The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 103 Barcelona's fatal loophole

At the end of the player tunnel, the visiting team's locker room is brightly lit with very white lights. The whole locker room looks as if it is directly exposed to the sun, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

But at this moment, the Ajax players sitting in this locker room all looked at the head coach solemnly.

Ye Qiu got Barcelona's starting roster. He believed that Barcelona's Ferrer also got Ajax's starting roster. They must be making targeted arrangements and the last mobilization before the game.

Ye Qiu was not surprised by Barcelona's starting lineup, except for the right back Ferrer who chose Puyol instead of Gabriel, the other positions did not surprise him, because this is Barcelona's main lineup this season.

The Ajax players present have all heard of the name of Barcelona. Many of them even grew up watching those Barcelona players play football, such as Guardiola, Luis Enrique and so on. There are also some, such as Rivaldo, who are among the top superstars in the world.

Ferrer replaced Van Gaal this season. Rivaldo finally got rid of the winger in the Van Gaal period and returned to his favorite center. He cruised behind Kluivert and had the Dutch striker in front of him. , he can more easily fish in troubled waters behind him, but Rivaldo's performance is not outstanding.

He still needs time to adjust and adapt, and, returning to the middle, he found that it is not as good as he thought before.

"The opponent is Barcelona, ​​a giant in La Liga. Whether it is in terms of status, star strength, or all aspects of the club, they are almost better than us. I don't deny this, and I am even a little excited about it! "

Ye Qiu laughed. In the eyes of all the players, he slowly walked off the coach's bench and out of the scope of the tactical board. Everyone knew at this time that Ye Qiu had finished the tactical arrangement and was preparing for the pre-match game. Final mobilization.

"I think the most exciting thing in life is to be able to do what others can't do. I think that kind of life is called a wonderful life, a meaningful life, and a hero. If you admit that you are bad, you will be cowardly, that is a coward, and I always believe that there are only heroes in my team, and there are no cowards!"

"Yes, everyone thinks that Barcelona is stronger. We lost to them in the warm-up match before the season. I think it's normal for them to see it this way, but we can't take it for granted that we lose because of others' view. Who stipulated that the strong must win? Who stipulated that if they beat us once, they can win the second round?"

"Who made the rules?" Ye Qiu asked the players seriously, but no one answered him.

"I'm a person who never convinces others. They say Barcelona is better than us. That's fine. If you have the ability to beat me again, I think you are strong enough, but before you beat me, I will use all I have. Strength, try my best to defeat you, because I also want to prove that you are strong, but I am stronger than you!"

Ye Qiu gritted his teeth and said every word.

"They are a group of paper tigers. If you treat them as unattainable strongmen, then they are invincible. If you treat them as a group of soft eggs kneaded at will, then they are the mud under your feet. We lost before the season, yes Because we are not strong enough, but one year has passed, we just want to use this game to prove our progress in the past year!"

Ye Qiu's words made all the players present feel their hearts jump.

Yes, in the past year, their progress is obvious to all, so they defeated one after another powerful opponents, and cleaned up those opponents who had humiliated and bullied Ajax one by one. , there is only one Barcelona left.

"I can even say a heart-to-heart with everyone. In my eyes, the real opponent of our team, the real stage, is not in the UEFA Cup, not his Barcelona. Our stage is in the European Champions Cup. My The goal is to lead you to sweep the Eredivisie and the European Champions Cup, we are going to the European Champions Cup to challenge a group of opponents who are stronger and more powerful than Barcelona!"

"A year ago, who were you? Are you famous? How did people in the Netherlands see our team at that time? They humiliated, belittled, and even laughed at us. Who had hoped for us at that time?"

Ye Qiu's question caused many players present who had forgotten or were indifferent to recall what happened a year ago. At that time, not only Ye Qiu, but also every player of them, It was questioned by fans and the media, because people who heard their names couldn't help but ask, who is this kid?
"But guys, a year later, everyone in our team is a big professional player in Holland, and we almost knocked PSV off the championship. , we stand on the stage of the UEFA Cup final at the top of Europe, we can proudly shout out, we are Ajax!"

Everyone's enthusiasm was ignited by Ye Qiu's words. It could be clearly seen that the players' breathing became short of breath, and their eyes showed passion and determination to kill the enemy.

"We will appear on the stage of the European Champions Cup next year. This final against Barcelona is just a preview. It is the first time for me and you, but I hope that we can join hands and use a wonderful game together to let All fans around the world who pay attention to the UEFA Cup will clearly remember each of our names and the Ajax team logo on our chest!"

"At the same time, we will also use this game to defeat the top European giants to tell the group of European giants who are waiting for us in the European Champions Cup that the unstoppable Ajax team is back, and we will To return to the European Champions Cup, we not only want to regain the glory of the past, we also want to create a higher glory!"

