On the evening of April 21, the Amsterdam Arena.

Both teams have only reached the Champions League semi-finals after a series of hard-fought battles, and both sides are taking this game very seriously.

Ronald Koeman and Didier Deschamps both had a well-targeted starting line-up.

Monaco, who were playing away, took the lead in attacking, taking advantage of the speed and personal ability of striker Giuli to create frequent threats from the start of the game, and in the second and fourth minutes, they created two dangerous situations in a row, one of which was almost a single knife, but at the critical moment Escud made a decisive slip in the penalty area.

Ajax then quickly steadied their position, using their home advantage and passing advantage to stabilize their tempo and effectively form a defence on the opposition's wings, forcing Monaco's subsequent attack to be difficult to threaten.

Morientes and Gyuli were each offside twice afterwards, showing that Ajax's pre-match offside traps were effective.

In the first ten minutes, Ajax had just one shot on goal from Van der Vaart, but they couldn't threaten either.

However, under Trabelsi's step, Monaco's left wing Rotten was also limited and lost his threat, leaving Deschamps' reliance on Roten, Morientes and Gyuli's trident unable to create a threat.

Both teams played an important role in their well-targeted tactics, and it was difficult for either team to break down the opposition's defence, making the game a bit dull and intense.

Both sides were very committed and went out of their way to try and break down the opposition's defence, but at the same time tried to avoid mistakes.

But in the 31st minute, Ajax launched a counter-attack.

Left wing-back Maxwell dribbled the ball across the halfway line and passed to Van der Vaart in the middle.

The Ajax captain dribbled the ball all the way forward, suddenly assigned to Wesley Sonk, the Belgian player won the ball on the left side, was closely marked by the opponent's right wing-back Ibarra, and the ball accidentally touched Ibarra's foot during the cross, and failed to fly into the box to find Ibrahimovic, but landed on the left side of the box.

Van der Vaart quickly caught up from behind, got ahead of everyone, unloaded the ball and fired a left-footed volley.

The ball was fired into the Monaco goal at breakneck speed, and Ajax were the first to break the deadlock.

The entire stadium cheered wildly, chanting Van der Vaart's name.

All the Ajax players also rushed out of the pitch to hug Van der Vaart and celebrate the hard-earned goal.

Yang Yang sat on the bench and watched Van der Vaart score a goal, and the whole person jumped up and applauded vigorously.

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

It looked like Monaco had made a mistake on their own, but in fact Van der Vaart's individual ability was quite important.

At that time, Monaco's defense was just a little bit empty, if Van der Vaart didn't stop the ball for the first time, it would definitely be too late to adjust, and the defensive players came over, and Van der Vaart's handling was also quite ingenious, he played directly after stopping, and did not give the Monaco central defenders time to react and make up for it.

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

Van der Vaart is widely regarded as the best player in the Ajax squad in terms of fundamentals and stopping, and at his level, even in European football, it is absolutely second to none.

"Don't be envious, keep practicing hard, you will definitely be able to practice well." Fermaren beside him laughed.

Yang Yang nodded, 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 defenders who practiced with him every night to the level of the Eredivisie, which was also to further help Yang Yang become familiar with the game and rhythm of the Eredivisie.

Since joining Ajax in August, Yang Yang has been working [Ronaldo's assault] and [Beckham's cross], doing 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, he used to have a weak foundation, and of course he can improve quickly, but with his unremitting efforts and continuous training of the game, his current level has at least met the requirements of the Eredivisie.

It's like a student who originally scored zero in the exam, and it is not difficult to get a passing score, but it is obviously much more difficult to get an excellent score of 80, and it is undoubtedly more difficult to get a full score of 90 or even 100.

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

In addition, the two star skills have been polished in the Champions League, and thanks to the team's overall tactical play, the performance is not bad, Yang Yang feels that he needs to make up for his other shortcoming, stop the ball.

Of course, whether it is [Ronaldo's assault] or [Beckham's cross], it is Yang Yang's foothold capital, and it must not be lost, nor can it be slack.

As the saying goes, one day of practice, one day of exercise, one day of not practicing ten days.

Yang Yang knows very well what he needs most now, or continue to practice hard and continue to improve himself.

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With a one-goal lead, Ajax went into the break.

Ronald Koeman spoke highly of his team's performance in the first half, believing that everyone played what the team had worked and put a lot of pressure on the opposition, but he also encouraged his players to keep up the good work.

