In fact, Ibrahimovic's good mood did not last long.

On the Saturday after playing the third round of Champions League qualifying, Ajax ushered in the first round of the new Eredivisie season against Vitesse, who narrowly avoided relegation last season.

Ajax are playing away, with Yang Yang and Vermaelen both hiding at home watching live TV.

The visitors' first half was still poor, with Vitesse defender Frankl setting up striker Amoah for a goal just 13 minutes into the game, and then Ajax were unable to break the deadlock until 10 minutes later with an own goal from Frankl.

Ibrahimovic was replaced by Viktor Scola after just one hour of play, and Koeman made a series of substitutions before finally scoring a goal in the 87th minute through Sneijder to keep Ajax out of the way.

Having saved Ajax in two consecutive games, Sneijder has become a veritable savior for the team since the start of the season, beating top star Van der Vaart and centre-forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The first round of the new season is often more difficult to play, Ajax can win away and get valuable three points, it can be said that it is not easy, PSV Eindhoven drew 2-2 with Roda JC away, and Feyenoord at home also narrowly missed Nijmegen 2-1, which is not easy.

After returning to Amsterdam from the away, Ibrahimovic was in a noticeably worse mood, and it is said that he was beaten hard by manager Coman and technical director Louis van Gaal, which made him breathless.

In the second leg of the home game against AK Graz in midweek, Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring and scored his first Champions League goal of the season with a cross from the left from his good friend Maxwell on the edge of the opening fifteen minutes.

But the good times were short-lived, and just before the end of the first half, Ajax made a mistake at the back and were seized by the opponents to equalise.

After that, Ajax couldn't attack for a long time, and the score remained 1-1 until the end, and the two sides went into extra time.

Eventually, in the 104th minute, Graz's AK defender Emman made a mistake, and the veteran Galasek seized the opportunity and calmly scored the winning goal to help Ajax advance to the group stage with a thrilling aggregate score of 3-2.

The aftermath of the catastrophe was a huge relief to everyone on the team, but the accusations from the media soon left Detokmost's skies cloudy again.

After three competitive matches in the new season, Ajax played very badly, not only did the attack that the team relied on last season fail to threaten, but even the already solid defense was frequented by frequent problems.

Three games, two wins and one draw, scoring five goals and conceding three, this report card looks passable, but one of these five goals is an own goal, one is sent by the opponent on his own initiative, and two unexpected goals help Ajax get three points in the league and successfully qualify for the group stage in the Champions League.

It can be said that without these two unexpected surprises, Ajax would have suffered a catastrophe.

What is even more unacceptable is that they have conceded three goals in three games, an average of one goal per game, and they are not facing strong teams, so it is difficult for people to relax in such a defense.

Everyone knows that without a solid defense, the team's results will not be stable, how to compete with Hiddink's PSV Eindhoven?

Speaking to the media after the game, Koeman said he was pleased with Ajax's start to the game, and that the team's problems were not expected because the team lost Van der Meyde and Zivu in the summer of this year, and it took time to restructure both the attacking combination and the defensive line.

But Koeman also warned his players in the end, hoping that everyone should get into the rhythm of the new season as soon as possible and give their best form, no matter who is not in his starting line-up.

The stern warning from Koeman was undoubtedly a wake-up call for the first team.

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Influenced by the results of the first team and the outside media, the atmosphere of the Ajax second team's afternoon training session was a little tense.

Tomorrow we will go away to Ethel Merzos, everyone is feeling the pressure of the first game of the new season, coupled with the unsatisfactory results of the first team, the outside media is full of discussions, and the players are not easy.

The same can be said of manager Van Basten, who stood on the sidelines.

He didn't speak for the whole training session, just stood on the sidelines and watched silently.

The team's eighteen-man squad has been drawn up, and it has been posted in the locker room at noon, and it is clear to everyone who is in and who is not, some are happy and some are disappointed, that's for sure.

There are more than 20 people in the whole team, but only 18 can make the game list, Van Basten can only choose from them, and even he has to choose 11 starting lineups out of these 18 people, which is undoubtedly even more cruel.

But this is only the second team, and they are only facing an amateur team in the first knockout round of the Dutch Cup.

If you can't even adapt to this, how can you deal with the mountain of pressure in the first team?

Under pressure, the players' training is a true reflection of their psychology, and Van Basten and his assistants have all seen it, and he also uses this to assess a player's trustworthiness.

"Make a decision?" Rob Witzger came to his side.

He was Van Basten's buddy and the two grew up together in the Ajax Academy, playing side by side and forming a strong friendship, even after Rob Witzger played for their arch-rivals Feyenoord for a long time.

