The atmosphere in the Ajax dressing room was very somber.

Ibrahimovic sat in the corner in only his underwear, leaning against the wall and looking sluggish, surrounded by the defensive triangle of Nesta, Maldini, and Gattuso, even if he had eighteen martial arts, he could not perform a single percent.

It would be a big blow to his confidence.

But perhaps after a buffer of time, he should pick himself up and continue on his dream path to becoming the world's No. 1 centre-forward.

Sneijder slammed his fist on the closet as soon as he returned to the dressing room, and Van der Vaart took off his shirt and sat down in front of the closet, the proud captain bowing his proud head and staring down at his feet, so that no one could see his expression.

Qin Xiong is also in a bad mood, and there is nothing worse than this to make people feel bad.

In particular, this kind of negative feelings can be contagious to each other, Ajax does not have the spirit of winning in the league in the past half month, and their expressions and state are as if they have just attended the funeral of their loved ones

Veteran Litmanen sat on the bench for 90 minutes and brought in new news to try to cheer up a young and psychologically fragile team.

"It's not over yet!"

His words were loud and attracted everyone's attention, but his teammates stared at the veteran, who was actually on the fringes of the team in addition to his previous qualifications, and their eyes were still a little indifferent.

Litmanen just tried his best to encourage his team-mates, he walked to the middle of the dressing room and said sternly: "In the other game in the same group, Celta drew with Club Brugge, and now, we are five points behind Club Brugge and four points behind AC Milan, with two rounds to go, our Champions League journey this season is not over!" ”

Maxwell, Grigra, Escud, Heitinga, and the others straightened up and cheered up a little.

Two rounds of competition.

Ajax played back-to-back games with AC Milan, with Ajax being beaten twice and AC Milan taking all six points, which was the worst-case scenario.

And two other opponents in the same group.

Brugge and Celta.

They have played two draws.

It's a lose-lose situation!

It is conceivable that even if they win each other, both teams will get 3 points, which will be 1 point more than 2.

Club Brugge would now have six points more than Ajax and a draw would see them qualify.

And Celta will also surpass Ajax with 4 points!

However, these two teams played two draws, which made AC Milan and Ajax a result of a fisherman's profit in a sense.

Litmanen looked around at each teammate with calm eyes and said, "Now we shouldn't be discouraged, depressed, lost, and slumped!" If we have to, do it again when we're completely out of the tournament and completely out of hope of qualifying for the knockout rounds, when it will give us plenty of time to cry. Let's face the situation rationally, in the last two rounds, we will face the same opponents as AC Milan, the difference is only to play first and last, home or away. AC Milan are the strongest, they only need to win one game to qualify, and we have to win our next game against Celta Vigo! In the same round, Club Brugge will face AC Milan at home, I don't believe AC Milan will accept the result of being beaten by Club Brugge, I believe that the defending champions will not be willing to play a battle of life and death in the final round, even if Club Brugge does not lose at home and gets a draw, their points are only 9 points, and as long as we win away from Celta in the next round, we will have 6 points! In the last round, we face Club Brugge at home and beat them, we are level on points with Club Brugge, so in terms of the aggregate score, we have the advantage and we can advance! ”

Litmanen's analysis is straightforward.

Anyone who knows the group's points and the future fixtures will be able to make such an analysis.

But this is not an absolute scenario.

Not to mention that Ajax must win both games, but also hope that AC Milan will not lose away from home, in the end, their fate is not in their own hands.

Some of his teammates were buoyed by Litmanen and cheered up.

can be like Qin Xiong, Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Ibrahimovic, with these four players as the mainstay, and there is no change in his face.

They will not be in a better mood by hearing Litmanen's analysis.

Perhaps, Litmanen is really old.

What came out of his mouth was reality, yes, reality.

He can't understand that the loss of the proud geniuses at the moment may not have much to do with whether they can qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League, yes, that is a realistic consideration in the future.

But at this moment, the haze in their hearts comes from failure!

was double-killed by AC Milan in two legs, and he couldn't raise his head!

If they think about reality from the beginning, their thinking is very utilitarian.

Well, they probably won't go for the victory!

Why do you fantasize about victory when your opponent is so strong?

180 minutes of stubborn defense, no matter how ugly the scene is, put out an iron bucket array to defend to the death!

And then what?

Ajax may also get two draws and have five points, while AC Milan will have just three.

But then, just didn't lose!

Their hearts are higher than the sky, and they want to win!

Football games should be about winning!

Their ambition lies in conquest!

Therefore, Litmanen's words may be able to inspire some teammates, but listening to Qin Xiong's ears can't touch him.

Walked to the shower room to take a shower, quickly changed into casual clothes, Qin Xiong picked up his newly bought leisure bag and left the locker room.

The game was played in the evening, and when Qin Xiong returned to Wardle Street, it was already close to midnight, and he had some supper with Freddie before going back to his apartment to sleep.

The next day, the first team had a morning holiday.

Qin Xiong had maintained a calm face since the morning exercise, and he was reminiscing about the game.

70 minutes of the game, the details of which are replayed over and over again in my head.

How did you lose?

Koeman's tactical defeat to Carlo Ancelotti was a factor, which also reflected the strength of both teams in European football.

AC Milan are stronger than Ajax.

From coaches to players.

Until noon, Qin Xiong was often in a state of contemplation, he looked like a thinker, sitting outside the restaurant and wandering, but outsiders did not know that his brain was being violently brainstorming.

How can each opponent, each teammate, and himself break the enemy, how to improve, how to make himself stronger?

His state made Freddie's face look gloomy, although he had always been by Qin Xiong's side, perhaps because he was too familiar, he opened his mouth, Qin Xiong could guess what he would say, and Freddie playfully omitted the old-fashioned encouragement.

Freddie was worried that Qin Xiong was too immersed in his own thought world, and he could guess that Qin Xiong was reminiscing about the game, but it was too brain-consuming, and it was too easy for Qin Xiong to go back to the state of isolation from the outside world when he was a child, which was not good.

At this time, he needed something from the outside world to distract Qin Xiong's attention, so that he could get rid of the heaviness in his heart and his persistence in thinking.

Just when Freddie was distressed, someone sat down in the seat opposite Qin Xiong, Freddie saw the man, immediately stretched his eyebrows, smiled at the man, and then got up and left, leaving the space for the young man and woman.

Sitting opposite Qin Xiong was Sylvia, who knew that in the past some time, Qin Xiong would secretly stare at herself when he sat at the open-air tables and chairs outside the restaurant.

Maybe he was used to being watched by the opposite sex, and Sylvia didn't think Qin Xiong was rude, after all, since the day the two met, Qin Xiong had always been very personable.

Today, Qin Xiong didn't go to look at her secretly, not once.

The feeling in her heart was strange, on the contrary, she would look at Qin Xiong more often.

She knew the result of last night's game at home, and according to her understanding of the football circle, at this time, most of the players should have been drunk all night or used other ways to vent.

It is too rare to meditate for a long time like Qin Xiong like a sculpture.

Qin Xiong didn't notice that Sylvia was sitting in front of him, his eyes were lowered, and his right hand was stirring a cup of coffee with a small spoon, which had already been cold and had been stirred by him for almost half an hour.

He seemed to be in a different dimensional space with Sylvia, and the two were less than two meters apart, but it was as if Qin Xiong couldn't notice her existence.

This state made Sylvia close her eyes and smile, but it was a pity that Qin Xiong missed her soft smile.

Sylvia had to take away Qin Xiong's coffee, which made Qin Xiong "wake up" from his contemplation.

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