Ajax takes a throw-in.
Sim De Jong received the ball, pulled the ball to the center, and made a diagonal pass to find Essati in front of the penalty area.
But poor Essati didn't see Lens who was already rushing toward him, and still used his far foot to catch the ball.
As a result, as soon as the football touched Essati's feet, Lens had already arrived and knocked Essati down with one kick.
Essati fell heavily to the ground, rolling on the ground holding his left leg in pain.
Under such circumstances, although Lens had been on the court for less than a minute, the referee could not refuse the request to issue him a Topaz God of War card.
Martin Jol on the sidelines was about to yell, how come these bastards from Alkmaar kept following Essati to commit fouls.
But his reason told him to replace him quickly.
The score of 1:0 is enough for Ajax to score three points. There is no need to really fight for a wounded person.
So he chose veteran Gabri to replace Essati, who had been violated repeatedly.
Gabri's appearance not only enhanced the ball control ability of the midfielder, but also gave Ajax an additional offensive weapon.
It was with Gabri's beautiful kick that Anita cut inside and was brought down outside the penalty area by the opponent's defender Moreno.
The referee double-clicked and issued the Topaz God of War card to Alkmaar's players.
So far in this game, seven Alkamar players have received yellow cards. You must know that there are only eleven players on the field.
Ajax once again won a free kick in front of the penalty area.
At this time, the threat of free kicks in front of the penalty area is much greater than before.
Because Gabri was present, Suarez simply chose to grab the second point in the penalty area.
Unfortunately, Gabri's feet may not be warm enough yet, so he kicked the football into the stands.
Alkmaar chose to make substitutions, replacing Alli with Brazilian forward Jonatas, replacing Mendes with Swedish midfielder Rasmus Elm, and replaced two young players. It seemed that they wanted to take advantage of the last moment. Ten minutes to attack Ajax's defense.
If they can equalize the score, then they will have earned it.
"Xiao! Bakcioglu! You go and warm up!"
Martin Jol looked at the situation on the court and shouted to the bench!
Xiao Yu is still a very obedient child so far. He took off his coat and ran out from the bench.
Alkmaar's substitutions still had some effect.
In the 86th minute, Elm midfielder cut off the football from Lindgren's feet. Lindgren had to reach out and pull him down and received a yellow card.
But Alkmaar chose to take a quick free kick, leaving Ajax unable to complete the substitution.
In the end, the two teams ended with 1:0.
Xiao Yu and Bakcioglu, who had finished warming up on the sidelines, did not complete their substitutions because they did not encounter dead ball time.
This is also the first time that Xiao Yu has made substitutions but did not appear in the game.
However, Xiao Yu also comforted himself by saying that the model was not up to standard, otherwise he would have to waste a guaranteed shot card!
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After this round, Ajax ranked first with 52 points, followed by PSV Eindhoven with 51 points. The two teams have been locked in points.
As for third-placed Twente, they only have 43 points, three games behind Ajax.
The next round is Ajax's most important game before facing PSV Eindhoven, an away game against arch-rival Feyenoord.
Although Ajax won a big victory against Feyenoord at home in the last game, the result of going to Feyenoord Stadium this time is unpredictable. Ajax must go all out, and they will be disappointed if they are not careful. All bets are lost.
Therefore, against NEC Nijmegen on January 27, Martin Jol chose to rotate the main force, but Xiao Yu still entered the squad.
Let's talk about Xiao Yu's life. Although she and Elena have completed "in-depth communication", after all, Elena only comes to Xiao Yu's place two or three times a week, and most of the time she returns to her home.
Xiao Yu had no objection to this. Speaking of which, among the two of them, he was the more conservative one.
Although it was a midweek game, because the kick-off time was 7:30 pm, Elena still arrived as scheduled, but accompanying her was her father, Dennis Bergkamp.
There is no domestic broadcast of the Chinese Dutch Cup match, and only some online platforms can watch the original version of the match live, so there is no crosstalk between Huang Jianxiang and Zhang Lu in this game.
Ajax’s starting lineup for this game is 4-4-2, and the starting lineup is——
Goalkeeper No. 12 Fairmere,
Full backs No. 3 Ole Guer and No. 37 Atuba,
The double central defenders are still No. 5 Verhentong and No. 19 Toby Alderweireld of Belgium.
Midfielder No. 40 Demi Dezeuu, No. 6 Lindgren, No. 51 Eriksen and No. 22 Sim De Jong,
Forward line No. 28 Romedal and No. 10 Suleimani.
NEC Nijmegen's formation in the away game is 3-2-3-2, and the starting lineup is——
Goalkeeper No. 1 Babos,
Three central defenders: No. 2 Ramon Zomo, No. 15 Willenberg, and No. 35 Bram Nuddink,
Double defensive midfielders No. 6 Poschuitsen and No. 29 Hurbach,
The three midfielders are No. 8 Lorenzo Davis, No. 16 Bass Seeboom, and No. 9 Jeffrey Sarpong.
