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At noon on May 2, Zwolle, eastern Netherlands, Ostronk Stadium.
When the referee blew the final whistle, everyone at Ajax rushed into the pitch in a frenzy.
From the coaching staff to the players, and more than 1,000 fans who came with the team to the away stadium, they were completely caught in a carnival.
The scoreboard shows the final score of the game, 0 to 5!
In international practice, the home team is in front and the away team is in the back.
Ajax beat Zwolle 5-0 thanks to a hat-trick from Sonck, goals from Galasek and Sneijder.
In the other game played at the same time, PSV Eindhoven also beat Volendam 5-0 away, but after this round, Ajax is still seven points ahead of PSV Eindhoven, with only two rounds left in the league, Ajax won the title early.
This is Ajax's first trophy of the season!
As early as a week ago, in the 31st round of the Eredivisie, when Ajax, who had just beaten Monaco in the Champions League, drew 0-0 with Nijmegen, countless media reporters and fans were worried that Ajax would not be able to hold on to the situation of fighting on the third line, and finally collapsed and was counterattacked by Eindhoven?
But this 5-0 game made everyone completely relieved.
Wesley Sonk scored a hat-trick in the 56th, 78th and 82nd minutes.
Yang Yang came on as a substitute in the 75th minute and then opened up a defender for Snedra, allowing the Dutch midfielder to set up Wesley Sonk for a goal, and then Galasek setting up Sneijder's goal.
It wasn't until the 82nd minute that Yang Yang assisted Wesley Sonk to score, which was the icing on the cake.
With five goals, Ajax won the Eredivisie title two games ahead of schedule.
This has been both exciting and morale-boosting for Ajax, and the team can focus more on preparing for the Champions League and Dutch Cup final, starting with the trip to Monaco in three days' time.
Yang Yang smiled from ear to ear on the court, he really didn't expect that he would be able to win the championship.
You know, a year ago, he was just sitting on the bus of Almere, looking at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium like a pilgrimage, but now, he has put on the Ajax shirt and climbed to the top of the league title.
It's like a dream.
Even more unbelievable, as long as they hold on to their first leg away from home in three days' time and eliminate Monaco, Ajax will reach the Champions League final, with the Eredivisie, Dutch Cup and Champions League treble.
This is an absolutely shocking result, as only two teams have won the treble in the history of the Eredivisie.
One was Ajax in the early 70s, led by Cruyff, and the other was PSV Eindhoven in the late 80s, when Hiddink coached them, and both teams have become legends to this day.
Even if it is missed by countless fans, in the mid-nineties, the Ajax team led by Van Gaal failed to win this award, but now, it is beckoning to the Ajax players not far ahead.
Thinking of this, Yang Yang felt that his whole body was on fire.
A sense of accomplishment in making history came over him and filled him with strength.
He believes the same is true for all Ajax players.
When all the players threw manager Ronald Koeman into the air, the Ajax fans in the stands also waved the slogan of the treble, and even many Zwolle fans put up signs to encourage Ajax, hoping that the Eredivisie giants can achieve something in the Champions League.
It's not just the glory of Ajax, it's the glory of the Eredivisie as a whole.
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5 May, Monaco, Stade Louis II.
It's a focus battle.
Monaco lined up a four-four-two two-centre-forward formation, with Morientes and Pulshaw partnering two high forwards, Rotten and Giuli on the wings, and Didier Deschamps attacking from the start.
Ajax continued to play in a four-three-three formation, with Galasek and Frenkie de Jong forming a back two, Sneijder playing in midfield, and Donny van der Vaart, Ibrahimovic and Wesley Sonk up front.
The match went into a fast pace from the start, and the two sides played very closely.
Especially Monaco, the attack pressed very high, showing the determination to break the kettle, giving Ajax great defensive pressure, especially in the 34th minute of the first half, after Morientes scored a goal, the French team was almost crazy to attack, so that three Ajax players received yellow cards one after another.
After the rematch in the second half, Monaco continued to take advantage of the victory and ate Ajax's posture in one go, while Ronald Koeman took the initiative to put on a defensive counterattack position, but was still extremely embarrassed.
Especially when the game was in the 50th minute, the veteran Galasek was fouled and received the second yellow card of the game, and was sent off the field with a red card, the whole Louis II stadium fell into a frenzy.
Deschamps immediately made a substitution, replacing the underperforming Poolau with Cisse and pushing Gyuli up front to continue to strengthen the attack, while Ronald Koeman made a quick decision and made a substitution, replacing Wesley Sonk on the wing with Vermaelen, pushing Heitinga into the midfield to partner De Jong.
