Chapter 76

After the Europa League, Ajax's first opponent was The Hague, who had a blood feud, of course, these old things are already in the past, and the current Hague has long since lost the courage of the past, and can only be relegated in the Eredivisie and lost the strength to call Ajax.

But in the first half of the season, The Hague beat the hosts 1-0 in Amsterdam, which made Ajax very angry up and down, so many players clenched their fists and vowed to take The Hague to revenge.

However, the Hague players also looked undaunted against the menacing Ajax, and the 24-year-old striker looked spirited in his pre-match interview with his core member Vilhok: "They [Ajax] are a great team, there is no doubt about it, but we beat them in the first half of the season to show that they are not invincible, so in Amsterdam we can beat them, back in The Hague we can beat them too, this is our home stadium We've been perfect here, we've been doing really well this season, we can even compete for a European place and we'll give it our all for the next games, no matter who the opponent is. ”

The Hague players released a pre-match declaration of victory, which thrilled the reporters, and in addition to the local media in The Hague and Amsterdam, the major sports newspapers carried the headline: Ajax is just a paper tiger! The Hague threatens to win!

This season, although The Hague has performed well, the current league ranking has risen to fifth, second only to the halfway champion AZ Alkmaar, it is hard to imagine that such a team was considered a relegation team at the beginning of the season, so now The Hague is full of confidence, presumably Barcelona Real Madrid and others dare to fight.

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This is the 70th minute of the game, Joel is standing on the sidelines, looking at the score on the field, his brows are tightened, no one can see the expression on his face, but it can be guessed by the score that the expression on Joel's face must not be very good at this moment.

On the scoreboard, 2:1 clearly shows that the home team is in front and the away team is behind.

In the first half, Leng Fei cut inside after a few people to give Ajax the lead, but before half-time, Verhok, who had made a threat before the game, helped the team equalise.

At the beginning of the second half, Verhok assisted teammate Imes to score a goal to overtake the score, after the latter scored, Verhok also rushed to the side of the stands of the visiting fans, made a closed mouth move, and made the Ajax fans half angry, the words at the beginning of F and S and the middle finger fired at the arrogant Hague player, but this is an away away after all, and the voice of the Ajax fans was quickly muffled by the home team fans.

Ajax and The Hague, in addition to the grievances on the field, there are also a lot of conflicts between fans, in addition to the factor of football itself, there is also a very important political reason, although Amsterdam is the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but the Dutch government organs and heads of state are set up and working in The Hague, because of this reason, the people of Amsterdam always look down on the people of The Hague and criticize it as a pseudo-capital, and the people of The Hague are not to be outdone, ridiculing Amsterdam as "an empty shell".

There have been many conflicts between the fans of the two sides, as far as the large-scale conflict in 1987 of the last century, and as recently as 06 The Hague Mayor angrily announced that the away fans were not allowed to enter the stadium to watch the game, all of which are the stories between Ajax and The Hague.

The game was closing minute by minute, and the score remained the same.

In the 85th minute, Leng Fei broke through on the right side and was put down by the opponent, and the referee immediately blew a free kick, the players in The Hague looked at the position of the free kick, shook their heads, and did not argue about the referee's decision.

Leng Fei stood at the penalty spot, and this season, he scored two direct free kicks, which was neither efficient nor low, and after Suarez left, he was the team's first free kick taker.

Leng Fei looked at the goal, this position is not easy to shoot, and the distance is too far, it is not a wise choice to choose to shoot, so let's pass the ball.

Leng Fei thought so, looked at the penalty area, Vertonghen had already run in to fight for the top, the whole Ajax, Vertonghen's header skills were the best, Leng Fei decided to pass the ball to Vertonghen.

The referee raised his hand and signaled that Leng Fei could already kick a free kick, Leng Fei nodded, took a few steps back, and looked at the goal, at this moment, he suddenly changed his mind, maybe it was a short circuit in his mind and forgot how to pass the ball, Leng Fei decided to shoot directly, although this ball was a full 40 yards away from the goal, and it was on the side, but Leng Fei decided to hit the goal directly!

One step, two steps, after shaking his hands to stabilize his body, Leng Fei's left leg quickly came out of the sheath, as if venting, kicked on the ball, received a huge impact, the ball flew out like a bullet, sweeping straight to the goal!

