In the 21st round of the Eredivisie, Ajax challenged Volendam away.

Just 12 minutes into the first half, Escude took advantage of a corner to give Ajax the lead 1-0, but then the team was unable to open up.

Seventy-five minutes into the second half, Yang Yang came on as a substitute again, and in the 87th minute, he used a personal forced breakthrough to create a foul on Volendam player Lulink, and the referee mercilessly awarded a red card and a penalty, and Galasek scored a penalty to extend the score to 2-0 for Ajax.

In the end, Ajax beat Volendam 2-0 away thanks to goals from Escud and Galasek.

In the other game played at the same time, PSV Eindhoven beat FC Twente 1-0 at home thanks to a goal from Kezman.

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In the 22nd round of the Eredivisie, Ajax welcomed Twente at home.

Ronald Koeman made changes to his starting line-up for the Champions League knockout tie in midweek.

Still in the first half, Greek center Anastasia scored a goal for Ajax, which was also his first goal after joining Ajax.

After that, Ajax continued to slow down the offensive, especially in the second half, after Yang Yang came on as a substitute, although he once had an excellent breakthrough on the right side, he also played very relaxed, and he did not perform very well in the whole game.

Manager Ronald Koeman told him when he was replaced that the purpose of coming off the bench in this game was to stay in shape, there was no need to give it his all, and the main focus was still on the midweek game against Arsenal.

That was the key battle for Ajax in the coming period.

Although there is a big gap between the strength of the two teams, neither Ronald Koeman nor the players are willing to give up easily.

In the end, Ajax beat FC Twente 1-0 at home.

PSV Eindhoven were twice equalised by Heerenveen after leading twice on the road, and were beaten by Heerenveen's Hansen at the last minute to lose the game 2-3.

Van Bommel lost control of his emotions before the end of the break and received a red card.

At the end of this round, Ajax is seven points ahead of PSV Eindhoven, and the momentum of winning the title is becoming more and more obvious.

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"The dead old man finally said a human word."

The morning after playing Twente, Ibrahimovic rubbed the breakfast Yang Yang bought, looked at the newspaper Yang Yang brought back, but his mouth was scolding Van Gaal, the technical director who didn't know where at this time.

People are like this, once they look at someone who is not pleasing to the eye, everything the other party says and does, it is very annoying.

Ibrahimovic did the same with Louis van Gaal and Van der Vaart.

But this time, although he was scolding, he seemed to agree with Van Gaal's words in his bones.

"What's wrong?" Yang Yang asked curiously.

Maxwell and Fermaelen are also equally strange, for no reason, what is Van Gaal for?

"Well, the old man said in an interview with The Dutch Telegraph that he believes we can take out Arsenal, he thinks we have that quality, and that we will give Arsenal a heavy defeat at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium."

The crowd looked at the newspaper spread out on the table, and followed Ibrahimovic's hand, and easily found the report.

It was just an ordinary pre-match mobilization, but it seemed to resonate with the Swedish centre-forward.

"Would you love to touch Arsenal?" Yang Yang continued to bury his head in eating breakfast, but asked pointedly.

In recent times, Ibrahimovic's mood has been bad, and he has not scored in many rounds of the league, because of the rotation, he did not enter the squad in the last round against Twente, but Anastasia, who replaced the starter, scored the winning goal.

Although there was not much reaction from the outside media and fans after the game, Yang Yang believes that with the arrogant temperament of the Swedish center, it is impossible for him to be indifferent to this, not to mention that his mood has been bad in recent times.

After Ibrahimovic heard Yang Yang's inquiry, he obviously stopped the action of nibbling bread in his hand, raised his eyes to look at Yang Yang, and found that the latter had been drinking soup, and after hesitating for a while, he finally nodded.

"I want to, I think so badly."

"Want to score?" Yang Yang asked again.

"Hmm." The Swedish center didn't speak again.

Yang Yang somewhat understands his situation, as a center forward, he has always been controversial at Ajax, the main problem is that the scoring efficiency is too low, the introduction of Wesley Sonk last summer, the introduction of Anastasia during the winter break, are all to make up for this problem, but now it seems that Ibrahimovic is still the team's main center forward.

It's hard to say, but is Ibrahimovic's lack of goalscoring efficiency? Or is there a problem with Ajax's attack? Or is it both?

'It's a strange thing to play at Ajax. Maxwell said suddenly.

"What do you mean?" Vermaren asked.

