234 Marseille Maneuver [The third update of the liver, ask for a monthly pass]
"We must completely freeze Yang Yang in the game!"
This is a sentence that PSV Eindhoven coach Guus Hius repeatedly warned his players before the battle of the Eredivisie king.
No one will forget that it was Yang Yang's outstanding performance that helped Ajax defeat PSV Eindhoven.
Since that game, Hiddink has named Yang as one of Ajax's most dangerous players.
And this summer, after leaving Van der Vaart and Ibrahimovic, Yang Yang has become the most lethal player at Ajax and the most feared player from top to bottom of PSV Eindhoven.
Ajax's performance this season has not been ideal, especially since entering September, with only two draws in four games, not much increase in league points, and a drop in the table, which has led to a flood of criticism for Ajax.
PSV Eindhoven were determined to win at home to Ajax and were confident at the same time.
Unexpectedly, after Yang Yang's return, Ajax's performance has improved considerably, first narrowly defeating Roda JC 1-0 in the league, and then beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 5-0 in the third round of the Champions League group stage.
The two victories convinced the whole of Dutch football that Ajax was making a strong recovery.
Ajax, who has Yang Yang, also showed a strong enough attack power to be feared.
Guus Hiddink focused on the team's left side of the defense before the game, and Lee was a key figure in the left side of the defense.
The South Korean player was Hiddink's favorite player when he coached the South Korean national team, and after coming to PSV Eindhoven, he was also valued by Hirdink, who began to play as a main player last season, and has become the best choice on the left side of the team this season.
But in Li Rongpyo's heart, there is always a thorn, and that is Yang Yang.
is also an Asian player, also from East Asia, but Yang Yang completely knocked down his South Korean international in the first game, which caused an uproar in South Korea.
Subsequently, Yang Yang helped Ajax reach the Champions League final all the way and won the championship trophy, becoming the first player in Asia to reach the top of the Champions League, which once again sparked heated discussions among the domestic media and fans in South Korea.
Everyone knows that South Korea has always looked down on Chinese football, and Koreanophobia is a topic they talk about.
But who would have thought that overnight, China would emerge with a talented rookie who is even better than South Korean players.
Just when the South Korean media and fans were speculating that Yang Yang was likely to be just a flash in the pan, the 17-year-old Chinese teenager helped the Chinese youth team win the championship in the Toulon Cup after winning the Champions League.
In the subsequent Asian Cup in China, Yang Yang not only helped the Chinese team win the first championship trophy in history, but also defeated Japan's Shunsuke Nakamura to win the title of the best player in the Asian Cup, becoming the youngest player in the Asian Cup in history.
South Korea, on the other hand, lost to Japan and was excluded from the final.
This made the South Korean media and fans feel like they were being slapped in the face, and some people even began to worry that if the South Korean national team faced the Chinese team, would Koreanophobia be completely broken?
Such fears are not unfounded.
In the final of the Asian Youth Championship in September, Yang Yang led the Chinese youth team to defeat the South Korean national youth team again, and won the best player and top scorer awards alone, becoming a veritable number one new star in Asia.
It can be said that by this time, everyone had begun to accept the fact that China had produced a genius.
But South Korea is reluctant to admit and accept this fact.
In the new season of the Eredivisie, Park Ji-sung and Lee Young-pyo both played the main role in Eindhoven, facing Ajax and Yang Yang, the enthusiasm of the domestic media and fans in South Korea was unprecedentedly high, and even many media made a special trip to the Phillip Stadium in the Netherlands to watch the game.
South Korean media have also repeatedly emphasized this confrontation between China and South Korea, they believe that Park Ji-sung and Lee Young-pyo can help PSV Eindhoven defeat Ajax, and Lee Young-pyopyo, who is opposite Yang Yang, should not give Yang Yang the slightest chance.
In the face of the fanatical media and fans, Lee Young-pyo also said in an interview with authoritative media in South Korea before the game, "Please rest assured that all fans will not give him any chance in this game, and I will completely freeze him!" ”
In addition to the Korean media, the domestic media in the Netherlands also paid special attention to this match, especially Yang Yang's performance.
Whether Yang Yang can be frozen, this seems to have become the key to Eindhoven's defense.
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No matter how well you said it before the game, when it comes to the game, you still have to rely on the strength of real knives and guns to prove it.
Three races, eight days, 20,000 kilometers.
This is the praise of Yang Yang from all the media before the game, and it feels like they want to hold him to the sky.
On his return to the Netherlands, he played two games in a row in less than a week, coming off the bench against Roda JC, while Maccabi Tel Aviv, who played in the Champions League in midweek, did not play the full game.
Everyone knows that he has saved his strength and is ready to fight PSV Eindhoven.
Li Rongbi spoke very much, but he did not dare to have the slightest neglect and carelessness in the game.
He knew very well that as long as there was the slightest carelessness, it was possible for Yang Yang to create opportunities.
During the game, Li Rongpyo repeatedly reminded himself that he must focus and pay attention, and Hiddink even allowed him to be responsible for keeping an eye on Yang Yang full-time, and other things could be ignored.
