133 Gold Substitute
March 10th is destined to be difficult for England fans.
On the evening of the 9th, the Red Devils, who have always been the pioneer of the Premier League European Games, drew Porto of the Portuguese Super League 1-1 at home.
This Portuguese Super League powerhouse led by young coach Jose Mourinho reversed Manchester United 2-1 in the first leg. The Red Devils even paid the price of captain Keane's red card, but after returning to Old Trafford, Manchester United's performance still did not improve.
In the face of Porto's solid defense, Scholes scored the first record for Manchester United not long after the opening game, but in the final stoppage time of the game, Porto stubbornly equalized the score, and finally left Old Trafford Stadium one-to-one, and eliminated the Red Devils Manchester United from 3-2 in total.
The pain of the Red Devils' elimination has not yet subsided, and the bad news has come again.
On the evening of the 10th, when Ajax conceded a goal first, in the 87th minute, Ibrahimovic assisted Van der Fate to equalize the score, and finally ended with a one-to-one score.
The final total score was four to three, and Ajax defeated Arsenal.
Two consecutive days, the two Premier League giants were eliminated, which shocked the entire English football world.
Whether it is Ajax or Porto, their overall strength is below Arsenal and Manchester United, but these two teams from the Dutch Eredivisie and the Portuguese Super League won the game with their home advantage and worked hard to keep the draw away.
Overnight, the entire British media and fans were in a panic.
Countless TV shows are reflecting on the crushing defeats of the two giants. The Premier League introduced the winter break and was put on the agenda again. The cancellation of the League Cup to relieve the pressure on the team was also noisy again, but these are already old arguments.
Two young coaches, Ronald Koeman and Jose Mourinho, have both entered the eyes of mainstream European media. They are able to lead Ajax and Porto to the quarterfinals, especially Ronald Koeman. This is his two consecutive seasons to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which shows his coaching ability.
Compared with the grief of British media and fans, the Netherlands is jubilant.
In the Champions League this season, the Eredivisie teams generally performed poorly, with only Ajax one team advancing into the knockout stage, and now they have eliminated the giants Arsenal to advance to the quarterfinals, which has greatly appreciated both the domestic media and fans of the Netherlands.
What is even more exciting is the goal of Ibrahimovic assisting Van der Fate and the handshake between the two on the court, which was expected by countless Ajax fans. Everyone believed that the two's joint efforts would make Ajax stronger and more competitive.
Under the brilliance of two leading stars, Ibrahimovic and Van der Fate, the performance of No. 99 young player Yang Yang also attracted considerable attention. The goal that the team equalized the score was an attack planned and launched by him and Trabelsi on the right.
Gold substitute, this is the certification of Yang Yang by Ajax fans.
I don’t know when it started, but everyone realized that Yang Yang was changing the situation on the court almost every time he played, and he would bring unexpected surprises to the fans and the team in every game.
Everyone wants to know how much potential he has to explore?
Head coach Ronald Koeman said in an interview with the Dutch Telegraph after the game that he didn't know either.
"He is always surprised, the speed of progress is always surprising, and no one knows how far he can develop, but I personally believe that he is constantly surpriseing us, and is gradually becoming an increasingly important and critical member of the team."
In the first leg, Yang Yang directed three goals and defeated Arsenal at home. In the second leg, he planned the equalization goal after he came on as a substitute, and in the last game of the group stage he played against Bruges...
Who can question Ronald Koeman's words?
However, although Ajax eliminated Arsenal and entered the quarterfinals, the outside world is still not optimistic about the prospects of this team.
In addition to Ajax and Porto, the remaining six teams that entered the quarterfinals are Chelsea in the Premier League, AC Milan in Serie A, Real Madrid and La Coruña in La Liga, and Monaco and Lyon in Ligue 1.
Except for Bayern Munich and Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, six of the seven mainstream leagues in Europe have teams entering the quarterfinals. Since the reform of the Champions League, it has been an extremely rare scene.
Since this year is also the year of reform of the Champions League, UEFA has transformed the Champions League from the original two-round group stage to a single-round group stage and directly entered the quarterfinals knockout stage, which makes many people feel that the competition system of the quarterfinals knockout stage greatly increases the probability of uproar, which has led to the upset of the Champions League this year.
But no matter what, all those who can enter the Champions League quarterfinals are competitive teams.
Ajax, who has long been away from the top European teams for many years, will fight hard no matter who he meets next.