The Hague goalkeeper Cottingho chose to take a position on the left before taking another free-kick, because he felt that if Leng Fei chose to hit the goal directly, the left side would be the easiest place to score, but this time he made a mistake.

Leng Fei only made a rough aim at the goal, who knows if the ball will go left or right? The ball chose to ignore the wall of people in The Hague and flew directly past the wall.

There was chaos in the penalty area, no one thought that Leng Fei would hit the goal by himself, many people in the penalty area thought that Leng Fei would pass the ball, and chose to grab the point to fight for the top, which caused many players to run for a while, and Leng Fei flowed out of the space in vain, of course, Vertonghen and others also attracted a large part of the attention in the penalty area, which can be regarded as helping Leng Fei open a blank in the penalty area.

The speed of the ball was very fast, Caudienho flew to save, he felt his fingers touch the ball, slightly pushed out, only to hear the ball behind him hit the post made a loud noise, Caudinaw was happy, thinking that his save had been effective, but looking back, his heart was half cold, the ball smashed on the inside post, rebounded into the goal.

"The ball went in?" The commentators in the commentary seat didn't react at once, and dropped such a questioning sentence.

The ball is in! In the 88th minute, Ajax equalized!

2:2, this is also the final score of the game, the result of this game made the gap between Ajax and the top of the table Eindhoven to 5 points, the original third Twente also overtook the standings, one point higher than Ajax to become the second in the league, with six rounds left in the league, Ajax's championship prospects suddenly became confusing.

Ajax have no other tournaments to play in other than a Dutch Cup final, and there have been no major injuries so far, so Ajax have a full squad to challenge for the title.

On April 3, Ajax hosted Hercules Heracles, with Soleimani and Al-Isati scoring a goal in each half, sealing the win.

A week later, Ajax defeated the visiting Groningen 1:0, Leng Fei scored the only goal of the game in the second minute of stoppage time in the full game, Ajax struggled to get three valuable points, and in the current standings, Twente defeated the main rival Eindhoven in the round when Ajax scored two goals against Heracles, and the points have overtaken Eindhoven at the top of the table, although this round drew with Roda JC, but Eindhoven did not seize the opportunity to shake hands with Heerenveen, In addition to Ajax's victory, the two major title contenders have drawn one after another, giving Ajax hope of winning the title.

On April 14, Ajax ushered in a charity match at home, the opponent was Shimizu Heartbeat Football Club, a powerhouse from the Japanese J-League, the reason for this game was because Ajax lost 1:0 at home to Spartak Moscow, that is, on March 11, a large-scale earthquake nuclear leakage at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, shocked the whole world, and caused heavy losses to the marine pollution of the surrounding waters, including Japan, and even China's waters.

In order to increase the influence of Asia or Japan, Francis sent people to contact the major Japanese football clubs, and finally reached an agreement with Shimizu Heartbeat Club for a charity match, and all the income from the game was donated to the Red Cross.

In this game, Joel certainly won't use those absolute main players, so some substitutes and young players found their chances, and Ricardo van Rijn, the first member of the A1 team to speak to Ajax, also played in this game.

There is no suspense, this is Ajax's home stadium, and the opponent is only a football club that is not in Asia, with Zvetanić's hat trick and Ebecirio's icing on the cake, Ajax defeated Shimizu 4:0 Heartbeat, in addition, there are a lot of cultural performances after this game, Leng Fei and his teammates watched the whole game and the subsequent cultural performances, which can be regarded as relaxing for themselves.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, Ajax's "Little Sneijder" played for the first time for the first time for Ajax, and his cousin was the cousin of Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder, Rodney Sneijder, the head coach of Ajax's A1 echelon, Grim, said that if this kid practiced it, he would definitely be as strong as his brother.

Three days later, Ajax played Nijmegen away, and after 90 minutes of play, Ajax and Nijmegen played a very good game, and the score was finally settled at 3:3, with three goals from each side.

The result of this match has left many fans devastated, and this draw means that they have basically withdrawn from the title race, looking at PSV Eindhoven and Twente, both of which have won.

