On October 17, 2001, the visiting team locker room at the Lyon Gerland Stadium, France.

Santini's Lyon proved with facts that not all teams were afraid of Ajax's attack. After understanding Ajax's tactics at Arena Stadium, Santini's team used unbreakable defense to ensure their start.

Don’t you like attacking? I let you attack and let you attack!

In the 35th minute, Gowu's goal after counterattack allowed Ajax to end the first half with a 0:1 fall.

This is indeed a very bad situation, because this is a goal caused by Lucio's mistake. Ye Qiu has reminded the Brazilian central defender more than once that he must be careful of Gewu. Unexpectedly, he was finally attacked by Lyon.

The locker room was quiet, no one spoke, and many people lowered their heads.

In Ye Qiu's team, unity and discipline are the first commandments, so at this time, no one dares to put down the wrong side, and no one dares to complain to each other, because the consequences of doing so must be a tragic death.

When Ye Qiu walked into the locker room, he was obviously angry. He even kicked open the door of the locker room with his feet. This was rare for him, because everyone felt that he didn't look like a head coach who liked to lose his temper.

"What I saw was a goal that had been repeated many times. Can anyone tell me why this happened?" Only Ye Qiu's angry voice was floating in the locker room, and everyone else was breathing.

Indeed, Lucio's mistakes have indeed happened many times, last season and this season, which is not new, but what Ye Qiu said is obviously not just Lucio's mistakes, but also the team's control of the rhythm.

"I have always said that no matter whether it is fast or slow, we should not be too much. Once we find that the fast attack cannot achieve results, we should slow down the pace. But this does not mean that we must completely let our opponents pull the pace to the slowest. Doesn't this mean that we have finally won the initiative directly to the opponent's hands?"

At the beginning of the game, the rhythm was quickly pulled by Ajax's fast attack. Lyon was forced to defend to the death, but after a long period of time, Ajax slowed down, and Santini immediately seized the opportunity and pulled the rhythm very slowly. This caused Ajax to always play at a very awkward rhythm for the next half hour and couldn't get up.

But when Lyon found Ajax's loophole, they launched a counterattack, the speed was very fast.

This trick was originally used by Ajax on others, but now it is used by others on himself. Ye Qiu is so depressed, because these are what he emphasizes a lot and is also something he pays great attention to in his daily life.

What Ye Qiu wants is that whether it is fast or slow, the rhythm must be firmly controlled in his own hands.

This is quite good in the Eredivisie. After all, the strength of the Eredivisie teams cannot be compared with the Champions League teams. But in the Champions League, if you still play against the Champions League opponents by playing against the Eredivisie teams, you will suffer a big loss.

"There are two reasons why we conceded the ball in the first half!" Ye Qiu held his fingers, "First, after the fast break, we were obviously careless when we slowed down the rhythm and lost control of the rhythm. We were not used to playing football at a slow rhythm, so the Ajax, who couldn't get fast, was with a tiger without teeth, at the slaughter of others!"

After listening to Ye Qiu's analysis, the players all lowered their heads because rhythm control is not a matter of one person, but a problem for everyone in the team, or most of them. Ye Qiu is also criticizing all of them.

"Second, Lucio, I must say that your performance in the first half today proves that you are an excellent Lyon team striker. You used your clever running position to help Govu pull out the gap. Santini must be very grateful to you, because without you, they wouldn't even be able to blow a fart into our goal!"

After Ye Qiu's name criticized, Lucio raised his head and the Brazilian central defender with a fat face looked very angry, but he did not dare and could not refute it, because it was indeed his mistake that caused problems in the team's defense line.

"Don't think that only Lucio made a mistake, and you, Douglas, did you play today? I can't see you, where have you been?" Ye Qiu asked Maicon with a crackling sound.

Between Lucio and Macon, Ye Qiu always lets one person forward, and the other person is responsible for assisting defense and supporting. In addition, Gilberto Silva, who doesn't like to be forward, Ajax's defense line is not that weak, but the problem is that when Lucio's forward, Macon did not fill up.

No one dared to refute Ye Qiu's rebuke or talk back. First of all, it was because Ye Qiu's prestige was high enough. Although he was young, every player here was brought to Ajax by him personally, and he promoted and cultivated it. He had enough aura to suppress this group of people.

Moreover, Ye Qiu was not aimless. What he said happened in the first half. Who can refute it?

After training the players, Ye Qiu was silent for a while, sighed, and glanced at the players in the locker room, "So, now, you will answer me another question. Do you still want to win this game?"

After hearing this, the players all raised their heads.

"Think!" Lucio was the first to stand up with a firm look on his face.

This is the characteristic of Brazil's central defender and always maintains high fighting spirit.

"Of course we still want to win!"

"Yes, head, we want to win!"

The players expressed their opinions one after another, and Maicon also stood up and swore that he would have worked harder in the second half.

