1577 Entering the quarterfinals!
In the 23rd round of the Eredivisie, Ajax challenged The Hague away.
The large rotation brought considerable hidden dangers. The team could not defeat the first thirty minutes, but in the thirty-sixth minute, the opponent counterattacked and conceded one goal first. But just three minutes later, Militon passed the ball with a pass, assisted Van der Beck to score, successfully tied the score.
Before the first half was over, Mullen won another goal and overtaked the score.
After the side change again in the second half, Odgao assisted Stens in the 74th minute.
Four minutes later, Van der Beck assisted Haaland to score again, and the Norwegian teenager scored every game, which was very impressive.
At the end of the game, Van der Beck scored again.
In the end, Ajax reversed The Hague 5-1 away and scored all three points.
As Eindhoven and Feyenoord both drew, Ajax's lead expanded to fourteen points.
But in the words of the Dutch domestic media, this means little to Ajax.
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A week later, Ajax faced Zwolle at home.
In order to keep the Champions League in the middle of the week, Yang Yang did not do his best.
Mullen scored for the team in the 32nd minute, but was equalized by his opponent in the 79th minute of the second half.
At the critical moment, Militon made the final decision and secured the victory for Ajax.
Two to one, Ajax narrowly beat Zwolle.
There were no major league wins in the previous few rounds, but everyone agreed with Ajax's performance.
After all, the focus game against Manchester United is the most important thing.
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On the evening of March 5, Amsterdam Cruyff Stadium.
In the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Ajax faced Manchester United at home.
When the ninety-minute game ended and the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, more than 50,000 Ajax fans in the entire Cruyff Stadium rushed out of the seats frantically and couldn't help but cheer.
The Ajax players on the court were also in a carnival, and even the coaches, substitutes and staff on the sidelines were celebrating freely.
Zero to zero!
This is the result of the second round of the two sides.
After ninety minutes of hard battle, neither of them could break through the opponent's goal, and finally could only shake hands and make peace.
But Ajax won Manchester United with his four-0 away game in the first leg and successfully advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals!
This was expected before the game, but when it turned into a fact, it was still so exciting and crazy!
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Yang Yang stood on the court and played ninety minutes of the game.
Like the first leg, Yang Yang did not directly expose himself to Manchester United's key points. He used his shock power on the court to deter Manchester United's defensive players and pull the Red Devils' defense line.
However, in this game, Solskjaer obviously learned from the first round of the two sides and invested more troops in the defense, which led to the failure of Yang Yang and Ajax's tactical style.
The ball possession rate between the two sides is 51% vs 49%, and Ajax does not have much advantage.
Both teams are equal in terms of tackle, loan and steal, and do not seem to have many advantages.
Ajax has the advantage on the offensive end.
The team only shot fifteen times in the whole game, which was lower than the first leg, but only four times shot directly from the goal, two of which came from Yang Yang. It can be seen that Manchester United did a very good job of restrictive defense against Ajax in this game.
However, the price paid was also quite painful. Manchester United only had nine shots in the game, and the number of shots on the goal was zero!
In the first leg of the game between the two sides, Manchester United threatened Onana's goal once, but at Cruyff Stadium, Manchester United did not even shoot one goal, and in terms of threatening attacks, they were also far inferior to Ajax, who was the home team.
In terms of number of passes, Ajax has 16 times, while Manchester United has only 6 times.
The score was ultimately zero to zero, but the data could reflect the performance of the two teams.
If we use one word to describe this game, then Ajax can be considered a draw, while Manchester United is a draw.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Yang Yang stood in the stadium, listening to the deafening sound coming from his ears, he felt unprecedented satisfaction, and couldn't help but smile excitedly.
Entering the quarterfinals!
Who would have thought that this team, who couldn't even make the Champions League group stage last season, had not been able to enter the knockout stage for more than ten years and had not entered the group stage for many years, actually made it to the quarterfinals.
What a difficult achievement in the Champions League, where the stronger and stronger, has been!
But after entering the quarterfinals, every game in the next game will be even more difficult, and every opponent will be stronger!
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"congratulations!"
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came over and shook hands with Yang Yang.
"Thank you!" Yang Yang held Solskjaer's outstretched hand vigorously.
The two stood side by side on the sidelines, watching the Ajax players celebrating on the court from a distance and Manchester United players who walked off the court as losers, their feelings were very different.
When Pogba was leaving, he came over to meet Yang Yang and greeted him politely.
Yang Yang gave him a hug and encouraged him to continue to work hard, believing that he could perform better.
