"I'm very satisfied with everyone's performance in the first half!"

In the away team's locker room of Arena Stadium, Boske smiled and said with a signature smile to the group of players in the locker room with sweat.

"Although we are behind in the score, I think our chances of winning in this game are constantly increasing."

Boske walked slowly in the locker room, "Luis is very threatening on the right, and he came to the left several times, which is also very good; Gonzalez played very active in the front, and his constant running made the opponent's two central defenders a little unpredictable, and he was very dedicated when defending; and Zinedin, who created many threats, Jose's performance was also very outstanding."

"No matter what..." Boske clapped his palms hard, leaving his smiling expression to his players, "...You completed our mission very well in the first half. It is not your responsibility to concede goals. My lovely defenders, you are very proud of your performance."

"You know, in the European arena, so far, there are not many teams that can block Ajax's attack tactics after the opening game, Manchester United can't stop it, Bayern Munich can't stop it, and Rome and Barcelona can't stop it, but we blocked their goals for most of the time, and did a good job, guys!"

Boske's compliments made the players in the locker room breathe a sigh of relief, and the serious expression on their faces also relaxed a little.

But if you praise it too much, it will become stingy. Boske will not be stingy, so he quickly changed his subject.

"But no matter how good the team is, they can still be better, and so do we!"

Boske has always given people the feeling that he is not good at speaking, but in fact, he speaks very well. Now he never mentions the team's shortcomings, but instead says that the team performs well, just hopes that the players will perform better on a good basis.

Real Madrid are all a group of super stars. In the minds of this group of super stars, they will inevitably have some rebellious mentality when criticizing anyone for their poor performance. On the contrary, they are more acceptable to Boske.

"What I must say is that Zinedin should run more and get rid of Sneider's entanglement. That kid is too clingy!"

After Boske finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the locker room, and Zidane nodded with a bitter smile. Sneijder was really sticky enough to say that it was clingy. This young Dutch boy stuck to him like a dog skin plaster, which was so uncomfortable.

"And Jose, my No. 14 player, you are too obsessed with the middle lane. I think you should be more free. I said that when we face the opponent's tight defense, we must be flexible intrusion. We have technical advantages. If we combine the loopholes created by flexible intrusion, the opponent will not be able to defend against it at all, but you are obviously not determined enough!"

Guti is indeed a very strange player, a typical panacea character, but no matter where he plays, he can play at his own level. Even if he is pushed to the front line, he can shine and heat.

Boske's offensive training on Real Madrid is actually giving the stars the maximum freedom to exert their strength, because for superstars like Zidane, Figo, Raul and Robert Carlos, too many tactical restrictions will restrict their performance.

Of course, Boske did not let it go at will. He gave the overall framework of the team. Within this framework, the players collaborated continuously, flexibly ran, and interspersed back and forth. Coupled with the delicate foot skills of Real Madrid, Real Madrid's offensive penetration is very strong, just like mercury pouring into the ground.

It can be said that this delicate and fatal offense can only be seen in La Liga and in Real Madrid, where stars are gathered.

"I hope you all remember that our opponent is a young team with an average age of about 20 years old, which is worthy of our admiration. However, they are too young, with natural shortcomings in physical fitness, physical endurance, and strength confrontation, so their performance in the second half of each game will be worse than in the first half."

"Our defense was very well organized in the first half, and I am proud of you, but I hope to do better in the second half, because only on a solid defense can our offense create the greatest threat."

Boske's away strategy was not originally focused on the first half, but focused on the second half.

To be honest, Ye Qiu was able to bring Ajax to the semi-finals of the Champions League, which is already a very surprising achievement. This team with an average age of about 20 is even younger, more impactful, and has a stronger tactical viewing ability than David O'Reilly's Leeds United back then.

But every team has its own limits. The current Ajax team has reached its limits. If you want to go further, it is no longer possible this season, so the performance in the first half was their peak.

Boske was not surprised that Real Madrid's defense could withstand Ajax's attack in the first half.

Many people think that Real Madrid plays offensive football, but in fact they don’t see the root of it. That is, in the configuration of double midfielders, Boske uses two defensive players, Marklele and Elgra. In 2000, Real Madrid won the Champions League, Boske uses five defenders.

In other words, Boske has always attached great importance to his team's defense and was confident. When he decided to let Real Madrid organize the defense, he believed that the team's defensive ability would not disappoint him. This is the reason why he dared to put the bet in the second half and Ajax was the weakest.

