"Zur and I made it very clear that whether he starts or not depends on his own arrangements."
In the office of the future training base, Van Basten crossed his arms and looked at the young man on the training ground through the window.
"Then it depends on his own choice. Zahavi, this old fox, is really a headache!"
Chairman Yuri Coronel, who was sitting in the seat, said, reaching out and rubbing his temples.
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On August 30, Ajax visited Almelo and faced Hercules, who are currently ranked eighth.
Both Xiao Yu and Eriksson were added to the squad by Martin Jol.
Before the game started, various media reports had been released.
"Analysis | Eredivisie: Hercules is about to kill!" "
"Hercules: We are not Sparta Rotterdam!"
"Ajax coach Martin Jol: We will take all three points in Almelo!"
"Hercules head coach Verbeck: We cannot choose to defend against Ajax, we will go all out!"
The start time of this game is 4:30 in the afternoon. Although it is already the end of August, Almelo is an inland city and the temperature is still over 30 degrees Celsius, which is also a great test for the physical strength of the players.
The Portman Stadium, the home stadium of Heracles, is a small stadium. Today, Ajax visited the Portman Stadium, and the 8,500 seats were full.
The Hercules team, playing at home, wears black and white striped shirts.
Head coach Verbeck has arranged a 3-5-2 formation. It seems to be the same as the harsh words he said before the game, to attack Ajax with full firepower. However, this may not be a very good one. s Choice.
Home team starting lineup:
No. 1 goalkeeper, 38-year-old German veteran Pickenhagen
Three central defenders
No. 3, 29-year-old Belgian defender Birger Martens
No. 4, the 1.92 meter Dutch central defender, Van der Linden, is also 33 years old this year.
No. 5, the 28-year-old Dutch center back Mark Roos, who is also 1.92 meters tall.
midfield five
Tim Brocks born on the 22nd in 1987
No. 8, Jane Fredruth
No. 17, Ghana midfielder Kwame Kunsaha
No. 19, Juha Hakola from Finland and No. 23 Willy Overton
double striker
No. 11 Brazilian forward Everton da Silva partners with No. 12 20-year-old Dutch high school forward Bas Dost, who is 1.96 meters tall.
The average age of Hercules' entire starting lineup has reached 28.36 years old. With two young players in their early 20s, it has to be said that the entire lineup is indeed somewhat aging.
We don't know where Felbeck got the courage to play against Ajax.
Ajax played away from home, wearing red and white uniforms. Head coach Martin Jol arranged a 3-3-4 lineup, directly putting on four forwards, seemingly in response to Verbeck's opposition. Gong shouted - If you want to fight, I will fight!
Starting players:
No. 1 Dutch national goalkeeper Stekelenberg,
The three central defenders are still Van der Wiel's partner, the Belgian double-gate combination of Werhengtong and Toby Alderweireld.
Midfielder three Emmanuelson and Ennoch partner Dezeuu
Among the four forwards, No. 10 Sulema and No. 11 Essati play on both sides, No. 28 Romedal plays shadow forward, and No. 16 Suarez is at the front of the formation.
Ajax's entire formation was shaped like an arrow about to be shot, whether it would pierce Hercules' defense under the command of Martin Jol.
Xiao Yu, Eriksen, and high center forward Shi Xuanjun, who had just been transferred to the first team, all sat next to each other on the bench.
With the head coach's whistle, the game begins!
Hercules took the lead in kicking off the ball. They implemented the tactical arrangement of coach Ferbeck and chose to press the entire army at the beginning.
After several attempts, Hercules' players failed to penetrate Ajax's penalty area, but Ofton ended the attack with a long shot from outside the penalty area.
Ajax won the ball and the ball was quickly passed upfield.
Emmanuelson broke through with the ball and passed the ball to Essati. Essati went down and passed the inverted triangle back to find Dezeu. Dezeu kept the ball and passed the ball through, and found Suarez. Suarez Si continued to shake, passed the 33-year-old Van der Linden, and fired an angry shot. Unfortunately, the angle of the shot was too positive, and it was firmly caught by the 38-year-old German veteran Pickenhagen of Hercules.
In the 27th minute of the first half, Hercules midfielder Frederus was brought down to the ground by Dezeu near the center circle, and Dezeu received a yellow card.
Five minutes later, Suarez broke through to the penalty area and was blocked by Martens. The ball was cut off from his feet. Suarez counterattacked on the spot, but knocked down Martens who was protecting the ball and received a yellow card warning from the referee.
In the first half, both sides exchanged offense and defense, but no one could open a goal account.
Beep! ~Beep beep!
"At the end of the first half, the offensive battle in the first half was exciting, but both sides lacked some luck and no one scored."
In the players' lounge, Xiao Yu saw Martin Jol getting angry for the first time:
"I'm so disappointed! Did you go fooling around last night? Your legs are all so weak. What we need is to score goals, to score goals! Instead of running around aimlessly!"
