Chapter 193: UEFA Super Cup (6)

"Vice President Van Praag, it seems that you Ajax still need to be further strengthened, otherwise with the current main lineup, I am afraid it will be difficult to go further in the Champions Cup." The VIP box seems to have been reserved for the two club executives at the tournament, so there was no one but Fiorentina and Karin Rebecca and Van Praag for Ajax, but it was a great place to chat.

"You're right, President Corleone, there are still three days left before the door closes in the summer transfer window, and we have to close the hole as soon as possible." Van Praag was also depressed at this time, although Ajax was looking for the possibility of strengthening the team as much as possible this summer, but the club's decades-long accumulation of the "Ajax model" has made the team's scouting system focus more on young players who have not yet played in the professional league or have just debuted a year or two. I had to cram for more than a month.

It is obvious that more than a month is too late for Ajax to find a good and cheap instant combat force, and at the same time, because these main players who are free to transfer this summer have not brought a penny of transfer income to the team, Ajax, who is shy and does not have the support of the rich, naturally cannot spend money in the transfer market like Fiorentina, Inter Milan and other teams.

It can be said that in just over a month, Ajax was able to sign two free agents in the transfer market, Laudrup and Van Bronckhorst, which is already quite successful.

But this is obviously not enough, the departure of a large number of main players has made the current Ajax bench depth sharply reduced, and the lack of strong attacking ability will also make it difficult for the Dutch giants in the European arena this season......

Therefore, a strong center forward and a right wing-back are the two positions that Ajax needs to be most supplemented right now.

"By the way, Chairman Corleone, I wonder if you have any suitable players to recommend to our team?" Van Praag, who was worried about the future of the team, remembered that the Fiorentina president next to him seemed to have a large scouting network, and his eyes were quite vicious, and he asked.

Zhuang Mingge was about to answer, but Karin next to him quietly poked him with his elbow, so he smiled awkwardly at Van Praag, turned around and asked in a low voice, "Karin, do you have any ideas?" โ€

"Tony, since Ajax has such a good player development system, let's just let it help us develop a few more players." Karin blinked her eyes slyly, and seeing that Zhuang Mingge didn't seem to have any special reaction, she had to add, "Simone Inzaghi in our youth team is now 20 years old. โ€

That's right! How can you easily let go of this kind of good thing of borrowing chickens to lay eggs! What's more, this "chicken" is also a high-quality breed called "Ajax" that specializes in laying golden eggs.

So Zhuang Mingge happily recommended Inzaghi Jr., who was about to be unable to continue playing in the youth team due to age problems, to Van Praag, and Van Praag was obviously interested in the "younger brother of Philippe Inzaghi" (in fact, more because the loan was completely free), so the two sides quickly reached a verbal agreement: as long as Inzaghi Jr. personally agreed, then the deal could be completed.

Just as Zhuang Mingge and Van Praag had agreed another loan deal in the box, the short fifteen-minute half-time break was over and the two sides were about to start the second half of the game.

Fiorentina and Ajax did not make any substitutions at half-time, but the meaning of the representation was clearly different, the former because the starting line-up was strong enough and there were no problems so far, so there was no need for substitutions; The latter is because there is no candidate on the bench who can match the main players in the city, and rash substitutions will only make the situation worse.

After the start of the second half, Fiorentina continued to fully recover, steadily played a defensive counterattack, and resolutely did not give Ajax's players space to attack, and Ajax, who was behind the score, had no way, even if they knew that such an offensive effect was not great, and it might even be because.

Due to the lack of strikers with strong attacking ability, and the lack of space for the speedy striker Overmars, who wanted to shoot from outside the box, was intercepted early by Fiorentina's thick defence, the gap in physical fitness made the Ajax players have few opportunities to enter the box.

"Cut, if I were given a center forward with only half the strength of Kluivert, I would not let the team be so passive on the field......" Van Gaal looked at Ajax, who was passive everywhere on the field, and thought resentfully.

Van Gaal's complaints obviously won't make much of a difference to the situation of the game, Ajax still control the ball, but in the face of Fiorentina's turtle-like defence, these players feel a little helpless - they can't even attack the opponent's penalty area, this game is really frustrating!

Finding that there was no space to use in the penalty area, under the dispatch and organization of Laudrup and Collini and others, Ajax began to consciously strengthen the frequency of long-range shots outside the penalty area, but the effect received was still not very ideal, Fiorentina's several midfielders had a very large range of running, and the positioning and tackles were also very accurate, so that Ajax's players could not calmly start in their own "range".

After the players of the Ajax team attacked for a while, their momentum that was suppressed everywhere on the field began to gradually decline, and at this time Fiorentina's counterattack began to officially begin!

In the case of more defensive attention at the back, Fiorentina's counterattack is more dependent on its own front trident, whether it is the speed of Djokaeff and Ronaldo, or the impact of Batistuta, can make Fiorentina's counterattack play impressively.

In the 54th minute, after Effenberg broke the ball at the back, a long pass was handed to Djokaef who was ambushed on the left side of the midfield, and the Frenchman did not stop the ball, and directly picked up his left foot and sent a diagonal pass, the ball directly penetrated the back line that Ajax was too pressed, and was obtained by Ronaldo, who began to accelerate. De Boer is desperately trying to make amends, but he can't catch up with the aliens who are not plagued by injuries, only to see the distance between the two falling further and further......

Then, Ronaldo, who rushed into the penalty area, suddenly shot with his feet at the edge of the penalty area, and Van der Sar, who abandoned the goal, was caught off guard and had to watch the ball fly into his own door.

โ€œGoooal๏ผ 2-0, Ronaldo scored twice! Fiorentina have extended their lead and they are now getting closer to winning the first UEFA Super Cup in the club's history! โ€