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One to zero!

Southampton is leading!

The cheers of Southampton supporters began to resound throughout the Amsterdam Stadium.

The Ajax players who were high-spirited before were now a little distracted.

"How could this happen?"

De Ligt looked at the football lying in the goal with an unacceptable look on his face, and then looked at Ronaldo who was celebrating at the corner flag, and felt very uncomfortable.

Not long after, Ronaldo ended the celebration. He did not walk to his own half, but walked towards De Ligt.

Ronaldo came to De Ligt and stood still, with a confident smile on his face.

"Little friend, if you want to challenge me again, you still need to practice."

After saying that, Ronaldo turned around and left. Only De Ligt was left with a face full of unwillingness and stubbornness.

Looking at Ronaldo's slowly leaving back, De Ligt clenched his fists tightly.

"I will definitely beat you. I swear to God."

A goal behind cannot easily defeat an opponent. Ajax, a team full of vigor, will not lose confidence easily.

Soon, they restarted the game and came back.

"Come on, Ajax!"

"Being behind can't defeat us. It will only inspire our fighting spirit!"

Falling behind made the fans of Ajax cheer more actively.

As a young team, Ajax will inevitably have ups and downs. Falling behind is even more common.

And Ajax has achieved a reversal many times with strong fighting spirit when falling behind.

The fans believe that with their own cheering, this time can also be done.

The players on the field of Ajax also think so. They also feel that they can do it.

Therefore, the attack they launched after the restart not only did not show any decline, but also became more fierce.

But Southampton is different at this time.

Southampton is leading at this time, and their morale is greatly encouraged.

And Ronaldo's goal shows that they have really entered the game state.

Now, in front of Ajax is a Southampton team that has started to play normally.

The fierce attack launched by Ajax was held up by Southampton's defense.

"The team started to play normally. Everything started to run on the right track."

Seeing the situation of Southampton, Sun Yi was very satisfied.

Dio was also satisfied. "Just before the goal, Ajax's momentum really scared me. It was too fierce. I almost thought we were going to lose. Now, everything is fine."

"Yes. But we still can't take it lightly. These young people, we never know how far they will go." Sun Yi said.

"You are right, Sun. If they can continue to maintain the performance in the first ten minutes of the game, it will not be easy for us to get out of here unscathed today."

"Any possibility is possible. However, I still believe in our players. They are more mature and more experienced!"

Sun Yi still has more confidence in Southampton.

And the game on the field soon proved Sun Yi's words.

Since Ronaldo scored, the entire Southampton team has become more calm.

They are still very aggressive in fighting, but in terms of offense and defense, Southampton has become more calm.

No matter how aggressively Ajax plays and how hard they attack, Southampton can always deal with it calmly.

Perhaps, some positions like Bertrand will not be able to withstand Ziyech's attack, but the overall complete defense line makes it difficult for Ajax to create the next threat.

Ajax's offense is not without opportunities, but under Southampton's very efficient defense, their offense is difficult to hit the front of the goal to form a killing intent.

Ajax is forced to use more long shots to create threats.

"Bang!"

De Jong's long shot from behind began to threaten the goal, but Casillas laboriously took the ball in.

This caused a sigh from Ajax fans.

"Hey, no goal again! This shot is pretty good."

"I didn't expect Casillas to be in such good shape."

"I have to say that Sun is quite capable. These veterans regained their strength as soon as they joined his team. To be honest, if I didn't know Casillas' age, I would have thought I was watching the goalkeeper of Real Madrid back then."

The excellent performance of Southampton forced Ajax fans to take Southampton's players seriously. Especially Kaka and Casillas, who are about to retire.

However, they soon began to cheer themselves up.

"Indeed, the old guys on the Southampton team did play very well. However, they can never avoid the problem of age."

"No matter how good they are, they can't run all over the field like young people in their twenties."

"Given Southampton's situation, as long as we keep playing a strong and fast-paced game, they will definitely not be able to hold on."

"Even if they have no problems in the first half, they will definitely have physical problems early in the second half."

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It's not just the fans who think this way, but all the members of the Ajax team think this way. Because this is an objective reality.

Eric also thinks of this, so he still maintains enough confidence.

"Keep this pace. If we keep playing like this, the final victory will definitely belong to us."

With the support of this tactical thinking, Ajax has maintained a very strong offensive since falling behind.

Wave after wave of attacks were like a tide, constantly rushing towards Southampton's defense.

Facing such an Ajax team, the Southampton players couldn't help but sigh.

"It's so difficult!"

"These kids are still very tenacious."

"Playing in this game feels more tiring than playing against Real Madrid."

It's a sigh of relief that the Southampton team didn't feel more nervous or scared.

The Southampton team is still so calm. This is not the first day they have faced this massive offensive.

Sun Yi didn't need to say anything, they maintained enough confidence and a positive attitude to deal with it.

This situation gradually formed a balance of power on the field.

Southampton didn't score again and didn't allow Ajax to break through their goal.

The game reached a deadlock again. There were no more goals until the end of the first half.

Returning to the locker room with a one-to-zero, one-goal lead, Sun Yi was quite satisfied. Therefore, after returning to the locker room, Sun Yi didn't say much. He also didn't say much about the tactical arrangements for the second half.

The whole locker room seemed more relaxed and happy.

But it's different in the home team's locker room.

Being left behind is obviously not something they are willing to accept.

Eric returned to the locker room and began motivating the players.

"Unfortunately, we accidentally conceded a goal in the first half."

"There are many reasons for this, the main one is that the other party has better luck."

"Yes. They were really lucky. I pounced on the ball at that time. Unfortunately, I couldn't let the ball fly out of the goal." Onana responded immediately.

Eric nodded and continued: "Looking at the entire first half, we actually played no worse than them."

