While Yang Yang led Real Madrid to La Liga, Ajax, who was far away in Amsterdam, was also hurrying to prepare for the second half of the Eredivisie. Van Gaal and Van der Sar set the team's goal to keep the top two in the league.

This is not an easy task.

Before the winter break, the Dutch Eredivisie played a total of 18 rounds, and Ajax was five points behind the top Eindhoven and only led Alkmaar, who was third. With Ajax's ups and downs, it was not easy to reverse Eindhoven, but Alkmaar and Feyenoord behind him were eyeing him, but they had to be cautious.

Ajax's biggest advantage is the schedule. Not only were it eliminated in the Champions League and the Europa League, but even the Dutch Cup, which led to Ajax only having only the Dutch Eredivisie.

Single-line combat, one game a week, is a good thing for Ajax.

During the winter break training camp, Brazilian left-back Ruoge, who was shining in the first half, injured his knee during training and is expected to be absent for one to two months, which caught Ajax off guard.

One of the important reasons why the team was able to counterattack all the way in the first half and return to the second place in the standings was the offense on the left. The full-back Joe Ge led Frankie De Jong and Neres in front, and Jovic's deterrence in the middle made Ajax's offense completely activated.

Now that Ruoge is injured, Ajax loses his arms on the left, and his attack on the right can only rely on Ziyech, which has curbed the team's good impact momentum in the first half.

Van Gaal and Van der Sar also mentioned in a video conference with Yang Yang that Ruoer was photographed by Dutch media many times of his nightclub lingering in the night club. Although he was suppressed by Ajax, it also made people worry whether the Brazilian young player, who was only 21 years old, was self-disciplined enough.

In terms of cultivating young players, Ajax already has a very mature and complete mechanism and has rich experience. They clearly know how to persuade and guide players, and how to put pressure on players to urge them to maintain self-discipline and progress.

So, after obtaining Yang Yang's consent, Ajax quickly introduced their captain Niklas Taliafico from the Argentine Independence team for a transfer fee of 3.5 million euros.

This is not the first time Nickras Taliafico has landed in Europe. As early as 2012, the Argentinian, who was only 20 years old, came to Murcia on loan from his parent team Banfield. As a result, he played twenty-seven times in just one year and had only one assist. His performance was not ideal, so he failed to stay.

After returning to Banfield, Taliafico helped the team win the Argentine League Two Championship, rushed into the highest-level League One, and transferred to the independent team in 2015. He was soon appointed as captain and led the team to the South American Club Cup championship in 2017.

He is only 1.72 meters tall, but Taliafico is known for his hard work on the court. He is able to run and fight, has good support and passes and catches, and is well-behaved in offense and defense. His speed and flexibility are his advantages, but due to his height, his strength is weak.

Taliafico is twenty-five years old, mature, and has proved his strength in South America and Argentina, and was selected for the Argentine national team. This time his purpose in coming to Ajax was to make up for the shortcomings six years ago and prove his strength and value in European football.

In contrast, Ruohe has more characteristics in offense. He has the skills of a Brazilian player, can pass, control and break through. He is 1.84 meters tall. This is the standard height of a full-back, but his body is a little thinner, but he is better at young age.

Taliafico has more experience and mature, and knows clearly what he wants. Such players are often more popular with the head coach because there is no need to worry about their fighting spirit on the court.

Ajax's intention to introduce Taliafico is very clear. It is not only to fill the gap on the team's left side, but also to give more pressure to Ruoge, forcing Brazilian players to feel the cruelty of competition and work hard to improve themselves.

Sometimes young players are like this, it’s too smooth, and it’s not a good thing.

Of course, not all players can be trained smoothly.

Just like Cruivett, little.

Due to the team's play style adjustment, Ziyech moved forward to play the right winger and adopted the style of the front midfielder, which led to Cruivit Jr. becoming a rotation and substitute player, which made Cruivit Jr. very dissatisfied.

Ajax was full of patience with him. Van Gaal, Van der Sar, Borgkamp and others advised him many times and patiently explained the team's intentions to him, but he could not accept it and believed that he should get a main position.

Just before the transfer window of the winter break opened, he publicly criticized Ajax, threatening to not give him a main position and he was about to leave the team, which made Ajax very passive.

There is no doubt that his potential and talent are very worthy of prominence, but when the team is doing well, there is no reason to let Cruivet Jr. disrupt the team's pace. Moreover, he is only eighteen years old, and it is obviously a bit lacking compared to Neres or Ziyech.

