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Five more.

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Monaco has only one option in this game: attack!

This allowed Ajax to face a more relaxed situation than the previous game despite Ibrahimovic's inability to play.

They have the advantage of the home court, the physical advantage of waiting for work, and the strategic space that the opponent will never stick to on the scene. The only test for them is whether they can play an efficient offensive cooperation after Pienaer replaces Ibrahimovic.

Although a match was made after the opening, it does not mean that Monaco will sit back and watch Ajax continue to form a similar offensive match.

They will also make corresponding adjustments after observing and familiarizing themselves with Ajax's offensive routines.

After the opening, Monaco followed the aggressive momentum in the final stage of the previous game, and invested offensive forces in the frontcourt as if they lost their minds.

It's a pity that they are playing away, and the state of the opening stage was not mobilized to the best. Evra and Roten cooperated well in the wing attack, but the quality of the crosses was really substandard. Two consecutive crosses made Mo Lun Tess spread his hands in the penalty area and acted helplessly.

For Ajax, Qin Xiong continued his active performance in the midfield, and he tried his best to connect the entire frontcourt offensive system.

The strategy of Ajax's frontcourt cooperation is to accumulate advantages on the side, and after advancing to a dangerous area, suddenly shift the attack to the center or another side. This kind of organization and offensive cooperation is Qin Xiong's forte.

In the 14th minute of the game, he and van der Vaart made a mutual pass on the left side of the frontcourt. He observed that there was a problem with Qi Kesi's movement rhythm. Qin Xiong decisively started to pass the ball past him, and shifted the attack from the side back to the center.

He dribbled forward in the middle, constantly attracting Monaco's defensive players, creating space for Pinar to cut into the penalty area, and then sent a through ball in a timely manner!

"Pinaer went into the penalty area, from Qin Xiong's indescribable through ball, and Pienaar shot! God, how could he shoot so outrageously? He thought he was a defender of Monaco. This ball is just helping. The opponent makes a clearance!"

The fans in the stands couldn't help applauding the team, praising Qin Xiong's wonderful pass, and encouraging Pinal to perform better the next time he seizes the opportunity.

The hidden dangers buried under Ajax's advantages are also very glaring.

Koeman has never been able to solve the opponent's crazy offense and improve the team's defensive quality.

Some natural barriers are simply insurmountable except for time.

For example, the defensive strength of Heitinga and De Jong needs to be improved. This is not something that can be improved immediately by the head coach waving a whip and asking them to train.

Compared with the free-wheeling offense and high fault tolerance rate, the defensive fault tolerance rate is extremely low, and the requirements for hard power are also higher.

Qin Xiong will also make mistakes, but as long as he does not make mistakes in the dangerous zone, he will basically not cause a catastrophe, but the defensive players are different, not to mention the mistakes in the dangerous zone, he may regret it if he is slightly distracted.

Among the opponents that Ajax has encountered in the Champions League this season, Monaco's offensive may be the most passionate and unrestrained. Even AC Milan can't match it. AC Milan defeated Ajax by relying on overall suppression.

Neither Chelsea nor Arsenal are as persistent and crazy as Monaco in attack.

It just so happens that Ajax's advantage is offense, and defense is definitely not the best in the world, and it may barely reach the first-class level.

When Monaco had to go into attack, Ajax occasionally felt jittery.

In case the opponent scores a goal first, the situation will be turned upside down!

In the 23rd minute of the game, Giuly cut the penalty area, Ibarra made a cross from the side, and Morientes headed the ball. After getting rid of the defense, Giuly got a chance to shoot through Lobant's ten fingers. Giuly's shot hit The upright pops up the bottom line.

Deschamps bowed his head on the sidelines, and he almost went to celebrate.

Koeman wiped off his cold sweat. If the total score becomes 2:3 behind, Ajax will be really difficult to play.

Because they don't even have a fulcrum center.

As soon as Monaco shrunk their defense, Ajax almost returned to the offensive state of the second round against Arsenal. They could only try their luck on the outside and wait for their opponents to make mistakes!

In fact, Ajax created a lot of opportunities in this game. It seems that they are much more than Monaco, but they did not do a good job in seizing opportunities.

