In advance, Sedo Keita, no one would remember this name before switching to Ajax. Even in the early days of switching to Ajax, no one could tell the origin of this black player, but in the past season, he has gained a firm foothold in Ajax and has become one of the team's best performers.

Speaking of the surname Keita, in Africa, especially in Mali, Senegal and other countries in West Africa, it represents a prominent family, because from the 12th to the 17th centuries, the Keita dynasty ruled West Africa. Even now, the Keita family still has many talents, covering the political circles, music circles, writers and performers. The first president of Mali came from the Keita family.

Sedo Keita was born into a football family. His uncle was the famous former top star of Mali. Sarif Keita. He became famous in Ligue 1 in the 1960s and helped Marseille finish the three consecutive Ligue 1 championships. He also won the African Footballer. After retiring, he opened a football school in the capital of Mali.

The famous Sarif Keita Youth Training Center is praised by the Malis as the source of football talents in their country.

In Mali, football is called the king because almost no one doesn't like playing football, whether it's a boy or a girl. After Keita's father passed away, he was trained at the youth training school of his clan Sarif Keita, and other talented players were trained, such as Mohamed Diyala.

Sedo Keita stood out among all the children who were trained and became the best one. So he left Mali with the recommendation of his uncle, and came to France to enter the youth training camp in Marseille. That year he was 17 years old.

Many young people still grow up under the wings of their parents when they were 17 years old, but Kaita had to stay away from their hometown and their relatives to come to the strange Europe. They had a language barrier and had completely different living habits. They could not adapt to such changes and environments at all, and they hid secretly in bed and cried almost every night.

And more importantly, in the Marseille youth team at that time, many local youths who were trained together excluded this black teenager from Africa because they knew very well that he would affect their position and performance.

But what really changed Keita's fate was the World Youth Championship in 1999.

After joining Marseille for two years, Keita has almost no performance in the first team because Marseille does not trust this black and strong African player at all. They think he is brute force, his personality looks a bit unsociable, and it is difficult to get along with his teammates. Such a player is difficult to contribute to the team.

But when Keita proposed to represent Mali in the World Youth Championship, Marseille did not allow it because in their opinion, a team like Mali could not perform well in the World Youth Championship. Moreover, Keita received a salary from Marseille, so they were unwilling to represent their players in the national team.

On this issue, Keita inherited the character of his uncle Sarif Keita and firmly demanded to return to China to participate in the competition for the country. He had a stalemate with Marseille. In the end, Marseille made a compromise and let Keita return to Africa to participate in the Nigerian World Youth Championship. Unexpectedly, this cup made Keita a hit and formed a strong midfielder with Mohamed Diyala, leading Mali to win the third place, and Keita himself became the winner of the Golden Globe Awards of the World Youth Championship.

But just when Keita thought his fate would change, Marseille was surprised by Keita's performance on the one hand, but on the other hand, he was dissatisfied with Keita's disobeying the club's requirements, which directly affected Keita's situation in the club, resulting in his poor performance in the first team in the following season.

Marseille finally decided to give up Keita, and they began to find buyers for Keita through relationships.

But what kind of team can a person who has no first-team performance and only has the title of the World Youth Championship Golden Globe Award?

That period of time can be said to be the most confused and troubled period of time in Europe. He was completely panicked about his future because he didn't know where he was going next? What arrangements should he accept?

But what he didn't expect was that when he felt desperate and difficult, Ye Qiu called him a life-saving phone number.

"Will to come to Ajax? Here, you will get the opportunity to prove yourself. You will become a top-notch or even top star in Europe, because I believe you have such strength!" This is what Ye Qiu said to him on the phone at that time.

That was the only head coach in his life who said this to Kaita, even his mother, who never said this to him when comforting and encouraging him, so at that moment, Kaita decided to sell himself to Ye Qiu!

When he came to Amsterdam and joined Ajax, Keita quickly gained a foothold in Ye Qiu's team and became the main midfielder of the team. His performance quickly won everyone's recognition.

Among Ajax's three midfield players, Keita's positioning is somewhat special.

If you divide the work in the ball control system, Gilberto Silva and Sneider are both the type of people who keep running to receive the passes of their teammates and constantly make passes for their teammates. However, after a period of observation, Ye Qiu realized that this was not Keita's strength, so he changed Keita's responsibilities.

Now in Ajax's midfield system, Keita's role is more like a defender with a wide coverage area. From participating in offenses in the frontcourt, investing in counter-robberies on the spot, to retreating and participating in the team's defense defense, Keita has made sufficient contributions to almost both the team's offense and defense. Many people say that Keita's running is a bit blind.

