Although Mascherano said he was ready, Ye Qiu still did not rank him in the starting lineup, and he did not even appear on the roster against Zwolle. Instead, Maduro appeared in the starting lineup.

Goalkeeper Van der Sar, the defense lines are Abidal, Kivo, Kroo Toure and Heatinga, the midfields are Arteta, Maduro and Yaya Toure, and the tridents in the frontcourt are Robben, Hunteral and Van der Mede.

In the end, with two goals from Hunterlaal and Kivo, Ajax defeated Zwolle 2-0 at home.

Ajax's start was indeed very eye-catching after winning four consecutive victories, but in this round, Eindhoven defeated Valvek 4:0, and Feyenoord slaughtered Twint 5:1 away, and the limelight beat Ajax.

Especially Eindhoven's Kezhman scored a hat-trick in the game against Valvek, which allowed Kezhman to beat Ibrahimovic and become the leader of the Eredivisie scorer list.

Hiddink's offense is more about Kezhmann, or partnering with Hesselink or Brookingk, which are both high-fast combinations. Such routines are still very marketable in the Netherlands. After all, Eindhoven's overall strength has a huge advantage.

With the high center forward as the tactical fulcrum, with speed players like Kezhmann and Romedal supporting the situation, the midfielder is led by Van Bomel and Voger. Eindhoven's midfield combination is very strong and very stunning.

But sometimes, you can be invincible in the Netherlands, but it may not be possible to go to the European arena.

It was also at Philips Stadium, the same lineup, and the same tactics. However, Hiddink's team just beat Valvek 4:0, but three days later, he was beaten by Arsenal 0:4. Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva, who just transferred from Ajax to Arsenal this season, scored the first goal for Arsenal.

After this game, the entire Netherlands had to conduct a round of reflection. Everyone must start to accept a cruel reality, that is, the Eredivisie has been thrown farther and farther away by the five mainstream European leagues, and even the Portuguese Super League has begun to have a momentum to surpass the Eredivisie.

Many Dutch football professionals have begun to analyze what exactly causes the Dutch Eredivisie teams to lack combat effectiveness in the European arena? And what causes Ajax's strong rise in the European arena in recent years?

Cruyff specifically mentioned this in his column. He believes that the most important contribution to Ajax's rise comes from their head coach, Ye Qiu.

"Football is always constantly developing, constantly improving itself, self-banning, and self-renewal. Only by constantly improving can we ensure that we are always at the forefront."

"Dutch football once stood at the top of the world football world. We have a football system that we come to be proud of. We have the all-off and defense that is hailed as the greatest change in football history. We have a group of epoch-making superstars. We have conquered immeasurable fans all over the world."

"But all this has passed, and people cannot live in the memories of the past forever!"

"Recently I met Mr. Michel Van Prager. He told me that Ajax can reach this day. Ye Qiu, this stubborn and persistent Chinese is the most critical soul. Three years ago, his gambling with Westhoff not only changed Ye Qiu himself, but also completely changed Ajax."

"Ye Qiu advocates the integration of offense and defense, emphasizes the adjustment of teamwork, and improves control over the game. I think these are very worthy of deep consideration by other Dutch head coaches, because many people are still stuck in the glorious years of the past."

"It's like Hiddink of Eindhoven, as more and more teams began to change the combination of double strikers, even abandoned the combination of double strikers and instead adopted a single striker tactic, he raised the banner of the combination of high and fast double strikers, but he didn't see that Liverpool, who performed very hot last season, started 3 wins and 3 draws this season, and both of them were very thrilling and embarrassing."

"In these 6 games, Irving scored 1 goal and Husky 0. Most of the 13 goals scored by the team were from the midfield and the defender scored 2 goals. I wonder if this can bring more warnings to Eindhoven?"

In his column, Cruyff criticized Hiddink's Eindhoven without any scruples, believing that this team will lack the minimum combat effectiveness in the European arena and cannot make any difference, because Hiddink's tactics are still at the national team level.

"If we simply look at leading the trend of tactical thinking, club events have completely surpassed national team events such as the World Cup and European Cup, because the advantage of club events lies in the transfer. They can rely on the transfer market platform to introduce suitable players to make up for the team's own shortcomings and can better reflect the head coach's tactical ideas, but they are not good in the national team."

"In the past few years, there have been many teams with outstanding performance in the European arena, such as Real Madrid, the invincible Bayern Munich, or Manchester United. They are all very good, but fundamentally, they are lacking in the changes that lead the trend of tactical thinking."

"But we see this in Ye Qiu's Ajax, and it's no secret that he is the most creative head coach I've seen in the past three years. Even Ancelotti of AC Milan is not as good as him, so I'm very optimistic about Ye Qiu's Ajax. I firmly believe that they can beat AC Milan at San Siro Stadium."

