Even though he was already standing in the players' tunnel at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium, Yang Yang still couldn't believe that he was going to start.

It was his first start in more than two months since he entered the first team, and it turned out to be an important game at home to Arsenal in the Champions League last-16 knockout round, and he would have wondered if he was dreaming if it weren't for the live crowd of team-mates and opponents standing around.

Sweden's referee Anders Frieske was at the front of the line chatting with Ajax's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Arsenal's Ljungberg, all of whom were clearly familiar with each other and had a great time.

Ajax's side still lined up in a four-three-three formation, with goalkeeper Robonte, Maxwell, Escude, Heitinga and Trabelsi at the back, De Jong in midfield, Van der Vaart and Sneijder in the middle, and Wesley Sonke, Ibrahimovic and Yang Yang in the front three.

This was the first start of Yang Yang's career.

There is no doubt that Ronald Coman put the burden of Ajax's home game on Yang Yang's shoulders, whether he can pick it up or not, Yang Yang himself is not sure, so he can only go into the field and do his best.

Arsenal still lined up in a four-four-two, with German Lehmann in goal, Clichy, Campbell, Chloe Toure and Lauren at the back, Pire, Vieira, Edu and Ljungberg in midfield from left to right, and Thierry Henry and Reyes in front.

It turns out that Brazilian defender Gilberto Silva still failed to catch up with this game in the end, and he didn't even make the squad, Ashley Cole is also injured and has not recovered, and Bergkamp, who never dared to fly to the away game, did not go home this game, which made many Ajax fans a little disappointed.

Despite making a number of substitute appearances, Yang Yang is still nervous about his debut, and he knows what tonight's game will mean for Ajax.

Arsenal are so strong that if they can't get a win at home, they basically have no chance of winning away.

For Arsenal, it was a two-legged knockout tie, but for Ajax, both were finals.

Turning his head and sweeping over the Arsenal stars, Yang Yang saw Henry, who was almost exactly the same as the Henry simulated in the super training ground, which made him smile.

I don't know if it's a feeling, Henry also happened to turn his head at this time, and saw the Oriental youngster in the Ajax team smiling at him, and he immediately smiled modestly, as if to say, come on, boy!

The world's No. 1 defender Patrick Vieira is very big, giving Yang Yang the feeling of a towering mountain, it's really hard to imagine, a player like him goes on a rampage on the court, who can stop it?

Equally big is centre-back Saul Campbell, who is also a lot of pressure.

With his long hair, Piret looks like an elegant artist and has a charismatic smile that is as relaxed as his style of play on the pitch.

Looking at this group of thunderous stars, Yang Yang really doubted that he would have to compete with them later.

Oh my God, can you win?

These are a bunch of the world's top stars!

But reason made Yang Yang quickly take a few deep breaths, calm down, and constantly remind himself that when he walked into the football field, they were not world superstars, but undying opponents, and there was only one idea to treat them, that is, to kill them!

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Yang closed his eyes and adjusted his emotions.

He needs to be quiet.

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"All the Ajax fans who have come to the Amsterdam Arena, the highly anticipated first leg of the Champions League last-16 knockout round is about to begin!"

"Let us welcome our warriors of Ajax with the warmest applause!"

Under the appeal of the stadium broadcast, the audience erupted in thunderous cheers and applause.

"Behind the referee Anders Frisker is our captain, Rafael van der Vaart!"

The crowd clapped vigorously and shouted Van der Vaart's name.

"Next up is our goalkeeper Robert!"

The fans erupted in applause again and shouted the names of the players.

Sneijder...... Escud ...... Heitinga ...... Maxwell...... Trabelsi ...... Songke ...... Ibrahimovic ...... De Jong ......"

When Yang Yang, who was at the end of the crowd, followed closely behind De Jong and walked out of the players' tunnel, the audience suddenly fell silent.

"Oh God, and the last ...... Our gold medal twelfth, Yang Yang!! ”

The silence was very short, and the whole stadium burst into cheers that did not lose to the captain Van der Vaart, and more than 50,000 fans shouted Yang Yang's name in unison, which made Yang Yang in the stadium feel his blood boiling.

He loves the feeling of being cheered on by countless fans and embraced by everyone.

Seeing such a huge movement from the fans on the scene to a young player, not to mention Wenger and others in front of the away team's coach's box were shocked, even Ronald Coman and Luther Carroll of the home team, as well as the technical director Van Gaal sitting in the stands, were taken aback.

No one thought that unconsciously, Yang Yang would have such an influence in the minds of Ajax fans.

"In the past few months, Yang Yang has brought us a huge surprise every time he comes off the bench, every appearance of him has changed the situation of the game, and every time we see him standing on the sidelines, all of us Ajax fans can't help but hope because we know that he never disappoints us."

