extraordinary coach

Chapter 479 The future is yours
One to zero!

Southampton lead!
The cheers of Southampton supporters began to resound throughout the Amsterdam stadium.

All the high-spirited Ajax players before were a little absent-minded at the moment.

"How could this be?"

Dericht looked at the football lying in the goal with an unacceptable expression, and then looked at Ronaldo who was celebrating at the corner flag, feeling very uncomfortable.

It didn't take long for Ronaldo to end the celebration.He didn't go to his own half, but came to De Ligt.

Ronaldo came to stand in front of Dericht with a confident smile on his face.

"Little friend, you still have to challenge me, you have to practice again."

After speaking, Ronaldo turned and left.Only De Ligt was left with a face full of unwillingness and stubbornness.

Looking at Ronaldo's slowly leaving back, De Ligt clenched his fists tightly.

"I will beat you. I swear to God."

A goal behind does not easily defeat an opponent.And Ajax, a team full of vigor, will not lose confidence easily.

Soon, they were back on the tee and making a comeback.

"Ajax, come on!"

"Being behind will not defeat us. It will only arouse our fighting spirit!"

Being behind made the Ajax fans even more active in cheering and shouting.

As a youth team, the Ajax team will always inevitably have ups and downs.It is more common to fall behind.

And the Ajax team has repeatedly achieved reversals with strong fighting spirit when they were behind.

The fans believe that with their own support, it will be the same this time.

The players on the field at Ajax think so too.They also feel they can do it.

Therefore, the offense they launched after the re-kick-off not only disappeared, but also became more and more ferocious.

It's just that the Southampton team is different now.

At this moment, the Southampton team is leading, and their morale has also been greatly encouraged.

And Ronaldo's goal shows that they have really entered the game state.

Now, in front of the Ajax team is a Southampton team that has begun to play normally.

The onslaught launched by Ajax was held back by Southampton's defense.

"The team is starting to play normally. Everything is starting to run as it should."

Seeing the situation of the Southampton team, Sun Yi is very satisfied.

Dior is also very satisfied. "Just before the goal, I was taken aback by the momentum of the Ajax team. It was so fierce. I almost thought we were going to fail. Now, everything is fine."

"Yes. But we still can't take it lightly. These young people, we never know how far they will go." Sun Yi said.

"You're right, Sun. If they can continue to perform like they did in the first 10 minutes of the game, it's really not easy for us to get out of here today."

"Anything is possible. Still, I believe in our players. They are more mature and experienced!"

Sun Yi still has more confidence in the Southampton team.

And the game on the field quickly proved Sun Yi's words.

Since Ronaldo scored a goal for Southampton, the entire team has become more stable.

They are still very active in fighting, but in terms of offense and defense, the Southampton team has become more calm.

No matter how aggressively Ajax played and how hard they attacked, Southampton always took it easy.

Perhaps, some positions like Bertrand will not be able to withstand Ziyech's assault, but the overall complete defense makes it difficult for the Ajax team to create the next threat.

Ajax's offense is not without opportunities, but with Southampton's very efficient defense, it is difficult for their offense to hit the goal and form a murderous intent.

Ajax were forced to use more long-range shots to create threats.

"boom!"

De Jong's long-range shot started to threaten the goal, but Cassie labored to get the ball in.

This drew a sigh from the Ajax fans.

"Hey, no goal again! This kick is not bad."

"I really didn't expect that Casillas is still in such a good competitive state."

"I have to say that Sun is quite talented. These veterans come back to his team as soon as they come to his team. To be honest, if I didn't know the age of Cassias, I thought I was looking at the goalkeeper of Real Madrid. "

The excellent performance of Southampton made Ajax fans have to face Southampton players squarely.Especially Kaka and Iker Casillas, players who are on the verge of retirement.

However, they soon began to cheer themselves up.

"It's true that these old guys in the Southampton team did play well. But the problem of age is something they can never hide."

"No matter how good they are, they can't run the whole court like 20-year-olds."

