Chapter 1472 Star Processing Factory

While Yang Yang led Real Madrid to La Liga, Ajax, who was far away in Amsterdam, was also hurrying to prepare for the second half of the Eredivisie. Van Gaal and Van der Sar gave the team the goal of keeping the top two in the league.

This is not an easy task.

Before the winter break, the Eredivisie played a total of 18 rounds. Ajax was five points behind the leader PSV Eindhoven and only three points ahead of the third-placed Alkmaar. With Ajax's ups and downs, It is not an easy task to reverse Eindhoven, but Alkmaar and Feyenoord are behind them, but they have to be cautious.

Ajax's biggest advantage is the schedule. Not only have they been eliminated in the Champions League and Europa League, but they have also been eliminated from the Dutch Cup. This has led to Ajax only having the Dutch League next.

Single-line combat, one game a week, this is a good thing for Ajax.

During the training camp during the winter break, the Brazilian left-back Jorge, who shined in the first half, injured his knee during training and is expected to be absent for one to two months. This made Ajax feel a little unprepared.

One of the most important reasons why the team was able to counterattack all the way in the first half and return to the second place in the standings was the attack from the left. The full-back Jorge drove Frankie de Jong and Neres in front. , Coupled with Jovic's deterrent power in the middle, Ajax's offense was completely activated.

Now that Ruore is injured, Ajax has lost his arm on the left, and Ziyech can only rely on Ziyech to attack on the right, which has curbed the team's good momentum in the first half.

Van Gaal and van der Sar also mentioned in the video conference with Yang Yang that Jorge was repeatedly photographed by the Dutch media in nightclubs. Although he was suppressed by Ajax, it was still worrying. Does the 21-year-old Brazilian teenager have enough self-discipline?

In terms of training young players, Ajax already has a very mature and perfect mechanism, and has very rich experience. They clearly know how to persuade players, how to guide players, and how to put pressure on players. Urge them to maintain self-discipline and progress.

Therefore, after obtaining Yang Yang's consent, Ajax quickly introduced their captain Niklas Tagliafico from the Argentine Independiente with a transfer fee of 3.5 million euros.

This is not the first time Nicolas Tagliafico has landed in Europe. As early as 2012, the 20-year-old Argentine came to West Second Division on loan from his home team Banfield. Ercia, in just one year, played 27 times and only had one assist. His performance was not satisfactory, so he was not able to stay.

After returning to Banfield, Tagliafico helped the team win the Argentine Serie B championship, broke into the highest level of Serie A at the time, and moved to the independent team in 2015, and soon Appointed as the captain, he led the team to win the South American Club Cup in 2017.

He is only 1.72 meters tall, but Tagliafico is known for his desperation on the court. He can run and fight hard. He is good at supporting and passing the ball. Both offense and defense are quite satisfactory. Speed ​​and flexibility are his advantages , but due to the height, the strength confrontation is weak.

Tagliafico is twenty-five years old, has already matured, and has proved his strength in South America and Argentina, and was selected for the Argentine national team. This time, his purpose in coming to Ajax is to want to Make up for the shortcomings of six years ago and prove your strength and value in European football.

In contrast, Jorge has more characteristics in terms of offense. He has the skills of a Brazilian player at his feet. He can pass, control and rush. He is 1.84 meters tall. This is the standard height of a full-back, but his body is slightly thinner. , but better than being young.

Tagliafico has more experience and maturity, and he knows exactly what he wants. Such players are often more liked by the head coach, because there is no need to worry about their hard work on the court.

The intention of Ajax to introduce Tagliafico is very clear. It is not only to fill the vacancy on the left side of the team, but also to put more pressure on Jorge, forcing Brazilian players to feel the cruelty of competition and strive to improve themselves.

Sometimes young players are like that, it's too smooth sailing, it's not a good thing.

Of course, not all players' training can be smooth sailing.

Just like Kluivert Jr.

Due to the adjustment of the team's style of play, Ziyech moved forward to play as a right winger and adopted a style of play as a front midfielder, which caused Kluivert Jr. to become a rotation and substitute player, which made Kluivert Jr. very dissatisfied .

Ajax is full of patience with him. Van Gaal, van der Sar, Bergkamp and others have persuaded him many times and patiently explained the team's intentions to him, but he still cannot accept it and thinks he should Get a main position.

Just before the winter break transfer window opened, he publicly bombarded Ajax, threatening to leave the team if he was not given the main position, which made Ajax very passive.

