"The second half of the game started again."

"From the rosters of both sides returning to the stadium, neither team has the idea of ​​making substitution adjustments."

"The young Ajax performed very well in the first half. Although he was equalized at one point, Ibrahimovic still scored a goal soon. This goal from the Swedish center is crucial."

"Now let's see if Arsenal will make tactical adjustments during the break."

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"Ajax serves first, but soon, the ball is lost."

"Arsenal still controls the situation on the court, and the Gunners' overall strength has an overwhelming advantage, but judging from the performance in the first half, Ajax is not completely unable to resist. Both teams are old-fashioned teams in Europe."

"Look at Arsenal's attack this time."

"Yongbery on the right has no chance, and passes it to Vieira in the middle."

"Viela was assigned to the left and passed to Pire."

"Henry pulled to the left to get the ball, which is the most threatening area for the French striker."

"Faced with Trabelsey, Henry was very fast and his feet were very flexible. He passed it back to Pire and cut inward himself."

"Pile is passing again, beautiful two-by-one..."

"Henry gets the ball again, faces Hetinga, and passes back to the penalty area..."

"Pile..."

"The ball is in!!!"

"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!"

"God, less than two minutes into the second half, Arsenal was assisted by Henry to score a key goal!"

"Two to two, the two sides once again returned to the same starting line."

"This is a very, very morale-boosting goal, and it's a solo performance by two top stars, Henry and Piret."

"Ajax has three players on this side to defend, Trabelsey, Heatinga and Sneider, but all three of them were played with by Arsenal's two superstars and had no power to fight back."

"Especially Henry's last assist to Pire, Sneider wanted to pull Pire in the penalty area, but finally let go. He was obviously very clear about the consequences of pulling Pire down."

"The situation suddenly reversed, and Arsenal equalized the score just at the beginning of the second half, 2-2."

"This is definitely a passion spark that touches between top stars, and a very exciting cooperation."

"Henry and Pire from Arsenal!"

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The entire Amsterdam Athletic Stadium fell into a dead silence.

Head coach Ronald Koeman slapped his forehead hard on the sidelines and kept shaking his head. He obviously could not accept this sudden change. He would never have thought that the team was equalized by Arsenal just as the second half began.

But what can he say when facing such a goal?

Are you complaining about the players' defensive defense?

No, Henry and Piret's continuous wall-to-wall cooperation is not only fast, but also very tacit. Ajax's defensive players don't have enough time to react, let alone give measures to respond.

To be disgusting, facing such an opponent, you can only wait to die.

This goal was definitely a tragic blow to Ajax's morale.

Just now in the locker room, he was still constantly encouraging and mobilizing players to keep the start of the second half. However, unexpectedly, Arsenal came directly as soon as he came on the court. How can Ajax players not be frustrated?

Looking at the dumb players on the court, Ronald Koeman suddenly felt pity. They were not old, most of them were in their early twenties, but they had to suffer such a huge blow. Can they bear it?

"We need to stabilize now, Ronald." Luther Carroll reminded.

Ronald Koeman nodded constantly, took a deep breath, and walked quickly to the sidelines.

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In the stands, when the Chairman saw Arsenal score at the beginning of the second half, equalizing the score, Chairman Van Prager raised his hands in surprise, shook his head constantly, his face full of frustration and disheartening.

Ajax is extremely grateful to have scored two goals in the first half. As long as he held the 2-1 score, there was still hope to be a visit to the Highbury Stadium, but now, not only has he been equalized, but he has also given two away goals.

In this critical knockout match, it is quite unfavorable to give the opponent two away goals in the first leg.

"The most important thing now is to keep it steady. The score of 2-2 is not hopeless, but if you can't hold it, it may be a crushing defeat at any time." Van Gaal said calmly.

He gives people the feeling of winning or losing a game. Everything that happens on the court has nothing to do with him, and it cannot arouse his emotional fluctuations, but at this time it makes people feel that he is trustworthy.

"We are too young and are still a little careless at the beginning, which gives Arsenal an opportunity to take advantage of. The cooperation between Henry and Pire is indeed world-class. Even if we focus on defense, we may not be able to defend. Therefore, it is understandable to lose such a ball."

Van Gaal stared at the court with his eyes tightly. He noticed that Koeman, who was in front of the home team's coach, walked to the sidelines and encouraged the players. A hint of praise flashed through his eyes. At this time, Koeman made a very correct choice.

"This is also a challenge for our young players. The difficulties on the football field are like touchstones, whether they are gold or stones. After difficult polishing, they will soon emerge."

