21. You must win
The reason why the 33rd round of the game broke Ajax was not only a heavy defeat, but also an important reason. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
This game cost them two big players!
Luis Suarez, the main striker and 21 league goals, accumulated yellow cards and missed the last game!
Oleg Presas, the main defender who can be in the middle and right, received a red card directly in the game and was also banned!
The absence of the two generals has weakened Ajax's offensive and defensive capabilities at the same time!
So, when Van Basten announced the squad and starting line-up in front of everyone after the last training session, many people were not surprised by the selection of Lonshit, and a few people still looked like they should be.
The faces of the main defenders Vermaelen and Van der Wiel showed a slight sense of relaxation.
Everyone knows that this final league game is bound to be a tough one, and the absence of Oleg Presas has already stretched the defence, and young homegrown Alderweireld, who has only started once this season and substituted three times, has to be ducked to the shelf, and if they don't have two defensive-skilled midfielders in the midfield position, they will have to be beaten into a sieve again.
For the sake of the team's record, Van Basten, who has always been an attacking man, made a rare line-up with two midfielders and paid special attention to defense in the final week of training.
Cameroon's Iyenger Enno, who has made 18 appearances this season, deservedly occupies one place, and in the battle for the other midfield position, the 166-tall, 63-weight Wunon Anita was overshadowed by Ronjut, and combined with a lackluster season of performances, he was undisputed in this competition.
As for the other rotating midfielder, Swiss player Sim de Jong, he was on the bench because he was young and inconsistent.
Ronshit, who is younger than him, is on the verge of making his first senior start.
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May 10, 2009, at half past eight p.m. China time.
It was supposed to be prime time to watch TV dramas, but the Guangdong Economic Channel was broadcasting a football match.
"Well, viewers, welcome to the exclusive live broadcast of the 34th round of the Dutch Bundesliga on Guangdong Economic Channel, which is also the final game of the season, with Ajax, who are second in the league, sitting at home against third-placed FC Twente."
Compared with the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, and the Bundesliga, the Eredivisie is only a fringe league, and the vast majority of teams have little visibility in China, so the TV station will only selectively select the games of the three traditional strong teams of Ajax, Eindhoven, and Feyenoord for live broadcast, although so, the ratings are pitifully low.
But on this night, there was a small fluctuation in the arc of the ratings.
If you are an old audience, you will find that today's narrator seems to be in a different state from the previous lifeless state, only listening to this narrator introduce the situation of both sides in Cantonese:
"With only one point separating the two teams, whoever wins the last game will get a ticket to next season's Champions League, so both the home and away teams will give their all, and as you can imagine, it's going to be a thrilling showdown!"
"That's right," the guest nodded, "Ajax have a point ahead and are playing at home, so it's no surprise that they have a more conservative line-up, which is not a rare occurrence for Van Basten......
"Haha, it seems that after coaching the Dutch team, the arrogant Dutch legend now knows how to change his style of play." The commentator smiled, "In addition, the biggest attraction of this game is undoubtedly the appearance of Long Shute, the young player from China made his first substitute appearance in the 32nd round of the game and played well, but in the last round of the league, he was affected by the overall slump of the team and failed to play his best form......"
As a compatriot, the commentator still supported him very much, and did not beat him to death with a stick......
'To start in the final game at least shows that he has the trust of manager Van Basten and hopefully he will overcome his nervousness, try to play at his level and give us a good performance!'
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It was Lonshette's first first start for the first team.
Compared to the youth team's game, the opening ceremony was no different, except that the crowd in the stands was crowded and the whole stadium was more noisy.
Oh, and caddies.
Long Shute led a little boy who was only five or six years younger than himself, and slowly walked out of the crowded player tunnel with his teammates.
At the end of the passage, his vision widened suddenly.
The sky was blue, the clouds were high, the fans in the stands were like a blazing red flame, and the turf of the game was verdant.
The whole stadium seemed to be under his control.
The players of both sides shook hands, took a group photo, exchanged flags with the captains of the two teams, and guessed coins......
Captain of the team, centre-back Vermaelen came to the referee on behalf of Ajax and he lived up to expectations and won the kick-off.
The oldest goalkeeper in this Ajax starting line-up is Stekelenberg, who was born in 1982 and is not yet 27 years old......
Most of the other players are only 212 years old, and the soon-to-be-19-year-old Long Shute is not particularly abrupt in this group of young people.
This may reflect the embarrassing situation of the Eredivisie clubs from one side.
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"Drop!"
The referee's whistle echoed over the Amsterdam Stadium.
The final round of the 2008-2009 Dutch Bundesliga season has officially begun.
Ajax manager Marco van Basten seemed to sit on the bench with a natural look, but under his crisp suit, hot sweat was already oozing through his pores.
In the history he didn't know, he had already been sacked by Ajax a day earlier due to his early disqualification from competing for a Champions League ticket, and he had no chance to coach the team again in the final round of the do-or-die battle......
Not far away, on the visitors' bench, Twente manager Steven McClaren was equally nervous.
As the Cantonese commentator analyzed, Ajax is at home and in the lead, and they can fully put on an iron bucket formation to welcome Twente, Van Basten only lined up two midfielders, thinking that he has stabilized the defence, which is really stupid......
If it were the Portuguese coach who was known for his counter-attacking defence, he would definitely have a goalkeeper and ten defenders in the big penalty area!
But Van Basten ...... He still cherishes his face and dignity too much, and as a legend of Dutch football, he can't allow himself to put on such an ugly line-up.
The Dutch football in his hands must be played positively and beautifully!
McLaren probably owes Van Basten for his haughty character.
Because they disdain to retreat with all their players, there will definitely be gaps between Ajax's front and back, and as long as there is a gap, the players of FC Twente will have a chance to attack the defence!
A draw to keep second place in the league?
Naive!
Don't you know...... In some faraway eastern country, this sentence is simply the most devilish curse!
And so, the final race of the season begins!