Chapter 67: The First Half

"Thanks to the relegation success, the morale of the players is high and they are looking forward to the Dutch Cup final in three days' time. But I need to remind them that our opponents are Ajax, who are hungry like wolves after losing the league title. ”

This is what Adrianse wrote in his personal diary, and his faint worries and premonitions wandered between the lines. The more laughter and laughter from the players, the tighter his brow became. It's strange that the other coaches want the team to relax, but they want them to get nervous.

A bowstring that is not taut will not be able to shoot arrows that can kill a beast.

"Zhang Jun, tomorrow is the final, do you have any ideas?" Yang Pan was lying on the bed, flipping through the book aimlessly, and asked Zhang Jun next to him.

"Thoughts? Win the game, win the championship! Zhang Jun replied very simply.

"Oh-oh? When did you become so determined? ”

Zhang Jun glanced at Yang Pan: "They have all reached the finals, if anyone doesn't want to win the championship, it must not be his true thoughts." ”

"But do you have a way to deal with Kivo?"

Zhang Jun thought for a while, "Not now, but there will always be, right?" When I played, I felt it, and there it was. ”

Yang Pan laughed: "Haha! It's really yours, it's up to feeling! After laughing, he muttered, "However, I really admire you." ”

"What?" Zhang Jun didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing. I went to sleep, I didn't sleep well today, but I'll sleepwalk tomorrow! ”

The Philips Arena is very familiar to Zhang Jun, except for his home stadium Veronica, he has come to the Philips Arena the most, a total of four times. Warrendam also visited this place for the third time. However, despite being "old acquaintances", the local fans of Eindhoven are not very friendly to them. Because it was Warrendam who eliminated PSV Eindhoven in the semifinals of the Dutch Cup, and it was Zhang Jun's wonderful shot at the last moment that kicked PSV Eindhoven out of the Dutch Cup, so fans have a very big opinion of Zhang Jun, even if it is a pre-game warm-up, as long as Zhang Jun makes a move, there is a boo in the stands.

"Why do they have such a big opinion of me?" Zhang Jun looked at many Eindhoven fans in civilian clothes with some confusion, "Aren't they Ajax's sworn enemies?" ”

"Who told you to score twice under people's noses? One draw, one victory over them. Yang Pan picked up the ball, pressed his forehead against it and said to Zhang Jun. You are the culprit who knocked people out of the Dutch Cup, who do they not boo you boo? ”

"But it's because of this that PSV Eindhoven can concentrate on playing in the league! Otherwise, can they lift the league trophy now? "Zhang Jun doesn't understand what's wrong with being able to participate in the Champions Cup, you must know that the second-place Ajax can only participate in the Champions Cup by playing in the qualifying round.

"Stupid! The human heart is never satisfied! If it were you, you could win both the league and the cup, wouldn't you want to? ”

"Yes! Of course I did! Zhang Jun nodded.

"Isn't that all there is to it?" Yang Pan's neck shrunk, the ball fell at his feet, and then he passed the ball to Zhang Jun. "Pass the ball to me." He pointed to the free throw arc at Zhang's side. Zhang Jun passed the ball out according to his words, Yang Pan caught up with the ball, and then directly volleyed vigorously, and the football turned a corner and flew into the upper right corner of the goal. "This game must be won, for the League Cup!" Yang Pan said to Zhang Jun categorically.

"Hey! Yang, you shouldn't have shot just now, right? Frightened, Westrop shouted at Yang Pan.

"I'm sorry for the itchy feet!" Yang Pan waved apologetically at the goalkeeper.

"Hey, Yang Pan, why did you suddenly become so sure?" Zhang Jun asked Yang Pan.

"Didn't you say it's all here, and if you don't want to win, it's fake?" Yang Pan turned around and walked towards the locker room.

"But the other party has Kifu, you have so much confidence in me?" Zhang Jun shouted to Yang Pan's back.

"That's what you said, I don't care. I'm only responsible for passing the ball to you anyway. Yang Pan waved his hand without looking back and got into the players' tunnel.

