After Baker's goal, York City played more patiently.

Although the intensity of the frontcourt pressure has not decreased, under the control of the ball with De Jong, Tonali and Rice as the core, York City has played more freely in both attack and defense, and is not in a hurry.

This is also due to Scaloni's judgment of the situation, after all, now that York City is playing away and still ahead, the opponent must be more anxious than himself.

It is clear that this is the case.

Amid Ten Hag's shouts, the Ajax players were also anxious to equalise, and even the action became a little bigger, but they still failed to threaten the York City goal.

Although De Jong did not have many physical confrontations on the field, he intercepted the opponent's passing route several times, which also attracted cheers from the fans in the stands.

The cheers came not only from the York City fans who came to the Netherlands to watch the game, but also from the Ajax fans.

On the one hand, this is because De Jong went out of Ajax and contributed a transfer fee to the team;

On the other hand, De Jong is Dutchman and a Dutch international even if he leaves.

At a time when the Dutch national team is far away from this year's World Cup in Russia, fans certainly hope that this new generation of players can rise quickly to revive the Dutch football power!

At half-time, when the players of the two teams walked down the pitch and walked to the players' tunnel, the two Dutch internationals of York City, De Ligt and De Jong, received the most enthusiastic cheers from the fans in the stands, and it was impossible to tell who was the home team......

In the dressing room, Scaloni was not shy about his admiration:

"Well done, Mark! Well done, Frankie! ”

It was Mark Baker who scored, but it was Frenkie de Jong who could have tilted the first half so in YorkCity's favour, and Frenkie de Jong's performance was remarkable.

"It would have been great if Frankie had scored a goal." Pan Yi, who was watching from the sidelines on the door of the locker room, suddenly said with a smile.

Playing away, of course, he also came, but he didn't interfere with Scaloni's formation, basically as an atmosphere group.

The staff and players at the club also have a good relationship with him, and they don't feel like a boss acting as a "supervisor" on the sidelines, but more like an extra friend in the dressing room – a bit like Aguero's role at the 2022 World Cup in another world.

"Yes, how can you not score against the old owner?" Leao grinned, "Isn't that the objective law of football?" ”

De Ligt shook his head: "Then why not me?" ”

Onana shook his head: "Then why not me?" ”

Everyone: "......"

"I'm rooting for Frankie to score anyway." Leo pursed his lips, "You can even let me switch places with him." Just for the Ajax fans in the stands who support him so much......"

"So you're going to stab them instead, right?"

I don't know who came up with such a sentence, and everyone laughed.

Scaloni also smiled, he was happy to see the atmosphere within the team, but said to De Jong as a coach:

'It's not your main responsibility to score goals in my set-up, but if you can score goals, that's fine. But first of all, I hope we can stay in control of the game in the second half! ”

De Jong nodded.

He also knows exactly how to do it.

——

In the 20th minute of the second half, York City scored again, and the score became 0:2!

However, it was not De Jong who scored the goal, but Leao himself......

The latter picked up Kulusevski's cross after a breakaway on the wing and scrambled to score.

Of course, this goal is not Leao to "steal" the goal, after all, De Jong is still behind at this time.

The goal that Kulusevski got before the breakthrough was transferred by De Jong's big foot, and it can be said that it was this transfer that found a gap in Ajax's defense and made this goal a matter of course.

After all, De Jong plays in the midfield, and the distance from the goal is farther than that of the strikers, so it is naturally relatively not so easy to score.

After this second goal, the Ajax players were also beaten by York City to lose their sharpness, and the mistakes on the field began to increase, and the fouls also increased.

In the 70th minute of the game, Ajax's captain on the field, No. 9 striker Huntelaar was sent off for a second yellow card!

It also allowed York City to take better control of the game and start launching more aggressive attacks again and again.

It's just that York City, who have an absolute advantage in the back, pressed Ajax in the half, but after the ball reached the front, especially when it reached Leao's feet, he often did not cut into the penalty area, but knocked it back.

The line he knocked on was exactly where De Jong had stepped forward, allowing him to hit the door comfortably.

However, De Jong's luck was really not very good today, and several long-range shots in a row were either a little wide or saved by the opposing goalkeeper, or they couldn't score.