"Yes, create higher brilliance!"

"Beat Barcelona and return to the European Champions Cup!"

"Swear to kill Barcelona!"

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"Friends in the audience, this is the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, Germany, and it is also the venue for the UEFA Cup final!"

"We will broadcast live here for you this heavyweight match next to the European Champions Cup. The two sides are from the La Liga giants Barcelona and the Eredivisie giants Ajax. A European giant with a profound historical heritage and tradition, but recently because of the impact of the Bosman Act, Ajax's situation has declined in the past two years."

"But this season, under the leadership of the 26-year-old Chinese coach Ye Qiu, this Ajax team set off a young storm in Europe, swept the UEFA Cup, and eliminated Capet in one go. Ronaldo's Roma, Houllier's Liverpool and many other top giants reached the final."

"Okay, amidst the cheers of more than 5 fans at the scene, we can see that players from the two teams have stepped out of the field one after another. Today's referee is the referee Pierluigi Corli from Italy. Na, this is a prestigious international referee, I believe he should be able to control the game very well."

As the two teams played, lined up, played songs, drew lots, and picked sides, a series of processes went down. The two sides spread out in their respective halfs, and the formations of the two teams could be seen very clearly.

"The two teams didn't make much changes in this game. Barcelona still adopted the 4231 that they are used to. Ferrer once used three defenders this season, but the effect was not ideal. Finally, he changed to 4231 tactics. Barcelona's results have also improved a lot."

"Ajax has adopted a 433-433-[-] tactic under the guidance of Ye Qiu this season, but it is different from the traditional Ajax [-]-[-]-[-] tactic in that Ye Qiu's tactic emphasizes high defense and strong pressure in the midfield , Many professionals believe that Ye Qiu's tactics not only have traces of Ajax's traditional total attack and total defense, but also have the concept of the famous Serie A coach Sacchi, so many clubs are interested in this young protagonist. The coach is very interested."

With the whistle of the referee Colina, Barcelona, ​​who took the lead in kicking off, was kicked by forward Kluivert to Rivaldo. The latter knocked back quickly and passed it to Gua who stayed behind. Diola.

It is reported that Guardiola will leave Barcelona this summer because the new chairman Gaspart does not like him very much, but no matter what, he is still an indispensable part of the current Barcelona team.

On the contrary, Gerard, who performed very well in Valencia last season and was considered a rising star in the Spanish midfielder and returned to Barcelona at a high price, is now completely disabled on the bench at the Camp Nou, especially when facing With the strong competition between the star of hope de la Pena and Harvey, Herald has long lost the glory of a year ago.

As soon as Ajax kicked off in Barcelona, ​​the team immediately pressed heavily, especially the Ajax midfielder.

In the past, Ajax's midfielder was more in a triangle position. Keita and Sneijder were more forward, and Gilberto Silva was pushed back. But in this game, Sneijder rushed to the front by himself. At the front, he rushed directly to Guardiola, while Keita was relatively farther back, closer to Gilberto Silva, who stood firmly in front of the two central defenders.

As soon as Sneijder got close to Guardiola, the latter immediately passed a cross to Cocu, but Sneijder didn't respect the Dutch big brother at all, and turned directly to approach Cocu, and Cocu also noticed Ibra Simovic was cruising between the two central defenders, so he didn't dare to take any risks and went straight forward.

Seeing Cocu's big foot, Sneijder slowed down, smiled, turned around and walked back, breathing back as he walked.

Taking advantage of the breaks in the game to rest and adjust, this is also the point that Ye Qiu emphasizes the most on weekdays.

Cocu's long pass wanted to find Kluivert, but Lucio took the lead to clear the ball earlier, and the ball still fell to Barcelona's feet, but Ajax was obviously strengthening the oppression and pressing in the midfield , forcing Barcelona to pass the ball quickly.

This time, Guardiola was looking for Overmars on the left.

One of the important reasons why Ye Qiu chose Maicon instead of Heitinga in this game was that Maicon was faster and more flexible, while Heitinga had excellent defensive ability, but he was not as fast as he was. Very bad.

Therefore, when Guardiola passed to Overmars, Maicon tightly entangled Overmars, preventing the Dutch winger from getting the ball comfortably, forcing the latter to pass from the left in a hurry The ball, the ball was also cleared out of the penalty area by Ajax's central defender Kivu.

Passing with two feet, Cocu stopped the ball and took the ball forward. Seeing Rivaldo at the front of the penalty area raised his hand to request, Cocu immediately passed the ball to Rivaldo, because in Barcelona's tactics, the front of the penalty area Rivaldo takes the ball and uses his strong personal ability to create threats, which is also an important means.

