Chapter 143 Potential

Real Madrid beat Ajax 4-2 at home, which aroused enthusiastic responses from the media and fans after the game.

Of course, the protagonist is not Ajax who has no sense of existence, but more of a galaxy battleship.

One goal behind in the first half, and four goals in a row within half an hour of the second half, Real Madrid's strength is evident.

But both the media and fans still have reservations about Real Madrid's victory, mainly because the performance of the superstars in the game was obviously unsatisfactory, especially the passivity in the final stage.

Even the Spanish Marca newspaper commented that if Raul Bravo's injury had not interrupted Ajax's offensive, Real Madrid would likely have conceded another goal or even been equalized by Ajax.

Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona who was born in Ajax, pointed out in his column that it is incredible that Real Madrid can win two goals in the end.

But the Galaxy battleships are not the only team that sucks, the other is AC Milan.

The Rossoneri welcomed Deportivo Deportivo at home in the first leg of the game. As a result, they also conceded the goal in the opening 11 minutes and did not equalize until the final stoppage time of the first half. And fifty-three minutes, AC Milan pulled three goals in a row in seven minutes and completed the reversal.

In the end, AC Milan defeated Deportivo Deportivo 4-1 at home, and the result was slightly better than Real Madrid.

Whether it is the mainstream media or fans, the two giants Real Madrid and AC Milan have warned that they should seriously find out the problems of the team, otherwise, it will be extremely difficult to enter the semi-finals.

Shrouded in the shadow of the giants, Ajax did not receive much attention. After all, the game was defeated 2-4. Even the Dutch media and fans were all mourning, as if the team had been eliminated. Out in general.

On the contrary, Yang Yang's interactions with superstars such as Ronaldo and Beckham after the game became the gossip news that the media paid more attention to. There was even a Spanish tabloid that reported that Real Madrid wanted to poach Yang Yang, but no one believed it.

Buy a seventeen-year-old teenager?

It was never Real Madrid's style.

In the other two games of the Champions League quarter-finals, Porto defeated Lyon 2-0 at home, and Monaco defeated Chelsea 3-1 at home. The latter game was quite surprising. It was a big upset, but Chelsea have another home, and hope.

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Yang Yang didn't pay attention to the disturbance from the outside world.

On the morning of the next day of the game, he participated in the team's post-match recovery training, mainly to adjust his state.

Head coach Ronald Koeman also told him that the weekend's league games will be closed to recharge and prepare for the second leg in two weeks.

Although the away game lost 2-4, the home game is not completely without opportunities, it depends on whether the team can grasp it.

After training, Yang Yang did not leave immediately. Instead, he threw the ball aimlessly, frowning and thinking about a problem that had plagued him all day, that is, the strong feeling he had when he played at the Bernabeu Stadium last night.

At that time, the feeling was very strong, and the impression was very deep, but it seemed like a flash in my mind, and I couldn't grasp it.

But what happened?

He discussed it with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Maxwell and Fermaelen, but none of them got an answer. Later, he asked Laobing at the super training ground, and it was a lot of nonsense. Heap, but also not clear.

Yang Yang is a very stubborn person sometimes. When he encounters a problem, he always wants to figure it out. He can only sigh heavily when he can't go up or down like he is now.

"What's the matter? Are you in a bad mood?"

Suddenly, Van Basten's voice came from behind.

Yang Yang turned around immediately, saw the smiling Ajax legend, and immediately laughed, "Hi, Marko."

"What's the matter? A frowning look."

"It's nothing." Yang Yang smiled. "What about you? I haven't seen you for a long time. How is the team doing now?"

"Don't mention it, you are not here, we lost a sharp knife on the right. After the Dutch Cup was eliminated, the league also encountered some problems. The game was not particularly ideal, but fortunately, the team's strength is good, it's okay." Fan Basten smiled freely.

At his level, he no longer needs to prove himself to anyone.

"I'm not that important." Yang Yang laughed.

To be praised by others, especially by one's own idol, is really not a bad feeling.

"I heard that you met your idol last night?" Van Basten asked with a smile.

"Idol? Don't you stand in front of me?"

"Don't come here. I'm talking about Ronaldo. I heard that you also have a collection of Real Madrid superstar jerseys?"

Looking at Van Basten's malicious eyes, Yang Yang felt depressed in his heart. Needless to say, it must have been spread by a big mouth last night. Fortunately, he has already put away his jersey.

