At the end of the player passage, the visiting team's locker room was bright and the lights were very white. The entire locker room seemed to be directly exposed to the sun, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

But at this moment, the players of Ajax who were sitting in this locker room were all looking at the head coach with a serious look on their faces.

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

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

The Ajax players present had heard of Barcelona's name. Many of them even grew up watching the group of Barcelona players playing football, such as Guardiola, Luis Enrique, etc., and some such as Rivaldo, who are among the top superstars in the world.

This season, Ferrer replaced Van Gaal. Rivaldo finally got rid of the wing lane during the Van Gaal period and returned to his favorite middle lane. He swam behind Cruivit, and the Dutch forward was attacking the city and siege in front, so he could make it easier to catch up with troubled waters behind him, but Rivaldo's performance was not outstanding.

He still needs time to adjust and adapt, and, returning to the middle lane, he found that this place was not as good as he had imagined before.

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

Ye Qiu smiled. With the eyes of all the players, he slowly walked off the coach's seat and left the scope of the tactical board. Everyone knew at this time that Ye Qiu had finished the tactical arrangement and was preparing for the final mobilization before the game.

"I think the most exciting thing in life is to be able to do things that others cannot do. I think that a life that is wonderful, only meaningful, and hero. If you recognize bad things when you meet a strong opponent and become timid, that is a coward. And I always believe that there are only heroes in my team, no cowards!"

"Yes, everyone thinks Barcelona is stronger. We lost to them in the warm-up match before the season. I think it's normal for them to see this way, but we can't think that it's natural for us to lose because others think this way. Whoever stipulates that the strong will win? Whoever stipulates that they can win the second game after winning one game?"

"Who stipulated it?" Ye Qiu asked the player seriously, but no one answered him.

"I have never been convinced by others. They say that Barcelona is better than us. That's good. If you have the ability to defeat me again, I think you are strong enough, but before you defeat me, I will use all my strength and 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, paused word by word, and said gritting his teeth.

"That's a group of paper tigers. If you think they are unattainable strong men, then they are invincible. If you think they are a group of soft eggs who are randomly kneading, then they are the mud under your feet. We lost before the season because we were not strong enough. But a year has passed, and we are going to use this game to prove our progress over the past year!"

Ye Qiu's words made all the players present feel a sudden heart.

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

"I can even say a heart-to-heart talk to everyone. In my eyes, the real opponent of our team, the real stage, not in the League Cup, not in Barcelona, ​​our stage is in the European Champions League, and my goal is to lead you to sweep the Eredivisie and the European Champions League. We are going to the European Champions League to challenge those more powerful and more powerful opponents than Barcelona!"

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

Ye Qiu's question made many players who had forgotten or were cold-hearted recall the experience a year ago. At that time, not only Ye Qiu, but also every player, were questioned by fans and the media, because those who heard their names could not help but ask, who is this kid?

"But, everyone, a year later, everyone in our team is a well-known professional player in the Netherlands. We almost kicked Eindhoven off the throne of the championship. We stood on the stage of the top European League Cup finals. We could shout proudly, we are Ajax!"

Everyone was ignited by Ye Qiu's words. It was clear that the players' breathing became rapid, and the passion and determination to kill the enemy were transmitted through their eyes.

"We will appear on the European Cup stage next year. This final with Barcelona is just a preview. It's your first time, but I hope that we can work together to use a wonderful game to let all fans around the world who are paying attention to the League Cup clearly remember the names of each of us and the Ajax team logo on our chests!"

"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 League. The unstoppable Ajax team is back and we will return to the European Champions League. We not only want to restore the glory of the past, but also create higher glory!"

"Yes, create higher glory!"

"Bear Barcelona and return to the European Champions League!"

"Swear to kill Barcelona!"

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"Friends, this is the Westphalia Stadium in Dortmund, Germany, and it is also the venue for the League Cup finals!"

"We will broadcast this heavyweight match for you here, second only to the European Champions League. The two sides are from La Liga giants Barcelona and Eredivisie giants Ajax. Both teams have deep historical heritage and traditions. However, recently, due to the impact of the Boseman Act, the situation in Ajax has been declining in the past two years."

