After eight days of rest, on February 28, the whole Ajax team came to Split, the second largest city in Croatia, Split is located on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea, is a very beautiful coastal city, it is spring, Split has a pleasant climate, beautiful scenery, and many places of interest, but this time Ajax came to Split, not to play, but to challenge the Hajduks Split team, which is the first leg of the first round of the Champions League knockout round.

This is also Ding Hongxing's first Champions League game, he was also put into the starting lineup by Van Gaal, his position is still central defender, although Hadukspreit is not a strong team, but this is the Champions League knockout game after all, and it is an away game, he still wants to be cautious, Ding Hongxing plays central defender too reassuring to him.

Even with Ding Hongxing's calmness, he will feel a kind of excitement when he plays the Champions League for the first time, after all, this is the highest level of competition in the world at that time, and those who can participate in this competition are the champions of various leagues, which is a real battle of kings.

Xiao Bao told him that each victory in the Champions League knockout round can be rewarded with fifteen attribute points, and each goal or assist is rewarded with three attribute points, that is, this game will top three games in the Eredivisie, which is really a very rich reward, so he has to help Ajax win in such a game no matter what.

To be honest, Ajax was able to meet a team from Croatia in the knockout stage, which can be regarded as some luck, but this season's Champions League is originally an upset game, Ajax this group needless to say, Ajax's double kill of the defending champion AC Milan is regarded as a big upset, and Group A's Sweden Gothenburg beat Barcelona and Manchester United, the first group to qualify is definitely the biggest upset, the sad Manchester United team, the group stage will go home, Group B's Paris Saint-Germain doubled the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich, winning six consecutive wins in the group to win the first place in the group, which was also unexpected, and Group C's Haydux Pulit also overwhelmed the strong Romanian Bucharest Star Team and the Belgian Anderlecht team, and won the second place in the group, and the first place in this group is also the strong Portuguese champion Benfica, you must know that the Bucharest Star team has also reached the Champions League final in previous seasons, but lost to AC Milan and was the runner-up.

There are so many upsets in the group stage, it is accidental and inevitable, this is because the Bosman Act has not yet been implemented, and some small national league teams also have outstanding players, even if it is a giant, the gap between them is not to the point of holding the handle, plus they fight on multiple fronts, travel long distances in away games, do not adapt to the climate and other factors, the possibility of losing is infinitely increased.

It should be said that this Champions League is also a very exciting one, but unfortunately, the Boseman Act will be implemented at the end of this year, and this situation is gone, and it will be difficult to have such a large area of upsets in the Champions League in the future.

In short, Ajax can be said to have met the weakest team in the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League, which is also a fate, and it is time for Ajax to win the championship this year.

Van Gaal's arrangement is very effective, although the strength of Haduksplit is not as good as Ajax, but in their home stadium, they are still brave to the Ajax goal to launch a fierce attack, they have reached the quarterfinals, has exceeded the pre-match expectations, every game in the future is earned, they have nothing to lose, not to mention that Ajax and AC Milan are still not enough for them to be afraid before fighting, if in their home stadium, they dare not take the initiative to attack, it is too unproductive.

However, Hajduke lacks the kind of individual star in the team, and they can only rely on the overall attack, but this offensive method is difficult to penetrate the Ajax defense, Ajax sent Rijkaard and Davies in the middle of the midfield, two players with excellent defensive ability, their interception and sweep in the midfield make it difficult for Hajduk's attack to pass through the midfield, and occasionally pass the ball into the penalty area, and the center-back combination composed of Ding Hongxing and Blind is also an insurmountable barrier for them. Not to mention that there is also a Dutch international Van der Sar behind them, a defense that even Ronaldo can't score, let alone Hajduk, who has mediocre personal ability?

Hajduk's three-board axe after the opening was blocked by Ajax, and they didn't have much to do in attack, although it looked like the attack was fierce, but it was only thunder and rain, and Ajax's goal was as steady as a mountain.

However, Ajax has no intention of eating the opponent in one bite away from home, although Van Gaal's style is attacking, but this is the Champions League knockout game after all, not a league where mistakes can be made, he wants to strangle all the unexpected factors in the cradle, Ajax only left Overmars, Litmanen and Finiti in the front. George's three players, they are all very fast, they are good at counterattacking, and of course Ding Hongxing is the one who delivers them cannonballs.

In addition to these three players, even the right wing-back Reziger, who likes to insert assists, is careful to keep his position and never go beyond the thunder pool. De Boer also rarely gets past midfield.

Van Gaal's decision is not to seek merit away from home, but to seek merit, even if the game is 0-0, he doesn't care, just go back to the home stadium to solve the opponent.

And, don't forget, even if there are only three people up front, Ajax's counter-attack is very sharp, maybe when it will surprise Van Gaal.

In the thirty-first minute of the game, the surprise came, Ding Hongxing intercepted the opponent's pass on the penalty area line, launched a long pass counterattack on the spot, O'Vimars on the left side of the front field received the ball and dribbled forward at high speed, the Hayduke team due to a large attack, the backfield was empty, and a defender who returned to the defense had no choice but to pull down Overmars at the front of the penalty area, and the Ajax team obtained a penalty area front, about 25 meters away from the goal, a free kick from the left.

Ding Hongxing walked to the place of the foul, placed the ball on the turf, stepped on the turf behind the ball hard, and then took two steps back and waited for the referee's whistle.

The referee blew the whistle, Ding Hongxing only ran two steps, and then quickly kicked out the free kick, the ball rotated strongly, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and pierced into the near corner from the junction of the crossbar and the post, which is an absolute dead end, and it is also Ding Hongxing's first goal in the Champions League.