Chapter 246 European Golden Boy

Ajax beat Rosendahl 4-1 at home.

Feyenoord draws Heerenveen 2-2 away.

Eindhoven beat Twente 2-0 at home.

Alkmaar beat Groningen 2-1 away.

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After the fourteenth round of the Eredivisie, the ranking of the top four teams in the league standings has not changed.

PSV lead the table with 35 points, AZ Alkmaar is close behind with 33 points, Feyenoord and Ajax both have 30 points, but due to Feyenoord's goal difference There is an advantage, and it is temporarily ranked third.

The entire Dutch football world has been shocked by Ajax's performance over the past month.

From the twelfth place to the current fourth place, Ajax has shown great competitiveness.

Especially after Yang Yang's return, the team's attacking power has been greatly improved.

The only regret is that the team was eliminated from the Champions League and forced to play the UEFA Cup.

But both the media and the fans understand the situation of Ajax. After all, giant teams like Juventus and Bayern Munich are drawn, let alone Ajax, even other European giants may not have it. Grasp to stand out.

It can only be said that Ajax's luck is really bad.

While the upward momentum in the standings was obvious, Ajax finally killed a player in the scorer list.

That is Yang Yang, who just turned eighteen years old.

Eight goals made Yang Yang go one step further on the scorer list and tied for fourth place.

The top three players are Feyenoord center Kuyt, who has scored twelve goals, Heerenveen center Huntelaar, who has scored nine goals, and Feyenoord striker Kalou.

But unlike these pure shooters, Yang Yang has six assists in addition to eight goals.

In terms of goals and assists, Yang Yang's lethality is comparable to that of Kuyt and other players, not inferior at all.

Many Dutch media and fans agree that after Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart left the team, Yang Yang has become more mature and performed better this season, and has become the core player of Ajax.

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Time has entered December.

In the fifteenth round of the Eredivisie, Ajax played away to Walwick.

After a week's rest, coupled with the away game, Warwick launched a wave of offensive first.

Midfielder Robert Fuchs opened the penalty area in the seventh minute and scored for Varvik.

But it was precisely this goal that woke the Ajax players.

Just four minutes later, Yang Yang made a continuous breakthrough on the right, and suddenly inverted the triangle and returned to the front of the penalty area.

In the 36th minute of the first half, Pinar made another victory to make the score two-to-one.

The two sides never scored again after that.

Ajax finally beat Varvik 2-1.

That night, Eindhoven beat Graf Sharp 4-0 away with goals from Alex and Van Bommel, as well as a brace from Farfan.

Feyenoord also beat Nijmegen 2-1 with goals from Kuyt and Kalou.

Alkmaar beat The Hague 2-0.

The Eredivisie standings remain unchanged.

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In the middle of the week, the final round of the Champions League group stage.

Ajax welcomes Bayern Munich at home.

Before this game, Juventus had already advanced to the first place in the group, and Maccabi Tel Aviv was at the bottom with a bad record of five losses and was destined to be eliminated.

Bayern Munich basically won the second place in the group, unless Ajax beat their opponents 4-0 at home.

Although everyone knew before the game that there were not many possibilities, but in the game, Ajax still played very actively.

Just as the head coach Ronald Koeman said before the game, for nothing else, the team must strive to win a victory and save the face of the defending champion.

At the beginning of the game, Magath's team put on an aggressive posture, Hargreaves dragged behind, Frings and Deisler separated on the two wings, Ballack stepped forward, and the small diamond in midfield gave Ajax Created a lot of trouble.

Just nine minutes into the game, Bayern Munich took advantage of an opportunity to counterattack. Deisler and Kufuor cooperated on the right and passed the ball into the penalty area. Pizarro feinted a shot, and Ma Kai made a left-footed push for Bayern. Munich opened the scoring.

The goal sparked Ajax's ire.

Subsequently, the Eredivisie team launched a crazy counterattack, and Yang Yang frequently created murderous intentions on the right.

Finally, in the 38th minute, Yang Yang made a precise cross from the right, Charistias's header in the penalty area was ferried, Pinar knocked back, and Galasek's long shot from the front of the penalty area pierced the card. En's goal equalized the score for Ajax.

After changing sides in the second half, Ajax continued to launch a continuous offensive.

In the 64th minute, Sneijder sent a good through pass, Yang Yang quickly slanted behind Bayern central defender Kovac to get the ball, and scored with a single goal, rewriting the score to 2-1.

But just when Ajax felt that the team was capable of securing a victory, Zeriberto, who came off the bench from Bayern Munich, made a cross from the left. .

In the end, the two sides played to a draw.

In the other game of the group, Juventus, who have no desire, drew 1-1 away from Maccabi Tel Aviv.