Another English young player, Sancho, has been a substitute and rotation, and he has made great progress in the team.

Therefore, Van Gaal and Van der Sar both felt a headache for Cruivet Jr. and agreed to his request that he would definitely destroy the current situation of the team. But if he refused, his contract would only last until 2019. He threatened not to renew the contract with the club, which made Ajax embarrassed.

The club finally concluded that if Cruivet Jr. insisted on refusing to renew his contract, he would have to choose to sell him this summer. It would be impossible to keep him and let him transfer freely, right?

Besides, there are many young players in the team at present, and there are also many young players waiting to get ahead. If you really want to leave, Ajax will not force himself to stay and will not be threatened by the players no matter what.

Even if his surname is Cruivet.

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In addition to Taliafico, Ajax also signed Norwegian Molde forward Ellin Haaland during the winter break.

The 17-year-old Norwegian teenager has only played twenty games for Molde so far, scoring four goals and one assist, including two goals and one assist in the league, both of which were obtained in the Norwegian League in the second half of last year, and they were basically all substitutes.

Molder coach Solskjaer is very optimistic about the young player and has recommended it to Manchester United many times before, but the Red Devils don't care about him, so this gave Ajax the opportunity to take the opportunity and paid a transfer fee of 3 million euros. At the same time, he promised to continue to loan Haaland at Molder for one season.

Since the Norwegian league will not start until March and end at the end of November, if Haaland returns to Ajax, it will be at the earliest until January 2019, after the winter break transfer window will be opened.

However, during his loan to Molde, Ajax will arrange a dedicated coach to follow him, hoping to help him improve his strength as soon as possible.

Van Gaal is very optimistic about him and believes that the tall and strong Norwegian center has an unlimited future.

Jovic, who was introduced this season, basically played a value in the first half, especially in that wave of crazy offensives, Jovic played an important role as a center, which also makes people look forward to the second half or next season.

Ajax's strategy is also very clear. Cultivating young semi-finished products like Jovic and Haaland reflects their potential. After gaining value, Ajax cannot keep people at all.

Star Processing Factory, this is the way Ajax will survive in the future.

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On January 18, in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the King's Cup REU, Real Madrid challenged Leganes away.

Leganes is a satellite city located in the southern suburbs of Madrid. The newly promoted team who ended up being able to relegate last season has surprised many people. They are ranked 13th in La Liga so far this season, which is another surprise.

In a away challenge to Leganes, Real Madrid still plays in rotation and substitute lineup.

Yang Yang and Zidane once again rotated eleven players, but they almost played 0-0 against Leganes away. It was not until the 89th minute that young player Teo Hernandez made a cross from the left, Asensio shot from the edge of the small penalty area in the front point, breaking Leganes' goal and scoring the final goal for Real Madrid.

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Three days later, in the 20th round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced La Coruña at home.

After the opening, Real Madrid took the initiative to put pressure on the game, but it was unable to break the deadlock for a long time.

Yang Yang and Mbappe's two forwards did not cooperate very well. Instead, in the 23rd minute, he counterattacked quickly, breaking through Real Madrid's right defense and then passing to the middle. Adrian Lopez scored into the empty goal from a close distance from the back point.

The goal conceded aroused Real Madrid's bloodiness, and the home team launched a crazy counterattack.

In the 29th minute, Marcelo suddenly entered the left side of the penalty area and crossed to the front of the small penalty area. Yang Yang jumped to the top from close range, headed the ball through La Coruna's goal and tied the score.

In the 42nd minute, Yang Yang retreated to receive Marcelo and turned around to make a direct pass. The Brazilian left back once again inserted into the left side of the penalty area and crossed to the back point. This time, Mbappe stopped the ball in his chest in the right corner of the small penalty area and shot directly into the far corner, two-to-one!

After the second half of the game, Mbappe shot from the edge of the small penalty area, winning another goal for Real Madrid.

Then Yang Yang assisted Modric with a push shot and scored, four-to-one!

In the 78th minute, Marcelo made an assist from the left, Yang Yang quickly ran out of the gap, and easily scored without anyone defending, five-to-one!

In the 84th minute, Mbappe made a cross from the right, and Yang Yang headed the ball in front of the goal, six to one!

hat trick!

Then with a corner kick, Varane headed the ball, and Fermall scored a goal, seven to one!

In the end, Real Madrid defeated La Coruña 7-1 with Yang Yang's hat trick and assists.

Marcelo, who has been criticized and criticized recently, also avenged his previous shame tonight and used an assist hat trick to justify himself.
Chapter completed!