After playing Vitesse II, Ajax II is on holiday, but the first team has another game to play.

Home to Zwolle.

The visitors are not strong and are still favourites for relegation this season after a thrilling relegation last season.

With a 1-0 defeat at Utrecht, a 3-0 defeat at Waalwijk at home and a trip to the Amsterdam Arena on the back of a two-game losing streak, everyone felt that Ajax should be able to end all of the August games with a hearty victory.

But the result was a surprise.

At home, the main Ajax played very badly, although the defensive end was relatively well-organized, but the attack was lackluster, the only bright spot was in the 32nd minute, Swedish center Ibrahimovic assisted Pinar to score.

It was the only goal of the game.

After the game, manager Ronald Koeman was rebuked by the media, and everyone felt that Ajax's performance this season was disappointing, and despite winning three in a row, both the spectacle and the result were unacceptable.

Koeman said that the team is still in the process of running in.

"The visitors were very tenacious in this game, and the head coach Pete Bowey lined up a 541 formation, with five defenders, three midfielders, and a heavy force in the middle, which made our attack slow down."

As for the rumors of incompatibility between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, Ronald Koeman said that this is a rumor made out of nothing, and there is no contradiction between the two players, and there is no conflict.

'They're all very good, very potential players, in any team, in any situation, they don't have so-called incompatibility, the problem now is that they need to adjust their pace as soon as possible, so that they can be more in tune with their team-mates and with the team, and be in the same rhythm.

After three rounds of matches, PSV Eindhoven's top scorer Kezman leads the scorers with five, followed by Waalwijk's Ivan Reden with four goals and Ajax's players are very low in the table with just one goal each.

However, in the Eredivisie standings, Ajax has performed well, winning three consecutive games to win nine points, joint with Waalwijk, but is second in the table due to goal difference, two points ahead of PSV Eindhoven.

Despite the good standings in the standings, the Dutch media were unhappy with Ajax's performance, especially in attack.

In the analysis of many journalists and celebrities, Ajax's wing problems have always plagued the team.

Many believe that the clash between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart is not irreconcilable, but the problem now is that Ajax's flanks are unable to create a threat, so all teams have to stick to the middle of the pitch as soon as they play Ajax, which is quite bad for the Eredivisie giants.

Last season, with Donny van der Meyde on the right, Ajax were the most lethal team in the Eredivisie, but judging by their performances this season, after losing Donny van der Meyde, Ajax suddenly seemed to be completely unable to attack, and the reason for this was the loss of threat on the wings.

Reporters and celebrities have also said that if Ronald Coman can't solve this problem as soon as possible, then Ajax will still be difficult to hold on to the end this season, especially if they have to deal with the Champions League next.

After a hard-fought knockout of AK Graz, Ajax's draw for the Champions League group stage was officially decided.

Due to the restructuring of the Champions League this year, the second round of the group stage in the past has been cancelled, and after the first round of the group stage, the top two will directly enter the knockout round, the third place will play in the League Cup, and the last place will be eliminated.

Although Ajax reached the quarter-finals of last season's Champions League, they are still in Pot 3 this year, with defending champions AC Milan drawn in Pot 1, Celta Vigo in Pot 2 and Belgian Brugge in Pot 4.

Although Van der Meyde and Zivu have gone this summer, whether it is Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart, or Trabelsi, they have all been left in the team in the end, and the overall strength is still retained, coupled with the emergence of powerful rookies such as Sneijder, Pinard, De Jong and Heitinga, Ajax's prospects are still optimistic.

However, the four opponents in this group are not weak.

Needless to say, AC Milan and Celta Vigo are both some of the biggest names in Europe, and even Belgium's Club Brugge are not to be underestimated, as they eliminated Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund in the third round of qualifying.

As soon as the results of the draw came out, the Dutch media was full of mourning, believing that the situation of Ajax, which was suffering from internal and external troubles, was precarious.

This public opinion situation in the outside world has also added some pressure to the first team.

But as a player of the second team, Yang Yang returned to the familiar skatepark in Almere.

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Due to the impact of next year's European Championships, the Eredivisie schedule this season is very tight, but there are only 13 teams participating in the Youth League, although it is also a double round-robin, but the pressure of the game is much lighter.

On the day of the national team competition, the team began to take a holiday, and Fermaelen and other international players who were selected for the national team also left the team one after another to fight for the country, while Yang Yang continued to go to school every day.