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Sometimes, things in the world are very strange, especially when you are afraid of something in your heart, this thing often happens, and when things happen, you can only bear the price it brings helplessly.

Ye Qiu has always had a kind of worry since the second half, because Ajax always played very badly in the second half, so he was always worried and kept reminding his players to be careful and be careful.

But as time progressed in minutes and as the game situation gradually reversed, Real Madrid regained the game situation. Not only did they have a steady defense, but their offense became more and more sharp, and they also became more and more skilled in controlling the ball.

Too much physical energy consumption makes it difficult for Ajax players to continue to maintain the high-intensity pressure and pressing in the first half in the second half. This is caused by many factors. It is only one of them to blindly adopt a fast-paced impact-style play, and it is also one of them too young, and there are many problems in the rest.

After entering 60 minutes, Ajax's control over the game gradually declined. Ye Qiu had to let the team gradually shrink and give up the high-level defense. In the 70th minute, Ajax had to use a contraction defense because Real Madrid became more and more fierce.

Ye Qiu made a substitution and replaced Robben, who was not physically strong, further strengthening the midfield's defense. He was using his own abilities to help the team avoid potential dangers to the greatest extent.

But in the end, I can't avoid it at all, and I can't avoid it.

When Zidane ran from the left to the middle, Guti, who was originally at the front of the forward line, suddenly retreated to the left and retreated deeply, and was almost on par with Real Madrid's pair of double backs pressing forward, while Robert Carlos dribbled the ball from the left and passed the ball to Guti's feet.

After getting the ball, Guti turned around. Yaya Toure wanted to get close at the first time, but Guti did not wait for Yaya Toure to get closer and made a seemingly light push on his left foot. As usual, the ball was not strong, a bit light, and the speed was not very fast. But the key to the problem was that the ball was passed too suddenly.

The defense line from Guti to Ajax is about 20 meters away, with Ajax players such as Gilberto Silva and Keita in the middle. Zidane, the only player in Real Madrid, was still under the surveillance of Gilberto Silva. All Ajax players thought Guti was retreating and responding, but suddenly passed the ball, and were caught off guard.

The ball seemed to be pulled by a line, passing through the middle of Lucio and Macon. Both Brazilian defenders wanted to intercept it at the first time, but Raul and Guti obviously had a more tacit understanding. He was originally ambushed between Lucio and Givot and rushed into the penalty area earlier.

Lucio turned around and caught up with Raul as fast as possible, and pressed Raul's right side. If he wanted to force the Spanish forward to the left, it would be better to force it out of the penalty area. Van derssa also lowered his center of gravity and followed Raul step by step, making a save anytime and anywhere.

But on the one hand, Raul followed Lucio's pressure and took a step to the left, removed Lucio's pressure, swung his left foot, and gently picked up the lower end of the fast-moving ball.

As soon as the ball was subjected to force, it flew up from the turf, drew an arc, crossed over Van der Sar's head, and hung directly on the upper right corner of the goal.

A blind spot, this is almost an absolute blind spot!

Van der Sar jumped high and wanted to save, but it was too late. He could not stop such a goal!

Raul's entire goal was not dragged on at all, and it was done in one go, especially the spiritually-filled shot, which was beyond admiration. After scoring the goal, he turned around and rushed out of Ajax's penalty area and kept kissing the ring in his hand. This was his signature goal celebration.

All Ajax players looked at the ball in the goal line in a daze, and they were a little confused.

Strictly speaking, this was the most threatening attack in Real Madrid's entire game, but he scored a goal. Guti's kick seemed erratic, but it was incredibly accurate. No one knew how he passed it, as if no one could figure it out, why did Raul suddenly think of using a pick-up shot in such a short time?

The entire Arena Stadium became silent, from 1:0 to 1:1. Although it was just a goal, the price Ajax paid was very heavy, because the second round of the game will be held at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines. Since Raul scored, he has been frowning without any expression. He is not conceding the goal in anger, but is thinking about how to continue the game.

If the ball is lost, it cannot be changed, but the game is not over yet, and Ajax still has a chance!

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu turned around and waved to Van der Mede on the bench, and then asked Hunterra to warm up.

Two minutes later, Van der Mede replaced Van der Fate, Hunterlaer replaced Sneider and formed a double striker with Ibrahimovic. Van der Mede was also pushed to the front line, and Maicon on the right was also asked by Ye Qiu to press more forwards.

"Ye Qiu made two substitution adjustments in one breath. He seemed to be ready to make the final effort!"