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While the entire Dutch media was hyping Ajax to the Champions League quarterfinals, hyping the reconciliation of generals and ministers between Ibrahimovic and Van der Fate, and hyping Yang Yang's gold medal substitute, Yang Yang ended a night of special training in the super training ground.
He completed the review of the game on the plane back to Amsterdam from London, and started to train when he got home, mainly basic training, [Ronaldo's assault], [Beckham's cross], and his left foot and other daily training. It was not until dawn that his special training ended.
Sitting on the soft and soft grass in the super training ground, Yang Yang stared at the goal opposite.
"What are you thinking?" Lao Bing's faint voice rang beside his ears.
Yang Yang still looked ahead, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I miss the years when I was Almele."
For some reason, whenever he was so tired that he wanted to give up, he couldn't help but think of that time. At that time, he was played with like a monkey every day in the youth team, and was ridiculed by the onlookers. He had thought about giving up countless times, but he finally gritted his teeth and persevered.
Since then, whenever he can't help but want to give up, whenever he almost collapses, he will keep asking himself, "I have survived such a painful experience, what else can't hold on?"
After hearing Yang Yang's answer, Lao Bing stopped speaking.
The entire super training ground was empty, without a trace of sound, so quiet that it seemed as if you could hear your heartbeat.
After a long time, Lao Bing's voice slowly rang in Yang Yang's ears again.
"You know, according to scientific research, the potential of human beings is infinite."
"What's the meaning?"
"Some research institutions have shown that human behavior is controlled by the brain, and the brain is driven by human willpower. That is to say, as long as a person's willpower is strong enough, he can push the brain, command the body, and constantly surpass his own limits."
"Will you become a superman?" Yang Yang asked with a smile.
He felt that this was impossible, just like a man in a game, he might continue to get up and run after cramping, but he would always collapse and fall down.
"You misunderstood what I mean. I don't mean that in a race, or in a short period of time, but in a long period of time, it was like the Bailey era, when the profession was already considered an iron man. For people at that time, it was simply unimaginable to run ten kilometers in a race."
"But now, running ten kilometers in a single game often occurs, but in the 2001 World Cup qualifiers, England vs. Greece, Beckham ran 16:1 km in one game, setting a world record, and he surpassed the limits of this era."
"Maybe in ten years, running ten kilometers in a single game will become the norm, and at that time, more and more people will emerge, and they can run into thirteen or fourteen kilometers in one game, and there may even be someone who can break Beckham's record."
"Do you understand what I mean? In every era, there will always be some people with extremely strong willpower, pushing their brains, commanding their bodies, constantly exceeding their limits, and turning things that everyone originally thought could not be possible."
Yang Yang understood what Lao Bing meant, and he himself was deeply touched.
It was like in the game against Arsenal last night, he kept running, looking for opportunities, failing again and again, and getting up again and again. If he had not used his willpower to push himself and force himself to continue working hard, how could there be a final reversal?
"Thank you, Lao Bing." Yang Yang stood up from the grass.
In fact, he has never felt tired in his body, but his spirit is tired.
But now, he is not tired again.
"No need to thank me, even here, you still have to rely on yourself."
Yang Yang smiled slightly and nodded.
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The Dutch morning in March is still very cold.
Yang Yang wore a warm sportswear and opened the door and did a complete warm-up at the door of his house. After warming up his body, he saw that the door of the house opposite was also opened.
The tall and burly Ibrahimovic was waving to him with a smile, and then ran over quickly.
"You must be bored training alone, I will accompany you."
As he said that, he had already snatched Yang Yang's ball from his feet and quickly took the ball forward.
Yang Yang stood there in a daze, wondering if he hadn't woken up yet?
Will this guy run out early in the morning for morning exercise?
This is not exactly like his style.
But when he looked forward again, the guy was waving at him in the distance and signaling him to come up quickly.
"My God, is the sun coming out from the west today?" Yang Yang leaned his head and looked at the sun that had not yet appeared, with some doubts.
"Hey, the ball is over!"
Ibrahimovic woke Yang Yang up with a sound. He raised his head and just saw the ball flying over. He immediately instinctively raised his chest and pushed his head forward, and quickly chased after him.
"Come on! You bastard, do you kill someone so hard?"
"Aren't I afraid that you haven't woken up yet?"
"Even if you really haven't woken up, you'll be scared to wake up when you see you!"
"Haha, are you surprised?"
"Surprise? Thriller."
"Hey, is there anyone who treats you kindly and helps your buddy like this?"
"Then I will owe you a favor?"
"You only know?"
"You can be more shameless."
"There's no way, you said, I don't want this face!"
Chapter completed!