157 There is an aura called deception
The Dutch Cup semi-finals will be played in mid-March.
Ajax's opponents in the semi-finals were FC Twente, who kept Ajax's youth team out of the last eight, and if possible, they could play their own youth team in the semi-finals.
Sikora's brace was praised after the game, and the media also called on Ajax to go all out to keep Sikora, even if it was to position him as a substitute.
Qin Xiong was praised as: a player who changed the game.
He used a fancy pass past Park Ji-sung in the game, sent a deadly through stopper, and the second goal was edited into clips by the Dutch sports TV to broadcast repeatedly.
After the Dutch Cup, Ajax returned to Amsterdam for a short break in anticipation of PSV Eindhoven's arrival.
The local Dutch football media have also turned their attention to the upcoming Eredivisie tie at the weekend.
The Dutch national derby is here again.
PSV Eindhoven, the defending champions of the league, are the underdogs.
In the first 19 rounds, PSV Eindhoven has a record of 14 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, accumulating 45 points.
Ajax has a terrifying record of 17 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, accumulating 52 points.
Ajax are 7 points ahead of PSV Eindhoven!
Although after 20 rounds, there are still 14 league games.
However, if PSV Eindhoven cannot close the gap with Ajax if they meet for the second time in the league, I am afraid that no one believes that the rapid momentum of Ajax will be reversed.
Before the game, Koeman gave the team a battle order: this will be the most challenging game before Ajax faces Arsenal!
Must win!
After this league game, there are two more league games, and Ajax will be on the stage of the Champions League round of 16, and those two league opponents are not strong.
In terms of fixtures, Ajax has been more comfortable with it.
One by one, it will not be tightened all the time.
So in this league, we will do our best to suppress our mortal rivals!
In the dressing room, the Ajax players also reached a consensus.
They are looking to build a desperate advantage in the league for PSV PSV Eindhoven!
This way, they can be more focused on the Champions League.
At the weekend, the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium was packed and tickets were hard to come by, and Ajax fans flocked to the stadium, all of whom understood the significance of the game.
A win for PSV Eindhoven would raise the suspense of the league title as it would dampen Ajax's morale.
But what if Ajax wins?
I am afraid that PSV Eindhoven will no longer have the form and morale to follow in the footsteps of Ajax.
Amid the enthusiastic cheers of the home fans, Ajax and PSV Eindhoven starters lined up for the pitch.
Compared to the "small fight" in the Dutch Cup a few days ago, this game is obviously different at the level.
Both teams were at their best, with almost all of the country's most high-profile stars on the stage.
Ajax are confident, arrogant, and even somewhat dismissive of their opponents.
PSV Eindhoven is depressed, introverted, and has a tenacity and a disgraceful persistence.
They could not help but be hostile to Ajax.
League rivals are the background.
Attention is also a major factor.
The Netherlands is not a place for the talents, and if they want to leave, they need to be watched by the world outside of the Netherlands, the heartland of European football.
While the Dutch media reported less and less about Robben, sneering at Kezman for only scoring goals on underdogs, Ajax's talents made headlines in football news almost every week, with TV stations willing to broadcast their personal highlights, news writers raving about Amsterdam's talents playing "art football", and even the thrilling Champions League group stage promotion can be portrayed as an epic.
This kind of attention is the main channel for arousing the interest of the outside world.
PSV Eindhoven's talents are also competing with Ajax for such attention.
Is it possible to share?
Hard.
Because there is only one league champion.
Which is strong and which is weak, the performance is the assessment standard.
When PSV PSV Eindhoven lost to Ajax at the Philips Stadium, who could say Robben was the best man?
Who has the confidence to compare Kezman with Ibrahimovic?
Who would dare to throw out the best Qin Xiong in the game, and still need to adapt to Dutch football?
The victors do not need to boast, and the free countless people rushed to sing hymns.
It is with this desire to prove that he is stronger than his opponent, and at the same time to plunder back that much-publicized glory.
When the players of PSV Eindhoven and Ajax stood in formation in the stadium, quite a confrontation between the two armies, Robben stood at the kick-off point in the center circle, Kezman was beside him, and the two moved the same as the other PSV Eindhoven players, looking at the Ajax half with a majestic expression, scanning the Ajax team.
