Chapter 96 This Kid Is a God!
After playing Utrecht, Wei Zhen asked Yang Yang what was his greatest achievement in two consecutive first-team matches?
Yang Yang's answer was just two words, confidence.
It's a very ethereal feeling, but it plays a pivotal role on the football field.
At the time of the away game against Brugge, Yang Yang didn't think too much when he played in the last few minutes. He didn't even think about whether he could get a bargain from Van der Heiden. His only thought was to try his best to win the game.
Van Gaal takes him as his most trusted friend, and he will reciprocate.
In the end, even Yang Yang himself was surprised. He didn't even think that he would be able to make such a threat when facing Van der Heiden.
During the replay in the super training ground after the game, Lao Bing told Yang Yang that he could actually do better.
And Yang Yang is also very clear that he was taking advantage of Van der Heiden when he came off the bench, but so what?
Afterwards, against Utrecht in the Eredivisie League, Ronald Koeman continued to arrange Yang Yang as a substitute. As a result, he quickly assisted Van der Vaart and scored a goal, and then created several consecutive threats on the right side. Unfortunately, Ibrahimovic Movic or Wesley Sunk, ultimately failed to seize the opportunity.
After consuming more than seventy minutes, Etienne Xu on the right foot could not stop Yang Yang at all.
Both games were substitute appearances. Yang Yang performed very well and saved the team. This not only made his status in the Ajax team gradually improved, but also made him more and more important in the hearts of fans. He has more and more confidence in himself.
Strong self-confidence makes him dare to face opponents directly on the court and dare to make moves.
It was as if at this very moment, at the Amsterdam Arena, facing Breda left-back Adrian Barakat.
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This is the Dutch Cup round of 16 knockout and Ajax's first Dutch Cup match of the season.
A day ago, Van Basten's Ajax second team lost 0-1 away to Twente. Yang Yang did not play this game, but Vermaelen returned to the second team to participate in the game and played the whole game. The Belgian central defender was very eye-catching, but in the end he couldn't stop Twente from scoring.
Without Yang Yang, the offensive threat of the second Ajax team was greatly reduced.
The defeat of the second team made all fans pin their hopes on the first team, but the opponent Breda is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
In the fifth round of the Eredivisie, Ajax challenged Breda away with a four-game winning streak, but lost 2-4 on the road. It was Ronald Koeman’s first crisis of confidence this season.
Breda is an Eredivisie team that is inextricably linked with Ajax. Many of their players are from the Ajax youth academy. For example, tonight's starting XI at the Amsterdam Arena. Among them, Nourdini Buhari, Stefano Seedorf and left-back Adrian Barakat are all from Ajax.
Among them, Buhari and Seedorf were both on loan from Ajax this summer to exercise, while Barakat was a free transfer from the youth academy to Breda in 2002, but this name has always played on the left. Forward players were forced to play left-back in order to play more games.
What's interesting is that it was precisely these players from Ajax's youth training who performed very hard at the Amsterdam Arena and pushed Ajax to a desperate situation.
In the 54th minute, Breda striker Ali Bussaben scored Robont's goal with a sharp counter-attack.
Ronald Koeman made a quick substitution and Van der Vaart replaced Oberde.
But soon, Grigella, who started playing at right back in this game, was injured, forcing Ronald Koeman to urgently make a second substitution and use Yakubu to play right back.
After two consecutive substitutions in a short period of time, Ajax's offense did not improve at all.
Breda's head coach Don Lockhoff also quickly made adjustments to further strengthen the defense of the midfield and backcourt, and concentrated on the defensive counterattack.
Seventy-five minutes later, Ajax's offense still hasn't improved. The fans booed from the stands of the Amsterdam Arena, and they were very dissatisfied with the performance of the players on the field.
Ronald Koeman is also very clear that the away 2-4 loss to Breda will make him lose face. If he loses again tonight, he will be criticized by all the fans and the media, and the team will also miss the first game of the season. The competition for the championship trophy.
So, in the 78th minute, Ronald Koeman made the third substitution of the game.
Yang Yang came off the bench again, replaced by left winger Mitya.
After playing, Yang Yang still played as a right winger, Wesley Songk switched to a left winger, Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued to occupy the middle, De Jong was behind in the midfield, Van der Vaart and Sneijder moved forward.
And the first time he touched the ball after playing, Yang Yang directly took the ball and faced Barakat.
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Barakat was the loser of Ajax's academy competition.
He failed to advance to the first team in competition with Mitya, Driedel and Sawyertals, and the threat of Ryan Babel behind him forced him to choose to leave Ajax and seek other Teams get more chances to play.
But it also buried his dissatisfaction with the Ajax youth training players in his heart.
Looking at Mitya's performance in this game, what qualifications are there to be the starting left winger?
