Chapter 136 Gold Substitute 】

March 10, for England fans, is destined to be difficult to calm down.

On the evening of the 9th, the Red Devils Manchester United, who have always been the pioneers of the Premier League in Europe, drew 1-1 at home with Porto of the Portuguese Super League.

This Portuguese Super League team, led by young coach Jose Mourinho, reversed Manchester United 2-1 in the first round. The Red Devils even paid the price of captain Keane's red card, but after returning to Old Trafford , Manchester United's performance is still no improvement.

In the face of Porto's solid defense, Scholes opened the scoring for Manchester United not long after the opening, but in the final stoppage time, Porto tenaciously equalized the score and finally left Old Trafford with a 1-1. And the aggregate score of three to two eliminated the Red Devils Manchester United.

The pain of the Red Devils being out has not yet healed, and the bad news came again.

On the evening of the 10th, at Highbury Stadium in London, Ajax conceded a goal first. In the 87th minute, Ibrahimovic assisted Van der Vaart to equalize the score, and it was also 1-1 in the end. score ends.

The final aggregate score was four to three, and Ajax upset Arsenal.

For two consecutive days, the two major Premier League giants were tragically eliminated, which shocked the entire English football world.

Whether it is Ajax or Porto, the overall strength is lower than that of Arsenal and Manchester United, but these two teams from the Eredivisie and Portuguese Super League won the game with the advantage of home and worked hard on the road. Keep the tie.

Overnight, the entire British media and fans were in a frenzy.

Countless TV programs have been reflecting on the fiasco of the two giants. The introduction of the Premier League winter break has once again been put on the agenda, and the cancellation of the League Cup has once again made noise for the team to decompress, but these are already old-fashioned arguments. .

Two young coaches, Ronald Koeman and Jose Mourinho, have entered the mainstream media in Europe. They can lead Ajax and Porto to the quarter-finals, especially Ronald Koeman, This is already the second consecutive season he has entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and his coaching ability is evident.

Compared with the grief of the British media and fans, the Netherlands is jubilant.

In the UEFA Champions League this season, the Eredivisie teams generally performed sluggishly. Only Ajax made it to the knockout stage, and now it has eliminated the giants Arsenal to advance to the quarter-finals, which has greatly appreciated by the Dutch domestic media and fans. .

What's more exciting is that Ibrahimovic assisted Van der Vaart's goal, and the handshake between the two on the field was expected by countless Ajax fans. Everyone believed that, The combination of the two will make Ajax stronger and more competitive.

Under the light of the two leading stars, Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, the performance of the ninety-ninth teenager Yang Yang also attracted a lot of attention. Trabelsi is planning an attack on the right.

The gold substitute, this is the certification of Yang Yang by Ajax fans.

I don't know when it started, everyone realized that Yang Yang is changing the situation on the field almost every time he plays, and he will bring unexpected surprises to the fans and the team in every game.

Everyone wants to know, how much potential does he still have to tap?

Head coach Ronald Koeman said in an interview with the Dutch Telegraph after the game that he did not know.

"He is always surprising, the speed of progress is always surprising, no one knows how far he can develop, but I personally believe that he is constantly surprising us and is gradually becoming the team's better player. An increasingly important and critical member.”

In the first round, Yang Yang scored three goals, beating Arsenal at home, and in the second round he planned the equalizing goal after coming off the bench, plus the last game of the group stage against Brugge...

Who can question what Ronald Koeman said?

However, although Ajax eliminated Arsenal and entered the quarter-finals, the outside world is still not optimistic about the team's prospects.

In addition to Ajax and Porto, the remaining six teams in the quarter-finals are Chelsea in the Premier League, AC Milan in Serie A, Real Madrid and Deportivo in La Liga, as well as Monaco and Lyon in Ligue 1.

With the exception of Bayern Munich and Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, which stopped in the round of 16, six of the seven mainstream European leagues have their teams in the quarter-finals. Since the reform of the Champions League, it can be described as an extremely rare scene.

Since this year is also the year of the reform of the Champions League, UEFA changed the Champions League from the original two-round group stage to a single-round group stage and directly entered the knockout round of the 16th round. The probability of being cold has contributed to the unpopularity of the Champions League this year.

But in any case, the teams that can enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League are all competitive teams.

Ajax, who has been out of the ranks of Europe's top teams for many years, will struggle hard no matter who they encounter next.

