Chapter 31

In this way, just when Ajax fans were lamenting that the top spot in the league was taken away by Twente, there was good news at the Galgenwo Stadium, as Utrecht successfully stopped Twente from chasing the top spot at home and drew 0-0 with Twente.

Three days later, PSV Eindhoven's away match against VVV Venlo began, after 90 minutes of play, PSV Eindhoven took away three points from the away 1-0, which means that PSV Eindhoven is only one point away from Ajax and Twente, fourth-place Feyenoord is no longer a concern, and Feyenoord, one of the traditional top three of the Eredivisie with only 37 points from 18 games, has gradually moved away from the title race, that is, even to qualify for the Champions League, they also have 8 points difference.

Leng Fei watched three points turn into one point in front of the TV, and his heart was somewhat unhappy.

By the way, because of Leng Fei's injury, Wanwan pulled Leng Fei out of Van Holmst's house and lived in the house shared by himself and Liella, considering that Liella would definitely be restless at home, Leng Fei originally wanted to refuse this, but when he saw Wanwan's greeting to do so, Leng Fei had no choice but to admit it.

Staying at home until late and night, she was harassed by Liella, this Nizi is the master who can't stop for a moment except for eating and sleeping time, and she is of course happy that the house is lively.

Leng Fei has also pondered at home these days, and when he makes more than 25 appearances for the Ajax first team, the contract is automatically modified to reach a weekly salary of 12,000 euros, Leng Fei plans to rent it outside, and now, Leng Fei is an adult, there is no problem with living alone, and he is a reborn who has lived for a few more years, and he can still take care of himself in life, although he is also very happy in Van Holmes's family, the Fan family is very enthusiastic about himself except for Dianyle, Diane Li will actually help Leng Fei when he needs help, but this kind of life under the fence is not what Leng Fei likes, so Leng Fei plans to invite the Van Holmst family to have a good meal after getting a huge salary, and then go out to find a more suitable house to live in. Staying here late and late? Very creative suggestion, but Liella ......

After this game, although Ajax retained the top spot in the league, it was still questioned by the Amsterdam media, believing that Ajax's players were not fully prepared for the second half of the season during the winter break, and even the goal was won by a fatal mistake by the opposing defender, and the opponent in the next game was AZ Alkmaar, and the opponent would not make so many mistakes to send Ajax points.

In addition, another focus of the media is the absence of Leng Fei in this game and the replacement of Leng Fei Romedard, the media have accused the Danes of throwing all the state before the injury, indeed, after the injury, Leng Fei squeezed away Romedahl's starting position, and performed well in this position, Romedal had few opportunities to play after his comeback, this time Leng Fei was accidentally injured, and the Danish veteran came out to replace Leng Fei, it is normal to be in bad shape, but the team failed to win, more or less related to the Danish veteranIf it weren't for a one-on-one chance that Romedahl couldn't capitalise on, Ajax wouldn't have won just one point on the road.

A few days later, the second league game after the winter break began, AZ Alkmaar, who had a mediocre performance this season, challenged Ajax away, as the defending champions, AZ Alkmaar's performance this season can only be described as unsatisfactory, after 18 rounds of league games, AZ Alkmaar only achieved a record of 9 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses, ranking seventh in the league, even behind Heracles, a team who almost fell into the relegation zone last season.

At home, Leng Fei was of course going to come to the scene to cheer for his teammates, and the surrounding Ajax fans quickly noticed the Chinese kid who is expected to become the new favorite of the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium, and stepped forward to send blessings and greetings.

Joel's lineup has changed slightly, Ajax's deputy Wiltonghen was a little unwell yesterday morning, the doctor confirmed that Vertonghen had a cold and needed a few days of rest, his compatriots Aldreveld and Oleg United Indian defense, Anita also replaced De Zeu in the midfield, De Jong still started, and Romedahl, who did not perform well in the last game, was also in the starting lineup, although Silva can play the right winger position, but compared to Romerdal, the Danish international is more experienced and slightly stronger, It can also be a fluke that doesn't perform well in a game.

