Chapter 106 Players' Choice
It was still in the visiting team locker room at the end of this player passage. After the first half of the game, every player of Ajax looked sweating profusely and gasping for breath.
From 1:0 to 1:1, these are two completely different results, and the players also have different feelings about these two results.
There is no doubt that Ajax's players were disappointed and regretful when they were equalized before the end, especially Grim and Lucio who made mistakes. These two players are also a hidden danger on Ajax's defense line this season.
Grim is not young and often makes mistakes, while Lucio is an angel and devil on Ajax's defense. Even the Amsterdam Evening Post has done such statistics. If the points lost by any of these two players are reduced to half of the mistakes, Ajax would have won the championship long ago.
It is not difficult to see from this that the problems of these two players have existed long ago.
Ye Qiu has always been not very satisfied with Grim, because this goalkeeper is not young and has strength, but his condition cannot be effectively guaranteed. Especially now that Ajax is performing better and better, the team urgently needs a goalkeeper who can stand in front of the goal and give the players confidence.
You should know that in the next season, Ajax will have to compete in the more intense and more pressure on the European Champions League. By then, if Grim continues to perform like this, it will inevitably bring a catastrophe to Ajax.
But replacing the goalkeeper is a matter in the future. Now for Ye Qiu, the most important thing is to think about how to defeat Barcelona, which is the top priority.
"I am very satisfied with everyone's performance in the first 10 minutes of the first half, but after 10 minutes, I was very disappointed because we were too conservative. We only led by one goal, but it seemed that we had lost our ambition and wanted to keep the score of 1:0 until the end of the game."
"You don't blame anyone for the goal conceded in the last moment of the first half. I think if we have to take this responsibility, it must be all of us, because we failed to maintain the pressure on Barcelona well, which led to their recovery in form. In the end, we gave us a painful lesson. Who can we blame?"
Ye Qiu's words made the Ajax players present unable to refute, because after the lead, they did have some slackness, especially in tactical execution.
"I said before the game that we should play fast in this game, using our impact to destroy Barcelona's defense and suppress Barcelona's offense. However, after we scored, we gradually lost control of the rhythm. This is the main reason why we conceded the ball in the last moment!"
Ye Qiu really needs to remind the players again that playing Barcelona will have to use a thrust impact force to break Barcelona's defense line and suppress Barcelona's offense like in the first 10 minutes of the first half.
"Do you know why we can dominate the situation and rhythm on the field in the first 10 minutes?"
The perspectives of players and head coaches are different. Players are on the court and they are part of the game, so they cannot see the overall situation of the game because they are the blind spots of the game themselves, while the head coaches are standing outside the court. They can clearly see everything happening on the court without any blind spots.
The players have a rough impression of Ye Qiu’s question, but they can’t tell me why.
"We played more proactively in the first 10 minutes. First, we did a good job of isolating Valdo and Cruivet in Barcelona, which led to problems with Barcelona's offensive propulsion and unable to effectively pass the ball to their feet. Second, we forced them to speed up the transfer speed through high-intensity pressing and compression in the midfield."
"In the absence of an effective contact point, we have to transfer the ball quickly. Cocu and Guardiola have not many choices, either long passes, but the accuracy rate is reduced, or they look for the wing, but Ovemas and Luis Enrique are both focusing on defense, so Barcelona can only participate in the support later through Sergi and Puyor, and even De Poor and Rezig."
After listening to Ye Qiu's analysis, the players combined with their personal experiences on the court, and had to admit that the head coach's analysis was very correct, almost telling everything that happened on the court, and this was also Ye Qiu's arrangement and arrangement before the game.
However, later, the players were greatly reduced when they were executing.
"So, I must remind you again now that Barcelona's advantage lies in their skills and personal abilities, and our advantage lies in impact and fast-paced passes and receiving. If we want to defeat Barcelona, we have to play in the first 10 minutes of the first half, push the pace and firmly control it in our hands. The midfield and frontcourt will form a strong and powerful pressure on Barcelona's midfield and backcourt."
After Ye Qiu analyzed the tactical competition between the enemy and us, the players also understood what to do.
Ye Qiu said this and knew that there was no need to say anything more, so he looked at Van der Mead.
"Andy, you looked tired in the first half!" Ye Qiu said.
Van der Mead's eyes darkened, and he knew his own performance, "I'm sorry, head!"
"Let Raphael go on the second half, you have a good rest, we need some changes to win the game, do you understand?"
Although Van der Mede was reluctant, he had to admit that he did not perform well in the first half, so he could only nod.
"Raphael, you go and play right winger in the second half!" Ye Qiu pointed at Van der Fate.
