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Chapter 154 Changing Yang Yang? [The second update of the guarantee, please subscribe to the monthly pass]

On the evening of April 21, Amsterdam Arena.

Both teams entered the semi-finals of the Champions League after a series of bitter battles, and both sides attached great importance to this game.

Ronald Koeman and Deschamps, two young marshals, have arranged targeted starting tactics.

In the away game, Monaco took the lead in attacking. Using the speed and personal ability of striker Giuly, they frequently created threats from the beginning of the game. In the second and fourth minutes, they created dangerous situations twice in a row. One of them was a direct pass, which almost became a one-shot.

Then Ajax quickly stabilized their position, took advantage of their home court advantage and pass and possession advantage, stabilized the rhythm, and effectively formed a defense against the opponent's two wings, making it difficult for Monaco's subsequent offense to create threats.

Morientes and Giuly were offside twice each, which shows that the offside trap that Ajax focused on before the game was quite effective.

In the first 10 minutes, Ajax had only one shot, from van der Vaart, but it failed to pose a threat.

However, under Trabelsi's close watch, Monaco's left winger Rothen was also restricted and lost the threat, making the tridents of Rothen, Morientes and Giuly, which Deschamps relied heavily on, unable to create a threat.

The two teams have put forward highly targeted tactics, and both have played an important role. It is difficult for anyone to break through the opponent's defense in the game, which makes the game a bit dull even though it is intense.

Both sides are very committed, spare no effort to try to break the other's defense, but at the same time try to avoid mistakes as much as possible.

But at No. 301 minutes, Ajax launched a counterattack.

Left-back Maxwell pushed the ball across the halfway line and passed it to van der Vaart in the middle.

The captain of Ajax took the ball all the way forward, and suddenly it was assigned to the left, and it was given to Wesley Sonck.

Van der Vaart quickly caught up from behind, grabbed the ball before everyone, unloaded the ball, and volleyed directly with his left foot.

The ball was shot into Monaco's goal at a very fast speed, and Ajax took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field.

All the fans in the audience cheered wildly, shouting Van der Vaart's name non-stop.

All the Ajax players also rushed out of the field one after another, hugged together with van der Vaart, celebrating this hard-won goal.

Yang Yang sat on the bench and watched van der Vaart score a goal with his own eyes. He jumped up and applauded vigorously.

"It's so beautiful!" Yang Yang admired sincerely.

This ball seems to have made a mistake by Monaco, but in fact Van der Vaart's personal ability is also very important.

At that time, Monaco’s defensive space was only a little bit. If Van der Vaart did not stop the ball well at the first time, it would be too late to adjust again. The defensive players came over, and Van der Vaart’s handling was also very clever.

"It's good to stop the ball, that's great!" Yang Yang smiled enviously.

Van der Vaart is recognized as the player with the best basic skills and ball stopping in the Ajax team. At his level, even in European football, he is definitely second to none.

"Don't be envious, just keep practicing hard, and you will be able to do it too." Vermaelen beside him said with a chuckle.

Yang Yang nodded, and he also felt that he should strengthen the training of stopping the ball as soon as possible.

More than a month ago, Lao Bing at the super training ground raised the guard who practiced with him every night to the level of the Eredivisie. This is also to further help Yang Yang familiarize himself with the game and rhythm of the Eredivisie.

Since joining Ajax in August, Yang Yang has been practicing [Ronaldo's Assault] and [Beckham's Cross] hard, trying his best to improve the strength of the two star skills, but now he has a faint feeling that his progress is getting slower and slower.

Of course, this is also very normal. After all, his foundation was too weak before, and he can certainly improve quickly, but with his unremitting efforts and continuous training in the game, his current level has at least met the requirements of the Eredivisie. At this time, it must be more difficult to improve.

It's like a student who had a zero score in the test. It is not difficult to get a passing score, but it is obviously much more difficult to get an excellent [-] points in the test.

Now, the same is true of Yang Yang's progress, the more difficult it is to go forward.

In addition, the two star skills have experienced the polishing of the UEFA Champions League. Thanks to the team's overall tactical play, they have performed well. Yang Yang feels that he needs to make up for another shortcoming of his own, stopping the ball.

Of course, whether it is [Ronaldo's Assault] or [Beckham's Cross], they are all Yang Yang's foothold capital, and he must not lose or slack off.

As the saying goes, one day of practice, one day of merit, one day of no practice, ten days of empty space.

Yang Yang is very clear that what he needs most now is to continue to practice hard and continue to improve himself.

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With a one-goal lead, Ajax entered the break.