In the first half, the left side played lively, but the right was a bit sluggish, which was a question raised by the Ronald Coman midfielder.

The main problem on the right side is that Trabelsi has to focus on Rotheng, this player is the most dangerous killer in the Monaco team except for Gyuli, Morientes has the advantage of grabbing points in the penalty area, and without Giuli and Roten's passes in the first half, he seems to be no threat, so limiting Roten is Trabelsi's number one task.

However, right winger Victor Scola did not seem to be excited enough, and with Monaco left wing-back Patrice Evra stepping forward to support Roten, he was unable to take advantage of the opportunity to seize the gap behind the opposition and play a counter-attack.

Although Ronald Koeman did not criticize by name, he also proposed improvement plans, which can be regarded as a wake-up call for Scola.

In the second half, after the rematch, Monaco conceded a goal away, still not in a hurry, in the case of the front field can not open the situation, the left full-back Evra frequently stepped forward to participate in the attack, the right side of Ibarra after conceding a goal, obviously reminded by Deschamps, the second half is more focused on defense.

Wesley Sonk and Van der Vaart are both active on this side, plus Maxwell with a strong attack, and the defensive pressure on Monaco's right side is also quite high, where can Ibarra be able to plug in more often?

In the 56th minute, Monaco launched an attack, and Patrice Evra on the left quickly cut in and crossed diagonally into the box on the left.

Ajax centre-back Heitinga made a mistake in the first clearance and missed the ball, causing chaos in the box, but fortunately Monaco centre-forward Morientes was slow to start and the subsequent shot was blocked by Heitinga with his body.

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

At the end of the day, Evra's sudden insertion is quite threatening.

Just four minutes later, Monaco were back in the picture, again with Patrice Evra on the left and a one-two with left winger Roten, who crossed diagonally into the box at the edge of the box and Morientes and Heitinga headed home from 10 yards.

This time the ball grazed the post slightly and went out of the line.

Two attacks in a row have created dangerous situations, and anyone can see that Ajax are having problems defensively.

The combination of Ibarra and Giuli on the right was the most threatening, but was limited by Ajax's defence, but Evra on the left began to become active.

"Evra must be brought down!" Ronald Coman shook his head.

Luther Carroll also nodded deeply.

Sometimes there is a path to a football game, and once Monaco continue to play like this on the left, it is only a matter of time before they are scored, and there is no guarantee that they will be able to hold on to it next time.

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

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

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

Victor Scola debuted as an Eagles in the Eredivisie and moved to Vitesse in 1999, while in January 2000, Ronald Koeman took his first steps as an independent coach and fired Vitesse halfway through, under whom he performed quite well, being the sharpest right winger in the Eredivisie for both seasons.

In December 2001, Ronald Koeman took over from Adrianse at the helm of Ajax, and in the summer of '02 he spent a lot of money to bring Victor Scola to Amsterdam, but in his first season he was more of a substitute for Van der Meyde, and he was far from the glory of the Eagles and Vitesse years after playing.

After sending off Donny van der Meyde this season, Ronald Koeman had high hopes for the former favorite, but unfortunately, Victor Scola never found the feeling he had before, and his performance was difficult to satisfy, but in the second half, the 17-year-old Yang Yang came out, making the Dutch winger's situation in the team even more embarrassing.

A few days ago, he took the initiative to come to Ronald Koeman and put forward the idea of wanting to leave Ajax, but Ronald Koeman did not agree on the spot, but only said that he would consider it and negotiate with the technical department.

Judging by tonight's hour-long game, Scola was still disappointing.

In the 65th minute, Yang Yang stood on the sidelines and replaced Victor Scola again after an in-depth exchange with Luther Carroll, and the fans at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium gave him extremely warm applause.

The young Chinese also looked scrappy and confident, while Victor Scola looked depressed.

This made Ronald Koeman feel a little guilty that perhaps he had not been poached to Ajax in the first place, and he could have played better at Vitesse and continued to be the heart of his team's attack.

Can ...... now

Ronald Koeman quickly calmed down and looked back on the pitch, hoping that Yang Yang would be able to keep Patrice Evra at bay when he came off the bench while threatening down the right.

And the 17-year-old didn't live up to his high expectations, and immediately created a dangerous situation after taking the field.