The French midfielder's situation at Manchester United is indeed quite embarrassing, and the players' own problems are also quite serious.
Pogba's strength is unquestionable.
If Yang Yang wants to choose the most powerful midfielder in the world football world today, Pogba will definitely be in the top three, and the other two are likely to be De Bruyne and Tony Cross.
But Pogba's problem has never been in his strength, but in himself and the team.
Pogba has had problems since Manchester United signed Sanchez on an amazing contract.
He is the number one star Manchester United has high hopes for, but the team signed Sanchez with a richer contract in a blink of an eye, especially when Sanchez is still there, how can Pogba feel?
It is understandable that Pogba asked for a higher annual salary, but the problem is that some of his performances are indeed not professional enough.
Yang Yang did not intend to participate in it, he was just feeling sorry for Pogba.
There was news before that Real Madrid plans to sign Pogba. Yang Yang thinks this will be a very cost-effective deal, but Manchester United will definitely not be willing to let their own stars go easily. Besides, Real Madrid's situation this season is also not good.
When seeing Pogba off and looking at the back of the French midfielder, Yang Yang couldn't help but feel glad for himself.
Many times, whether professional players can reach the peak of their careers depends not only on themselves, but often there are various complex relationships, including club level, locker room interior, and external environments. Although the player's own personality is important, giving a stable environment is also indispensable.
This is why Yang Yang is grateful to Real Madrid and Florentino!
At least, in the golden years of his career, he came to Real Madrid and met Florentino.
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Yang Yang and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have no relationship, and they are not as close as they are in their age or career.
At most, they played a few games during their time at Liverpool, and that's all.
Therefore, the two did not communicate too much, but were just polite greetings.
After that, Solskjaer left.
He is not willing to stay in this stadium when his opponent celebrates the promotion.
Yang Yang looked at Solskjaer's back and secretly wished him good luck.
The record of unbeaten in twelve games, eleven wins and one draw looks more like a bubble, because Solskjaer has not solved the fundamental problem of Manchester United.
Now that Yang Yang has untied this layer of emperor's new clothes, it will undoubtedly allow more people, especially the Premier League head coaches, to see Manchester United's dilemma, which is quite unfavorable for Solskjaer.
His challenge at Manchester United has just begun!
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Yang Yang's prediction is not wrong at all.
After Ajax drew with Manchester United at home from zero to zero and eliminated his opponent from the Champions League, he returned to the Eredivisie. The team defeated Fortuna Sitade five to zero at home, Haaland made a pass and one shot, and both Mullen and Van der Beck scored twice.
But after returning to the Premier League, Manchester United lost 0-2 away to Arsenal.
This is Solskjaer's second loss since coaching Manchester United, with the first loss to Ajax at home.
After losing to Ajax, Manchester United followed closely with Liverpool at home, narrowly defeated Crystal Palace and Southampton, and now lost to Arsenal 0-2 away.
There is no doubt that Solskjaer's team is constantly exposing more problems.
What's even more terrible is that they will face Manchester City at home next. If they cannot win in the same city derby, Manchester United will suffer two consecutive losses. In addition, they are eliminated from the Champions League, and the successive blows will seriously shake Manchester United's morale.
In contrast, Manchester City successfully defeated Schalke Zero 4 with a total score of 10 to 2 in the Champions League quarterfinals, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. Especially in the second round, they defeated their opponents seven to zero at home, which was very refreshing.
Barcelona also performed bravely in the second round. With a 0-0 draw with their opponents away, they returned to their home court to beat their opponents five-to-one and advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals with a total score of 5-1.
Messi made two passes and two shots in this game and was elected the best player in the game.
Juventus encountered Atletico Madrid. After losing 0-2 away in the first leg, Allegri's team returned to home court and reversed Atletico Madrid three-to-zero with Cristiano Ronaldo's hat trick.
After this battle, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly became the darling of European football.
Messi's two passes and two shots, and Cristiano Ronaldo's hat tricks all show that the competition in the Champions League this season is gradually becoming more and more intense, and the two superstars have shown excellent competitive states.
It is obvious that they all hope to take advantage of Yang Yang's opportunity to "retire" from the Dutch Eredivisie to strive for the honor of being the number one in the world football world.
But the most surprising thing is Yang Yang.
No one expected that Ajax could actually make a way out of the many blockings between the Death Group and Manchester United. Yang Yang was not only Ajax's best performer, but also the player with the greatest contribution.
This also made many people feel very strange. No one expected that Yang Yang would return to the mainstream vision of European football in this way.
Chapter completed!