70 Knife Hill Balls
AZ Alkmaar Reserve Stadium on 13 September.
In the eleventh minute, an attack from Ajax was frustrated and AZ Alkmaar picked up the ball at the back.
Yang Yang, who was still the starting right winger, began to take the initiative to put pressure on the opponent's defence, especially when he saw the opponent's left full-back receive the ball, and immediately pounced on the opponent.
AZ Alkmaar's left wing-back was a little too supportive, and he didn't pass the ball out at the first time, but wanted to take advantage of the situation to pass Yang Yang, but he didn't expect Yang Yang's position to be stuck very well, and he couldn't succeed in the ball, which was tricky.
The opponent was caught off guard and immediately turned around to protect the ball, and quickly chose to pass the hot potato to nearby teammates, but in a hurry, this pass failed to pass enough power, and did not pass directly to the feet of his teammates, giving Yang Yang a chance again.
This kind of pass is often mentioned in the mouth of the commentator, the knife mountain ball.
Faced with the pie that suddenly fell from the sky, Yang Yang was surprised, but he chased the ball for the first time.
AZ Alkmaar's second team's centre-back is tall and known for his physicality, but speed and explosiveness are not his strong points.
But unexpectedly, Yang Yang was one step faster than him, stabbed the ball first, directly behind him, and then flew past him at the fastest speed, chasing the ball.
Fans around the stadium exclaimed.
When Yang Yang caught up with the ball, the person had already entered the penalty area, forming a single knife, the goalkeeper of the second team of Alkmaar decisively abandoned the goal, opened his arms as much as possible, and wanted to stop Yang Yang, as long as Yang Yang hesitated slightly, the central defender behind him immediately caught up, and the threat was naturally lifted.
Unexpectedly, after Yang Yang caught up with the ball, the whole person quickly used the pendulum to pass people, shook down the opponent's goalkeeper, and easily pushed the empty goal, 1 to 0!
Yang Yang couldn't stop smiling, he would never have thought that his first goal would come so quickly, and he would score in the form of a gift from his opponent.
After seeing the ball roll into the goal, he quickly turned and ran, spread his arms like a soaring eagle, and finally slipped to his knees at the corner flagpole, allowing his teammates behind him to pounce on him.
Fermaren's whole person jumped on Yang Yang's back, as if he was riding a horse.
Only Babbel in the distance looked a little embarrassed, he also stepped forward for the first time just now, but in the end Yang Yang chose to hit the door by himself.
Watching his hated teammate score a goal, he really didn't feel good about it.
On the contrary, Van Basten on the sidelines looked in a very good mood and applauded Yang Yang vigorously.
The goal opportunity just now can be said to be Alkmaar's defender's send-off, but in fact, Yang Yang himself worked hard to fight back, and the last moment of shaking the opponent's goalkeeper was indeed very beautiful, like Ronaldo.
Isn't the most famous pendulum pass by a Brazilian superstar just dangling the goalkeeper?
"Thomas, you've crushed me!"
Yang Yang struggled to break free from Fermaren's entanglement, stood up from the grass, and said with a smile.
Fermaelen grabbed Yang Yang's shoulder hard, "Your kid also scored, you have to treat yourself this time." ”
Yang Yang didn't answer, just laughed vigorously.
Treat?
Of course, there is no problem at all.
I have to say that the taste of this goal is really refreshing.
It's no wonder that everyone who plays football wants to score, even the Belgian centre-back who has the heart of a centre-forward.
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With a goal from Yang Yang breaking the deadlock on the field, the game between the two youth second teams began to become more exciting.
AZ Alkmaar tried to fight back, but Ajax responded with a sharp counter-attack down the right.
Yang Yang frequently created threats on the right side, caught the anxiety of the opponent's left fullback after the mistake, tore the opponent's defense again and again, and frequently sent the ball into the penalty area.
However, the AZ Alkmaar centre-back, who had just been caged by a team-mate, was very solid, and whether it was high or low, he was always able to clear the ball before Ajax's Fred Benson and Babel, and firmly controlled the first point in the box.
Not only that, but several times Yang Yang was about to break through on the right side, and it was his assistance behind the left fullback that defused the crisis, so that Yang Yang had to pass back to his teammates and reorganize.
Throughout the first half, Ajax created many scoring opportunities, but except for Yang Yang's goal, they failed to take advantage of the central defender once, which made Yang Yang more impressed with him.
finally waited until the end of the first half, Yang Yang happened to walk side by side with the Dutch central defender who was a lot taller than himself, and immediately took the initiative to shake hands with the other party and learned the other party's name.