The players all lowered their heads. The coach might have said it too harshly, but since they didn't score a goal, they had nothing to say.
"Dennis, you take a rest in the second half. Come on, Cavitani, rush for me and break their defense."
The fifteen minutes of the halftime break ended quickly. Ajax replaced Cavitanic and replaced veteran Romedal who had a mediocre performance in the first half.
Beep! ~
Suarez kicks off.
Cavitanic passed the ball to Dezeu in midfield, and Dezeu split the ball to Emmanuelson.
When Emmanuelson got the ball, Hercules' Brazilian forward Everton da Silva was already pressing forward.
Everton's speed and foot skills are considered to be of excellent level. Emmanuelson did not push the ball too much, and quickly turned around with the ball, and then passed the football back to Van der Wiel.
Van der Wiel passed the ball without stopping and passed to Verhentong in the middle. Verhentong then passed the ball to Toby Alderweireld. The football switched from the left to the right in a few seconds. .
Hercules' high center forward Bas Dost also started rushing from Van der Wiel's side until he rushed to Alderweireld's side, watching helplessly as Alderweireld passed the football to the midfielder. Ennoch then returned to Dezeu's feet again.
Ajax passed the ball in the midfield and backcourt, and their players hardly ran too much, but they mobilized five Hercules players in the midfield and frontcourt to press and run.
Facing Hercules midfielder No. 8 Frederus, Dezeu made two light changes of direction, shook off a position, and passed the ball steadily to the frontcourt——
Essati has started, and Ajax's first offensive of the second half starts from the right.
After receiving the pass from Dezeu, Essati did not stop and started speeding up directly. Hercules' three central defenders could only send the youngest Mark Roms to block Essati's dribbling and cross. route.
Although he does not have the advantage of Essati in terms of speed, as a defensive veteran, Mark Romos's defensive awareness helped him.
Essati was forced to choose to play down the right wing, but under the guard of the tall and powerful Mark Roms, he did not have an angle to pass the ball. After a brief observation, he chose to pass the ball back. It was given to Kavitaniqi who was rushing towards the top of the penalty area.
Bang! ~
Cavitanic chose to volley directly!
It's a pity that the football went over the crossbar!
Hercules gets a goal kick.
In the second half, after Martin Jol chose to replace the younger Argentine forward Kavitaniqi, the frontcourt offense did improve significantly, but today's Ajax forwards seemed to have forgotten to put on their shooting boots.
Whether it was Cavitanic who just came on the field or Essati, Soleimani and Suarez who had already adapted to the half-court, although they shot repeatedly, only one shot hit the goal frame, and it was hit by Hercule. The German veteran Pickenhagen of Sri Lanka is hugging him firmly. Is Germany a demon? He is getting more demonic as he gets older!
In the 66th minute of the game, Soleimani took the ball in the frontcourt and passed it to Kavitaniqi in the middle. Suarez also retreated from the penalty area to respond.
Looking at Suarez, Cavitanic passed the ball to Suarez to the right. He shook off Martens' defense and rushed into the penalty area. He was ready to do a one-two with Suarez.
Beep! ~
The 33-year-old veteran defender of Heracles, Van der Linden, saw through Kavitanich's plan at a glance. He directly put his long legs out, and with the supplementary position of Kunsaha who returned to the defense in the midfield, there was no trace of the situation. Don't give Suarez a chance to catch the ball.
However, Suarez didn't know whether it was intentional or he really didn't notice. He tripped directly on Kunsaha's feet and fell on the lawn in a posture of throwing himself to the ground.
The referee made a decisive decision and showed the Hercules team's first yellow card to Kunsaha.
Ajax won a direct free kick on the right side of the penalty area. This position is very good for shooting and passing.
Veteran van der Linden was still explaining something to the referee, but Soleimani had already placed the football in position and stretched out his hand to indicate that he was ready.
Seeing that the referee had no intention of changing the penalty, Van der Linden had no choice but to defend against the wall.
Beep! ~
The referee blows the whistle.
Soleimani immediately launched.
The football drew a high arc and flew towards the back of the goal.
Uh-huh! ~
The ball went in!
“Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooel!
Toby Alderweireld!
Ajax's Belgian center back Alderweireld scored with a header!
It was a beautiful goal. We saw that Alderweiredl, who was 187, beat Mark Roos, who was 192, and hit the goal with a flick of his head, and the ball went into the net.
The 38-year-old German veteran Pickenhagen, who performed well in this game, did not even react, and his outstanding performance was finally fixed in the 68th minute.
Ajax leads 1:0 away from home! "
"We congratulate Ajax for finally opening their goal account today. On their bench is Chinese star Xiao, who completed a hat trick in 7 minutes in the last game. I believe Ajax can take away a goal in the away game today. Let’s wait and see if we return to Amsterdam with victory.”
