Chapter 61: Wonder Boy

Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 15 o'clock in the afternoon.
North of Spakenburg, Ethel Merzos Club, Wismar Stadium.
There are only thousands of residents in the town, but the football atmosphere is very strong. Two semi-professional teams in the third-level league are gathered in the north of the town, sharing six standard-size training grounds, each of which has a capacity of 1,000. Professional stadium for spectators.
Whether it is a training ground or a football field, the quality of the lawn is very high, and the daily maintenance is also in place. Yang Yang couldn't help but admire it. This level of training ground and football field are very rare in China, but from his past Judging from the experience of playing games everywhere in the past few months, it is extremely common in the Netherlands.
The popularity of football is also reflected in the fans, even on weekdays, there are still crowds around the stadium.
The Wismart Stadium has only two stands and can only accommodate hundreds of fans. It usually sells tickets outside, but there are no obstacles around the stadium, allowing all fans to come to the scene and watch around the stadium.
This game against the Ajax II team, the fans will be unable to see through the stadium.
There is no reason for him. This time it was Marco Van Basten who led the team to participate.
The head coach of Ethel Merzos is Philip Dehan, who is also in his forties, but it seems to be a fan of Van Basten. The Ajax second team has just arrived at Wismar Stadium. He immediately took the players to welcome him, and asked Van Basten for signature and group photo.
But the friendly atmosphere before the game did not continue into the stadium.
As a third-level league team, the Dutch Cup is one of the few events where the home team can gain media attention, especially like this is the first game coach Van Basten coached, the scene attracted a lot of Dutch and even European media reporter.
At home, the adult team faced a group of young men under the age of 21, regardless of the time and place, they had the advantage. People and aspects, their desire to win and the fighting spirit of the game are no better than the Ajax second team. Inferior.
At the beginning of the game, Ethel Merzos' defense made the Ajax second team frequently hit the wall.
Yang Yang sat on the bench to watch the game, and he was very emotional.
The Netherlands ’youth training is very strong, and more importantly, its popularity is very wide. It has even penetrated into this small town of only three or five thousand people. Do n’t see that the home team is only a semi-professional team of the third level, but since the players have accepted Professional youth training, tactical literacy and team awareness are very strong, personal abilities are also good, and they are still very competitive.
The Ajax second team suffered from physical and power confrontation, especially Babel in the middle of the frontcourt, who was only 16 years old. His body was very bad. From the beginning of the game, it was difficult to stand in the middle of the frontcourt, deterring the opposing center and goal. .
The center cannot stand, and the offensive effect of the Ajax II team will be greatly reduced.
On the left side of this game was Robin Muller Van Mopez, a left-winger with a right foot. Van Basten ’s intention was to let the left side when Babel could not take advantage of the middle. Pulling, Van Mopez cut in from the left to the middle, seizing the opportunity and entering the restricted area to create a threat.
Responsible for delivering the shells for the two players is Crohn in the midfield, and De Moore on the right.
The focus is on De Moore on the right.
The fast-moving Belgian winger joined Ajax early and has been upgraded from all ages. He and Babel are teammates. They are also highly optimistic about the team. They also entered the first team training camp this summer.
But in this game he faced 21-year-old Pierre Tashi but did not seem to be able to take advantage of it.
Yang Yang sat on the bench, but his eyes always landed on the court, focusing on every move on the right.
Pier Tashi has a good defensive awareness, always facing De Moore at 45 degrees, which can be seen as an experienced defensive player, and he is also focusing on De Moore's outside line, which is Aja Kees' right winger is very unfavorable.
The left back of the home team is a left-footer. He has a certain advantage in defending De Moore's right wing. Several times, De Moore could not make a threat on the right wing. Either frustrated or the quality of the pass was very low.
Gradually, after a few rounds of confrontation, De Moore suffered obviously, and his mood became irritable.
As a bystander, Yang Yang saw a sign.
Faced with a defensive strategy like Pier Tash, De Moore is not without a way, for example, he can choose inwardly.
But De Moore was a right footer, but his left foot couldn't. This was tentatively tested after the opponent opened the game.
Yang Yang couldn't help but think of Van Gaal's words to him. The left foot must be practiced. It is best to be as flexible as the right foot. This will allow him to have more choices on the court.
At this moment, Demur's situation is a good confirmation of this for Yang Yang.
In the past few months, Yang Yang has been paying attention to training his left foot. Needless to say, the ball is also passing, and the ball is also being practiced. [Ronaldo's assault] continuously changes the direction of the ball and pulls the left foot. Requirements are very high.
