Vol 4 Chapter 1589: The curse of the Champions League dark horse

While Ajax fought against Juventus in Turin, Italy, at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, ​​Spain, Bartomeu was sitting in front of the TV with his cronies watching this with his cronies A focus battle that attracted worldwide attention.
Affected by the first round, coupled with Yang Yang and Cristiano Ronaldo's peak match, the media and fans all over the world are looking forward to this game and are looking forward to watching this wonderful match.
Barcelona's management is no exception, because Ajax are not only Barcelona's opponents in the semi-finals, but also the players they pay close attention to.
Frankie De Jong, Barcelona has been pursuing players for more than half a year. Every game has a dedicated scout tracker. The club's technical department also pays close attention to his performance and statistics for each game.
Last week, after the first round of the game between the two sides, the technical department of Barcelona gave a very high evaluation of Frankie De Jong's performance, thinking that he is the most suitable player in European football for Barcelona tactics.
Not only that, the technical department was very dissatisfied with the team responsible for the transfer signing, because they missed the perfect opportunity.
After a week, the two sides changed sides and fought, but the script seemed to be wrong.
Juventus seemed to get the supporting script a week ago, and Ajax sang the protagonist again.
The game was almost exactly the same as the first round a week ago. The difference was that Juventus had been attacking Ajax for a while after the opening ten minutes, but the rest seemed to be the same.
Cristiano Ronaldo led the ball, but then Ajax scored consecutively to equalize and reverse the opponent.
Frankie De Jong ’s performance in this game was not as good as in the first round. Juventus specially arranged Emre Jan ’s front pressure to try to limit Frankie De Jong ’s performance, but in this way, but Exposing the weakness of Pjanic's single midfielder behind him, Van der Beck played bravely and scored twice.
Juventus' performance tonight uses a live example to tell everyone what it means to demolish the east wall and make up the west wall.
And Ajax was shocking again.
Yang Yang didn't even get on, and Ajax had reversed Juventus!
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"This team is too young, but it is getting better and better. It's too surprising!"
The speaker was Rosa Wood, the left-hand and right arm of Bartomeu, the president of Barcelona. He was highly valued by Bartomeu. He entered the board of directors and participated in the next election of the Barcelona president.
"Yang Yang has always surprised people. Frankly speaking, no one expected that he could bring this Ajax to such a level. If there is a so-called omnipotent genius in this world, it must be He is. "
Rosawood's feelings made everyone in the office quite sighed.
At that time, Yang Yang was very close to Barcelona, ​​and even came to Barcelona for a time. Unfortunately, for various reasons, he finally passed by Barcelona and turned to Real Madrid.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Bartomeu and everyone present, but they all regret that if Yang Yang joins Barcelona, ​​then the young players in Ajax are now equivalent to Barcelona ’s youth camp reserve team. .
"Yang Yang's coaching ability is indeed obvious to everyone. At least he can not compete with coaches such as Pochettino and Allegri. If his coaching ability is still questioned, then European football is estimated to have no coaches. "
"Who said no? Both he and Ajax killed the strong team along the way. This is a real performance."
"A year ago, this team could not play in the Champions League group stage, but one year later, they have reached the semi-finals, which is the embodiment of Yang Yang's coaching ability, but also his personal ability."
Everyone, you said with emotion.
I believe that this kind of emotion and appreciation is happening in European football and even all over the world.
Because Yang Yang and his Ajax's performance in the past half a year is really shocking.
Almost every game is a battle, but every game they killed!
Even more frightening is that this team played better than one game, and every game made people marvel at their growth and progress.
Like Frankie De Jong, he was obviously stronger and more mature than before the winter break.
At least at the time, Ajax ’s criticized double backs had not been raised for a long time now, and even the other way round. Many people mentioned that Ajax ’s double backs were all thumbs up, not praise Utterly.
Bartomeu regrets this, but it is not the fault of the Barcelona management, because it is not that Barcelona does not want to sell, but that Ajax does not want to sell, and the players refuse to make up their minds.
"Before this game, Frankie De Jong's valuation in Deloitte's evaluation has exceeded 80 million euros, the third-highest player in the Ajax team." Rosawood shook his head and sighed. .
At the beginning, Barcelona almost signed this midfielder with 50 million euros, which is a big loss!
"Apart from Yang Yang, who is taller than him?" Tombas, the vice chairman of the club's finances, asked with concern.
"Jaden Sancho." Rosawood replied.
"Sancho's performance is indeed very eye-catching and very good, but if it is higher than Frankie De Jong, I am afraid ..."
Rosawood shook his head and smiled: "Sancho is an Englishman."