"From 1:0 to 1:1, Ajax's situation is indeed becoming increasingly unfavorable. If you cannot gain more advantages at home, then Ajax will be in a very passive situation in the second leg of the Bernabeu Stadium."

"There is more than ten minutes left before the end of the game. I guess Ye Qiu wants to do his last effort."

But it was obvious that Boske was not timid at all.

Real Madrid has a natural psychological advantage at the Bernabeu Stadium, because they have never lost at the Bernabeu Stadium this season and have maintained an unbeaten record. This also makes Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium known as the most difficult devil's home court in Europe, so they dare to fight with Ajax at Arena Stadium.

At least, they have a home court!

But Ajax can only choose to go all out, because they cannot pin their hopes on a Devil's away game that has never been broken this season, which is unrealistic.

Both teams chose to push out and play against each other at the end, without any reservation. The scene suddenly became very intense, and the two teams were hard to distinguish between each other. But what is very interesting is that even in the end, these two teams that played against each other never scored again.

1:1, when the Swedish referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, Real Madrid players were obviously relieved because Ajax played very firmly in the last ten minutes of the attack, creating more threats than Real Madrid.

Real Madrid is obviously not suitable for Ajax's fast-paced offense and defense. Although they also created threats, Zidane's performance in this game was not outstanding. The French superstar, who was focused on Ajax, lost its dazzling light. On the contrary, the goals created by Guti and Raul were impressive.

Ajax's players were obviously sad and angry because they were unable to defeat Real Madrid at their home court.

"Ajax has 10,000 reasons to be dissatisfied with the results of the game because they should win the game, but what we have to say is that they have really wasted a lot of opportunities. In the last ten minutes, they got two excellent opportunities in total, but Van der Mede and Yaya Toure missed both of these scoring opportunities."

"The young Ajax paid the price for their youth, but we must give this young team the greatest affirmation. We hope that at the Bernabeu Stadium a week later, this young team can perform better. We absolutely have reason to believe that they may not have no chance!"

At the post-match press conference, Ye Qiu also bluntly stated that his team still has a chance.

"It's just a draw. I don't think we've been eliminated. The Bernabeu Stadium is the key to the victory or defeat. Now the game is only in the first half, and we still have the second half!"

But immediately a reporter from Spain's Marca reminded Ye Qiu with a high tone that belongs to the wealthy newspapers, "Mr. Ye Qiu, we all know that your team is only good at playing the first half, but not the second half!"

A burst of laughter suddenly broke out in the audience.

Ye Qiu's face was very gloomy. His team was like his own children. If you want to beat or scold me, I had to do it myself. How could outsiders allow attacks? Isn't that slap me in the face?

"Then you wait and see. I will definitely conquer the Bernabeu fortress you claim to be unbreakable. I will tell you with facts that we are not only good at playing the first half, but we will still stomp you to death when we play the second half!"

After saying that, Ye Qiu turned around and left the press conference without regard to the opposition and protest of the reporters.

In contrast, Boske, who is in a good mood, looks elegant. When he was interviewed, he highly praised Ye Qiu and his Ajax, thinking that this is a very powerful team and does not look like a dark horse rumored by the outside world at all.

"Yes, they are from Eredivisie, but I think after a series of games, no one can ignore the strength of this Ajax. They are one of the most competitive teams in the Champions League this season. I never think they are weak teams. I always regard Ajax as our strong opponent."

"It's a good score to score 1:1 away, but we don't have any capital to care, because in the next game at the Bernabeu, Ajax will definitely play more tenaciously. This is a team that will never give up, just like their young head coach."

But when the reporter asked about his confidence in advancing to the finals, Boske seemed full of confidence.

"I am very confident in advancing to the finals. I believe that my players will have the same idea. We will contribute a wonderful game to all the fans at the Bernabeu Stadium, and we will definitely advance to the finals to the finals by Real Madrid!"

This is the difference between a tall, rich and handsome man and a silly silk.

Boske's words made almost most media believe that he and Real Madrid will definitely advance, while Ye Qiu's words were criticized as arrogant by more European media.

The reporter of Marca even smiled in the newspaper and mocked Ye Qiu for lack of grace. "I sympathize with the Chinese who said he wanted to capture the Bernabeu Stadium, because he didn't know what the Bernabeu represents. He would never understand what it felt like to sit on the home coach's seat of the Bernabeu Stadium in his whole life."

"This is the difference between him and Boske!"

This also made Ye Qiu remember the name of this Spanish reporter, Louis Cano!
Chapter completed!