The first half was a goalless affair between the two teams, with both Ajax and the defending champions having some good chances, but Luis Suarez made a rare double hit in front of Argentina's Romero and AZ Alkmaar's leading goalscorer Hamdawi also looked a little smear in front of Stekelenburg, and the two teams went into the break 0-0.

At the beginning of the second half, Ajax made substitutions, Atoba substituted Anita to play left-back, Soleimani pushed forward partner Suarez, Emmanuerson Romerdal formed a double wing, Anita de Jong and the two guarded the midfield, and Joel boldly used 4-2-4!

Ajax's attacking line put a lot of pressure on AZ Alkmaar's backline, but the shortcomings of the weak midfield control were immediately exposed, and AZ Alkmaar seized on the weakness of Ajax's weak midfield and staged an offensive battle with Ajax at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium!

Ten minutes into the second half, Joel on De Zeu down Eno, obviously to strengthen the control of the midfield, Joel's substitution was called a stroke of genius by the media after the game, De Zeou came on the field, directly intercepted the pass of Schals, and then sent a long pass, Soleimani's header was ferried to the feet of the unguarded Suarez, and the bucktooth swept away the haze of the empty goal in the first half, and a calm push shot into the lower left corner of the goal.

1-0, it was the score in the 56th minute and the final score between Ajax and defending champions AZ Alkmaar.

Leng Fei watched the game in the stands and was happy that the team was able to win, but the most frustrating thing was that he could only watch his teammates running around on the field, and he could only watch the game in the stands because of a foot injury.

Leng Fei found that now he is gradually inseparable from football, in the past six months, Leng Fei left every drop of sweat on the green field, every step he has taken, is a witness to the growth of a professional player, witnessing how an ordinary unknown junior step by step embarked on the road of professional football, and shined in this profession.

In the world, at least in this space, it is likely that there is only one SB robot, that is to say, there may be no one in the world except himself who will get such an opportunity again, this 1 in 6.5 billion chance to meet yourself, don't grasp it well, it's a great shame to really tmmd, after the game, Leng Fei in the stands issued a lot of emotion, perhaps, this game is not the most intense and exciting game Leng Fei saw in the stands, and it is not necessarily the most important game, but, For Leng Fei's career, this game has made Leng Fei feel a lot, seeing the competition between Romerdal and himself, as well as the desire for the team to win, and the desire to play.

Leng Fei is slowly transforming from a player to a real professional player.

On the morning of January 26, the draw ceremony for the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League will be held in this small city in western Switzerland.

In fact, the draw ceremony was only a few minutes of process, but after a bunch of UEFA bigwigs and some guys who God knows who were on the stage, the draw ceremony officially began.

After the head coach or assistant coach of the whole stadium or silent or nervous or expectant, the whole draw ceremony ended, the most eye-catching is undoubtedly the draw for the Champions League, the Serie A giant, Allegri's AC Milan and the Premier League giant Ferguson's Manchester United strong dialogue, the other is the "madman" Mourinho's Inter Milan and the madman's old club, Ancelotti's Chelsea meeting.

The grouping of the Europa League is not so eye-catching, Ajax drew the opponent in the second Belgian powerhouse Brugge in the group stage of Group K, Joel showed a happy look on his face, the strength of the opponent and Ajax want to be much worse, draw a good draw, and have a great hope of qualifying.

Ajax's arch-rivals PSV Eindhoven have drawn La Liga's Athletic Bilbao, the only La Liga powerhouse in La Liga other than Real Madrid and Barça, who have not been relegated, and are very difficult opponents, especially their home stadium at the San Mamés Stadium, which is a nightmare even for Real Madrid. For PSV Eindhoven, they finished first in the group, but just after reaching the knockout round, they met a super strong team that was unfortunately transferred to second in the group.

