super sharp

Chapter 80
In the first 10 minutes of the game, although the match between Ajax and Fiorentina was fierce, and the confrontation between the two sides was also very exciting, these almost had nothing to do with Mu Jianfeng.

Because he hardly got any chance to threaten the goal, he stood up a few times, but his teammates didn't pass the ball to him.

Occasionally, after he withdraws from the penalty area to obtain the ball, once there is no teammate around him to respond, then he has a high probability of making a mistake and losing the ball.

This made Prandelli, who was standing on the sidelines, frown.

But Prandelli found that this was not because his teammates intentionally isolated him, but because of his running habits.

Their coaching staff has studied Mu Jianfeng's performance in training, and they found that Mu Jianfeng likes to fight with the opponent's defender very much, and will consciously choose physical confrontation to gain an advantage.

But in football, the effective use of space is always the most cutting-edge research direction.

Therefore, in the eyes of professional players, the direction of their passing will always be the hollow area of ​​the opponent's defense, and the position where Mu Jianfeng appears will always be the area with the densest defense.

Therefore, it caused him to have almost no chance to get a few positive goals, but Gilardino's performance was very conspicuous.

And if Mu Jianfeng, who was depressed on the field, knew about this, he would probably vomit blood.

Because he is still habitually facing football with basketball thinking. On the basketball court, because of the shortage of space, many times it is necessary to rely on the player's ability and body to fight for the gap to have a chance to shoot.

Therefore, he still habitually takes the initiative to find someone to fight his body, and after looking for the opponent's air defense flaws, he actively pursues "post-up singles".

At this time, Prandelli on the sidelines thought about it after discovering the problem, and he thought that instead of asking Mu Jianfeng to move, it is better to give full play to his advantages.

Because a novice moves, it is easy to fall into the opponent's offside trap and lose the ball, but it is easier for his teammates to adapt to him. After all, Mu Jianfeng's greatest value at present is to break the dense defense.

Thinking of this, he put his hand near his mouth, whistled vigorously, then made a tactical gesture of lobbing, and pointed to Mu Jianfeng.

After receiving the notice from the head coach, the Fiorentina players gradually began to adjust their crosses and passing routes.

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Vermaelen can become Ajax's main central defender at a young age, so he naturally has his own unique side.

And his biggest advantage lies in his agility, he can always grab the ball from those clumsy forwards, and in the face of tall opponents, the super high jumping ability brought by his excellent body is enough for most The opponent is deflated.

And in this game, his opponent was the tall but clumsy Chinese striker.

I have to admit that that guy's physical fitness is much stronger than Vermaelen's, and he can't compete with that guy in many physical confrontations.

But before the game, the coach specially made targeted tactical arrangements. When dealing with this stupid big man, the coach specifically explained his strengths and weaknesses, and asked them not to engage in physical confrontation with him.

On the one hand, if it is a high-altitude ball, then directly compete for the second landing point, and if it is a low-level ball, seize the opportunity of his unstable stop and steal the ball.

On the other hand, in terms of pass interception, let his teammates pass him the ball, then cut off his passing line, and multiple people double-team steals.

In addition, there are also things like targeting his dominant foot, forcing the opponent to not be able to complete the shooting comfortably.

Obviously, so far, these tactical arrangements have very effectively restricted this guy, making him at a loss. Even though he has strong physical fitness, he can't find anyone to fight physically.

Thinking of this, Vermaelen smiled slightly, then glanced at the stupid big man without showing any signs, and continued his defensive work.

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Both Ajax and Fiorentina played fiercely in this game. The game was stopped by the referee from time to time, and at the same time, players from both sides fell to the ground.

In particular, Ajax's No. 16 player Suarez, who has been super active, has been taken care of by Fiorentina defensive players many times.

In the 16th minute of the game, Fiorentina got a free kick far from the goal in the frontcourt.

The free kick was taken by the team's midfielder Donadyer who saw the coach's gesture, so he glanced at the crowd in the penalty area and roared loudly:
"Mu!"

Mu Jianfeng heard the words and looked around, seeing Donadell making a gesture for the back post for himself, so he understood and ran directly towards the back post.

Seeing this, Vermaelen followed him and ran towards the back post.

Seeing this, Donadell didn't hesitate any longer, and straightened up his posture. He slammed his right foot on the bottom of the football, and the ball drew an arc and flew towards the penalty area.

Mu Jianfeng adjusted his steps while looking back to observe the flight trajectory of the ball.

And Vermaelen also moved with Mu Jianfeng, while constantly observing the surrounding situation, ready to steal at any time.

At this time, Mu Jianfeng ran to the distance of less than two meters from the back post and stood still. He spread his hands to protect his surroundings, and got stuck in position to get control of the ball.

The goalkeeper standing in the middle saw that he couldn't take the ball off, and was disturbed by the people in the penalty area and couldn't step forward to steal it in time, so he had to move quickly to block the near corner.

Under this chaos, the erratic ball finally fell slowly.

Vermaelen first tried to push Mu Jianfeng away with his body, but when he leaned forward, he found that Mu Jianfeng was not moving at all!
At the same time, his body was uncontrollably pushed out of the way by Mu Jianfeng's big hand, and it was too late to adjust his position and go around to defend.

In desperation, Vermaelen had no choice but to quickly stick behind Mu Jianfeng. At the same time, his legs were slightly bent, and he used his right knee to push against the popliteal of the opponent's left leg, which is commonly known as the knee bend or leg socket. Location.

