Chapter 134 League Championship, we have to decide...
As Beckenbauer said in his masterpiece, there is no winning tactic in this world, and appropriate tactics can only help the head coach grasp more the probability of winning.
A football game is always full of surprises and changes rapidly. Even the most experienced head coach cannot guarantee that the game will be carried out completely according to his own wishes and ideas. Therefore, on-site command and adjustment have become a reflection of a head coach's coaching ability, and this requires the head coach to have a sufficiently sensitive sense of the game.
It was like Top Mueller, who had not realized that Van der Fatenece was a strategy of Ajax. It was not until later that after Ajax used it a few times, Barack noticed it, and then he followed it and made adjustments.
After adjustment, Barak did block Van der Fate's way to cut inward, but relaxed his defense against Yaya Toure, especially at the moment of the offense and defense transition, the gap between him and Yaya Toure was obviously opened, which led to the Ivorians taking the ball smoothly and planning this attack.
When Yaya Toure distributed the ball to Robben on the left, Ye Qiu was surprised and also had a vague premonition, that this attack would be very threatening and might even score a goal. The key is that Robben has many choices.
Once a line of defense is broken, it will become very passive because you have no idea which point the other party will hit you.
It was like this time Robben did not choose Keita who was inserted behind, nor did he choose Ibrahimovic who was on the left side of the middle, but chose the back point, and chose the landing point that was very back, because no one defended this area.
While sprinting, Van der Fate looked at the ball in the air, and after passing Ibrahimovic and Novotney, he quickly fell, right in front of him. After he met him directly, he swung his left foot and shot a very resolutely in the air, without waiting for the ball to land.
This volley was very beautiful and very decisive, and the strength and angle were well grasped, because Robben's cross was not fast and did not have strong rotation. People with better ball sense could easily make volleys.
The ball was close to the ground, almost in a straight line, passing through the right column and goalkeeper Butt, and hanging directly at the bottom of the net!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"
After Van der Fate finished his shot, he raised his arms excitedly and rushed out of Leverkusen's penalty area without staying for a moment. He kept waving to his teammates along the way, and waved to the group of Ajax fans in the stands who were already crazy, and finally rushed directly to the front of the camera.
"Remember, our name is Ajax!!!" Van der Fate pointed to the team logo on his chest and shouted loudly.
But soon, the teammates around rushed up one after another, first hugging Van der Fate, and finally almost submerged him. Everyone was celebrating the goal wildly.
"World Wave! This is definitely a very exciting world wave!"
"A wonderful world wave from New Cruyff from Ajax, Raphael Van der Fate!"
"Oh my God, this goal alone is enough to make all the fans worth the ticket price. Robben's cross, Van der Fate's volley, and the cooperation of this group of young people in Ajax was very exciting, which made us amazed!"
The Ajax fans in the stands were also shouting Van der Fate's name loudly. The momentum and aura all deeply infected everyone at the scene.
Leverkusen, the leader of the Bundesliga, is not invincible for Ajax in the Eredivisie, but he is definitely a strong opponent. Especially after losing to Leverkusen 1:2 away, many people think that Leverkusen is stronger than Ajax, and believe that Ajax will have more dangers in this game.
But now, we scored the goal and we were ahead!
The camera swept over the celebrating players and fell on Ye Qiu in front of the home team's coaching seat. He was excited to give a thumbs up at the group of celebrating players and did not let it go for a long time. Behind him, assistant coaches such as Ricklink and Roland had already hugged him tightly and were celebrating the goal.
This was a goal that Ye Qiu didn't expect. He originally had high hopes for Van der Fate's inward cut, but he didn't expect that Leverkusen and Barak would soon block this road. But while they blocked Van der Fate, they relaxed Yaya Toure and the Ivorians stood up at this critical moment.
It can be said that Robben and Van der Fate's assists and goals were of course beautiful, but Yaya Toure's response and passes were also very critical. Without this link, Robben and Van der Fate would not have made such a goal.
Everyone remembered Robben and Van der Fate, but as the team's head coach, Ye Qiu must remember Yaya Toure.
"Good job, Yaya!" Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and gave Yaya. Toure also gave a thumbs up, "Be bold, just like you kicked like you just now, very, very good, but don't relax your guard against Barak and strangle him to death!"
After all, is it a young man, Yaya? Toure also likes to show off. So when he saw that he finally planned a goal, the limelight was snatched away by two teammates Robben and Van der Fate, he felt a little disappointed. But at this moment, Ye Qiu's appreciation and encouragement made him laugh from ear to ear.
"Don't worry, head, I'll let him disappear!" The boy who smiled and said white teeth immediately turned cloudy and sunny.
Ye Qiu laughed, patted his wet shoulders, and told him to go back quickly.
After taking the lead, Ye Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the coaching seat to sit down again.
"Yaya Toure, this kid is really good!" Bobby Hams, who was standing beside him, praised with a smile.
