On the evening of November 26, the Amsterdam Arena.

In the fifth leg of Group H of the Champions League group stage, Ajax faced AC Milan.

AC Milan's 1-0 away defeat to Club Brugge at the Estadio de Valedos in Spain at the beginning of the month led to a reversal of Group H's group standings, with AC Milan in first place with two wins, one draw and one loss, Ajax in second with two wins, two wins and two defeats, Celta Vigo in third place with one win, two draws and one loss, and Club Brugge in fourth.

But in fact, the points of these four teams are very close, and anyone can qualify, and anyone can be eliminated.

Round 5 was undoubtedly crucial.

For this game, AC Milan hid five main players such as Kaka, Seedorf and Cafu in last week's Serie A, plus the return of Maldini, the Rossoneri are clearly aiming to win.

Ajax continued to suffer from injuries, Trabelsi on the right was still "out injured", and players such as Sonk had a recurrence of old injuries, which made the team seriously under-squad, Mitea was deployed on the left, and O'Brien played as the right wing-back.

After a sluggish performance against Celta Vigo in the last game, Yakubu Chokoeman froze two games, but this time he started again as the team's right winger, which shows that Koeman really has no reliable right side on his hands at the moment.

But the roof leak happened to rain overnight, and Ajax was not alone.

With just 28 minutes played, Ibrahimovic suffered a right ankle injury in a shot and was unable to hold on until the end of the game, forcing him to be substituted in the 40th minute, with veteran Litmanen coming on as a substitute.

With the loss of Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, Ajax's strength has been greatly reduced.

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In the 52nd minute of the game, AC Milan's right-wing star Cafu broke through and completed a beautiful one-two with Inzaghi and crossed with his feet, Ajax defender O'Brien rose to the top, Shevchenko stopped the ball and smashed the ball away from Yakubu, calmly volleyed with his left foot, and sent the ball into the bottom right corner.

1 to 0!

A sigh of loss throughout the Amsterdam Arena.

Yang Yang, Vermaelen and the players of the second team all sat in the stands, witnessing the whole process of AC Milan's goal, and there was only emotion in their hearts, because it was the 33-year-old Cafu who provided the assist, and he ran for most of the stadium.

And it was Shevchenko, the world's top striker, who scored this goal, and is also the favorite to win this year's European Footballer of the Year and World Footballer of the Year.

It was the stars of AC Milan who played a key role in the crunch time.

"That's what a real superstar is." Van Basten said with a sigh.

He made his professional debut at Ajax but at the peak of his career to AC Milan, so he has a deep affection for both teams, but at the moment he doesn't know which team he should support.

Especially the goalscorer Shevchenko, many say he has surpassed Van Basten.

AC Milan soon made a comeback, Cafu was very active on the right flank, and Ajax did not have Ibrahimovic in front, AC Milan was under light pressure, and the defense dared to press boldly, and there was a great tendency to form a siege.

'They have so much experience, Maldini, Costacuta, Cafu, Pirlo, Shevchenko, Big Inzaghi...... All of them are the best players in Europe, and even the youngest Kaka has performed remarkably well in this game, and our average age is only 22 years old and we are inexperienced, which is really ......."

When Van Basten said this, he let out another long sigh with mixed tastes.

As a witness to the peak of Ajax in the past, and then seeing the current Young Guard, the gap is really difficult for outsiders to understand and experience.

Yang Yang, who was sitting on the side, could only feel his pessimism about this game at most.

In the face of a team with such a solid defense, it is basically difficult to recover a goal if it is conceded, especially to prevent the opponent's counterattack.

At the beginning of the first half, when Ajax was attacking, Kaka's sharp counterattack left a deep impression on everyone, and Ancelotti arranged him to start to counterattack.

It was the first time for Yang Yang to watch Kaka's game live, but he was deeply shocked, especially the speed of the counterattack.

It should be said that Kaka is the most amazing new star in European football this year, and from him, Yang Yang also clearly sees his own shortcomings and gaps.

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As it turned out, Van Basten's hunch was right.

The game ended 0-1, with Ajax losing at home and ushering in a two-game losing streak in the Champions League group stage.

What's more, from a technical point of view, Ajax only had two shots from inside the box in the whole game, both of which were completed before Ibrahimovic came off the field, after which Ajax completely lost their attacking threat.

AC Milan's goalkeeper Dida did not even make a single save in the whole game, which shows that Ajax's attack is not threatening at all, even if it launched a counterattack in the final stage of the game and formed a siege momentum, it still failed to break into the penalty area.

