Winger King

August 16.

Sittard Stadium.

Ajax U21 played against Fortuna Sittard, a veteran team in the Eredivisie in the second round.

The Netherlands has a land area of ​​40,000 square kilometers, and it takes no more than three hours to drive anywhere.

Early in the morning, Ajax U21 players took the team bus to Sittard.

Sittard was established nearly eight hundred years ago, and the entire city covers an area of ​​80 square kilometers. Even the Dutch call this city a small city.

In Sun Yu's opinion, Sittard can only be called a micro town with a population of only 40,000 people in China.

But in the Netherlands, it is a city, and a city with two universities.

In addition to the two universities, there are three churches, two monasteries, a luxurious hotel and a football field.

For a city of 80 square kilometers, these buildings are not few.

Although Sittard is just a small city that can be visited in depth in one day, it borders Belgium and Germany and is only 40 kilometers away from Aachen.

Such a geographical environment makes Sittard a battleground.

During World War II, a fierce battle took place here. The German army fired 4,000 bombs at Sittard, turning the city into ruins.

However, under the fierce bombing, the three churches in the city were miraculously intact.

If he had heard about this in his previous life, Sun Yu would have ridiculed it as a gimmick.

But after crossing, Sun Yu believed that things he had not seen might not exist.

He was not blindly convinced by this strangeness, but he also had a little more awe.

After entering the hotel, Sun Yu and his teammates took a walk and found that the locals were speaking a dialect that no one could understand.

The overall color of the city is red bricks and green trees, which gives people a feeling of a fairy tale world.

The Sittard Stadium can accommodate 13,000 spectators. Although the stadium is small, such a capacity is equivalent to building a stadium in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou that can accommodate millions of people for a city with a population of only 40,000.

Sometimes it is really necessary to see more of the world to feel the diversity of the world.

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In the locker room.

Sun Yu was in a relaxed state, and his teammates seemed very calm this time compared to the nervousness before the first game.

After the first game, everyone's mentality has begun to integrate into the Dutch Eredivisie.

In today's world where professional football has been completely commercialized, it can be said to be a miracle that Fortuna Sittard can survive in the professional league, because it is difficult for a population of 40,000 to support a professional football club.

In Sun Yu's view, Fortuna Sittard has a high probability of being in the red.

In such a club, the average annual salary of the players is at least 150,000 euros.

Based on the average annual salary of 150,000, a team of 25 people will have to pay nearly 4 million euros a year.

Adding the salaries of the coaching team and staff, it is difficult for the club to make this money through the business model.

From this perspective, Fortuna Sittard will naturally be a civilian relegation team.

But the fact is not the case. Fortuna Sittard won the eighth place in the Dutch Eredivisie last season and entered the promotion play-offs.

This summer, Fortuna Sittard signed several players of good quality in the transfer market for free. Their goal is to enter the Eredivisie through the promotion play-offs.

In order to increase the attendance of the game, Fortuna Sittard gave Ajax fans 3,000 tickets.

The home team and tourists had a total of nearly 8,000 people. The Sittard Stadium was not full, but it looked full.

After the game started, the players of both sides fought fiercely on every inch of the lawn.

Fortuna Sittard's tactics were also high-pressure pressing. When Ajax U21 players took the ball in the backcourt, the opponent's midfield players would immediately grab it without hesitation.

In the fifth minute, Ajax U21 took the ball in the backcourt, and several frontcourt players of Fortuna Sittard immediately rushed up.

Central defender Danswell passed the ball to the right side, and the opponent's left winger immediately rushed up.

The full-back immediately turned around and passed the ball back to the penalty area. Onana passed the ball to Van der Beck 30 meters away without stopping.

Fortuna Sittard was closely guarding, and Van der Beck passed the ball to Bazoer on the left the moment he touched the ball.

Bazoer took the ball and moved forward a few meters, led the opponent's midfielder over, and immediately passed the ball to Sun Yu in front of him.

Before Sun Yu received the ball, the defender behind him hit him with his arm.

If the rules of football are strictly followed, such an action must be considered a foul.

But even if it is releasedIn the Spanish football system, referees will not whistle in U13 matches.

In the professional league, the standards are more lenient. In many cases, the central defender hugs the opponent's center forward.

As long as the ball does not fly to the center forward's area, the referee will not blow the whistle. High-level referees can usually block details that are irrelevant to the game itself and keep the game going smoothly.

Of course, these times depend on the referee's mood, because the defensive players are already wandering in the gray area.

After being pushed, Sun Yu ran towards the ball.

At the moment of receiving the ball, Sun Yu decisively dribbled the ball diagonally to the middle.

