Chapter 1459 Return to Ajax

On the evening of August 8th, Skopje, Macedonia, Philip II Stadium.

UEFA Super Cup, Real Madrid vs Manchester United.

This is the second meeting between the two teams this summer. In the International Champions Cup in the United States, Manchester United defeated Real Madrid with a penalty kick, but this time they met in the European Super Cup.

Real Madrid formed a four-three-three formation, the goalkeeper is Keylor Navas, the defense is Marcelo, Varane, Ramos and Carvajal, and the midfielder is the Iron Triangle Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Modri Odd, the frontcourt is Isco, Suarez and Mbappe.

Relying on the overall strength advantage, Real Madrid managed to control the situation smoothly, stabilized the rhythm, and threatened Manchester United's goal one after another. Among them, Mbappe showed a lot of fighting spirit at the beginning and played the game's goal. The first shot was a volley from the edge of the penalty area.

But it was Casemiro who scored the first goal for Real Madrid. He received a diagonal pass from Carvajal in the 24th minute and shoveled in front of the goal.

After changing sides in the second half and fighting again, Suarez made a low pass from the left. Isco took the ball in front of the penalty area and cooperated with Mbappe for a one-two.

Manchester United quickly reversed the situation. In the 62nd minute, Matic made a strong long-range shot and caused Navas to let go. Lukaku made a push in front of the goal and successfully recovered a goal, rekindling hope.

Starting from the 65th minute, Zidane made substitutions one after another.

Yang Yang came on as a substitute in the 65th minute, replacing Suarez.

This is also the first time Yang Yang has played for Real Madrid this season, including the previous warm-up match. He has never played. At the same time, this is also the first time he has played against Mbappe.

The French teenager was very excited and ran over to hug Yang Yang.

Only five minutes later, after Real Madrid made a pass into the penalty area and was cleared, Modric stopped the ball outside the 30th area, and then made a diagonal pass back to Mbappé in the right corner of the penalty area.

The French teenager stopped the ball and made a dunk, and directly stabbed the ball to the bottom line. He started it at lightning speed, and after throwing away Manchester United's defenders, he passed the ball across to the goal.

At the front of the small penalty area, Yang Yang rushed to the goal and hit the goal with a push, making another victory for Real Madrid, 3 to 1!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!"

"Yang Yang's first goal of the season came from the assist of the teenager Mbappe!"

"Mbappe's speed is really too fast, especially when he stopped the ball and threw off the defender, he quickly surpassed a position, which made his subsequent crosses smoother."

"Yang Yang's running position in front of the goal is as good as ever. At the critical moment, he used a kick in front of the goal to seal the victory for Real Madrid."

After Yang Yang scored the goal, he pointed at Mbappe from a distance, and instead of running out to celebrate, he was waiting for the French teenager.

When Mbappe came to him, Yang Yang took the initiative to reach forward with both hands and hugged him vigorously.

Mbappé is also extremely excited.

In the past few years, he had dreamed of competing with Yang Yang in the same arena, but now he got his wish, and it was the first time the two sides partnered. He assisted Yang Yang to score with a cross in front of the goal.

Could there be a more fantastic start than this?

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In stoppage time, Vazquez, who came on as a substitute for Mbappe, also played on the right and sent the ball into the penalty area after passing two opponents in a row.

Yang Yang and Asensio grabbed the position at the same time, but Asensio took the initiative to give way, and Yang Yang easily hit the shot.

Scored twice!

Four to one!

The whole Philip II Stadium was calling Yang Yang's name, and he was so excited that he rushed out.

After resting for a whole month, Yang Yang has been training hard every day, trying to reduce his weight and adjust his state, and now, he finally ushered in the premiere of the new season.

Scoring twice is the best gift he can give to Real Madrid fans, and even fans all over the world who follow him!

In the end, Real Madrid also relied on Yang Yang's brace to defeat Manchester United 4-1, and once again defended the UEFA Super Cup champion!

After the game, Mourinho said in an interview with the media, "Real Madrid with Yang Yang is the best team in the world."

The implication is that when his team successfully chased the score to one to two and tried to reverse the situation, it was Yang Yang who came off the bench and seized two opportunities to secure the victory for Real Madrid and extinguish Manchester United's counterattack. momentum.

The core midfielder of Manchester United and former Real Madrid player Herrera also said in an interview with the British media after the game that Yang Yang can always turn the tide, and he will always be trusted by everyone at critical moments. He is the most important player of Real Madrid!

Real Madrid coach Zidane also said at the post-match press conference that the reason why he arranged Yang Yang as a substitute was because he was not fully prepared, "but he was born to play for the game!"

