Long before Barcelona welcomed Ajax, media had compared the two teams, believing that as long as Barcelona had a Rivaldo lineup, their value would be comparable to Ajax's entire team.

In 1997, Rivaldo switched to Barcelona from La Coruña, spending a total of 16 million euros in Barcelona. Ye Qiu's Ajax introduced so many players from beginning to end, and all of them were about the same price. It can be said that Rivaldo could beat the entire Ajax team.

Ye Qiu was not angry at the joke from the media. On the contrary, he used the media's remarks to inspire the players' fighting spirit and tell his players how the group of media outside humiliated them and looked down on them. If he wanted to justify himself, there was only one way to go, defeat Barcelona at the Camp Nou Stadium!

This game is related to the final ranking of Group F, whether Barcelona, ​​with stars, can advance to the next round of group stage, and also to the fiscal revenue of over tens of millions of euros and even potential benefits of tens of millions of millions of dollars. Who would not pay attention to it?

Because of this importance, not only the media and fans of Spain and the Netherlands are paying great attention, but even fans around the world are paying attention to this game. UEFA has also decided to focus on promoting this game at the Camp Nou Stadium and broadcast it live to the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is attracting world attention.

Some support Ajax, and some support Barcelona, ​​but the result of the game will eventually disappoint most people, because the final result of this game was 1:1, and no one won the opponent.

Ye Qiu's team made a surprising offense at the beginning. In the first 20 minutes, it caused a lot of trouble for Barcelona and also won a lot of goals for himself. Among them, there were 3 excellent goals, but Ibrahimovic and Robben were wasted one after another. Only Van der Fate cut in from the right and scored a leading goal for Ajax.

Afterwards, Ajax encountered Barcelona's almost crazy counterattack. At the Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona definitely did not allow their dignity and pride to be challenged by their opponents, especially this team is just an opponent in the Eredivisie, but they never scored a goal.

Finally, before the second half approached the end of the game, Rivaldo used his personal ability to get the ball from the left and then passed two Ajax players in a row, and then shot a curved shot at the front of the penalty area, directly hitting Van der Sar's helpless blind spot.

No one is satisfied with the score of 1:1.

Ajax led by more than an hour, but in the end they equalized the score by Barcelona, ​​and they were not satisfied.

But Barcelona are even more dissatisfied because they will be forced to go to the League Cup because of this draw, which is definitely an unacceptable shame for the proud Catalans.

The league is not good, the Champions League, the Champions League was eliminated, and the entire Camp Nou Stadium was in a turmoil!

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"Second get out of class! ended get out of class! ended get out of class!!!"

Ye Qiu sat in the visiting team coach's seat at Camp Nou Stadium. Everything he could hear was booing and shouting from Barcelona fans, who were venting their dissatisfaction with the club's current situation.

Because the relationship between Ajax and Barcelona is very special, there are many staff members in Ajax, including Bobby Hams, who are pessimistic and disappointed with the current situation in Barcelona.

"Who would have thought that after the glorious peak of the Dream Team, Barcelona would fall so quickly that they had not won the championship for many years!" Bobby Hams shook his head and sighed.

Nowadays, there are already deep reflections on the teams without championships in one season. No championships for two consecutive seasons almost represent great turmoil in the management. But like Barcelona, ​​who has not won the championship for many years, everyone is worried about whether this team will lose the halo of the giants and completely become a civilian team.

This is not an alarmist statement, there are fewer such examples?

I won’t say much about anything else. Athletic Bilbao was so awesome back then. In terms of history, this team doesn’t know how brilliant this team is, but now? This team can only be regarded as a barely mid-range team in La Liga, and it is difficult to have the strength to compete for the championship.

"Don't worry, every team with historical heritage is not so easy to fall into. Barcelona itself has a very complete set of hematopoietic functions. Moreover, over the years, Barcelona has always adhered to the youth training concept formulated during the Cruyff period. I believe that in a few years, it will be effective soon!"

If Ye Qiu remembers correctly, La Maciari now has Messi, Fabregas, Iniesta, Busquets and other players who will be outstanding in the next few years, and they will all be key players in Barcelona's future transformation.

Although many people are dissatisfied with some of the styles on Barcelona's stadium in the future, which has caused great controversy, there is one thing that Ye Qiu has always insisted on, that is, Barcelona's adherence to the concept of youth training and the football presented by Barcelona's Dream Team Three are enough to make this team enter the history of football.

"Youth Training?" After hearing this, Ricklink smiled bitterly and even laughed a little, "Drapena, Gerard, Serades, Xavi Moreno... Are there fewer players in Barcelona's youth training in recent years? But have they used it?"

Speaking of this, Ricklink shook his head vigorously, "In these giant teams, youth training and first-teams are separated. No matter how many players are there, the first-teams are not needed, what effect will it have?"

