Chapter 1593 Battle of Camp Nou
On the weekend, Ajax challenged Groningen away.
After a large rotation, Ajax once again showed fatigue, and the audience couldn't attack for a long time.
But even so, Ajax still narrowly beat Groningen 1-0 in the 78th minute, relying on Haaland's goal, and won their 30th consecutive victory this season.
With only three rounds left in the Eredivisie and Ajax has already won the championship in advance, the biggest suspense in everyone's mind is no longer other things, but whether Ajax can win the Eredivisie with a record of complete victory champion?
If it comes true, then Yang Yang will be recorded in the Eredivisie, and even the annals of European football history.
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The Eredivisie has just finished, and the Dutch Football Association has also discussed the results.
After Ajax eliminated Juventus and advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League, led by the Dutch Football Association, representatives of the 18 Dutch teams came to the Football Association headquarters in Amsterdam to discuss the adjustment of the league schedule for the last two rounds.
The Dutch Football Association has initially drawn up two plans. One is to advance the thirty-third round of the league to the twenty-sixth.
The advantage of this plan is that there is little movement. It only needs the consent of Ajax's opponent Graf Sharp, and other Eredivisie teams do not object, and it can be implemented, but it does not have much effect on Ajax.
The 32nd round of the Eredivisie is held on the 23rd of Tuesday, that is to say, if the 33rd round is moved forward to Friday 26th, then Ajax will have to play two games within four days The game, followed by a guest at Camp Nou on May 1 next Wednesday, with only four days of rest in between.
The previous schedule was compressed, and the team's consumption increased. Although they got a four-day rest time, it was of little significance.
The second plan was proposed by the Ajax technical team at the club representative meeting of the Football Association after fully considering the semi-final schedule of the guest first and the host first, and the actual situation of the club, that is, the last two rounds of the league will be postponed. back.
Not only the postponement of Ajax, but also all games in the Eredivisie, because for the sake of the fairness of the league rankings, the last two rounds of all European league games are played at the same time.
Ajax proposed to postpone the league to the 12th and 15th in mid-May, which happened to stagger the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals on May 1st and May 7th.
At noon on May 5th, it was the Dutch Cup final again, and Ajax would play a final against Willem II.
Yang Yang has enough confidence in this game. He firmly believes that the team can win, so he didn't propose to reschedule.
Besides, it is impossible for William II to agree, because this is too obvious an advantage for them.
Ajax's entry into the semi-finals of the Champions League is a huge benefit to the entire Eredivisie, and all teams will benefit accordingly. They naturally hope that Ajax can enter the finals and even win the championship.
In addition, the Ajax management headed by Van der Sar tried to persuade the representatives of the other 17 teams at the representative meeting. The chairman of the Dutch Football Association Michael van Prager also came forward to support Ajax. In the end, they all agreed to the second set of plans, and the last two rounds of the league were postponed.
After the plan was announced, Ajax also thanked the Dutch Football Association, the Eredivisie team and all walks of life in the Netherlands for their attention and support on the official website, saying that the team will go all out to strive for a breakthrough in the Champions League.
Although everyone does not think that Ajax can compete with Barcelona.
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After the announcement of the plan, Ajax will have a seven-day holiday after playing the home game against Vitesse on the 23rd. It will not be necessary to face Barcelona until Labor Day on May 1.
But as early as the 32nd round of the Eredivisie, before the plan was announced, Yang Yang and the coaching staff immediately adjusted the team's training plan. The coaching staff headed by Winston Bogard and Pintus immediately responded to all The main players make physical adjustments and reserve training, and strive to make the team reach the best physical and mental state when they are at the Nou Camp.
After all, the next three games are all related to the success or failure of Ajax this season.
Yang Yang was also not idle, he and Harvey Alonso began to study Barcelona's techniques and tactics.
As Yang Yang has been saying before, Ajax is not afraid of ball-holding teams like Barcelona, but a little afraid of Inter Milan, Juventus with excellent defensive capabilities, or Tottenham Hotspur. High-impact team.
Playing Barcelona, Ajax has no other choice at all, but can only continue to insist on its high position to press and press.
The key is how to suppress Barcelona and how to get out of Camp Nou?
This is the problem that Yang Yang will solve in the next week.
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On April 23, the thirty-second round of the Eredivisie.
Ajax defeated Waiters 4-2 at home.
The team is not playing well, many main players are in the process of adjustment, and the state is not very good.
Jovic scored twice and added an assist, De Ligt scored again from a corner and Odegaard added another.
After playing this game, Ajax began closed training.
The whole team began to actively prepare for the Camp Nou battle.
