Chapter 220 We Need Yang Yang! [The Fifth Update of Vomiting Blood, 15,000 Words, Please Subscribe to the Monthly Pass]

After seven rounds of the Eredivisie, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord tied for the first place with 19 points, ranking the top two respectively.

Utrecht is close behind with four points, followed by Alkmaar with 12 and Vitesse with 11.

Further down are the six tenth-scoring teams, Warwick, Nijmegen, Roda JC, Heerenveen, Willem II and Breda.

Ajax had just nine points, just in twelfth place.

The two-game losing streak in the Champions League group stage and the Eredivisie only scored nine points in seven rounds. Such a report card can indeed be said to be very bleak.

Not only the media in the Netherlands is surging, but even the fans of Ajax are very angry, thinking that Ronald Koeman has lost his aggressiveness in the new season, otherwise the team would not have played like this at all.

But Van Gaal doesn't see it that way.

"Part of the reason for the team's sluggish performance is of course its own problems. With five core players in a row, it is difficult for newly introduced players to be immediately competitive. It is only natural that the team's competitiveness will be weakened."

Speaking of which, Van Gaal changed his words, "But at the same time, it should be seen that it is indeed not good for Ajax on the schedule."

"Needless to say in the Eredivisie, Heerenveen has always been a bitter master of Ajax. It is not unacceptable to lose 2-3 away to Feyenoord. As for our away game against Alkmaar..."

Although Van Gaal didn't say it, everyone knew that Alkmaar was not a weakling.

Under the tutelage of Coe Adriance, AZ Alkmaar is a strong team in the Eredivisie. After Van Gaal took over, he adjusted the team to a certain extent, which naturally caused some turmoil, which is why A 5-0 defeat to PSV Eindhoven.

Of course, there is another very important reason is that Eindhoven is really too strong.

"In these few games, it was really considered to be an unacceptable loss of points, that is, the second half against The Hague, but at that time, it was somewhat affected by the national team's game. Although it was disappointing, there was nothing unacceptable."

Van Gaal's analysis here, the situation has been relatively clear.

There are definitely problems with Ajax this season, but it's definitely not as big of a problem as we've seen in the standings.

"The two-game losing streak in the Champions League can only be said to be a matter of drawing lots. Although Ajax is the defending champion, it was placed in the third pot, and Juventus and Bayern Munich were drawn. How can this be done? Against these two giants, it is normal to lose 0-1 at home to Juventus, and to lose 0-4 away to Bayern Munich is a bit of a breakdown."

Listening to Van Gaal's eloquent remarks, Ronald Koeman kept nodding his head, "The main reason is that the players are under too much pressure, Ma Kai scored one after another, and we were eager to attack, which made the already weak back line even more fragile. "

"I also watched that game. Ma Kai's state was indeed very good, with a hat-trick and an assist, but the most important thing was that the problem of defending the high center was exposed."

Roy Makai is 1.88 meters tall. He is a typical Dutch-style center forward with excellent scoring ability.

Ajax has always been a central defender with strong ball-playing ability. Heitinga and Vermaelen this season are both of this type, while Vlar is a little immature. He failed to defend in that game. Hold on to Mackay.

"This is the price of youth." Van Gaal sighed softly.

Ronald Koeman also felt very helpless. The team played like this. In any case, he, the head coach, has an inescapable responsibility, and the media and fans criticize him for granted.

"I now regret that I shouldn't have let Yang Yang go back to the Asian Youth Championship." Ronald Koeman sighed, "That kind of competition has no training value for him, as long as I insist at that time, let the club and China The Football Association communicates and will definitely be able to keep him.”

After a pause, Ronald Koeman shook his head regretfully and sighed: "But at the time, I thought that the team started well and should be able to handle it, but I didn't expect..."

When some players are there, you won't feel his importance. Only when he's gone will you realize that you really can't live without him.

Van Gaal nodded slightly, "In a team, the importance of some players is clearly visible, and some players are relatively low-key, diligent, and seem to be replaceable, but when you really lose him At that time, you will find that he is the most irreplaceable one."

Yang Yang's stats in the first three rounds were not bad, but the team stumbled at that time, which made his role not fully recognized, but now, after Yang Yang, everyone suddenly realized that the gap was so big.

With Yang Yang, Ajax scored seven points in the first three rounds, on par with PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord.

But without Yang Yang, Ajax only scored two points in the next four rounds, while PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord won four consecutive victories, one of which was Feyenoord's home game. Defeat Ajax's strong dialogue.

Van Gaal sighed softly, "Take your time, the most important thing now is to decompress. For you, the two-week national team game can be said to be life-saving. You can take a breath and regroup."

