What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 124

The draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League knockout round was held on the second day after the winter break of the Eredivisie.

The grouping situation is as follows.

Barcelona vs Lyon.

Bayern Munich vs Liverpool.

Manchester City vs Schalke 04.

Juventus vs Atletico Madrid.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Manchester United.

Porto vs Roma.

Real Madrid vs Ajax.

Borussia Dortmund vs Tottenham Hotspur.

After this grouping came out, the group of Ajax's first team exploded.

De Jong was the first to speak again, and he bluffed and posted a message in the group: "Brothers, brothers, is this a good lottery? Forget it!"

"I think so, Cristiano Ronaldo left the team, Modric had no form in the first half of the season, Real Madrid's team was in poor form, ranked third in the league, and there was a coaching change in the middle, and there was a change of old and new. Last season we lost to the final winner. The champion Real Madrid, this season we meet such a Real Madrid, I think we can definitely win."

"Wow! Matthias, you are writing a call to action! But I am very excited to read it!"

"I agree with Matthies, we must be the ones to advance!"

After that, emoticons were launched in the group.

Lin Kedi followed suit.

Obviously, for the round of 16 hitting Real Madrid, everyone's feelings are completely different from last season.
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Halfway through the winter break, the Ajax team set off for the warm southern Europe and started winter training.

And just when the winter training started, multiple transfer news of Ajax suddenly broke out in the media.

"De Ligt will transfer to Barcelona at a price of 6700 million euros in the winter window."

"It is rumored that Manchester City intends to sign Ajax's talented central defender De Ligt at a price of 7100 million euros."

"It is said that Real Madrid is interested in defeating the enemy and is willing to bid 8900 million euros to sign a talented center."

Dericht looked at Link with a smile.

"Lin, Real Madrid is willing to spend 8900 million euros to sign you. I think you have to work hard in the second half of the season."

"Real Madrid has Benzema, I don't know why they still want to sign me?"

"Real Madrid can even sell Ronaldo, so what's so surprising about selling Benzema."

"Then I don't even want to go."

"Real Madrid, Real Madrid, don't you want to go? If they really sell Benzema, you will be the main force if you go."

"The Premier League is still good. But it's too early to say these things, and, Matthias, you are the vice-captain of the team, and you want to leave so much?"

"Hey, in Ajax, if you play well, you will definitely leave the team. This is inevitable. And if you are not good enough to attract foreign teams, you can stay in Ajax instead. Kex. So this is a very funny thing, if you really love the team, perform well, win the championship for the team, and then transfer away, leaving a transfer fee for the team. This is love Jax performed."

"Matais, what you said is so sad."

"Hey, in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and other giant teams, if you love the team, you have to stay in the team. There is no way. This is the gap between the small league teams and the giant teams."
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After winter training.

The Ajax team returned to the Netherlands.

And in the first league game after the winter break, Ajax went on a killing spree.

Ajax beat Heerenveen 10-2 at home.

Lin Kedi directed a big victory with 3 passes and 2 shots.

After this game, the fact that Lin Kedi should play in a higher level league has become a topic again.

Although Lin Kedi felt that the media that provoked this topic was either stupid or bad, but as long as Lin Kedi performed better, the topic would have more market.

Seven days later, in the 7th round of the Eredivisie, Ajax challenged Feyenoord away.

This game was very anxious, and the game was deadlocked until stoppage time.

The two teams ended up with a 0-0 tie.

In this way, Ajax's 18-game winning streak in the league ended.

The 25-game winning streak in all competitions came to an end.

But for Ten Hag, the end of the winning streak may not be a bad thing.

It can allow the players to get rid of their burdens and play lightly again. Before the knockout round of the Champions League, it can reduce the burden.

In the 20th and 21st rounds, Ajax ushered in two consecutive victories.

Ajax beat Venlo 7-1.

In one game, Ajax beat Hercules 1-0.

Lin Kedi scored 2 goals and 3 assists in the two games.

In the last 5 games, Lin Kedi has 6 assists.

Lin Kedi felt that his passing level was also steadily improving.

This bodes well for Lin Kedi's progress toward a versatile center.

And now the scouts of various giants sitting in the stands of every Eredivisie game have also discovered this.

2 month 12 day.

The day before the first leg of the knockout round of the Champions League round of 16.

The first leg is played at the Amsterdam Arena.

During the training a few days before this important game, Ten Hag arranged special training.

"In this game, we are going to play double midfielders instead."

"Changed to double midfielders? But we have been playing 3 single midfielders for more than three months."

"That's the league, how do they compare to Real Madrid?"

"When we played Bayern Munich, we also had a single midfielder."

"So in those two games we played defensively and counterattacked, and it was difficult to play offensively."

"Eric, you want to play against Real Madrid?"

"Why not? Don't you think the team's cooperation is getting better and better now, and the things played on the court are efficient, smooth and fast. Playing against each other, this Real Madrid is not as good as us!"

Mitchell looked at Ten Hag with his mouth wide open.

Ten Hag smiled.

"Mitchell, we are friends, but I still have to say, if you are always like this, you can only be an assistant coach. Real Madrid will not always be the one who wins. We can also be winners on the pitch."

"Hey, you say that, it seems that I am very timid, but I am cautious."

"Okay, you can say what you want. Next. I will arrange tomorrow's starting arrangement."

"Are you going to say it in the locker room this afternoon?"

"Of course, isn't our starting list already considered a bright card? Now we are going to discuss the possible starting list of Real Madrid."

"Okay, I'll call the coaching staff."

"Well, I'm going to the meeting room."

ten minutes later.

Ajax meeting room.

"Tomorrow the first leg of the Champions League knockout round will start. Our opponent, everyone is familiar with it, is Real Madrid. We lost to him last season. But now I believe we can win them, and I won't say why. , I am conveying to you my determination to win."

"In fact, there is no need to say much about our starting list. I believe everyone knows it. Here, I will briefly talk about it.

The goalkeeper is Onana.

The left back is Tagliafico and the right back is Mazraoui.Two central defenders, Blind on the left and De Ligt on the right.

The double midfielders are Schone and De Jong.

The front midfielder is Van der Beek.Tadic on the left and Ziyech on the right.

At the forefront is Link Di. "

"This is our starting list. If anyone has any comments, you can put them forward. Let's refer to them together."

"I have some doubts."

At this time, the team's offensive coach McCarthy raised questions.

"You can say it, let's study it together."

"Neres has performed very well recently. He has scored in 3 consecutive games, while Tadic has not scored or assisted in 5 games. According to the state, should Neres be in better state? Adams started and Tadic came on as a substitute."

Ten Hag listened to the young coach McCarthy's question very seriously.

"Who can discuss this issue."

"Mika (McCarthy's nickname), I hope you can understand one thing. A player's performance should not only be compared with his previous performance, but also in the game, but also in the cooperation of his teammates. Tadic He is a team player, he is willing and can take the initiative to pass the ball to his teammates and make up for his teammates. But Neres is more inclined to be a lone wolf player."

"The most important thing is—" Ten Hag took over the conversation at this time.

"Tadic and Link's cooperation is better. They not only assist each other, but also form a cooperation on the left. However, Neres can't."

"Our caliber to the outside world is that we don't rely on Lin Kedi, but everyone here is our own. Everyone knows whether we rely on Lin Kedi or not."

(PS Kobayashi's second stop, guess where it will be?)

(End of this chapter)