As a result, Juventus and Bayern Munich both qualified for the qualifying, and Ajax was forced to play the UEFA Cup.

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The sixteenth round of the Eredivisie.

Ajax welcomes Waiters at home.

The double-match for a week in a row made Yang Yang's body very tired. He failed the test of Jan Kluitenberg in the pre-match medical examination and was forced to serve as a substitute in the game.

However, the team never found a way to break Waiters' goal in the game. Ryan Babel, who replaced him, played on the left wing, and Wesley Sunk returned to the right, but both players played well. Not ideal.

Ronald Koeman finally couldn't help but replaced Yang Yang in the 70th minute.

Then Pinar was used to replace Wesley Sonk, forming a frontcourt trident combination of Pinar, Charisteas and Yang Yang in the frontcourt. As a result, in the last fifteen minutes, Ajax A wave of offensive was launched.

Especially in the 88th minute, Pinar dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the left, passed it back to Maxwell, and the Brazilian left back sent the low-level ball accurately to the right of the penalty spot.

Yang Yang quickly slanted into the penalty area from the right rib, stopped the ball and took a volley, sending the ball accurately into Waiters' goal.

One to zero!

With Yang Yang's last-minute lore, Ajax defeated Waiters 1-0.

In another focus game of this round of the Eredivisie League, Feyenoord conceded two goals in a row and just kept leveling the score, and finally tied PSV Eindhoven 3-3 at home.

Alkmaar beat Twente 5-0 at home.

After the end of this round, the points of the Eredivisie League finally changed.

Eindhoven and Alkmaar both scored 39 points, but Eindhoven topped the list with a goal difference advantage. Feyenoord only scored 34 points after the draw in this round. Aja Cox overtook Feyenoord with 36 points and placed third in the standings.

With a goal in this round, Yang Yang's Eredivisie goals reached nine goals, but his ranking in the scorer list was overtaken by Alkmaar's forwards Perez and Huntelaar, and finally only ranked in the top spot. fifth place.

Huntelaar scored two goals in the last round, while Perez scored twice in this round's 5-0 victory.

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The next morning after the sixteenth round of the Eredivisie, the latest news from the Italian newspaper Turin Sport.

Following the 2003 Ajax core player Van der Vaart won the European Golden Boy Award, in 2004, Yang Yang successfully defeated Manchester United's Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, Atletico Madrid's Torres, Players such as Inter Milan's Martins and Anderlecht's Kompany have successfully won the European Golden Boy Award.

As last season, Turin Sport sent the Golden Boy trophy directly to Ajax.

Yang Yang said in an interview with Turin Sports Daily, "I am very honored to receive this honor. This is a great honor, which represents everyone's affirmation and encouragement to me."

Regarding his performance in the past year, Yang Yang expressed basic satisfaction, "I think I can do better."

The European Golden Boy Award is jointly selected by 30 well-known media in Europe. Each player can get a maximum of ten points. Yang Yang relied on his outstanding performance in the Champions League last season, especially the lore ball in the final. , as well as this season's outstanding performance, successfully won the favor of the European media.

Gazzetta dello Sport and Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy, Marca and Aspen in Spain, and Telegraph from the Netherlands, all gave amazing results with a perfect score.

Many media such as L’Equipe and Bild also gave a high score of nine points, which is enough to prove that Yang Yang’s performance in the past season has been recognized and affirmed by the mainstream media in Europe.

In the end, Yang Yang surpassed Van der Vaart last season with an impressive record of 273 points, and was ahead of Rooney in second place by as much as 50 points and ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in third place by nearly 100 points. Points, no suspense was elected as the 2004 European Golden Boy Award winner.

With this European Golden Boy Award, eighteen-year-old Yang Yang made him known throughout Europe for the first time.

Multinational media, including Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, have all paid attention, believing that Yang Yang will become the new standard bearer of Ajax, and will also switch to the European giants this summer.

Just three days after receiving the European Golden Boy Award, due to participating in the Toyota Cup held in Yokohama, Japan, the seventeenth round of Ajax's Eredivisie was held ahead of schedule, and Ajax went north to challenge Groningen.

In the first half, the two sides played 0-0, but in the second half, Yang Yang first assisted Sneijder to score, and then Pinar scored a goal. He also scored two goals in the 74th and 78th minutes. Staged a brace.

With two shots and one pass, Yang Yang was once again elected as the best player of the game, and at the same time increased his number of goals to 11 goals, ranking second in the scorer list, and also had eight assists.

At the weekend, Eindhoven lost 0-2 at home to Roda JC and encountered an upset, Feyenoord also lost 0-2 away to The Hague, and Alkmaar was 2-0 away. Steadily defeated Rosendahl and reversed to the top.

After this round, Ajax finally caught up with PSV.