Super Storm

In the seven rounds of the Dutch League, Eindhoven and Feyenoord tied for the top with 19 points, ranking first two respectively.

Utrecht was close behind by four points, followed by Alkmaar with twelve points and Waiters with eleven points.

Then there are six teams with ten points, Valvik, Nijmegen, Roda Jc, Heerenveen, William II and Breda.

Ajax only scored nine points, just in the twelfth place.

The UEFA Champions League group stage lost two games in a row, and the Netherlands scored only nine points in seven rounds. Such a transcript is indeed very bleak.

Not only the media in the Netherlands is turbulent, but even the fans of Ajax are in full glory, thinking that Ronald Coman has lost his aggressiveness in the new season, otherwise the team will not play like this.

But Van Gaal obviously doesn't think so.

"Part of the team's sluggish performance is, of course, its own problem. It has taken five core players in a row. It is difficult for newly introduced players to immediately display their competitiveness. It is only natural for the team to weaken its competitiveness."

At this point, Van Gaal remarked, "But at the same time, we should also see that in the schedule, it is indeed unfavorable to Ajax."

"It goes without saying that Helenfen has always been the host of Ajax. It's not unacceptable to lose Feyenoord 2-3 on the road. As for playing Alkmaar on the road ..."

Although Van Gaal did not say, everyone knows that Alkmaar is not a weak traveler.

Under the tutelage of Co Adrian, Alkmaar is a Dutch team with great strength. After Van Gaal took over, he adjusted the team to a certain extent, which naturally caused some turmoil, so it would be Zero to five defeat to Eindhoven.

Of course, another very important reason is that PSV is indeed too strong.

"In these few games, it was really unreasonable to lose points, that is, the second half against the Hague, but at that time it was somewhat affected by the national team game. Although it was disappointing, there was nothing unacceptable."

Van Gaal analyzed here, the situation is already clearer.

Ajax is definitely problematic in the new season, but the problem is definitely not as big as that seen in the standings.

"The two-game losing streak in the Champions League can only be said to be a matter of drawing. Although Ajax are defending champions, they were placed in the third gear and were drawn to Juventus and Bayern Munich. Where is there a way? And the first two games were In the face of these two giants, it is normal to lose 0 to 1 at home to Juventus, and to lose to Bayern Munich 4 to 4 on the road will be a bit collapsed. "

Listening to Van Gaal's whisper, Ronald Coman nodded, "mainly because the players are under too much pressure, Ma Kai scored goals one after another, and we are eager to attack, making the already weak back line more vulnerable. "

"I also watched that game. Ma Kai's condition was indeed very good. The hat trick added an assist, but the most important thing was that the problem of defensive high center was fully exposed."

Roy Mackay is 1.8 meters tall and is a typical Dutch high center with excellent scoring ability.

Ajax has always been a central defender with a strong ability to reuse the ball. This season's Heitinga and Fermalen are of this type. Vlar is slightly younger, and he was unable to prevent that game. You can live with Ma Kai.

"This is the price of youth." Van Gaal sighed.

Ronald Coman also felt very helpless, the team played like this, in any case, his coach has an inescapable responsibility, the media and fans accused him of course.

"I regret now that Yang Yang shouldn't be allowed to go back to the Asian Youth Championship." Ronald Coman sighed, "The kind of competition for him, there is no exercise value, as long as I insist then, let the club and China The Football Association will definitely be able to stay him. "

After a pause, Ronald Coman shook his head and regretted: "But I thought at the time, the team started well and it should be manageable, but I didn't expect ..."

Some players will not feel the importance of him when he is in it. Only when he is gone, you will find that he really cannot be separated from him.

Van Gaal nodded slightly, "In a team, the importance of some players is clearly visible, and some players are relatively low-key, diligent and diligent, it seems that they can be replaced, but when you really lose him At that time, you will find that he is actually the most irreplaceable one. "

Yang Yang's statistics for the first three rounds were not bad, but the team was stumbling at the time, which made his role not fully recognized. But now, without Yang Yang, all talents suddenly found out that the gap was so big.

With Yang Yang, Ajax scored seven points in the first three rounds, comparable to Eindhoven and Feyenoord.

But Yang Yang was lost. Ajax only scored two points in the subsequent four rounds, while Eindhoven and Feyenoord had four consecutive victories, and one of them was Feyenoord at home. A powerful dialogue to defeat Ajax.

Van Gaal sighed softly, "Come on, now the most important thing is decompression. The two-week national team game can be said to be a life-saving for you. You can temporarily relax and reinvigorate."