The latter nodded and said nothing, but what could not be hidden in his eyes was joy and high fighting spirit.
In the League Cup final, who doesn’t want to perform in such a game?
"We have to start a crazy round of offensive at the beginning of the second half, but I believe that Barcelona must be wary of our attack and counterattack in the first half. Our left side will definitely be under their focus, so I need our right side to invest more actively in the offense!"
"Raphael, you need to watch Sergi in the defense and protect Macon. In the offense, Sneider must avoid Koku and Guardiola, while you are leaning in the middle, and respond to Sneider and Ibrahimovic at any time, and give your right to Macon!"
Ye Qiu's tactical arrangement is not difficult to understand, and the players all understand after hearing it.
"Maicon, as soon as you see the opportunity, you will give me confidence and bold attack forward. There is no need to worry about it. Once you lose the ball, you will fight back on the spot as soon as possible. I believe that the teammates behind you can protect you well!"
Maikon has always known that the reason why Ye Qiu values him is because his offensive ability is excellent, but at the same time, Ye Qiu has always hoped that he can strengthen his defensive ability and adapt to the requirements of European full-backs, which is also what he has asked for himself in the past year.
"Don't worry, head, I know how to do it!"
"Ceta's position is back a little bit. Gilberto Silva pays attention to protecting the right side, and Lucio..." Ye Qiu looked at the tall and powerful Brazilian central defender. The latter was swept by Ye Qiu's eyes and felt guilty all over, "You kid are smarter, don't always run forward for me, and don't want to play with your messy skills!"
Ye Qiu's words made everyone in the locker room burst into laughter, because Lucio's favorite thing was to play with technology. Even his mistake was caused by sticking the ball?
Lucio smiled bitterly in his heart. Are his techniques very messy?
"Remember!" Ye Qiu solemnly reminded him, "This is a League Cup final. If you win, it is our lifelong honor. But if you fail, I believe that you, even if you die of old age, will regret this game!"
"If you don't want to leave yourself the regret that you can't even get rid of old age and death, then listen to me. At the beginning of the second half, you will fight Barcelona!"
Ye Qiu rarely says such heavy words, so after listening to Ye Qiu's words, Lucio and the players all felt that the head coach was not joking. What he said was true. If anyone commits again, he probably will have to sit on the bench in the future.
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"Welcome back to the League Cup final held at Westphalia Stadium in Dortmund, Germany. The two sides are Barcelona from La Liga and Ajax from the Eredivisie. The second half of the two sides are about to play!"
The live commentator started the commentator of the competition again. He probably drank some water and his tone looked much refreshed.
"We can see that players from both sides walked out of the stadium under the leadership of referee Corina. Barcelona did not make substitution adjustments during the halftime break, but Ajax made a substitution and replaced the right winger Van der Med who performed very well this season!"
"This is a counter-substitution. I wonder if Ye Qiu wants to adjust the team's right side? Because as we know, Van der Fate is more threatening on the right side by moving closer to the middle side."
Barcelona kicked off in the first half, and naturally became Ajax in the second half.
When Ibrahimovic passed the ball to Robben, who quickly knocked back and directly passed it to the backcourt to Kiva, the Romanian international steadily controlled the ball, and watched his teammates press forward, he also chose to drive the ball forward. It was not until Cruyvit came symbolically that Kiva passed the ball to Keita.
Ajax took advantage of the opportunity to kick off and advanced steadily, while Barcelona first ensured defense and steadily retreated.
Keita passed the ball to Gilberto Silva. As soon as the latter got the ball, he saw Van der Fate running from the right to the middle to ask for the ball, and immediately passed the ball to Van der Fate.
Van der Fate was the left-footed player. After leaning against Serge with his body, he controlled the ball with his left foot. The latter had no choice but to see Maikon on the right quickly rushing forward along the right line, while Van der Fate quickly knocked the ball behind him with his heel.
"Ajax's right-back Maicon sprinted forward quickly on the right. His speed was very fast. Van der Fate's pass came to him cleverly and took a big step forward. Sergi gave up Van der Fate and quickly chased Maicon!"
The Brazilian used his speed to cross Barcelona's defense line on the right, but this time he did not choose to cross. Instead, after attracting Sergi, he stopped urgently, turned around, dispelled the ball, and passed back to the front of the penalty area.
After losing Sergi's defense, Van der Fate came to the right corner of the penalty area. As soon as Maicon's pass came to his feet, he adjusted and quickly dribbled the ball along the front of the penalty area to the middle.
At this time, Barcelona's defensive players were shocked, especially Guardiola and central defender De Boer. Both of them immediately realized the threat of Van der Fate getting the ball at the front of the penalty area. This was really comfortable for Van der Fate, who had left-footed player.
