Chapter 475: The Savior in Danger
After conceding the goal, Ajax launched a fierce attack on the hinterland of the Waalwijk team, and Ding Hongxing sat in the backfield and frequently used long passes to find loopholes in the opponent's defense, but breaking the dense defense has always been a football problem, and many of Ajax's main players failed to play, even if they played, they were in average condition, so they couldn't equalize for a long time. (6) Eight (6) Eight (6) Read (6) Book, .□.≠o
In the last few minutes of the first half, Ding Hongxing simply took the ball forward, he caught the opponent a little off guard, and was suddenly passed by three players in a row, and then in the middle of several people intercepted by a few people, he shook off the angle with a powerful long-range shot, and went straight to the dead corner, but unfortunately the opponent's goalkeeper was also more and more excited, a quick reaction to the ground and pounced, saved the ball from the bottom line, and the subsequent corner kick was also pushed out of the penalty area by the opponent's central defender, which did not pose a threat.
After the end of the first half, Van Gaal was furious in the locker room and scolded several starters, of course, Ding Hongxing's appearance was decent, Van Gaal did not criticize him, and he also asked Ding Hongxing to mention the midfield in the second half and participate more in the attack.
After Ding Hongxing was more involved in the attack, Ajax's attack in the second half really improved greatly, Ding Hongxing's breakthrough, confrontation, long shots, and free kicks were all sharp weapons to break through the dense defense, and he broke through several times in a row to stir up Waalwijk's defense, and he also took the opportunity to create a few shooting opportunities for his teammates, but unfortunately the overall state of his teammates was average, and the opponent's backline, including the goalkeeper, was like playing chicken blood, and these shots failed to succeed.
However, Ding Hongxing's passes also scared the opponent, they relaxed Ding Hongxing's defense a little, and began to focus on destroying his passing route, but Ding Hongxing also took the opportunity to come with two very threatening long-range shots, although they were not the same as the goal, but they also scared the opponent's goalkeeper out of a cold sweat.
With Ajax unable to attack for a long time, Louis van Gaal stood on the sidelines with his arms in front of his chest and watched the game, not wanting a bad start in the first game after the winter break.
As the minutes ticked by, Van Gaal became more and more agitated, and he shouted loudly to press forward the formation as a whole, but the risky move cost Ajax.
In the twenty-eighth minute of the second half of the game, Ding Hongxing stepped forward with the ball, and after being intercepted by two people, he gave the ball to Musampa on the right side in time, but Musampa's cross was directly held by the opponent's goalkeeper, and he immediately drove to the front with a big foot, and a striker left by Waalwijk in the front field was very fast, and he accelerated to overtake Blind, the last central defender of Ajax, and caught up with the ball, while the rest of the Ajax players were still in the front field, and it was impossible to catch up.
Blind is not known for his speed, Ding Hongxing saw that the situation was not good, desperately chased back, although he ran out of the fastest speed, but the start was too far behind, and when he chased to the penalty line, the opposing striker had already shook off the attacking Van der Sar and hit the ball into the empty goal.
At 2-0, Waalwijk unexpectedly took the lead at home, and more than 5,000 home fans in front of the stadium shouted wildly to cheer for the home team, hoping to break the miracle of Ajax's unbeaten run in all competitions this season.
At this time, what is needed is for the hero to step up.
Subsequently, the managers of both sides made a substitution adjustment, and Van Gaal replaced Kanu and Fiinidi. George, replaced Rijkaard and Frank. De Boer was trying to fight hard, and Waalwijk replaced the striker and a wide player who had just scored, and replaced two tall centre-backs, which made Ajax's attack less space.
At this moment, Ding Hongxing finally broke out.
In the thirty-sixth minute of the second half, Ding Hongxing continued to break through with the ball, although the opponent's two defenders were sandwiched, pulled and dragged him, and kicked his calf a few times from time to time, but Ding Hongxing still stumbled and brought the ball to the arc of the penalty area, and at the moment when the third defender came up, he sent a scalpel-like straight plug and sent the ball to the left side of the penalty area. The ball passed through the dense legs of the penalty area and rolled towards the back post, where Kluivert arrived in time to easily slot the ball into the empty net. △≧△≧,
1-2, Ajax pulled a point back, although Ding Hongxing was neither the scorer nor the assister, but he attracted three defenders, created space for his teammates, and sent a wonderful pass in time, he was the biggest contributor to this goal.
Then Ajax attacked more urgently, and almost all the players of the Waalwijk team recovered into the box, only two midfielders in front of the box to defend Ajax's long-range shots, Ajax team did not have space to shoot at all, and several barely shots were blocked by crowds.
In the 42nd minute of the second half, Ajax's relentless onslaught finally paid off. George's cross was blocked by the opposing defender out of the bottom line, Ajax took a corner kick, and the opposing defender pushed the ball out of the penalty area, but under the interference of the Ajax players, he was not able to push the ball far, Ding Hongxing did not wait for the ball to land at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and shot angrily at the ball.
The stunning long-range strike also helped Ajax equalise in the final moments, and in the final minutes, both sides were unable to rewrite the scoreline, and the two sides ended up playing to a 2-2 draw.
In the Dutch media's rating of this game after the game, Ding Hongxing still got the highest score of more than 8 points, but most of the rest of the Ajax players failed to score, in all fairness, the state of the Ajax team in this game is very bad, otherwise with their invincible strength this season, they will not be forced to draw.
However, Van Gaal calmed down at this time, he did not continue to lose his temper with the players, he knew that blindly losing his temper with the players was no longer helpful, it would only make them have too much psychological pressure, but affect the performance of the later games.
He also knows that after a winter break, it is normal for the player's state to have ups and downs, and it is impossible for someone to maintain excellent condition all the time, otherwise he would not have let the players return to the team early and let them adjust their condition, of course, there are exceptions to everything, Ding Hongxing's state is still very good, thinking of this, Van Gaal is extremely glad that he got such a player as Ding Hongxing.