Chapter 77
The game seemed to be going well, but the only surprise came from a counter-attack from FC Twente, who scored on their first goal and their second shot of the game.
It was after De Jong's shot was blocked by defender Wisgerhoff, after Brama took the ball forward, Twente striker Luuk de Jong received the ball all the way to the Ajax penalty area, shook off the goalkeeper and calmly pushed it into the far corner.
After the goal, Luke Jr. was excited and celebrated with his teammates as they took the lead!
After the celebration, Luke Jr. ran to De Jong's side, and the two hugged softly before turning back to their respective halves.
When the reporters saw this scene, they hurriedly filmed it, and in the twenty-first minute, the elder brother PK the elder brother, the elder brother wins!
It seems to be stimulated by Luke Jr., after the game, De Jong seemed very excited, the number of breakthroughs with the ball began to increase, and the shot was also very threatening, Joel looked at De Jong, if he could be inspired by his brother to fight spirit, but if he was inspired to be eager to show himself or something, then he had to plan early.
In the 30th minute, Ajax had their best chance since the opening kick-off, as Eno intercepted Lanzate's pass in front of the field and then slotted it to Hamdoi.
Hamdoi was in a very good position, Douglas, who was guarding him, was far away from Hamdoi, at this time, Hamdoi could have chosen to shoot after breaking through by himself, but Hamdoi did not do this, but chose a sudden pass, and the ball was distributed to Leng Fei who was inserted on the side.
Leng Fei was still wandering on the left side for a moment, without the slightest threat, but who knew that his speed was so fast, he swam to the right and quickly inserted it and got the ball.
Twente's backline was disrupted all of a sudden, Douglas immediately gave up the defense Hamdoy stepped forward to defend Leng Fei, although Leng Fei only needs a pass, Hamdoi is a single knife, but Douglas remembers this sentence, the player with the ball is always the most dangerous, this is not absolute, but it is deserved.
Catching up with Leng Fei, Douglas directly put the tackle, although it is very dangerous and there is a possibility of being awarded a penalty, but now he can't care about so much, and stopping Leng Fei's progress is the top priority. Leng Fei swept Douglas's flying tackle, and in the face of the Brazilian, Leng Fei suddenly picked up the ball and then kicked it out.
It wasn't a kick towards goal, it wasn't a shot, it was a pass, and Twente goalkeeper Mihajlovic tried to block the pass, but was blocked by Brama, who was back in place, and the two teammates collided together, making a big mistake all at once.
De Jong, who was inserted at the back point, shot hard in the face of the empty goal, the ball sank vigorously, flying to the dead corner, De Jong was impatient in ecstasy, and was about to celebrate the goal when a "bang" wanted to make his heart fall back to the bottom all of a sudden.
Hit the post! Didn't enter the empty door! De Jong buzzed in his head, he just wanted to score too much, the strength was slightly more controlled, in fact, this ball, he only needs to touch it lightly, or no matter how bad it is, he can also take the ball into the goal frame, in a word, De Jong can choose thousands of ways to send the ball into the net, but he chose the most unsafe way to shoot, and sent the ball to the post.
Mihajlovic saw that the ball hit the post and bounced back, and immediately reached out and hugged the ball......
In fact, before he could hold the ball, a head appeared in front of Mihajlovich, who was still wearing a red and white jersey! Mihajlovich screamed badly, quickly closed his hands and grabbed the ball.
"Nima! Why is this ball so hard! It doesn't feel right......" Mikhailovic muttered as he spread his hands, it's not a ball! It's a mysterious irregular sphere!! When you look closely, it's a human head......
Leng Fei felt a little wrong at the moment when De Jong kicked out, this kid seemed to be a little too excited, so he immediately started sneaking, and sure enough, De Jong's shot was bravely blocked by the goalpost.
This was Leng Fei's third header in his career, and it was also the most embarrassing one, and after scoring the goal, he was also caught by the opponent's goalkeeper......
Mikhailovich opened his hand, looked at the person in front of him in a daze, Leng Fei patted him on the shoulder, and then rushed out.
"Damn, Sim [de Jong's] shot hit the post...... Look at this, header shot! Ball in and out of !! ”
"This goal went in...... Mihajlovich also hugged Leng Fei's head, he must have thought that he had successfully got the ball, haha! ”
This scene was later included in one of the funny scenes on the court by many netizens, and when Mikhailovich grabbed Leng Fei's head, the "weird" smile on his face became a swan song for the ages, of course, these are all things that came later.