Debol rushed out quickly, and Van der Fate made a false move to take a foot, tricking Debol into blocking the side, but Van der Fate suddenly passed the ball directly from Debol's side and passed the ball over Debol.
Ibrahimovic pressed Rezig firmly with his body, and suddenly ran quickly behind Debor.
I saw the Swedes' back to the goal, stopped Van der Fate's straight pass with his right foot, turned his body flexibly to the goal, blocked Rezig's push with his left shoulder, and then pulled the ball towards him with his right foot.
The action before this shot was simple and simple, but the action afterwards was the typical Ibrahimovic style. It was very refreshing and shot with a very hard shot. The ball seemed to penetrate the net and penetrated the goal.
"Wow woo woo woo woo woo woo woo!!!!"
"The ball is in! Ibrahimovic scored twice!!!"
All Ajax fans rushed out of their seats, raised their arms and cheered loudly!
"Just less than a minute before the second half, Ajax once again broke through Barcelona's goal. This was the first attack of both sides in the second half and the first shot. It came very suddenly, but Ajax showed his efficient attack, and it was very fast!"
After Ye Qiu saw Ibrahimovic score again on the sidelines, he was very excited and gave Bobby Hams tight hugs behind him, raising his arms and cheering loudly.
This goal will have a huge blow to Barcelona's morale. They finally equalized the score at the end of the first half and lost the ball at the beginning, which will inevitably make them feel weak and bring them huge psychological frustration.
Football is always played with more than just tactics, not just strength, but more importantly, the players who perform tactics and play with their strength, their psychological qualities, and their mental state, which is the key to truly determine the outcome of a football match!
Ibrahimovic rushed out of the field excitedly, first running around the field and passed by the stands where Barcelona fans were. This was somewhat of a demonstration, but he soon came to the front of the visiting team coach's seat.
The Swedes opened their arms and hugged Ye Qiu, who was standing on the sidelines.
At the same time, Ajax players such as Van der Fat, Sneider, Keita, Robben, etc. rushed to the sidelines and surrounded the two of them. The players on the bench even rushed forward, and everyone surrounded the head coach Ye Qiu in the middle.
"It's a very touching scene, isn't it?"
"Before the game, Ajax broke out a shocking news. The club management privately contacted the famous Dutch coach Edvocart, hoping to let the young general enter Arena Stadium next season, but now, the players have made a choice with their actions. They choose to be loyal to their head coach and Ye Qiu!"
"Perhaps, when seeing this scene, Ajax's management should think carefully. After all, Ye Qiu's team performed very well. He should get more recognition and affirmation, and he should also get more respect because he brought out a young guard with amazing combat power, Ajax!"
Ye Qiu was surrounded by the players. His only feeling was heat, because every player had just shed a lot of sweat, which made each of them steam. At this moment, surrounding Ye Qiu, the heat naturally surrounded Ye Qiu, so he felt very hot.
But he was very excited and excited.
"Don't make the first half mistake again, guys!" Ye Qiu said loudly.
The Ajax fans at the scene created a deafening momentum. Ye Qiu's shouting loudly now may not guarantee that all players can hear it, so he is not worried that Barcelona people will overhear their words.
"We must continue to maintain pressure on them, remember my words, only by maintaining pressure on them and pressing them, and only by limiting their offense can we win this game!"
Ye Qiu's words made the players nodded all the time, and they were completely convinced by the head coach.
Not to mention Ye Qiu letting them continue to press on, even if Ye Qiu let all 11 of them press on, I'm afraid they will still implement the same, because this is the dependence and habit they have developed over the past year.
"Don't worry about Barcelona's counterattack. Remember, as long as our oppression is done well and tight enough, they will not have the opportunity to counterattack. We can't relax any more. Leading by 1 goal is not what we want. We want to win more and we must completely defeat our opponents!"
"I understand!" the players shouted loudly.
Everyone heard this and looked at it.
"Go up, Ajax heroes!"
The players scattered and ran back to the court in one go, while Kolina quickly handed the ball to Cruivet and prepared to re-activate the ball.
It is obvious that at the beginning, Ajax's first attack and his first shot pierced the goal again. Barcelona felt incredible and did not understand which part of the team had a problem, but they also felt very frustrated because they worked hard to equalize the score, but they lost again after turning around. Is this not a loser?
Sometimes, this kind of frustration and frustration is contagious. In addition, in the past season, Barcelona went from being ambitious to being empty-handed later, which led to them having a serious sense of frustration and frustration. Now, being led by Ajax again has caused their emotions to explode.
Chapter completed!