Because the defensive midfielder was not in a defensive position, the opponent's right back could only try to block the middle.

Just as he focused on the middle, Sun Yu's next touch suddenly changed direction to the left.

The right back predicted Sun Yu's action, but he immediately found that he could not keep up with the opponent.

The next moment!

Fortuna Sittard's right back could only shovel from the side and back, knocking Sun Yu down on the lawn.

The whistle blew!

The referee gave Ajax U21 a free kick on the left side of the front court.

Sun Yu spread his arms and asked the referee: "No yellow card?"

The black right back muttered a lot of words like "I didn't use any strength at all", "This happens every day", "I work hard every day", "You can't ruin me".

Sun Yu and the referee looked at each other and saw helpless looks in each other's eyes.

Many professional players have not received a proper education since childhood. If they don't play football, they will probably only be able to do physical labor.

Even if they play football, such people can only mix in low-level leagues because it is difficult to understand complex tactics.

The referee smiled and told Sun Yu: "Things can't progress so quickly, you have to be patient."

The two ignored each other's right back from beginning to end, because both knew that this buddy couldn't communicate.

Van de Beek took a free kick, and Zivkovic jumped high in the crowd and grabbed the first point.

But he lost his balance at the moment of heading the ball and headed the ball four meters high.

In the eleventh minute, Sun Yu was pushed down from behind by the right back just after receiving the ball.

He sat on the lawn and spread his hands to the referee: "What do you say this time?"

The referee smiled helplessly: "Not this time, but you have to believe that I won't let you get hurt."

Van der Beck took another free kick, and Bazoer headed the ball to the middle of the goal six meters in front of the goal.

The goalkeeper subconsciously blocked the ball with his hand, but then Zivkovic scored with a shovel shot.

1:0!

Sun Yu smiled and high-fived his teammates one by one.

If the right back kept playing like this, he could have given Sun Yu at least ten set pieces before being sent off.

In the seventeenth minute, Fortuna Sittard made a pass error in the middle, and Van der Beck passed the ball to the left after getting the ball.

The right back pulled Sun Yu down after losing his defensive position.

The referee immediately showed him a yellow card.

Van der Beek took a free kick, and Bazoer got the first point again, but his header was slightly off the goal.

With the score behind, Fortuna Sittard began to frequently attack on the right.

Their right winger was like a buffalo, and he could directly knock the left back away and shoot while dribbling at high speed.

In the 24th minute, the opponent's right winger broke into the penalty area and kicked it.

This half-high ball was very powerful, but Onana reacted quickly and blocked the ball out of the baseline with his left hand.

In the following game, the offense and defense rhythm of the two teams was very fast, and both teams got several scoring opportunities.

In the 41st minute, Van der Beek took a long shot in front of the penalty area, and the defensive player fouled with a tackle.

The referee gave Ajax U21 a free kick at the top of the penalty area.

In the eyes of the defensive players, Van der Beek brushed his hair upwards.

His eyes looked at the goal, but his attention was actually on Sun Yu not far away.

Sun Yu did the same thing, and Van der Beek put his hand on his nose, which was a secret signal between the two.

A free kick at this position does not require a long sprint distance, and Van der Beek took three steps back and stopped.

The referee blew the whistle, and Van der Beek started to run up.

The moment he touched the ball, the defensive players who set up the human wall jumped up.

Van der Beek's movements suddenly softened, and his right foot rubbed lightly, and the football drew a parabola and flew into the penalty area!

Almost at the same time, Sun Yu hit the opponent's right back with his upper body, and turned to rush towards the football.

The opponent's right back was panicked and stuck to Sun Yu behind him. He was stuck and couldn't use his strength.

When Sun Yu was still short ofWhen he was one step away from catching up with the ball, the right back pressed forward against Sun Yu, his hands and feet were not clean.

Sun Yu stretched out his left foot to stop the ball, but his right leg was suddenly tripped and fell to the grass.

When the whistle sounded, the right back opened his eyes and spread his hands, then put his hands on his chest: "I didn't do anything, this is not fair, do you know what you are doing? The Lord sublimated my soul!"

Sun Yu: "......."

The referee: "......."

This is probably a fool!

The referee looked past the right back and looked into the distance, pointing his right hand to the penalty spot.

After doing this, he showed the home team's right back a yellow card, and then a red card.

Penalty!

Two yellows turned into a red!

Fortuna Sittard is gone!

Sun Yu walked to the penalty spot with the ball in his arms, and hugged Van der Beck halfway: "It's another day to blow up the opponent's right wing."