Leng Fei rushed to De Jong's side and patted him on the shoulder.
De Jong looked at Leng Fei who helped him complete his redemption gratefully, and patted Leng Fei on the back fiercely: "Thank you, I will repay you!" ”
Leng Fei said with a smile: "Then, you must give me an assist next time!" ”
De Jong nodded heavily, and the two walked back to half-court together to greet their teammates in celebration.
At the end of the first half, Ajax and Twente were temporarily tied 1-1, and the two sides returned to their respective dressing rooms to rest.
Before going back, the De Jong brothers also got together to talk for a while, this game, the media played up a lot of the duel between the two brothers, and some aroused the fighting spirit between the two, of course, maybe these reports will have some positive effects, but it is undeniable that Ajax's De Jong did not get a positive effect in the first half, kicked away a must-score, if it wasn't for Leng Fei's supplementary goal, De Jong would inevitably be pointed out by Ajax fans.
But fortunately, after Leng Fei scored a goal, what he said to De Jong played a role, and in the following games, the latter's performance began to be normal and gradually returned to his previous competitive state.
Yoel saw all this in his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart, when he sold Leng Fei at the beginning, he was still a little reluctant, if it weren't for the personal reasons of the original boss, maybe Leng Fei would still stay in the team as a full-time contract, no matter how bad it was, he could sell it for a higher price.
In the current football world, there is absolutely no shortage of money, and there are more teams waving a lot of checks, as far as the era when Abramovic just bought Chelsea, which was probably the era of the opening of Jinyuan football, to the present, oil tycoon Manchester City, Anzhi, Malaga, Paris Saint-Germain, as well as the American Major League and the Qatar League and even the Chinese league, they are not short of money at all, just like Manchester City, which is now in the limelight, how much money does their owner have? I don't know, but what is certain is that the number is far more than a billion or tens of billions, money is just a number for them, what do they lack? Talent, of course!
Fifteen minutes of the break were not long, not too short, at least until the players felt that the time had passed after the manager had finished nagging.
'So, let's go back to the second half, where we couldn't decide in the first half and hopefully the second half will give us a win.'
FC Twente kicked off, and in the second half, the two sides did not test their opponents, and directly started the PK of real guns, both sides have an immense desire for the title, Ajax need a title to end the season, and Twente wants to complete the first double honor in the club's history.
For neutral fans, the game was very enjoyable for them, and it was because of the desire to win on both sides that it became a wonderful match, with a fast tempo and a lot of wonderful shots and dribbles from the players.
Joel arranged the surprise tactics for Leng Fei, and finally adjusted back at half-time, if he didn't separate from Twente at the end, then it would be a huge test of Leng Fei's physical fitness, so Joel let Leng Fei play back to the right wing-back position, and Isati served as the left wing-back.
This tactical adjustment still had a little impact on Twente, their head coach made special preparations for this weird tactic at halftime, but Joel suddenly retracted this tactic, which caught Twente a little off guard, Aisati can play winger and play midfield, but before halftime, they studied more of the characteristics of Aisati as a midfielder, and did not study his ability as a winger.
With this, Ajax opened a gap in Twente's defense on the right through Isati's side and had a couple of good chances, but so far have not scored.
In the fifteenth minute of the second half, Ajax's attack finally came to fruition, Aisati broke through on the left and crossed with a big foot, Hamdoi rushed twice, grabbed the landing point of the football, hit the goal with his head, Douglas also headed the ball out, and then De Jong appeared at the penalty spot like a ghost, a push, the ball flew to the left, and Mihajlovic pounced to the right.
"Ball in and pull!! De Jong! He completed the redemption of the empty goal in the first half! ”
After the goal, De Jong jumped up excitedly, after missing an empty goal, he was almost embarrassed, but fortunately, Leng Fei helped him complete the redemption in time, otherwise, I really don't know if he will have the fighting spirit to continue to play, or if he is not on the field, he will continue to play and score this goal.
After De Jong scored, the first one rushed to Leng Fei's side: "Thank you!" You helped me! He roared in Leng Fei's ear.
Leng Fei patted De Jong's shoulder hard: "Well done!" That's what you're made of! ”
2:1, Joel also jumped on the sidelines, and in this game, they are one step closer to the championship!
Leng Fei was also very excited in his heart, the pain of losing the championship just now, it was a good thing to be able to make up for it with a championship, and besides, he was about to leave this club, could he leave with a championship, could there be a more glorious departure than this?
