Thanks to "Y Depp," "Samsara 9999," and "Liang Xuehan" for their tips!
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Because the Ajax First Team's game had already ended, and the reserve team's game was on Sunday afternoon, many idle Ajax fans in Amsterdam came here to watch the reserve team's game to pass the time.
In the stands, in addition to the three to four thousand fans, there were also scouts from all over the place. Most of them were from Dutch domestic clubs, hoping to see if there were any good players who could not make a name for themselves in Ajax. There were also some scouts from second-tier leagues in Europe, but there were not many. First-tier European clubs basically did not send scouts here. It was not that they were not interested in Ajax, but even if there were scouts, they would follow and observe Ajax's First Team. In modern times, it was no exaggeration to say that the Ajax First Team was the "talent pool" of Europe's top leagues.
In the stands, there were also several European observers from China's football media. They eagerly followed and observed Qin Xiong's performance, hoping that Qin Xiong could ascend to the Ajax First Team as soon as possible, because it would inevitably have a positive impact on the domestic football scene.
Comain's arrival to watch the game did not alarm his colleagues in the reserve team. He sat in a remote corner of the stands, but he could observe the overall situation of the field. Comain also wanted to see if the Chinese player, Qin Xiong, was the player who could have a huge impact on the Ajax First Team this season, as Louis Van Gaal said!
Qin Xiong and his teammates lined up to enter the field. There was no kick-off ceremony, and they all stood in their positions after entering the field.
When they just entered the field, Lindgren, who was his midfield partner, suddenly said, "There are a lot of spectators today."
Qin Xiong looked around the stands. The field was not big, and could only be considered average. The capacity was about 5,000. Because of this, three to four thousand spectators were basically full.
He did not know how many spectators there were for the reserve team's home games in the past, and only thought that it was normal. But Lindgren's exclamation clearly meant that the number of spectators today had increased.
Because the First Team's game ended yesterday.
Today their opponent was Ostop's reserve team.
Even if they were a reserve team, their overall strength was very weak.
On the side of Ajax's reserve team, the starting lineup was the unchanged 4-3-3 formation.
Goalkeeper: Zwinkles.
Defenders: Jatim, Mourinho, Walker, Rustenberg.
Midfield: Maduro, Qin Xiong, Lindgren.
Forwards: Driedle, Warmbert, Esayas.
If it was said that the youth team still had the childish mentality of teenagers who had yet to shed their childishness, then in the reserve team, the players were mature, had a proper mentality, and most of their thinking was positive.
Everyone wanted to impress their coach with their good performance instead of going down the wrong path. Their outlook on competition, their ability to resist pressure, and their values were mostly mainstream.
Therefore, they were even more united!
When the match was about to begin, Lindgren suddenly shouted at Qin Xiong, "Hey, Qin Xiong, let's go all out today!"
Qin Xiong raised the corner of his mouth, and a confident smile appeared on his face.
Go all out!
Charge towards the First Team!
Charge towards the real stage!
We are young, and this is our era. We should charge higher and reach the pinnacle of ourselves!
Time waits for no man. Looking at the five major leagues, how many 18-year-old players had stepped onto the stage and started to show themselves? How many young geniuses were accumulating and waiting to amaze the world?
How could they still stay in the reserve team?
When the match started, Qin Xiong, Lindgren, and Maduro performed a triangle pass after the first touch of the ball. He wanted to observe the overall performance of Ostop's reserve team first.
Ostop was very weak, and it was an away game, so it was normal for their overall posture to be conservative.
Qin Xiong shook off the opponent's striker's interception in a forward breakthrough and stopped in front of the opponent's midfielder for a while. He was not in a hurry to move forward. He wanted to see how the opponent's intercepting ability was.
He stopped abruptly, accelerated horizontally to the left to pull the ball, and then used the outside of his foot to pull the ball back to the right. The opponent's rhythm was obviously pulled apart by Qin Xiong's continuous ball control. They could not keep up with Qin Xiong's changes, which made Qin Xiong feel more confident.
Instead, he did not continue to stick to the ball. He passed the ball to Lindgren and ran forward. Lindgren was not good at breaking through and dribbling. In fact, in this midfield configuration, Qin Xiong's positioning of himself had changed.