Kloe Toure currently performs well and badly on the team's defense line, which is relatively average, but the progress is obvious. He is known for his brave defense. I heard that he has not been receiving regular football training for a while and lacks tactical knowledge, which is a bit similar to Abidal back then. At present, the Ajax coaching staff are deliberately instilling in the team's tactical system in him.
On the contrary, Yaya Toure often shows eye-catching performance, which has something to do with Ye Qiu's use of him.
Yaya Toure's positioning in Ajax is more like a central advancement, and Ye Qiu is more inclined to let him play Keita's position because the two are positioning a bit similar. If they play Sneid, Yaya Toure's shortcomings in the last pass will lead to Ajax being able to walk more on the wing.
Ye Qiu replaced Sneed with Yaya Toure in this game, with the goal of aiming at Barack, and the organization was handed over to Van der Fate, but the effect of this tactical system was not ideal, because Macon's defensive task was very heavy in this game, so he had to look at Ze Roberto, so Ajax never had any effect on the right.
Sometimes, this is the tactic, one by one.
"It's still very young!" Ye Qiu said with a smile. She was only 18 years old, and Yaya Toure still has a lot of room for improvement.
"I thought before that, with his characteristics, especially his defensive ability, he should play in the defensive midfield position, but now it seems that playing in the defensive midfield is indeed a bit in a bit." Bobby Hams said this, shook his head and smiled, and continued: "And it can be seen that this kid is probably not a fuel-saving lamp!"
Sometimes when you want to change a player, you have to consider his personality.
Yaya Toure has a more self-centered personality. Ye Qiu can suppress him now because this kid is not even a big deal, but once he becomes famous in the future, will he continue to be so obedient?
not necessarily!
In Ye Qiu's tactical positioning, the position of the back midfielder has a certain speciality, because although Keita and Sneider both have both offense and defense, their characteristics are not the kind of defenders who stand in position. If a player who stands behind them and protects the defense line is not arranged, once the ball is lost from them, Ajax's defense line will likely be directly exposed.
This is a bit similar to Guardiola in Barcelona's previous life. The reason why he chose Busquets and gave up Yaya Toure was because the latter was not responsible enough, and Busquets was killed and refused to leave his position.
Gilberto Silva is undoubtedly a very suitable candidate. Currently, Gilberto Silva, the one who can compete in this position in Ajax's team is Gilberto Silva. De Jong is still young and it's okay to play a substitute, while Maduro seems quite immature.
You should know that they were the main players two years ago, and that was in the second team. Now Ajax is playing in the Champions League, which is not the same. Moreover, Ye Qiu has always felt that the requirements of defensive players should be stricter, and offensive players can be appropriately relaxed, which is more suitable for promoting youth team players.
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When Ajax broke the deadlock and took the lead before the first half was about to end, Ye Qiu did not appear conservative.
At the beginning of the second half, Ye Qiu asked the team to launch a round of attacks, directly using Keita, Gilberto Silva and Yaya Toure to suppress Leverkusen's midfield, and put Leverkusen in the half and beat him.
This is a strategy, because Ajax is leading, Ye Qiu guessed that Top Mueller would definitely want to counterattack in the second half, so I won’t give you the opportunity to counterattack. I will first suppress you and fight a round of attacks. After grinding off your counterattack spirit and morale, I will slowly play with you.
Ajax's offense is indeed very impactful and fast, and their attack is their best. In addition, after scoring a goal, his morale is very strong. Leverkusen was beaten a little embarrassed by Ajax at the beginning of the second half. By the time they finally stopped the situation, the time had already jumped to 65 minutes.
Seeing that Leverkusen's offensive improved, Ye Qiu immediately made a substitution adjustment. De Jong replaced Van der Fate and strengthened the midfield defense. Heatinga replaced Macon, and Ajax began to fight the defensive counterattack that he was good at, allowing Leverkusen to attack.
Of course, Top Mueller knew Ajax's calculations, but when he wanted to exert force, the physical fitness of the few players in the team had been almost worn out, especially technical players like Bastulk and Schneider.
In the past, many people like to tease Berbatov, saying that he doesn't like defense and run, but Ye Qiu really needs to clarify that this kid has always been like this, even as a newcomer, he is still like that in Leverkusen.
I want a player to play football with a casual and dirty work, and rush to do it. There is really nothing in this world!
Of course, in the current football trend, there are very few forwards who actively participate in front-field pressing. Ajax is the best in this regard. Even Ibrahimovic has a lot of defensive tasks. The Swedes have communicated with Ye Qiu for this, but Ye Qiu finally convinced him.
Leverkusen made substitutions afterwards, and substitutions often brought adjustments and running-in, and time passed quickly.
After the pharmaceutical factory finally adjusted, Ajax's defense became more and more stringent, and he finally managed to defend the score of 1:0 to the end.
The moment the referee blew the end of the game, there was a burst of cheers in the entire Arena Stadium, and all Ajax fans were celebrating because everyone knew that unless Ajax lost even his crotch at the Camp Nou Stadium, the right to qualify in the group was firmly in hand.