Zhang Jun is still standing at the end of the queue, with Yang Pan in front of him and opponent Ajax next to him. Captain Kifu was at the forefront, but he kept looking back, as if looking for someone. When the two met their eyes, the person they were looking for finally found them. Kifu smiled at Zhang Jun, turned his head back again, and then he never looked back.

Zhang Jun remembered a scene in the locker room, where Adrianse repeatedly emphasized to him that he should fight together, and it seemed that he was frightened by the one-on-one confrontation between him and Kifu. "Zhang Jun, the other party will still send Kifu to deal with you. Be observant and pay attention to your teammates, with Bayes and Yang Pan both scoring points, as well as Kozel in the back row. Because you're a lone striker, it's a little bit more important to draw attention and disrupt their defence, don't take the ball too much, run more, and wait in the box for opportunities to grab points and shoots. ”

Zhang Jun nodded, he really can't bow his head anymore, the interests of the entire team are not allowed to be ruined in the young man's will.

Adrianse raised his voice, this time targeting the entire team: "This game has to be won!" Next season we will have the opportunity to appear in the UEFA Cup and show yourselves to the whole of Europe! Winning is our only goal at Philips! ”

Winning is the only goal, I'm sure Kifu thinks the same way, right? Zhang Jun looked at Kifu in front of him again, but found that his body moved and ran out of the passage. The whole team is moving, and it's out!

Sophie, watch me play!

Zhang Jun touched the bracelet on his left wrist and ran into the football field under the light.

Wang Hua looked at his watch, at 8 o'clock in the evening of June 5 local time in the Netherlands, the referee blew the whistle for kickoff. The two Chinese will write legends at Philips, and if they win against rivals Ajax, it will be a crazy moment for Chinese football. Wang Hua felt the need to write down this time, as it could well be the beginning of a legend.

Many Chinese students and overseas Chinese who came from all over the Netherlands constantly waved the five-star red flag in their hands, and they fought side by side with Zhang Junyang Pan, who represented China.

The beginning of the final was not exciting, and the two sides seemed a little cautious, after all, it was the final. But five minutes later, young Warrendam couldn't hold back and took the lead in attacking.

After Hevel and Zhang Jun collided with the wall, they passed the ball into the penalty area, but the ball was pushed out by Kifu and followed by Yang Pan's powerful volley that was five meters wide of the goal, and Ajax was not affected in any way except for some skin trauma to the billboard behind it.

The Volendamm fans in the stands and the Chinese crowd applauded.

The first shot of the game was scored by Warrendam.

Kifu could feel that Zhang Jun was running more than the previous two times, and the range was also larger, often running near the center circle, while Bayes became a striker instead. In this way, he can't implement man-to-man defense against Zhang Jun, which is indeed very smart, but ......

Do you think you can score a goal without coming up? Or would you rather sacrifice yourself to create opportunities for others? Don't forget that you're a striker and it's your job to score goals.

Zhang Jun returned to midfield to link up with Bayes. And Kifu didn't go up, just waiting at the edge of the penalty area.

If you have the ability, you should never come up, just hide in the back!

Qiu Suhui can't remember how many cups of coffee this is today, and to be honest, watching the video on TV for half a day every night will inevitably make him a little tired. The tapes he had watched were piled up in the back, and he had watched them over and over again I don't know how many times.

While he was stirring coffee, he closed his eyes to recuperate, but his hand inadvertently touched a box of videotapes. It was a box of all the goals that he had filmed in the Netherlands, Zhang Jun.

Qiu Suhui suddenly decided to change his taste, he has been watching the videos of the members of the National Olympic team all this time, and he really misses the two teenagers in the Netherlands. He inserted the tape into the camera, pressed play, and after a brief burst of snowflakes, the noise of the scene was heard on the TV. Yang Pan crossed from the side, Zhang Jun jumped up and shook his head with a powerful lion, and the ball went into the net. It was his first professional goal, and Qiu Suhui searched for a long time to collect it, and he thought it was worth collecting.

Goal after goal, header, left foot, right foot, shot on the run, catch off shot, direct volley, penalty kick...... Sure enough, a well-rounded shooter. Zhang Jun can only find his own sense of existence in the continuous goal, which is Qiu Suhui's definition of Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun, who does not score, is not Zhang Jun, and Zhang Jun, who actively participates in defense, is not Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun is a center forward, and the task of the center forward is to score goals, right?