The Brazilian right-back's recent form is indeed not ideal. Ye Qiu discovered it when he played against Leverkusen before. Now he plays against Lyon, his performance is also very average, but Ye Qiu will not replace him now.

Sometimes substitutions are not about being voluntarily, but about considering the players' emotions.

Maikong is in a bad state. If necessary, Ye Qiu will take him down without hesitation, but if it is possible to change or not, he will choose to keep Maikong because at least he has to give people a little confidence and dignity, right?

"Very good, at least you still want to win!" Ye Qiu nodded and said.

Walking to the front of the tactical board, Ye Qiu quickly drew the tactics of Lyon and Ajax's corresponding tactics on the tactical board. The arrangement of the two teams is a point-to-head approach.

"If we want to win this game, each of us will have to work hard in the second half to make up for the missed opportunities in the first half, especially in terms of physical fitness. I want you not to be afraid of wasting physical fitness from the beginning, launch a rush to attack me, and I will control the rhythm from the beginning!"

The players nodded in agreement after hearing this, and agreed.

"Lucio, don't you like to move forward?" Ye Qiu looked at Lucio.

The Brazilian central defender was shocked and shook his head vigorously, "Don't go forward, don't go forward, I won't go forward, I won't go forward, I will beat him to death!"

Seeing this Brazilian who was full of flesh and fearless, he even admitted his defeat. A burst of laughter suddenly sounded in the locker room, greatly diluting the anxiety and impatience caused by the backwardness.

Ye Qiu couldn't help but smile, but soon took a serious face, "I'm telling you seriously!"

After he emphasized this, Lucio immediately knew that he was serious and stopped talking and listened carefully.

"Do you remember Barak from Leverkusen? That kid just likes to rush around. I'm thinking, let you do the same. When we successfully get control of the rhythm and push the defense line to the central circle, it's only 50 meters away from the central circle to the opponent's penalty area. With your speed and impact, it's enough!"

"Head, what you mean...I don't know much!" Lucio asked distressedly, holding his head.

Ye Qiu smiled, "We will go to the side in the second half more, tear open the opponent's defense from the side, give Robben and Van der Mede one-on-one chance, and then cross from the bottom. We have Ibrahimovic and Keita. If Lucio rushed into the penalty area from the rear at this time..."

Just imagine that Ye Qiu could imagine that it could definitely be compared to a tank rushing into the downtown city!

After watching Barack, he really reflected on himself and felt that his use of Lucio was still too conservative and not bold enough.

Seeing that Lucio understood a little, Ye Qiu said again: "I asked you to fuck you forward, but not to fuck you blindly. You have to show me exactly and carefully, either leave me behind obediently, or create a threat as soon as you go up. If the ball is in the middle, you can just hold my tail behind me!"

After hearing this, Lucio nodded, "I promise, head!"

Ye Qiu looked at Macon, "Lucio stepped forward and behind, Douglas, you have to be responsible for assisting him in defense and support, do you understand?"

Maicon is in poor condition, so instead of letting him go up, it is better to stay in the backcourt.

After receiving Macon's approval, Ye Qiu pushed away the tactical board beside him, "Guys, I want each of you to remember. After the start of the second half, don't think too much, just rush for me, press forward, and firmly suppress Lyon, because I want a victory!"

"This game is about whether we can qualify from the group, and also about each of us, so we cannot lose money. I want you to fight hard in the second half. Even if this is the Gerland Stadium, you will kick Lyon far away and return to Amsterdam with a victory!"

As he spoke, Ye Qiu kicked his right foot casually, and immediately kicked the tactical board that he had pushed down beside him.

This sudden action, combined with his words and expression, suddenly made the players in the locker room feel excited, and adrenaline surged out, and they all seemed to have become barbarians who were not afraid of death and did not know how to hurt.

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The Ligue 1 team quickly realized the changes in Ajax.

In the first half, Ajax played weakly, a bit like a lion who was locked in a cage and struggled without strength, but in the second half, Ajax was like a lion who was desperately looking for prey in the jungle, his eyes full of desire to swallow anything.

At the beginning, this is not difficult for Ajax. They are already a little familiar with it. In addition, Santini's team obviously tasted the sweetness from the defensive counterattack in the first half. In the second half, they wanted to copy and continue to adopt the tactic of defense and counterattack to see if they had the chance to score another goal.

But what he didn't expect was that Ajax would attack the attack so firmly.

After the start, Lyon could barely defend, but as Ajax gradually strengthened his offensive strength, Lyon's defense began to reveal flaws.

Lucio seems to be a big and rough man, but in fact he also has a delicate side, but his delicateness is not often shown on weekdays. If Ye Qiu hadn't forced him, it would have been difficult to see his delicate side on the court.