The double forwards are No. 17 Said Nitibazokiza and No. 18 Flemings.
Ajax also has star players like Emmanuelson, Ennoch, Xiao Yu and Luis Suarez sitting off the court.
In addition, the result of the last league match between the two teams was that Ajax defeated Nijmegen 7:0. The fans in the Amsterdam Arena in this game were only Ajax fans, and there were almost no fans wearing NEC. of Nijmegen.
Although Ajax had an absolute advantage from previous encounters, this game did not go as smoothly as the fans had guessed.
It wasn't until the 43rd minute of the first half that Ajax passed a set kick in the frontcourt, and Dezeu broke the balance on the field.
In the entire first half, Ajax only shot 3 times, and only that goal was on target.
This situation is abnormal. Although Martin Jol has the intention of training in the temporary change to 4-4-2, he does not want to see such a scene.
In the 58th minute, Soleimani received a through ball from Eriksen and successfully broke through in order to avoid offside.
However, he was tackled from behind by the opponent's midfielder Hurbach and missed the opportunity.
The referee directly showed Hurbak a red card and expelled him.
Although Ajax faced the ten-man NEC Nijmegen next, out of consideration for the health of the players, Martin Jol replaced the shoveled Soleimani with No. 20 Kvitanic. .
Although he is a player with better physical strength, he also has one more opponent.
However, Ajax did not show its crushing strength. Instead, Nijmegen, which had one less player to challenge, chose to retreat in defense and strictly attack on the counterattack.
Finally, in the 83rd minute, Flemings scored the equalizer through a corner kick opportunity.
The scene suddenly fell into silence.
Although this is only a Dutch Cup match.
Although Ajax is more important in the league and Europa League.
But if they lose this game, they will also say goodbye to the Dutch Cup.
As the current league leaders.
As a team with unparalleled offensive statistics in the five major leagues.
It's hard to accept that the Dutch Cup ended in the quarterfinals.
Martin Jol is struggling.
He looked at Suarez and Xiao Yu on the bench.
He does hold a trump card.
But the league match two days later is indeed more important.
With the current situation on the court, as long as they are replaced, they must be in a state of full strength.
With only two days of rest, will it have any impact on the match against Feyenoord?
He wasn't sure and didn't dare to think too much.
After taking a few deep breaths, Martin Joel still shouted to the bench——
"Louis, Xiao, Urby, you go warm up!"
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Time quickly came to the 90th minute, because there was no dead ball on the field, and Martin Jol's substitution could not be completed.
Beep! ~Beep beep! ~
As the referee's halftime whistle blows.
The two sides entered the exciting overtime with a score of 1:1.
"Urbi, you replace Demi and run more. They have been defending for so long and they don't have much energy left."
Martin Joel explained to Emmanuelson.
He still didn't want to play out the cards in his hand. For the team that he had defeated 7:0 just a month ago, Martin Jol still didn't believe that another Emmanuelson could not solve them.
What's more, the opponent still has one less person to fight.
Xiao Yu also chose to obey the head coach's arrangements, although he wanted to play.
Beep! ~
The referee blows the whistle and the first half of overtime begins!
Nijmegen still chose to hide and defend, and let Ajax bombard me wildly, but I just wouldn't come out.
But if there are no accidents, there will often be accidents.
In the 92nd minute, Emmanuelson's long-range shot was picked off by the opponent's goalkeeper Babos, and the ball was immediately thrown to midfielder Jeffrey Sarpong.
Sarpong immediately rushed through the midfield with the ball, taking away three Ajax defenders and then passed the ball to Fleminx who scored the equalizer. Fleminx faced Ole Guer. In defense, he very smartly chose to knock his heel.
Immediately after coming on, Robert van Eden, who was full of energy, followed up and shot the ball furiously.
The football was so powerful that it hit the net.
In front of the goal, Fermier could only watch the ball and sigh.
NEC Nijmegen overtook the score!
The entire Amsterdam Arena erupted in cheers that were not loud enough.
Those are real Nijmegen fans, traveling hundreds of miles to Amsterdam to cheer for the team.
This goal once again put Martin Jol in trouble.
Obviously, he needs to switch to an attacker.
However, Suarez's recent state has been ups and downs, and he absolutely cannot miss Feyenoord's game.
There is also Xiao Yu, he is a very amazing player, but he is also worried that he will be even more out of shape since he has not played recently.
But the situation on the court forced him to make changes.
He couldn't help but said bitterly: Damn it, if only Soleimani hadn't been replaced. There would be two substitutions at this time, and he could arrange both of them and switch to 4-3-3. .
