Green Dragon

Chapter 47

"Marco!"

"Marco!"

Marco van Basten seemed to hear someone calling his name anxiously.

But he couldn't open his eyes.

The sky and the earth are spinning, and there is darkness in front of my eyes.

After a muffled "bang", he felt himself fall to the ground.
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"Ah... Poor Marco... I don't like him very much, but in this case, I hope he is safe..."

In the studio of Dutch TV, the commentator Hans de Kool watched the broadcast with pity.

The Amsterdam Arena, which was originally full of voices, was completely silent at this moment.

Whether it is the fans of the home team Ajax, the fans of the visiting team Fiorentina, or the players on the field who were entangled with each other a second ago, they all became silent at this time.

All eyes were on the sidelines.

The tall and handsome Ajax marshal with a hint of cold temperament, one of the Dutch Three Musketeers, Marco van Basten, who is known as the White Swan... suddenly fainted at the last moment of this game!
"It is said that football coaching is the most stressful profession in the world. This sentence is absolutely true."

He Wei, the commentator of CCTV, couldn't help feeling emotional:

"Ajax has won five consecutive victories this season. Two days ago, they slaughtered their rivals Eindhoven away without bloodshed. Van Basten's glory was the same. But this is life No one can predict the joys and sorrows, and only two days later, Van Basten fell into the bottom of the cliff!"

Van Basten finally opened his eyes when the chief team doctor Van Talde was about to call his assistants to carry the head coach into the ambulance and take him to the hospital.

"I'm fine, the game..."

He struggled to get up from the stretcher, but was held down by several team doctors.

"Marco, the game is over, you just need to rest now." Van Dold pressed his shoulders hard and looked at him sincerely, "Otherwise I can't guarantee that you can still appear on the coach's bench in the second round superior."

Under the strong pressure of the team doctor, Van Basten gave up struggling. He let out a little breath and looked around the crowd: "Robo, what is the final score?"

Assistant coach Weitzger hesitated for three seconds, but in the end he didn't hide anything from him: "It's still...1 to 2, we still have a chance..."

"Really?" Van Basten slowly closed his eyes.

He suddenly felt a huge sense of powerlessness all over his body.

The two bruised legs seemed to be hurting too.

It really hurts!
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Basically consistent with what the experts expected, Fiorentina, who was a guest in Amsterdam, put on a defensive posture very resolutely after the start of the game. Except for one striker Gilardino, the other ten players almost huddled in their own half. Never cross the center line easily.

Ajax wanted to play smooth passing and quick-moving offense, but they hit an extremely hard iron plate.

Both Suarez and Soleimani disappeared into the seamless chain defense of the Italian team. The two full-backs Emmanuel Nursen and Romedal had speed and footwork, but they could only be like other midfielders. Deeply plunged into the quagmire of the midfield arranged by Florence.

Wu Nong-Anita, who finally got the chance to start, originally wanted to prove to the coaches that although his body is not suitable for defense, his ability on the offensive end can still be outstanding. As a result, he was 1.6 meters 1.8. When Fiorentina's [-]m[-] midfielder Ricardo Montolivo hit him lightly, he immediately couldn't find things...

When there is no way to pose a threat in the frontcourt, but the team must strengthen the offense, the defensive players are bound to participate. Although the height of Vertonghen and Oleg, who are close to 1.9 meters zero, take turns to advance, although Ajax is in the middle. Two high points were added to the frontcourt, but a huge gap was exposed behind them.

At the end of the first half, it was precisely because the two central defenders rushed into the penalty area to fight for a free kick that Ajax, who had opened up their defense, was caught off guard by Fiorentina who suddenly attacked!
That was only Florence's second shot in the game, and it successfully penetrated the goal guarded by Stegrunberg!
The high emotions of the [-] home fans were suddenly poured with cold water, icy cold and trembling!
Van Basten, who was standing on the sidelines, even heard his heartbroken voice!
His side trailed by one goal at home and his opponents scored the coveted away goal...

Do you still have a choice?
No! -
The second half almost became Ajax's half-time offensive drill. Led by Suarez, Soleimani, and Kvitanić who came off the bench, the Dutchman launched a full-scale attack towards Fiorentina's penalty area.

But the Italians are best at this kind of defense. Their defense line seems to be shaky all the time, but... it never falls.

One way to break through the dense defense is to pass a long pass, but in addition to the defenders of Ajax, Suarez, who is the tallest in the frontcourt, is only 1.8 meters above zero. He does not have any advantage in the competition for high-altitude balls. Use your feet.

Until the 81st minute, Suarez was violated by the opponent's defender in the process of dribbling the ball. The Uruguayan striker hit the penalty area line as if struck by lightning-he has recently learned a truth and wants to win more sympathy, sometimes you don’t need to hug your legs and roll all over the ground, it may be more visually shocking to hit the ground directly...

His shocking fall really got his wish and won a penalty kick. Soleimani made it overnight to help the team equalize the score.

But a draw is obviously not the result Ajax wanted. Van Basten used up the last remaining substitution, further strengthened the offensive firepower in the midfield, and wanted to make persistent efforts to win the opponent.

So Long Shute could only put on a long-sleeved jacket and sit on the bench obediently.

There is nothing wrong with Van Basten's adjustment. The football game is a gamble. He bet that Ajax's spear can pierce Florence's shield first.

It's just that God didn't stand on his head at this moment, and the Dutch spear was broken abruptly by the Italian shield.

Less than 8 minutes after Ajax equalized, Fiorentina ended the game with a quick assault: Montolivo made a long diagonal pass from the midfielder, and forward Gilardino received the ball sideways from the front of the penalty area. Swinging his right leg, he kicked a chic and freehand volley!

Before Stegrunberg even saw his action clearly, the ball had already blasted into the net!
The Amsterdam Arena turned into a silent dead place at this moment!

It was at this time that Van Basten fell into a coma!

The leaderless Ajax players completely lost their sense of proportion. Suarez wandered around like a ghost in the frontcourt, but no one could send the football to his feet, so his power was naturally greatly reduced.

He is not the type to catch the ball after retracing, stage a thousand-mile breakthrough, and solve the battle alone. Once he retreats to the midfield, he can only return without success in the face of the steel defense line that the Italians can't get through. .

Most of the time, Ajax's offensive has no way to break into the front of the penalty area. Under the pressure of Montolivo and others, Ajax and Anita in the middle always lose the ball too easily.

Whenever he sees this, Suarez will miss his No. [-] golfer who sat on the bench to watch the game.

Even though Long Shute's ability to protect the ball is not outstanding, and his dribbling level is not as good as that of any starting forward, but he reacts extremely quickly after losing the ball. He can use his explosive power and counter-stealing ability Regaining the ball, which often catches opposing players off guard who are about to launch a counterattack.

If you want to strengthen your offense, you must first do a good job of defense.

(End of this chapter)