Robben withdrew his gaze and gritted his teeth secretly.
Today, here, blow you up!
"The first Dutch national derby of 2004 will kick off at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium, and defending champions PSV Eindhoven, who are seven points behind leaders Ajax, are in desperate need of a win to close the gap on their opponents.
Ajax started 433.
Goalkeeper: Lobonte.
Defenders: Grigra, Heitinga, Escude, Maxwell.
Midfielders: Galasek, Qin Xiong, Pinal.
Forwards: Van der Vaart, Ibrahimovic, Sneijder.
PSV Eindhoven starting 433.
Goalkeeper: Wattles.
Defenders: Oyer, Hovland, Bouma, Lee Young-pyo.
Midfielders: Vogel, Van Bommel, Park Ji-sung.
Forwards: Romerdal, Kezman, Robben. ”
At the start of the game, PSV Eindhoven launched an attack from the right flank, and it seemed that PSV Eindhoven had no reservations.
Maxwell calmly drove Romerdal into a dead end, and combined with Galasek to help the defense, successfully stopping the opponent's attack.
Ajax immediately instigated a counter-attack, and Galasek crossed the ball to Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong still has the effect of opposing offense and defense with Park Ji-sung.
Park Ji-sung has been studying the game video of Qin Xiong's football for the past three days, and wants to analyze Qin Xiong's playing habits.
But, he found, it was too hard!
Qin Xiong's thinking about playing football has changed very much, he is not like Robben, who eats all over the world with one move, even if the opponent can't prevent it, he can indeed predict it correctly.
But Qin Xiong's style of playing football is extremely weird!
Erratic.
As soon as he opened, Park Ji-sung was once again powerless.
He expected that Qin Xiong would handle the ball in various ways, but he didn't expect that in the dangerous area of the backcourt, Qin Xiong would dare to leak the ball!
Why is he so confident?
Is it really born with long eyes in the back of the head?
Can you see the situation in all directions?
The ball that Qin Xiong missed rolled to the right side, Robben didn't scramble, and Grigra started earlier than him and received the pass better.
Grigra crosses straight ahead to Van der Vaart.
The Dutch golden boy crossed from a distance to the left winger Sneijder, Sneijder did not run, received the ball on the spot, and when Oyer pounced, he did the opposite, took the ball back two steps, and then also shifted widely, back to the triangle, the middle of the field.
Ajax's three passes and two downs and a long-distance and large-scale pass, suddenly made the pace of the game very fast, and, it can be seen, they are extremely confident on the field, this confidence is not blind, it is to believe that they can do it, in actual action, and it has indeed been done!
Sneijder's long-distance pass back to the midfield looked like it would be picked up by Qin Xiong, who rushed forward.
And by Qin Xiong's side, Park Ji-sung is with him.
It is impossible for Park Ji-sung to touch the ball, it is possible for Qin Xiong, and all of Park Ji-sung's attention is on Qin Xiong.
When the two ran side by side towards the PSV Eindhoven half, Qin Xiong suddenly slowed down, and his action immediately alerted Park Ji-sung.
He's going to touch the ball!
What will you choose?
The next scene made Park Ji-sung almost collapse!
The football, a meter in front of Qin Xiong, rolled over
Another leak!
Qin Xiong didn't even squint his eyes, his expression was calm, he just slowed down, and after the football rolled in front of him, he accelerated and rushed forward.
Park Ji-sung was distracted by the direction of the ball's roll, and he saw that the ball that was missed by Qin Xiong for the second time still rolled to the side and went to the front of Grigra.
Qin Xiong opened the distance from him and rushed forward, after Park Ji-sung's short attention was distracted, he was eager to catch up with Qin Xiong in his heart, but between slow and fast, his body's center of gravity was not maintained well, and he slipped and fell to the ground!
The Ajax fans in the stands were excited and cheered for Qin Xiong.
From the beginning, Qin Xiong, who had never touched a football once, missed the ball twice, and confused the opponent into confusion! R1152