"But this season, led by Ye Qiu, a Chinese head coach who is only 26 years old, this Ajax set off a young storm in Europe, swept the League Cup, and eliminated many top giant teams including Capello's Roma and Hollier's Liverpool in one go, and reached the finals."

"Okay, amid the cheers of more than 50,000 fans at the scene, we can see that the players of the two teams walked out of the stadium one after another. Today's referee is the referee Pier Luigi Colina from Italy. This is a prestigious international referee. I believe he should be able to control this game well."

With the emergence of the two teams, a series of processes such as rank, playing songs, drawing lots, and picking sides, both sides spread out their own formations in their respective halfs, and they can clearly see the formation of the two teams.

"The two teams did not make much changes in this game. Barcelona still adopted the 4231 they were used to. Ferrer once used three defenders this season, but the effect was not ideal. In the end, it changed to the 4231 tactic, and Barcelona's performance has also improved greatly."

"Ajax has adopted a 433 tactic under Ye Qiu's training this season, but unlike the traditional Ajax 433 tactics, Ye Qiu's tactics emphasize high-level defense and strong oppression in the midfield. Many professionals believe that Ye Qiu's tactics have traces of Ajax's traditional attack and defense, but also the concept of Serie A famous coach Saki. Therefore, many clubs are very interested in this young head coach."

With the whistle of the referee Corina, Barcelona, ​​who was the first to kick off, saw forward Cruyvert drive the ball to Rivaldo, who quickly knocked back and passed it to Guardiola who stayed in the rear.

It is reported that Guardiola will leave Barcelona this summer because the new chairman Gaspart doesn't like him very much, but no matter what, he is still an indispensable and important link in Barcelona at present.

On the contrary, Gerard performed very well in Valencia last season. He was considered a rising star in the Spanish midfielder and returned to Barcelona at a high price. Now he is completely disabled on the bench of Camp Nou Stadium, especially facing strong competition from hope stars De La Pena and Xavi. Gerard has no longer had the glory he had a year ago.

As soon as Ajax kicked off in Barcelona, ​​the team immediately pushed up, especially Ajax's midfielder.

In the past, Ajax's midfielder was more in a triangle position, Keita and Sneider were in front, and Gilberto Silva was behind. However, in this game, Sneider rushed to the front and rushed directly to Guardiola. Keita's position was relatively backward, and was closer to Gilberto Silva, who was firmly standing in front of the two central defenders.

As soon as Sneider approached Guardiola, the latter immediately passed to Koku, but Sneider did not respect the Dutch big brother at all and directly turned around and approached Koku. Koku also noticed that Ibrahimovic was cruising between the two central defenders, so he did not dare to take risks and went forward with a big foot.

Seeing Koku's big feet, Sneider slowed down, smiled, turned around and walked back, and returned his breath as he walked.

Taking advantage of the breaks and adjustments during the game, this is also the point that Ye Qiu emphasized the most frequently on weekdays.

Cocu's long pass wanted to find Cruyvert, but Lucio headed the ball earlier and cleared the ball, and the ball still fell at Barcelona's feet. However, Ajax was obviously strengthening the pressure and pressing in the midfield, forcing Barcelona to quickly pass the ball.

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

One of the important reasons why Ye Qiu chose Maicon instead of Hetinga in this game is that Maicon is faster and more flexible. Although Hetinga has excellent defensive ability, he suffers a lot in terms of speed.

Therefore, when Guardiola passed to Orvemas, Macon tightly entangled Orvemas, preventing the Dutch winger from having a comfortable chance to get the ball, forcing the latter to pass the ball from the left in a hurry, and the ball was cleared out of the penalty area by Ajax's central defender Kifu's big foot.

With two feet passed, Koku stopped the ball and dribbled forward. Seeing Rivaldo at the front of the penalty area raising his hand to demand, Koku immediately passed the ball to Rivaldo, because in Barcelona's tactics, Rivaldo at the front of the penalty area took the ball and used his powerful personal ability to create a threat, which is also an important means.

But it was obvious that Ajax was ready, and Keita came out from the side and stabbed the ball to Rivaldo, and Gilberto Silva had a big foot forward.

The ball quickly flew over Barcelona's defense line. Neither Frank Debord nor Rezig could catch up with Robben, who was like wind at speed. Puyol even stepped forward to participate in the attack and lost his position.