Two weeks later, Yang Yang should also return to the team.

It's also interesting to say that the four dark horse teams that reached the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League last season did not perform well this season.

The best is Monaco, which ranks third in the Ligue 1 league, only two points behind Lille and Lyon.

This is related to the relatively complete lineup of Deschamps' team.

Porto of the Portuguese Super League is also third in the league, but four points behind Benfica, which is quite unsatisfactory for Porto, who has always regarded the Portuguese Super Champion as a bag, and the competitive pressure of the Portuguese Super League is better A is smaller.

La Coruna in La Liga is not much better than Ajax. After six rounds of playing, Super Laco is only ranked 11th and only scored eight points. Such a transcript is comparable to Ajak. Sri Lanka's situation in Dutch Armour.

Moreover, unlike Ajax ’s loss of five core players, Super Laco has no core players to lose this summer. Instead, it has introduced multiple players. Irueta ’s coaching has also begun to be questioned.

Last season's Champions League, Ajax was the most popular, and the player was the most severely lost. So far this season, the results are the worst. This is somewhat of a gun shot.

"The most important thing now is to stabilize the team's lineup and framework as soon as possible and re-establish the backbone." Van Gaal suggested.

Does Ronald Coman know?

The core of the team is not who the coach says it is. This aspect depends on the player's strength and performance on the field. On the other hand, it also depends on his popularity and status in the locker room.

It ’s like the captain of the team. If no one listens to you, the captain ’s armband is for you, the commander of the shell.

Now Ajax is indeed in an embarrassing stage of the replacement of the old and the new. Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart left the team, but the new team core has not been established.

Heitinga is the team's back defender, but it is too frivolous and not stable enough; De Jong is needless to say, bravery is very brave, but it is not the material to play the core; Sneijder is very suitable, excellent ball skills, personal ability Not to mention, it is Ajax's youth training, such a player is naturally the embryo of the team leader.

However, Sneijder's character is too low-key and dull, and he is not the kind of very hardworking, full of hunger and aggressiveness. Such players will not make trouble to leave the team, but it is also difficult to lead the team. .

Pinal's style is weak, Wesley Song has always had a good and bad performance, Maxwell can be considered, but he is a good guy, he has never seen who offended him, and is also similar to Sneijder, not brave enough .

Ronald Coleman also considered a lot, and finally gave the captain's armband to Garasek, who was often unable to play.

Counting, the old and the young in the team, Galasek is the most suitable candidate, but the veteran is also gradually at a disadvantage in the competition with De Jong, and his future appearances will only be less and less .

The coaching staff has not considered Yang Yang. After all, he has performed very well in the first three rounds and the European Super Cup. Although he is usually low-key, he is diligent and hardworking. He is a kind of player who has few words but infects people with actual actions. .

But Yang Yang was n’t Ajax ’s youth training heirs. He only came to the team for a year and only half a year into the first team. The performance really did n’t have to say, but the problem is that he did n’t turn 18 until the end of October. Can you control the dressing room with a resume like your age?

Does Van Gaal know the difficulty of Ronald Coman at this moment?

But as Ajax's head coach, he has to take on this difficulty and solve it.

It is difficult for any team without soul and leader to turn over in a difficult situation.

This is true for one game and one season.

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When the news of Ajax's zero-to-zero draw by Alkmaar was returned to China, the national team coach Arihan also returned to Beijing and came to the headquarters of the Football Association.

Downstairs, facing the media reporters who had been waiting here, Alihan made no secret of the conflict between him and the Chinese coaching staff.

"I know that many people feel that I should respect the opinions of the Chinese coaching staff, but the question is, if we disagree with each other, who should we listen to?"

"I am the head coach of the national team. If I listen to them, why didn't the Football Association invite them to be the coach?"

Alihan also said that these are just differences in business and philosophy, and are not as bad and conspiracy theory as the outside world has heard. The coaching staff still communicate with each other. He criticized some media for exaggerating the facts.

"Before the key game of the Asian Cup, your so-called authoritative media concocted seven national football players who went out for a tooth festival, which caused false news of collective diarrhea and incited fan sentiment. This seriously affected the team's internal unity and preparations. Believe everything you reported, you said he said it, but I do n’t believe it unless I hear it with my own ears. "

For the upcoming game in Kuwait, Alihan said the team is determined to win.

"At least an away game is needed to ensure that we advance in advance, so I only came here today."

When Alihan spoke here, he was very solemn and said, "We need Yang Yang!"