The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 104 The New Van Basten

Tactics are always moving forward. Although everyone says that there is no strongest tactic, only the most suitable tactic, but that is a comparison based on the same era and environment.

The tactics of 2013 must be more rigorous and holistic than the tactics of 2001, even more efficient and rigorous than at any time in football history, and the requirements for coordinated operations are also higher.

Just like Barcelona in this game, Kluivert and Rivaldo are basically waiting for the ball in front. Their responsibility is to attack, and defense has never been their responsibility. Needless to say, Kluivert , Rivaldo is a Brazilian who would resist even being placed on the wing by Van Gaal. Will he be willing to participate in the defense?
Overmars and Luis Enrique are both wingers. They occasionally defend a bit, but more often they just feint. As long as they pass their defense zone, they don't care what you do.

This is a bit like Real Madrid in the first phase of Galaxy Battleship. Didn't someone say it at that time?Real Madrid only has Makelele and Raul defending in the midfield. It is because there are too many offensive players, which leads to an imbalance between offense and defense.

Just imagine, Barcelona's defense relies more on Guardiola, Cocu, De Boer, Reziger, Puyol and Sergi, but Ajax's defense starts from the forwards , who is more dominant?
And when Ajax successfully pushed the defense forward and successfully suppressed Barcelona, ​​then they invested more in the offense. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robben and Van der Meyer all suppressed Barcelona. The back line, with the support of Sneijder and Keita behind him.

In other words, when Barcelona is defending, the midfielder basically defends 6 and defends 5, not counting Maicon and Lucio who often participate in the offense. This makes Barcelona immediately become as soon as it is suppressed by Ajax Stretched left and right, the defense is very embarrassing, because their offensive players in the frontcourt are not actively returning to defense.

One is loose, the other is rigorous, which one is more effective, don't think too much.

Therefore, when Sneijder was next to Cocu and got a pass from Keita, there were no defensive players around him. Barcelona's loose defensive formation gave him enough opportunities, especially the loopholes in the back line, he even He could see it clearly, and with a sharp through ball, he tore through Barcelona's defense.

Robben turned offside at the speed of the wind, desperately sprinting along the left side, Puyol was struggling to catch up behind, trying to block Robben's inside, so that even if Robben got the ball, he couldn't directly cut into the penalty area. Can walk the pass.

The Dutch winger's speed is very fast, especially in the moment of explosive power, he directly threw away Puyol, easily stopped the ball on the left side of the Barcelona penalty area, and passed it directly without thinking.

Barcelona's defense line is more composed of defenders like Reziger, De Boer, and Sergi. They are very similar to Puyol in characteristics, and they are more than brave, but their height is a huge flaw. In order to cater to Barcelona's attacking style, they prefer to control the ground ball.

However, when this type of player meets a player like Zlatan Ibrahimovic who is more than ten centimeters taller than them, the pressure is naturally very high, so Rezig and De Boer are almost inseparable Beside and to the left of the Swedes.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a very smart guy, even cunning, he saw Robben sprinting on the left, and he also saw Barcelona's young goalkeeper Reina stationed to the left, obviously defending. Robben cut inside, so he didn't keep to the left, but ambushed on the right side of the penalty area in the penalty area.

In order to meet Puyol, Reziger had to keep a little distance from Ibrahimovic. In several contests with Ibrahimovic, De Boer was blocked by the Swede using his physical advantage. When Boll wanted to go around in front of Ibrahimovic, he suddenly found that the Swede suddenly rushed into the small penalty area.

The distance was so close, and Ibrahimovic suddenly started again. De Boer was caught off guard, a little surprised, and immediately followed.

Robben has cooperated with Ibrahimovic for a year, and they have already had a tacit understanding of their own. When Robben saw that Ibrahimovic did not come to meet him, he knew that he had two choices, either pass the pass and find Ibrahimovic, or Either make an emergency stop and knock back to Keita who plugged in later.

This time, he chose to pass back.

The Swede's physical fitness is very good. In addition, De Boer was just behind him before, so when he started, De Boer couldn't compete with Ibrahimovic. In addition, the Swedes are tall and have long thighs. Once they enter the small penalty area, Facing the landing point of Robben's cross, the whole person rushed forward quickly, stretched his right foot, slid forward, and directly poked the ball into the lower right corner of the goal.

Reina realized that something was wrong at the moment when Robben made a cross, but when he realized that Ajax had already scored the goal, he could only stand there dumbfounded, watching Debord and Debord silently. Ibrahimovic fell in the small penalty area after losing his balance.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"The ball has been scored!!" The live commentator shouted loudly.

"A key goal at a critical moment, a stab from Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic!"

"The first half has just started. In less than 9 minutes, Ajax took the lead in breaking Barcelona's goal. It was a very quick counterattack and a very impactful attack. This goal completely broke the field. Deadlock!"

