"Vice President Van Plage, it seems that you Ajax still need to strengthen further now, otherwise it would be difficult to go further in the Champions League with the current main lineup." This VIP box seemed to be reserved by Monaco Club for the top management of the two clubs participating in the competition. Therefore, there was no one else in the room except Zhuang Mingge, Karin, Rebecca, who represented Florence and Van Plage who represented Ajax Club. It was a good place to chat and talk about things.

"You are right, Chairman Corleon, there are still three days left before the gates are closed during the summer transfer period, and we must fill the loopholes as soon as possible." After seeing the team's poor performance in the first half, Van Prager also looked depressed at this time. Although Ajax is seeking as much as possible to strengthen the team this summer, the "Ajax model" accumulated by the club over the past decades has made the team's scouting system focus more on young players who have not yet played in the professional league or have just debuted for a year or two. For this kind of job of finding combat power that can be used immediately, Ajax's scouting department has never made any records before, so he had to cram for the first time in more than a month.

It is obvious that it is not too late to let Ajax find the right combat power with good quality and low price in more than a month. At the same time, since these main players who transfer freely this summer did not bring a penny of transfer income to the team, Ajax, who is short of money and has no support from the rich, naturally cannot spend money on the transfer market like Fiorentina, Inter Milan and other teams.

It can be said that it has been quite successful for Ajax to sign two free agents, Big Laudrup and Van Bronkhorst, in the transfer market in just over a month.

But this is obviously not enough. The departure of a large number of main players has caused the current Ajax bench depth to be sharply reduced. At the same time, the lack of strong offensive ability will also make this Dutch giant struggling in the European arena this season. After all, the head coaches of other teams are not fools. Who will foolishly play against you if you don’t have strong offensive ability? It must be Yishui’s defensive counterattack...

Therefore, the powerful center and right back are the two positions that Ajax needs to make up for the most now.

"By the way, Chairman Corleone, I wonder if you have some suitable players to recommend to our team?" Van Prager, who was worried about the future of the team, remembered that the Fiorentine president around him seemed to have a big scout network, and his eyes were quite fierce, and he asked.

Zhuang Mingge was about to answer, but he might as well be stabbed by Karin beside him with his elbow, so he smiled awkwardly at Van Prag, turned around and asked in a low voice: "Karin, do you have any ideas?"

"Tony, since Ajax has such a good player training system, let it help us train a few more players." Karin blinked slyly. Seeing that Zhuang Mingge seemed to have no special reaction, he had to add, "Simone Inzaghi in our youth team is now 20 years old."

Yes! How can I easily let go of this good thing about laying eggs by borrowing chickens? What's more, this "chicken" is a high-quality variety called "Ajax" that specializes in laying golden eggs.

So Zhuang Mingge happily recommended Xiao Inzaji, who was almost unable to continue playing in the youth team due to age issues, to Van Prag, and Van Prag was obviously very interested in this "Philip Inzaji's younger brother" (actually, it is more important because the loan is completely free), so the two sides quickly reached an oral agreement: as long as Xiao Inzaji personally agrees, the transaction can be completed.

Just when Zhuang Mingge and Van Prager reached another loan deal in the box, the short 15-minute halftime break had already come to an end, and the two sides were about to start the second half of the game.

Fiorentina and Ajax did not make substitutions during the break, but the meaning of the representatives was obviously different. The former was because the starting lineup was strong enough and there was no problem so far, so there was no need to substitutions; while the latter was because there was no candidate on the bench that could match the main players in the city, and rash substitutions would only make the situation worse.

After the second half of the game began, Fiorentina continued to recover in full, and steadily launched a defensive counterattack, resolutely not giving Ajax's players room to attack. Ajax, who was behind in the score, had no choice. Even if he knew that the offensive effect was not great, he might even be because of it.

Because Ajax lacks a forward with strong offensive ability, and the speed striker Ovemas lacks enough space and wants to shoot a long shot outside the penalty area, he was blocked by Fiorentina's thick defense line in advance. The gap in physical fitness has made Ajax's players very few opportunities to enter the penalty area.

"Tsk, if I were given a center with only half of Cruivet's strength, I wouldn't let the team be so passive on the court..." Van Gaal thought resentfully as he looked at Ajax who was passive on the court.

Van Gaal's complaints obviously will not change the situation much. Ajax still controls the ball, but when facing Fiorentina's defense like a turtle shell, these players felt a little helpless - they couldn't even attack the opponent's penalty area, and the game was really depressed!

It was found that there was no room to use in the penalty area. Under the dispatch and organization of Lauderup and Corini and others, Ajax began to consciously increase the long-range shot frequency outside the penalty area. However, the effect received was still not ideal. Several midfielders in Fiorentina had a very large running range, and the blocking and stealing were also very accurate, making Ajax players unable to calmly take off within their "range range".

After a long attack, the Ajax players, who were suppressed everywhere on the court, began to gradually decline. At this time, Fiorentina's counterattack began to officially launch!

With more defense on the backcourt, Fiorentina's counterattack relies more on its frontcourt trident. Whether it is the speed of Djocard and Ronaldo or the impact of Batistuta, it can make Fiorentina's counterattack exciting.

In the 54th minute, after Effenberg intercepted the ball in the backcourt, a long pass was handed over to Djokaf, who was ambushing the left side of the midfield. The Frenchman did not stop the ball and directly swung his left foot to send a diagonal pass. The ball directly penetrated the defense line that Ajax was too pressing on, and was obtained by Ronaldo, who began to accelerate. Debord was desperately chasing back and trying to remedy it, but the aliens who were not troubled by injuries were not something he could catch up with. The distance between the two was getting farther and farther...

Then, Ronaldo, who rushed into the penalty area, suddenly shot at the front of the penalty area, and Van der Sar was caught off guard and had to watch the ball fly into his own goal.
Chapter completed!