Chapter 1223: Ajax on the Verge of Disintegration (Part II)
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While Koeman's tough personality has certainly been one of the main factors contributing to Ajax's decline this season, it is not the only reason why the Dutch giants have underperformed on all fronts, and the constant conflict between the players has also played a big role.
The most typical example is the golden combination of Van der Vaart and Ibrahimovic last season. As they grew older and improved their strength, the two who had been working together tacitly on the field began to have a disagreement, and they both hoped that they could overpower each other and become the boss of this Ajax youth army, so that the other person could become their little brother. It's just that Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart seem to have forgotten a very important point, that is, they are both arrogant and unwilling to be subordinate, and they have not experienced any major blows in their careers, how can they put down their bodies and serve as each other's deputies?
In Zhuang Mingge's previous life, Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart both suffered a blow called reality after leaving Ajax, and only then did they realize the importance of cooperation. After the former was cleaned up by Capello, he put away his arrogance and honestly became a green leaf, making balls and pulling space for these big-name teammates around him; Although the latter spent a few years in Hamburg as the boss, after joining Real Madrid, he also had to clamp his tail and play for the more famous and high-status Ruud van Nistelrooy and Raul.
And now, in order to achieve this goal at hand, Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, who have not yet experienced these setbacks, openly play a game called power struggle. The two not only competed with each other off the field, but also cooperated with each other in the game, mainly fighting alone, making the locker room smoky, and the team's results began to decline because of their moves, not to mention only four points in the three games in the Champions Cup, and there was also a faint tendency to be overtaken by Eindhoven in the league.
Koeman, as the manager of Ajax, did not take any measures to solve this extremely discordant competition between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, nor did he use this excuse to punish the main elements who committed the crime. In other words, Koeman, who is not good at getting along with players and only knows how to take an iron-fisted approach, will hardly have enough prestige among the players, so no matter what he says or does now, the players will not necessarily listen to him.
The feud between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart has taken a toll on Ajax, with the growing internal strife within the squad making it impossible for the youth team to be on the pitch at all. That's why, after the first three rounds of the Champions League group stage, Ajax's youth team, which was still inseparable from Fiorentina in the Champions Cup quarter-finals last season, has only one win, one draw and one loss this season, and is tied with Real Sociedad for second place with only four points. You know, in terms of book strength alone, Real Sociedad is not Ajax's opponent at all, even if the former is the runner-up of La Liga last season.
It can be seen that infighting is a very terrible thing for a team, no matter how strong the team is, once this kind of thing happens, there will only be a miserable end such as a decline in performance. Of course, the more unfortunate clubs may even face the fate of disintegration.
In the face of such an Ajax team, if Fiorentina, which has been carefully prepared for a long time, can't win this game, it can only show that Pirlo and they are too wasteful, and Zhuang Mingge should hurry up and invite another high-minded person.
And an incident that happened in the 32nd minute of the game best illustrates the relationship between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart at this time. At that time, Ajax finally got a good attacking opportunity, Van der Vaart crossed the middle after passing his defender Sun Jihai on the left, but the follow-up Ibrahimovic kicked the ball away from ten meters in front of goal, much to the displeasure of Van der Vaart, who thought he could brush up an assist.
So, on his way back to his own half, Van der Vaart expressed his frustration with the wasted Ibrahimovic, asking him to make the most of the chances created by his team-mates. And Ibrahimovic was also very dissatisfied with Van der Vaart's accusation, saying that you are not embarrassed by the Fiorentina defense, and finally passed the ball to me once and asked me to score, which is too difficult, right?
"Hehe, these boys are really young and vigorous, it reminds me of Stefan (Effenberg) back then." Looking at Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, who were complaining to each other on the pitch and looking quite unkind, Zhuang Mingge, who was sitting in the box watching the game, smiled and said to Karin, who was sitting on the side, "Stefan was also so unruly at the time, if it wasn't just in time for him to make a middle finger incident at the World Cup out of a career low, and I took the opportunity to completely subdue him." Otherwise, even I wouldn't dare to let him stay in Florence. ”
"I think Stefan has a lot more backbone than these two boys, at least he won't disturb the atmosphere in the dressing room, and he won't drag down the team's results regardless of the overall situation." Karin was quite dismissive of Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, and in her opinion, it was really problematic for the two players to be the boss of a mere group, "It's good that they are not our Fiorentina players, otherwise it would be our turn to have a headache." ”
"Haha, that's the same, let's not have anything to do with their transfers, let Juventus and other teams compete for it." Regarding Karin's evaluation, Zhuang Mingge laughed and said approvingly, "When the time comes, they will find that these two guys are not only outstanding in terms of ball skills and talents, but also first-class in their ability to cause trouble." ”
Just when Zhuang Mingge and Karin were talking about Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, the Fiorentina players finally scored the first goal of the game - Van der Vaart made a mistake in passing, Pirlo broke the ball and counterattacked with a long pass, and Vieri, who received the ball, rushed into the Ajax penalty area with his left foot and scored the goal, opening the scoring for Fiorentina!
In the end, Fiorentina easily solved the contradictory Ajax with a score of 2-0, Vieri and Inzaghi scored one goal each in the game, and finally avenged the previous draw by the opponent!
While losing is a frustrating thing, it's clear that Ajax don't have the time to bother with it right now. For the Dutch giants, the top priority is to resolve the tensions in the dressing room as soon as possible. Only by taking care of these issues will the team be able to get back on winning track. Otherwise, what awaits Ajax FC will certainly not be a good end.