After scoring the goal, Ibrahimovic quickly climbed up from the turf in the penalty area, waving his right hand non-stop, and the whole person quickly rushed to Robben on the left, who was already laughing. Spreading his arms, the whole person kept retreating, and when they reached the corner flagpole, the two hugged each other tightly.

Ajax's Keita, Sneijder, van der Meyde, Gilberto Silva and other players rushed over one by one, and surrounded the two scoring heroes on the sidelines, while Ajax in the stands The Knicks fans stood up directly from their seats, and some fans even took off their jerseys excitedly and cheered loudly.

The live TV camera captured this scene, and also captured the expressions of the two head coaches on the sidelines.

Ferrer looked like he was in a state of dismay, and he kept uttering heavy words, while Ye Qiu laughed and raised his arms, and kept high-fiving the assistants around him and the players on the bench in celebration.

Through slow motion, everyone can clearly see the scene of the goal just now. From different angles, it can be seen that there is no problem with this goal, from Robben's anti-offside to Zlatan Ibrahimo It was a very beautiful goal with Vichy's goal in front of the goal.

"My God, it's really unbelievable. Before the game, everyone thought that Ajax should choose to show weakness in this game and use defense to deal with Barcelona's offense. Unexpectedly, the Netherlands' The team boldly chose head-to-head, and not long after the start of the game, they took the lead in breaking through Barcelona's goal!"

"It's so surprising. Ye Qiu's targeted tactical arrangements surprised everyone. Ferrer and his team were completely played and applauded by this young Chinese. Now it's up to him to see if he has enough. The ability to reverse Barcelona's current unfavorable situation!"

In the cheers of the fans in the Ajax stands, Ajax players returned to the stadium one after another.

When Zlatan Ibrahimovic passed by De Boer and Reziger, he obviously didn't have to look at these two former Ajax seniors, because he still had a fire in his heart. Want to explode the revenge of the early season.

"Many people say that Zlatan Ibrahimovic's performance this season has made everyone's eyes shine. Ajax fans regard him as the most talented center forward since Van Basten. Van Basten, who works in Ye Qiu's coaching staff, also believes that Ibrahimovic has the talent and potential to become a top center."

"We can see from the game that the Swede's characteristics are different from Van Basten's. He has a wider range of control, a more delicate sense of the ball, a very stable ball, and more dexterous use of strength and body. Basten is even better in terms of center forward skills, goal skills and awareness, much higher than the current Ibrahimovic."

"Of course, we must also admit that Ibrahimovic is still very young, and he still has great career prospects. If he continues to follow his current trend and progress, he may have the opportunity to catch up with himself in Ajak. Si's senior!"

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Sometimes, a premature goal is not necessarily a good thing.

It's like the current Ajax, who scored a goal early, but a conservative mood began to appear.

This is a natural, unconscious emotion.

The opponents are too strong, too famous, so strong that even the Ajax players themselves are a little worried about whether they can beat them. Therefore, when they finally get a goal lead, they will inevitably An emotion wells up.

I want to defend this leading goal!
Sometimes, this kind of emotion is very scary, even Ye Qiu is a little bit affected by this kind of emotion.

His pressure was so great that he felt that if he didn't win this game, he didn't know what he would do. Therefore, after scoring the goal, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, thinking, if the game goes like this It's over, that would be great.

But Ajax is a bit worried about gains and losses, and began to show conservative sentiments, but Barcelona has no way out.

As a giant in La Liga, they were so embarrassed by Ajax at the beginning of the game. They had no choice but to choose a crazy attack, because they couldn't defend at all!
One side is slack, the other side is firm, and the situation is reversed!

If Ajax had an absolute advantage in the first 10 minutes, then their youth and inexperience made them slack after scoring the lead, which led to a loss from the 10th to the 25th minute. After 25 minutes, Ajax began to be at a disadvantage, and Barcelona began to improve.

In the godfather training system, Ye Qiu's on-the-spot command has been piled up to 76 points, which is already very high. In addition, in the past year, he has accumulated points in the three fronts of the Eredivisie, the Dutch Cup and the UEFA Cup. With a certain amount of experience, he developed his sense of smell and quick reaction in the game.

As soon as Barcelona turned the situation around, Ye Qiu immediately realized the problems on his side.

"Damn it, you're too conservative!" Ye Qiu complained a little for being overwhelmed by gains and losses.

Of course, this is his initiative to take responsibility, otherwise, the same is true for the players, and even many people in the coaching staff have the same thoughts as him. In the final analysis, this is a subconscious collective behavior.

Ye Qiu hurriedly stood up from the coach's bench, walked to the sidelines, and shouted loudly at the players, "Don't back down, hold me down, and completely suppress their offense, understand? Press down!"

The role of the head coach is more reflected in the fact that he can play a decisive role when players worry about gains and losses.

After being turned around by Barcelona, ​​pressed for a while, and scored two threatening shots, Ajax finally hit a sharp counterattack.