There is no doubt that his potential and talent are very promising, but when the team is doing well, there is no reason for Kluivert to disrupt the pace of the team, and he is only eighteen years old. Compared with Neres or Ziyech, there are obviously some shortcomings.

Another England teenager, Sancho, has always been a substitute and rotation, and he has made great progress in the team.

Therefore, both Van Gaal and Van der Sar felt very headaches for Kluivert Jr., agreeing to his request would definitely destroy the status quo of the team, but if he refused, his contract would only end in 2019, he threatened Will not renew the contract with the club, which puts Ajax in a dilemma.

The club finally came to the conclusion that if Kluivert Jr. refused to renew his contract, he could only choose to sell him this summer. It is impossible to keep him for a free transfer, right?

Besides, there are many young players in the current team, and there are many young players waiting to be promoted. If they really want to leave, Ajax will not force them to stay, and they cannot be threatened by players anyway.

Even if his surname is Kluivert.

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In addition to Tagliafico, Ajax also signed Norwegian Molde striker Erling Haaland during the winter break.

The 17-year-old Norwegian teenager has only played 20 games for Molde so far, scoring four goals and one assist, including two goals and one assist in the league, both in the Norwegian league last year. What was achieved in the second half of the year was basically coming off the bench.

Molde coach Solskjaer is very optimistic about this young teenager. He has recommended it to Manchester United many times before, but the Red Devils don't care about him, so this gave Ajax the opportunity to enter and pay He paid a transfer fee of 3 million euros, and at the same time promised to continue Harland's loan in Molde for another season.

Since the Norwegian league will not start until March and end at the end of November, if Haaland returns to Ajax, it will not be until January 2019 at the earliest, after the winter break transfer window opens. .

However, during the loan period of Molde, Ajax will arrange a special coach to follow up, hoping to help him improve his strength as soon as possible.

Van Gaal is very optimistic about him, thinking that the future of this tall and strong Norwegian center is limitless.

The introduction of Jovic this season has basically played a role in the first half, especially in that wave of crazy offensive, Jovic has played an important role as a center, which also makes people look forward to the second half , or next season.

Ajax's strategy is also very clear. Cultivating young semi-finished products like Jovic and Harland has shown potential. After playing their worth, Ajax simply cannot retain people.

Star processing factory, this is the way Ajax will survive in the future.

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On January 18, in the first round of the knockout round of the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid challenged Leganes away.

Leganes is a satellite city located in the southern outskirts of Madrid. This newly promoted team last season was finally able to avoid relegation, which has surprised many people. This season they are ranked thirteenth in La Liga so far. One surprise.

In the away game against Leganes, Real Madrid still played with rotation and substitute lineup.

Yang Yang and Zidane once again rotated 11 players. As a result, they played almost zero to zero with Leganes in the away game. It was not until the 89th minute that the teenager Theo Hernandez With a pass from the left, Asensio shot from the edge of the small penalty area, broke Leganes' goal and scored the lore goal for Real Madrid.

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Three days later, in the twentieth round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Deportivo at home.

After the opening, Real Madrid took the initiative to apply pressure, but failed to break the deadlock.

Yang Yang and Mbappé's double forwards did not cooperate very well. Instead, in the 23rd minute, a quick counterattack penetrated Real Madrid's defense on the right, and then passed to the center, followed by Adrian Lopez. Tap into the empty goal at close range.

The conceded goal stimulated the bloodiness of Real Madrid, and the home team launched a crazy counterattack.

In the twenty-ninth minute, Marcelo suddenly entered the left side of the penalty area and crossed to the front of the small penalty area. Yang Yang dived to the top from close range, and broke through the goal of Deportivo with a header, tying the score.

In the 42nd minute, Yang Yang retreated to respond to Marcelo and then turned around and sent a direct pass. The Brazilian left back inserted into the left side of the penalty area and made a pass to the back point. Volley directly, into the far corner, two to one!

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, it was another push from the edge of the small penalty area by Mbappe, which made another victory for Real Madrid.

Then Yang Yang assisted Modric with a heel push and scored, four to one!

In the 78th minute, Marcelo sent an assist from the left, Yang Yang quickly ran out of the gap, and easily scored the goal with no defense, 5 to 1!

In the 84th minute, Mbappe made a cross from the right, and Yang Yang scored with a header in front of the goal, 6 to 1!

hat trick!

Then with a corner kick, Varane headed the ball and Vermaelen scored a goal, 7 to 1!

In the end, Real Madrid beat Deportivo 7-1 with Yang Yang's hat-trick and assists.

Marcelo, who has been criticized and criticized recently, is also a shame tonight, using a hat-trick of assists to justify himself.