Chapter 119 Mobilization

Even at home, the Ajax team still has to stay at the hotel designated by the club the night before the game.

When Yang Yang walked out of assistant coach Luther Carroll's room holding a stack of materials and a USB flash drive, he could not help but chuckle when he saw Maxwell, who was hiding in front of the corridor window and making phone calls.

Brazil is a super family lover who calls home almost every night, especially recently, it is more diligent.

Recently, there have been rumors that teams from the four major European leagues are interested in him, and the club is also planning to renew his contract with him, which means that whether he is leaving or staying, he is closer to bringing his family to Europe. one step away.

Every time he sees him calling his family far away in South America and seeing the happiness from the heart on his face, Yang Yang can't help but think of his parents. He has not been home for almost two years.

When Maxwell saw Yang Yang, he waved his hand a little embarrassedly, motioning him not to overhear his phone call.

Yang Yang laughed silently, and quickly walked back to his room.

I don't know if the club is a little superstitious. Anyway, since Yang Yang was in the same room as Sneijder that night in Bruges, Belgium, the two of them are considered to be regular partners, so that Yang Yang's old partner Vermaelen had to be taken away. Arranged to be paired with the fierce De Jong, which made the Belgian central defender almost cry.

To use Zlatan Ibrahimovic's joke is that if the guy commits violence in the middle of the night, it's too late to even call for help.

But it is precisely because of this that Fermaelen prefers to stay in Yang Yang's room.

There was nothing to do the night before the game. Three or four people gathered together to play cards. Anyway, the hotel could not get out.

When Yang Yang entered the door, he happened to see Fermaelen, Sneijder and Ibrahimovic sitting by the bed fighting the landlord. He was very dissatisfied with his style of play. As soon as he complained, the Belgian said you can fight, so De Jong kept silent.

He can beat people, but playing cards is really embarrassing for him.

Seeing this scene after entering the door, Yang Yang also burst into laughter.

"You went to get the information again." While the cards were being shuffled, everyone saw Yang Yang coming in.

"Well, it's fine, you fight, I'll take a look at it myself." Yang Yang smiled.

Although the room is not big, it has a small balcony where Yang Yang can go to see it.

"Remember to analyze it for me and think of a way to score." Ibrahimovic said, but he even thought about how to celebrate, and he was just one goal away.

"Okay, I'll try my best." Yang Yang smiled, but he could feel the pressure on the Swedish center.

He has faced Dutch defenders in the past, but this time he faced the Premier League's top centre-back, Saul Campbell.

Arsenal's central defender can be called the world's top, tall and strong, with outstanding frontal defense ability, which is also a big challenge for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has always had a physical advantage.

Yang Yang carefully reviewed the situation of Arsenal players and found that in addition to Sol Campbell, Kolo Toure is also a central defender that has to be paid attention to in the back line. He is not tall, but he is very fast. Campbell's style is very complementary, but it is a bit frizzy, and I heard that he has not played in the professional league for a long time.

In terms of midfield, the combination of Gilberto Silva and Vieira's double midfielder can be regarded as the world's top. There is no need to say much about the strength of the two. Among them, Gilberto Silva is more behind. The tall Brazilian midfielder will be an insurmountable barrier in front of Arsenal's defense.

In addition to the middle, although Clichy on the left is only 18 years old, judging from his game against Chelsea, his physical strength is very good and his speed is very fast. These two advantages can basically ensure his level, but only on the offensive end. There is no clue for the time being, and the defensive skills are a little frizzy, but at the age of 18, he was selected as the best team in the Premier League, and his strength and potential are evident.

The technical department of Ajax also spoke highly of Clichy, believing that the French left-back had a slightly poor sense of position, mainly reflected in the selection of positions during defense, the distance between him and his teammates, and the coordination In addition, his defense is relatively rash, and he likes to fall to the ground and shovel, which has something to do with his defensive position selection.

Putting a tackle is a one-shot deal, of course it doesn’t matter if you succeed, but if you fail, it means that you have been directly given by your opponent, and it is too late to even catch up. A mature defender will not tackle the ball easily, and will only do so when you have to. options, such as having lost a defensive position.

This is something that Yang Yang can study and utilize well.

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On the morning of the game, since it was a home game, Ajax conducted a simple, low-intensity technical and tactical training in De Tokmost, mostly to maintain the physical condition of the players.

At noon, everyone ate at the player restaurant on time, and then entered the lunch break.

The war was imminent, many people couldn't sleep at all, only Yang Yang slept with his head covered without any worries.