Leverkusen is going to continue to see the result of Barcelona and Lyon. If Barcelona cannot defeat Lyon away, then Leverkusen's hope of qualifying has increased significantly, because they face Lyon at home in the last round, and it is not very difficult to win this game.
Also because the match between Barcelona and Lyon is so important, Ye Qiu immediately turned around at the moment the whistle ended, looked at Ricklink, and asked anxiously: "What's the score over there?"
"2:2!" Ricklink smiled.
Ye Qiu breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, Barcelona was dead!
The coaching staff of Leverkusen on the opposite side seemed to have heard the news. They all looked in a good mood. Barcelona tied Lyon. As long as they defeated Lyon in the last round, Barcelona would not be able to qualify.
But just as Ye Qiu turned around and was about to walk towards the visiting team coach's seat, Ricklink suddenly stood up and said, "The goal has been scored!"
Ye Qiu stopped and turned around, "What goal did you score?"
Ricklink smiled bitterly, "Barcelona scored a goal in the second minute of stoppage time, and Herard, who came on the bench, 3:2!"
"I'll go!" Ye Qiu felt very depressed. As a result, Ajax could not qualify early.
"It's so ironic. It was Gerard who saved Barcelona!" In the end, he could only use this to mock Barcelona.
Gerard came from Barcelona's youth training camp, but later switched to Valencia and performed very well. Barcelona bought him back to Camp Nou for a sky-high price of 24 million euros, but this kid could only sit on the bench in Barcelona, and was teased by many people as a sky-high substitute, and the players themselves were dissatisfied with not being able to play with the main players.
But unexpectedly, it was Gerard who saved Barcelona in the end.
"Good luck, Mr. Top Mueller!"
When Ye Qiu came to the visiting team coach's seat, he clearly noticed that the expression on Leverkusen's head coach Top Mueller's face was also very bad. Because Barcelona won Lyon, the two teams became the same point, and Group F became a big melee. Even if Leverkusen defeated Lyon in the last round, whether he could qualify depends on the result of the game between Ajax and Barcelona.
"I wish you good luck too!" Top Mueller replied in a faint voice.
He was not worried about Ajax letting go, because the Red and White Army did not qualify early. At least in theory, Ajax still has the possibility of being squeezed into the League Cup, so in the last round, everyone has to fight to the death!
"Don't worry, we have to decide the right to qualify!" Ye Qiu said confidently.
Top Muller looked at Ye Qiu deeply, sighed secretly, turned around and left.
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Although there is still one round in the group stage, the situation in many groups has become very clear, especially for the other two teams in the Eredivisie.
Feyenoord has only scored 2 points in five rounds of the group stage, with the same score as Sparta Moscow. If they cannot defeat Sparta Moscow at home in the last round, then the only one who participates in the League Cup will be the Russians.
Another team, Eindhoven, drew a good draw in the group, Nantes, Galatasaray and Lazio. Many people were optimistic about Eindhoven and believed that the defending champion of the Eredivisie could qualify with Lazio. But what I didn't expect was that the two teams are indeed running side by side, but they are all aiming for the third place in the League Cup group.
This really surprised many people. Nantes and Galatasaray performed very well in the group stage, especially Nantes, who beat Eindhoven 4:1 in the first round and killed Lazio 3:1 away in the second round, which was indeed full of the limelight and currently ranks first in the group, and can almost be said to have secured the right to qualify.
Another big and small unpopular comes from Pannasinekos of Greece. This Greek team currently beat Arsenal, Mallorca and Schalke 04 and jumped to the top in the group and has already obtained the right to qualify in the group in advance.
The Dutch media are generally disappointed with Eindhoven and Feyenoord's incompetence, especially Eindhoven of Gretz. After all, such a good signing failed to qualify, which is indeed a pity.
On the contrary, Eindhoven's general manager Aneson stood up to defend the team when the team was hopeless to qualify.
"Leaving from the Champions League is not necessarily a bad thing for us, because we can focus more on the Eredivisie. Our goal this season is to successfully defend the title. In this regard, I and head coach Mr. Gretz have strong confidence."
"Ajax's performance this season is indeed very good, but it is far from the point where he can win the championship ahead of schedule. We believe that if they continue to fight on two fronts, they will make mistakes sooner or later. We will definitely be able to reverse our opponents and successfully complete the dominance of the three consecutive championships in the Eredivisie!"
Ye Qiu did not agree with the statement from Anesen. At Arena Stadium, Ye Qiu's team swept Adrians' William II 4:1. After the game, Ye Qiu said that the team will continue to strive to win every game.
"Give up any game is not our style, because we never give up. We will continue to compete in the Champions League with the regrets of Eindhoven and Feyenoord, but we will also maintain our competitiveness in the Eredivisie, because we are determined to win this league!"
Chapter completed!