132 Dissatisfied!
No one expected a life-and-death battle, and Ajax would play wildly after the opening!
No one expected that Ajax scored a blitz goal in the first 14 seconds of the game!
No one expected that the person who scored the goal would be Pinal!
The outside world predicts that the Ajax player who can play a crucial role in the game may be Ibrahimovic, Van der Fate, or Qin Xiong, who has been popular recently!
But it was not the three of them, but Pinal, the player who has received the least attention in the Ajax offensive group recently. ←
But it is undeniable that Ajax's offensive team cooperates increasingly tacitly, and the three-dimensional sense of offensive levels is clear at a glance, and it will never give people a sense of visualization in a mess. In fact, it is precisely because of their improvement in technical and tactical abilities that players can repeatedly play unexpected roles in key areas!
This is the success of the team!
At this moment, Pinal, who was chased by his teammates, enjoyed the cheers of the Ajax fans throughout the venue.
The fans were really relieved and were worried that two consecutive shots hit the crossbar were a harbinger of bad luck. Fortunately, the team scored immediately.
The players of the Bruges team were stunned, and coach Soleid looked dazed.
That's what, you've lost the ball?
Not to mention that the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game, Soleid was in the coach's seat and his butt was not hot yet!
Koeman, standing on the sidelines, turned around and hugged and celebrated with his assistants. He was confident. Of course, Ajax's recent condition shows that they have the absolute strength to crush Bruges!
The team is on the right track!
"Ajax got a good start! The goal was scored in 14 seconds at the start, which is definitely a goal that loaded the record of the Champions League! The fastest goal record of the Champions League was created by Gilberto Silva of Arsenal a year ago. He scored 20.5 seconds in the Champions League match against Psv Eindhoven, setting the fastest goal record of the Champions League! Now, at the Athletic Stadium in Amsterdam, Ajax's Pinal has refreshed this record! The specific goal time of UEFA will definitely make repeated and accurate judgments, but it must be around 15 seconds. Compared with the achievements of setting new records, Ajax is now the most realistic lead, 1:0, in the real-time standings, Ajax surpassed Bruges and became the second place in the group! Bruges was difficult in this game and suffered a huge blow at the beginning, which may disrupt all their deployment of the game!"
After Ajax's team celebrated the goal, the expressions of the generals immediately returned to seriousness. On the way back to half, Qin Xiong communicated with his teammates and told everyone to collect and stabilize the scene after re-telephone.
Bruges was suddenly hit and he would inevitably strengthen his offensive after re-starting. This is definitely not in their plan. At least, head coach Soleid could not predict that the team would concede the ball in one minute of the game!
Does Ajax want to pursue it while he is winning?
If this is an ordinary league, you can play like this.
But this is the Champions League, and stability in the overall situation is the first factor!
Ajax is ahead of the score. Now he needs to stabilize the situation and let the opponent attack without any attack. In psychological warfare, the more anxious the opponent kicks, the more panicked the more he kicks!
In order to strengthen the stability of the defense line, Koeman let Heatinga sit on the bench, veteran Galasek serves as the back-end back and partner with Escud to ensure the defense in the penalty area.
This puts the team's defensive quality to a higher level.
After Bruges kicked off, they tried to equalize the score. They played more aggressively, but they did not play the tactically that it caught Ajax off guard.
Their ground passes and cuts cannot be expanded in the middle, and Qin Xiong's ability to read the game is growing day by day. He is becoming more and more sophisticated in the defense selection prediction, and cutting the opponent's offensive formation in the middle is very significant.
Single forward Lange was unable to support himself in the frontcourt. He was surrounded by Ajax's defensive players from all directions, making him like a trapped beast and could only be dying!
The full-backs Mattens and Cech attacked on two sides, one-on-one, and they could not defeat Grigra and Maxville, so they immediately crossed when they had the chance, but the cross effect was simply terrible. Even Mattens made a cross and flew out of the baseline directly, which was outrageous.
