208 Can't keep people [2500 average monthly pass]
Three to two, narrowly win!
The day after the first round, major media in the Netherlands paid attention to the debut of the Triple Crown champion Ajax in the new season.
After selling several key core players this summer, Ajax's strength was greatly affected. This is well-known and is also inevitable for Eredivisie teams. Some people have even prepared for Ajax's first game in the new season.
"The thirty minutes of the game were indeed as many people expected. Ajax's offense was not smooth and he could not score points after getting the ball, but this situation changed in the thirty minute."
"Yang Yang scored a wonderful goal to break Twente's goal."
"This is a reflection of his personal ability, especially when he dunked the defensive player and drove the ball into the penalty area, he handled it very calmly and had the potential of a cold-blooded killer."
"Then, Ajax's offense became smoother and smoother. Yang Yang first assisted Wesley Songk's goal, and then planned Charlie Steyas' goal. It can be said that Ajax's three goals in the first half were inseparable from Yang Yang."
The game twist happened in the second half.
"In the 60th minute, Ronald Koeman replaced Yang Yang with Demoor, and this substitution became the turning point of the game."
"According to what Koeman himself said after the game, he was considering that Yang Yang had not fully adjusted his physical condition and was young, so he only allowed him to play for 60 minutes."
"After Yang Yang got off the court, Ajax lost the threat on the right. Just six minutes later, Twente's left pierced through Ajax's right, and Makon's unstable defense was exposed again."
"Ajax gradually became passive on the court, and in the 76th minute, Nkuf scored again."
Although Ajax saved a victory in the end, everyone saw clearly the defensive weakness of the Eredivisie giants."
If Ajax's high defense is a long-standing old problem, then Macon replaced Trabelsey and exposed the team's right-side defense again.
Of course, everyone also believes that a narrow victory of 3-2 in the first round of the new season is not an unacceptable result, but if Ronald Koeman's team wants to continue to compete for the league championship, they must stabilize the defense as soon as possible.
As for Yang Yang, with his one pass and one shot, he successfully convinced everyone that he has the ability to play a more important role in the new season.
Ajax fans and Dutch media were also amazed by his performance.
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In the first round of the season, Eindhoven's trajectory was completely opposite to Ajax.
Ajax led three goals in the first half, but was chased by his opponent two goals in the second half, which was very embarrassed.
But Eindhoven conceded two goals in the first half and scored five goals in the second half. Finally, with Heiserink's hat-trick, he defeated Rosendal five-2.
After Robben and Kezhmann switched to Chelsea this summer, Eindhoven's offense seemed to have not been affected and was still very threatening.
Feyenoord also lost his players, Van Persie switched to Arsenal, but Kuyt stayed in the team, and the Dutch local center scored a hat-trick in the first round, helping Feyenoord defeat Gravsharp 6-1.
The three strong teams won their opponents in the first round and scored three points, but the process was completely different, and the problems reflected were also different.
Whether it is the media or fans, the overall evaluation of Ajax is behind Eindhoven and Feyenoord.
Only Yang Yang is recognized by everyone and is one of the few highlights on the team.
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Although the Eredivisie played stumblingly in the first round, it finally scored three points. After the team conducted restorative training the next morning, the holiday started in the afternoon for one day.
It happened to be another weekend and there were no classes in the school, so Yang Yang asked Fermalen to drive himself to Almere.
After returning to the Netherlands, Yang Yang began to be busy adjusting and preparing for the battle, and had no time to go back to Almere to visit his aunt. This time he would definitely come back to see him and take a trip to Almere Club.
John Rep had called him before and said that the club would use his photos and names to promote when recruiting youth training players. Of course, Yang Yang agreed readily, but he was struggling to participate in the Asian Cup at that time and really couldn't take time to participate.
Now that he is on vacation, he will naturally come back for a walk.
This also has a little bit of returning home in glory.
Although it is a weekend, since Almere also recruits weekend classes and organizes some youth team competitions on weekends, the club training base is still very lively.
When Yang Yang suddenly appeared, the atmosphere became even more lively. Many Dutch children came over to find Yang Yang to sign and take a photo, and Yang Yang also readily fulfilled their wishes one by one.
"Thanks to you, we have recruited many excellent students this summer." John Rep smiled happily.
Yang Yang walked between John Rep and Dick Vanpur, shook his head and smiled, "It's all your efforts, what does it have to do with me?"