There is no way to do this. Some players have enough awareness to complete [let the ball keep coming to you], because they have excellent running and support skills, as well as excellent passing skills; but some players can only perform [I keep looking for the ball constantly], and no head coach can transform a player from the latter to the former in a short period of time.

Just like Chelsea's Essin in his previous life, he also had a lot of random runs at the beginning. Through large-scale coverage and physical running, he made contributions to the team's offensive and defensive system. There is also Gattuso of AC Milan, who was also of this type of player in the early stage, so many people said at that time that these two players were slut-scratch players.

But later, with the accumulation of game experience and the improvement of football wisdom, fans gradually discovered that both Essin and Gattuso were getting smarter and smarter. This is because they changed from constantly looking for the ball to constantly looking for you. The transformation between these two roles represents an improvement.

Originally, Yaya Toure is more in line with this midfield role than Keita in Ye Qiu's tactical positioning, because he can become a player who keeps asking for the ball, but he is too sticky, which is his shortcomings. Moreover, he is still young and does not perform as well as Keita, so Ye Qiu finally chose Keita.

This is also a trade-off. No one is 100% perfect. If there are advantages, there will be shortcomings. The key is how a head coach covers up the players' shortcomings and explores their advantages. This is the key to the head coach improving a team's combat effectiveness.

Keita is very grateful and admired by his ability to stand at the top of the UEFA Cup, stand on the stage of the UEFA Super Cup, and compete with top giants like Bayern Munich from head coach Ye Qiu.

Therefore, when Ye Qiu scored the fifth goal of the game at Bayern Munich, he rushed to the sidelines, angrily scolded the players on the field for their shit-like performance, and even threatened them with intimidation and threats.

"If possible, I will replace all 11 of you for me!"

Ye Qiu’s accusations cannot be said to be unreasonable. It is a fact that physical fitness declines, but after the Ajax players led 3:0 in the first half, overall slackness was also the main factor, especially the several players in the team, who were even more slacking off.

What team is Bayern Munich?

Give some sunshine a little, even when facing Real Madrid, Manchester United, and other top European clubs, Bayern Munich can suppress their opponents. Their fighting spirit and their willpower are the best in the world.

For such a team, as long as you are a little relaxed, you will be gnawed to the point where you will not even have any bones left.

When Kaita heard Ye Qiu's scolding, a sense of anger surged in his heart, not at all for the head coach, but for himself and his opponent.

Not only him, Ajax's players were also frightened by the head coach and fierce appearance. They all began to calm down and began to work harder and harder to join the game, launching a round of counterattack and attack against Bayern Munich.

After the re-telection, Ajax played very firmly, ignoring the loopholes behind him at all, and actively participating in the offense. This strategy of using offense instead of defense also achieved certain results for a while, and Bayern Munich was suppressed by Ajax again.

In the 83rd minute of the game, only more than a minute after Bayern's goal was scored. Ajax's offense remained at Bayern Munich's half, but the results were minimal.

Macon played the right forward and partnered with Van der Mede in front. There were no Bayern players in front of the two, so Van der Mede's position was more about entering Bayern Munich's penalty area, and giving out the large space on the right to Macon.

When Van der Mede entered the penalty area, Macon got Yaya Toure's pass from the right side and got the ball in the right corner of the penalty area. There was no one defending around. This is the effect of the advantage of the number of people in the local area. Effenberg rushed over quickly, but Macon raised his head and looked at Bayern Munich's penalty area.

It was already in chaos, crowded with Ajax and Bayern Munich players.

Saniol, Robert Kovac, Kufour, Hargreaves, Salihamidic... Ibrahimovic, Keita, Yaya Toure...

So many players poured into the small penalty area, which immediately made the situation there very messy, just like a pot of boiled porridge, and it was hard to tell what was.

After getting the ball, Macon noticed Effenberg. He was not going to let the Tiger approach because he knew Effenberg's strength very well, so he crossed the ball before Effenberg and took the ball straight to the left of the small penalty area in front of the goal.

Bayern Munich and Ajax players have noticed this side. Bayern takes advantage of their numbers to firmly occupy the most powerful position in the penalty area, while Macon's cross forces them to move backwards. Once they move, their advantage will be weakened and their defense will have loopholes.

There is a saying that you must remember that the key to grab points is not just about the height and body confrontation, the prediction of the landing point, the occupation of favorable positions, and the observation of surrounding situations. These also play a very important role.