"With Southampton's situation, as long as we keep playing hard and fast. They won't last."

"Even if they had no problems in the first half, they will definitely have physical problems early in the second half."

"``````"

It's not just the fans who think this way, but the entire Ajax team thinks so.Because this is an objective reality.

Eric also maintained enough confidence because of this thought.

"Keep this rhythm. Keep playing like this, and the final victory will definitely belong to us."

With the support of this tactical thinking, the Ajax team has maintained a very strong offensive since it fell behind.

Those waves of offensives, like tides, kept flocking to Southampton's defense.

Facing such an Ajax team, the Southampton players couldn't help but sigh.

"It's so difficult!"

"These kids are still very tenacious."

"It felt more tiring than playing against Real Madrid."

Feelings are emotions, the Southampton team didn't feel more nervous and afraid.

Southampton is still so calm.This is not the first day they have faced such a wave of offensive.

No need for Sun Yi to say anything, they maintained enough confidence and a positive attitude to deal with it.

Such a situation made the situation on the field gradually form a balance of power.

Southampton didn't score again and didn't allow Ajax to score against them.

As a result, the game was once again at a stalemate.No goals were scored until the end of the first half.

Returning to the locker room with a one-to-zero, one-goal lead, Sun Yi was quite satisfied.Therefore, after returning to the locker room, Sun Yi didn't say much.He also didn't say much about the tactical arrangements for the second half.

The whole locker room seemed more relaxed and joyful.

But it's different in the home team's locker room.

Falling behind is obviously not what they are willing to accept.

Eric started motivating the players as soon as he was back in the locker room.

"Unfortunately, we accidentally conceded a goal in the first half."

"There are many reasons for this, the main one is that the opponent's luck is better."

"Yes. They were really lucky. I even got the ball. Unfortunately, I couldn't let the ball fly out of the goal." Onana immediately echoed.

Eric nodded, and then continued: "Looking at the entire first half, we actually played no worse than them."

"We had every chance to score their goals."

"And we have an advantage. You are younger and more physically fit than them."

"Under the high-intensity and high-tempo confrontation, their physical fitness will not last long. If they continue to play like this, they will not be able to last for six or 10 minutes."

"So, don't worry, even if you didn't score a goal in the first half of the second half, it doesn't matter."

"After six or 10 minutes of the game, it's our world."

"Because of this, I want you to play more confrontational in the second half. And you have to press ``````"

"``````The above are my arrangements. The purpose of all this is to consume them. Remember, we can definitely win!"

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Soon, the 15-minute intermission passed.

The two sides returned to the field.

Both sides gathered in a circle and shouted slogans to motivate themselves before the start of the game.

"Southampton, must win!"

"Come on! Ajax, grind them to death!"

The game will start later.

Since both sides did not make much adjustments, this made the situation in the second half very similar to that of the first half soon after the start of the game.

The only difference is that the Ajax team has obviously strengthened the confrontation and pressing.

These changes did not exceed Sun Yi's expectations.So the Southampton team still performed very calmly and calmly.

In the face of pressing, they took their time.

In the face of confrontation, they are unafraid.

Southampton's impeccable performance prevented Ajax from scoring.

"It seems that it is really difficult to break their goal before wearing out their physical fitness."

As the captain of the Ajax team, De Ligt, who is under [-], is actually very mature.He can understand that the current situation is more deadlocked.

"However, as the coach said. Youth is our greatest asset. I don't believe it. If you can play with this intensity, how long can you last?"

"C Ronaldo. When your physical strength is no longer so strong, I will return all your previous humiliation to you."

In the deadly confrontation, the game time passed quickly.

The second half quickly entered the No. 60 minutes of the game.

"How can Ronaldo run so fast?"

Dericht found that at this point in the game, not only C can run well, but the physical condition of the entire Southampton team does not seem to be worse than that of Ajax.

"It seems that their physical fitness is better than we thought."

"However, it doesn't matter. After playing for a while, they will definitely be physically exhausted."