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While the entire Dutch media is hyping Ajax's upset entry into the quarter-finals of the Champions League, hyping the reconciliation between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, and hyping Yang Yang's gold substitute, Yang Yang is in the super A night of special training ended in the training ground.

He completed the review of the game on the plane back to Amsterdam from London, and started training when he got home, mainly basic training, [Ronaldo's assault], [Beckham's cross], and his left His feet waited for daily training, and his special training was not over until dawn.

Sitting on the soft, unbreakable turf on the super training ground, Yang Yang stared blankly at the goal opposite.

"What are you thinking?" Lao Bing's faint voice sounded beside his ear.

Yang Yang still looked ahead, but a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Thinking of those years in Almere."

I don't know why, whenever he was so tired that he wanted to give up, he couldn't help but think of that time when he was in the youth team and was played like a monkey every day, and was ridiculed by the onlookers fans. He had also thought about giving up countless times, but he finally persevered through gritted teeth.

Since then, whenever he couldn't help but want to give up, whenever he almost collapsed, he would keep asking himself, after such a painful experience, what else can't hold on?

After hearing Yang Yang's answer, Lao Bing didn't speak.

The entire super training ground was empty, there was no sound, and it was so quiet that you could hear your own heartbeat.

After a long time, Lao Bing's voice slowly rang in Yang Yang's ears again.

"You know, according to scientific research, human potential is unlimited."

"What's the meaning?"

"Some research institutions have shown that human behavior is controlled by the brain, and the brain is driven by human willpower, that is, as long as a person's willpower is strong enough, he can drive the brain, direct the body, and continuously Go beyond your own limits."

"Isn't that a superman?" Yang Yang asked with a smile.

He thinks this is impossible, just like a person in a game, he may continue to get up and run after cramping, but there will always be a moment when he collapses and falls.

"You misunderstood me, I didn't mean in a race, or in a short period of time, but in a long time, like in the Pele era, when the professional running seven or eight kilometers was already considered an iron man. For people at the time, running 10 kilometers in a race was unimaginable."

"But now, running 10 kilometers in a single game often occurs, but in the 2001 World Cup qualifiers, England against Greece, Beckham ran 16.1 kilometers in one game, setting a world record. beyond the limits of this age.”

"Maybe ten years from now, running ten kilometers in a single race will become the norm, and at that time there will be more and more people who can run 13 or 14 kilometers in one race, and maybe someone can even beat Beckham. this record."

"Do you understand what I mean? In every era, there will always be some people with extremely strong willpower, pushing their brains, directing their bodies, constantly surpassing their limits, and making things that everyone thought impossible. become possible."

Yang Yang understood what Lao Bing meant, and he felt deeply.

It's like that game against Arsenal last night, he kept running, kept looking for opportunities, failing over and over, getting up over and over again, if he hadn't pushed himself with willpower and forced himself to continue. Work hard, how can there be a final reversal?

"Thank you, Lao Bing." Yang Yang stood up from the grass.

In fact, he never felt tired physically, just mentally.

But now, he is not tired anymore.

"Don't thank me, even here, you still have to rely on yourself."

Yang Yang smiled and nodded.

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The Dutch morning in March is still very cold.

Yang Yang wore warm sports clothes, opened the door, and did a whole set of warm-ups in front of the house. After warming up his body, he saw that the door of the opposite house was also opened.

The tall and burly Ibrahimovic was waving at him with a smile, and then ran over quickly.

"It must be boring for you to train alone, I will accompany you."

Having said that, he had already snatched the ball from Yang Yang's feet and quickly ran forward with the ball.

Yang Yang froze in place, wondering if he had not woken up yet?

Will this guy run out early in the morning for morning exercises?

This is not his style at all.

But looking forward again, the guy was waving at him from a distance, signaling him to come up quickly.

"My God, is the sun going to come out from the west today?" Yang Yang looked at the sun that had not yet appeared, and was a little suspicious.

"Hey, the ball is over!"

Ibrahimovic woke Yang Yang with a start, raised his head just as he saw the ball flying over, immediately raised his chest instinctively, headed forward again, and quickly chased after him.

"Come on! You bastard, so hard to kill?"

"I'm not afraid that you haven't woken up yet?"

"Even if I didn't wake up, I was scared to wake up when I saw you!"

"Haha, are you surprised?"

"Surprise? Thriller is the right thing to do."

"Hey, is there anyone you treat kindly and help your buddy like this?"

"Then do I still owe you a favor?"

"You just know?"

"You can be a little more shameless."

"No way, as you said, I don't want this face!"

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