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After winning the league, Ajax's first-team training team declined.

Koeman knows that at this stage, it is unlikely that the team will improve through training and competitions. Over the past half of the season, the progress of the first team is obvious to all. Moreover, after most of the season of fighting, fatigue accumulation has caused players to have subconscious resistance to training, that is, the more intense the results, the lower the results may be.

The good news is that Ajax doesn’t have to be distracted from the league and can focus on the Champions League. In the Champions League semi-finals, the most critical winning point is not strength, but mentality!

So he took the initiative to reduce the training intensity of the first team to ensure that the players remain in shape.

This gives first-team players more rest time.

Qin Xiong, Ibrahimovic, Sneider and Van der Fate are often seen sitting next to the reserve team or youth team training ground. The four of them wear jerseys to watch the training of the reserve team and youth team.

The club occasionally records training images through videos to analyze the quality of players' training through scientific and technological research. In this case, Qin Xiong and the four of them sat side by side and were called by others. The scene where the four of them turned their heads back in unison made the staff smile knowingly, and directly included this clip in the essence of this season's Ajax season review.

Qin Xiong and the others not only rest, but also discuss their opponents in the Champions League semi-finals.

Qin Xiong discussed with Ibrahimovic a small cooperation between the front line.

He told Ibrahimovic that when studying Monaco's defense, he noticed that the opponent's central defender was flexible and had poor speed, and that the central defender was not very old. He was likely to suffer from experience. Play and cooperate in the penalty area. He should be more flexible and confuse his opponents as much as possible in running positions.

He gave an example to outline a trajectory with gestures. After hearing this, Ibrahimovic understood it and cooperated with his teammates as much as possible to practice such a small cooperation during training.

Qin Xiong also communicated with Van der Fatsneed. He believed that in the existing offensive system to ensure defense, in addition to delivering shells to Ibrahimovic, their cooperation also requires more creativity to burst out.

If defeating Chelsea is a victory in technical and tactical style, then defeating Arsenal actually has a certain amount of luck.

The goal to turn the situation around was a free kick from Qin Xiong.

But it does not mean that every time you can break the deadlock with a free kick.

If they face the situation where the frontcourt attack cannot start again, they always play with less and more, the small cooperation between them will need to be even more unexpected!

The geniuses of Ajax have sweated less during training than in the past few months. They are like transforming into scholars and prefer to study the changes in offensive routines. Everyone expresses their opinions and ideas. Whenever a wonderful idea comes up, they will immediately practice on the court.

Koeman is like a quiet and kind elder, always walking by the training ground with his hands behind his back. He pays attention to the players' discussions. He practices offensive routines with great enthusiasm. It has to be said that even though Ajax's training system is planned in detail, when the geniuses gather together, they must give them more freedom to play freely.

Koman felt great comfort, but he couldn't help but feel worried.

He knew that this summer, the team would definitely leave the team with geniuses. He was not sure who it was. But according to the usual practices of the Ajax board of directors, especially after the continuous geniuses left freely in the late 1990s, they could not bear the economic losses caused by the players' free departure. When there were signs of danger, the board of directors would decisively sell the players and cash out.

This is exactly what Koeman is worried about: this is probably the strongest and most talented group of players in charge of Ajax.

Even if players such as Deredel and Lindgren in the reserve team are talented and have considerable growth, there is a clear level gap compared with the first team players.

The weekend league became a warm-up for the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. Koeman lets the defensive players start and maintain their form, while the main offensive players don't make the bench in the second half, which is considered a warm-up.

After Ajax won the league early, he defeated Rocinda 2:1 at home in the 30th round of the Eredivisie. Although he was not as cruel as before, he continued his good momentum.

After the league, Ajax's first team was ready to go and flew to Monaco two days in advance.

April 21.

During the day, Qin Xiong was not only resting his energy in the hotel and waiting for the evening game to arrive, but also watched a friendly match in Barcelona on TV.

The Chinese team lost 0:4 at the feet of Barcelona.

This game has a deep impression on Qin Xiong.

In fact, Barcelona definitely did not do their best, which is a bit similar to a commercial competition, and it ends when it gets better.

After all, the season is not over yet, what is the puzzle of a friendly match to death?

Qin Xiong remembered the national team building in chatting with Alihan, which included Alihan's personal football philosophy in the Chinese national team, hoping that the national team would play in the style.

Qin Xiong had a question in his mind.

With the strength of the Chinese team in the world football world, do you have the confidence to pursue the concept and style of advanced football?

Even if the most advanced football concept represents its success, it depends on players to realize the football style, at least 11 players on the court!

In other words, all coaches know that there is a football philosophy in today's football that is the craziest, and if it can be realized, it will be unrivaled and powerful.

That is, Dutch football once triggered a tactical revolution in the football world!

As Michels said when explaining his football philosophy: I have 1 goalkeeper, 10 defenders, 10 midfielders, and 10 forwards! How come we are not strong?

But the core of the problem is, how many players in the world can switch between the three roles of defender, midfielder, and forward, and their abilities reach world-class level? And at least 10 players must do it and cooperate tacitly.

Under the theoretical state, once such players are gathered to form a team, they are undoubtedly the strongest in the world!

But reality is impossible!

Therefore, the Dutch themselves will not pursue the ultimate full attack and defense. The insurmountable gap between reality and ideals is not changed by human will.

Is it appropriate to transplant a formation that exists most common in European football and even fans for granted for granted by them to the Chinese national team?

To put it bluntly, football is nothing more than defense and offense.

With the strength and status of the Chinese national team in the world ranking, can it be the same technical and tactical system as the top 50 teams in the world? Although football is not logical reasoning, it also has the most basic strength comparison. The strong do not win, but it is an unshakable truth that the winning side is greater.

Qin Xiong figured out at least one thing.

His club career can pursue ideals, play and choose clubs in the football style he yearns for. However, under the dual pressure of national team, honor and responsibility, personal pursuits must be left behind and rise to the entire team. It seems that the most advanced and popular in the world may not be what the national team needs.

The national team only lost a warm-up match, and the unsurprising defeat would not bring too much psychological impact to Qin Xiong. When he took the bus to the Louis II Stadium with his teammates, he no longer thought about the national team.

The Louis II Stadium is very high in specifications but not large in capacity, and can only accommodate nearly 20,000 fans.

After Ajax arrived at the stadium, the players changed their clothes in the locker room with a calm expression and entered the stadium to warm up step by step. There were almost no Ajax fans in the stands. The small stadium gave the visiting team a pitifully few tickets.

After the warm-up, the players returned to the locker room. This was the first time Ajax had been away in the knockout round this season, and the strategy would be different from before.

Koeman emphasized two things in his pre-match speech.

The first is mentality. Even if you lose the goal in the away game, it doesn’t matter. Never be in a panic.

The second is the goal of the game. Ajax must strive to win away! Even if he cannot win, he must get a draw with a score.

This will bring a greater advantage to them when they return to their home court.

The first team starter nodded calmly, cheered each other before leaving the locker room, then opened the door of the locker room with firm belief, stalked into the player's passage, waiting for the start of the Champions League semi-finals! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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