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Balledos Stadium.

Home of Celta.

The stadium, which can accommodate more than 3 people, is full of lights at night, and the stands are full of seats.

The familiar theme song of the Champions League echoed in the stadium.

Celta and Ajax's starting players stood in a row for the opening ceremony. The 22 players looked serious, and the atmosphere of the imminent battle became stronger.

"The fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2003-2004 season is about to begin. Today we are at the Baledos Stadium in Vigo, Spain. Celta Vigo will host the Dutch team Ajax at home. The performance in the Champions League this season is not good. Celta is participating in the Champions League for the first time in history. In the first four games, they have achieved 3 draws and 1 loss, while Ajax has 1 win and 3 losses. Considering that Brugge already has 3 points in the same group, AC Milan also has 8 points, and the battle record is better than Ajax, which led to this game, Celta and Ajax Si, whoever loses will be eliminated in advance! If there is a tie, Ajax will also be eliminated!

The following is the starting list of both sides.

Celta started 343.

Goalkeeper: Cavaleiro.

Defenders: Contreras, Sergio, Juanfran.

Midfielders: Velasco, Lucin, Berizzo, Sylvinho.

Forwards: Edu, Katanha, Hesuli.

Ajax start 433.

Goalkeeper: Robinte.

Defenders: Grigera, Heitinga, Escuder, Maxwell.

Midfielders: De Jong, Qin Xiong, Pienaar.

Forwards: van der Vaart, Ibrahimovic, Sneijder.

Alright, the opening ceremony of the UEFA Champions League match has been completed. Players from both sides stood in formation and prepared to kick off. With the whistle of the referee, the life-and-death battle of Group H kicked off! "

The head coach Koeman is confident. He lost to Ancelotti, that is, his skills are not as good as others, and there is nothing unconvinced.

But when he came to the away game and faced Celta coach Lotina again, he was full of confidence.

Celta's strength on paper is obvious to all. They are not top-notch, but they are strong enough. However, they lack experience in European wars. It can be seen in the formation of troops.

Ajax has no way out, if they can't win, they will be eliminated.

Under such circumstances, Ajax will definitely attack when they come to the away game.

Celta put on such an aggressive formation, 343.

Although the situation in front of Celta is similar, if they can't win, the probability of being eliminated is very high, but they have the home court advantage, and considering Ajax's pride in football status, Celta has no chance at all. Necessary to be so radical!

This is also good, Celta wants to fight against each other, Ajax can't wait for it, Koeman thought so.

At the beginning of the game, Qin Xiong put his full attention into the game, and Celta picked up the pace from the beginning, and the offense played like lightning.

They play on the flanks.

With the combination of Sylvinho-Jesusli and Velasco-Edu repeatedly attacking Ajax's side defense, Lucin dispatched in the middle.

The role of Sneijder and van der Vaart in the return defense was not obvious, which gave Celta a huge advantage in the wing attack after the opening, and was always able to transfer the attack from the front side to the center.

Ajax played away from home, and it was already slow to enter the state. Qin Xiong retreated and focused more on defense at the beginning of the game. He didn't mind the opponent's violent attack. Even the more the opponent played like this, Ajax would instead Chances are better.

Heitinga is in trouble. Due to the large number of offensive players on the opponent's side, Qin Xiong and De Jong alone are not enough to prevent inside cuts. Celta's three forwards, Edu, Katanha, and Hesuli, all have good ball-handling skills. If one-on-one defense cannot be perfect, teammates must help defend. Because of this, Ace Kuder's attention will be distracted, and the work of defending Katanha mainly falls on Heitinga.

This is not diverted by Heitinga's will, because Katanha's main activity area, like targeting Heitinga, is obviously bullying him when he is young!

Catanha is not a Brazilian striker at all. He has a nickname called "Hairy Crab". He has the highest number of fouls in the team all year round. Duteruel's leg was tackled, and at the same time he knocked Swedish defender Anderson into shock in the fight for a header!