The Ajax side also noticed the change in York City's attacking tactics, and Ten Hag also stood up to remind the players to pay attention to the protection of the top of the penalty area, and not to let the opponent's midfielder easily insert the shot!

After all, the knockout round of the Europa League is a two-legged match, and although we are now two goals behind, we have not completely lost it.

Now that the Ajax have one less goal, they can't concede any more goals!

As a result, it is not easy for Leao to pass the ball to the middle, which is often crowded with people, and it is difficult for both De Jong and Tonali to get a chance to get their feet.

And at this time, on the bench on the sidelines, Barella had already stood up, and Scaloni was telling him to prepare for the event and make a substitution.

Judging from the substitution number in the hands of the fourth official, it is De Jong who Barrera wants to replace!

This is mainly because De Jong played very actively today, whether it was offensive or defensive, he was everywhere, which also led to a bit of a decline in his physical ability when he played more than 70 minutes.

Scaloni understood that many players on the pitch wanted Frenkie de Jong to score, but made the decision to make a substitution in order to keep the midfield dynamic and interception.

In this way, Leo was a little anxious.

It just so happened that he got a ball from Tonali, so he started to break through directly from the side!

After he shook off Ajax's right-back Nissen Christensen, he crossed everything into the box and looked ready to shoot, but took another step forward.

At this time, the opposing central defender Walpole he faced subconsciously stretched out his leg to block and directly tripped Leao!

The audience was immediately in an uproar, and the whole stadium suddenly boiled.

The Ajax fans hung their hearts in their throats, while the York City fans excitedly shouted: "Penalty! Penalty kick! ”

"It was shown in slow motion that Leao had indeed tripped in the box and it was an indisputable penalty." Alan Shearer said, "It was a bit similar to the one we had broadcast in Italy, and Leao was a little hesitant about the shot and then he was fouled. However, at that time, Balotelli was knocked down from behind by Loftus-Cheek, and this time Leao was directly hooked in the leg. ”

Lineker also nodded: "It seems that Leao, like Balotelli, is sometimes not very resolute in the face of shooting opportunities." But why is he smiling so happily now? It's as if he's already scored. ”

"After all, it was a penalty...... Alan Shearer said suddenly, "no...... Isn't it possible that he deliberately stumbled over this ball? Just want to create penalties? Watch this slow motion again...... It seems to be really, this is not a shooting action at all, but a leg stretched out for the opponent to touch! ”

Lineker was stunned: "What is this for?" Obviously it was a better chance to shoot directly at goal, but Leao had already shaken off the angle, and there was only Cillessen in front of him. ”

"Seeing that Leao has been passing the ball to De Jong to shoot, is this penalty also created for him?"

Just when the two commentators were puzzled, the referee had already arrived in the penalty area and pointed to the penalty spot without doubt.

The York City fans at the scene immediately boiled.

They all stood up and looked expectantly inside the pitch, into the Ajax penalty area.

At this time, Leao had quickly picked up the ball and put it on the penalty spot, and then pushed De Jong over: "Quick, this ball is your penalty, don't shirk!" ”

With the 11 starters on the pitch so far, the first penalty taker is the top scorer Baker, after all, he is going to compete for the title of top scorer in the Championship.

But at this time, he was just standing on the edge of the box, smiling at De Jong.

Obviously, he also hopes that De Jong can finish the game with a goal after today's excellent performance!

On the sidelines, Scaloni also asked Barella not to play for the time being, waiting for the penalty to be played.

Obviously, Scaloni also acquiesced in the actions of the players on the pitch.

De Jong was grateful for the goal opportunity created for him by the whole team, and he did not shirk this time, standing on the penalty spot and watching the opponent's goal.

At this time, York City goalkeeper Onana rushed over from his own half "not far away" and leaned close to De Jong's ear: "Cillessen will only pounce on the right, you just kick his backhand!" ”

De Jong has been teammates with Cillesson for a year, and probably knows his habits.

However, Onana, as a goalkeeper who often trains with Cillessen, will certainly know him better.

In fact, Cillessen has never been good at saving penalties, otherwise Van Gaal would not have been temporarily replaced by Krul in the penalty shoot-out at the 2014 World Cup.

