After playing for Waiters 2, Ajax 2 ushered in a holiday, but the first team had to play another game.

Attend Zwolle at home.

The away team is not strong. After relegation last season, it is still a favorite to be relegated this season.

In the first two rounds of the league, they lost 0-1 away to Udrecht and 0-3 home to Valvik. They were also away to Athletic Amsterdam in a two-game losing streak. Everyone felt that Ajax should be able to end all the matches in August with a refreshing victory.

But the result was a shock.

At home, Ajax, who played all the main players, played very badly. Although the defensive end was quite organized, the offense was lackluster. The only highlight was that in the 32nd minute, Swedish center Ibrahimovic assisted Pinal to score a goal.

This is also the only goal in the whole game.

After the game, head coach Ronald Koeman was criticized by media reporters. Everyone thought Ajax's performance this season was disappointing. Although he won three consecutive victories, both the scene and the result were unacceptable.

Koeman said that the team is still in the process of adjustment.

"The visiting team performed very tenaciously in this game. Head coach Pete Bowe arranged the May 41 formation, with five defenders and three midfielders, and heavy troops in the middle, which made our offense unable to be launched for a long time."

Regarding the outside world's rumors about the incompatibility between Ibrahimovic and Van der Fate, Ronald Koeman said this was a rumor out of nothing, and there was no conflict between the two players.

"They are all very excellent and very potential players. No matter in any team or under any circumstances, they will not experience so-called incompatibility. The problem now is that they need to adjust their own pace as soon as possible, so that they can become more compatible with their teammates and the team, and be at the same pace."

After the three rounds, Eindhoven's top scorer Kezhman led the scorer list with five goals, Valvik's Ivan Raden scored four goals, and Ajax's players all scored only one goal, ranking very low.

However, Ajax performed well in the Eredivisie standings, winning three consecutive victories and tied with Valvik, but ranked second in the standings due to goal difference, leading Eindhoven by two points.

Although the rankings are good in the standings, the Dutch media are not satisfied with Ajax's performance, especially on the offensive end.

In the analysis of many journalists and celebrities, Ajax's wing problem has always troubled the team.

Many people believe that the conflict between Ibrahimovic and Van der Fate is not irreconcilable, but the problem now is that Ajax's wing cannot create a threat, which makes all teams only have to stick to the middle when they play Ajax, which is quite unfavorable for the Eredivisie giants.

Last season, Van der Mede was on the right side. Ajax was the most lethal team in the Eredivisie, but judging from his performance this season, after losing Van der Mede, Ajax suddenly seemed to be unable to attack at all. The reason was that the threat was lost on the wing.

Journalists and celebrities also said that if Ronald Koeman cannot solve this problem as soon as possible, it will be difficult for Ajax to stick to the end this season, especially in the future, to deal with the Champions League.

After struggling to eliminate Graz Ak, Ajax's draw in the Champions League group stage also officially came to the results.

Due to the restructuring of the Champions League this year, the previous second round of group stage was cancelled. After the first round of group stage, the top two directly entered the knockout stage, the third place played in the League Cup, and the last place was eliminated.

Although Ajax reached the quarterfinals last season in the Champions League, he was still ranked third in this year's division. The first team that was drawn later was defending champion AC Milan, the second team was La Liga powerhouse Vigo Celta, and the fourth team was Belgian powerhouse Bruges.

Although Van der Mede and Ziwu left this summer, whether it was Ibrahimovic, Van der Fate, or Trabelsey, they were eventually left in the team, and their overall strength was still retained. In addition to the emergence of powerful rookies such as Sneider, Pinal, De Jong and Heatinga, Ajax's prospects are still optimistic.

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

Needless to say, AC Milan and Vigo Celta are both famous European teams. Even Bruges' strength cannot be underestimated. They eliminated Bundesliga powerhouse Dortmund in the third round of the qualifiers to advance.

As soon as the lottery results were released, the Dutch media felt a terrible storm, believing that the situation in Ajax, which was internal and external troubles, was in danger.

This public opinion situation in 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 again.

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Affected by next year's European Cup, the schedule of the Eredivisie this season has been tightly compressed, but there are only thirteen teams participating in the Youth League One. Although it is also a double cycle, the pressure on the game is much lighter.

On the national team's match day, the team started to have a holiday. Fermuren and other national players who were selected as national teams also left the team to compete for the country, while Yang Yang continued to go to school every day.

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

This was his first time returning to Almere after coming to Amsterdam. He actually felt like he was going back to his parents' home. He felt novel and interesting when he saw everything along the way. I have to say that this person became very fast.

When I returned to the Chinese restaurant, it was a busy dinner time. Yang Yang put down his things and took the initiative to help. Everything looked the same as more than half a month ago, but it felt completely different.

Almele has been in charge for seven years and has been the Ajax Satellite Club for two years, but Yang Yang is the first person to join the Ajax Youth Training Camp from Almele Youth Training Camp, and he has directly joined the second team.

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

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

Yang Yang naturally nodded in agreement with a smile.

Although he is still very far away from the first team, this is his goal.

In the evening, Henk Dimmel, Nick and others who received the news came to visit Yang Yang. Even head coaches John Rep and Dick Vanpur came here specially. They were very concerned about Yang Yang's situation in the Ajax youth training camp.

Fred Arroyo has always kept in touch with John Rep. They also knew Yang Yang's performance in Ajax 2. Everyone was surprised that Yang Yang could play in Ajax 2 in just two games and even had a vague trend of holding the main force.

They all knew very well how difficult it was to play as the main player in Ajax second team, and the only reasonable explanation was that Yang Yang made great progress in just over half a month, allowing Van Basten to reuse him.

"Well, Yang, you're fine. After playing in the Dutch Cup, you played in the Youth League One. You performed better and better than another, but we were in a miserable state. The coach takes you to train us every day, and he always says, look at Yang Yang, he was not as good as you at the time, but now they are from Ajax second team."

Henk Dimmel was like accusing John Rep of his words, which made everyone present burst into laughter, but they also felt very moved, because they could clearly feel that the gap between them and Yang Yang was getting bigger and bigger.

Yang Yang did not expect that one day he would become someone else's child as coach Almele said. He felt a little accomplished, but he still said a few humbly and politely.

The initiator Henk Dimmel was gently slapped from the back by John Rep.

There were only 80 teams in the first round of the Netherlands Cup. Almere failed to squeeze into this list and was eliminated in the perimeter game. He could only concentrate on playing in the third-level league, which made many players, including Henk Dimmel, envious of Yang Yang.

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

John Rep also thinks that Yang Yang’s chances in Ajax are very good.

"From the news I have received so far, the Ajax management has not had the idea of ​​introducing wingers. They have invested a lot of money in the contract renewal this summer and did not have enough funds to operate the transfer. For the weaknesses of the wing, they decided to adopt internal promotion methods, so you still have a good chance."

Yang Yang nodded repeatedly when he heard this. As someone who trains in DeTok Most all day, he naturally knows this, but he also knows that Ajax is full of talents and has many players who can play right winger position, and there are several in the first team. Babel and Demoor of the second team can also play in this position. Even Fred Benson has the ability to play in this position.

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

When Yang Yang expressed his thoughts, John Rep, who was born in Ajax youth training, nodded. He also felt that for the time being, Yang Yang didn't need to think too much, just focus on improving his strength.

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

Yang Yang nodded and thanked the teacher.

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

Since the team is still in the shutdown period, Yang Yang's training is performed alone.

This situation continued until mid-September, when the first and second teams resumed training.

The next opponent of the second team is Alke'er II in the Youth League One, and the game is played away.

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