'In other teams, they tend to be more rational with their players, for example if you perform well they will praise you, if you don't perform well, they will criticise you, but at Ajax that's not the case at all.

"How's that going?" Yang Yang suddenly asked with great interest.

In fact, even now, he still doesn't know Ajax.

Or rather, not very well understood.

"How so?" Maxwell frowned, "Ajax will encourage players to try, they like to promote young players and give players a lot of room to make mistakes because they feel that making mistakes is a way to improve, which they have to do better than other teams. ”

Yang Yang and Fermaren glanced at each other and nodded one after another, it was true.

"But when you're doing well, it's hard to hear their compliments, and they'll always analyze the bad things from your performance and point them out to you, hoping that you will correct them later, which gives people the feeling that no matter how good we are, we will never be able to satisfy them, we will never be able to meet their requirements."

Yang Yang and Fermaren didn't speak.

It has to be said that Ajax is indeed a team that is very stingy with applause and praise from its players.

At least within the team.

"Do you know why?" Ibrahimovic asked suddenly.

Yang Yang and Vermaelen both shook their heads.

"Because they always want to make you the perfect and outstanding person they remember, for example they always wanted me to be the second Van Basten, the second Kluivert, but they never wanted to make me the first Ibrahimovic, that's why I want to get out of here as soon as possible."

Yang Yang suddenly didn't know what to say, and he agreed with Ibrahimovic's resistance, because being someone else's shadow was a very painful thing, and no one wanted to do that.

Just like Yang Yang, he also doesn't like to be compared to Van der Meyde last season, and he is convinced that as he continues to grow and improve, as his position in the first team becomes more and more stable, his dislike will become heavier and heavier, and may even turn into hatred.

Of course, the best way to defuse this emotion is to prove that you can do a better job than Van der Meyde, and in doing so, to keep everyone from comparing.

"Do you know why I want to play Arsenal?" Ibrahimovic suddenly looked at Yang Yang and asked again.

Yang Yang shook his head.

The Swedish centre-forward opened his mouth and stopped talking, but quickly sighed, "I used to go to Arsenal before coming to Ajax, and Arsene Wenger contacted me through their scouts and invited me to visit London, you know, these are the best tricks used by big teams to attract young players. ”

Yang Yang nodded, it was true.

He still vividly remembers the shock he felt when he first saw the Amsterdam Arena.

At that time, in his eyes, the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium was the temple of his dreams.

It's just that people's desires will increase with the continuous elevation of their position, and now Yang Yang no longer has the excitement he had when he walked into the Amsterdam Arena, but he still remembers the feeling and mood at that time.

For him, it's a motivation.

'Before I went to London, their scouts told me that Arsenal wanted to sign me and that I would love to play for Arsenal and that was what I was going to London for. The Swedish centre-forward gave off a self-deprecating sneer.

"Arsene Wenger was very busy, and while I was waiting for him to meet me, I was expecting to see what he was going to tell me, 'Zlatan, you're amazing, we've decided to sign you now, it's a contract ......'"

Yang Yang and the three of them listened silently, they never knew about it, and they had never heard Ibrahimovic mention it.

"But as a result, do you know what he told me?" Ibrahimovic gritted his teeth and asked, "He told me that he didn't know what I was capable of and that he wanted me to stay at Ajax for a trial so that he and the technical team could watch me better before deciding whether to sign me." ”

"I was mad and I told him to either sign the contract or get out, and it was clear that I was going to get out of my way from Arsenal, from London, from England, back to my hometown, and I became the laughing stock of a lot of people."

Yang Yang knew that with Ibrahimovic's character, before going to Arsenal, he must have boasted to his teammates, but he failed to stay, and when he came back, he would naturally become the laughing stock of others.

And obviously, this incident left an indelible scar in his heart.

He is such a proud and conceited person, he naturally hopes to have a chance to get back on the field, at least to make Wenger regret his original decision, and his recent poor form is likely because of this incident.

It's like a person who can't sleep the more he wants to.

"Playing Arsenal at home, I have to make Wenger regret it, I want him to know who beat him!" Ibrahimovic said through gritted teeth.

Yang Yang, Maxwell and Fermaren couldn't help but feel a little empathy after hearing this.

Even now, he Ibrahimovic is an insignificant presence in front of Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, and even Wenger may have forgotten that meeting back then.

But Ibrahimovic still remembers.

He remembers it now, and he will remember it for the rest of his life.