Simmons, Claremont, and Helatz are all midfielders with weak offense and strong defense. They are the barriers for coach Soleid to limit Ajax's midfield attack in the midfield. Unfortunately, they did not play their due role in the offense and defense of the opening flash attack.
Now, when they need to attack, they become a drag on the team!
Once Bruges cooperates with the team that combines the side and middle, the three midfielders will have a very high rate of conceding the ball after inserting in the middle, one is that they are cut off, and the other is that they are not passing in place.
Ajax's overall defense skills are relatively stronger. Although Van der Fat and Sneider are a little bit hard-working, as long as they stand in position and curb a zone, they can effectively defend.
In the middle of the most important middle, Qin Xiong and Pinal are both midfielders with high defensive enthusiasm, which makes Ajax's defense quality good in the midfield and backcourt.
Ajax stabilized the scene, so he naturally weakened the attack and avoided the formation moving forward, and the distance between the three lines was too long.
The offense lacks delicate, smooth and continuous team cooperation. Most of them rely on the two-pass or triangle transmission cooperation of two or three players. There are threats, but they are not enough to be fatal.
Sneider, Van der Fate, Pinal and Ibrahimovic have all tried personal breakthroughs, and the success rate is not too high. After all, after the opponent's three defensive midfielders are withdrawn, they can form a good-efficient joint defense and double-teaming.
When the game lasted for 15 minutes, Ajax's condition was always very stable, giving Bruges the feeling: 1:0, enough! We will advance to the top 16!
Fullbacks DeCook and Van DeDenheide witnessed the team's weak attack in the midfield and frontcourt and were double-teamed by opponents. They knew very well that if Bruges could not use the established tactic of defense and rebellion, then in the positional battle, they would be in a stern way and would be no threat!
Although Belgium is not a particularly strong football country in the European territory, it has also been a powerful player. The European Red Magic has become famous for a while. This is inseparable from the research of football tactics by the pioneers when developing national football. They once thought about the way to win on the green field like the football tactic research team in a Hungarian cafe.
Therefore, Belgian players are actually not behind the tactical knowledge indoctrinated by the club as they grow up. They cannot be said to lead the trend and at least keep up with the times. This is also one of the reasons why the Dutch giants Belgium chose Belgium as a "talent base". Among the three major Dutch giants, many of the youth training seedlings come from Belgium.
DeCook and Van Dende, native Belgian players, know what the team needs most now.
An unexpected offensive point!
This is also one of the core ideas of football tactics development in the past half century.
Hide offensive points!
From 9 forwards, to 7 forwards, 5 forwards, 4 forwards, 3 forwards...
The forwards are constantly decreasing. In addition to strengthening defense and paying attention to midfield control, the most intuitive thing is that if the offense wants to blossom more points and make the opponent unable to defend, they have to hide some offensive points.
Looking at the team's attack like a stagnant pool, DeCook and Van Dende gritted their teeth and could not sit idly by and watch Ajax hold the fruits of victory in a steady manner!
We can take away victory in San Siro, why can't we take away victory here too?
Ajax lost three games!
We only lost one game!
Why do you advance to the top 16?
Why!
Don’t accept it, don’t accept it, don’t accept it!!!
DeCook and Van Dende suddenly stepped forward from the wing with wild impulse to participate in the offense, trying to become an unexpected offensive point to tear apart Ajax's defensive system.
However, they might not have expected it.
As the brain of Ajax midfielder, Qin Xiong has been paying attention to the changes in the player position and formation of the teams on both sides in the overall situation.
The moment these two full-backs stepped forward, Qin Xiong's eyes suddenly became sharp!
Pinal actively participated in the defense and cooperated with Maxville on the left to trap DeCook, who came forward to participate in the offense.
After Maxville intercepted the ball, he immediately passed the ball diagonally towards Qin Xiong who was running in the middle of the midfield.
Qin Xiong suddenly accelerated after turning around with the ball!
When he started to accelerate and when he dribbled, the Ajax offensive system seemed to wake up from his sleep and formed a tacit understanding and began to operate.
Chapter completed!