The game went smoother than everyone thought. Against Ajax, they scored a goal at the very beginning.
However, Xue Yang seemed to have expected it, with a smile on his face.
At this time, the players in The Hague were very excited. They remembered what Xue Yang said before the game started.
Xue Yang said that with The Hague's current strength, it can definitely defeat Ajax.
Facts have proved that Xue Yang was right again, so far The Hague feels okay.
There was no difficulty as expected, and the process went surprisingly smoothly.
Now he has scored a goal and is currently one goal ahead of Ajax.
The game continued, and Ajax, who fell behind, wanted to equalize the score as soon as possible.
Currently, there is Feyenoord, which has won eight games, and The Hague, which has seven wins and one loss.
These two teams are currently ranked in the top two of the standings, and Ajax wants to improve their ranking as soon as possible.
Ajax tried to control the ball, but they found that the ball control they were good at disappeared instantly against The Hague.
The Hague's midfield configuration is actually no worse than theirs.
Ajax head coach Peter Botts frowned, suddenly realizing that he couldn't find The Hague's shortcomings.
At this time, Sinkgrafen was following Rafinha with all his concentration, not daring to relax at all.
The previous goals conceded by the team had a lot to do with him.
It was precisely because he was easily passed by Rafinha that Rafinha gave the fatal assist.
"I won't let you get past me again!" Sinkgrafen said to Rafinha.
Raphinha looked at Sinkgrafen and smiled, ignoring him at all.
At this time, the football happened to be passed to Raphinha, but because Sinkgrafen followed him closely.
So Raphinha stepped forward to meet the passing football, otherwise Sinkgrafen might have snatched the ball away.
Sinkgrafen was still following Raphinha. When Rafinha came to the football, Sinkgrafen moved towards him.
Preventing Raphinha from stopping the ball, he turned around and passed him, but what he didn't expect was that Raphinha didn't stop the ball.
Just as he was about to touch the football, he suddenly turned around without touching the ball.
This fake move was something Sinkgrafen didn't expect, and his reaction was a bit slow.
When Raphinha turned around, Sinkgrafen subconsciously reached out and pulled Raphinha's jersey.
But Raphinha flicked his left hand and directly shook off Sinkgrafen's hand.
Immediately after Raphinha caught up with the football, he moved forward vigorously.
Then he increased his speed to the fastest, and Sinkgrafen chased with all his strength.
Soon Rafinha was brought to a 45-degree angle on the right side of the penalty area, and suddenly Rafinha made an emergency stop.
Sinkgrafen did not expect that Raphinha would stop suddenly. He braked quickly but was forced to stop due to the inertia.
But Raphinha pulled the football with his left foot, and the football rolled toward the baseline.
Raphinha first made an emergency stop and asked Sinkgrafen to brake suddenly, and then continued to dribble forward.
Sinkgrafen wanted to continue to catch up, but his body didn't allow it.
Suddenly he felt severe pain in his right foot, and he fell directly to the ground.
Raphinha broke through to the right side of the penalty area and then made a direct pass.
The football flew into the penalty area because he noticed Alai's position.
Allais was in pretty good shape today, so Rafinha chose to pass the ball to him.
Unfortunately, Ajax defender Sanchez got into position and pushed the ball out early.
Originally, The Hague wanted to fight for it and then continue the attack.
But it was discovered that several Ajax players were all pointing to the same position.
Everyone looked in the direction they were pointing and found that Sinkgrafen was still lying on the ground with a painful expression on his face.
Although Ndidi grabbed the football, he saw that an opponent's player was injured and fell to the ground.
He still chose to kick the football out of the sideline, and the referee quickly stopped the game.
The Ajax team doctor rushed over and gave Sinkgrafen emergency treatment.
At this time, Ajax head coach Peter Botts was wandering, and he was very uneasy at this time.
He saw the previous scene of Sinkgrafen falling to the ground, and felt that Sinkgrafen was seriously injured this time.
At this time, the team doctor signaled towards the coaching bench that Sinkgrafen could no longer continue the game.
Peter Botts sighed. Sinkgrafen's injury made the already passive Ajax even worse.
He can only let Mitchell Jix warm up, and Mitchell Jix is even worse as a left back.
For a tall fullback, Mitchell Gix is too slow.
Sinkgrafen is already so difficult, but Mitchell Jix is even more difficult.
Moreover, his strength was mediocre, and Peter Botts was getting more and more headaches.
Peter Botts talks to Mitchell Jix about tactical changes, mainly defensive.
He moved the midfielder a little further to the left to help the defense on the left as much as possible.
Mitchell Jix came on as a substitute and play resumed.
Xue Yang looked at the opponent's substitute full-back and found that he was slower.
This made Xue Yang a little curious. Mitchell Jix is 1.94 meters tall.
Since he is so slow, why doesn't he play as a central defender?
As a full-back, Mitchell Jix is indeed a bit slow, and Xue Yang can only estimate that he has talent on the offensive end.
However, Xue Yang soon discovered the opponent's tactical changes, but asking Schone to take care of the defense on the left meant that he could not take care of the midfield organization as before.
Originally, The Hague had a slight advantage in the midfield. After they modified their tactics, The Hague's advantage became even greater.
Slowly, The Hague's ball possession advantage became more and more obvious, and Ajax's hope of equalizing the score became even smaller.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the first half of the game was coming to an end.
The Hague still leads Ajax by 1 goal. The Hague had a huge advantage in the first half.
With the referee's whistle, the first half of the game was finally over.
Now the balance is constantly tilting towards The Hague, scoring first and then injuring the main full-back.
Players from both sides returned to the locker room one after another. The Hague players were obviously happier. They were chatting and laughing, hugging each other.
As for Ajax, they are much quieter.
The teammates didn't say anything to each other and walked back to the locker room silently.
After returning to the locker room, Xue Yang praised the team's performance.
They played really well today, especially right winger Rafinha.
At this time, Raphinha felt very happy, although it was not good to cause injury to his opponent.
But he injured him through dribbling and technique.
So Rafinha felt an indescribable pleasure, but of course he wouldn't say it out loud.
Rafinha has been going very smoothly recently, and it seems that Rafinha has seen her bright future.
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