89 Yang Yang, Yang Yang again!
Almere, Netherlands, Shen Kee Chinese Restaurant.
Even after dinner, Chinese restaurants are still crowded.
As a satellite city of Amsterdam, Almere has a large number of Ajax fans, and tonight's key game against Club Brugge naturally attracts the attention of the fans.
But more importantly, the nephew of the owner of the Shen Kee Chinese restaurateur made it to Ajax's eighteen-man squad.
Since entering the Ajax Academy, Yang Yang has become a celebrity in Almere, and Shen Kee Chinese Restaurant has naturally become Almere's star hotel, as well as an unofficial meeting place for Almere Club.
Here, Almere players can be seen almost every night.
Tonight, more than a dozen Almere players gathered at Shen Kee Chinese Restaurant, and even head coach John Repp and assistant coach Dick van Poel and others also came to watch the game, which made many fans who were about to leave after eating change their minds and chose to stay and watch the game.
The game started shortly after dinner, but Ajax did not perform well, always struggled to open the situation, but conceded a goal first, although Wesley Sonke then equalised from the penalty spot, but after Coman made two substitutions, the attack still did not improve, much to the disappointment of everyone watching the game in the Chinese restaurant.
What is even more desperate is that in the 84th minute, Brugge's substitute center forward Setenness scored with a header to once again exceed the score, which severely damaged Ajax's morale and discouraged everyone.
"What the hell are you kicking?"
"Why do you seem to be unable to play football anymore?"
"Oh my God, is this going to be eliminated?"
"I didn't even get the League Cup, and this Ajax team is really ......"
Even head coach John Repp couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "The main thing is that the pressure is too much, the opponent's tactics are very targeted, and several counterattacks are quite threatening, and they also tried their best." ”
But such an explanation obviously still cannot make up for the loss of everyone.
And at this time......
'Ajax manager Ronald Koeman quickly made a third change.
"This time it was a young player who wore a 99-9 shirt, which is really rare for such a big shirt number, he is a player from China, if I remember correctly, at least in my memory, there has never been a Chinese player in the Champions League, he was the first."
'The player's name is Yang Yang, who turned 17 in October, and is said to have moved to the second team from Ajax's satellite club Almere this summer, and has been playing under Van Basten for the first time.
"Once again, we have to admire Ronald Koeman's bold use of troops, but we also have to ask questions, is he ready to give up the game with such a youngster on the pitch at such a crucial moment?"
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The voice of the narrator on the television was quickly drowned out by the cheers of the crowd in the Chinese restaurant.
Seeing Yang Yang come off the bench was their biggest gain tonight.
And the TV announcer's reading of the material also mentions Almere, which makes John Repp even more happy.
"It's finally on the field."
"But the situation is not good."
"Isn't it? Falling behind 1-2, the whole team is under so much pressure, and it is estimated that going up at this time is also playing soy sauce. ”
"Ronald Coman is probably out of the game."
Everyone who said everything about me obviously didn't have hope for Yang Yang's substitute to play.
It's no wonder that Wesley Sonk is a European star, but there is nothing he can do against Van der Heiden, who would expect a 17-year-old who is making his first appearance for the club?
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"Okay, let's see this attack from Ajax."
"Sneijder passed to the right, and Yang Yang, a young player who had just come on as a substitute, ran to the open space to receive the ball and faced Van der Hayden......"
"Pretty ......"
"Yang Yang deceived Van der Hayden with a feint on the spot and quickly dribbled forward along the right wing."
'He's fast, and Ajax is getting in the middle.
"See what he's going to do with it this time?"
"Yang Yang kicked up on the right side, and the low flat ball was passed to the front point......"
'Ibrahimovic grabbed the first ......'
"Oops...... The Swedish centre-forward grabbed the spot, but the final shot was deflected wide. ”
"He also looked extremely remorseful, pounding the grass constantly, but who can blame him?"
"After the teenager Yang Yang came on the field, he formed a beautiful breakthrough on the right with the first touch of the ball, and the quality of the cross was also very high, but unfortunately, Ibrahimovic's rush failed to target the goal, and Ajax missed a good opportunity."
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While Ibrahimovic missed the goal, there was also a wave of loss and lamentation in the Chinese restaurant.
"What a great opportunity, to be so wrong."
"Ibrahimovic's shooting still needs to be practiced."
"Who's to say it isn't? The quality of Yang Yang's cross just now is very good. ”
Henk Dimeer's eyes also flashed with a hint of surprise, and he didn't expect that Yang Yang's progress would be so fast.
I still remember that at the beginning of April this year, Yang Yang was still recognized as a waste in the Almere youth team, and I don't know how far worse than him, a hopeful star, but I didn't expect that in just eight months, he showed surprising progress.