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

"The two sides played a very fast pace at the beginning, and Ajax was not as conservative as some people said. They still actively adopted the tactics of midfield and frontcourt compression and pressing. However, since the opening, Barcelona's offense has been more on the wing, but Ajax has also had targeted defenses for this."

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

Whether it is 4231 or 433, the most important ability of a single forward is not to score. Looking at all single forward tactics, Real Madrid is 4231 this season, Boske trusts single forward Raul, and Ajax's single forward is Ibrahimovic, not Hunterra.

Because everyone knows very well that the real key to a single forward is whether it can form an efficient and precise overall collaboration with the offensive support of the second tier behind him.

However, in Barcelona's single striker, Cruyvit is a center with strong scoring ability, but his tactical role in contacting the surrounding areas is very inefficient, which will undoubtedly make Barcelona's 4231 seem powerful, but the effect is slim.

Another reason is that it is also in the middle, that is Rivaldo.

In the case of Cruyvert, who has a strong scoring ability but has a very high dependence on teammates' passing, Barcelona's front midfielder is Rivaldo. The Brazilian is best at passing, not organizing, nor retracement and connection to the midfield, but looking for opportunities behind the striker.

Of course, he can also pass some good goals, but he is not a typical organizational midfielder like Zidane. Otherwise, he would not have lost to Rui Costa in competition after going to AC Milan, and he is not a modern midfielder like Kaka. He is more like a pseudo forward, that is, No. 9 and a half.

The two players in the middle, whether they are Cruivet or Rivaldo, are the kind of players who stand in front and wait for the ball and do not participate in the defense. When encountering such a combination, Barcelona's offense can often only complete the promotion from the wing, because both Guardiola and Coku lack the ability to dribble the ball in the middle.

Therefore, Ye Qiu has specially arranged targeted defense in this game, and the two sides are responsible for strangling Louis Enrique and Ovemas. In order to limit these two players, Ye Qiu even retreated Van der Mede's position and asked him to properly assist Macon to ensure the defense on the right.

At the same time, Sneider moved forward and swam around Guardiola who was dragging back. He could not only play the role of entanglement, but also play the role of forward and pass the ball as soon as possible when he turned from defense to offense. Keita was relatively backed, supporting Gilberto Silva and supervising Koku.

In other words, Ye Qiu wanted to completely cut off the connection between Cocu and Guardiola and Rivaldo and Cruivet in front. In this way, Barcelona's middle lane advancement encountered problems and the overall offense was difficult to fully unfold.

This is just the first step. Ye Qiu also asked the players to give Barcelona strong pressure and press after the start. The purpose of this is to gain the initiative in the rhythm of the game and control the rhythm. At the same time, it also forces Barcelona to be unable to control the game patiently through ball control like they usually do.

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

The ball path was restricted and the middle lane was not clear. Coku and Guardiola were out of touch with the frontcourt. Along with Ajax's strong pressure and pressing, they forced them to pass the ball and could only pass the ball.

But everyone knows that the success rate of long passes is too low and there are too many mistakes, so the ball is easily regained by Ajax. So I saw Ajax step by step, and the defense line is moving forward step by step. Barcelona retreated from the beginning, and in order to ensure ball control and pass, they had to retreat.

Ferrer also realized the problem and immediately readjusted through Guardiola, allowing Sergi and Puyol to actively participate in the midfield's support and increase the midfield's contact points. However, in this way, Barcelona's defense line exposed the problem.

Seeing that Koku was entangled by Sneider, Puyol rushed forward quickly, participated in the midfield support, and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Koku was pressed by Sneijder and immediately passed the ball to Puyol. Robben followed the defense and entangled Puyol. The latter kicked directly and wanted to find Rivaldo by passing the ball to the diagonal pass.

Gilberto Silva stabbed the ball to Keita in advance.

After getting the ball, Mali kicked forward and quickly chased forward. He passed it to Sneijder, who was unmarked before Koku. The latter punched the pass behind him. The section between Puyol and Rezig could no longer be said to be a loophole, but it should be said that it was a completely disconnected area and went straight behind Barcelona's defense.
Chapter completed!