The entire Ajax team thinks like De Ligt.So, they continued to work hard with the Southampton team.

However, it didn't take long before they became a little restless.

"It's been 65 minutes, why do they look like they can still run?"

5 minute later.

"Nimma, didn't the coach say that this game is ours after 10 minutes? Why is it 10 minutes now? I don't think there is any difference?"

Ajax have been waiting for Southampton to have a fitness problem.But even in the No.70 minute, the Ajax team did not get the advantage they imagined.

Such a situation began to shake the confidence of the Ajax team.They thought their biggest advantage against Southampton was physical fitness.But judging from the current situation, there is no advantage at all.

After playing for a few minutes, Southampton really started to have fitness problems.Some players started to lose their ability to run.

Like Bertrand, under the strong impact of Ziyech, his physical fitness really couldn't bear it.

Soon, Sun Yi replaced Bertrand.

But the players on the Ajax team were not happy when they saw this situation.

Because they also have physical fitness can't bear it.

And under the high-intensity confrontation all the time, coupled with their need to desperately invest in the offense, the consumption of the Ajax team is also very huge.

"Nimma, it's all a lie."

"The physical fitness of the Southampton team is not at all worse than us just because the average age is older."

This discovery made the Ajax team really depressed.

At the same time, the morale of the army began to suffer a lot.

The advantage they thought did not exist at all, but they were still one goal behind.

Look at the time, Nima, there is not much time left for them.

So, the Ajax team began to worry.

Eric, who just realized that his judgment was wrong, also began to anxiously ask the Ajax team to attack with all their strength.

It is said that impulsiveness is the devil, but in fact, anxiety is not much different.

The Ajax team, which has become impatient, has also begun to become less organized in offense.

The mentality of eager to score makes them always eager to complete the shot.This allows them to take more long shots.

In this way, on the contrary, the offensive efficiency of the Ajax team has dropped significantly, and the threats that can be created have also been greatly reduced.

The Southampton team, which has always been very calm, also stepped up its offense at this time, especially counterattacking quickly.

"boom!"

After Ziyech cut inside, he forced a long shot under Pawar's interference.

The reluctant shot made his shot a bit on the right track.It was confiscated by Casillas, who was in good shape today.

"attack!"

Casillas immediately launched a counterattack with a hand throw.

Ronaldo and the others, who had been waiting to attack for a long time, immediately ran forward.

The resolute and quick offensive selection allowed the Southampton team to successfully kick out a "Mu-style counterattack".

Southampton's counterattack was too fast, and the Ajax team, whose formation was too high, failed to organize the defense in the first place.

Still, Ajax's defenders were desperate to stop Southampton's attack.

"This time, I will definitely not let you succeed."

After seeing Ronaldo taking the ball, De Ligt gritted his teeth and stood in front of him.

This time, De Ligt really worked hard.He is even prepared to use fouls to destroy the offense.

It's just that when Dericht wanted to pull Ronaldo down, Ronaldo flicked his feet and passed the ball to Balotelli who followed up.

Balowli, who was not followed by anyone, easily grabbed the ball, and then calmly kicked and shot.

"boom!"

The ball hit the net.

Two to zero!
"we lose!"

One goal behind, the Ajax team still has confidence.It was two goals behind and their confidence was taken away immediately.

After that, they couldn't pull themselves together again.

This is the price of being young.It is easy to explode, but it is also easy to collapse morale.

The morale of the young Ajax youth army fell, and then it never turned the situation around.

In the end, they still hated the home game by losing two goals.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, all Ajax players began to hang their heads in despair.

They really couldn't accept losing this game!

The depression in my heart can't be stopped for a long time like the cheers of Southampton fans.

And the more depressing is yet to come.

During the post-match handshake, led by Ronaldo, everyone at Southampton would say this to the Ajax players:

"The future is yours."

Hearing Ronaldo Van Dijk and others lining up to say this to him one by one, De Ligt couldn't help but shed tears.

(End of this chapter)