Once everyone was out of the box, De Jong took a few steps back.

He stared at Cillessen for two seconds, then took a few steps before sending the ball into the bottom left corner.

And Ajax's goalkeeper Cillessen really habitually pounced to the right and misjudged the direction.

The ball is in!

The York City fans at the scene were boiling!

However, De Jong only made a gesture of folding his hands, and did not celebrate, but apologized to the Ajax fans at the scene.

Such an action also made Ajax fans forget the sadness of being scored for a while, and instead gave a collective standing ovation, once again sending their best wishes to the former Ajax player.

And the players on the field of York City also came to De Jong's side, they surrounded him, and the 11 players hugged each other tightly, looking extremely united!

There was even more applause and cheers from the stands, not only for De Jong, but also for this team!

At this time, the referee on the sidelines finally raised the substitution sign, and De Jong was replaced by Barella.

After De Jong got off the field, he once again received warm cheers from the fans in the stands on the sidelines, and the York City fans sang the song of De Jong!

'It was a game for De Jong, a perfect game. He scored a goal and planned two attacks at the same time, so to speak, he dominated the game! ”

'Now I'm convinced that Rafael Leao's penalty was deliberately created for Frenkie de Jong. It seemed that the whole team wanted De Jong to score, and in the end, he got his wish. ”

"What's more, now this penalty has made the score 0:3, and Ajax has one less man to play. There is no suspense in this game, and even the next one, because York City will be playing at home. ”

Saying that, Alan Shearer laughed, "York City is indeed an impressive team, and I now understand why you have to insist on commentating York City's game, haha......"

As the commentator said, after 0:3, there is no suspense in this game.

After the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the atmosphere at the scene once again became extremely enthusiastic.

When the York City players came off the pitch, they were not only cheered on by the York City fans, but also applauded by the Ajax fans.

De Ligt and Onana, as well as Frenkie de Jong and Westermann on the bench, all walked up to the stands of the home fans to wave and they were echoed by more fans from the Cruyff Arena.

"Welcome home!"

In front of such a slogan, the outcome of this game does not seem to matter so much.

——

At the same time as York City's win over Ajax, Arsenal were held to a 2-2 draw away from Sporting.

Such a contrast also made the English media praise York City's victory, believing that they are now the second representative team of English football!

They are said to be "second" because Liverpool have also performed very well in the Champions League this season.

They swept Porto 5-0 on aggregate to reach the quarter-finals under the leadership of Jurgen Klopp, and then just beat Pep Guardiola's Manchester City 3-0 in the first leg of the English civil war to reach the semi-finals with one foot.

As for Chelsea, they were knocked out of the last 16 by old rivals Barcelona 1-4 on aggregate and missed out on the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

In the eyes of the British media, in addition to Liverpool, York City, who is basically able to enter the top four in the European competition, is not York City, who plays in the Europa League, the second representative team in England now?

After the first leg of the Europa League, York City continued their winning streak with a 2-0 win over Bristol City in the league three days later.

At the same time, in the strong dialogue between Wolves and Cardiff City, Wolves lost 0-1.

In this way, York City won the Championship this season five rounds ahead of schedule!

The next day, newspapers large and small in England made headlines about YorkCity's Championship victory.

Everyone knows that York City is outstanding, and everyone knows that York City is the favorite to win the championship, but when it comes to this day, everyone will still sigh that this team is not ordinary.

Rafael Leao, Kvaratskhelia, Scamacca, De Jong, Barella, Tonali, Bastoni, Dimaco......

This long list of names that were unknown before the season has now become known after the Championship, FA Cup and Europa League, making it clear to everyone what they are capable of and what they can do.

You know, they are all still so young, not even more than 20 years old!

And these people were all "scavenged" by Pan Yi from all over the world this season, and they didn't spend much transfer fees in total.

But take a look at the recent offers from some clubs for York City players.

Bayern Munich fell in love with Dutch central defender De Ligt and directly threw out a high price of 60 million euros, but Pan Yi was unmoved.

AC Milan are said to have taken a fancy to Leao and wanted to use him to make up for their attacking line on the left, but they also retreated early in the face of a transfer fee of at least 50 million euros.