Seventy minutes later, Monaco attacked more and more fiercely, Ajax was forced to be very embarrassed, and the defense was shaky.
Ronald Koeman eventually made another substitution in the 73rd minute, bringing on Grigra for Maxwell.
A succession of substitutions failed to halt Monaco's onslaught, with Didier Deschamps making his second substitution of the game in the 78th minute, replacing left wing-back Patrice Evra with Ibarra, another strong signal to strengthen the attack.
A 1-0 win would not guarantee Monaco progress, and they needed at least two goals to level the aggregate score, so Didier Deschamps once again opted to step up their attack.
Just after Patrice Evra came off, Ajax made one final change in the 80th minute.
No. 99 Yang Yang came on the field and replaced the captain Van der Vaart on the field.
With the opposition replacing a left wing-back, Ronald Koeman opted for the gold medal substitute right winger Yang Yang.
But at this time, Deschamps couldn't care about anything, and he quickly made a third substitution adjustment in the 82nd minute, replacing Morientes with Adebayo, who had about the same physical exertion, and the Togolese player was also a strong center forward with a very dominant penalty area, and the impact was very strong.
But just two minutes after Bam Adebayo came on the pitch, Ajax suddenly launched a counter-attack.
Sneijder's long diagonal pass sent the ball precisely behind the Monaco defence, and Yang Yang tore through the Monaco defence with extreme speed like a lightning bolt, chased the ball straight away, and caught up with the ball before the opponent's central defender Squeiraci.
After grabbing the ball, Yang Yang was forced to the right side of the penalty area, but he deliberately slowed down, and when Ibrahimovic in the middle stepped in, he suddenly accelerated again, and after shaking off Squeiraci with a series of quick feints, he quickly crossed the ball with his right foot.
Ibrahimovic quickly cut in, beat Julien Rodriguez, grabbed the point from close range, and the ball went straight into the bottom right corner of the goal, 1-1!
This goal completely boosted Ajax's morale and fighting spirit!
The morale of the Monaco players has plummeted.
Because they now have to score four goals against Ajax in less than seven or eight minutes, how is that possible?
As the Ajax players and those on the bench rushed to the sidelines to celebrate, the Monaco players lost control of their emotions and the captain Kuali suddenly pushed down Ajax midfielder Sneijder, triggering a standoff between the two players.
The referee gave Giuli a red card and sent the Monaco captain off the pitch after reassuring both players, but also warned the Ajax players that it was better to be restrained and not to celebrate in front of their opponents.
After the restart of the game, the Monaco players were still full of anger, and several fouls were rough, and the referee finally couldn't bear it, and in the 89th minute, he showed a second yellow card to midfielder Zhikos, sending off the Monaco midfielder.
One game, three red cards, the intensity of the game can be seen.
After the referee pulled out the cards in a row, the Monaco players also lost the confidence and fighting spirit to continue to resist.
In the end, the second leg between the two sides ended in a 1-1 draw.
Ajax eliminated Monaco 4-1 on aggregate with a 3-0 win at home and successfully advanced to the Champions League final.
However, midfielder Galasek will be suspended for a red card in the final, which will also be a huge loss for Ajax.
In the other matchup, Porto narrowly defeated Deportivo La Coruna 1-0 on aggregate with an away goal and met Ajax in the Champions League final.
This is also the first time since the restructuring of the Champions League that no team from the four major leagues has entered the Champions League final.
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May 9, the 33rd round of the Eredivisie.
Returning to Amsterdam from Monaco, Ajax prepared for the Dutch Cup and Champions League finals, playing with an all-substitute squad in the league and beating Breda 2-0 at home.
After this game, Ajax claimed the Eredivisie trophy this season, but the club did not organize a major celebration, focusing more on preparing for the two finals.
A week later, the Eredivisie finale.
Ajax, who continued to play with an all-bench line-up, beat Willem II 5-2 away, with Obede scoring twice and Soyetals, Pienal and De Ridder netting.
Another week, on the evening of May 22, at the De Kuyp Stadium in Feyenoord in Rotterdam.
Dutch Cup final, Ajax vs. Utrecht.
Ajax were in better form, controlling the game from the start and finding the back of the net on both occasions in the 31st and 32nd, scored by Van der Vaart.
After the rematch in the second half, Ibrahimovic scored a goal in the 65th minute to make it 3-0.
Yang Yang still came on as a substitute in the 70th minute, when the overall situation of the team was decided, and after coming on the field, he was more familiar with the rhythm of the game and adjusted his state for the Champions League final on the 26th.
The final was held at the Schalke Stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.