De La Pena left Barcelona this season and went to Lazio, but her performance was very bad; after Gerard switched to Valencia, he immediately played very well in form and strength, but after returning to Camp Nou, what was waiting for him was the bench; as for Celta, after leaving Barcelona, ​​he formed a double midfielder at Celta and Marklele, and his performance was very eye-catching. The two joined the Galaxy battleships when Florentino took over Real Madrid. At first, Celades beat Marklele to occupy the main force, but now, how many people still remember him?

As for Xavi Moreno, Ye Qiu and others are very familiar with each other. They are the main striker of Alaves last year and the best scorer of La Liga last season. They are incredible, but after joining AC Milan this season... I won’t talk about it!

Ye Qiu never thought that Ricklink was still a senior fan of Barcelona. Why do these words sound so much resentment? But it is not surprising to think about it again. Because of the relationship between Cruyff and Van Gaal and others, Ajax fans and Barcelona fans, this is not uncommon.

Ricklink's words sounded like the complaints of Real Madrid fans in his previous life, and they all felt a little disappointed.

But now Ye Qiu can't convince Ricklink because he can't tell him how glorious and brilliant Barcelona will be in the next few years, and even becomes the so-called universe team.

There is no doubt that Barcelona's success depends on the foundation accumulated over the years. Without the persistent youth training philosophy from Cruyff to the present, I believe they would not have reached the peak of the Dream Team 3.

Some people say that Barcelona's success is because their ball control system is in line with the football trend at that time. Ye Qiu thinks this is right, because ball control is a pursuit of everyone no matter how long it takes in football history. Who doesn't want to control the ball under his feet for 90 minutes?

But has there been any real experience in history that can truly reach the level of Barcelona?

Ye Qiu felt that Barcelona's success was because they studied the control of the ball to the extreme.

In other words, as long as any element that affects the game factors in football tactics can be achieved by the team as long as it can reach the extreme, the team can achieve the achievements of Barcelona Dream 3. But the key is that everyone understands this principle, but who can do it like Barcelona?

Or, the reason why Barcelona can persist for so many years is actually due to certain accidents and luck.

Therefore, Ye Qiu has always adhered to a principle. Tactics do not matter whether they are good or bad. As long as they are good for themselves and can help them improve, they do not matter whether they are offense or defense. They can be compatible with the control ball and control space. Even if they are the opponent's things, they will learn and learn from them.

Therefore, Bobby Hams would say that he was like a sponge, crazily absorbing the essence of others accumulated over the years.

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Ajax drew 1:1 with Barcelona and Leverkusen defeated Lyon 4:2, so the ranking of Group F will come out.

The top two places to enter the second round of the European Champions League group stage were Ajax and Leverkusen. Barcelona ranked third in the group and was forced to play in the League Cup. Lyon did not even get a single point and directly qualified from the Champions League group.

Although Santini's team performed poorly in the Champions League, they were very outstanding in the French Ligue 1. This probably has something to do with Santini's own strategy. They focused on the Ligue 1 league, so they gave up the Champions League.

In addition, Eindhoven and Feyenoord were also eliminated from the Champions League, and both teams were able to participate in the League Cup in the end, so Ajax became the only seedling in the Champions League.

After the group stage, UEFA immediately announced the team divisions of the second round of group stage draws.

Based on the results of the group stage and the team's previous Champions League points and other factors, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Juventus and Liverpool became the first seed team in the second round of the group stage.

In other words, these four teams will definitely be divided into different groups.

Ajax, La Coruna, Nantes and Panasinaikos became the second place; Manchester United, Arsenal, Porto and Galatasaray were ranked third place, and they were all second in the group with the best results; Roma, Sparta Prague, Leverkusen and Boavista.

The intensity of the competition in the Champions League can be seen from the division. Almost every team is very strong. Needless to mention the second team, Manchester United and Arsenal can only go to the third level, Porto, Galatasaray, Roma, Leverkusen... These teams are not fuel-efficient, and it will be a headache for anyone to encounter.

According to the draw rules, in the same country, teams in the same group will not be divided into one group in the first round of group stages, so in fact, some teams are destined to meet together.

This time the lottery ceremony was held at the Hilton Hotel in Geneva. Ye Qiu was busy preparing for the game and did not participate. Ajax arranged for the technical director and the team leader to represent the team to Geneva, but in the end what Leo Benhack brought back was bad news.

Bayern Munich, Ajax, Manchester United, and Boavista, these four teams became Group A of the second round of group stage.

This is not that Ajax's draw is very bad, it can only be said that his luck is relatively poor, but if you have to blame, you can only blame the strong strength of the Champions League.

Liverpool, Roma, Nantes, and Sparta Prague; Juventus, La Coruña, Arsenal and Leverkusen; Relatively speaking, Real Madrid has the best luck, and the three opponents he drew were Panasinaikos, Galatasaray and Sparta Prague. The overall strength of these three opponents is not very strong, and it is difficult to shake the right to qualify for Real Madrid.