FC Twente also had some blows at the goal, but the experienced captain of the field, Wiesgerhoff, quickly calmed the mood of his teammates and tried to score a goal, even if it dragged on until extra-time.
FC Twente restarted with half an hour left and for FC Twente there was still time to score.
But for Ajax, why not have a chance to pull up the score? At this time, the time has come for the two teams to compete in terms of tactics and psychological quality.
Outside the stadium, some Ajax fans heard the latest score on the field, very happy, Ajax has taken the lead, then the game after that is not difficult, in the Eredivisie, Ajax took the lead in the game, most of them ended in winning, the road to defending the title, is close at hand!
As the clock ticked by, Ajax was less than five minutes away from lifting the trophy!
The Twente fans who came with the team became anxious, and they stood up and tried in their own way to motivate the team and get the lads to score and equalize the score.
Perhaps influenced by the visiting fans who had travelled thousands of miles to watch the game, Twente played a beautiful combination in the 89th minute, when midfielder Chadley once passed on the side, shook off his defender Enault, and then pushed all the way on, ignoring Van der Wiel's defence and passing the ball straight with his heel.
Lanzat received the ball and pulled out his foot to shoot from distance, Anita immediately stepped forward to block, and Lanzat suddenly recovered the ball and sent it into the box with a clever through ball.
Ruiz received the ball near the penalty spot, stepped on it with his left foot, turned around Vertonghen and spun the ball around Vertonghen before catching up with the ball and slotting it away.
The cheers at the Amsterdam Stadium came to an abrupt end, and the fans looked at the score on the scoreboard and couldn't say anything for a while, Ajax 2:2 Twente!
"The game is coming to an end! But at this point, we equalized! The commentator from Enschede roared loudly, proud of their team, "We didn't give up until the last minute!" Ruiz! ”
Vertonghen rubbed his head in pain, it was undeniable that at the last moment, he was a little, just a little bit of relaxation, but he didn't expect that his opponent had been waiting for him for this moment.
But as captain of the field, he had to take responsibility, and soon, he stood up: "Guys, I'm sorry, it's my fault. ”
Aldreveld hurriedly said: "I'm not right, when he came, I didn't come to help defend ......"
Leng Fei also ran back from the front, Suarez was gone, and the team was missing a pillar, so at this time, as a core member, he had to do something.
"It's a bit bad, but it's not unacceptable, we can still win! No, we can definitely win! Leng Fei ran back and shouted to the group.
"Yes, it's just a draw now, it's not the end of the world yet." Eriksen, who was replaced in the second half, said that this little guy is now more and more likable in the team, usually does not talk much, is very honest, and is often eager to help others, and many players have a good relationship with the Danish boy.
Vertonghen raised his head: "Next, I won't give them another chance. ”
Leng Fei looked at everyone: "Goal, with us," he said, he pointed to himself, Hamdoi and De Jong, "Give us the chance to score, there is Christian, and Enyong (Enault), Ismael (Aisati)." ”
Vertonghen already knew what Leng Fei was going to say, and he nodded vigorously: "Stop them from scoring, there are us." ”
Leng Fei nodded, he didn't know what Vertonghen was thinking in his heart, now he just wanted to win, but, to win, he still needs the help of these people, football is a sport of eleven people, if he can, he doesn't mind shaking all the opponents to shoot, but this is not something that can be done if he wants to, even if it is Maradona, let him repeat his timeless classic at his peak, it may not be completed.
Soon after the restart, Ajax launched a strong attack, but the time was too little, the attack was not conclusive, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, 90 minutes of regular time, Ajax and Twente played to a 2:2 draw, according to the rules, after a ten-minute break, the game entered extra time.
Leng Fei kicked hard, this was the first time he participated in a game beyond 90 minutes, and he already felt a little tired, but after ten minutes of rest, 30 minutes of overtime should be able to last.
The game went to extra time, after a break of about ten minutes, 30 minutes of extra time began, if the winner is still not determined during this time, then it will be decided through a brutal penalty shootout, this Dutch Cup final is still in accordance with the previous use of the rules of a game, last year was just some accidents.
In the first half of extra time, the two sides played a good attack, in the 7th minute of extra time, Leng Fei and Hamdoi passed Tyendali in front of the court with a two-one, and Hamdoi, who took the ball, shot with a momentum, and then the strength of the shot suddenly became lighter, from a shot to a pass.
