Chapter 117 Make Wenger Regret
In the twenty-first round of the Eredivisie, Ajax challenged Volendam away.
Just 12 minutes into the first half, Escud took advantage of a corner kick to give Ajax the lead, leading 1-0, but then the team was slow to open the situation.
Seventy-five minutes later in the second half, Yang Yang came off the bench again, and in the eighty-seventh minute, he used a personal forcible breakthrough to create a foul by Volendam player Lulink. The referee mercilessly awarded a red card and a penalty kick. Galasek took the penalty kick to extend the score to 2-0 for Ajax.
In the end, Ajax defeated Volendam 2-0 away with goals from Escud and Galasek.
In another game at the same time, Eindhoven beat Twente 1-0 at home with Kežman's goal.
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In the twenty-second round of the Eredivisie, Ajax welcomed Twente at home.
Ronald Koeman has made adjustments to the team's starting lineup for the Champions League knockout game in midweek.
Still in the first half, Greek center Anastasia scored a goal for Ajax, which was also his first goal after joining Ajax.
After that, Ajax continued to slow down the offensive, especially in the second half. After Yang Yang came off the bench, although there was an excellent breakthrough on the right, but the mentality was also very relaxed, and the audience did not perform very well.
The head coach Ronald Koeman told him when he was replaced that the purpose of coming off the bench in this game is to maintain his form, there is no need to do his best, and the main focus is on the game against Arsenal in midweek .
That is the key battle for Ajax in the next period of time.
Although there is a big gap in strength between the two teams, neither Ronald Koeman nor the players are willing to give up lightly.
In the end, Ajax beat Twente 1-0 at home.
PSV Eindhoven led twice in the away game, was equalized twice by Heerenveen, and even scored a lore by Heerenveen's Hansen at the last minute. In the end, they lost the game 2-3.
Van Bommel was out of control before the end and received a red card.
After the end of this round, Ajax led Eindhoven by seven points, and the momentum of winning the championship became more and more obvious.
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"That dead old man finally said something human."
The morning after playing Twente, Ibrahimovic rubbed the breakfast that Yang Yang bought, looked at the newspaper that Yang Yang brought back, but cursed at the technical director who didn’t know where he was at the moment. Van Gaal.
That's how people are, once they don't like someone, every word they say and everything they do will be annoying.
That's what Ibrahimovic did with Van Gaal and Van der Vaart.
But this time, although he was scolding, he seemed to agree with Van Gaal's words in his heart.
"What's the matter?" Yang Yang asked curiously.
Maxwell and Vermaelen are equally strange, for no reason, to mention Van Gaal?
"Well, the dead old man said in an interview with the Dutch Telegraph that he believes we can kill Arsenal, he thinks we have such strength, and said that we will give Arsenal a tragic defeat at the Amsterdam Arena."
Everyone looked at the newspaper spread on the dining table, and following Ibrahimovic's hand, it was easy to find this report.
It was just an ordinary pre-match call, but it seemed to resonate with the Swedish center.
"Do you really want to touch Arsenal?" Yang Yang continued to eat breakfast, but he asked pointedly.
Recently, Ibrahimovic has been in a bad mood. He has not scored in many rounds of the league. Because of the rotation, he did not make the squad in the last round against Twente, but replaced the starting Ana. Staciu scored the winning goal.
Although the outside media and fans did not have much reaction after the game, Yang Yang believes that with the arrogant temperament of the Swedish center, it is impossible for him to remain indifferent to it, not to mention that he has been in a bad mood recently. .
After hearing Yang Yang's question, Ibrahimovic obviously stopped nibbling on the bread in his hand, looked up at Yang Yang, and found that the latter had been burying his head in the soup. After hesitating for a while, he finally nodded.
"Think, think to death."
"Want to score?" Yang Yang asked again.
"Well." The Swedish center didn't speak anymore.
Yang Yang somewhat understands his situation. As a center, he has always been controversial in Ajax. The main problem is that the scoring efficiency is too low. Wesley Sonk was introduced last summer and Ana was introduced during the winter break. Staxiu is all to make up for this problem, but now it seems that Ibrahimovic is still the main center of the team.
It's a hard thing to tell, is it really Zlatan Ibrahimovic's lack of scoring efficiency? Or is there a problem with Ajax's attack? Or is it both?
"Playing at Ajax is a strange thing," Maxwell said suddenly.
"What do you mean?" Vermaelen asked.
