Chapter IX. Training Match (Part I)
The first confrontation training was not carried out according to the usual classification of main and substitutes. On the one hand, pre-season training has only just started at this time, and it is not time to determine the main lineup of the team. On the other hand, at this time, the training according to the classification of the main force and the substitute will not motivate the substitute players.
So the lineup for this confrontation training is carefully arranged by Frank de Boer, and the offensive line of Team A is the configuration of the main lineup from last season. The center forward is a strong center forward Borigot, behind the center forward, De Jong, Eriksen and Schöne are lined up, and the interesting thing is that the positions of these three people are actually forward midfielders, so it is destined that these three people will stand relatively compact on the field. However, these three people are still very flexible, can switch positions and pull sides back and forth, and will also have strong support for forwards. The other team, Team B, is the main line-up from last season, with Blind, Aldveld, Mosanyid and Van Rijn at the back, and Paulsen in the midfield position. The front court is an old with two new configurations, Icelandic center Sigsoll sung in front, behind Li Lin and the newly introduced Danish striker Fisher.
Coach Frank de Boer is looking forward to the outcome of this training match, on the one hand, Team A has a stronger offensive ability and may suppress Team B on the field, but on the other hand, Team B's defense is solid, while Team A's defense will be a problem. It's going to be a very interesting matchup.
After the start of the training match, the form on the field was also expected by Frank de Boer, and the attack of team A was obviously more tacit, and they began to attack team B's goal continuously as soon as they came up, but fortunately, team B's defense was very solid, although there was constant danger in front of the goal, but they did not concede the goal.
Seeing Borigot complete a header in the penalty area again, Li Lin walked to the front a little depressed. Team B's defense is very solid, but there is no more reliable organizer, the three forwards are followed by two wingers, Sana and Serero, but these two people face huge defensive pressure, completely have no energy to attack, for a while, Team A began a half-court offensive and defensive drill.
This can't go on like this!
Li Lin began to take the initiative to return to the backcourt to get the ball, and he had to help the team open up the situation.
Finally, after a attack by Team A, the ball was pushed out of the box by Aldveld, and after Paulsen got the ball, he was thinking about who to put the ball on, and then he heard someone in front of him calling for him.
"Here, Paulson!"
There was no hesitation, although this voice was very unfamiliar to him, but it did not prevent him from knowing who the other party was. This yellow-skinned kid is quite popular in the team, but this is on the pitch, and people who don't have the skills can't get a foothold here! If you want to create trust between new and veteran players, you have no other way but to conquer your teammates with your ability.
"Let's see what you kid is capable of."
A sentence flashed in Paulson's heart, and he went directly to the ball and passed the ball to Li Lin's feet.
Li Lin's biggest advantage may be that he will not have stage fright at all, if he has to be a little restrained like his teammates in this training match, he will be in vain in all these years in Manchester United!
Off the field, Frank De Boer saw Li Lin take the initiative to retreat to get the ball, nodded slightly, the current offensive players in the front court of the B team are waiting for someone to stand up and become the breaking point of the attack, but the much older Sig Solsson does not have such awareness, but a young player takes the initiative to retreat to get the ball, I have to say that this may be the gap.
On the court, Li Lin used his speed to quickly dribble the ball and rush in, driving straight until there was finally a defender in front of him to defend, and he did not stop. It's not that he doesn't have the ability to play against each other, it's that he needs to wait for his players to come up, and this may be the first time since the start of this training session that the players of the B pair have so many players in the opposing half.
Returning the ball to the Paulsen organization, Li Lin himself returned to the line of the big penalty area, looking for an opportunity.
"Lee!"
Hearing Sana's shout, seeing that Sana on the right was a little entangled in the face of defense, Li Lin hurriedly stepped forward to meet the opponent, and a simple two-over-one cooperation finally helped Sana get rid of the opponent's defense.
Then, to the surprise of the opponent, Sana did not dribble too much after the breakthrough, but a diagonal pass!
"Look at him!"
Jensen, a veteran who smelled danger for the first time, saw that Li Lin was about to enter the penalty area, and immediately abandoned his defenders to block Li Lin's forward line.
"Good time!"
Li Lin was overjoyed in his heart, and he made a slight illusion of breaking through. Push with your right foot!
Paulson, who was inserted in the back, followed up and went straight into the box!
At this moment, Paulson was also secretly applauding Li Lin's pass, he just tried to plug it in, and he didn't know whether Li Lin would pass the ball, after all, in this position, he could actually shoot!
Unfortunately, in the end, Paulsen's shot did not hit the goal guarded by Hillerson, and Team B missed the opportunity to take the lead, but this attack also scared the hearty A team in front of the attack into a cold sweat, and the situation fell into a stalemate.
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In fact, there are still a lot of people who pay attention to this training match, in addition to the fans who can finally see the team training again after a summer around the training ground, there are also many media reporters, after all, Ajax is a veteran giant in the Eredivisie, and it is the Eredivisie champion for two consecutive years, and the attention can be said to be very large.
In the past, Li Lin's joining did not attract the attention of reporters, but this time Li Lin attracted some attention in the training match, after all, the bench was still sitting on the team to spend a lot of money to buy Soleimani, but apparently Coach Frank de Boer did not mean to let him play, but let the two youngsters play, which originally explained some problems.
And Li Lin's performance just now made the reporters next to him shine, and they asked the reporters around them, but no one knew this player, and they couldn't find any information on the Internet, which made these reporters clueless for a while.
At this time, a reporter saw a familiar figure next to him and hurriedly shouted: "Van Sdier is there." ”
Suddenly, the reporters gathered around the figure.
The somewhat strange Van Stil raised his eyebrows, looked at the reporters around him with a smile, and said, "Hey, what's wrong?" Why did they all come to me, fellow journalists? ”
Van Sdier is a very famous football commentator in the Netherlands, not only as a special guest at Ajax games, but also has his own column in Amsterdam's largest sports newspaper, Amsterdam Sport, it can be said that in the Netherlands, he is a very famous Ajax supporter, and he also knows a lot about Ajax, so this kind of thing is right to ask him!
"Mr. Van Steer, do you know anything about the Asian player?"
The reporters asked curiously.