"Nice pass! Dezeu followed up with a shot!! The ball is in!! Cronne yelled: "This is a crucial goal!" Just hold on to the next few minutes to hold on to the advantage, champion! ”
As Cronne said, in the first half of extra time, Ajax defended all over the field, blocking Twente's attack outside the penalty area, outside the penalty area, you can play whatever you want, but when you enter the box, it won't work.
Throughout the first half of extra time, substitutes De Zeu, Eno and others played the advantage of the defensive end and withstood Twente's attack.
At the end of the first half, the players took a few sips of water on the sidelines, and after a short minute of rest, changed the pitch and the second half began.
The game is going on to this point, the basic fight is not the skills of the players or the tactics of the coaches of both sides, but the physical fitness of the players, at least, in the view of Leng Fei on the field, the substitutes on the field are the more active side of their respective teams, usually if you want De Zewu to run with yourself, this guy will definitely not be able to run his own, but now, it is a little difficult for him to catch up with his footsteps.
Just when most fans thought that this game would end with Ajax holding on to the end of the game to get a narrow 3:2 victory, but the mutation occurred in the 22nd minute of extra time, and there were eight minutes left before the end of the game, and the situation on the field changed abruptly.
Ruiz broke through with the ball and was ready to enter the penalty area, Anita tackled Ruiz's attack at a critical moment, and the referee immediately blew for Anita's foul, and then rushed all the way to the foul site, pointed to the penalty spot, and pulled out a yellow card at Anita.
"Penalty! There is no doubt that this is a penalty! Twente comes back to life! Enschede's commentator shouted excitedly, expecting the game to be over, but the referee's penalty brought Twente back to life.
The Ajax players immediately surrounded the referee, Anita's tackle, Leng Fei in the back can be seen clearly, a little distance from the sideline of the penalty area, if it is a penalty that can be awarded on the sideline of the penalty area, this penalty is a bit debatable!
At this time, the big screen was replaying Anita's tackle just now, and Cronnet roared: "It's not a penalty!" It was a miscalculation! Miscalculation! ”
Leng Fei rushed forward and shouted at the referee: "Mr. Referee, please look at the big screen, this is a free kick and not a penalty!" FIFA's penalty rules are very clear, and only fouls that exceed that line can be awarded a penalty! Leng Fei pointed to the sideline of the penalty area and glared at the referee.
Vertonghen also came up: "Mr. referee, this is not a penalty!" I think you should go and flip through the FIFA rulebook! ”
The referee shook his head: "I am professionally trained, I don't need you to tell me this, now, please return to where you should be." ”
The players wanted to defend something, and the referee pulled a yellow card out of his pocket and showed Leng Fei and Vertonghen a flash.
Although he was very angry at the referee's decision, but now, Leng Fei still calmed himself down, if he received a red card at the last moment, it would be too much to lose.
De Zewu stepped forward and complained to Leng Fei: "This is definitely not a penalty!" ”
Leng Fei patted De Zeou on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down first, if this penalty is scored, then it is very likely to drag into the penalty shootout, then at that time, a player like De Zeou who has just been replaced on the field, with full physical energy, must be the first choice.
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The penalty was taken by Twente's top scorer Luke de Jong, who calmly kicked the ball to the left wing, Vermeer's reaction was full and the penalty was scored, Twente 3:3 Ajax!
Joel kicked a water bottle away on the sidelines, not angry that Vermeer didn't save Luuk de Jong's penalty, but angry at the referee's decision, this tackle, a free-kick on the line of the box, but ...... Penalty kick......
In the ensuing game, Twente's morale soared, and for a while they formed a siege of the Ajax goal, but neither was able to score, and after a minute of extra time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the two sides prepared a little for a penalty shootout.
Penalty shootout...... Leng Fei was drinking water while receiving the physical adjustment of the masseuse on the sidelines, seeming to be ...... This is your first time participating in a penalty shootout, right?
Ajax can be described as a cup expert, and the game has hardly dragged on to the penalty shoot-out, the only time was last season, Leng Fei did not play.
Joel held a piece of paper with the order of the penalty takers: "Demi, wait a minute, you are the first to go up and take the penalty!" ”
De Zeou drank water and nodded, the first penalty take-off player needs to be under a lot of pressure, the head coach needs to take into account the player's ability to take penalty kicks, physical fitness, psychological quality and other factors, De Zeou is the current more suitable candidate.