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Chapter 61 The Wonder Boy
Thursday, August 21, [-], at fifteen o'clock in the afternoon.

North of Spakenburg, Ethelmerzus Club, Wismart Stadium.

There are only a few thousand residents in the town, but the football atmosphere is extremely prosperous. The two semi-professional teams of the third-tier league are gathered in the north of the town, sharing six standard-sized training grounds, and each has a professional stadium that can accommodate over a thousand spectators.

Whether it is the training field or the 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 when he saw it. Training fields and football fields of this level are very rare in China, but judging from his experience of playing games everywhere in the past few months, it is very common in the Netherlands.

The prosperity of football is also reflected in the fans. Even on weekdays, there are still crowds around the stadium.

Wismart Stadium has only two stands, which can only accommodate hundreds of fans. Tickets are usually sold to the outside world, but there are no obstacles around the stadium. All fans are allowed to come to the scene and watch the game around the stadium.

In this game against the second team of Ajax, the fans filled the surrounding area of ​​the stadium with water.

There is no other reason, this time it is Marco van Basten who led the team to compete.

The head coach of Ethel Merzus is Philip De Haan, who is about forty years old, but he seems to be a fanatic fan of Van Basten. As soon as the Ajax second team arrived at the Wismart Stadium, he immediately brought the players up to welcome him, and asked Van Basten for autographs and group photos.

But the friendly atmosphere before the game did not carry over to the stadium.

As a third-tier league team, the Holland Cup is one of the few events where the home team can attract media attention, especially this one is the first game coached by Van Basten, which attracted many media reporters from the Netherlands and even Europe.

At home, the adult team is facing a group of young players under the age of 21. Regardless of the time and place, they have the advantage. In terms of people and people, their desire to win and the fighting spirit of the game are by no means inferior to the second team of Ajax.

At the beginning of the game, Ethel Merzus's defense made Ajax's second team hit a wall frequently.

Yang Yang sat on the bench and watched the match, feeling very emotional in his heart.

The youth training in the Netherlands is very strong, and more importantly, it is very popular. It even penetrates into this small town with only 5000 people. Although the home team is only a third-level semi-professional team, the players have received professional youth training since they were young. They have very strong tactical and team awareness, and their personal abilities are also good, so they are still very competitive.

Ajax's second team suffers from physical and strength confrontation, especially Babel, who is only 16 years old in the middle of the frontcourt.

If the center forward can't stand up, the offensive effect of the Ajax second team will be greatly reduced.

On the left side of this game is Robin Muller Van Mopes, a right-footed left winger. Van Basten's intention is to let Babbel pull from the left side when he can't take advantage of the middle.

It is Crohn in the midfield and Demour on the right that are responsible for delivering shells to the two players.

And the focus is Demur on the right.

This fast Belgian winger joined Ajax early and has been promoted from all ages all the way. He and Babel are teammates. They are also favored by the team. They also entered the first team training camp this summer.

But in this game, he didn't seem to be able to take advantage of the 21-year-old Pierre Tasch.

Yang Yang is sitting on the bench, but his eyes are always on the court, focusing on every move on the right side.

Pierre Tasch has a good defensive awareness. He always faces Demur at 45 degrees. It can be seen that he is an experienced defensive player, and he focuses on guarding Demur's outside line, which is very unfavorable to the Ajax right winger.

The left back of the home team is a left-footer, and has a certain advantage in defending Demur's right. Several times, Demur was unable to create a threat on the right, either the cross was frustrated, or the quality of the pass was very low.

Gradually, after several rounds of confrontation, it was obvious that De Moore suffered a disadvantage, and his mood became irritable.

As a bystander, Yang Yang saw some clues.

Facing a defensive strategy like Pierre Tasch, Demur is not helpless, for example, he can choose to cut inside.

But Demour is a right-footed player, not a left-footed player. This point was immediately tested by the opponent after the opening.

Yang Yang couldn't help thinking of what Van Gaal once told him, the left foot must be practiced, and it is best to be able to practice it to be as flexible as the right foot, which will allow him to have more choices on the court.

At this moment, De Moore's situation well proved this point for Yang Yang.

In the past few months, Yang Yang has been paying attention to training his left foot. Needless to say, he has been practicing passing and controlling the ball. The continuous change of direction in "Ronaldo's Assault" requires a lot of left foot.

And the pendulum can be left or right, as long as he has trained his left foot well, then Yang Yang's coping strategies on the court will be much richer.

