March 10 was destined to be difficult for England fans.

On the evening of the 9th, the Red Devils, who have always been the pioneers of the Premier League in Europe, drew 1-1 at home with Portuguese Premier League Porto.

The Portuguese Super League side, led by young coach Jose Mourinho, beat Manchester United 2-1 in the first leg, and the Red Devils even paid the price for captain Keane's red card, but after returning to Old Trafford, United's performance still did not improve.

Paul Scholes opened the scoring for United shortly after the start against Porto's solid defence, but in the final stoppage time, Porto stubbornly equalised and eventually left Old Trafford 1-1 and knocked the Reds out of the tournament 3-2 on aggregate.

The pain of the Red Devils' exit has not yet subsided, and the bad news has come again.

On the evening of the 10th, at Highbury Stadium in London, Ajax conceded a goal first, and in the 87th minute, Ibrahimovic assisted Van der Vaart to equalize, and finally ended with a score of 1-1.

In the end, the aggregate score was 4-3, and Ajax knocked out Arsenal in an upset.

For two days in a row, two Premier League giants were eliminated, which shocked the entire English football world.

Whether it is Ajax or Porto, the overall strength is below Arsenal and Manchester United, but these two teams from the Eredivisie and the Portuguese Super League won the game on the advantage of home and tried to keep the draw away from home.

Overnight, the entire British media and fans were fried.

Countless TV shows have been reflecting on the fiasco of the two giants, the introduction of the winter break in the Premier League has been put on the agenda again, and the cancellation of the League Cup to relieve pressure on the team has been noisy again, but these are already old arguments.

Two young coaches, Ronald Koeman and Jose Mourinho, have both been on the radar of the European mainstream media, and they can lead Ajax and Porto to the quarter-finals, especially Ronald Koeman, who has reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the second consecutive season.

In contrast to the mourning of the British media and fans, the Netherlands is full of jubilation.

In this season's Champions League, the performance of the Eredivisie teams is generally sluggish, and only Ajax has advanced to the knockout round, and now it has eliminated the giant Arsenal to advance to the quarterfinals, which has been greatly appreciated by the Dutch domestic media and fans.

What's even more exciting is Ibrahimovic's assist for Van der Vaart's goal, as well as the handshake between the two on the field, which is expected by countless Ajax fans, all of whom believe that the combination of the two will make Ajax stronger and more competitive.

In the light of the two leading stars of Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, the performance of No. 99 teenager Yang Yang also attracted a lot of attention, and the team's equaliser was planned by him and Trabelsi on the right side.

Gold medal substitute, this is the certification of Ajax fans to Yang Yang.

I don't know when it started, everyone realized that Yang Yang was changing the situation on the field almost every time he played, and he would bring unexpected surprises to the fans and the team in every game.

Everyone wonders, how much potential does he have to tap?

Head coach Ronald Koeman told The Dutch Telegraph after the game that he didn't know.

'He's always surprising, he's always surprising, no one knows how far he's going, but I personally believe he's constantly surprising us and he's becoming more and more important and a key player in the team.

In the first leg, Yang directed three goals to beat Arsenal at home, while in the second leg he came off the bench and planned the equaliser, plus the final game of the group stage against Club Brugge......

Who can dispute Ronald Koeman's words?

However, although Ajax eliminated Arsenal to reach 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 in the quarter-finals are Chelsea in the Premier League, AC Milan in Serie A, Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga, and Monaco and Lyon in Ligue 1.

With the exception of Bayern Munich and Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, six of Europe's seven major leagues have teams in the quarter-finals, a rare sight since the Champions League was restructured.

Since this year is also the year of the Champions League restructuring, UEFA will change the Champions League from the original two-round group stage to a single round of group stage and directly enter the round of 16 knockout round, which makes many people feel that the format of the round of 16 knockout has greatly increased the probability of upsets, which has contributed to the upset of this year's Champions League.

But in any case, it is all competitive teams that can reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Ajax, who has been out of Europe's top teams for many years, will be a tough battle no matter who they meet next.