He also performed his duties very dutifully, he entangled Yang Yang and followed him every step of the way.
Wherever Yang Yang runs, he follows.
He was like a dog skin plaster stuck to Yang Yang's body, and he couldn't shake it off.
This kind of man-to-man defense made it difficult for Yang Yang to deal with, although he also got a few chances and created two threats, but they were not too good, and his teammates did not grasp them.
As for individual performance, limited by Li Rongpyo's close marking, coupled with Hiddink's tightly arranged left side defense, it was difficult for Yang Yang to make a difference, and he failed to show an eye-catching performance throughout the first half.
Li Rongping ran for more than forty minutes, and he felt very tired, very tired.
He hadn't felt this way in a long time.
The last time was at the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, and the one that impressed him the most was against Spain, where he faced Joaquín, a super winger who was famous all over Europe at the time, on the right side of Spain.
As tonight, he tensed his nerves throughout the match, passively following his opponent, making too many stops and turnbacks, too many sudden starts, which made him tired to deal with.
But Yang Yang put more pressure on him, because his range of activities is wider than Joaquin's.
Li Rongpyo couldn't believe that he actually compared a seventeen-year-old Chinese boy with the Spanish winger who had been famous for many years, and even came to the conclusion that if this was to be spread, I definitely don't know how many people's big teeth will be laughed off.
But that's what he really thought.
Thankfully, the first half was coming to an end.
It's finally time to take a break, to take a breath.
The South Korean left wing-back thought to himself when he saw the fourth official on the sidelines holding up the sign for extra two minutes.
But it was just a short moment of distraction, and when he retracted his gaze and shifted to Yang Yang on the court, he found that he couldn't find anyone.
At this moment, his whole body seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar.
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Yang Yang was also very tired, and he was already panting like a cow.
To deal with Li Rongpyo's stubborn brain, he really has no more way but to run.
Didn't Van Basten say that?
An attacking player who runs up can't hold it.
When he saw McCone getting the ball at the back, he immediately ran back to pick it up.
The Brazilian right wing-back played a bit conservatively tonight and didn't dare to press too hard and worry about his back.
McConn did not pass the ball directly to Yang Yang, but passed it to De Jong, who in turn passed to Yang Yang, forming a triangle pass.
When Yang Yang was about to catch the ball, he found that Li Rongpyo did not entangle him at the first time, which made him overjoyed and caught the ball smoothly.
At this time, Li Rongpyo chased after him from behind, but because he reacted a beat slowly, he chased a little too quickly.
Yang Yang knew too well what to do at this time.
Without waiting for Li Rongpyo to come behind him, Yang Yang quickly turned around and pulled the ball.
"Oh God, Marseille maneuver......"
After Yang Yang turned around and shook off Li Rongpyo, he quickly rushed forward with the ball, gritted his teeth, mustered up all his strength, and the speed became faster and faster.
PSV Eindhoven's delayed midfielder in this game was the veteran Koku, who reacted and quickly rushed towards Yang Yang.
Unexpectedly, without waiting for Koku to get close, Yang Yang quickly passed by a pendulum, swayed left and right with continuous feints, directly shook Koku, continued to rush forward with the ball, and went straight to the penalty area.
"Beautiful pendulum pass!"
"Yang Yang rushed up at speed, passed two players from Eindhoven in a row, and hit the penalty area."
At this moment, the only player standing in front of Yang Yang was Alex, the central defender from Brazil.
The Brazilian centre-back, who had just moved to Chelsea from Santos in Brazil in the summer but was sold by Chelsea for PSV Eindhoven in the blink of an eye, kept falling back in the face of the approaching Yang Yang.
The two are getting closer and closer, and behind Alex is the penalty area, and he has no way to retreat.
The Brazilian central defender had no choice but to stop his body and force towards Yang Yang.
He's already the last defender, and there's no way to step back.
Yang Yang carried the ball and stepped on skillful steps, and every step he took seemed to come from his instinct.
He clearly saw the change in Alex and he knew exactly what he was up against, but he wasn't going to give his opponent time to react, he needed to do it all the time.
Alex saw that Yang Yang had rushed into his defense area, and when he was about to step forward, he saw Yang Yang's left shoulder suddenly sink, and immediately realized that this guy's left foot was no worse than his right foot.
Damn it!
This guy is going to cut inside and hit the door!
Almost instantly, Alex instinctively reacted and made a defensive move to block Yang Yang's inward cut, but he didn't expect Yang Yang's body to suddenly shake and quickly turn into an outward cut.
Alex was shocked, he reacted almost immediately, but his body had already made a move, causing him to be a step slower, and when he turned around again, Yang Yang had already passed by him, he almost turned over and stretched out his hand, grabbed the jersey behind Yang Yang hard, and pulled hard.
This pull made Yang Yang, who was rapidly inserting forward, completely lose his balance, and the whole person fell crookedly.
Alex took the opportunity to rush forward and kick the ball out of bounds.
And at this moment, the referee's whistle sounded.
Throw-in?