Barakat is also extremely dissatisfied with the youth training teenager who has risen extremely fast in the past week and changed the result of the game after two substitute appearances, just like he was dissatisfied with the genius Babel in the team.
Especially when he saw Yang Yang dribbling the ball to face him directly, his heart became even more unnamed.
He wanted to teach the boy in front of him a hard lesson.
In front of Ronald Koeman, in front of all the fans in the stands and in front of the TV at Arena Amsterdam.
But as soon as he moved, Yang Yang, who was close at hand, suddenly moved too.
Yang Yang is like a rabbit, he moves very fast, with a very confusing continuous fake action, he succeeded in making Barakat think he is going to pass the bottom, but unexpectedly, his figure flickered, the ball dunked under his feet, and turned inward. Cut, after shaking off a neutral block, before Barakat, he pushed with his left foot and sent the ball into the penalty area.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic had long understood, and after leaning on the defensive player with his body, he had long legs, parked the ball to the right, turned and shot with his right foot vigorously.
The ball hit the goal guarded by Arnold Vantswam with a thunderous momentum, one-to-one!
After scoring the goal, Ibrahimovic jumped up with excitement, rushed in front of Yang Yang, and picked him up by the waist.
Fans at the Amsterdam Arena were also caught up in a revelry, their enthusiasm rekindled.
After the equalizer, Ajax began a frantic offensive.
Don Lockhoff made two consecutive adjustments in just four minutes, further strengthening the team's midfield defense.
Yang Yang was very active on the right side. After coming off the bench, he was very physically active and had a wide range of activities. The frontal impact with the ball was quite threatening. In the 83rd minute, he directly dribbled the ball to the defense line and was covered. Radar defender Penders fouls and wins a free kick on the right for Ajax.
It's a pity that Sneijder took a free kick and hit the wall directly, failing to create a threat.
The Ajax fans in the stands cheered continuously, encouraging the players to continue to strengthen their attack.
This is a single-match knockout match, and a draw cannot guarantee Ajax's promotion.
Time is passing slowly, Ajax is still strengthening the offensive, but Breda is also stubbornly resisting.
When Yang Yang retreated to respond, Haitinga quickly passed the ball to the feet of his teammates on the right.
Yang Yang received the ball and turned around without being defended, dribbled the ball forward, Barakat quickly ran over to block it, but Yang Yang took the lead and passed the ball to Sneijder, who was in the middle, and rushed forward.
Sneijder really understood it. After catching the ball, he directly slammed the ball straight, and sent the ball to Yang Yang's sprinting line accurately. After landing, there was an obvious deceleration, allowing Yang Yang to catch up with the ball and be very comfortable. Continue to dribble forward.
Penders quickly pulled to the right to defend, but Yang Yang's speed had already picked up.
As soon as the two made contact on the right side of the penalty area, Yang Yang made an emergency stop and then suddenly accelerated. After abruptly cutting out a space from Penders, who was defending from the side, he quickly made a cross with his right foot.
This is a curved cross in [Beckham's Cross].
The ball crossed an arc, confusing the goalkeeper and defenders in the penalty area, and suddenly fell to the back point.
Belgian striker Wesley Sonk slanted into the penalty area from the left rib and headed the goal from close range with no defense, making the score 2-1!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
The announcer's roar came from the broadcast at the Amsterdam Arena.
All the Ajax fans in the audience rushed out of their seats and shouted frantically.
Amid the overwhelming cheers, Wesley Songk quickly rushed out of the court and rushed to the corner flagpole, shouting to vent his excitement and excitement after scoring, and Yang Yang also caught up with him from behind for the first time, The two hugged tightly.
Fans in the stands were chanting Wesley Sunk's name.
But Yang Yang vaguely heard that someone was calling him, still in broken Chinese.
Two to one, in less than ten minutes, Ajax successfully reversed the opponent.
Ronald Koeman on the sidelines was also excited, and he did not expect that Yang Yang would actually play such a miraculous role after coming off the bench, making three substitute appearances and rewriting the result of the game three times.
As a head coach, he himself felt unbelievable, but he still had lingering fears.
Without Yang Yang, Ajax will not only lose a league game, but also be eliminated from European competitions, and will also be eliminated from the Dutch Cup tonight. At that time, even if he really led the team to win the Eredivisie Championship, then how to make up for the team's loss?
Yang Yang not only saved Ajax, but also the head coach.
"This kid is amazing!" Ronald Koeman praised with a smile.
As a very successful professional player in the past, he could naturally see that every time Yang Yang came off the bench, he was catching the opponent's weakness and playing with seven inches, which was obviously not something he could arrange.
Maybe this is what he gained from sitting on the sidelines watching the game.
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