Two weeks later, Yang Yang should also return to the team.

It is also interesting to say that the four dark horse teams that reached the Champions League semi-finals last season have not performed well this season.

The best is Monaco, third in Ligue 1, just two points behind top-ranked Lille and Lyon.

This has a lot to do with the fact that Deschamps' team lineup is relatively complete.

Porto in the Portuguese Super League also ranks third in the league, but is four points behind Benfica. This is quite an unsatisfactory result for Porto, who has always regarded the Portuguese Super League champion as a possession, and the competitive pressure of the Portuguese Super League is stronger than that of the Netherlands. Armor is smaller.

La Coruña in La Liga is not much better than Ajax. After six rounds of matches, Super Deportivo is only ranked 11th and only scored eight points. Such a report card is comparable to Ajax. Situation in the Eredivisie.

Moreover, unlike Ajax, which lost five core players, Super Deportivo did not lose core players this summer. Instead, many players were introduced, and Irueta’s coaching began to be questioned to some extent.

In the Champions League last season, Ajax had the most limelight, and the loss of players was the most serious. So far this season, the results are also the worst.

"The most important thing now is to stabilize the team's lineup and framework as soon as possible and re-establish the backbone." Van Gaal suggested.

What did Ronald Koeman not know?

The core of the team is not who the coach says is who it is. On the one hand, it depends on the player's strength and performance on the field. On the other hand, it depends on his popularity and status in the locker room.

It's like the captain of the team. If no one listens to you, the captain's armband will be given to you, that is, the empty commander.

Now Ajax is indeed in an embarrassing stage of replacing old and new. Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart have left the team, but the new core of the team has not been established.

Heitinga is the backbone of the team's defense, but he is too rash and reckless and not stable enough; needless to say De Jong, brave is very brave, but not the core material; Sneijder is very suitable, with excellent skills and personal ability Needless to say, it is also Ajax's direct youth training. Such players are born to be the embryos of team leaders.

However, Sneijder's character is too low-key and dull, and he is not the type that is very diligent, full of hunger and aggressiveness. Such a player will not make a fuss about leaving the team, but it is also difficult to lead the team. .

Pinar's playing style is soft, Wesley Sunck's performance has always been good and bad, Maxwell can be considered, but he is a good old man, never seen him offend anyone, and he is similar to Sneijder, not brave enough .

Ronald Koeman also considered a lot, and finally gave the captain's armband to Galasek, who was unable to play for many times.

After all the calculations, the old and the young in the team, Galasek is the most suitable candidate, but this veteran is gradually at a disadvantage in the competition with De Jong, and will only appear less and less in the future. .

It is not that the coaching staff has not considered Yang Yang. After all, he has performed very well in the first three rounds and the European Super Cup. Although he is usually low-key, he is diligent and diligent. .

But Yang Yang is not a direct descendant of Ajax's youth training. Second, he has only been in the team for a year, and he has only been in the first team for half a year. There is really nothing to say about his performance, but the problem is that he will not be 18 years old until the end of October. With a resume like your age, can you control the dressing room?

How does Van Gaal know the difficulty of Ronald Koeman at this moment?

But as the manager of Ajax, he has to take this difficulty and solve it.

It is difficult for any team without a soul and a leader to turn around in a difficult situation.

A game is like that, and so is a season.

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When the news of Ajax's 0-0 draw with Alkmaar in the away game came back to China, the national team coach Alihan also returned to Beijing and came to the headquarters of the Football Association.

Downstairs, facing the media reporters who were already waiting here, Alihan made no secret of his conflict with the Chinese coaching staff.

"I know a lot of people think I should respect the Chinese coaching staff, but the question is, if we disagree with each other, who should we listen to?"

"I am the head coach of the national team. If I listened to them, why didn't the Football Association invite them to be the head coach?"

Alihan also said that these are just differences in business and philosophy, not as bad and conspiracy theories as rumored by the outside world. The coaching staff still communicate with each other. He criticized some media for exaggerating the facts.

"Before the key match of the Asian Cup, your so-called authoritative media single-handedly concocted seven international footballers to go out to fight teeth in violation of regulations, leading to false news of collective diarrhea, inciting fans' emotions, which seriously affected the team's internal unity and preparations, I really can no longer Believe everything you report, you say he said it, but I don't believe it unless I hear it with my own ears."

For the upcoming game in Kuwait, Alihan said the team is determined to win.

"At least a draw away from home is required to ensure that we advance in advance, so I only came here today."

When Alihan said this, he was extremely solemn and said word by word: "We need Yang Yang!"