Chapter 138 Strong and Weak

Even when he returned to school and was in the classroom, Yang Yang was still immersed in the dignified atmosphere of the Champions League draw.

He still clearly remembered that the moment Frederick pulled out of Monaco, the air in the entire lounge seemed to be drained, and everyone in it, including the rebellious Ibrahimovic, Including the talented Van der Vaart, was silent.

Nobody wants to touch Real Madrid, this team is horrible.

Ronaldo, Raul, Zidane, Beckham, Figo, Robert Carlos, Guti, Salgado, Casillas, Elguera...

In almost every position, Real Madrid has the world's top stars, and even the bench is filled with famous European stars such as Solari, Cambiasso, Raul Bravo and Portillo. .

This is one of the strongest and scariest teams in Europe, and any flash of their star can end the game.

No team wants to meet Real Madrid, but Ajax is unlucky.

Yang Yang's idols are Van Basten and Ronaldo. He once dreamed of playing with the two idols. In De Tokmost, he has been on the same training ground with Van Basten many times. Experience, the Dutch famous also taught Yang Yang a lot of things.

Now, he welcomes Ronaldo again, but his mood is not light at all.

Not only him, but everyone on the team seemed to be weighed down by a huge rock.

Real Madrid is like a towering mountain, standing in front of everyone in Ajax, forcing them to look up.

"Cough...cough..."

When Yang Yang was in depression, two coughs suddenly came from beside him.

When he woke up, he saw that the middle-aged teacher who was in class had walked beside him at some point.

Everyone in the class turned their heads silently and looked at him, the atmosphere was like an arrow, and it was about to explode.

Like a student who made a mistake, Yang Yang immediately stood up from his seat, "I'm sorry, sir."

Dare to admit his mistakes, this is one of Yang Yang's advantages.

This middle-aged teacher is notoriously stern. He stared deeply at Yang Yang, and when everyone present thought he was going to get angry, he suddenly bent down and picked up Yang Yang, which was originally coiled under his feet. The football that slipped out at some point was gently placed on Yang Yang's table.

"It's really regrettable to draw Real Madrid, but you have to understand that Ajax fans will never be blindly demanding. For us, to be able to qualify for the group stage and to knock out Arsenal and enter the quarter-finals is already very important. Good grades."

Saying that, he gently patted Yang Yang's shoulder and motioned him to sit down.

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, you've done enough, whether you win or lose against Real Madrid next, all of us Ajax fans are proud of you."

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, there was a burst of warm applause in the classroom.

This group of Ajax fans responded to the teacher's words with applause.

Yang Yang was very moved and encouraged, but his heart was still heavy.

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For the next two days, Yang Yang was still the same as usual. Every day was basically the school, De Tokmost and his home, three o'clock and one line. He still worked hard in training, but the whole person always felt unhappy.

Not only him, but the entire first team, even a neurotic guy like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, seems to have stopped laughing, everyone is not the same as usual, De Tokmo Sturt's atmosphere also became very strange.

Of course Ronald Koeman knows the reason, and he is also very clear that the team must get out of this downturn as soon as possible. He has thought of many ways, but it has always been ineffective.

Ajax is too young, the average age is only 22 years old, and Yang Yang is only 17 years old. Almost everyone of them grew up watching the superstars in Real Madrid play football. Many people are their idols from childhood to adulthood.

In the eyes of this group of young players, the superstars of Real Madrid are almost omnipotent, and now, how can they have no pressure to play against such a group of people and a team?

Not to mention this group of young people, even some experienced veteran players will inevitably feel the pressure.

Technical director Van Gaal told the players very frankly at the pre-match preparation meeting for the twenty-fifth round of the Eredivisie that this is a hurdle that any team and any professional player will encounter. Crossing the past is progress. If you can't get past it, it will only go backwards.

"I still clearly remember that in the Champions League in 1992 and 1993, Capello led his AC Milan all the way from the qualifiers to the final. In the eight games before the final, AC Milan won eight consecutive victories. He scored sixteen goals, conceded only one, and kept seven clean sheets, while Marseille in Ligue 1 was stumbling all the way, with four draws, all of which were very thrilling."

"But what no one thought was that Marseille beat AC Milan 1-0 in the Champions League final."

