【From Ajax Youth Academy! 18-year-old Chinese-Dutch prodigy might make his Ajax II debut tonight!】
【Potential naturalization target! Match Preview: A young genius on par with Tianle!】
【A new generation 'Regent' King? Is his template Rijkaard or Danny Blind? Or perhaps De Boer, also from the Ajax Youth Academy?】
【Rookie Stats: 26 appearances, 4 goals, and 10 assists for Ajax U19 in a single season. In the future, Future Stadium might welcome a brand new legendary center-back!】
Piece by piece, news began to spread on China's Dongqiudi app.
It's just a pity that most fans here are only interested in the Top Five Leagues and don't pay much attention to these niche stories.
However, some people still paid attention.
For example, in the Su Lei Sports live stream at this moment, the streamer, who kept refreshing the live source, was discussing Ajax II's starting lineup with gamblers—scratch that—fans.
【Playing against a weak team like Utrecht II, I'll say a number: they'll win by a lot!】
【Winning by a lot is impossible. The handicap is only 3 goals; you're exaggerating.】
【Oh! On this starting lineup, Wang Yu, he's actually starting?】
【Lian Sana and the big black guy are injured, so they definitely have to call up players from the second team. Putting everything else aside, there aren't many forwards left.】
【No way? He's 18 and only just made it to the second team? He's washed up, he's washed up.】
【Upstairs, if you're so amazing, why don't you go play yourself? Ajax II plays in the Eerste Divisie, how is that washed up? Didn't Zhang also come up this way back then?】
In front of his computer, Zheng Tong shook his head, facing the microphone.
In the online world, there are plenty of people who say Messi can't dribble and Cristiano Ronaldo can't head the ball. So it's normal now for someone to declare a young newcomer, just starting out, as "washed up."
Zheng Tong didn't let the fans continue to hijack the conversation. He quickly skipped this topic and began to explain today's match.
"Today's recommended content from the streamer is now in the top right corner of the public screen. Brothers who see it can try to follow along."
"Additionally, joining the member group offers many benefits. Follow the streamer and feast on profits!"
Zheng Tong enlarged his group number while paying attention to the comments in the bullet screen.
"How do you view today's match, streamer?"
Zheng Tong read out this bullet comment.
He then immediately replied,
"How do I view it? Brother, it's already written very clearly in the top right corner! Home win plus over 3 goals, follow the formation."
【Over 3 goals? What over 3 goals? Utrecht has lost four in a row, it's an easy win!】
【Does the streamer even understand football? The initial handicap for the home win dropped from -0.75 to -0.25. With such a drastic downward curve, go all in on Utrecht not losing!】
【Hard to say. Be conservative and go for away +1. Less profit is fine.】
【Ajax will definitely win, I say! After all, who would have thought they could beat Eerste Divisie powerhouse Emmen last round? And away from home!】
【But they also paid the price of two defenders. One is suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, and one left injured at halftime. Now, the second team has a total of four defenders, and three of them are on the injury list.】
【No wonder, no wonder Yu Wang could make it into the second team's starting lineup. It turns out there's no one left in the defense.】
Zheng Tong's view was different from the fans'. He believed that the home team was strongest precisely at times like these!
How to put it? Just think of those red card wins!
"Ajax (II) is currently eighth in the League, meaning they are safe from relegation but have no hope of promotion. Of course, I also need to tell the brothers who just joined that even if Ajax reaches the top two in the League, even if they secure direct promotion or indirect playoff spots, they still cannot be promoted to the Netherlands' top League."
"The reason is also very simple: Ajax's first team is in the Eredivisie, and a club cannot have two top teams in the same League at the same time."
"However, relegation is possible. For example, Utrecht II is currently ranked fourth from the bottom, and they will have to fight for survival this season."
"Over 3 goals is the streamer's opinion. For the home win, everyone can follow rationally; this is just a reference."
And just as Zheng Tong was giving his explanation, on the live stream screen, in the Future Stadium, which can hold 5,000 people, both teams' starting players had already walked out, holding the hands of young mascots.
Following the Ajax players in front, Yu Wang also walked onto the field, holding a young mascot's hand!
As a transmigrator who had only arrived yesterday, Yu Wang was completely bewildered.
They used to say that only with great luck would one open the door to another world. How did he transmigrate just by waking up from a sleep now?
Also, why was this Yu Wang also named the same, with the same parents who were gone?
Had Qidian Orphanage started enrolling Tomato transfer students?
Shaking his head, Yu Wang suppressed these unrealistic and wild thoughts. Now, only one problem lay before him.
That was, facing the upcoming match, he... he couldn't play!
Of course, saying he couldn't play was just an exaggeration. As a player who often represented his school team in the university League, he definitely had some basic skills.
It's just, what was his level, and what was the Eerste Divisie level!
So, when coach Heitinga announced that Yu Wang would start in the next match, Yu Wang was completely flustered!
Thanks for asking! Just transmigrated, waiting online, it's urgent. I'm in the Eerste Divisie, how do I save myself?
Fortunately, before the match started, Yu Wang activated his Golden Finger system.
However, the Golden Finger system had a countdown, and judging by the end time of the countdown, it coincided exactly with the start time of the Ajax II vs. Utrecht II match!
To be honest, when he learned he had a system, Yu Wang was very happy. After all, having transmigrated, if he didn't bring a Golden Finger, relying purely on his brain to remember, what could he remember?
Besides Germany's 7-1 win over Brazil in '14 and France's 4-2 victory over Croatia in '18, Yu Wang didn't remember much else.
The key thing is, those were already in the past... Oh, and there was the 2-2 in the 2022 World Cup final, and the 2025 Champions League final, PSG's 5-0 win over Inter Milan!
But those hadn't happened yet, and now he needed to focus on the current match.
Anything further in the past? That was a matter for the future.
And so, in the locker room, and in the player tunnel, the Ajax II players would always hear Yu Wang's sighs.
What?
Was the pressure of starting for a U19 player really that immense?
"Woohoo!"
Soon, amidst the cheers of the entire stadium, the starting players of both teams followed the main referee onto the field!
Future Stadium can only accommodate 5,000 people, so it certainly cannot compare to the magnificent grandeur of a place like Westfalen.
But, small has its advantages!
That is, when Yu Wang walked out holding the young mascot's hand, besides the cheers from the crowd, there were even more words of encouragement from his own fans!
"Asian kid, come on!"
"Play well, and next year you'll be sold to Manchester United for 50 million!"
"Hey, remember to follow the pace of the big brothers on the field, don't break formation."
"Hahaha! Don't be nervous, just like in training, just focus on defending."
"Don't give the Utrecht people any chances, kill them!"
"..."
Listening to the encouragement and cheers from those around him, Yu Wang took a deep breath, then stepped over the sideline and onto the field.
And it was at this moment!
"Ding!"
PS: A brand new journey! Welcome everyone to add to your bookshelves and follow along!