A good sleep has always been what Yang Yang admires the most from everyone in the team. Almost no matter when and where, no matter how noisy the surroundings, he doesn't even need to give him a bed, a cup and a pillow. He can do whatever he wants. Fall asleep in one position.

Few people on the team did not admire his skills, especially his roommate Sneijder.

But no one knew that Yang Yang actually entered the super training ground and fought hard with the simulated Chrissy again for two or three hours. It was not until the team's pre-match preparation meeting that Sneijder woke up after calling him.

"Sometimes I really feel that the University of Amsterdam should consider tying you back to the slice study, to see what structure you are, and it's really maddening to be able to sleep so well." Sneijder complained bitterly.

Yang Yang laughed, "This is our family's secret art, you can't envy it."

The pre-match preparations will be held in the conference room of De Tokmost, including technical director Van Gaal, including all the coaching staff of the first team, and all the players of the first team also came to the scene, even those who did not Players on the roster.

Head coach Ronald Koeman presided over the meeting, mainly introducing the opponent Arsenal in this game.

Most of the meeting was spent studying Arsenal. Through PPT and video recordings, the coaching staff hoped that the players could be as familiar and familiar with the opponents of this game as possible, and these were basically what Yang Yang had seen last night.

The rest of the time is mainly to announce the starting tactics and starting roster.

"Everyone knows that our opponent Arsenal is one of the strongest teams in Europe at the moment. Compared with such an opponent, we do not have the slightest advantage, but tonight is our home court and our only chance."

Ronald Koeman looked at all the players on the scene with a serious face, and he hoped that everyone could feel his thoughts and his desire to win.

"I can say that if we don't win Arsenal at home, at Highbury, we don't have any chance, when Ashley Cole will be back, Gilberto Silva will be back, and we'll be back. It's an away game and I won't get any chance."

"So, in the two-round knockout, if we still want to win and fight, then the home court must show our best level and use our best performance to fight for a victory."

Ronald Koeman's remarks are basically agreed by everyone, which is a consensus.

The Premier League's away games are notoriously difficult to play, especially against a strong team like Arsenal. They are too balanced, with strong offense and defense. If they can't win the opponent at home, they will basically be slaughtered when they arrive on the road. life.

On the contrary, if the home court can win the opponent, there is still a chance of life in the away game.

Van Gaal, the technical director on the side, never said a word, and he didn't go to the front until Ronald Koeman finished speaking.

Everyone knew that he had something to say and looked at him silently.

"I've been playing professional football for decades. I started as a player and then led a team. No matter how young my team is or how strong my team is, I have always told my players that on the football field, Nothing is impossible, as long as you want to, as long as you are willing to do it, then you must have a chance to do it.”

Many people nodded in unison, even Ibrahimovic, who was the least pleasing to Van Gaal.

At this time, what Ajax needs most is unity, not infighting.

"You are a group of talented players. Last season you reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League. I think that is the best expression of your strength. You are the best team in Ajax in the past few years. I think you are the best team. You can win more, the most important thing is whether you want it or not, whether you want to do it or not.”

As soon as Van Gaal stopped talking, the meeting room was dead silent.

"Many people say that the team I led was Ajax's final glory, but I think this sentence is nonsense, because when I led the team, many people said that Ajax's final glory was It was Van Basten's time, but now it has changed, why?"

Van Gaal raised his right index finger, "Everyone wearing this jersey is creating its history. You have entered the quarter-finals. I believe that you definitely have the opportunity to create your history, so that everyone will be Talking about it, you guys are another brilliant peak for Ajax."

As soon as Van Gaal finished speaking, there was a burst of warm applause at the scene. Yang Yang was also deeply encouraged and applauded vigorously.

Heroes and times are always inseparable from each other.

Ronald Koeman didn't have a good relationship with Van Gaal either, but shook hands with the technical director and thanked him for his encouragement.

Subsequently, the head coach of Ajax announced the team's starting tactics for this game, which surprised everyone in the audience, but also felt excited, because the coaching staff decided to attack this game.

"I ask you to press Arsenal from the first second of the game, press them and play until we score!" Ronald Koeman shouted loudly.

In the face of such a strong Arsenal, this decision is full of courage and courage, and it also makes the young players excited.

When Luther Carroll announced the team's starting list, pushing forward from the goalkeeper was basically Ajax's strongest combat power, especially after the right back Trabelsi returned with the African Cup champion. , which makes Ajax even more powerful.

The trident in the frontcourt is Wesley Sunk, Ibrahimovic, and...

"...Yang Yang!"

The first start, what will happen? Brothers and sisters, I beg you, smash a few more recommendation tickets!