As the brightest star in the Ajax Academy, Ryan Babel is not in a good mood at this time.

He originally thought that Almere was a soft persimmon, but he didn't expect it to be a hard stubble.

John Repp still lined up in a four-three-three formation in this game, but only right winger Yang Yang was actually in front, and the other players organized three tight defensive lines and were stationed inside and outside the 30-meter area of their own half.

This made Ajax's attack very difficult.

As the team's number one star, Ryan Babbel was closely cared for by the opponent and it was difficult for him to perform, which made him secretly anxious, and his eyes swept to the humble chairman's stand from time to time.

With first-team assistant coach Luther Carroll and youth head coach Marco van Basten both sitting there, both of whom could determine the rest of his career, Babbel will naturally be hoping to put in a good position ahead of them and make his way to the first team for the next season.

But I didn't expect Almere's defense to be so meticulous that it looked like a team under the age of 18?

As a central striker up front, Babel was closely guarded by Almere, making it difficult to get the ball and even more difficult to use his speed and technical advantages.

When he was in the youth team, Van Basten once encouraged him, "Keep up the good work and you can be the next Thierry Henry." ”

This phrase has always inspired Babbel so, as a right-footer, he prefers to play on the left wing.

This is the area where Henry excels best.

The Ajax players cooperated with each other tacitly, and as soon as Babbel pulled the side, everyone else suddenly understood, and appropriately slowed down the attack, giving Almere a chance to breathe, but in fact, the next wave of attack was brewing.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, Barbel took advantage of Almere's loose defence and cut into the box from the left to get a very dangerous chance to score, but unfortunately he missed the chance to score.

The time was the thirteenth minute of the first half.

After successfully creating a killing opportunity, Ajax's morale was even stronger, and soon another wave of offensive was launched.

The difference in strength between the two sides is huge, Almere is in front of the goal, and the defense line is even more shaky.

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Yang Yang waited for a pass from his team-mates in midfield up front, but he found it difficult.

At least, it's harder than head coach John Repp thought before the game.

Ajax are obviously holding their back in this game, wanting to kill Almere away from home, and the huge disparity in strength between the two teams makes it difficult for Almere to get a chance.

He wanted to help the team, but Ajax didn't give him that opportunity.

Thomas Vermaelen and Urby Emmanuelsen are always roaming around him, and the team's midfield and backfield are basically on the defensive, so it is difficult for Yang Yang to get the ball, so naturally he can't help the team.

"Something has to be done." Yang Yang muttered to himself.

He felt that he could not wait any longer.

So, he chose to defend back.

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"The difference in strength between the two teams is too big."

Seeing Yang Yang start to return to his own half-court defense, John Repp shook his head helplessly and sighed.

The disparity in overall strength makes Almere have no choice but to defend or even defend to the death.

The situation on the pitch was even worse than the pre-match assessment, and it was clear that the arrival of the likes of Van Basten and Luther Carroll greatly stimulated the fighting spirit and dedication of the Ajax players, which John Repp could not have anticipated before the game.

"What now?" Dick Van Poel asked worriedly.

John Rep shook his head helplessly.

When the game came to this, as the head coach of the team, there was really not much he could do, he could only rely on the performance of the players on the field.

The team can play to the sixth round, can eliminate Volendam and other teams, and challenge Ajax head-on, in any case, it can be said that although it is still honorable, I just hope that this game will not be too embarrassing.

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Another Ajax attack was blocked, but the ball was quickly fed back into the 30-metre zone for Maduro to play in the middle.

Ajax's front three were Ferdy Elmas, Ryan Babel and Tom De Moore, while Maduro flanked Abollah and Amrabat in midfield.

After Sneijder and De Jong were drawn to the first team, this was already the main squad configuration of Ajax's youth team.

Facing the youth team of the third-tier team Almere, Ajax was full of confidence, even if the opening did not win the opponent smoothly, most of the players were not anxious, still firmly suppressed the opponent, patiently waiting for the opportunity.

But everyone is eager to be able to convince the two people in the chairman's stand with their performance.

Maduro himself is no exception.

As the core of the team's midfield, after receiving the ball, he quickly raised his right hand to signal his teammates to hold steady and calmly control the tempo, but after passing the ball to Amrabat, he saw an opportunity, immediately stepped forward, and raised his hand again to ask for the ball.

The ball quickly returned to Maduro's feet, but he didn't let it stop, and directly crossed diagonally, distributing the ball to the left side of the box, and the central striker Babbel once again pulled to the side, grabbed the Almere player, stopped the ball to Ferdy Elmas, and reached inside.