In contrast, almost every other three groups is fighting to the death situation, among which the competition in Group D is definitely the most intense. Juventus, La Coruña, Arsenal and Leverkusen are together, which can be called the group of death. Ajax faces Bayern Munich and Manchester United, and the situation of qualifying is also not optimistic.

According to the second round of the Champions League group stage, two rounds before the winter break, Ajax will first challenge Boavista away, and then face Bayern Munich at his home court. The remaining four rounds of games will be left until the winter break before playing. The top two in the group points will advance to the quarterfinals.

I don’t know if it was affected by the results of the second round of the Champions League group stage draw. Ajax players performed very poorly in the 12th round of the Eredivisie, challenging Grafsharp away from home. They all looked like they had no spirit of the past, but instead became lifeless and had poor physical fitness.

In this game, Ajax was almost restrained by Grafsharp throughout the game, and his attack power was not too threatened. Instead, Grafsharp took advantage of the mistakes of Ajax's defense line Kolo Toure and Kivo in the 36th minute of the first half to break through Ajax's goal.

This conceding made Ajax more impetuous and passive. The referee was also dissatisfied with the frequent fouls of Ajax players and kept giving cards. Among them, Ibrahimovic was almost sent off by a red card because of contradicting the referee.

During the halftime break, Ye Qiu immediately replaced Hunterla with Hunterlaer for his poor performance, but his condition was obviously poor and his mood was a little out of control. He hoped that Hunterlaer would perform when facing his old club.

But after the start of the second half, Ajax's condition did not improve much. Robben on the left seemed very out of shape. On the contrary, Van der Mede on the right became the most threatening side of the team. When Ye Qiu replaced Robben with Hleb, Ajax's offense really improved.

In the final stage, Ajax relied on Hleb's large-scale diagonal pass to the penalty area, Van der Mede broke into the penalty area and shot, but was saved by the goalkeeper. Hunterlaer followed up and found a gap, pierced through Grafsharp's goal, equalizing the score for Ajax.

But after that, no matter how Ajax attacked, he could never break through Grafsharp's goal. He could only accept a 1:1 draw, which disappointed Ye Qiu, because Grafsharp's game was originally supposed to be won, but now that he has not won, the team lost two points.

Although Eindhoven lost 1:2 away to Rotterdam Sparta in the same round, Feyenoord also lost 1:2 away to Breda, Ajax's lead was not reduced at all, but increased from the original 3 points to 4 points. But for Ye Qiu, Ajax lost 2 points in this game.

Sometimes the advantages of the standings are lie. There are so many opponents in the league, and they will meet sooner or later. When they meet strong teams and weak teams, they are all 3 points, but the value is completely different, so Ye Qiu is disappointed with the team's draw with Grafsharp.

This may be a bit harsh, because if we insist on counting this way, Eindhoven lost to the relegated favorite Rotterdam Sparta, which would undoubtedly disappoint Eindhoven's fans.

In Ye Qiu's winning strategy, you must get the points you should get. Only in this way can you ensure that the team loses points when necessary. One of the important reasons why Ajax failed to win the championship last season is that the team failed to win the championship, or even failed to get points in some games with obvious advantages, which ultimately led to the team's unfavorable situation in winning the championship.

Because of this, Ye Qiu drew against Grafsharp away, and ushered in two weeks of national team match day, an internal coaching team meeting was held in DeTok Most. Even club chairman Van Prager and technical director Leo Benhack attended the meeting.

Ye Qiu emphasized at the meeting that the coaching team, the first team, and even every department and person in the club must unify their ideas, have one idea and one mind, be united externally, and have a caliber, and the same should be true within the team.

"I have a premonition that the situation will become increasingly unfavorable to us before the winter break!" Ye Qiu said solemnly.

Eindhoven and Feyenoord's League Cup opponents have all come out, namely Greece's Thessalonika and Bundesliga's Freiburg. There is no need to say much about the former's strength. Eindhoven is sure to win, and Freiburg is currently performing very badly in the Bundesliga and is on the verge of relegation.

Freiburg performed well last season and qualified for the Bundesliga League Cup. However, after a summer, the players suffered heavy losses and Freiburg's competitiveness declined sharply, which ultimately led to the team's lack of combat effectiveness. Feyenoord did not have much problem defeating his opponent.

In this case, they will devote more energy to the league, while Ajax encountered a strong opponent in the Champions League.

Although Ajax's lineup looks huge, it was a few years later that the group of Ajax is too young, especially some substitutes. This makes Ye Qiu very sure if the team fights on a single line, but if it is fighting on a multi-line basis, some problems will inevitably arise.

This is also the sorrow of some small teams, just like Everton in Moyes' previous life, one stunning season and one sluggish season, and the decisive factor is the European competition.
Chapter completed!