0-1, the score is not big, but Ajax is a defeat.

In the other game of the group, Celta Vigo drew 1-1 at home to Club Brugge, which simply pushed Ajax into a desperate situation and made the Eredivisie giants have no way back.

After five rounds of matches, AC Milan topped the group with 10 points and advanced to the top of the group, with Ajax and Vigo Celta both on six points and Club Brugge on five.

Celta Vigo's final round is away to AC Milan, who no longer have any desire to play, and Ajax will face Club Brugge away, which will be the two key battles that will decide life and death.

But the problem is that the defending Champions League champions will play in the Toyota Cup on the weekend of the Champions League group stage, which dooms the Rossoneri to play Celta Vigo with the main line-up, and La Liga powerhouses have good hopes of winning.

Therefore, Ajax basically had no way back in the sixth leg away to Club Brugge, only to win.

But Club Brugge have also shown everyone through the first five tough games that although they are in fourth pot, they are by no means a fish belly team, especially on their home turf, they are absolutely capable of beating all the enemies who come their way.

The embarrassment caused by two consecutive defeats in the Champions League soon made the Dutch domestic media turn their guns around, unanimously criticizing Ajax's poor performance, and questioning Koeman's line-up, especially the use of Yakubu, which became the focus of everyone's bombardment, because the Ghanaian players made extremely serious mistakes in both games.

Many media outlets even believe that Koeman should resign if Ajax are out of the Champions League group stage.

In most people's eyes, Ajax sold Zivu and Donny van der Meyde in the summer, but also brought in Escud and Wesley Sonk, the French centre-back is the backbone of the current team's defence, and the Belgian striker is also the team's current Champions League top scorer, although he did not play the main team in five games, he still contributed three goals.

On the contrary, it is Koman, whether it is arranging troops or commanding on the spot, there are frequent problems.

Unsuspecting fans were also dissatisfied with the team's performance, and even after Ajax returned to the Eredivisie, they quickly beat Feyenoord 2-0 at home, but it still couldn't calm the anger of the fans.

Last season's Champions League quarterfinals gave everyone hope for Ajax's revival, and the club is looking forward to it, especially the return of the legendary coach Louis van Gaal, which has made everyone have high hopes, but what is the result?

Once the Champions League group stage is out, there has to be someone with enough weight to take on the responsibility.

Head coach Ronald Koeman, technical director Louis van Gaal, and even chairman Van Praag, who has been complained about by fans for many years.

The outside media and fans are fierce, and the team is also not calm.

The news of Trabelsi's departure has intensified, and even Premier League upstarts Chelsea, Juventus and Roma have joined the fray, which has made the departure of Ajax's right wing-back more and more obvious.

Under internal and external troubles, the whole Detokmoste once again fell into a depressed haze.

Even the always relaxed Ajax II team ushered in the first defeat of the Youth League, but Yang Yang's performance is still very good, and after seeing outstanding world-class stars such as Kaka and Shevchenko, Yang Yang is working harder whether it is training, special training, or additional training.

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Bang...... Bang...... Bang...... Bang......

With a certain rhythm, the ball flew out of Yang Yang's right foot again and again, hit the wall, and bounced back randomly.

At a distance of twenty meters from the wall, Yang Yang kept moving laterally, facing the incoming ball, either with his left foot or with his right foot, sending the ball back to the wall again and again, waiting for the next rebound.

Although after deliberate training, Yang Yang's left foot is still not flexible enough, some simple movements can be competent, but no more complex ones can't, however, Yang Yang is also determined to practice his left foot.

Time passed unconsciously, and Yang Yang was already sweating profusely, but there was still no sign of stopping.

He's seventeen years old and by all indications, he's not that far from the first team.

Just after the team's home defeat to AC Milan, his best friend Vermaelen received an order from the first team and officially entered the first team, which made Yang Yang very envious, but at the same time felt a trace of pressure.

The words of Ibrahimovich and Maxwell are still in my ears, and Fermaelen is in, what about himself?

When the first-team opportunity comes its way, can you take it?

This made Yang Yang full of a sense of crisis, and also made him work harder in training, special training and additional training, and did not dare to slack off.

He practiced until nightfall, when Yang Yang stopped panting.

It was also at this moment that he suddenly realized that there was a person sitting in the corner not far behind him.

The slightly obese Dutch middle-aged man was holding a bottle of water in one hand, and after seeing Yang Yang stop training, he shook the water in his hand and handed it to Yang Yang from afar.

More than half a year ago, the familiar feeling of being at the Almere skatepark is back.