Cruyff's praise was considered exaggerated by many people, and the purpose was to inspire the morale of Ajax in Italy, but many professionals also believe that Ajax is indeed the only team that has been eye-catching in the European arena in the past two or three years.

In terms of player strength, Ajax is far from the strongest, or even the top, because this team of rookies who are only about 20 years old on average is still in the stage of rapid improvement, but they can become the nightmare of all giant teams in the European arena, relying on their own strong and complete tactical system.

However, compared to Cruyff's favoritism with Ajax, someone in Serie A immediately refuted Cruyff's words, believing that AC Milan plays at home and Ancelotti's team has also been strengthened this season and will definitely be able to defeat Ajax at San Siro Stadium.

"Perhaps, Cruyff has been away from professional football for too long, his mind is still stuck in the past, and he even puts more time on other aspects rather than keeping his focus on football, so he doesn't know that AC Milan has the most luxurious team of players in Serie A and even European football, and what does Ajax have?"

Even in this game, even when the on-site commentator analyzed the starting lineup of the two teams at San Siro Stadium, he still couldn't figure it out.

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"Ancelotti attaches great importance to this game and sends all the main players to play. Goalkeeper Dida and defense are Carazze, Martini, Nesta and Simici, and midfielders are Sidorf, Pirlo and Gattuso, Rivaldo and Rui Costa, and Grand Inzaghi plays a single striker."

"AC Milan has been in excellent form recently. First, he defeated Modena 3-0 with his second away goal from Inzaghi and his right-back Simici's goal, and then defeated Perugia 3-0 at the San Siro Stadium with the goal from Martini, Inzaghi and Sidorf, and is currently the top scorer in the Serie A standings."

AC Milan started the Serie A this season with an ideal start, winning two consecutive games, scoring 6 goals and conceding 0 goals. This can be said to be a fantastic start. The 4321 tactic created by Ancelotti also fully demonstrated its strong offensive ability. With Shevchenko injured, Da Inzaghi scored 3 goals in two games and was in a very hot state.

"Ajax's starting lineup has been adjusted in this game. The goalkeeper is Van der Sar, the defense is Abidal, Kivo, Lucio and Macon, Arteta, Mascherano and Sneid in the midfield, and Robben, Ibrahimovic and Van der Fate in the frontcourt."

"Because the main midfielder De Jong was injured and absent, and the midfielder Maduro, who replaced De Jong's starting lineup in the last game, performed in an average performance. In this game, Ye Qiu chose the 18-year-old Argentine young player, Javier Mascherano, to start. This player has not played an official game for Ajax yet. This is his first debut in the new season."

When the live commentator said this, he smiled and the deafening momentum came from San Siro Stadium on the TV. "Many professionals believe that the key lies in Ajax's midfielder."

"One of the important reasons why Ajax was able to win one after another last season is that they had a strong midfielder, Gilberto Silva, who was in the middle and backcourt, but after this player switched to Arsenal, De Jong occupied the main position. Although the team won one after another, De Jong's performance did not convince everyone."

"In this game, Derong was injured, and the position of the back midfielder will surely become Ajax's weakness. Can Mascherano, a 18-year-old young player, withstand the pressure from tens of thousands of fans from San Siro Stadium?"

"Of course, relatively speaking, the offense that Ajax relied on to become famous last season has not only been retained this season, but has been strengthened to a certain extent. This will be a test for AC Milan's defense line, which is not strong. After all, Ajax's offense is even a headache for Juventus."

While the on-site commentator was analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides, Ye Qiu and Ancelotti were also in their respective locker rooms, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of their opponents to their players, and also emphasizing their tactics in this game.

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"They love to possess the ball!"

Ye Qiu looked up at the group in front of him and looked at his players, talking about his impression of AC Milan.

Pirlo, who is in the front and back, plus a classical front and center Rui Costa, midfielder Gattuso, and Wanjin Sidorf, who believes that such a midfield combination is not in control?

"As I said at the tactical preparation meeting before the game, all tactics are ultimately just one sentence, not to make the opponent feel comfortable. AC Milan's favorite is undoubtedly to use their midfield to control the ball, create an advantage, and continuously deliver shells to the players in front."

"Do you remember what I said? The strongest link of your opponent is often the weakest link!"

Ye Qiu has studied and pondered this sentence for four years, and even now, he still regards it as a famous saying.

"AC Milan likes to control the ball, relying on Pirlo and Rui Costa, so they like slow pace, slow ball control and slow passes, because this can ensure their ball control and even extend it from this. The pace of entering the game is often slower because they have to adapt to the opponent's defense."