"So you're Ron Vlaar." Yang Yang had heard of the name.
Vlaar was not surprised at all when he heard Yang Yang's name, "I have heard of you for a long time, Aaron Moy's football online talked about you for three issues, but I didn't expect you to be more difficult to guard against than rumored." ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, shook hands deeply, and then returned to their team's rest area.
They have both played in summer amateur competitions, and Vlaar is also the centre-back embryo that Aaron Moy has talked about on Football Online, and Ajax are also said to be keeping an eye on the centre-back, who has also been vacant following the departure of Ziwu.
However, as far as Yang Yang knows, Ajax's desire is not strong at present, firstly, the new signing Edscu is becoming more and more stable, and secondly, there are also youngsters like Vermaelen and Lindgren in the youth team, plus AZ Alkmaar is not expected to let Vlaar go lightly.
But no matter what, on the court, any opponent with quality is worthy of respect.
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In the end, Ajax II took away a 2-0 victory from the away side, in the second half Yang Yang planned an attack on the right side, broke through the opponent's defense along the right side, crossed from the right, Alkmaar was in chaos in the penalty area, and Babel took the opportunity to score.
Yang Yang still only played 70 minutes in this game, and was soon replaced by Demur.
But this time, Demur was very active after coming on and created chances on the right side, but unfortunately, neither Babel nor Fred Benson could grasp it, and the final score stopped at 2-0.
On the night Yang returned to Amsterdam from AZ Alkmaar, Ajax hosted Waalwijk.
It's a direct conversation between the Eredivisie leaders and second place in the new season.
Maxwell and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were lively from the start, with the Brazilian left wing-back opening the scoring for Ajax in the 21st minute with a goal from inside the box that showcased Maxwell's attacking prowess.
Six minutes later, Van der Vaart set up Ibrahimovic to add another goal to make it 2-0.
The goal also shattered rumours that Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart were incompatible, and the handshake between the two players after the goal also shattered the talk of their feud.
But only Ajax insiders know that the relationship between the two has not eased, after all, there is still a lot of conflict in their roles on the pitch.
At the start of the second half, Galasek added another goal for Ajax, and in the 62nd minute, just substitute Scola set up Wesley Sunk to score a goal, and two minutes later, Waalwik took advantage of a corner kick and was pulled back by centre-back Bolaruz to make it four to one.
A brilliant victory not only pushed Ajax to the top of the league, but also released the pressure that the team had worked so, and the four goals also greatly dispelled the doubts about Ajax's attack.
But three days later, in their opening Champions League group game, Ajax lost 1-0 away to AC Milan.
Yang Yang and Vermaelen watched the live broadcast of this game at home, and they were very sorry for their friends who were far away in Milan.
Koeman once again played with a two-striker style in this game, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Wesley Sonk partnered, Pienaar playing in midfield and Van der Vaart roaming on the left side of midfield, something he learned from the previous 4-1 win over Waalwijk.
Sure enough, whether it was Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart, or Pienaar, they basically continued their excellent form in the last game, and they were very active after the opening, especially Ibrahimovic.
Before the game, his agent Raiola made it clear that a number of Serie A giants were paying attention to him, and the Swedish centre-forward was particularly hard-working, threatening and forcing AC Milan goalkeeper Dida to make frequent saves.
However, the overall quality of the defending champions should not be underestimated, not to mention strikers Inzaghi and Shevchenko, and the Brazilian teenager Kaka performed very well, which quickly put Ajax in a passive situation.
At the critical moment of the second half, Ronald Koeman made a substitution adjustment error, and after Songk went off, Ibrahimovic was isolated in front, and the two wings could not give support to the Swedish center forward, and Ajax's attack was completely ineffective.
On the other hand, AC Milan, the ghost of the big Inzaghi at the critical moment hit the final word.
In the end, Ajax went away 0-1.
Not only did the game cost Ajax three valuable three points in the group stage, but it also caused controversy for manager Ronald Koeman, and the team's morale was also dealt a terrible blow.
On the weekend after returning to the Netherlands, Ajax suffered a 4-2 defeat at Breda and handed the league leader to arch-rivals PSV Eindhoven, and Koeman's use of troops in two consecutive games was questioned by fans and the media.
The whole of Detokmoste was also shrouded in a haze.
However, Ajax II beat visiting Utrecht II 3-1 at home the day after the heavy defeat of the first team, with Yang Yang providing two assists, including another corner kick from Fermaelen and Fermaelen.
This victory also allowed the second team to stay away from the shadow of the first team for a while.