In the youth team, Sha Balala's role in breaking through was obvious. It came from his strong body, terrifying speed, and superb dribbling skills. However, Lindgren was the opposite of Sha Balala. He was good at passing the ball, and he was quite creative and insightful.
Therefore, Qin Xiong wanted to reduce his role in the organization. If he deliberately controlled the ball and organized the attack, then the acceleration point for the midfield to break forward would not exist.
Now, he handed the responsibility of the organization to Lindgren, and let him run forward to break through!
Lindgren controlled the ball for two seconds. After Qin Xiong ran forward to create an obvious gap, Lindgren accurately passed to the front of Qin Xiong.
His pass was just right. Qin Xiong did not need to slow down. He could continue to move forward to receive the ball, and there was enough space to deal with it.
Ostop's midfield surrounded Qin Xiong before he received the ball. It looked like Qin Xiong would fall into a dead end. If he was not decisive enough to deal with the ball, that is, if he controlled the ball for one or two more seconds, then he would inevitably be surrounded.
However, a scene that made all the spectators' eyes light up appeared.
Qin Xiong flicked the ball horizontally after he stopped the ball. He swayed to a certain angle and immediately sent a straight pass out without hesitation. The football passed through the middle of the opponent's two defensive midfielders and rolled diagonally into the penalty area. It broke through the defense line of the opponent's left center back and left full back!
Drieder cut into the penalty area from the flank and could already shoot!
However, he probably wanted to be more secure, so when the center back rushed to defend, he turned the ball back and swayed the opponent to make the shooting angle wider before he shot. However, his shot was wide!
In the reserve team league game, the cooperative nature of team fighting had begun to fully manifest. Even if Ostop was weak, they would use the right tactics to make up for the difference in strength. The first thing was to reduce the space in the danger zone. Although Qin Xiong's one-on-one ability was good, he could not overturn the whole game in one go. Because the breakthrough and connecting technical movements required space.
The effect of the opponent's joint defense was reflected in that Qin Xiong might have just broken through an opponent's player. When he needed to connect technical movements to carry out the next movement, there would be two opponents in front of him blocking his forward path. Moreover, it was extremely difficult to maintain one's own body balance while ensuring that the speed was not reduced.
At this time, Louis Van Gaal's advice to him began to play a role.
Two minutes later, he did not directly charge into the opponent's defensive zone. Instead, he ran diagonally from the midfield to the front of the penalty area to attack. The predictability of a frontal charge was too strong. Qin Xiong suddenly ran diagonally from the left side of the midfield to the right side of the penalty area, disrupting the opponent's defensive rhythm.
Qin Xiong did not need to inform Lindgren. Lindgren's teammate was clear-headed. He immediately sent the ball to Qin Xiong's position.
It looked like Qin Xiong was the closest to Drieder. His ability to control the ball was also vividly displayed at the start of the game. Ostop's players swarmed over to strengthen the defense on this side. However, Qin Xiong suddenly passed the ball with his right foot from the top corner of the penalty area to the back of the left side of the penalty area!
The ball was passed diagonally over the top!
Ostop's players suddenly turned their heads to look to the other side. They saw the left winger, Esayas, rushing to the back of the goal. He was facing an almost empty goal because the goalkeeper had previously blocked Qin Xiong's control of the ball from the other side of the goal near the other side of the goal!
Esayas did not waste Qin Xiong's efforts this time. After he rushed over, he took a precise step, raised his left leg, and used the arch of his foot to shoot the ball into the goal!
Wow!
There were shouts of surprise from the stands. The spectating fans applauded and discussed the goal.
"Who's that Asian player?"
"Yeah, he plays really well. He's confident in his control of the ball. He doesn't drag his feet. He's decisive in handling the ball. His technical movements are also very smooth, especially his awareness of passing the ball. He sees the big picture. I thought that the ball he passed to Drieder was just luck. But after seeing this pass, it must be his ability."
"He seems to be a new signing from the club. I've never seen him before."
"Well, have you heard about the youth team's game? They scored 30 goals in two games. That's him. He scored more than 10 goals and had more than 15 assists. All 30 goals are basically his credit! "
"He's so strong? No wonder. Look at Ostop's players. They're all dumbfounded. They can't defend against him at all. "
"Which country is he from? Does he have Dutch citizenship? "
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