Elmas understood and passed the ball to the left side of the arc at the edge of the penalty area, and Babbel, who was originally on the left wing, suddenly activated, like a vigorous cheetah, quickly shook off the defenders and chased the ball as fast as he could.

From Maduro's diagonal pass, to Babbel stopping the ball and returning to Elmas's cross, the whole process was a skilful and fluid one-kick pass, and the Ajax players showed both excellent individual ability and Ajax's academy philosophy.

When everyone saw Babbel shake off the defenders and rush towards the ball, countless fans screamed.

The area at the edge of the penalty area is now unguarded!

The Ajax prodigy is hailed by Van Basten as a second Thierry Henry, and as a right-footer, how dangerous is it to get the ball on the left side of the box arc?

But all of this happened in the blink of an eye, and by the time Almere's players reacted and wanted to catch up again, it was too late.

The nearest Nick was about to shake off Elmas and turn to chase back, but he felt a figure next to him quickly pass by, chasing the ball diagonally, faster than Babbel who had premeditated.

Babbel counted the beats intently, adjusted his pace, stared at the Almere goalkeeper, came to the ball, stood with his left foot, picked up his right foot, and felt better than ever, he knew that as long as this shot was shot, he would be sure that nine times out of ten.

I have to score this goal!

But at the moment when he was full of ambition and the chance to win, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and before he could react, he saw that someone actually took the lead, suddenly jumped out from his side, took a step ahead of himself, and stabbed the ball with his foot.

At the critical moment, the door was kicked and destroyed.

The angry Babbel did not rein in his anger and kicked the shot firmly on the opponent's calf.

Yang Yang, who had just run back from a long distance to defend, fell to the ground, and before he had time to rejoice in his critical liberation, he was kicked on his calf, and a sharp pain came, and he let out a miserable scream.

Nearby Henk Dimel and Nick were furious, and they all pounced on Babbel and the Ajax players immediately surrounded them, protecting their teammates first.

The referee blew the whistle at the right time, walked over to see Yang Yang's situation first, and made sure that it was only a kick in the calf, and there was no major problem, then he got up and walked towards Babbel and reached into his chest pocket.

Yellow!

Not only that, but the referee also sternly warned Babbel to restrain his temper, otherwise, he would not mind giving him another one.

The Ajax rookie glared at Almere and everyone angrily, didn't look at Yang Yang, who was still lying on the ground, turned around and left.

On the contrary, several Ajax players such as Thomas Vermaelen and Maduro surrounded him, concerned about Yang Yang's injury, and it was not until he got up from the ground that everyone dispersed and prepared to start the game again.

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"If he doesn't change his character, he will be harmed sooner or later."

In the chairman's stand, Van Basten shook his head and sighed after seeing Ryan Babel kick Yang Yang in the calf and was warned by the referee with a yellow card.

Don't close your feet to kick the defensive player, this is a small action, very common in the professional arena, even if you get a yellow card, no one will blame Babel, but after kicking someone, he didn't take the initiative to pull up the opponent, which proves that he is really angry, which is the most fatal.

Van Basten is indeed very optimistic about this player, he needs to have speed, he has to have technique, he has a good body shape and height, as long as he tries to keep improving, he believes that there will be great development in the future, so he will use Henry to motivate him.

But Babbel's biggest problem is his character, even within the Ajax team, he seems to be very unsociable.

In the youth team, I didn't think that when I got to the first team, I could get along with my teammates and integrate into the dressing room, which was very important.

On the other hand, Yang Yang, after taking a kick, his teammates took the initiative to stand up for him, including Vermaelen, Emmanuelson and Maduro, and many Ajax players also stepped forward to care for him, and he didn't seem to be angry with others at all, and in turn thanked several Ajax players for their concern.

All of these are signs of maturity, and Babbel is much inferior in comparison.

"This Yang Yang is really surprising, he took the initiative to return to the front of the penalty area from the front, and dared to risk being kicked at the critical moment to make a key clearance, which is not easy." The more Luther Carroll looked at it, the more he liked it.

Ronald Koeman's preference for players is similar to that of Louis van Gaal, preferring strong tactical execution, and as the first team's chief assistant coach, Luther Carroll naturally knows this.

On the contrary, Tony Browns Slotz looked at Yang Yang, who was bending over and massaging the calf of his right foot in the court, and said worriedly: "I hope I don't get hurt." ”

But on the court, Yang Yang was massaging his calves while looking up at the opponent in front of him, and his eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness.

"We're not done with this!"