Author: Bei Guoxia

April 28, the 2018-19 Dutch Cup final.

Ajax and PSV faced off at the Amsterdam Arena.

Ajax is actually playing at home in this game.

In this game, Lin Kedi also started.

Ten Hag still made some compromises, starting with four starting players and some substitutes.

This gave PSV hope.

After all, PSV is second in the Eredivisie this season, and its strength cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, after the game started, when the PSV team took possession of the ball first, they did not rush to attack, but patiently cooperated.

When everything seemed to be going smoothly, PSV suddenly launched a fast break in the 5th minute.

The attack soon reached Ajax's left rib area. Bergwijn cut inside and was about to insert into Ajax's penalty area, but was intercepted by Mazraoui.

As soon as Mazrawi succeeded in stealing the ball, he immediately looked forward and found that Lin Ke's opponent was standing to the right and directly kicked him.

Link turned around to get the ball from the enemy side, then moved forward and directly got rid of the central defender who was marking him.

When he reached the right side of the penalty area, he suddenly moved his left foot towards the middle of the court, then pushed his right foot forward and successfully entered the penalty area.

PSV's central defender didn't react at all, and then he saw Link shooting with the outside of his right foot.

A volley from the outside of the instep.

The ball flew directly into the goal.

In the first 5 minutes, PSV played a counter-fast break, and Ajax took a 1-0 lead thanks to Link's goal.

This immediately caused the Ajax fans at the scene to celebrate.

A series of songs mocking the Eindhoven fans were sung.

The Eindhoven fans didn't want to lose even if they lost the game, and they immediately started to choke with the Ajax fans.

However, the strength of Eindhoven fans off the field failed to change the decline of the team they supported on the field.

Since PSV scored a goal, after the restart, they were focused on attacking and trying to equalize the score as quickly as possible.

Ajax players are very familiar with this situation. They first retreat to defend and lure the enemy deep, then seize the opportunity, steal the ball and press for a counterattack.

This routine has been used to the fullest in Ajax this season.

However, in this game, after all, Ajax only started four main players, Lin Kedi, Mazraoui, Schone and Onana.

Therefore, this tactic, which usually works very smoothly in the main starting lineup, did not work very smoothly today.

For example, there were several opportunities in the first half when Link intercepted the ball and passed it to Neres. He quickly ran forward and ran behind the central defender. At this time, Neres, who had a defensive player in front of him, only needed to pass the ball behind him.

Just fine.

This is a common combination among starting players.

But Neres just wanted to get the ball and beat his opponent.

In fact, if you can beat your opponent alone, Lin Kedi won't say anything.

The key is that Lin Kedi ran into position, but Neres did not pass the ball. He tried to pass the ball, but he failed and the ball was intercepted.

To be honest, Lin Ke was not angry at all. After all, this was the final, so there was no need to be angry about this kind of thing. He also knew that the gap between Ajax's main players and substitutes was a bit big.

The first half of the game ended with a score of 1-0.

During the halftime break, Ten Hag expressed directly.

If the score continues to lead, Lin Kedi will be replaced around the 65th minute.

Lin Kedi also expressed his understanding. After all, the semi-finals of the Champions League will be held in two days.

Lin Kedi also believes that if he is still leading at 65 minutes, even if he is off the field, Ajax will still be very strong against PSV and winning should not be a problem.

This is indeed the case.

However, before leaving the field, Lin Kedi still helped Ajax score another goal, completely stabilizing the situation.

In the 55th minute, Lin Kedi successfully intercepted the ball from the midfield, and then ran a long distance in the middle, dribbling the ball forward.

PSV's defensive midfielder couldn't stop Lin Kedi at all and could only use foul tactics to knock Lin Kedi down about 27.8 meters away from the goal.

When Linke was tackled, Ten Hag jumped up from the bench almost instantly.

He rushed to the sidelines. If the assistant coach hadn't pulled him, Ten Hag would have rushed into the field.

He stared intently at Lin Kedi on the field.

After seeing Lin Kedi stand up after rubbing his legs, Ten Hahe breathed a sigh of relief obviously.

After confirming that the disciple was fine, Ten Hahe immediately rushed to the fourth official angrily.

"My player was tackled! That's definitely a red card! The referee has to respond!"

But the referee on duty only gave a yellow card and a free kick.

Ten Hag immediately said to assistant coach Mitchell: "After this free kick, Lin will come down and let the team doctor prepare. Lin will check it carefully as soon as he comes down."

However, Lin Kedi stood in front of the ball and scored twice.

Ajax leads 2-0.

Later, Lin Kedi was replaced on the pitch amid a standing ovation from Ajax fans.

As soon as Lin Kedi was replaced on the court, the team doctor immediately followed Lin Kedi to his seat.

Ten Hahe stopped looking at the situation on the field and turned directly to the bench, staring at the team doctor as he examined Lin Kedi.

After checking, the team doctor looked at Ten Hahe.

"There is nothing wrong with the initial examination. It's just a bruise. I will use an ice pack to apply cold compress. If you want to conduct a more detailed examination-"

Before the team doctor finished speaking, Ten Hahe immediately nodded and said: "I will do a detailed examination tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, Ten Hahe looked at Lin Kedi.

"Do you still want to continue watching the game? If not, you can just go home. I allow you to leave early today."

Lin Kedi looked at Ten Hahe in surprise.

"Coach, the awards will be given out later. Today is the final!"

When Ten Hahe heard this, he patted his forehead.

"Hey, I'm too nervous. Yes, how can you leave? You are the main contributor to our championship."

Lin Kedi also laughed easily.

He knew that Ten Hag was nervous about himself.

Speaking of which, coach Ten Hag obviously has ideas for the Champions League semifinals this year, otherwise he wouldn't be so nervous.

After Ten Hahe confirmed that Lin Kedi was fine, he returned to the coach's command area to observe the situation on the court.

And the situation on the field has not changed much.

It wasn't until the 88th minute that Huntelaar, who came on as substitute for Lin Kedi, scored PSV's goal with a header.

3 to 0.

Not long afterward, the game ended.

Ajax received their second championship trophy of the season on the post-match podium.

The moment when Link lifted the Dutch Cup championship trophy was frozen again.

After the game, Lin Kedi posted a photo of himself and the trophy on social media.
Chapter completed!