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In order to fit into the team, he not only learned to speak their language, despite the fact that he could communicate very well in English. Given the way he arrived in the team, he always gave more than his peers, to try to integrate as quickly as possible. From the moment he left Spain, his biggest wish was to come back again. Despite the fact that he is an orphan. Spain is still his native land. He wanted to come back to wear the national jersey.

Ravier's name caused a sensation in Dutch football for the first time, after the few games he had the opportunity to play. But the heat didn't last long. People are more willing to believe that it was a magical phenomenon created by the superposition of luck.

For the next few days after those games, Ravier knew the coaches were paying extra attention to him. In the end they have already concluded that he was much better than Stekelenburg. With his current strength he can play as a substitute in the team.

After playing several games now, he has gradually started to change the perception of the coaches again.

February 15.

The 24th round of the Eredivisie League is approaching. Ravier entered the team roster. Ajax team played at home against Twente ranking fourth.

- Let's take a look at the lineup.

Twente:

Goalkeeper: Paauwe.

Defender: Heubach, Van Ser Weerder, Pothuizen.

Midfielder: Rahin, Cziommer, Niemeyer, Sibum.

Attack: Gakhokidze, N'Kufo, Ramzi.

AFC Ajax.

Goalkeeper: Ravier.

Defender: Escude, Heitinga, Maxwell, Grygera.

Midfielder: Galásek, De Jong, Sneijder.

Attack: Sikora, Anastasiou, De Ridder.

It's been some time since the game has started. Ajax until now didn't have a threatening action. Unlike the Twente team which had several chances.

But in the 31st minute of the match, Ajax took the lead with a defensive counterattack. The goal was score by Sikora.

Twente are 0:1 behind Ajax.

The coach of Twente expressed his displeasure on the sidelines after the goal.

In terms of the situation, Twente team played an absolute advantage, but it was thunder and no rain, and the goal looked like they were about to break through but the defense or this damn goalkeeper is always on all the ball.

At the end of the half, the players returned to the locker room to rest for a while.

In the second half,

The mentality of Twente team turned impatient and the attacking quality was obviously subpar compared to the first half.

The coach frequent gestures to order the team to fight also revealed his impatience and unease.

In the 58th minute, De Ridder once again smashed the Twente team's goal with a fast counterattack.

In the 62nd minute of the match, Rene came off the bench. He replaced Gakhokidze.

The fans of the Twente team are already a little emotional and angry in the stands,

With a full fighting spirit and abundant physical energy, Rene was very active.

Twente elite team originally played on the right, and Ramzi was the main striker. His personal talent was outstanding in the team.

But as long as he controls the ball near the penalty area, he fell into a situation of encirclement and suppression, so he will only be able to choose to pass the ball to his teammates. Although his personal performance had no effect, he can also form a tactical containment and screen effect.

The Twente team couldn't help but be nervous. Rene, who just came on, entered the front court to make it easier to counter attack. After the opponent cleared the ball, he turned and retreated to the back court.

The game continues.

When the Twente team started to attack, the players made several passes one after another and the success rate increased significantly. But Ajax have further strengthened their defense. Their gesture was to last the last 15 minutes of the match. And find a way to counterattack. This made it more difficult for Twente's team to attack as they met more resistance.

When players passed and received the ball, the attacking space was even tighter, leading to a continuous increase in the rate of passing and receiving errors. Although attackers can pass the ball to their teammates without making mistakes, when it re-enters the penalty area, their teammates cannot get the ball back to their feet. After responding several times from the perimeter and then entering the penalty area to receive a good pass, they failed to pose a threat. The coach of the Twente team who was following the match closely realized that this style of play would not work. Even though he saw the situation, he really couldn't do anything to it right now. In the 84th minute of the match, Rene received a pass from midfielder Niemeyer.

He saw Ramzi running, but he knew that even if he gave a pass, the end result of the pass was that the opposing team solved the attack very quickly. He therefore continued to dribble the ball to the penalty area. He saw the players staring at him and seemed suspicious of him and his passes. But this time he did the opposite. The Ajax midfield defender in front of the penalty area was in shock.

They've been vigilant about Rene's passing and movement before. That's what he has been doing since he came into play. Unlike the other attackers on the team, this one seemed much better. Meet by the instinctive interceptions of two defenders one after the other, Rene's dribbling speed did not decrease, he controlled the ball and then changed his direction.

The change of direction felt like he had gone through an S-curve as he approached Ajax's danger zone. Fans in the audience were extremely shocked as they stared intently at Rene, who had already dribbled past to the front of the penalty area. Ajax's line defense was obviously caught off guard and immediately blocked Rene's line for a shoot. But he quickly put in a decisive shoot before his shooting angle was closed by the opponent. The shoot from the right foot is passed between the two central defenders. He flew straight to the lower right position in the middle of the goal.

As soon as Rene appeared on the pitch and noticed the change he brought to the team, Ravier was very alerted. He never took his eyes off the ball and from time to time gave instructions to his teammates to block the opposing attack. On this action again he was very concentrated. As soon as Rene shoot, he immediately got into position, consciously falling to the ground to save, but Rene's ball was heavy and extremely fast.

Although the angle wasn't tricky, it also prevented Ravier from holding the ball immediately. He prevented Rene from scoring but the danger was still there, since he let go of the ball. The blocked ball has just come out of the small penalty area and a player quickly takes the ball and sends it again in the middle of the goal

But Ravier used his speed and made another save in extremis by throwing himself again in front of the feet of the opposing player who was not too far from the goal. This time he no longer let go of the ball which was firmly in his arms.

"Ohh!!!! The Ajax team narrowly escaped it."

"Another magnificent rescue from Ravier. This goalkeeper never ceases to amaze us. Note that, so far he has conceded only one goal."

After Ravier made a rescue in extremis, he heard the deafening cheers in the stands, it's the passion of the green field. And as a professional player, he began to appreciate all of that a little more.

Hearing the shouting, the applause, and the encouragement from his teammates, he knew he had conquered them with his game. Gradually they put aside their prejudice against his young age and began to see his true value.

A few minutes later the referee ended the match. With his great performance during the match, Ravier's name caused a sensation again in the Eredivisie.