Looking at the current situation, including the warm-up match, AC Milan has also had many problems, with weak defense winnings, double strikers Da Inzaghi and Shevchenko incompatible, and another is that they are slow to enter the game.

How slow is it? Their starts are always awful, sometimes for more than ten minutes, sometimes for half an hour, and sometimes even in the second half. This is determined by their tactical style and staffing.

"We can't let them control the rhythm, so from the beginning of the game, we have to attack, catch them off guard, increase the ball's running speed, and always maintain a fast-paced state. This is our best weapon, can we do it?" Ye Qiu asked.

Seeing the head coach paying attention to him, Ibrahimovic nodded, "Don't worry, head, I want to kill Nesta!"

That arrogant look seemed to mean that after killing Nesta, a player known as the world's chief central defender, it means that he can become the world's number one center forward.

"The middle is not enough, and both sides have to put pressure on them. Carazze on the left is handed over to Raphael, and Simic on the right is handed over to Aryan. I believe you all know these two opponents very well, so swallow them up!"

Before the game, every player got the technical characteristics of AC Milan players who faced this game early, and they were very familiar with it.

"Start to pass on a few, so I'll get to know Simichi!" Robben said eagerly.

The Dutch Eredivisie can no longer satisfy this Dutch flyer, he is now the most excited to play in the Champions League.

In Ye Qiu's tactical analysis, Robben met Simici and his speed advantage was very obvious, which was why Robben's statement was made.

"The midfield is very important. Gattuso has a wide coverage area. We cannot fight him directly and pass more passes. Sneijder must keep a close eye on Pirlo and put pressure on him. It is best to block him directly. If it doesn't work, you have to stick him to death. Do you understand?"

"I understand, head!" Sneider nodded.

"Siddorf is also very important to AC Milan's midfield. Raphael needs to support Macon appropriately, especially when cruising at Siddorf. You have to pay close attention to him and not relax at all."

Van der Farte said that his task in this game is to kill Karaze and block Siddorf, but he is not alone, and he also has a place to press Macon, but the Brazilians should also pay attention to their compatriot Rivaldo.

"In this game, Javier's task is very heavy!" Ye Qiu looked at Mascherano.

As the team's midfielder, no matter which game, the task will be quite heavy, because almost the most important defensive task in the midfield will fall on him, so Ye Qiu stayed at the end and said.

"I have analyzed it to you before that Rivaldo's position is on the left, and he often pulls to the side to get the ball, while Rui Costa wants to ensure his distance from Rivaldo and Inzaggi. Therefore, Mascherano's mission is to protect the defense line and try every means to make Rui Costa disappear."

This task is indeed a bit heavy, because it faces challenges brought by the world's best stars.

Rivaldo, Rui Costa and Sidov are both stars with excellent skills and strong personal abilities. When facing one, many defenders will be a little overwhelmed. When facing two, they will be strong, but now they have to face three...

"Don't worry, you're not fighting alone!" Ye Qiu patted Mascherano's shoulder with encouragement.

It is impossible to cover the entire area from left to right in front of the defense line by one person. Therefore, Abidal on the left pays more attention to defense and relieves the pressure of Mascherano. Arteta will also appropriately retreat to support Mascherano and share the pressure of the Argentines.

After giving all the tasks, Ye Qiu was silent for a while and swept through all the players in the locker room. What he showed in his eyes was trust, dependence, and mutual advance and retreat.

As the team's head coach, if he wants to win the game, he must have to rely on and rely on the players. As a player, if he wants to win the game, he must rely on the head coach's strategic planning and targeted tactics. The two are inseparable.

"This is our first Champions League match in the new season and the opening game of this super death group."

"There is a saying that is right. A good start is half the success. The opening game is good, which is crucial to the trend of our entire group. I want to remind everyone that we don't want to be second in the group. We either don't compete, we must fight. We will always compete for the best and only do the best!"

"I want the first place in the group, I want all of us to raise our heads and chests, proudly stand out from this so-called super death group as the first in the group, and winning this game is our first step towards success!"

All the players were infected by Ye Qiu's words and the head coach's fighting spirit.

"Forget everything we achieved last year, because that's over. If we want to reach the semi-finals again and let all the giant teams fall under our feet, we must redeem our strength and fighting spirit and conquer them with games one by one!"

Speaking of this, Ye Qiu pointed at the locker room door.

"Outside is San Siro, the invincible sacred temple in the minds of countless Red and Black fans. Today, you and I are here to defeat AC Milan in this game and conquer all the fans here."

"Their boo, curse, and humiliate are our best driving force!"
Chapter completed!