There are still three rounds left in the league, but Ajax are already four points clear of Twente at the top of the table and three points clear of PSV Eindhoven.

On April 24, Ajax defeated SBV Elite 4:1 at home, Twente defeated The Hague 2:1, Eindhoven lost 3:1 at the feet of Feyenoord, Ajax caught up with Eindhoven at once, but in terms of goal difference, Ajax is not dominant, they are still in third place, 4 points away from the first place Twente, that is, if the next game, Twente can win, then they can lift the Dutch football league championship trophy one round in advance!

And Twente's opponent in the next game is the Eredivisie vice-captain Willem II, although Willem II is in urgent need of points relegation, but in front of Twente, they seem to be just a strong team ATM!

On May 1st, the 33rd round of the Eredivisie kicked off, all the cameras were focused on the De Gerolsch Stadium in Twente, the Dutch Football Association has sent the real league trophy to that stadium, if Twente wins this game, then they can lift the Eredivisie trophy in their own stadium one round earlier, and realize a dream that has been difficult to achieve for more than 40 years, in last season, they were infinitely close to that trophy, but in the end, she fell into the arms of Ajax, this time, They finally have a chance to win their own accolades.

At the Ace-Bett Stadium in Heerenveen, the Ajax players didn't seem to be on their minds and kept looking at the fans in the hope that they could tell them how the game was going on at FC Twente.

In the twenty-eighth minute, Joel got the message from his assistant who was heading to the De Gerolsch stadium: "Twente is ahead! Defender Douglas's header! ”

In the stands of As-Bett, the fans of the visiting team Ajax showed frustration when they saw the news not far away, and some fans began to complain loudly about the draw in the last round of Ajax, if it wasn't for that, Ajax still have a chance to win the title.

44th minute......

'Mr. Martin, I hate to admit it, but Twente are already 2-0 up and it was Luuk de Jong who scored the goal.

Joel frowned, knowing that an equaliser was unlikely for Willem II, and in fact, even if Willem II did end up with a draw, it would be insignificant for them to avoid relegation, and a point for FC Twente would be enough for them to lift the trophy early.

Intermission......

"Yes, I can tell you very clearly that right now, the score is 2-0 at that stadium, and I won't tell you that it was Willem II who was leading because it wasn't like that...... We lost this season, why? There is a reason for each of you. Yoel looked at his disciples, in fact, after Suarez left, Ajax still had a lot of problems exposed, needless to say, the decline in strength is needless to say, they are even more lacking a superstar to rely on, although Leng Fei is good, and he has grown a little this season, but he does not have the temperament of a leader, so Ajax's performance in the second half of the season is very unstable.

'Why was Twente 2-0 in the first half? Quite simply, they have only one thought, to win, and what about you? The first half was sleepwalking, didn't you think that if you lost this game, what does the game on the Twente side have to do with you? No fart! ”

"If you still want to prove that you are men, then, I don't need to say anything more, just go out and fuck the Heerenveen now......"

Before Yoel finished speaking, I don't know who suddenly laughed, and then, a group of players also laughed, in the impression, Joel has never been so foul-mouthed, but they have seen it today, even if Joel is foul-mouthed, he uses such a normal tone, which doesn't sound very scary, and it doesn't improve morale, but the team's original tense atmosphere is much more relaxed.

Joel also smiled, he didn't want to scold, but he was angry, and he blurted it out as soon as he blurted it out, but he messed up, and even he didn't expect it.

"Okay, who's still laughing!" Joel smiled and put on a straight face, "In the second half, we have to win this game, don't forget, it's about whether we play in the Champions League next season or the Europa League, I don't think anyone wants to play in the Europa League again, right?" ”

"Nope!" When the atmosphere eased up, the dressing room returned to its usual vigor and Vertonghen shouted.

Leng Fei also chimed in: "We still have our own things to do!" ”

"That's right, don't bother with Twente, we still have our own things to do!" This is the voice of captain Stekelenburg.

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In the second half, Ajax's form recovered, and in less than three minutes of the opening game, Leng Fei got a one-on-one chance, and he did not waste Hamdoi's selfless goal, and a volley broke the balance on the field.

