Episode [231]: The World Famous Football Star Processing Factory

Still Belgium, Ghent!

Today's weather is very good, sunny, but the temperature is not very high. And there is a breeze, which is relatively cool, which is a good weather for competitions.

Today, the pre-season warm-up match between Leeds United and Ajax will be held at the Jules Otten Stadium, the home stadium of the Ghent Club. This stadium is not big and can only accommodate more than 12,000 people.

Today, the place is full of fans, and they all came to watch this game.

The local fans in Ghent rarely have the opportunity to see such a game, so the game between Ajax and Leeds United is still very attractive to them. Although the stadium is not completely full, but looking down, you will still feel that the stadium is full.

There are some fans wearing Ajax jerseys in the fans stands. It can be seen that Ajax also has a lot of fans in Ghent. As for Leeds United fans, there are naturally some, although Leeds United's reputation is not as deep as that of Ajax. But in the first two or three years, the youth training storm of Leeds United attracted the attention of countless people and attracted countless fans.

Now the fans of the two sides are very different, but the atmosphere between them is very harmonious.

Of course, there were more ordinary fans at the scene. Most of them were wearing the jerseys of the Ghent club, and some of them came to the scene in casual clothes.

The atmosphere of this game seems to be very friendly. These fans are here to enjoy the happiness that football brings them, not to fight.

Being able to play in such an atmosphere, the players on both sides seem to feel that they have returned to their childhood, and they are all playing for the original and truest joy of football.

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Zhong Cheng made some adjustments to Leeds United's starting lineup today. The formation is: 4-1-3-2

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

Back four [left to right]: Evra, Vermaelen, Pique and Gary Kelly

Single midfielder: Lars Diarra

Three midfielders [from left to right]: Ribery, Modric and Lennon

Forwards: Huntelaar and Darren Bent

After the coaches of Leeds United saw this lineup, they all knew that this should be the main lineup of Leeds United this season, and maybe some positions will be minored. For example, for the position of Darren Bent, he still has to compete with Olic, and Lennon's position is not secure.

However, this is probably the case for Leeds United's main lineup for the new season.

Zhong Cheng stood quietly on the sidelines in a white suit and pretended to be aggressive. He wanted to see how the main players under him were in this game. If the state is not very good, the starting lineup of Leeds United in the new season will continue to be adjusted.

At this time, Ajax coach Danny Blind's eyes were also firmly fixed on Leeds United's starting lineup. Danny Blind was also amazed: "What a group of young guys!"

Yes, Leeds United's lineup is really too young, the oldest of which is Gary Kelly, except for some young people in their 18s, 19s and 20s, which are simply outrageous.

Danny Blind is always thinking, can Leeds United really gain a foothold in the Premier League with this group of young people? To be honest, Danny Blind does not think that Leeds United can successfully avoid relegation in the Premier League.

Looking at these starters of Leeds United, Danny Blind is very confident about this game.

Ajax's lineup today is a four-three-three formation, and the starting lineup is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Maarten Stekelenburg

Back four [left to right]: Maxwell, John Heitinga, Joel Luka and Hatem Trabelsi

Three midfielders [from left to right]: Sneijder, De Jong and Maduro

Three forwards [from left to right]: Markus Rosenberg, Charisteas and Babel

This is the starting lineup of the Ajax team today, including new aid Marcus Rosenberg and others. Marcus Rosenberg joined the Ajax club this season with a transfer of 5 million euros. Before this, Marcus Rosenberg's agent Dahlin rejected the sky-high price offer from CSKA Moscow in Russia. .

Marcus Rosenberg was very mediocre when he was a fledgling, and he didn't have much performance in the team. But since he came off the bench in the European Cup in 2004, the Swedish striker has been reborn. In that cup, he came off the bench and scored three goals.

Last season, he won the top scorer in Sweden's top league and also the assist leader, which naturally attracted the attention of countless European giants.

Marcus Rosenberg's Swedish predecessor, Larsson, also recommended it to the Barcelona club, and the Barcelona club also invited Marcus Rosenberg to try out.

But Marcus Rosenberg's agent, Dahlin, thought that even if Marcus Rosenberg joined Barcelona, ​​​​he would not have any chance, so he rejected the invitation, which led to Marcus Rosenberg. Rosenberg joins Ajax.

So, Marcus Rosenberg came to Ajax.

After coming to Ajax, Marcus Rosenberg was valued by head coach Danny Blind and is now one of the team's starters.

At the start of the game, Marcus Rosenberg got a very good chance. He received a precise long pass from Sneijder from the wing and suddenly picked the ball. He passed Gary Kelly, who was about to make a grab, and then he glanced at the penalty area and made a pass directly.