Ronald Koeman gave a high evaluation of the team's performance in the first half, thinking that everyone played what the team had practiced hard before, which put considerable pressure on the opponent, but he also encouraged the players to make persistent efforts.

The left was alive in the first half, but the right was a bit sluggish, a question posed by midfielder Ronald Koeman.

The main problem on the right is that Trabelsi has to focus on marking Roten. This player is the most threatening killer in the Monaco team besides Giuly. Morientes’ advantage lies in grabbing spots in the penalty area. Without Giuly and Roten’s pass in the first half, he appeared to be no threat. Therefore, restricting Roten is Trabelsi’s number one task.

But the right winger Victor Scola was not excited enough. While the Monaco left back Evra frequently stepped forward to support Roten, he failed to grasp the opportunity keenly and seized the space behind the opponent to fight back.

Although Ronald Koeman did not criticize by name, he also proposed an improvement plan, which was a wake-up call to Scola.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Monaco conceded a goal in the away game, but they still played in a calm manner. When the frontcourt was unable to open up the situation, Evra on the left frequently advanced to participate in the attack.

Both Wesley Sonck and van der Vaart are active on this side, plus a strong attacking Maxwell, Monaco's defensive pressure on the right is also quite high. How can Ibara get in frequently?

In 6 minutes, Monaco launched an attack. After Evra on the left quickly plugged in, he crossed the penalty area diagonally from the left.

Ajax central defender Heitinga made a mistake in his first clearance and failed to kick the ball far, causing chaos in the penalty area. Fortunately, Monaco's center Morientes started a bit slowly, and Heitinga blocked the goal with his body.

Although they failed to score, Monaco's close shot still made Ajax break out in a cold sweat.

In the final analysis, Evra's sudden insertion is quite threatening.

Only 4 minutes later, Monaco made a comeback again. Evra still inserted from the left and cooperated with the left forward Roten. Roten crossed the penalty area obliquely from the front of the penalty area.

This time the ball brushed the post slightly and went out of the baseline.

Two consecutive attacks have created a dangerous situation, and anyone can see that there is a problem with Ajax's current defense.

The combination of Ibarra and Giuly on the right was originally the most threatening, but it was restricted by Ajax's defense, but Evra on the left began to become active.

"Evra must be suppressed!" Ronald Koeman shook his head.

Luther Carroll also nodded deeply.

Sometimes there is a path to follow in football games. Once Monaco continues to play on the left side, it is a matter of time before they are scored, and no one can guarantee whether they will be able to defend next time.

Only by re-pressing Evra's point can Ajax's defense be stabilized.

"For Yang Yang?" Luther Carroll asked with concern.

Ronald Koeman glanced at Victor Scola on the field and finally nodded.

Victor Scola made his debut in the Eredivisie's Going Eagles, and moved to Vitesse in [-]. In January [-], Ronald Koeman took the first step of independent coaching and rescued Vitesse halfway. Victor Scola performed quite well under his command. He was the sharpest right winger in the Eredivisie for two seasons.

In December [-], Ronald Koeman took charge of Ajax halfway through Adrianse. In the summer of [-], he spent a lot of money to bring Victor Scola to Amsterdam, but in the first season, he was more of Van der Meyde's substitute.

After sending Van der Meyde away this season, Ronald Koeman placed high hopes on this former favorite, but unfortunately, Victor Scola has never been able to find the feeling he had before, and his performance was not satisfactory. On the contrary, in the second half, the 17-year-old Yang Yang turned out to make the Dutch winger's situation in the team even more embarrassing.

A few days ago, he took the initiative to find Ronald Koeman and proposed the idea of ​​leaving Ajax. Ronald Koeman did not agree on the spot, but said that he would consider it and negotiate with the technical department.

Judging from tonight's one-hour game, Scola is still disappointing.

At No. 605 minutes, after in-depth communication with Luther Carroll, Yang Yang replaced Victor Scola again on the sidelines, and the fans at the Amsterdam Arena gave him extremely warm applause.

The young Chinese teenager also looked high-spirited and full of confidence, but Victor Scola looked very depressed.

This made Ronald Koeman feel a bit of guilt. Maybe if he hadn't been dug into Ajax, he would have played better in Vitesse and continued to be the core of his team's offense.

But now...

Ronald Koeman quickly calmed down and looked at the court again. He hoped that Yang Yang would be able to suppress Evra after coming off the bench and at the same time play a threat on the right.

And this 17-year-old teenager did not live up to his high expectations, and immediately created a dangerous situation after playing.

(End of this chapter)