Zidane also said that in the next first round of the Spanish Super Cup, Yang Yang will still be a substitute if there is no accident.

"We hope he can get a better rest and maintain the best condition!"

But what the media and fans don't know is that Yang Yang temporarily left the team when he was transiting in Italy on his way back to Spain from Macedonia, and took a flight to the north of the Netherlands instead of returning to Madrid with the team.

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After losing the qualification for the Champions League group stage, Ajax returned to the Netherlands and ushered in the first round of the new season's Eredivisie.

Ajax's opponent is Hercules, who is not strong. This team ranked tenth in the Eredivisie last season. Compared with Ajax, there is still a clear gap in overall strength.

Ajax also showed quite strong strength in this game, with a ball possession rate as high as 75%, and even close to 80% in the first half. This is already an astonishing disparity. up.

But under such circumstances, Ajax actually lost 1-2 away to Hercules and lost the first game of the new season, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the fans in Amsterdam.

If it is said that losing the qualification for the Champions League group stage has already made the people of Amsterdam boil, then now, after losing the first round of the new season, even Ajax has begun to show cracks.

The media and fans were dissatisfied with this result, and they all attacked Ajax's poor performance in the new season. The euro income, but did not introduce strong support, but wanted to invest the funds in China's youth training base.

"Could it be that they have all forgotten the lessons learned from the failure of Ajax in Cape Town, South Africa?"

Van Gaal and van der Sar specially held a press conference to clarify and explain the reasons why Ajax established a youth training base in China, and expressed that they are very optimistic about the future growth of the Chinese market. At the same time, they also introduced this youth training plan. And the bright prospects of many other projects in cooperation with Chinese football.

But none of this helped, and Ajax's poor results made the media and fans angry.

Even after losing to Hercules, the chairman of the supervisory committee, Leo Van Week, personally said that he would reconsider the plan to build a youth training base in China.

And behind the scenes that the media and fans don't know, Leo van Wejk also made a request to the Ajax management, hoping that they will come up with a solution to the current team's plight as soon as possible, and at the same time, they must bear the responsibility of the team's continuous defeat in the Champions League Responsibility for play-offs.

When Yang Yang arrived in Amsterdam, he could clearly feel the pressure on the club.

He can imagine the chaos of the first team today, and he can also imagine the current contradictions in the management.

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"They should know that we have just undergone a reorganization. In this summer, we sold the entire central axis. It will take some time to reorganize the team. This cannot be done overnight."

In Ajax's office, Yang Yang was dissatisfied with the pressure from the supervisory board, especially the decision to suspend the Chinese youth training base. The main reason.

"The supervisory committee is also under a lot of pressure. The team's aura of runner-up in the Europa League last season was so dazzling that it brought a lot of unrealistic expectations to the media and fans. As a result, the transfer operation this summer, we can't keep it. Lost players, forced to sell the central axis, followed by a decline in performance, dashed expectations..."

Van der Sar also felt very helpless about this, and it was also quite tricky.

Speaking of it, Ajax's current situation is understandable, but in the professional arena, results are everything.

There will be no sympathy and understanding without grades.

"Kaiser has done a good job in the second team, but now it seems that he is not ready to play his own role, and the results of the second team last season are more or less the result of the team's strength. The ability to change the status quo of a team."

Van Gaal himself is the head coach. To a certain extent, Keizer is also the compromise the team had to make after Peter Boss suddenly left the team, because Ajax really couldn't find a more suitable one at that time. The head coach is gone.

"If it really doesn't work, then I will bear the responsibility." Van Gaal said with a sigh.

As a technical director, it is understandable to dismiss get out of class with poor grades.

"No!" Yang Yang waved his hand without hesitation. He knew the role of Van Gaal in Ajax and the importance of Van Gaal in his plan. He finally persuaded him to join Ajax. How could he let him Step down?

What's more, the status quo of Ajax is really not Van Gaal's responsibility, at least he is not the main responsibility.

Of course, it cannot be said that it is the responsibility of the team's excellent results last season. After all, who would believe such words?

"Otherwise, what should we do?" Van Gaal looked at Yang Yang, then at Wei Zheng, Van der Sar and others, all of them had no answer.

Although the season has just started, Ajax has lost the first round of the Champions League and the Eredivisie one after another. This start of the season for Ajax is really bad. To some extent, it is normal for the head coach or technical director to dismiss him because of this. operate.

After all, it can relieve the anger of the fans and the pressure of the supervisory committee.

But Yang Yang didn't intend to do that.

"Then put the word out, say the management is working and I'm back at Ajax!"

As soon as Yang Yang finished speaking, everyone present was stunned.