Van Prager nodded. He is not the kind of chairman who doesn't understand the ball at all. Even if he really loses this game, it's normal. After all, he is facing a powerful Arsenal, and Ajax is unpopular to win.

But his eyes were somewhat interesting and expectant in his eyes when he looked at the stadium.

As Van Gaal said, difficulties are touchstones. Whether they are gold or stones depends on the performance of the players next.

Ibrahimovic, Van der Fate, Wesley Songk, Sneider...

Who can stand up and save Ajax?

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What a very difficult opponent!

Yang Yang looked at the young French player walking back panting beside him and praised in his heart.

The fast speed, strong explosive power, and excellent endurance made Yang Yang unable to help but feel that all his advantages were worth mentioning in front of him.

It's really hard to believe that this is an 18-year-old young player.

And Krish is already so outstanding. How terrifying is Ashley Cole, the world's top left-back?

Compared with them, the left backs in the Eredivisie seem too loose.

Especially as the game deepened and entering the second half, Krish did not dare to give Yang Yang any space and opportunity.

Trabelsey was already exhausted when facing Pire and Henry, and it was impossible to have the ability to support Yang Yang. Sneijder was dragged back, and Ibrahimovic was locked in the front. After the second half, Van der Fate began to fall into a habitual physical bottleneck, and his running gradually could not keep up with the pace of the game.

Yang Yang was not surprised at all about the team captain's performance, because he was like this in most games.

It is said that it was a serious injury before. After removing the meniscus, he lost his speed, which made him unable to play his favorite forward now and had to adjust to the middle lane. However, playing in the midfield requires a lot of running, which is his weakness again.

In this game, he faced midfielders like Vieira and Edu, especially Vieira. This dark and strong midfield superstar put too much pressure on people. Yang Yang believes that it will be difficult for anyone to perform normally in Van der Fate's position.

what to do?

Yang Yang looked around at a loss, and he felt as if he was in a state of isolation.

After Arsenal equalized the score, morale boosted and launched waves of offensives towards Ajax. Their strategy was very clear, that is, to strive for goals, at least return to London with a draw.

But for Ajax, a draw is unacceptable.

If you cannot win at home, the possibility of advancing away is slim, and it can even be said to be impossible.

But now the whole team is suppressed so embarrassingly, how can they score?

What to attack?

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Ronald Koeman quickly made adjustments.

In the 60th minute, Ajax replaced Vanderfate with Galasek.

This time the substitution is obviously to strengthen the team's midfield defense. After all, Sneijder is just a buffering strategy. What he is better at in Ajax is to play as a midfielder or a more forward midfielder, and to play his passing and organizational skills.

Before Van der Fate left the court, he handed the team's captain's armband to Galasek, and the 30-year-old veteran came on the court with Ronald Koeman's adjustment order. He made Sneider stand up and he dragged behind to form a double midfielder with De Jong.

Timely substitutions and tactical adjustments helped Ajax stabilize the situation on the field, and Arsenal's offense was also curbed to a certain extent, especially Galasek and De Jong's double midfielders significantly strengthened the protection in front of the defense line.

But soon, Arsenal further strengthened the team's frontcourt offensive. High center Canu replaced Spanish young player Reyes, who performed averagely in this game. This is obviously to further strengthen Arsenal's frontcourt offensive efforts.

It is not difficult to see from this substitution that Ajax is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of overall strength and bench thickness, while Wenger is not satisfied with the draw at all. He wants to take a victory away.

While Arsenal was substitution, Yang Yang looked up at the scoreboard and it was exactly 64 minutes.

Head coach Ronald Koeman told him before the game that he would play 70 to 75 minutes in this game, and the time he would get closer and closer to the end of the game, but he still struggled to get a chance on the right.

This time Galasek played without giving Yang Yang any Ronald Koeman instructions, which seemed to confirm what the head coach said in the locker room during the halftime break that he could no longer ask for more from the players.

Especially Yang Yang.

But this does not mean that Yang Yang has no requirements for him.

In the whole game, Yang Yang basically did not take advantage of Krish, and he was very dissatisfied.

This is the most unsatisfactory game he has played since his debut. His opponent turned out to be an 18-year-old player, only one year older than him. He really doesn't believe that he can't get any advantage from the opponent, even if Krish is the star of hope chosen by Wenger.

He wanted to try his best, and even if it didn't work, he would create opportunities for his teammates who would come on the bench next.
Chapter completed!