A curve ball quickly sent the football into the Leeds United penalty area.

In the penalty area of ​​Leeds United, the 191cm tall Greek center Charisteas jumped high and beat Vermaelen with a header.

Charisteas was the main center of the 2004 European Cup champion Greece. He scored three goals in that European Cup and performed well.

At this time, Charisteas jumped up high, like an eagle with wings soaring into the sky.

Although Vermaelen, who is flawed in height, can make up for it with bouncing, it is still somewhat insufficient in the face of a header killer like Charisteas.

With a bang, Charisteas hit the football hard with his head, and the football rushed towards the Leeds United goal.

In front of the goal, Zhong Zheng quickly pounced sideways, his body as fast as lightning!

With a bang, the football slammed into the lower edge of the crossbar in the upper right corner of the goal, and then quickly bounced into the goal.

Zhong Zheng's figure is already very tall, and his reaction is also very fast, but he still didn't touch the ball. Charisteas's head was really too tricky!

One to zero, the Ajax club scored.

Watching Charisteas score, Danny Blind was both happy and helpless.

To be honest, Charisteas is a good center forward, but he is not suitable for Ajax's four-three-three formation, because Ajax's offense is to advance quickly, not just on the wing To advance quickly, the center forward in the middle must also keep up with his teammates. Obviously Charisteas can't do it, he only has height and header, speed and ball handling are not his strong points at all, and he can't meet Ajax's standards.

In Danny Blind's opinion, the most suitable formation for Charisteas is four-four-two, and he must be accompanied by a fast forward who can take the ball and cooperate with him.

Obviously, Ajax cannot satisfy Charisteas. Ajax's tradition is four-three-three, and they will not change for one Charisteas.

In Danny Blind's mind, Charisteas can only be a backup center. When the team can't start the game or the traditional method doesn't work, he will send Charisteas up to bomb at high altitude.

In other words, Charisteas is just a surprise soldier for Danny Blind to enrich the team's style of play. I have to say that it was a mistake for Charisteas to choose Ajax.

Today, it was Danny Blind who didn't pay much attention to breaking Leeds United's goal from Charisteas. Isn't this a bit ironic?

Zhong Cheng watched Charisteas's performance and kept nodding. This guy is really good at headers, but he is terrible in other aspects. This is a typical column center. However, his ability to play the ball under his feet still needs to be improved, but it seems that he has not improved since then.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng originally had a little interest in Charisteas, but now he has no interest.

After scoring the goal, Ajax's offense flooded up again, and they played happily on the wing. But gradually their problem was also exposed, that is, Chariste Yas in the middle couldn't keep up with the footsteps of the two wingers, and often the opportunity had already come out, because Chariste Yas' follow-up was not in place, and he missed it. Had many good opportunities.

At this time, Leeds United seized the opportunity to counterattack.

Ribery received a diagonal pass from Modric on the wing, then cut inside and broke through, sweeping the football to the center with one kick, Huntelaar in the center missed the point. But Darren Bent in the second point shoveled the football into the goal. One to one, Leeds United equalized the score.

Darren Bent really performed well, scoring consecutive goals, it seems that he is going to squeeze Olic to the bench.

Ajax's right-back Tunisian international Hatem Trabersi stared at Ribery closely, with some wonder and doubts in his eyes. How can Ribery be so strong at such a young age?

Hartem Trabelsi is not a small man, he is very famous. A star player at right back, he was selected for the Tunisian national team at a very young age. After joining Ajax, he performed very well and attracted the attention of many giants.

Last year, Hatem Trabelsi also went to Arsenal for trial training. Of course, Wenger spoke very highly of him. After the trial training, Wenger has already confirmed the introduction of Hatem Trabelsi, and even the contract is ready.

But later, due to personal reasons, Hatem Trabelsi failed to complete the signing with Arsenal, but returned to Ajax to continue playing.

Zhong Cheng does know that this guy will join the Manchester City Club in the future and perform well.

However, today he was played by Ribery a few times, but he also caused a lot of trouble for Ribery, and the two fought hard.

In the 22nd minute of the second half, Leeds United suddenly changed the direction of attack. Milner on the other side moved quickly and then suddenly crossed the football.

Modric, who followed up in the middle, swung his leg and shot directly at the top of the arc in the penalty area.

The football flew out quickly, piercing Changhong, like a rattle arrow, and shot towards the upper right corner of the Ajax goal.

The tall Maarten Stekelenberg, known as "Van der Sar's successor", jumped out immediately. It's a pity that he didn't touch the football. The football flew into the goal and hit the net hard, then bounced back quickly...