Another Eredivisie team that qualified, Twente, qualified for the Europa League knockout round by second in the group, and met Liverpool, one of the most unwanted opponents in the knockout stage of the Europa League, Liverpool was eliminated from the Champions League by Fiorentina and Lyon, and the third place in the group Liverpool could only play in the Europa League, and the first opponent they met was Twente.

Looking at the European format of the Eredivisie, the Dutch media lamented, because it is very likely that only Ajax will be able to advance to the next round of matches, as for the defending champion AZ Alkmaar, who represented the Eredivisie in the Champions League? AZ Alkmaar failed to win a single group stage as Eredivisie champions, but such a poor performance is forgivable given that AZ Alkmaar played only once in the Champions League 15 years ago.

After Joel returned to the Netherlands, the Dutch Cup was played the next day as scheduled, and considering the upcoming Dutch national derby in two days, Joel decided to send his substitute squad to face Nijmegen in the Eredivisie, which is arguably the Dutch Cup that they can take very seriously, and this is the shortest path they can take to Europe.

From the current situation, Ajax has more than enough to qualify for European competition, so they are also relatively light on the more frustrating Dutch Cup, Nijmegen are ready to give it their all in this game, and the substitute Ajax is very likely to lose at home.

However, the players on the Ajax bench fought for Ajax's strong academy, and the Ajax youngsters struggled to fight their way out of Nijmegen's dense firepower with the advantage of Nijmegen, drawing 1-1 at home to Ajax, and then the two sides did nothing in extra time, and the game dragged into a penalty shootout.

Suarez is the team's number one penalty taker, and looking at his fake falls, you should know that the bucktooth penalty ability is not bad, and De Jong's penalty ability is also good.

The penalty shootout between the two sides of the goal test the psychological endurance and luck of both sides, and of course, the goalkeeper.

Ajax's first goalkeeper Stekelenburg saved Nijmegen striker Fezurahu from a penalty kick into the top left corner of the goal, and then Suarez withstood the pressure and calmly scored the ball, then Romedahl, De Jong, De Zeeu all scored, and Denmark's young Eriksson scored the winning penalty, and Ajax advanced to the semi-finals of the Dutch Cup.

The Dutch Cup has been promoted again, the league has maintained its top position, and the Europa League has also qualified as the group leader, Ajax can be said to have retained the hope of winning the title on three fronts at the same time, and this is only the performance of Joel's first season in charge, the Ajax board of directors is quite satisfied with the performance of the team and the manager, in the winter transfer market, the board of directors decided to invest a sum of money in the transfer of Ajax, although there is no big move in the winter transfer market of Ajax, But the move undoubtedly reassured some players who were suspicious of the team's assets, indicating that the team is in good financial shape.

Leng Fei doesn't care if Ajax can pay for Joel to squander in the transfer market, the only thing he wants now is to heal the injury quickly, and then appear in the team's starting list to help the team play, especially now that the team is facing a third-tier battle.

While talking and laughing, the second Dutch national derby between Ajax and Feyenoord is quietly approaching, this time, Ajax travel to Rotterdam's De Kuyp Stadium to take on Rotterdam supremacy Feyenoord for the first meeting between the two sides this season. Ajax swept away their century-old rivals 5-1 at home, and Feyenoord held their breath to avenge the victory at De Kuyp Stadium.

Leng Fei still stayed in Amsterdam, because of the injury, Leng Fei could not play in this game, considering that Feyenoord is Ajax's century-old enemy, Leng Fei did not go with the team to watch the game, he still stayed at home to rest.

"Dear crowd friends, I'm your familiar friend Cronne, I'm at the De Kuyp Stadium in Rotterdam, he's the home of our enemies, and the atmosphere here is very bad...... Damn ......" There was a slight noise on the TV, and the atmosphere was very lively, but in the eyes of Ajax and Cronne, the atmosphere was very bad.

(End of chapter)