After a while, Van Gaalton smiled slightly at the players in front of him, "Everyone, the AC Milan team at that time included Van Basten, Rijkaard, Baresi, Maldini, Costacurta, Tasotti, Albertini, Donadoni, Lentini, Papin, a whole bunch of world stars."

"Although Marseille at that time also had Butters, Deschamps, Desailly and other names that sound familiar now, but they were about the same age as you are now, and the team was also in the process of metabolism, but they Turned over the mighty and mighty AC Milan."

"But a year later, the battered AC Milan made a comeback, Capello's team went all the way to the Champions League final, met Cruyff's Barcelona, ​​lost Rijkaard and Van Basten, and AC Milan attacked. It was a big hit, but Cruyff's Barcelona reached unprecedented heights."

"La Liga has won four consecutive championships and scored 91 goals in a single season. The team with the most powerful attacking firepower in Europe has Michel Laudrup, Romario, Begiristan, Guaranteed Diola and superstars like our current manager Ronald Koeman."

"But in the end, Capello's team slaughtered Barcelona 4-0."

The whole conference room became silent, everyone looked at Van Gaal silently, but Van Gaal, who was standing on the stage, seemed to be caught in his own memories, unable to extricate himself.

"It's been another year and AC Milan have made it to the final of the Champions League again, the third year in a row, and they are very ambitious to defend the St. Everyone knows that it was the young Ajax at the time."

"That game was very difficult, we had nothing to do with AC Milan's defense the whole game, until the 85th minute, when the 18-year-old Kluivert, who replaced Litmanen, was physically weak. The moment he lost his balance, he smashed the goal that Rossi was guarding."

"This goal goes into the history of the Champions League and ushered in another Champions League title for Ajax."

Everyone on the field played football. Although Van Gaal said it very simply, they could feel the pressure and difficulties faced by these teams at that time from this few words.

"The Champions League is a stage full of magic, it attracts all the attention and attracts the attention of fans all over the world, but it is also very cruel, it will not have the slightest pity or sympathy for anyone, it does not believe in the tears of the weak, nor does it accept The cowardice of any timid person.

It only accepts conquest from the strong. "

"And the so-called strength or weakness does not depend on who has more stars and who has stronger strength, but on you."

Van Gaal said at the end, pointing hard at everyone present.

Yang Yang was sitting in the crowd, and he seemed to see Van Gaal's hand pointing at him from a distance.

He never knew that Van Gaal still had such eloquence, but he had to admit that this remark was very encouraging, and even the stone that had been pressing on his heart for many days was relieved a lot.

But whether other people can hear it, or how much they can hear it, he doesn't know.

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The draw for the Champions League quarter-finals has a profound impact on the team, but only in the Champions League.

In the Dutch league, Ajax has never doubted their own strength.

In the twenty-fifth round of the Eredivisie, Ajax defeated Roda JC 4-2 at home.

In this game, Ajax played with an all-substitute lineup. Anastasia scored twice, Mitya and Pinar each scored a goal, which also let everyone see Ajax The tyrannical strength of the bench.

Maybe not in the Champions League, but in the Dutch league, Ajax is invincible.

In the middle of the week, still at the Amsterdam Arena, Ajax ushered in the Dutch Cup semi-final opponent Breda.

This time, Ajax scored a clean two-goal victory at home, Yang Yang came off the bench in the 75th minute, and the team scored the second goal in the 76th minute, but it had little to do with Yang Yang.

The most pleasing thing in this game is the cooperation between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart. The two scored a goal each, showing a good competitive state and sense of cooperation.

After returning to the Eredivisie League, Ajax continued to welcome Waiters at home. In order to better prepare for the game at the Bernabeu Stadium in midweek, Ronald Koeman continued to play most of the bench lineup, but the result was only at home. With Mitya's goal, they beat Waiters 1-0.

It is worth mentioning that after losing 0-1 at home to Feyenoord in the last round, Eindhoven's performance in this round was sluggish again. They drew with Breda 1-1 at home and lost five points in the two rounds. Ajax quickly extended their lead to 13 points.

With only eight rounds left in the league, this has basically announced the ownership of the league championship in advance.

After the 26th round of the Eredivisie, Ajax took another three days of rest in Amsterdam, flew to Madrid on the evening of March 23, and checked into a hotel not far from the Bernabeu Stadium.

All the players are also recharged, waiting for the battle with Real Madrid tomorrow night.