What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 79 Russia's away game
On March 9, the 24th round of the Eredivisie League.

Ajax vs Vitesse.

Three days after this game, Ajax will go away to challenge the Russian Super League giant CSKA Moscow in the Champions League group stage, so Ten Hag arranged the rotation in this league very carefully.

Lin Kedi also sat on the bench.

And Waiters wanted to seize the opportunity and give Ajax a hammer.

In fact, Waiters almost did it.

At the beginning of the game, they turned away from the guest and attacked fiercely. Ajax, who was overwhelmed by the rotation, didn't react for a while.

Subsequently, Waiters' center Mataf overwhelmed De Ligt with a header.

Although Ajax played a wave of fast breaks at the beginning of the second half, left forward Neres scored and equalized the score, 1-1.

Ten Hag can accept the score of the tie, so he cut off the idea of ​​wanting to replace a few main players to give it a go.

But everything happened too fast and without warning.

In the 88th minute of the game, Mataf scored twice to help Waiters regain the lead 2-1.

It was very embarrassing at this time.

If Ten Hag is replaced by a group of main players such as Lin Kedi, there will be a few minutes left, and it may not be possible to equalize.

In the end, Ten Hag still strengthened his mind and did not change the main force to play.

So, this game was 1 to 2, and Ajax suffered the second defeat of the season at home.

Ten Hag was very angry after the game, but he couldn't vent his anger on the players. After all, the strength of the rotation players is really limited, and he only played a few main players in this game.

Three days later, the second round of the Champions League group stage.

Ajax's entire team travels to Moscow.

This day is September 9, the highest temperature that day is 28 degrees, and the lowest temperature is only 15 degrees.

During the game that day, the temperature was only 7 degrees, which was really cold.

CSKA Moscow has the home field advantage, and each of their players is very adapted to this somewhat cold climate.

In the Netherlands, the average temperature in September is 9 degrees, and the climate is warm, so some Ajax players began to feel uncomfortable when they arrived in Moscow.

But a game is a game.

Although CSKA Moscow is a giant team in the Russian Super League, their state this season is really average, with 4 draws and 2 losses in the last 2 games.

So it's a good opportunity for Ajax.

In this game, CSKA Moscow played a 352 formation, while Ajax played a 4231 formation.

CSKA Moscow's starting lineup, the goalkeeper is Russia's Akinfeev, the three central defenders are Ignashevich, Berezutsch and Vasin, and the two wingbacks are Shchennikov and Mario Fernandez.

The three midfielders are Golovin, Wimblom and Zagoyev.

The two forwards are Vitinho and Charov.

Only 11 of the 2 starters are not Russian.

On the Ajax side, only 4 of the starters are Dutch.

CSKA Moscow's home stadium, the CSKA Arena, can accommodate 3 people and is also a well-known top stadium in Europe.

When Lin Kedi played, he really felt the crazy side of the Russians.

From the moment the Ajax players came on the field, huge boos rang through the stadium.

Lin Kedi only felt that his ears were buzzing, which was very annoying.

After the game started, CSKA Moscow on the pitch was not as ruthless as their fans, and it was not as tough as Russia's image at all, and its playing style felt very soft.

In this way, Ajax is easier to play.

In the 11th minute of the first half of the game, Link, who was playing center forward in this game, received a long pass from De Jong, and then cut inside to play the CSKA wing back.

The three central defenders seem to increase the defensive strength, but if the wingbacks do not come back, the gap between the three central defenders will become very large.

Lin Kedi didn't use any surmounting means, and directly accelerated from between the right center back and center back to the front of the penalty area.

Seeing this, Akinfeev was about to attack, but Lin Kedi decisively lobbed a shot.

Akinfeev stopped immediately after attacking halfway, and wanted to turn around and go back, but it was too late. When he fell to the ground, he saw the ball fall into the net.

"Link's enemy shoots—"

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!"

"The ball is in!"

"The first goal of the Chinese in the Champions League! This is also the youngest goal scorer in the Champions League. Lin Kedi's first goal in the Champions League finally came. This is a historic moment!"

"Ajax leads 1-0, Lin Kedi's sudden pull to the side catches the opponent by surprise!"

In the following time, CSKA Moscow failed to launch any offensive.

As Ajax quickly broke the ball again, this time, Lin Kedi strode forward in the middle.

"The appearance of Lin Kedi's breakthrough in the middle reminds me of Kaka. This breakthrough is very beautiful, but it's a pity that Dolberg's through ball was given to Dolberg, and Dolberg failed to grasp it."

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Lin Kedi stirred up the defense of CSKA Moscow with his dexterous running in the middle.

In the second half, CSKA Moscow's defenders remembered that they were Russians, so they had to be more aggressive.

Only after shoveling and shoveling did they become fierce.

Lin Kedi also began to be fouled repeatedly, but Lin Kedi's foot frequency was very fast, and when he was fouled and fell to the ground, he also protected him in advance, so there was no serious problem.

However, Ten Hag on the sidelines looked a little scary. With the idea of ​​protecting Lin Kedi, he replaced Lin Kedi at 71 minutes.

When Lin Kedi left the field, the fans of the away team and the expeditionary army of Ajax fans applauded their prince.

After the whole game, Lin Kedi went to the field again. He won the best player in this game.

This is also the first time he has won the best player in the Champions League.

"Today is your first Champions League goal. You have become the youngest goal scorer in the history of the Champions League. How do you feel?"

Lin Kedi looked at the Times reporter in front of him, thinking that Chinese and foreign journalists were on the same level.

"Very happy, today's game is the team's victory. I don't care about this kind of record, what I care about is the team's victory. Now the team has won two consecutive victories in the Champions League group stage, this is what I care about question."

Then came the reporter of China Sports Monthly.

"Does playing in the Champions League feel different from playing in the Eredivisie?"

"Indeed, there is. First of all, it is because the Netherlands is relatively small, so it is not a big problem to play home and away games. In addition, in the Netherlands, Ajax is a wealthy team and a dominant team, so Ajax fans are all over the Netherlands. The difference between home and away games is actually not that big, but it is different when it comes to the Champions League. The difference between home and away games is very big. Like today's game, CSKA Moscow fans have been cheering for their home team For a whole game, this kind of scene is really rare.”

(End of this chapter)