When Keita saw Macon making a cross and the ball was still in mid-air, he had a premonition, and guessed roughly where the ball would fall and where it would be. This ability is not surprising to Keita. The Ajax coaching staff is very familiar with and understand his ability, so he also scored headers and received crosses many times.

Keita realized this and threw away Saniol. Before the Frenchman, he rushed to the small penalty area quickly from the left. Saniol quickly chased back, and Robert Kovac was also retreating constantly, and he also predicted the landing point of the ball.

But when Robert Kovac was in place, he found that Keita was one step ahead of him.

Don't underestimate this step, because Keita got one step earlier than Robert Kovac, so when Robert Kovac was in place, Keita took advantage of his unstable center of gravity and contacted her body to stop Robert Kovac from jumping as soon as possible. And he also secretly interfered with a small secret movement, that is, he used his hands to interfere with Robert Kovac.

The Croatian central defender arrived at the place, but he could not jump as soon as possible. On the contrary, Keita completed all movements at the same time in an instant. Moreover, his height was the highest compared to Robert Kovac and Sanior, and he also had the jumping power and flexibility of a typical African player, so he jumped very high.

Facing Maicon's incoming ball, Keita had a clear stay in the air. When he saw Kahn, he deliberately made a touchdown rebound ball. The ball was very fast. After touching Keita's forehead, he turned a direction and quickly bounced up after landing.

Kahn judged the direction and made a save, but he did not expect it to be a touchdown rebound. This kind of ball is very difficult for the goalkeeper who flew to save.

Finally, Kahn watched the ball drill into the goal behind him, 4:2!

Everyone in the audience was stunned and looked at the scene in disbelief. Kahn fell to the ground and became the foil and background for Keita after the goal, while Ajax's players rushed into the penalty area frantically.

After a brief silence, the warmest shouts since the opening of the entire Louis II Stadium broke out.

"Brave Ajax, advance fearlessly!"

"Bayern Munich, we are not afraid of you at all!"

"Come on, brave Ajax warriors, let us conquer Europe!"

Countless Ajax fans were screaming in the stands. Perhaps the European Super Cup was not important at all, but defeating Bayern Munich would have a completely different meaning, because this is the strongest team in Europe and the most difficult team in Europe to play.

But Ajax's players used this game to prove their courage.

"We like to challenge strong teams. The stronger the opponent, the more excited we are, because the more that can prove our strength!"

The words of head coach Ye Qiu are still heard. No one can deny the success he has achieved in indoctrination of this Ajax. He has rebuilded this weak Ajax team in the past few years into an iron army that can not only win the weak brigade, but also fight tough battles and win the powerful.

Ibrahimovic, who was called a soft boy in his previous life, has scored goals at critical moments since joining Ajax, especially his outstanding performance in the UEFA Cup final. Who dares to say that the Swedes are the soft boy player who is frustrated at critical moments in his previous life?

Join Ajax and play football around a group of teammates who are like wolves and tigers. No matter how soft the players are, they will become tough!

After Kaita scored, Ye Qiu clapped happily and applauded. He was satisfied with Kaita's performance. Although Mali's performance in this midfield cannot be said to be very good, the goal at the last and most critical moment saved Ajax and avoided the possibility of Ajax being equalized or even being reversed.

Heathfield and Ye Qiu were both betting, and both of them were obviously trying to bet, because they almost gave up on the defense of this game and chose to attack. It depends on who can bet and who can win, and it depends on whose players can support it until the end.

There is no doubt that Ajax has an absolute advantage now that the game has been held!

But it is obvious that Heathfield and his Bayern Munich are not easy to save money. After being scored again by Ajax, Bayern Munich quickly brought the ball to the center circle, and kept reminding the referee that the game should start immediately.

It is obvious that this iron army from the Bundesliga was also aroused by Ajax's fighting spirit and anger.

Soon, Ajax's celebration was interrupted and the game started again. Bayern Munich launched a fierce attack on Ajax. This time they launched a real life-threatening attack, and even central defender Kufour actively pressed forward.

For them, losing is OK, but embarrassing, and even if you beat them to death, you can't do it!

The way to restore dignity is not just to score goals, but also to fight for the last minute and second of the game!

In the 92nd minute of overtime, Bayern Munich scored another goal, using Yaya Toure to stick the ball too much, Effenberg intercepted the ball and found Elber with a long pass. After the Brazilian striker got the ball at the front of Ajax's penalty area, he instantly got rid of Givot and shot directly, piercing through Ajax's goal again, 3:4!

But everyone knows that this is a goal to win back the face, but it is undeniable that Bayern Munich's performance is enough to win respect and dignity, so that they can leave the Louis II stadium proudly.
Chapter completed!