from teams in the A-League, Eredivisie, Austria and other leagues, and it was even extremely rare in the four major leagues.

After thinking for several days, Prudholm suddenly realized.

Yang Yang is using the most advanced football skills and tactical concepts in European football today to transform the young Ajax team.

This team looks like Real Madrid, but not Real Madrid, because they don’t have the outstanding superstars of Real Madrid; like Barcelona, ​​especially Frankie De Jong’s drag, they look too similar, but not like it, because Ndongbele looks like Yaya Toure. When did Barcelona form a double midfielder?

High-pressure pressure is very similar to Atletico Madrid, Dortmund and Liverpool, but not all, and the two full-backs' style of attacking forward is very similar to Real Madrid, Liverpool and Bayern Munich...

Every team is unique, it is a mule or a horse, and you can see clearly if you pull it out.

Prudholm may not be a well-known European head coach, but at least he has been in this industry for decades. He asked himself that he still has this vision, that is, this Ajax is really unique.

The feeling was like Guardiola coaching Bayern Munich, Klopp coaching Liverpool, or Mourinho returned to Chelsea, and there was a transformation.

And Yang Yang brought this transformation to Ajax.

Prudholm really felt a fear, that is, the dimensionality reduction strike from Yang Yang.

Dimensional reduction strike in tactical concept!

...

Yang Yang walked into the Cruyff Stadium amid the thunderous applause of the audience.

This is his second time to appear at Cruyff Stadium, and he just played in the first round of the league a few days ago.

It was a complete victory, but to be honest, Yang Yang was still not satisfied with the team's scoring ability and missed too many opportunities.

This time, Yang Yang did not follow the customs and walked over to shake hands with Prudholm and other visiting coaches, but walked straight to the bench and sat down with a golden sword.

He is a substitute!

There was another thunderous cheer in the audience, and countless Ajax fans were shouting Yang Yang's name.

At this moment, all the fans around the world who watched the live broadcast of the game were probably laughing.

Have you ever seen someone who has been suspended for four months and still sits on the bench so carelessly?

The director also had bad intentions and specially cut the camera to the visiting team coach's seat. The latter was indeed embarrassed, as if sitting on pins and needles and needles, and was uncomfortable all over.

...

Ajax's first leg of the game continued the lineup of both sides, without any adjustments.

Goalkeeper Onana, the defense is Taliafico, Militon, Dricht and Ashraf, the midfield is still Frankie Dejong and Ndongbele dragged behind, Van der Beck is ahead, and the tridents in the frontcourt are Neres, Jovic and Sancho.

Ajax rotated a total of nine players in the weekend league, and the same was true for Standard Liege, and the rotation was also quite strong.

Since it started earlier than the League One, Standard Liege's last two league games have been zero to zero, and it is to replenish its strength to play against Ajax.

In the first leg, Prudholm was more cautious when visiting Cruyff Stadium.

After the opening, Ajax also did not make a breakthrough, but stabilized his position first.

This is also Yang Yang's strategy.

Ajax has a certain advantage to some extent, so it is very important to avoid letting Standard Liege score away goals.

As long as the Belgian team cannot score a away goal, the victory belongs to Ajax.

If you want to stop the opponent from scoring and want to play more steadily, you may not have to retreat. You can still use high-level pressing and pressure, but the lineup is kept closer.

Standard Liege still adopts a single midfielder formation of 433 and 3. The only change is that in the center position, Eimmond, who scored the first round, replaced high center forward Orlando Sa, and obviously still wanted to score.

Prudholm's away goal must be to score, but after the opening, Standard Liege also played relatively steadily, and even seemed to be waiting for a counterattack opportunity with defense.

...

After the game started, Yang Yang did not sit on the bench anymore, but walked to the sidelines, commanding the team from time to time and calling out to the players.

He is more calling on Van der Beck to pay attention to connecting the front and back courts, and the two full-backs should be bolder at the appropriate time and pass the ball to the side to be decisive and resolute.

Van der Beck is not a very creative player. His main feature is that he is comprehensive and an all-round midfielder. This is very important for Ajax's high-pressure and oppression, but it is slightly inferior in terms of creativity.

But he was from Ajax's youth training, and there was no problem with passing and receiving cooperation. Moreover, his range of activities was large. Yang Yang's requirement for him was to connect, organize and create opportunities. Frankie Dejong and Ndongbele behind him.

Although Ndongbele is black and hard, in fact, this guy has a good footwork, his ability to drive and pass the ball well, which is why Yang Yang relies so much on him.

Yang Yang always believed that when Ajax kept his patience, kept pulling the opponent's defense line back and forth, and pressing and stealing the ball in the opponent's half, there would definitely be no less chance of scoring.

But it turns out that Standard Liege only lasted for thirty minutes.

In the 30th minute, it was a counterattack caused by midfielder Van der Beck intercepting the ball. Neres dribbled the ball from the left and tried to cut inside but failed and passed to the bottom line. Taliafico quickly inserted it into the side and made a front-pass on the left bottom line and hit the goal.

Jovic went back to the back point, and volleyed sideways, swept Taliafico's cross into the goal of Standard Liege with the inside of his foot, opening the first record for Ajax!

"Wow!"

Yang Yang was so excited that he jumped up, which was happier than scoring his own goal.

After scoring the goal, Jovic quickly rushed out of the stadium, first ran towards the corner kick area, then turned around and ran towards the home team's coaching seat and bench, slapped Xavi Alonso for high-fives, rushed to Yang Yang and hugged him hard.

"So beautiful!" Yang Yang praised with a smile, "It's a bit like Ibrahimovic's scorpion swings its tail!"

This goal is very difficult, but what surprised Yang Yang the most was that Jovic's sense of smell in front of the goal was too keen.

And the moment he captured the shot opportunity, he made the most suitable choice and sent the ball into the goal.

This guy is a natural shooter!

...

After Jovic scored a goal, Ajax took advantage of the victory and continued to attack towards Standard Liege.

Four minutes later, Sancho dribbled the ball from the right and forced a breakthrough, cleared out of the baseline, winning Ajax a corner kick opportunity.

Frankie De Jong took the corner kick, and De Rigt headed the ball to win another goal for Ajax.

Two to zero!

Captain Ajax, like Jovic, ran to Yang Yang to celebrate after scoring the goal.

Obviously, they are all using this method to support Yang Yang.

At this moment, everyone knows that the possibility of Standard Liege's turnaround is getting smaller and smaller, unless Ajax still played badly in the second half like in the first leg and was scored by his opponent two consecutive goals.

But what surprised Prudholm was that Yang Yang did not give him such a chance this time.

Just one minute into the second half, when Standard Liege tried to attack, he was intercepted by Ajax and broke through behind him. Nerez quickly advanced on the left rib to form a single shot, breaking through Standard Liege's goal again, three to zero!

Stay stable!

All Ajax fans were cheering and cheering.

But the Ajax players on the court are still unwilling to slack off and are still trying to create opportunities.

In the 67th minute, it was another Ajax intercepted the ball in the frontcourt. Ndongbele received Sancho's pass from the right at the front of the penalty area, and suddenly passed the ball to the left rib. Van der Beck quickly inserted it, and after stopping the ball, he calmly pushed the ball and hit a shot, four to zero!

Yang Yang laughed non-stop on the sidelines and cheered for his players vigorously.

This feeling is really happier and more satisfying than winning a game on the court or even performing a hat trick.

Because he knew that after a month, the team finally began to slowly play the football he wanted.

As for Standard Liege...
Chapter completed!