"In other teams, their attitude towards players is often more rational. For example, if you perform well, they will praise you, if you do not perform well, they will criticize you, but in Ajax, it is completely different."
"What's that like?" Yang Yang suddenly asked with interest.
In fact, even now, he still doesn't know Ajax.
Or should I say, not very understanding.
"How do you say it?" Maxwell frowned, "Ajax will encourage players to try, they like to promote young players, and give players a lot of room to make mistakes, because they feel that making mistakes is a way to improve. At one point they did better than other teams."
Yang Yang and Fermaelen looked at each other and nodded, it was true.
"But when you perform well, it's hard for you to hear their compliments. They will always analyze the poor performance from your performance and point it out to you, hoping you will correct it later, which gives a sense of The feeling is that no matter how good we are, we'll never be able to satisfy them, never meet their demands."
Yang Yang and Fermaelen stopped talking.
It has to be said that Ajax is indeed a very stingy team that applauds and praises its players.
At least within the team.
"Do you know why?" Ibrahimovic asked suddenly.
Both Yang Yang and Fermaelen shook their heads.
"Because they always want to make you the most perfect and outstanding person they can remember, like they always wanted me to be the second Van Basten, the second Kluivert, but they never Wouldn't want to make me the first Ibrahimovic, that's why I want to get out of here as soon as possible."
Yang Yang suddenly didn't know what to say. He agreed with Ibrahimovic's resistance, because being someone else's shadow is a very painful thing, and no one wants to do it.
Just like Yang Yang, he doesn't like to be compared to Van der Meede last season, and he is convinced that as he continues to grow and progress, as his position in the first team becomes more and more stable, his This dislike will grow stronger and may even turn into hatred.
Of course, the best way to defuse this emotion is to prove that you can do better than VanderMeede, and to make everyone stop comparing.
"Do you know why I want to play Arsenal?" Ibrahimovic suddenly looked at Yang Yang and asked again.
Yang Yang shook his head.
The Swedish center opened his mouth and hesitated, but quickly sighed again, "Before I came to Ajax, I had been to Arsenal, and Wenger contacted me through their scouts and invited me to I went to London to visit, you know, these are the tricks that the big clubs use best to win over young players."
Yang Yang nodded, it was true.
He still clearly remembers the shock when he first saw the Amsterdam Arena.
At that time, in his eyes, the Amsterdam Arena was the football hall of his dreams.
It's just that people's desires will increase with the continuous elevation of their position. Now Yang Yang is no longer excited when he walks into the Amsterdam Arena, but he still remembers the feeling and mood at that time.
For him, it's a motivation.
"Before going to London, their scouts told me that Arsenal wanted to sign me, and I would be happy to play for Arsenal, that's what I went to London for." The Swedish center showed a hint of self-deprecation. sneer.
"Wenger was very busy, and when I was waiting for him to meet, I kept looking forward to what he would tell me. At that time, I thought, he should tell me directly, Zlatan, you are amazing, we decided to sign now. You, this is the contract..."
The three of Yang Yang listened silently, they never knew about it, and they never heard Ibrahimovic mention it.
"But in the end, do you know what he told me?" Ibrahimovic asked through gritted teeth, "He told me that he didn't know my strength and he wanted me to stay at Arsenal. Take a trial so that he and the technical team can watch me and then decide whether to sign me or not."
"I was mad, I told him straight away, sign the contract or get out, and the result was obvious, I got out, from Arsenal, from London, from England, back to my hometown, I became a lot of people laughingstock."
Yang Yang knew that with Zlatan Ibrahimovic's character, before going to Arsenal, he must have praised his teammates, but he couldn't stay, and he would naturally become the laughing stock of others when he came back.
Obviously, this incident left an indelible scar in his heart.
He is such a proud and conceited person. Naturally, he hopes to have a chance to regain his position, at least to make Wenger regret his original decision, and his poor state in the recent period is probably because of this matter.
It's like a person, the more you want to sleep, the more you can't sleep.
"Playing Arsenal at home, I must make Wenger regret it, and I want him to know who beat him!" Ibrahimovic said through gritted teeth.
Yang Yang, Maxwell and Fairmalon all felt the same way.
Even now, he Ibrahimovic is insignificant in front of Arsenal's Wenger, and even Wenger may have forgotten that meeting that year.
But Zlatan Ibrahimovic still remembers.
He remembers it now, and will remember it for the rest of his life.
Everyone else is asking for a monthly ticket, I am asking for a recommendation ticket... Brothers and sisters, give me a few more tickets!