After losing in the second half of the second half, Ye Qiu discovered a problem in the opponent's central defender combination. Brazilian central defender Edmilson has good defense ability and always takes the first place, but his defense is soft and lacks one-on-one ability.

Another central defender, Patrick Muller, is from Switzerland. He used to be an offensive player in the midfield, but later became a central defender. Among the two defensive combinations of Lyon, Patrick Muller is farther back. Santini obviously likes his steady style and he is also the core of the defensive defence of Lyon.

But Patrick Muller and goalkeeper Kupet are only 1.82 meters tall, but Lucio is 1.88 meters tall, 6 cm away. If the latter quickly rushed into the penalty area from the backcourt and then jumped up, the gap in the bounce would be even more obvious.

Therefore, Ye Qiu immediately made adjustments, asking Ibrahimovic to deal with Edmilson, and let Lucio intervene to hit Patrick Muller at the point. The Swedes had to pay attention to pulling Edmilson apart, pulling away the two central defenders of Lyon, and let Lucio to deal with Patrick Muller.

Lucio almost realized Ye Qiu's intentions at once. This kid is careless, but once he becomes careful, he is patient and has a steady defense, and his observation of the situation is also very good.

When he saw Sneider protecting the ball while holding Juninho with his body, and when he saw Van der Mede on the right was already pressing, he understood that Ajax was going to hit the right this time, so he rushed forward without hesitation.

The 50-meter distance was actually not long for Lucio, who was very fast. By the time he rushed to the front of the penalty area of ​​Lyon, Van der Mede on the right had already received a pass from Sneider and made a breakthrough one-on-one on the right.

With a cross from the bottom, Lucio drove the accelerator like a heavy tank, rushing all the way into Lyon's penalty area. Facing Patrick Muller who was standing in front of him, he took advantage of this momentum to jump high and rush Van der Mede's cross into Kupet's goal.

At this moment, Ye Qiu sounded a noun, high-altitude bomber!

"I'll go!" The moment the ball hit the goal of Lyon, Ye Qiu shouted loudly, laughed and cheered, celebrating the goal!

If Barack is regarded as a combination of Vieira Gavieri, who should Lucio be with whom?

Turning his head and seeing Santini walk out of the home team coach's seat in surprise, Ye Qiu felt indescribable. Didn't you sit on the Diaoyutai firmly in the first half? Now I don't kick you off the Diaoyutai!

After finally equalizing the score, Ajax's players celebrated on the court, and they all looked very excited and had a rainbow of morale. Ye Qiu walked over while the players came to celebrate on the sidelines and kept calling on the players to be calm and continue to maintain pressure on Lyon.

"It's this momentum. I want you to keep this force, rush forward and kill them!" Ye Qiu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

The players were all infected by the head coach, and when they equalized the score, they all became very motivated. On the court, they were like tigers going down the mountain, unstoppable. Although Lyon wanted to tighten the defense line, he could not stand Lucio's second tiger into the flock.

Less than 15 minutes after his first goal, Lucio ran from the backcourt again in the 67th minute and rushed into the penalty area of ​​Lyon. This time his header was saved by Kuppet, but Van der Mede, who followed closely behind, made a follow-up shot, helping Ajax surpass the score.

This goal completely made Lyon mess up. They wanted to push it out and play, but Ajax was too imposing and took the initiative firmly in his hands by Ye Qiu's team. Even if Santini wanted to push it out, he had to consider the risks.

The hesitant Lyon finally paid a heavy price for his mistake again. Keita made a long shot of about 25 meters, slapped the goal from Kupet's head, and changed the score to 3:1!

This goal undoubtedly sentenced Lyon to death. If Santini had thought that his team could win the League Cup qualification through this game, then now they are completely desperate.

Although Santini made consecutive substitution adjustments soon, hoping to stop the team's decline, Ye Qiu's team established a victory with the sharp momentum created after the start of the second half.

By the time Santini realized that she wanted to make up for it, the overall situation was decided and it was too late!

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, all the Ajax players rushed out of the court and rushed to the bottom of the Ajax fans who followed the team to the away game, celebrating the team's victory.

After winning Lyon, Ajax returned to the first place in the group with 3 wins and 9 points. At the same time, Leverkusen lost 1:2 away to Barcelona, ​​and the German powerhouse also stopped the winning streak. He currently has 9 points with Ajax, but Ajax is temporarily ranked first because of his goal difference.

Barcelona also scored 6 points with this victory, temporarily ranked behind Leverkusen and Ajax, ranking third in the group, while Lyon failed to get the score and ranked last with 0 points. The Ligue 1 team basically lost its last hope and was destined to be eliminated.

The remaining are Ajax, Leverkusen and Barcelona three teams competing for the right to qualify in the group, and the first two teams have the most hope, but Barcelona still has a home game against Ajax, so no one is careless!
Chapter completed!