Mu Jianfeng felt the movement of the defender behind him. He just squatted down, pushed Vermaelen a certain distance away with his buttocks, and then jumped up to stop the flying ball with his chest.

But before Mu Jianfeng landed, a figure quickly appeared in front of him, and at the same time, his body quickly leaned out, and got stuck in front of Mu Jianfeng!
It was Vermaelen's partner, No. 5 Vertonghen observed his teammate's distress, and rushed to help defend!
Seeing this, Mu Jianfeng panicked, and quickly put pressure on the opponent to try to regain the ball after landing, but the opponent used this force to fall straight to the ground, and pressed the ball under him!
"beep!"

The referee blew the whistle in his mouth, indicating that the attacking side fouled.

This made Mu Jianfeng a little helpless, so he shook his head and sighed and ran out of the restricted area.

But his teammates found a way to attack in this confrontation, and they all patted Mu Jianfeng on the shoulder to comfort the young big man.

On the sidelines, Prandelli felt a little regretful, but through the details, he found that such a simple and crude tactic had a great chance of success.

So he put his hands on his cheeks and shouted to the players running back on the field:
"Continue! That's it! Alberto~! Pay attention to the response!"

The Fiorentina players nodded their heads and turned around to prepare for Ajax's attack.

The Ajax goalkeeper didn't have any intention of delaying time, but he still looked behind him very safely to make sure that there were no opponents ambushing around him before kicking the ball to his defender.

Both of Ajax's central defenders have good foot skills, and both of them can even play as guest fullbacks or midfielders.

Therefore, this attack was initiated by Vertonghen. After receiving the goalkeeper's serve, he strode the ball directly towards the midfield.

Seeing this, Mu Jianfeng naturally stepped forward very quickly to try to intercept, but the opponent handed the ball to his own midfielder Lindgren behind Mu Jianfeng before he rushed forward.

After Lindgren took the ball, he took the initiative to dribble close to Melo. He remembered the coach's tactical arrangement before the game.

The opponent's No. 88 player has a bad temper, and he must try to provoke the opponent actively. It would be best if the opponent can receive a yellow card in the first half and reduce his defensive efforts.

But Melo didn't think too much. Seeing the opponent approaching him with the ball, he directly made a move to grab it.

Lindgren was actually a little bit trembling towards Melo, because this guy was too fierce.

He was also afraid that if he really pushed the other party into a hurry, the other party would give him a hard blow and hurt him.

Therefore, when he saw Melo stepping forward, he panicked instead, and the movement of his feet was a little deformed because of this.

Seeing this, Mu Jianfeng turned around directly, ready to participate in the team's counterattack.

At this time, the other Fiorentina players also moved, and quickly put pressure on the opponent's half.

After Melo snatched the ball, he didn't think much about it. Instead, he kicked the ball directly to Semioli behind him, and then prepared to go forward to respond.

After taking the ball, Semioli took a brief look and found that Zauli on the right had already advanced, so he directly pushed the ball out with the arch of his foot.

But as soon as the ball left his feet, he was startled and screamed that he would suffer.

Because the opponent's No. 5 Vertonghen did not choose to retreat, but moved forward a large distance, and has been observing the movements of Fiorentina's players.

Semioli didn't hide the intention of this attack at all, so Vertonghen judged the passing route at the first time. At this time, his body moved suddenly, which directly cut off Florence's counterattack!

After Vertonghen cut the ball, he didn't think much about it at all, and kicked the ball directly to Zauli's defensive area in Fiorentina's half.

Although Fiorentina had a lot of loopholes in the half at this time, the conservative Pasquale was in charge on the left, and he was not in a hurry to step forward in this counterattack.

At this time, there was a gap behind Zauli!
Two figures quickly chased the ball towards the baseline. One was Semioli who reacted immediately after being intercepted and wanted to make up for it, and the other was Ajax's No. 16 Suarez!
In the confrontation of speed, Suarez was even better. His sensitive movements first stabbed the ball, and then he stepped hard to overtake from the outside!

After smearing Semioli, Suarez caught up with the ball before defender Kroedrup stepped forward to intercept it. At the same time, he tapped the outer instep of his right foot lightly, and his body followed the ball along the penalty area. The frontier is heading for the middle!

Just when Suarez came out of the gap and was considering whether to shoot or continue to look for a fighter, he suddenly felt that his right button was grabbed by someone, and then the huge inertia made him fall to the ground.

However, after Fiorentina's No. 4 player Donadell returned to the defense, seeing that he could not keep up with Suarez's footsteps, he couldn't choose the ball and pulled the opponent down.

After the fall, an angry Suarez roared to express his dissatisfaction, hoping that the referee would show a yellow card.

However, the referee seemed to be affected by the relatively large foul scale of the players on both sides in this game. He believed that the ball was just a tactical foul in a non-fatal area, so he refused to show a yellow card and only gave a verbal warning.

This made Suarez very dissatisfied, but the referee's penalty could not be changed. He could only get up quickly and wanted to send a free kick quickly.

But it was Donadell again, I saw him walking slowly not far from the ball, and then bent down to straighten his socks!
This made the Ajax players even more angry, but before the referee could react, Donadyer quickly got up and left the scene after seeing that his teammates had retreated in place.

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(End of this chapter)