At the very least, he wouldn't let himself fall into the predicament like De Moore's now.

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The center was restrained and the right side was misfired, but the overall strength of the Ajax second team still had the advantage.

In the 308th minute of the first half, the Danish midfielder Kroen stepped forward and accurately tore open the home team's defense with a sharp through ball and sent the ball into the penalty area. Van Morpez, who crossed the penalty area obliquely from the left, made a calm right-footed shot and scored for the second Ajax team.

This goal greatly relieved the pressure on the second team of Ajax.

The home team once wanted to counterattack, but the defense led by Vermaelen and Lindgren was very solid, especially Vermaelen, who staged a single-handed savior during a counterattack by the opponent, which won applause.

Yang Yang also watched and applauded from the sidelines. He practiced against Vermaelen every day, so of course he knew the strength of the Belgian central defender.

After missing a few good chances to score, Ajax II ended the first half with a [-]-[-] lead.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Van Basten still continued the game strategy of the first half, focusing on playing the right and center.

I don't know if it was at the request of Van Basten. In the second half, De Moore consciously wanted to cut inside several times, but all of them made mistakes. His left foot ability is really not very good. With the right side blocked, the threat on the field is greatly reduced.

The same thing happened with Babel.

The most talented star of the Ajax second team was anxious to prove himself, but was closely guarded by the home team and never showed any performance.

At 5 minutes, Van Basten finally couldn't help but make a substitution.

Fred Benson, a 19-year-old striker from Ghana, replaced Van Morpeth, who scored a goal in the first half.

Although the dark-skinned Fred Benson is from Ghana, he came to the Netherlands since he was a child and was trained in the famous youth training club Borg. In 15, he entered the Ajax youth training camp.

This is a typical African player. He is not tall, but his speed is very fast, his feet are solid, he has a certain breakthrough ability, and he is also considered to be the best among his peers in terms of physical confrontation.

After Van Basten replaced him, Fred Benson was on the front line, and Ryan Babel was pulled to the left winger position, obviously hoping to use Benson to carry the opponent's defense and liberate Babel.

Facts have proved that even though Van Mopes just scored a goal in the first half, his status and role in the coaching staff and in the team are still inferior to Ryan Babel, who is recognized by everyone in Ajax.

This substitution had some effect. Babel was obviously more active on the left than in the middle, and gained more space, but the home team still guarded him strictly and dared not relax in the slightest.

As for the middle lane, the 19-year-old Benson doesn't have much physical advantage in the face of adults who are like wolves and tigers.

Demur on the right can only pass the ball occasionally, but it is difficult to create a strong threat.

Soon, the home team regained its defense, and the attack of the Ajax second team was once again limited.

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Although there is already a goal in hand, Van Basten is still very dissatisfied with the situation on the court.

Theoretically speaking, in the first game of coaching and the first game of the new season, it is not bad to be able to win the opponent [-]-[-], but compared to others, Van Basten has higher requirements for himself.

What's more, he also knows very well that the second team of Ajax is fully capable of scoring more goals, the premise is how to break the current deadlock on the field.

As long as it is broken a little, it can fully bloom.

Thinking of this, Van Basten couldn't help turning his head, glanced at the bench, and the first person who came into his sight was Yang Yang.

He still remembered that yesterday he personally promised to give Yang Yangsan 10 minutes of game time, now...

Van Basten turned his head and looked at the scoreboard again. The time displayed on it was 58 minutes, which is almost the same after calculation. I don't know if this magical boy who always surprises people can surprise himself again today?
Thinking of this, Van Basten raised the corner of his mouth, somewhat expectantly, turned his head again, and pointed at Yang Yang from a distance.

"Yang, I'll give you 3 minutes to warm up, hurry up."

Following Van Basten's words, the coaches on the coach bench, the players on the bench, everyone's eyes focused on Yang Yang, and their eyes were full of envy.

After hearing this, Yang Yang was also excited. It seems that Van Basten still remembered his promise.

Three to 10 minutes, no more, no less, enough for my performance.

After taking a deep breath, Yang Yang immediately stood up from his seat, took off the training uniform that covered the outside, and revealed the jersey inside, No. 21, which is his jersey number for the second team this season.

It's very low, but there's no way around it. When he joined the team, his teammates had already snatched up those high numbers, and he couldn't compete with them. As for his favorite No. [-] jersey, it has long been known.

(End of this chapter)