From the beginning of the game, Katanha provoked Heitinga intentionally or unintentionally, collided roughly in the competition for opportunities, and entangled seemingly recklessly after losing the ball, which irritated Heitinga bit by bit.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Hesuli made a 45-degree cross from the wing. Katanha beat Heitinga in the header fight, but the two were evenly matched. Katanha's header was almost as good as a clearance , but after landing, Heitinga fell to the ground, and Katanha "inadvertently" kicked Heitinga's arm.

This made Heitinga immediately stand up and confront him!

The referee blew to stop the game, ran over to separate the two, and gave them a warning.

In the 7th minute, after figuring out the opponent's offensive routine and offensive and defensive rhythm, Qin Xiong began to show his skills.

He made a triangle pass with Maxwell and Pienaar, and then quickly dribbled and advanced across the half. In the opponent's midfield combination, Berizzo was mainly responsible for defense, Lu Xin had both offense and defense, and Qin Xiong dribbled to Lu Xin. In front of him, a cross pass gave Pienaar the ball.

He and Pienaer have a parallel cross-position running cooperation. During this process, Qin Xiong obliquely inserts the space between Berizzo and Lucin, and Pienaar then passes the ball to Qin Xiong. The two teamed up and penetrated. The opponent's midfield defense!

The opponent has three defenders, and the frontal breakthrough space is naturally narrow, because the horizontal defensive area has been greatly reduced.

Qin Xiong dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area. When Juanfran moved a step towards him, Qin Xiong immediately sent a through ball with strong penetrating power.

Van der Vaart, who was offside from Juanfran, went straight into the penalty area!

Semi-single-handed!

Ibrahimovic in the middle threw away Sergio with a flexible movement and came to the open space for the response.

Ibrahimovic is sure that as long as Van der Vaart passes the ball, he will score the goal!

However, Van der Vaart shot directly with his left foot, hoping to blast the ball into the near corner of the goal!

In the 02 World Cup, Argentina's national goal Cavaleiro blocked the ball from the near post with his body. Van der Vaart's shot was so powerful that he couldn't react with his hands at all, but his body blocked the goal!

Van der Vaart held his head in regret, while Ibrahimovic spread his hands and complained, but Van der Vaart did not go to see him.

At the Baledos Stadium, Celta fans applauded Cavaleiro's performance.

Qin Xiong frowned slightly.

He doesn't really care about individual game statistics.

So he passed the ball to Van der Vaart and didn't care if he got a direct assist.

He believes that the better opportunity just now is of course Van der Vaart crossing the ball in front of the goal and Ibrahimovic who has a chance in the middle.

He was about to attack with a corner kick, but he didn't worry about it anymore. It is actually very common to miss one or two opportunities in the game.

Celta Vigo's formation today, if it continues to play like this, Qin Xiong believes that Ajax will get a lot of offensive opportunities.

The opponent's three defenders, as long as the midfield line defense is broken, the three defenders will definitely not be able to prevent Ajax's winger from cutting inside!

Five minutes later, Edu made a breakthrough on the right side of the front court and was successfully intercepted by Maxwell, and Ajax launched a fast break.

After the ball reached Qin Xiong's feet, he immediately dribbled the ball across the half court. Velasco rushed over to block it. Qin Xiong paused, and Velasco followed his body to a halt. But after Qin Xiong accelerated again, Velasco obviously couldn't keep up. The rhythm changes in dribbling are what Qin Xiong likes to use most.

Coming to the frontcourt, Lucin and Berizzo learned their lesson and firmly controlled the defense in the middle of the penalty area.

However, under their surprised eyes, Qin Xiong suddenly dribbled the ball to the side, and Sneijder knowingly cut horizontally into the middle to cause interference.

After Qin Xiong reached the left in front of the penalty area, he crossed the ball to Ibrahimovic who retreated slightly.

After passing the ball, when Celta's right central defender Contreras followed the direction of the football, Qin Xiong's eyes were ruthlessly swimming beside him, ready to explode at any time!

Ibrahimovic received the pass in the middle, Van der Vaart on the right and Qin Xiong on the left, both turned their attention to Ibrahimovic, waited for him, and sent a pass, simply diagonally through, left and right, casually Either side will do!

However, Ibrahimovic took a step horizontally on the spot and shot directly!