Qin Xiong was also under less pressure than in the previous game. In addition to the opponent's eagerness to attack and weakened the defense, there was also Van der Vaart's role as a shadow forward. If Si plays behind him, Qin Xiong's space outside the penalty area will not be compressed too much. After all, the opponent's three midfielders must always be alert to Van der Vaart's running position and mark him.

After 30 minutes of the game, Ajax hadn't scored yet, but Monaco had a shot that hit the goal post and continued to launch a two-wing offensive to create opportunities. The Ajax fans in the stands were a little nervous.

They were worried about getting a goal ahead by Monaco.

Monaco's defense has stabilized. They have figured out Ajax's offensive situation. After the absence of Ibrahimovic, Ajax's offensive method of responding to wide crosses in the penalty area no longer exists, at least the high-altitude ball does not exist. Maybe anyone can win in front of the Monaco defender, even once, it is almost impossible!

Therefore, their strategy has become simple, abandoning side defense, and focusing on compressing the space in the center and the penalty area.

Ajax wants to play a wide cross, please!

This virtually added more difficulty to Ajax's offense.

When the opponent's defense became more and more confident, Qin Xiong was constantly thinking about how to play an unexpected offensive coordination.

Unsurprisingly, it is difficult to form an excellent shooting opportunity with offensive movement and cooperation, and there must be more subtle cooperation!

In the 34th minute of the game, he controlled the ball in front of the penalty area and never sent the ball. Zekes was stalking him, which was quite easy for him. He has experienced Gattuso, Van Bommel this season, Vieira, Silva, Makelele, and Qin Xiong, baptized by Lampard, have accumulated rich experience in physical confrontation in offense. He knows how to resist the opponent's entanglement in ball protection, as long as the opponent does not use methods beyond the rules. With extra actions, he can take advantage of the ball-handling confrontation on the level of at least balanced physical confrontation ability.

He never took the ball, and he looked a little procrastinated, just waiting for his teammates to run!

Van der Vaart ran forward, from the middle outside the penalty area, his running was too obvious, Cisse and Rodriguez moved in front of Van der Vaart, and Cisse deliberately blocked the gap between Qin Xiong and Van der Vaart passing lines between.

Qin Xiong didn't show any signs of passing the ball, but just when Van der Vaart was running halfway, Pienaar also cut in from the right and ran into the penalty area. He was closer to Qin Xiong. At this time, Qin Xiong raised his leg Make the motion to pass the ball.

Bernardi immediately moved laterally to block the gap between Qin Xiong and Pienaer's passing line. Evra also secretly used his hands to grab Pienaar's jersey, sticking to him like a dog's skin plaster.

The mentality of Monaco's defensive players is even and steady.

Van der Vaart covers and Pienaar pounces.

This is the subtlety of Ajax's offense!

They are all restricted by us, and your pass will definitely be intercepted by us!

Just as the Monaco players responded to the defense very confidently, Qin Xiong's right foot did not pass the ball, but kicked the ball back to the other side of his body.

This shocked Qikes, who made a stealing technical move.

Qin Xiong suddenly turned around from his side and went to the other side.

Looking back, Qin Xiong smashed the ball, turned around and passed the ball, the movement was done in one go.

In the left rib area of ​​the penalty area, Sneijder cuts in, and Qin Xiong's pass arrives as scheduled!

The players in Monaco's entire defensive line did not expect that Qin Xiong would make such a move, and when he decided to send the ball at his feet, he did not hesitate at all.

Ibarra did not keep up with Sneijder, and Rodriguez gave up Van der Vaart to snipe Sneijder.

As soon as he moved over, Sneijder chose to pass the ball when he had a chance to shoot!

His pass went through Rodriguez's defence, and the football rolled to the side of Van der Vaart behind Rodriguez.

Van der Vaart took a shot without hesitation, and the distance from the goal was even closer than the penalty spot. The Dutch golden boy's shot was so powerful that the goalkeeper Roma had no time to react. The football blinked in front of him and flew into the goal behind him. !

The Amsterdam Arena is boiling!