At the end of November, Turin in northern Italy ushered in the early winter.
With the fierce momentum of six consecutive victories in the Netherlands and two consecutive victories in the Champions League, Ajax descended all the way from the cold Amsterdam to the momentum of sweeping the city of Turin.
However, when the referee from Austria, Konrad Plotz, sounded the end whistle after 90 minutes of play, Yang Yang could only helplessly raise his head and clearly felt a chill.
Juventus, whose team has won four games in a row, has not ranked its strongest lineup, but it is strong enough.
Goalkeeper Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Thuram and Trabelsi are the defenders, Nedved, Tachnati, Emerson and Camoranesi are the midfielders. The double forwards are Ibrahimovic and Sarajeta.
Before the game started, Ajax was already in a rather passive embarrassing situation.
In the first two rounds of the group, they lost to Juventus zero to one at home and lost to Bayern Munich four to four. It can be said that these two defeats pushed Ajax to a desperate situation, forcing the Dutch team to have to follow Continuously take the initiative in the game.
Capello also expected this, so he devoted himself to a defensive counterattack.
Ajax launched an offensive after the opening, and Yang Yang was frequently threatened on the right. Among them, Yang Yang once passed to the back point. Wesley Songk headed the goal from close range and slightly rubbed the post to get out of the bottom line .
But in the fifteenth minute, Juventus seized the opportunity of a counterattack, the first time the audience broke into the penalty area of Ajax, Camoranesi crossed the right, Sarayta pressed the sea Tinga scored a header.
This is the only goal in the game.
After conceding the goal, Juventus defended even more firmly, and Ajax had difficulty breaking through the opponent's defense.
Yang Yang was frozen by his opponent for the first time in the whole game. Apart from passing to Wesley Songk, he did not give any threatening offensive highlights.
In this game he faced Zambrotta and Nedved's left combination, while the double midfielder was a combination of Tachnati and Emerson, and central defenders were Cannavaro and Thuram.
After Sarayta scored a goal, Juventus took a contracting defense. Yang Yang could hardly find any gaps in such a copper wall and iron wall. He didn't get any chance.
Juventus' defense is terrible!
It's so horrible that people can't help but feel despair!
This is the world's top defensive master Capello, the world's top defensive position tuned out by a group of world's top defensive players!
Yang Yang lost his mouth and took it orally!
Even after this defeat, Ajax was eliminated from the Champions League.
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"Hey, buddy, are you all right?"
Ibrahimovic came over and looked at Yang Yang with concern.
This is the first time Yang Yang has seen him since the Swedish center left the Netherlands, but he did not expect it to be on such an occasion.
"It's okay." Yang Yang shook his head.
Why is it all right?
Ibrahimovic also knew in his heart that the taste of losing was uncomfortable, not to mention that Ajax will be eliminated from the Champions League, which is even more uncomfortable.
Although he only got along for a short period of time, he got along well with Yang Yang. He knew Yang Yang. He knew that Yang Yang seemed to be very humble and low-key on the surface, but in fact his heart was very strong, and even said to be a victory.
"Brother, it's none of your business, you have tried your best." Ibrahimovic persuaded.
"I know." Yang Yang nodded.
Whether it is from the player's card strength, or the overall strength of the team, Ajax is far behind Juventus.
If it was last season, then there is still a lot to play, but this season it will not work at all.
This is not something that Yang Yang can change alone, it is the gap in the overall strength of the team.
But even if he understood this, Yang Yang still felt very unpleasant.
He doesn't like to lose, it can even be said that he hates to lose, he wants to win.
The more Yang Yang behaves naturally, the more Ibrahimovic feels the heaviness and repression of his heart, but this kind of thing he can't help, he can only rely on Yang Yang to adjust and resolve.
Trabelsi also came over to comfort Yang Yang.
The two of them hadn't had much friendship in Ajax before, but in the end they were partners on the right and they cooperated well with each other.
After Ibrahimovic arrived in Serie A, he was immediately reused by Juventus and became the main center. The goal efficiency is not high, but the performance is very good, and the overall level is steadily improving.
Trabelsi's situation is less good, more rotation and replacement.
Capello is a conservative coach. One-zeroism is his coaching style, so he is more inclined to use Thuram on the right and Trabelsi, who is more offensive, is not liked by him.
Sometimes professional players are like this.
As the Champions League champion, Ajax left five core players last season, but so far, the best mix, but instead joined the Florentine of Florence, he has always been a major player.
Immediately followed by Ibrahimovic, as for Trabelsi, Van der Vaart and Escud, are currently difficult to play the main force in Juventus and Real Madrid, especially Van der Vaart.