"Tonight, we are also very much looking forward to whether Yang Yang, who started for the first time for the first time, can continue the excellent performance of the past gold medal substitute and contribute to our home victory over Arsenal."

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Referee Friske blew the whistle, and the three Ajax frontcourt players pressed quickly towards the Arsenal backline.

Wesley Sonk and Yang Yang were the fastest, sprinting left and right for the Gunners' backflanks, while Ibrahimovic headed for the middle.

Not only the front three, but also the three players in midfield, as well as the entire backline, were pressing quickly.

'Ajax started the game very positively, pressing towards the Arsenal backline at the start of the game, which was obviously a steal for the start, and Arsenal were a little ill-prepared when they were playing away.

"Campbell passes to Toure, and Toure makes a big foot forward."

'Heitinga's header cleared, Vieira grabbed the first spot, and the header went back to the front.

"Escud goes to the left, Maxwell gets the ball."

After successfully snatching the ball, Ajax was not obsessed with possession, and Maxwell quickly stepped forward along the left flank, ready to attack.

But Arsenal obviously had enough psychological preparation for the away game, and quickly returned to the defense as soon as possible after conceding the goal, and arranged a tight defensive line, but Ajax also laid out heavy troops, and Van der Vaart also ran over to respond.

Wesley Sonknecht pulled Lauren away and pulled out the left, Maxwell stepped forward to receive Van der Vaart's ball and curled a cross into the box, but Campbell quickly headed it away.

Ajax's first attack made it into the box but failed to threaten.

But the ball didn't fly very far and was still in the Arsenal half.

The home team pressed heavily to attack, which somewhat disrupted Arsenal's plan, but the Gunners experienced a lot of battles, and the players quickly worked out a response plan on the field, and the 4423 line was kept very tight and orderly, not giving Ajax too many chances.

However, Arsenal also tried to play a counter-attack, but unfortunately the pass was too strong and was met by goalkeeper Robont.

After a back-and-forth battle, the starting tactics of both sides have become clear.

Ajax, who is playing at home, wants to try to eat Arsenal in one bite, and even the Gunners have to retreat and seek stability and defensiveness, but everyone knows that this momentum of Ajax is not sustainable.

As long as the opening three axes didn't work, they would soon have to hand over the initiative to Arsenal.

Yang Yang has been running in the front court, pressing and pressing, and responding to teammates in receiving the ball, but Arsenal's defense is very thorough, and Klich did not give Yang Yang too many opportunities, plus Vieira and Edu are sitting in the middle, he can not run much, mainly concentrated near the sideline, but as long as he catches the ball, there are always defenders nearby.

In the face of the powerful Arsenal, Yang Yang did not dare to make a mistake, passed the ball as much as possible without a chance, ran more, waited patiently for the opportunity, and did not give Klich a chance to grab the ball from his feet at all.

Time passed little by little.

Ajax's attack was still centred on the left, with Wesley Sonk, Maxwell and Van der Vaart all testing on this flank but struggling to get the ball up front.

Ibrahimovic was caught between Campbell and Toure in the middle and failed to receive a pass from the midfield.

On the other hand, it was Wesley Sonck, who was constantly pulling sides, dropping back, cutting inside, with a lot of range of motion and being very active, but it was difficult to get a chance.

It was as if this time, as soon as he pulled to the left to receive the ball, Lauren was already standing in front of him, and Edu also leaned over to wrap up, and he chose to pass the ball back to Van der Vaart for the first time, and cut the box diagonally himself, but Lauren followed closely.

Van der Vaart was followed by Edu, Sneijder stepped forward and raised his hand to ask for the ball, but as soon as he received the ball, Vieira had already killed near Sneijder, forcing him to turn around to protect the ball, and was pushed by Vieira from behind, almost falling, and quickly passed the ball back to Van der Vaart as soon as possible.

Edu rushed in and let Van der Vaart quickly pass back to De Jong, who first distributed the ball to Yang Yang on the right flank, and was almost cut off by Pire halfway through.

Yang Yang quickly retreated from the right side to receive the ball, and stabbed the ball past Pire with the first kick and leaned towards the middle, but Klich stood in front of him, Yang Yang didn't want to be sandwiched back and forth by two French players, and saw through [God Vision] that Ibrahimovic had stuck Campbell, and immediately chose to pass the ball behind Klich.

Ibrahimovic chased out of the box to the right, Klich and Campbell were brought past him, Wesley Sonck slotted in diagonally to the penalty spot, attracting the attention of Kolo Toure and ready to rush to the back of the net, while Van der Vaart was standing at the top of the box and was also ready to rush to the back post.

At this time, Yang Yang could clearly see that the right half of the entire Arsenal penalty area was blank, and there was not even a single defender, which made him feel unbelievable, but also very excited, and almost did not hesitate to choose to rush in, and did not forget to shout loudly at the Swedish center.

"Nine o'clock!"