"There is one more Robert Carlos." Yang Yang laughed.

When Van Basten saw his appearance, he couldn't help but smile. After all, he was a seventeen-year-old groupie.

Although he no longer plays under Van Basten, Yang Yang's respect for the Dutch legend has not diminished at all.

Soon, he described the problems he encountered to Van Basten. Unexpectedly, when the latter heard it, he immediately suppressed his smile, his expression became serious, and he looked at Yang Yang deeply.

"How do you say it? It's a phenomenon that's hard to explain, but it's real."

Van Basten used to be one of the most successful professional players on the planet. Yang Yang paid great attention to what he said and listened attentively.

"Do you watch basketball?"

Yang Yang shook his head, "I don't know anything about basketball."

Van Basten was a little speechless, "In basketball games, you often see a phenomenon, that is, when a certain team suddenly plays a high court and scores consecutively, forcing the opponent's head coach to stop and interrupt the opponent. this state.”

Yang Yang doesn't understand basketball, but he understands what he means.

"If we regard a team as a machine, and the players are like the parts that make up the machine, then, in the game, the machine needs the running-in of various parts to run, and only each part is Once the running-in is smooth, the machine can run smoothly.”

Yang Yang nodded, this explanation was simple and simple, and he understood it clearly.

"But you know, that's a machine, but we're humans, and everyone is an independent individual with independent thoughts and thoughts. It's not an easy task for you to adjust two people to the same channel. Not to mention a few people, even eleven people, how difficult it is, you can fully imagine."

Yang Yang can certainly imagine that even in a team like Ajax with many youth players, many of them have been training together since childhood, and they have cooperated for many years after entering the first team. Not an easy thing, let alone so many people.

"However," Van Basten said, and the conversation changed, "if multiple players, or even all players, have a unified mind, adjust to the same channel, and exert their strength in one direction, then the team's cooperation at this time will be limited. It will play very smoothly, whether it is attacking or defending, it can be unfavorable, just like playing a high tide in a basketball game.”

"Someone used to call this [potential]."

Yang Yang suddenly realized that the so-called "no points for winning" is what he is talking about.

"I was playing for AC Milan and the coach was Sacchi. At that time, he created a brand new training called shadow training, that is, there is no ball in the training area, and everyone is like the clockwork of a clock. Moving on the court, one link after another, everyone is tuned to the same frequency without knowing it."

"And what you felt in the game, whether it was the half-hour attack dominated by Real Madrid, or the pressing and counterattack of our Ajax in the final stage, it formed such a trend."

When he heard this, Yang Yang finally understood.

This so-called potential can only be felt and experienced by individuals. It is something that cannot be scientifically quantified, but it actually exists on the field of play, so it is difficult for even Lao Bing to say why.

Take last night's game as an example, Real Madrid scored four goals in a row within half an hour. It is obvious that the superstars worked together to form a momentum and played a wave of highs, suppressing Ajak. s.

But after the victory was established, one or several of their links broke, so Real Madrid went back to the rhythm and situation before.

And Ajax played a momentum at the last moment, which gave Yang Yang a very strong feeling that the team can score again, as long as there is enough time, as long as the team maintains this momentum, they can keep on going. Goal.

But at this time, Raul Bravo's injury interrupted the momentum.

But soon, another question arose in Yang Yang's heart.

"Marko, according to you, can this kind of momentum only be formed by the team's concerted efforts?"

After listening to Van Basten, he smiled admiringly and shook his head: "No, it's not, teamwork is one aspect, but in fact, some people can lead the team by their individual abilities, and then make everyone around them. The rhythm and frequency of the game, which creates a momentum, and this kind of person is often the core soul of this team."

"Many of our head coaches tend to adopt targeted defensive strategies for this kind of person, the purpose is to make it impossible for him to easily play at a rhythm he is familiar with, and the purpose is to worry that he will lead the entire team through his personal performance. "

When Yang Yang heard this, he not only remembered a sentence that many people in China often recite.

Times make heroes, but heroes often create times too.

The same goes for football.

Yang Yang looked back at the current Ajax team. The core figure seems to be Van der Vaart. He is the captain of the team, but he is not.

Nor is it Zlatan Ibrahimovic, nor Sneijder or Wesley Sonk, nor De Jong, Heitinga and others in the midfield.

Today's Ajax does not have the person who can drive the team to create the situation.

That is, there is no soul core.