"How could it not be?" Dick Vanpur smiled. "Now everyone knows that you came out of our Almere. The better you performed in Ajax, the more we gained, the more famous we became. Now the children in the surrounding areas like to come to us to play football."
"Dick is right, so, whether it's for yourself or for us, you keep working hard." John Repman encouraged with a smile.
Yang Yang kept nodding, but a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" John Repp noticed.
"I always feel that the team is much weaker this season than last season," said Yang Yang.
"Normal." John Rep nodded, "You have to know that if you leave five absolute main players in one summer, how can you say it's not weak? Moreover, even if the players introduced are as strong as those who leave, who can guarantee that they can quickly integrate into the team and perform at their level?"
"Besides, it's hard to say how the new players brought in Ajax will be in the future, but judging from the performance of the preseason and the first round, it's not as good as the players who left, so you're not at all wrong."
Yang Yang himself guessed this reason.
Whether it is Charlesteas, Pinal, Macon and Fermuren, from the perspective of personal ability alone, they are indeed not as good as Ibrahimovic, Van der Fate, Trabelsi, Escud, and Stecronberg before.
There were only eleven players, but five players were replaced, and their overall strength had declined a lot, so the team was naturally affected, which was inevitable.
Yang Yang was mentally prepared for this, but when he was playing Twente, he sat on the sidelines and watched the team lead from 3-0 and be chased by his opponents to 3-2, and finally almost equalized. He felt bad.
"After Van Gaal's reform, Ajax has now begun to take the business route of cultivating young players. You have to get used to this change. I believe that every season, even during the winter break, will teammates leave the team at any time. This is the current dilemma of the Eredivisie, and no one can change it."
Ajax left five core players and many first-team players. Eindhoven also sent away two tiger players, Kezmann and Robben, and Feyenoord had to sell Van Persie...
John Rep is right, the Eredivisie cannot retain players at all.
This made Yang Yang feel a strange thought in his mind.
"Just work hard, improve your strength as soon as possible, and do your best. There is no need to put too much pressure on yourself." John Rep comforted.
Yang Yang understood this truth, but he just didn't like to lose.
The feeling of losing is really uncomfortable.
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Yang Yang rarely returned. His cousin Shen Yuzhu and Wei Zheng were both there. Uncle Shen Ming cooked in person, specially accommodated Yang Yang's eating habits, and made a sumptuous dinner. The whole family gathered together and had a happy meal.
Wei Zheng and Shen Yuzhu will continue to stay in Europe for a while and may leave in early September for the time being, and Yang Yang will return to China at that time to prepare for the Asian Youth Championship, so it is very likely that they will be the same again.
When the family finished their dinner, Henk Dimmel and Nick, teammates from Almere's era, received news that Yang Yang was back and came to the door. When they saw Yang Yang, they were filled with praise and sigh.
Although they have long been accustomed to Yang Yang's transformation, every time they see Yang Yang, they still can't help but exclaim.
He won the best player in the Asian Cup at the age of 17. He passed and shot in the first round of the new Eredivisie season, and then played in the European Super Cup and Toyota Cup. These events are the top stages that countless professional players have always dreamed of.
This made Henk Dimmel and others feel unbelievable just after thinking about it.
If it were last year, they wouldn't have thought that Yang Yangneng would be today, it would be like a dream.
Two or three other players who came with Henk Dimmel, Nick and others who came on loan from the Ajax youth training camp. Most of them were from the Ajax youth team before, and are now loaned to Almere. They came here to meet Yang Yang.
From the mouths of Henk Dimmel and others, Yang Yang learned that John Rep is ambitious and wants to compete in the DPRK League in the new season, so he personally selected the players loaned from Ajax, and his strength is not weak.
During the chat, Yang Yang himself felt the changes in the world.
His biggest dream at the beginning was to stay in Almere, join the first team, and help Almere compete for the Dutch second. But who would have thought that he did not stay in Almere, but went to Ajax, and suddenly entered the first team from the second team, played in the Champions League from the Dutch Eredivisie, and finally won the Champions League championship.
Looking back, he felt like he was dreaming.
But looking back also made him cherish it. It is hard-won for him to get to where he is today. He is hard-won by himself step by step, blood and sweat. No matter how difficult he encounters or how strong his opponent he encounters, he will never let himself give up easily.
Chapter completed!