Everyone suddenly realized.
The entire European football team knows that the Premier League is the richest league in the world, even if it is a bottom team, the single season income can reach the upper level of La Liga, which makes the Premier League team has super purchasing power.
Although in recent years, there have been a lot of young talents in England, but in fact not many can really reach the top level.
With this season's outstanding performance in Ajax, Sancho has become the leader of the younger generation in England and even the world football, which of course will cause the England team to covet and want to get his team extraordinary By the way, coupled with his registered account in England, it is normal to have a higher valuation.
"80 million euros, that is to say, if you want to sign him, at least 90 million euros or more, or even more than 100 million." Tombas is more emotional and sighed.
Nowadays, the transfer in European football is really ridiculously high.
"Everything over 100 million is estimated to be hard to grab."
"What do you mean?"
Rosawood said stubbornly: "We have received news that Manchester City are also ambitions for Frankie De Jong. Guardiola has wanted such a player for a long time, but he frequently said in the media before that, Fran Ki De Jong is very much like Busquets, and will even be stronger and better than Busquets in the future. "
Bartomeu suddenly felt awkward, "Manchester City intervenes, things are not easy to handle."
This is a good team.
"And Manchester United, Solskjaer is said to be very interested in Frankie De Jong, Paris Saint-Germain is also interested, and Real Madrid."
"Real Madrid?" Bartomeu suddenly startled. "They have no shortage of midfielders."
"For Yang Yang!" Rosawood said, "Frankie De Jong is Yang Yang's love. In order to invite Yang Yang back, Real Madrid is very interested in Ajax players, and the metabolism in front of Real Madrid, Suarez, Mo Players such as Derich, David Silva, Ramos, and Fairmaren are already old and need to introduce fresh blood. "
Real Madrid's metabolism is not just beginning now, it was already started when Mbappe was introduced.
"We have received information that Florentino seems to have persuaded Yang Yang, and this summer, Real Madrid will recruit again, and the fancy targets include Jovic, Frankie De Jong, Derricht and Militan. "
"Is this possible?" Bartomeu was shocked.
"Frankie De Jong's current valuation is 80 million euros, and Derricht, Jovic and Militan are all around 70 million euros. If you want to pack these four players, Real Madrid must at least take out three More than 100 million euros, do they have so much money? "After Tombas calculated, he didn't believe this news.
"Do n’t forget that Real Madrid has made so much money in these years, but in fact it has not invested much in the transfer market, especially in the five consecutive championships. In the past few years, only Mbappe has really recruited, but he has sent away In addition to Di Maria, Hames Rodriguez and other players, in fact, Real Madrid is not short of money now. "
"I heard before that Florentino's transfer budget this summer is as high as 600 million euros."
Rosawood's words made the whole office silent.
This is really ridiculous!
600 million euros?
Do you know what the concept is?
You can almost buy the entire Ajax!
In contrast, Barcelona has introduced strong aid every year and invested heavily in recent years, but the financial pressure has been great.
"Yang Yang is the current coach of Ajax. He has cultivated this group of outstanding young players. If he switches to Real Madrid, whether it is for his own needs or the needs of the team, he has also introduced young Ajax players. With reason, we will have a very difficult situation at that time. "
"So ..." Bartomeu looked at Rosawood.
Rosawood nodded: "So, we have to disturb Real Madrid's wishful thinking."
"Yang Yang cannot come to Barcelona!" Tombas shook his head.
"But others can, such as Frankie De Jong and Derichter, they do not resist Barcelona, ​​and even, as a youth training for Ajax, they should be more intimate to Barcelona, ​​right?"
Ajax, or the entire Dutch football, is very close to Barcelona, ​​this is the emotional bond passed down from generation to generation from Michels to Cruyff to Van Gaal to Cruyette.
"But they have more confidence in Yang Yang." Bartomeu worried.
Rosawood nodded, "It is true now, but Ajax will always lose. They can pass Juventus, but they can't pass the semifinals, and they are even less likely to reach the finals."
"We all know that there have been fifteen years in the Champions League final. No teams from the non-four major leagues have entered. The last time was Ajax. All dark horses can only stop in the semi-finals. This is the Champions League dark horse. Curse! "
In the Champions League knockout, every step forward, the pressure of the game and the strength of the opponent will increase by one level.
The more to the end, the greater the pressure on the game.
The competition of modern football is not only mental strength, but also a full-scale contest.
Even if Manchester United and Juventus are eliminated, even the most optimistic people believe that Ajax will only reach the semifinals.
Because their opponent in the semifinals is Barcelona!
Want to move forward?
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