There is still a lot of room for improvement in terms of technique and awareness, but unfortunately the teacher Adrianse seems to be more focused on tactical literacy training after taking charge of the first team. Zhang Jun needs a teacher to guide him technically, and if he is not by his side, there seems to be no one.

Qiu Suhui suddenly remembered a person, that person should be the most suitable, but unfortunately this idea is unlikely to come true. Can you count on a coach in Ajax's youth team to coach a Warrendam player?

Bayes was blocked from the front by Galasek and the referee immediately blew the whistle to give Warrendam a free-kick in front of the goal, about 30 metres from the goal.

Warrendam's free-kicks this season have been taken by Hewell, but Hewell, who is a good passer, can deliver free-kicks accurately into the box, but not into the opponent's goal. Recently, Adrianse suddenly opened up, and since Yang Pan's powerful shot is very threatening, why not let him take a direct free kick directly at the goal? Therefore, since more than a month ago, he has asked Yang Pan to practice free kicks every day, and asked Yang Pan not to pursue the Beckham-style moon scimitar, and his reference should be Robert Carlos, the short Brazilian. The results in training also proved Adrianse's vision, and Yang Pan kicked a total of three wooden mobile walls and two soccer balls in more than a month of intensive training. In exchange, it was two direct free-kick kills.

Yang Pan carefully placed the free kick on the ground facing the goal, then stood up and began to retreat, retreat, and retreat again. Sure enough, it was Carlos learning, and even the running distance was the same long. After retreating about ten meters, he stood and then looked at the opposing goal and took a deep breath. The referee's whistle sounded, and he ran in small steps, and after four meters, he turned into a big stride, and the powerful kick made him reach the fastest speed, and then his left leg was firmly rooted in the side of the football, and the right foot was pulled out, and the outside instep hit the football like a firing pin of a gun!

It seemed that he really heard the roar of the heavy artillery, and the football drilled into the penalty area from one end of the human wall like a cannonball, Zhang Jun's waist shrank, and the football whistled past him with the wind, and then hit the net hard.

Thammel, who prides himself on his reflexes, only makes a save after scoring a goal!

β€œgooooooooooooal!! Yang Pan! An impeccable free-kick! Heavy artillery is in full swing! Super long range free kick at 31 metres!! ”

Yang Pan excitedly rushed to the stands and waved his arms vigorously, just like his goal, an arrogant and powerful celebration.

Just ten minutes into the game, Warrendam was ahead!

The goal was replayed on the big screen, followed by a computer-calculated speed: 148 km/h.

"Oh my God! Oh, my God! One hundred and forty-eight kilometers! Yang Pan once again refreshed his fastest shot, Carlos II!! ”

Warrendam, who scored a goal, showed high morale and confidence to win. They were hoping to be in control of the race, but just two minutes later, Ibrahimovic pulled the two sides to the starting line.

Vandermeyde's beautiful cross was met by Mido at the front post, Litmanen made a clever shot down the middle, Ibrasimovic at the back post bounced off goalkeeper Westrop!

But even more beautiful than that shot was Van der Meyde's dribbling past Hevel and Bartary on the right, first with a pull and dunk to get past Hevir, then with two consecutive turns to shake Bartary to the ground, and then a beautiful cross set up for Ibrasimovic to equalise.

Van der Meyde is now rumoured to be leaving the Amsterdam Arena next season, with a number of big clubs chasing him. Figo's skill and pace, combined with David Beckham's precise crosses from the right and his ability to score well, have made him a favourite in the transfer market.

There is also a definite departure of Ajax captain Kivour, who is in contention with Inter Milan and Roma, but it seems that Kiv prefers Roma.

This match is about to be their final game for Ajax, and both men are working hard to bring a trophy to their parent club as a parting gift. Ajax, who had just lost the league title, was led by two wolves, one in front and one in the back, and it was really like what Adrianse feared, a group of hungry wolves.

What did young Warrendam take them against? Why should you win the championship trophy?