"The game was played in the afternoon, but he still had classes at school in the morning, so I thought it would be better for him to play as a substitute."

As he spoke, Van Basten set his eyes on Yang Yang in the training ground.

In less than two weeks, Yang Yang has been fully integrated into the team's training, he always meticulously implements the arrangements of the coaching staff, never slacks in training, and he is also one of the very few players who take the initiative to stay and practice by himself after the training session.

Although talent is valuable, it is not rare in the huge world football, and hard work is the most precious.

Besides, who can accurately judge a person's talent?

"This kid is really a good seedling, as long as he can continue with the current momentum, he will definitely be able to contribute to the first team in time." Rob Witzger affirmed.

After speaking, he looked at Van Basten, who had a hard time making a choice, "Why don't I go and tell him?" ”

Van Basten shook his head stubbornly, "No, I said it myself. ”

As a professional footballer, he believes that no matter what choice he makes about the starting line-up, he should take this responsibility and personally communicate it to the players, and even explain his intentions.

He once encountered the head coach who was simple, direct and rude, and pushed the announcement of the starting list to his assistant, which made him feel very inappropriate, so he decided to say it personally, not only Yang Yang, but also other players who were not selected.

At the very least, he wants them to understand why they can't get into the starting line-up and what they should do when they come off the bench.

Rob Witzger nodded, he understood that this was the first game of the new season for Ajax II, and why not the first game of Van Basten's managerial career?

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As usual, after the training session every afternoon, Yang Yang and Vermaelen would take the initiative to stay and practice.

Yang Yang started with the most basic parts of the ball, and later practiced volley passing and receiving with Vermaelen, and then it was routine cross training and one-on-one attack and defense.

[Ronaldo's assault] can be said to be Yang Yang's housekeeping skills, especially after mastering the pendulum pass, he began to practice other actions such as continuous change of direction and pulling the ball, which made Vermaelen very difficult to defend in one-on-one situations, and the success rate of defense is also declining.

All of this is proof of Yang Yang's progress.

But the Belgian central defender is not a fuel-efficient lamp, in the continuous practice, his defensive level is also improving rapidly, knowing that the frontal defense can not stop Yang Yang, he began to use other defensive methods, there is always a way to make Yang Yang uncomfortable.

The two disgusted each other like this, urging each other to progress.

With the perseverance of training every day, he began to have more experience and experience [Beckham's cross], which is difficult to describe in words, but now he is clearly more sure of the cross.

And the quality of his crosses is proving to be more and more reliable.

After a cross was deflected by Vermaelen, Yang Yang was about to taunt his teammates, but suddenly heard Van Basten's voice from the sidelines.

"Here, send me a few to try."

Seeing Van Basten in a training uniform rushing into the training ground, Yang Yang was polite, laughed and first kicked out a long pass-style cross, sent the ball into the big penalty area, and saw Van Basten's sense of smell very sensitive in front of the goal to push into the net, and then passed a curved cross, allowing the Dutch legend to hit the top.

Seeing Van Basten go down in person, Vermaelen and Yang Yang were also interested, the Belgian central defender was responsible for passing the ball to Yang Yang, and he was responsible for the cross, while Van Basten was responsible for grabbing points and headers in the penalty area.

In the process, Van Basten kept pointing Yang Yang's every cross.

Although he is a center forward, Van Basten's footwork is quite exquisite, and he has also put forward a lot of opinions on Yang Yang's cross footwork, but the most important thing is that he analyzes Yang Yang's cross from the perspective of a center forward, from the landing point to the arc to the strength, he can always directly hit the point, which makes Yang Yang's eyes shine and is quite rewarding.

Because of Van Basten's cameo, Yang Yang's training was extended until nightfall, so he reluctantly gave up.

When Yang Yang came to Ajax, what he wanted most was to get the guidance of his idol Van Basten, and the harvest was very rich, even Fermaelen on the side also gained a lot.

After finishing the training, he was sweating profusely, but Van Basten was in a good mood and said that he would definitely accompany Yang Yang to practice again if he had time in the future, which made Yang Yang and Vermaelen very happy.

As for his failure to start tomorrow afternoon and can only be substituted, Yang Yang did not hesitate to express his support for Van Basten's decision.

In any case, he is a newcomer, and he started before he made an inch, which is really not appropriate.

On the contrary, Demur is a youth training team, and he entered the first-team training camp this summer, so he really deserves to be a starter.

But Van Basten also promised that regardless of the outcome of the match, at least 30 minutes will be given to Yang Yang to show himself.

It's clear that this bout will be his first test between Yang Yang and Demur.