But it was obvious that Ajax had been prepared for a long time. Keita came out from the side and stabbed the ball passed to Rivaldo. Gilberto Silva stepped forward.

The ball quickly leaped over Barcelona's defense line. Neither Frank De Boer nor Reziger could catch up with the windy Robben in speed. Puyol even stepped forward to participate in the attack and lost his own Location.

But Gilberto Silva's long pass was eventually confiscated by Reina because it was passed too close to the penalty area.

"The two sides played a very fast pace at the beginning of the game. Ajax was not as conservative as some people said. They still actively adopted the tactics of pressing and pressing in the center and front. However, from the beginning, Barcelona's The offense is more on the side, but Ajax also has a targeted defense for this."

As Ye Qiu said before the game, there is a fatal flaw in Barcelona's 4231 tactics, and that is the staffing problem in the frontcourt and center.

Whether it is 4231 or 433, the most important ability of a single forward is not scoring. Looking at all single forward tactics, Real Madrid is 4231 this season. Bosque's single forward is Raul, and Ajax's single forward is Ibrahimovic. Rahimovic, not Huntelaar.

Because everyone knows very well that the real key for a single forward lies in whether he can form an efficient and precise overall coordination with the offensive support of the second echelon behind him.

But on Barcelona's single striker, Kluivert is a center with a strong scoring ability, but his tactical role around contact is very inefficient. This will undoubtedly make Barcelona's 4231 look strong, but the effect is slim.

There is another reason, also in the middle, and that is Rivaldo.

In the case of Kluivert who has a strong scoring ability but is very dependent on the passing of his teammates, Barcelona's midfielder is Rivaldo. The Brazilian is not good at passing, nor is he Organization, not to retreat and connect the midfield, but to look for opportunities behind the striker.

Of course, he can also pass some good goals, but he is not the classic midfielder of Zidane, otherwise, he would not have lost to Rui Costa in the competition after going to AC Milan. He is not Kaka's modern attacking midfielder, he is more like a pseudo forward, that is, No. [-] and a half.

The two players in the center, whether it is Kluivert or Rivaldo, belong to the kind of players who stand in front and wait for the pass, and do not participate in the defense. Lu Lai completed the advance, because neither Guardiola nor Cocu lacked the ability to advance with the ball in the middle.

Therefore, in this game, Ye Qiu specially arranged a targeted defense for this point. The two sides were responsible for strangling Luis Enrique and Overmars. In order to restrict these two players, Ye Qiu even sent Van der Mey Germany's position is withdrawn, allowing him to assist Maicon appropriately to ensure the defense on the right.

At the same time, Sneijder moves forward, cruising around the lagging Guardiola, which can not only play the role of entanglement, but also play the role of advancing and passing the ball at the first time when changing from defense to offense. Keita is relatively close. After that, he not only supported Gilberto Silva, but also supervised Cocu.

In other words, Ye Qiu wants to completely cut off the connection between Cocu and Guardiola, and Rivaldo and Kluivert in front of him. As a result, Barcelona will encounter problems in advancing in the middle. It is difficult to fully spread.

Doing this is only the first step. Ye Qiu also asked the players to give Barcelona a strong pressure and press after the start. The purpose of doing this is to gain the initiative in the rhythm of the game and control the rhythm. As usual, they patiently controlled the game through possession of the ball.

When Ajax's players unswervingly implemented Ye Qiu's tactics from the very beginning of the game, Barcelona found themselves in a big trouble.

The advancement of the ball encountered restrictions, the center was blocked, Cocu and Guardiola were out of touch with the frontcourt, coupled with Ajax's strong oppression and pressing, forcing them to pass the ball, they had to take long passes.

But everyone knows that the success rate of long passes is too low and there are too many mistakes. Barcelona has been losing ground since the start. In order to ensure possession and passing of the ball, they had to retreat.

Ferrer also realized the problem, and immediately readjusted through Guardiola, allowing Sergi and Puyol to actively participate in the support of the midfield and increase the support points of the midfield. The problem is exposed.

Seeing Cocu being entangled by Sneijder, Puyol rushed forward quickly, participated in the midfield support, and raised his hand for the ball.

Cocu was being pressed by Sneijder, and immediately passed the ball to Puyol. Robben followed up and entangled Puyol. The latter kicked directly, trying to find Rival with a diagonal pass. many.

Gilberto? Silva poked the ball firmly ahead of Keita.

Mali kicked forward after getting the ball from the midfielder, quickly chased forward, and passed it to the unmarked Sneijder before Cocu, who passed the ball straight behind Puyol. The section between Reziger and Reziger can no longer be called a loophole, but rather a completely out-of-touch area passing through, directly behind the Barcelona defense line.

As Ajax's sharpest counterattack weapon, Robben played out his shocking explosive power in an instant!
(End of this chapter)