The rest of the race was in Ajax's hands, with their skilful individual skills and team chemistry, as well as the experience of the final, motivating Warrendam to follow their pace.

Zhang Jun is still running, retreating, passing, and defending. He had a chance to go head-to-head with Kivu in the first half, but he passed the ball and ran past him.

On the other side, the duel between Yang Pan and Van der Vaart seems to be more interesting. The two of them rushed back and forth on the narrow side road, and neither of them was to be outdone. Yang Pan's speed and Van der Vaart's technique seem to spark sparks every time they collide.

When Yang Pan uses his speed to break through Van der Vaart, Van der Vaart will definitely seize the opportunity to wash Yang Pan with technology. The young man's spirit seemed to have shifted to the side, but the collision of these two people added a lot to the game.

There are very few people in the Warrendam team who have the ability to do it against Ajax, and there are only two people, Yang Pan and Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun was tied hand and foot by tactical needs, and Yang Pan just took advantage of this opportunity to go crazy.

"Yang Pan is here again!"

Warrendam plays defensive counter-attacks and is very suitable for playing the role of Yang Pan. Just now, Kozel struggled to snatch the ball from Litmanen and passed it directly to Yang Pan. Yang Pan knocked the ball forward, then dunked it again, passed Galasek, who came up to defend him, and then began to accelerate along the side.

Van der Vaart naturally didn't want Yang Pan to steal his limelight from his territory, he struggled to catch up with Yang Pan, and kept pulling Yang Pan with his hands, but he didn't have the upper hand in terms of strength or speed, Yang Pan shook his hand, bowed his body, and shook off the other party! Then the opposition full-back came up to make up for the ball and passed it towards goal.

The ball was a little low, and Kiv was going to use his feet to get the ball out. But suddenly a man rushed out of the spur, and the man fell very low, shot out like an arrow, and leaped to the top!

"Zhang Jun shoots! Ah! What a pity! ”

The ball flew off the bottom line against the post, and goalkeeper Thamel didn't even react. Kifu was even more taken aback, where did Zhang Jun come from? He only thought about Yang Pan's cross just now, but he forgot about Zhang Jun, who had been wandering. Did he always keep his distance from himself and ignore him?

I almost made a big mistake myself...... That dangerous man!

Zhang Jun got up from the ground with his head in his hands very regretfully. So far he has only had three shots on goal, the first two of which were flown from long range and the most threatening shot was a sliding goal. There were very few chances to get rid of Kivu like this, but he didn't take it. He didn't know if he would regret it because of the shot, sometimes a shot or a save was enough to change the outcome of the game.

In any case, Zhang Jun did not score this goal, and the game was still tied 1:1 until the end of the first half.

In the locker room, Zhang Jun gasped for breath, while Yang Pan poured water on his head, both of them had a lot of physical exertion, and they were often seen doing 30-meter round-trip sprints in the first half.

Adrianse was cheering for his players: "You did a great job in the first half! But there was a bit of a slack after a one-goal lead. Zhang Jun did a good job and continued in the second half. ”

Zhang Jun nodded silently and said nothing. The first half was not a good one for him, but he played a supporting role for forty-five minutes as a central part of the attack. The coach demands, the tactics need it, so the individual sacrifice is deserved, there is nothing to complain about.

"Yang Pan, your containment of Van der Vaart on the wing was successful, but in the first half you still had too few active shots. After Zhang Jun has created an opportunity for you in the front, you must take advantage of it. The first 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes of each half are the most concentrated periods of scoring and you have to make the most of it, because if you can score at the beginning of the second half, it will be in our favour. ”

In another dressing room, Coman was saying the same thing to his disciples: "If we can score a goal in the first five minutes of kick-off, when they are not on their feet, I believe we will win!" ”

Ajax are not interested in the UEFA Cup, they would rather go through the qualifying rounds than go to the Champions Cup, which is a question of identity. They won the cup just to not disappoint the fans and the board, after all, it is not a glorious thing to have nothing in a season, and of course this is for Ajax.

For Volendham, being able to play in next season's UEFA Cup is a great thing, both in terms of prestige and finance. Therefore, the club did not allow them to give up.

Both sides are fighting against each other, right?

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