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While Ajax is intensively preparing for the game, Barcelona is continuing its double match a week.
On April 23, in the thirty-fourth round of La Liga, Barcelona defeated Alaves 2-0 away.
On April 27th, in the thirty-fifth round of La Liga, Barcelona narrowly beat Levante 1-0 at home.
In the two games, Barcelona did not do their best, and they were obviously conserving their energy to prepare for the Champions League game. However, due to the thickness of the first-team lineup is not outstanding, and there is still a certain pressure in the league, so Barcelona did not make a substantial effort. rotation.
Valverde obviously still wants to grab both hands.
The league leads the league by nine points, but Atletico Madrid is chasing it hard. There are still three rounds left in the league. Barcelona still feels the pressure and dare not take risks easily, while the Champions League opponent Ajax has significantly improved both in terms of overall strength and competition experience. Behind Barcelona.
You know, in the past fifteen years, no dark polo team has ever broken through to the semi-finals.
The last non-Big Four league team to break into the Champions League final was Ajax and Porto in the 2003-2004 season.
Since then, the best result of a non-Big Four League team in the Champions League is the semi-final!
Everyone knows that at the level of the semi-finals, it is no longer just a competition of team strength, but also a confrontation of the overall strength of the club, almost all aspects of the competition.
No matter which aspect Barcelona looks at, they don't take Ajax seriously.
For a team from the Eredivisie, reaching the semi-finals is already a huge victory.
Among the odds offered by many European bookmakers, Ajax is also the lowest odds among the top four teams, while Barcelona is far ahead and is the number one favorite to win the championship, followed by Liverpool and Manchester City.
Among all media surveys, the Champions League final matchup that I most want to see is Barcelona and Manchester City, because of Guardiola.
Originally, what fans wanted to see most was the duel between Yang Yang and Messi, but unfortunately, when the quarterfinals were drawn, they were drawn to the same half area, so that they met early in the semi-finals.
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The war is imminent, and all kinds of preparations are in full swing.
The more critical the moment is, the more fully the ability of Yang Yang's team is reflected.
Needless to say, Yang Yang and Harvey Alonso are veterans who have played in the Champions League for many years. Pintus has experienced many key decisive battles with Real Madrid. Winston Bogard and Frans Hawke also They are all experienced championship-level coaches, and they all know what to do and what not to do when the big game is coming.
Van Gaal is also an experienced head coach. He knows how to create the best and most relaxed coaching environment for the team before the big game.
But what surprised Yang Yang the most was Eric Ten Hag.
The head coach of Utrecht is familiar with Guardiola's skills and tactics, as well as Barcelona's football. Therefore, during the suspension of the league, he drove to De Tokmorst to discuss with Yang Yang and others. The upcoming semi-finals of the Champions League, and gave a lot of his own suggestions for Yang Yang to consider.
Yang Yang, who already admired Ten Hag quite a lot, became even more speculative with him now.
Among the many pre-match preparations, what Yang Yang attaches the most importance to is the player's psychology in addition to targeted tactics.
Almost every day after the training session, Yang Yang will take time to meet with the players. Before the game, he needs to understand the psychological state of each player under his command, especially their psychological state before facing Barcelona.
Some players have excellent psychological quality and become stronger when they are strong, but there are also some players who are easily nervous, and some players blindly exaggerate the strength of their opponents because they are not familiar with them, adding a lot of psychological burden to themselves for no reason, but there are also some players. Carelessly, I think that the team will definitely be able to kill Barcelona if they pass the test.
Excessive pessimism, excessive optimism, or nervousness and anxiety, these are not normal phenomena, and they all need to be resolved by Yang Yang.
He has a lot of experience. He has played in Real Madrid for nine years. His personal honor is the highest in the world of football. At the same time, he has extraordinary influence and personal prestige in the team, so he can answer every question of the players.
When he faced Barcelona, he almost never lost, so he has the confidence to tell his players how to beat their opponents at the Nou Camp and how to contain Barcelona.
Among them, what he said the most, and repeatedly emphasized, is to be brave and confident!
"Facing a team like Barcelona, any cowardice and cowardice are slow suicide!"
"Only by standing up bravely, and only by strengthening one's beliefs, can it be possible to defeat the opponent at the Nou Camp Stadium!"
"You have to believe that I have never lost to Barcelona. It has been the case before, and it will be the same in the future. I will definitely be able to lead everyone out of the Nou Camp with their heads held high!"
This is Yang Yang's mobilization to the players in the last tactical meeting before the game.
He wants to instill his confidence in the Ajax players, he wants to earn everyone's trust.
Only in this way can Ajax get away with it at Camp Nou!