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When the entire Dutch media was hyping Ajax's upset into the Champions League quarterfinals, hyping the harmony between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, 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 when he returned home, he began to train, mainly basic training, [Ronaldo's assault], [Beckham's cross], and his left foot, and other daily training, until after dawn, his special training was completed.

Sitting on the soft turf of the super training ground, which will never break, Yang Yang looked at the opposite goal in a daze.

"What are you thinking?" Lao Bing's faint voice sounded in his ears.

Yang Yang was still looking ahead, but a light smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I think about the time when Almere." ”

I don't know why, whenever he was so tired that he wanted to give up, he couldn't help but think of that time, when he was in the youth team, he was played like a monkey every day, was sneered at by the onlookers, and 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 is almost broken, he will keep asking himself, after all the painful experience has been overcome, what else can't he hold onto?

After hearing Yang Yang's answer, Lao Bing didn't speak.

The entire super training ground was empty, there was not a single sound, so quiet that it seemed that you could hear your own heartbeat.

After a long time, Lao Bing's voice slowly sounded in Yang Yang's ears again.

"You know, according to scientific research, human potential is limitless."

"What do you mean?"

"Some research institutions have shown that human behavior is controlled by the brain, and the brain is driven by human willpower, that is, as long as a person's willpower is strong enough, he can push the brain, command the body, and constantly exceed his own limits."

"Isn't that going to be Superman?" Yang Yang asked with a smile.

He felt that it was impossible, as if he was alone in a race, he might have cramps and keep getting up and running, but there would always be a moment when he collapsed and fell.

"You misunderstand what I mean, I don't mean in a race, or in a short time, but for a long time, just like in the Pele era, when a professional run of seven or eight kilometers was already considered an iron man, for people at that time, running ten kilometers in a race was simply unthinkable."

"But now, it's a lot to run 10 kilometres in a single race, but in the 2001 World Cup qualifiers, England vs. Greece, David Beckham ran 16.1 kilometres, setting a world record, and he surpassed the limits of his time."

"Maybe in 10 years, running 10 kilometres in a single race will be the norm, and then more and more people will emerge who can run 13 or 14 kilometres in a race, and maybe even someone who can beat David 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, directing their bodies, constantly pushing the limits, and making things that everyone thought impossible possible. ”

Yang Yang understood what Lao Bing meant, and he himself felt deeply.

It's like last night's game against Arsenal, he kept running, kept looking for opportunities, failed again and again, got up again and again, if he didn't use willpower to push himself and force himself to keep trying, then how could there be a final reversal?

"Thank you, old ice." Yang Yang stood up from the grass.

In fact, his body has never felt tired, but he is mentally tired.

But now, he wasn't tired anymore.

"Don't 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 was still very cold.

Yang Yang wore warm sportswear, opened the door and came out, did a complete set of warm-ups at the door of the house, and after warming up his body, he saw that the door of the opposite house was also opened.

The tall and burly Ibrahimovic was smiling and waving at him, and then he ran briskly.

"It's definitely boring for you to train alone, I'll accompany you."

As he spoke, he had snatched the ball from Yang Yang's feet and quickly ran forward with the ball.

Yang Yang froze in place, a little doubtful that he hadn't woken up yet?

This guy will run out early in the morning for morning exercises?

It's not like his style at all.

But when he looked ahead, the guy was waving at him in the distance, signaling him to hurry up.

"Oh my God, is the sun coming out of the west today?" Yang Yang looked at the sun that had not yet appeared, and was a little suspicious.

"Hey, the ball is over!"

Ibrahimovic woke Yang Yang up, raised his head just in time to see the ball flying over, and immediately instinctively raised his chest, pushed his head forward, and quickly chased after it.

"Here we go! You bastard, so hard, killing? ”

"Aren't I afraid you haven't woken up yet?"

"Even if I really didn't wake up, I was scared to wake up by you!"

"Haha, don't you think it's a surprise?"

"Surprise? Horror is right. ”

"Hey, did you treat your buddy like this who was kind enough to help you?"

"Shouldn't I owe you a favor?"

"That's what you know?"

"You can be a little more shameless."

"No way, what you said, I don't want this face!"

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