No way, Real Madrid's lineup in the frontcourt is too strong.
The completely different experiences of the five also tell Yang Yang further that it is easy to get out of Ajax, but it is difficult to get a foothold in a team better than Ajax.
This is still true for players like Van der Vaart and Trabelsi, so he needs more effort.
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The good brothers met, but ended up killing people on the court.
After losing the ball, Yang Yang was not in the mood to reconnect with Ibrahimovic and Trabelsi.
He saw that many Ajax players were very uncomfortable.
Losing this game is a very painful thing for Ajax, because it basically means that the team will be eliminated from the Champions League and enter the UEFA Cup as the third place.
Failing to qualify from the group, the club lost a lot of benefits, and the players themselves were uncomfortable.
The loss to Juventus zero to one, plus the previous defeat to Bayern Munich zero to four, makes Ajax must beat Bayern Munich four to zero at home in order to have the opportunity to qualify.
But everyone knows that this is simply impossible.
If Ajax had this kind of strength, would he be beaten four to four on the road?
Yang Yang is also very depressed, he hates losing more than anyone, but he must accept this reality.
"Okay, don't be sad." Yang Yang walked over and stretched out his hand towards Fairmaren sitting on the ground.
In this game, the Belgian central defender was responsible for marking Ibrahimovic, and he performed well. The Swedish center basically did not have a very good chance, but unexpectedly, Heitinga failed to freeze Sarayta.
Fermalen grabbed Yang Yang's hand and got up from the ground, his eyes were red.
"Strengthen, losing is not terrible. The most important thing is to learn lessons and skills are not as good as others. Let's practice again and strive to come back next year to get revenge." Yang Yang encouraged.
Fermalen nodded vigorously.
Yang Yang turned his head and saw Maxwell with a frustrated face.
The old man in the locker room was responsible for conceding the ball because of his position, which caused Camoranesi to counterattack, he failed to return to the position for the first time, which was given. Juventus had a chance to pass the avant-garde on the right.
At this moment, the Brazilian left-back had no easy smile on his face, but instead was ashamed and guilty.
"Don't be like this, it's not the first time to lose." Yang Yang smiled easily.
Last season Ajax had a terrible loss at the Bernabeu Stadium.
"Actually ... I was a little anxious at the time, I ..." Maxwell's voice choked a little, and he couldn't say anything.
He didn't cry, but it looked painful.
It is entirely conceivable that he will be accused by many media and fans after the game.
Yang Yang patted his shoulder vigorously. "It's okay. I didn't do well this time. Then try harder. Now the most important thing is not pain and discomfort. We don't have time to stop and slowly lick the wound."
After listening, Maxwell took a deep breath and nodded heavily.
The league is coming soon.
Ajax is currently ranked fourth in the league and is simply not eligible to enter the Champions League next season.
Therefore, it is useless to say now, only to cheer up and work hard is the most practical.
Yang Yang turned to Heitinga and Sneijder and others.
If Maxwell lost his position mainly because he plugged in the offensive, then Heitinga was completely suppressed by Sarayta, then it can really only be said that the difference in personal strength.
Sneijder didn't play normally during the whole game. Juventus' two midfielders Emerson and Tachnati played very solidly, basically suppressing Ajax's midfield, Did not give the Dutch team a little chance.
Yang Yang walked over and comforted his teammates.
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On the sidelines, Ronald Coman silently watched this scene happen on the court.
Like Luther Carol, he was very happy to see Yang Yang mature.
They all know Yang Yang's character, knowing that at this moment, Yang Yang's mood is definitely worse than that of all the Ajax players present, but he can still tolerate his inner discomfort and comfort his teammates one by one. This is an improvement.
It can be said that in this game, Juventus gave Ajax a good lesson.
Professional football is all about investment. The club sold five generals last season, earning nearly 100 million euros, and repaying debts through General Motors. The investment in the transfer market is not large, which makes the overall strength of the team decline by a large amount. cut.
At the beginning of the season, they lost to Bayern Munich 4-0, which is the best example.
If it weren't for Yang Yang's rapid growth this season, coupled with the progress of young players such as Sneijder and Fairmaren, Ajax's performance will only be worse and worse than it is now.
The Champions League team had a lot of luck in drawing the lottery. They even won Juventus and Bayern Munich. It is reasonable to be unable to qualify.
But Ronald Coleman is more worried about whether this blow will affect the team's next game?
Can this group of young people with an average age in their early twenties get out of the shadow of failure as soon as possible?
After losing the Champions League abroad, Eindhoven is terribly stable at home, and the team can really be said to be internal and external.
Ajax really has no time.