The pendulum can be left to right, as long as the left foot is well trained, then Yang Yang's coping strategy on the court will be much richer.
At the very least, he doesn't let himself fall into the embarrassment like De Moore is now.
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The center is under control and the right side is misfired, but the overall strength of the Ajax second team still dominates.
In the 38th minute of the first half, Danish midfielder Kroon stepped forward, with a sharp straight ball, tore the home team's defense line accurately and sent the ball into the penalty area from the left Van Mopez, who was diagonally inserted into the penalty area, calmly hit the ball with a right foot shot and opened the record for the Ajax second team.
This goal greatly eased the pressure on Ajax II.
The home team once wanted to fight back, but the defense line headed by Fermalen and Lindgren was very well defended, especially Fermalen, who also staged a single-save savior in a counterattack. Play code, won the cheers.
Yang Yang also applauded straight from the sidelines. He practiced with Fermalen every day. Of course he knew the strength of the Belgian defender.
After missing several good scoring opportunities, the Ajax second team ended the first half with a one-to-zero lead.
After changing sides in the second half and fighting again, Van Basten still continued the first half of the game strategy, the focus is still on the right and middle.
I do n’t know if he was asked by Van Basten. In the second half of the second half, Demur consciously wanted to cut in, but they all made mistakes. His left foot ability was really not good, and he was blocked on the right. Next, the threat on the court is greatly reduced.
The same happened to Babel.
This Ajax second team genius star is very anxious to prove himself, but has been closely marked by the home team and has never been able to perform.
At the fifty-fifth minute, Van Basten finally couldn't help but make a substitution.
Nineteen-year-old forward Fred Benson from Ghana replaced Van Mopez who scored a goal in the first half.
Although the dark-skinned Fred Benson is a Ghanaian, he came to the Netherlands from an early age, where he was trained at the famous youth training club Sporg and entered the Ajax youth training camp in 1999. At the age of seventeen, he entered the seventeen and eighteen age group, leapfrogging all the way until he entered the second team.
This is a typical African player, not very tall, but very fast, has a solid footing, and has a certain breakthrough ability. The physical confrontation is also outstanding among his peers.
After Van Basten replaced him, Fred Benson pushed to the front line, and Ryan Babel pulled to the left. He obviously hopes to use Benson to carry his opponent's defense. Liberate Babel.
Facts have proved that even if Van Mopez just scored a goal in the first half, whether it is in the coaching staff or the position and role in the team, it is still not as good as Ryan Babel, the latter is Ajax Everyone is recognized as a genius.
This time, the substitution has achieved a certain effect. Babel is obviously more active on the left than the middle and gains more space, but the home team still still guards him tightly and does not dare to relax.
As for the middle lane, the nineteen-year-old Benson has little physical advantage in facing a wolf-like adult.
De Moore on the right is only occasionally able to pass the ball, but it is difficult to create a powerful threat.
Soon, the home team stabilized the defense, and the Ajax second team's offense was once again limited.
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Although he already had one goal ahead, Van Basten was still not satisfied with the situation on the court.
In theory, coaching the first game and the first game of the new season, it is good to be able to win opponents one to zero, but that is relative to others, for him, Van Basten has higher requirements.
What's more, he is also very clear that the Ajax second team is fully capable of making more goals, the premise is how to break the current deadlock on the field.
As long as it breaks a little, it can fully bloom.
Thinking of this, Van Basten couldn't help but look back and glanced at the bench. Yang Yang was the first to enter his line of sight.
He still remembered that he personally promised to give Yang Yang 30 minutes of playing time yesterday, now ...
Van Basten turned his head and looked back at the scoreboard. The time shown on it was fifty-eight minutes, which is almost the same. I do n’t know if this amazing kid who always surprises me. What a surprise?
Thinking of this, Van Basten's mouth was raised, and he still looked forward to it, turned his head again, and pointed to Yang Yang.
"Yang, give you three minutes to warm up, hurry up."
With Van Basten's words, the coach's coach, the players on the bench, everyone's eyes have gathered on Yang Yang's body, his eyes are full of envy.
Yang Yang also felt excited after hearing this, it seems that Van Basten still remembers his promise.
Thirty minutes, no more, no less, enough to express myself.
After Yang Yang took a deep breath, he immediately stood up from his seat and took off his training uniform, revealing his jersey, number 21, which was his jersey number for the second team this season.
Very late, but there is no way. When he joined the team, those front numbers have been snatched away by his teammates, and he could not compete with them. As for his favorite jersey No. 9, it is already famous. Owned.