The match between Ajax and Heerenveen ended in a 2:1 Ajax victory, while Twente's side was already in a carnival, 4:0 This was the final score of that game, and Twente's 46-year wait finally came to fruition, and they lifted the first Eredivisie title in the club's history!

Ajax also won the game, but it didn't matter, with FC Twente winning the title one round earlier.

The whole of Enschede was in a revelry, while Amsterdam was silent, and this season, they had a chance to win a second in a row, but they failed to do so for various reasons.

Losing the championship is certainly a painful thing, but this is not the end of the world, what is lost, can be picked up again, life is a road paved by countless failures and successes, isn't it.

This season, although Ajax failed to win the Eredivisie crown, the Champions League was also out early, and the Europa League also stopped in the round of 16, but this season, they are not without nothing, at least, the Dutch Cup they reached the final again, and now, with only one trophy left, Ajax has put all their energy on the Dutch Cup final with league champion Twente, they have to complete their own title, and of course prevent their opponents from winning the double.

Although the gold content of the Dutch Cup is not high, and it can even be said to be a chicken rib competition that can be completely abandoned, but now it has become the only trophy that Ajax can compete for, which is still a bit ironic for the Eredivisie team.

On Sunday, May 8, 2011, at 5 p.m. local time in the Netherlands, at the Arena in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, tens of thousands of fans were already seated in the stadium, just waiting for the start of the match between the two teams.

"Dear viewers and friends, I am the commentator Cronne you are familiar with, today's game is the Dutch Cup final, Ajax vs Twente, and it is also the first time that Twente has faced the defending Dutch Cup champion Ajax as the defending champion of the Eredivisie." After a step-by-step "fair commentary, Croné began his own commentary, anyway, the games he commented on were broadcast in Amsterdam, and I believe that no audience will complain about his commentary.

"Although we have lost the Eredivisie title this season, we still have a trophy to compete for, which is the Dutch Cup today, and I believe our lads will not let us finish the season empty-handed, well, our lads are already in the field!"

"The game started, the home team Ajax kicked off first, today Joel put out a set of regular main lineup, goalkeeper Vermeer, defenders Van der Wiel, Vertonghen, Aldreveld, Anita, midfielders Isati, Enault, Eriksen, forwards Leng Fei, Hamdoi, De Jong, today's game, our No. 1 Stekelenburg suffered some minor injuries in training, so it looks like they can't play in this game, but I believe the lads can overcome this difficulty."

After a long long list, Cronne gave a brief overview of Twente's squad and the game began.

This time, Leng Fei stood in the middle circle for the first time, and in this game, Joel developed a very strange tactic, because De Jong and Hamdoi formed a double striker, so Leng Fei should have retreated and returned to the midfield, but Joel did not do so, he designated Leng Fei to still serve as a winger, and constantly changed positions left and right to impact the opponent's defense.

Yoel wants to take advantage of Leng Fei's ability to balance his left and right feet, and he can hit the left and right to catch the opponent off guard, and Leng Fei's physical fitness is enough to support such a run.

During training, Leng Fei surprisingly quickly adapted to this style of play, his speed and awareness, making a mess of the opponent's defense, but he had not used this style of play in official matches.

The game has just begun, Ajax's strange style of play almost caused a goal, this game, Twente deliberately strengthened the left side, that is, the right side of Ajax or Leng Fei strengthened the defense, but I didn't expect Leng Fei to hit the left side soon after the opening, Twente's defense line was suddenly disrupted by Leng Fei, and then Leng Fei sent a straight kick into the penalty area, De Jong kicked the goal out of bounds, this goal is a pity, because if it is in, it is completely the success of Joel's tactics.

In the past two years, as an upstart in the Eredivisie, Twente has gradually risen to replace Feyenoord and Eindhoven, and Ajax is tied for one of the top three in the Eredivisie, but in front of the big brother Ajax of the top three, whether in terms of heritage or strength, Twente is not as good as Ajax, the reason why Twente can win the championship this season is also due to the downturn of Ajax some time ago.

In the twentieth minute, Ajax gradually took the initiative on the field, and the number of shots on goal was as high as five in 20 minutes, an average of one every four minutes, but unfortunately only one of Enault's long-range shots was in the woodwork, but it could not be converted into a goal.