After faking Van der Heiden on the spot, he suddenly accelerated to break down the wing, and the whole action showed his strong confidence, and the final cross showed his improvement over the past period.
From the time he joined Ajax to now, in just three months, he has improved again.
Now that he has come off the bench in the Champions League, the strength he has shown has left their former teammates far behind, which makes Henk Dimere, who once regarded Yang Yang as nothing, and later regarded Yang Yang as an opponent, can not help but feel ashamed, and even a little ashamed.
John Repp and Dick Van Poel were also deeply touched, and they didn't expect that Yang Yang's progress in Ajax was so big and fast, that it was so fast that it made them feel strange.
Is this still the same Yang Yang they coached at the beginning?
"It's still Ajax exercising." John Rip looked at Henk Dimel and sighed with regret.
If Genk Dimel had also entered Ajax, he might have improved rapidly.
Staying at Almere, although he entered the first team, whether it is the competition within the team, the guidance of the coaching staff, or the training platform that the club can give, it is far inferior to Ajax.
On the other hand, Yang Yang, the second team played in the Dutch Cup, entered the first team and played directly in the Champions League, such an opportunity for many young players to dream of in their lives.
Of course, more importantly, Yang Yang works harder than anyone else and makes progress faster than anyone else.
But tonight, will he really be able to pull off miracles?
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Seeing Brugge preparing to serve the goal kick, Yang Yang ran back quickly.
At that moment, he clearly felt that Van der Heiden's physical energy was very badly depleted.
Obviously, the previous contest with Songke, as well as the frequent insertion of attacks, made him physically exhausted, which will cause him to suffer in the first contact, but he is very experienced, although he can't catch up with Yang Yang in terms of speed, but he is always stuck on the inside, not allowing Yang Yang to have a chance to cut inside.
In the end, it is not easy for the Belgian internationals who have experienced in the four major European leagues to still perform like this even in the case of huge physical exertion.
It's a pity that Ibrahimovic didn't play well in front of the goal just now, otherwise, the score would have been equalized.
The Swedish center forward looked remorseful, but quickly regained consciousness, quickly ran back, and after making eye contact with Yang Yang, he nodded tacitly.
Eighty-nine minutes.
There is less and less time left for them.
The Brugge goalkeeper deliberately stalled for time, but at the urging of the referee, he sent a goal kick anyway.
This time Escud headed the ball back into midfield and Litmanen fed it back to Heitinga, who in turn crossed to the left for an unguarded Maxwell.
The Brazilian left-back dribbled forward, saw Ibrahimovic in front of him suddenly retreat, raised his hand to ask for the ball, and quickly passed the ball diagonally in front of the Swedish centre-forward.
Ibrahimovic used his body to block the opposition's central defender, and after stopping the ball with his chest, he didn't look behind him at all, and quickly picked up the ball with his right foot and picked it directly behind the Brugge defence.
I don't know when, Yang Yang suddenly appeared in front of the defensive line, and the whole person passed through the middle of the opponent's central defender and Van der Heiden at a very fast speed, and quickly chased the ball.
"Ajax is a beautiful duo for a while."
"Yang Yang, it's Yang Yang again!"
This sudden change once again shocked everyone in the audience.
No one expected that the young player who had just come off the bench was not only fast, but also had such a cooperation with Ibrahimovic, especially Van der Heiden, who did not expect Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic to come to this trick.
This was something Wesley Sonk had never done before.
Yang Yang caught up with the ball as fast as he could, but Van der Hayden also followed behind him, not daring to relax at all.
Club Brugge's lagging centre-back Philippe Clement quickly came over to defend and he was going to slow Yang down a bit, preferably pushing him down the right to avoid him from directly threatening the penalty area, and then linking up with Van der Heiden.
But Yang Yang is no longer the fledgling kid, he doesn't understand the opponent's defensive intentions, he has been using [God Vision] to overlook the situation on the entire stadium, and quickly made a decision.
Clement had been predicting Yang Yang's speed all along, but he didn't expect that when Yang Yang entered his own defense zone, he suddenly slowed down, and the whole person began to shake, looking like he was going to break through from the inside.
The Brugge central defender yelled that it was not good, if he was allowed to go inside, not only could he get in touch with his teammates inserted in the back row, but he could also hit the goal himself, plus he was a right-footed player, so he immediately instinctively stretched out his right foot to block.
What surprised the other party again was that Yang Yang suddenly flickered, and the whole person suddenly changed from the original inward cut to breaking through along the right sideline of the big penalty area.
Clement was shocked, but the center of gravity of the whole person had already shifted, and it was impossible to stop Yang Yang again.