The entanglement from Van der Meyde on the right allowed Sergi to pass the ball to De Boer. Ibrahimovic entangled De Boer tightly, and after stealing the ball, he picked a pass to the left. Robben used his body to force Grabbed the ball before Puyol, and took advantage of the opportunity to wade into the penalty area, but Puyol blocked Robben's right side firmly, not giving the Dutch winger a chance to cut in and kick.

Robben couldn't hold back and could only hit the goal before the ball went out of the baseline. The ball hit Puyol's leg, turned out of the baseline, and took a corner kick.

A counterattack is enough to deter Barcelona and remind this giant team that Ajax is not easy to mess with.

Also because of this counterattack, the momentum of Barcelona's mad attack has been contained, and the game scene has gradually returned to plain.

This is also something that can’t be helped. The rhythm that Ajax managed to pull up before the game was gradually slowed down after scoring a goal. Now they want to speed up again. After half an hour of the game, the player Is the physical fitness enough to meet, and Barcelona has already arranged for Ajax's tactics, can the speed increase be effective?

"Van der Meyde's condition today is average!" Ye Qiu shook his head and sighed.

Van der Meyde's performance this season was indeed very eye-catching and amazing, but towards the end of the season, in this game, he seemed to have ushered in a trough, which probably has something to do with Ye Qiu's use of him, because he Instead of standing in front of the opponent's defense line as before, they had to support Maicon.

With Sergi and Overmars, Barcelona's attack on the left is very sharp. The two players on this side suppressed the two players on the right of Ajax very well, which also caused Van der Meyde to almost Just like the invisible man, he was only seen in a few defenses.

"Rivaldo is now frequently pulling to the left to get the ball. Once Barcelona's left side plays well, the game situation will be even more unfavorable to us!" Bobby Harms also reminded.

What Rivaldo is best at is receiving the ball outside the penalty area, and then relying on his strong skills, as well as his concise and practical ability to pass and get rid of people, after throwing off the defensive player, he either kicks directly or passes to the forward partner. Assists, and in Barcelona's offensive system this season, Rivaldo and Kluivert have had several ingenious cooperation of two and one.

When it comes to offense, there is no doubt about Barcelona's offensive ability, and Ye Qiu does not dare to underestimate it.

Ajax's advantage lies in its impact, tearing apart Barcelona's defense with fast-paced and concise passing and receiving, while Barcelona's advantage is to push the ball into the frontcourt through two wings, and then use the stars personal ability to complete the final attack.

Therefore, the suppression of the two sides is very important.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu waved his hand, signaling the players on the field to retract appropriately, keep the three lines compact, especially on the wing, and firmly suppress Barcelona's wing advance, especially for players who are active on the left. Overmars.

After adjusting the strategy, Ajax's defense has been consolidated to a certain extent, and Barcelona's offense has been restricted. In particular, Ajax has completely isolated Kluivert and Rivaldo from Barcelona's overall tactical system. Forced Barcelona's attack to become disoriented once again.

No matter how active the side lanes are, they still have to rely on the series connection and support of the middle lane, otherwise, the side lanes cannot pose a threat.

"Ajax has obviously reacted. Ye Qiu's tactical adjustment restrained Barcelona's offense, but now the tactics of both teams have made the situation a bit boring, at least compared to the fast-paced offense and defense in the first 10 minutes of the opening game. , what we see now is like a turtle jogging, very depressing!"

The on-site commentator joked about the tactics of the two teams.

But there is no way around it. Ye Qiu's best and safest way is to actively defend and counterattack when the team is not ready to speed up the pace for the time being, and then attack again. First, ensure that the 1:0 lead will not be broken by Barcelona. , that's right.

There is no other way, but rashly adopting an aggressive approach will only make the team uncontrollable and encounter disaster. This is a way that no head coach will choose.

Ferrer also knew how sharp Ajax's counterattack was, so he didn't dare to invest too much in the attack, but when the game time entered the 40th minute, Barcelona suddenly pressed heavily, and even two central defenders Depok Both Er and Reziger actively advanced to participate in the midfield ball possession system.

The central defender moved forward, causing Guardiola and Cocu to follow suit, and Barcelona's formation moved forward.

In the 42nd minute, Barcelona launched an attack from the left. Overmars attracted the attention of Ajax's defense and then stopped and knocked back to Cocu. In a chaotic battle, Lucio stood still and failed to clear the siege immediately after getting the ball. Kluivert suddenly succeeded in stealing the ball and knocked across the front of the small penalty area.

Rivaldo had already ambushed in the penalty area. Seeing that Kluivert took advantage of the chaos to make a sneak attack, he put in his left foot and shot through Grimm's goal, 1:1!

"Barcelona finally equalized in the 42nd minute of the first half, a goal conceded by Ajax's own error, which is a real shame because they could have gone into the game with the lead. Intermission!"

Ye Qiu also felt very helpless about this conceded goal, because it was a player's mistake, and the head coach had no way to calculate it, so he could only choose to bear it!

(End of this chapter)