In addition, Kulusevski is targeted by Juventus, Inter want to buy back Di Marco, and Napoli have their eyes on young Kvaratskhelia...... These people are also worth between 30 million and 50 million.

Another thing to mention is Frenkie de Jong, the Dutch international who is now the heart of York City's organisation and has proven his prowess in the Europa League and Championship, with a number of big names reportedly interested in him, including Barcelona and Manchester United.

His potential transfer fee is also currently the highest, possibly as high as seven or eight million euros!

It can be said that Pan Yi's transfer operation for York City in these windows has brought hundreds of millions of yuan in income to this club!

This is only in terms of financial gains, and if you look at the competitive level, then York City is even more profitable.

"This is a victory for York City, and it is a victory for Pan Yi!" The Guardian's headline is as simple and straightforward as that.

The Guardian points out that all of England's teams, with the exception of a few who are more focused on academy development, are keen to buy established or semi-famous stars.

But York City relied on Pan Yi's excellent vision to recruit batches of young talents, and then gradually grew up in the club.

Prior to the season, York City averaged less than 20 years of first-team starters, an age considered dangerous.

But as the schedule progressed, York City proved with ironclad facts that in front of a group of talented stars, youth is not a problem, they can still play beautiful games and get good results, as long as they have the world's top leader - Pan Yi!

Next season, when they enter the Premier League, when these young players are gradually maturing, I believe they will bring a breath of fresh air to the Premier League, and will also have a strong impact on the Premier League powers!

The Guardian also pointed out that not only that, but now York City's youth system is getting better and better, and it is foreseeable that more young stars will emerge in the near future.

In this season's England Youth FA Cup, the York City youth team also went all the way to the semi-finals, and Musiala, Camavinga, Wahi and others in the team also showed great potential.

When they get to the first team, there will be another new force injected into Yorktown, making York City more dynamic!

And when the time comes, their worth will rise several times or tenfold......

This is a benign situation.

The Guardian concluded the report by saying that York City was struggling with relegation in League Two a few years ago, and it was difficult for the club to even come up with hundreds of thousands of annual maintenance and operating funds;

But after Pan Yi joined the club, the team achieved one jump a year in just two or three years, and is about to enter the Premier League.

Not only that, but the total value of York's current players has even surpassed that of many Premier League teams, reaching the BIG6 level.

"It's a miracle. Before Pan Yi took over a club, we thought that such a miracle would not have happened in the current football world. ”

'You can probably bang in one season or two and pull off an upset like the Kaiserslautern miracle, but it's hard to keep a club in a state where it's both economically and athletically thriving and for so long.

"In fact, it's still too conservative to say 'keep'. As they rush to the Premier League and the new stadium is built, their revenue will get a new round of skyrocketing. It's hard to imagine where Yorktown ends up......"

The Times similarly analysed York City's revenues and then refuted some media speculation that York City would fall apart in the next transfer window because big teams were spending money on people.

"York City's results are very stable at the moment, the atmosphere in the dressing room is very harmonious, and the revenue is about to usher in a new explosion. It can be said that the current York City is already the foundation of a Premier League giant. ”

And Pan Yi, as the boss, has also begun to start a new round of salary increase and contract renewal. In this case, who can poach people from the wealthy Pan Yi? ”

"Not to mention, there is no indication that these young players in the team will be willing to leave York City and leave Pan Yi ......"

"Who doesn't want to be in such a positive team, and be able to improve themselves, get honors, and earn a high salary? ……”

Amid the media hype, York City had no time to celebrate the Championship title as they were on the verge of the second leg against Ajax and again beat them 2-0 at home.

This time, De Jong did not score, but assisted Lin Liangming and Armand to score respectively, and was still voted the best player of the game.

Reaching the last four of the Europa League has undoubtedly made York City the biggest dark horse of the season, while the other three teams that have reached the last four are Arsenal, Lazio and Atletico Madrid.

Although Arsenal were held to a draw by Sporting in the first leg, they still beat their opponents in the second leg and entered the semi-finals.

This also made the English media start to look forward to the English civil war in the semi-finals, but this scene did not happen.

On the second day of the quarter-finals, UEFA drew the lot, with York City drawing Lazio from Italy, while Arsenal met Atletico Madrid!

(End of chapter)