"We had every chance to score their goal."

"And we have another advantage. That is you are younger and more physical than them."

"Under the high-intensity and high-tempo confrontation, their physical fitness will not last long. If they continue to play like this, they will not even be able to last sixty minutes."

"So, don't worry, it doesn't matter even if you don't score in the first half of the second half."

"After sixty minutes of the game, it will be our world."

"For this reason, I want you to play more confrontational in the second half. And you also need to press ``````"

"``````These are my arrangements. The purpose of all this is to consume them. Remember, we can definitely win!"

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Soon, the fifteen-minute break passed.

The two sides returned to the field.

Both sides gathered in a circle and chanted slogans to motivate themselves before the game started.

"Southampton must win!"

"Come on! Ajax, grind them to death!"

The game started a little later.

Since neither side made much adjustments, the second half of the game quickly became similar to the situation in the first half.

The only difference is that Ajax has obviously stepped up its confrontation and pressing.

These changes did not exceed Sun Yi's expectations. Therefore, the Southampton team still performed very calmly and calmly.

They took their time in the face of the press.

They were not afraid of confrontation.

Southampton's watertight performance prevented Ajax from scoring.

“It seems like it’s going to be really difficult to score against them before they wear down their fitness.”

As the captain of the Ajax team, De Ligt, who is not yet 20 years old, is actually very mature mentally. He can understand that the current situation is relatively deadlocked.

"However, as the coach said, youth is our greatest asset. I don't believe it. If you can play with this intensity, how long can you last."

"Cristiano Ronaldo. When your physical energy is no longer so strong, I will return all the humiliation you suffered before."

In the fierce confrontation, the game time passed quickly.

The second half quickly entered the 60th minute.

"How come Ronaldo can still run so fast?"

De Ligt discovered that at this point in the game, not only was C good at running, but the physical condition of the entire Southampton team did not look any worse than that of the Ajax team.

"It seems that their physical fitness is better than we thought."

"But it doesn't matter. If they continue to play for a while, they will definitely be exhausted."

The entire Ajax team thinks like De Ligt. So, they continued to fight hard against Southampton.

However, it didn't take long before they became a little uneasy.

"It's been sixty-five minutes, why do they look like they can still run?"

five minutes later.

"Nima, didn't the coach say that this game will be ours after sixty minutes? Why is it now seventy minutes, and I feel there is no difference?"

Ajax have been waiting for Southampton to have fitness issues. But even in the 70th minute, Ajax did not get the advantage they imagined.

Such a situation began to shake the confidence of the Ajax team. They thought that their biggest advantage against Southampton was physical fitness. But from the current situation, there is no advantage at all.

After playing for a few minutes, Southampton really began to have physical problems. Some players began to run.

Like Bertrand, he really couldn't stand the strong impact of Ziyech.

Soon, Sun Yi replaced Bertrand.

But the players on the Ajax team were not happy to see this situation.

Because they also had people who couldn't stand it.

And under the high-intensity confrontation all the time, coupled with their need to desperately throw themselves into the offense, the consumption of the Ajax team was also very huge.

"Nima, it's all a lie."

"Southampton's physical fitness is not worse than ours just because of their older average age."

This discovery made the Ajax team really depressed.

At the same time, the morale of the army began to suffer a big blow.

The advantage they thought they had didn't exist at all, but they were still one goal behind.

When they looked at the time, they realized that they didn't have much time left.

So, Ajax began to get anxious.

Eric, who had just realized that he had made a wrong judgment, also began to anxiously ask Ajax to press forward and attack with all their strength.

It is said that impulse is the devil, but anxiety is not much different.

The impatient Ajax team began to become less methodical in their attack.

The mentality of being eager to score a goal made them always eager to complete the shot. This made them take more long shots.

In this way, Ajax's offensive efficiency was greatly reduced, and the threat they could create was greatly reduced.

Southampton, who had always been very calm, also strengthened its attack at this time, especially the quick counterattack.

"Bang!"

Ziyech cut inside and forced a long shot under the interference of Pavard.

The reluctant shot made his shot a little straight. It was confiscated by Casillas, who was in good form today.

"Attack!"

Casillas immediately threw the ball to launch a counterattack.

C Luo and others who had been waiting for the attack immediately ran forward.

The resolute and fast attack choice made Southampton successfully play a "Mourinho counterattack".

Southampton's counterattack was too fast, so Ajax, who was too pressed, failed to organize the defense line in the first time.

However, the defenders of Ajax still tried desperately to stop Southampton's attack.

"This time, I will never let you succeed."

After seeing C Luo take the ball, De Ligt gritted his teeth and blocked him.

This time, De Ligt really tried his best. He was even ready to destroy the attack by fouling.

But when De Ligt wanted to pull C Luo down, C Luo bounced his feet and passed the ball to Balotelli who followed.

Balotelli, who had no one around him, easily caught the ball and then calmly kicked and shot.

"Bang!"

The ball went into the net.

Two to zero!

"We lost!"

Ajax was still confident after falling behind by one goal. They were two goals behind, and their confidence was immediately lost.

After that, they couldn't cheer up anymore.

This is the price of youth. It's easy to explode, but it's also easy to lose morale.

The young Ajax youth team, once the morale fell, they could never turn the situation around.

In the end, they still lost two goals at home.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, all the Ajax players began to be dejected.

They really couldn't accept losing this game!

The depression in their hearts, like the cheers of Southampton fans, could not stop for a long time.

And the more depressed is still to come.

When shaking hands after the game, led by C Ronaldo, everyone on the Southampton team said this to the Ajax players:

"The future is yours."

Hearing C Ronaldo, Van Dijk and others line up to say this to him, De Ligt couldn't help but shed tears.