After school on Friday afternoon, his cousin Shen Yuzhu drove to Odekerk to pick him up.

This was the first time he had returned to Almere since coming to Amsterdam, and he had the feeling of returning to his mother's home, and he felt new and interesting about everything he saw along the way, and I have to say that this person became very fast.

Back at the Chinese restaurant, it was busy dinner time, Yang Yang took the initiative to help after putting down his things, everything still looked the same as more than half a month ago, but it felt completely different.

Almere has been established for seven years and has been an Ajax satellite club for two years, but Yang Yang is the first person to join the Ajax academy from the Almere academy, and he directly entered the second team.

The second team, also known as the reserve team, is a team specially prepared for the first team.

Many Almere citizens recognized Yang Yang and encouraged him to work hard and strive to enter the first team of Ajax as soon as possible, and all of them were willing to go over to cheer for Yang Yang and become his family and friends.

Yang Yang naturally smiled and nodded in agreement.

It's still a long way from the first team, but that's what he's trying towards.

In the evening, Henk Dimel and Nick and others who received the news came to visit Yang Yang, and even head coaches John Repp and Dick Van Poel also made a special trip, they were very concerned about Yang Yang's situation in the Ajax academy.

Fred Arroyo has always been in contact with John Repp, and they all know a lot about Yang Yang's performance in the Ajax second team, and everyone is surprised that Yang Yang can start in the Ajax second team in just two games, and even has a faint tendency to sit firmly in the main team.

They all know very well how difficult it is to want the second team of Ajax to play the main team, and the only reasonable explanation is that Yang Yang has made significant progress in this short period of more than half a month, allowing Van Basten to reuse him.

"Cough, Yang, you're fine, after playing the Dutch Cup and playing in the Youth League, you have performed better than one game, but we are miserable, the coach uses you to train us every day, and he says at every turn, look at Yang Yang, he was not as good as you at the beginning, and now everyone is already the starter of the second team of Ajax."

Henk Dimel seemed to learn John Repp's precepts, which made everyone present burst into laughter, but they also felt very emotional, because they could clearly feel that the gap between themselves and Yang Yang was getting wider and wider.

Yang Yang didn't expect that one day he would become the child of someone else's family in the mouth of Almere's head coach, and he really felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart, but he still modestly politely said a few words.

The initiator, Henk Dimeer, was slapped on the back of the head by John Repp.

There were only 80 teams in the first round of the Dutch Cup, and Almere failed to squeeze into this list, being eliminated in the qualifying round, and could only concentrate on playing in the third division, which made many players, including Genk Dimel, very envious of Yang Yang.

It was the Dutch Cup, a national competition in the Netherlands, and Yang Yang's performance in the second team is getting better and better, it is difficult to guarantee that in the near future, he will be favored by the first team and directly enter the first team, then it will be different from now.

John Repp also thinks that Yang Yang's chances at Ajax are very good.

"Judging from the information I have received so far, the Ajax management does not have the idea of bringing in wingers, they have invested a lot of money in the renewal of their contracts this summer, and they do not have enough funds to operate transfers, and they have decided to use internal promotion for the weakness of the wings, so you still have a good chance."

Yang Yang nodded again and again when he heard this, as a person who trains in De Tokmost all day, he naturally knows this, but he also knows that Ajax is full of talent, there are many players who can play the right winger position, there are several in the first team, Babel and De Moore in the second team can also play this position, and even Fred Benson has the strength to play this position.

In contrast, although I have the opportunity, I still have to work harder.

When Yang Yang said his thoughts, John Repp, who was born in the Ajax academy, couldn't help nodding, and he also felt that for the time being, Yang Yang didn't have to think too much, just focus on improving his strength.

'Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared, and you have to trust that the coaching staff and scouts at Ajax will never miss a single capable player because that's the foundation of Ajax's foothold in European football.

Yang Yang nodded and thanked him.

After two days at Almere, Yang returned to Amsterdam next Monday to continue his school and training.

Since the team is still in the shutdown period, Yang Yang's training is carried out alone.

This remained the case until mid-September, when the first and second teams resumed training camps.

The second team's next opponent is Alkar II in the Youth First Division, and the match is played away from home.

Due to the long suspension of games and training, head coach Van Basten is a little worried about the state and performance of his players, and even Yang Yang is afraid that his previous good momentum will be interrupted.

Unexpectedly, not long after the game started, the players of AZ Alkmaar's second team took the initiative to give a generous gift.