In terms of paper strength, Dortmund's opponent Ajax in this game is not as good as Ajax, who won the league championship last season.

In the transfer market, captain Fertonghen transferred to Tottenham Hotspur, veteran Oye retired, and his experience in the defense decreased. At the same time, midfielder Lode Iroo, striker Blikin, who played the firefighter last season, and even Aysatti, who was at the critical stage of winning the championship, also reduced the thickness of the team's lineup. Other loan players such as Sneider Jr., Castilion, Svitanic, etc. have completely transferred, and the depth of the bench has not been strengthened.

In terms of signings, Ajax seems to lack enough sincerity to attract outstanding players in the Netherlands. Last season's Dutch Eredivisie assist king, who was once very close to the club, was finally snatched away by Eindhoven, and his stalemate only spent more than 4 million euros. This is a very failed signing case for Ajax, who once spent 16 million euros to buy Soleimani.

In terms of strength, Ajax is indeed the weakest team in this group, and it is not the weakest. Among the 32 teams in the entire Champions League, Ajax's strength can only rank lower in the middle. If they switch to other groups, they may not be able to qualify.

Yes, they were the Eredivisie champions last season. However, the value of this Eredivisie champion is not very high.

Last season, they defended their league championship, but their total points did not reach more than 80. Moreover, the team once collapsed in the middle of the league. They were able to win the league championship. In addition to making a fourteen-game winning streak when they were nearly ten behind in the league points, they also rely on their main competitors to withdraw from the championship too early. Nowadays, the Eredivisie has dropped significantly in both attractiveness and competitiveness, which is the current situation of many European second-rate leagues.

However, their performance in the domestic league is not convincing, which does not mean that their performance in the Champions League is also unsatisfactory.

If Ajax had not released Lyon in the group stage last season, they would have been able to advance to the quarterfinals of 16 knockout stage. After going to the Europa League, they also had highlights of defeating Manchester United away.

So if Ajax is weak on paper and has no convincing performance in the league, he will probably be unlucky if he underestimates this team.

After all, Ajax once won four Champions League titles in history, and they have the UEFA Champions League genes in their bones. This is tradition, and tradition often plays a crucial role when some are very critical.

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At 7:45 pm on September 18, the Champions League group stage of Dortmund's home match against Ajax began, and at the same time, Real Madrid's home match against Manchester City also kicked off.

People are actually more concerned about Real Madrid's home match against Manchester City, after all, that's a strong dialogue in this group. Manchester City won the Premier League championship last season and became a new Premier League with the help of Petro US dollars. What they want to do now is to become a new Premier League champion. Real Madrid, as a representative of traditional Champions League forces, has won the Champions League championship record nine times, surpassed Europe.

The collision between these two teams is obviously more interesting.

However, in China, Dortmund's home game against Ajax was broadcast on the free CCTV5 Sports Channel, while Real Madrid and Manchester City's match were broadcast on the Fengyun Football Channel, which requires a fee to watch.

Obviously, CCTV knows which game is the most attractive in China. Although the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City in the Champions League is full of gimmicks, there is no Chinese player in this gimmicks.

Zhou Yi, who didn't even make the roster in the last round of the league, appeared in the starting list this time.

After the game began, Ajax's tenacity was a bit beyond everyone's expectations.

Frank DeBol's team did not choose to play against Dortmund, and they chose a more pragmatic way of playing away - defending the game to the death.

Instead of spending time defending Zhou Yi, the core of Dortmund, they retreated all their players to the 30-meter area to set up a bus. No matter how Dortmund passed the ball outside, their defense line was like a wall, and remained unmoved.

This is really something that Dortmund didn't expect before the game. Whether it was head coach Klopp or the player, they thought that Ajax would not defend so thoroughly if he wanted to play a defensive counterattack, right?

Generally speaking, this desperate tactic is either at a disadvantage in the game or the strength gap is really big. But the game has just begun, and Ajax has not been sent off to be more than anyone else, and with Ajax's strength, it is not as weak as that. After all, he is also the champion of the One-National League and a traditional European giant.

So who would have thought Frank DeBol would do it so thoroughly?

After DeBol made a bold statement, Klopp did make some preparations, but he never expected that Frank DeBol's so-called "traumatic" actually made Dortmund face a wall to play...

Zhou Yi kept spreading football outside the 30-meter area of ​​Ajax, while observing the changes in Ajax's defense line.

No matter how he spread, Ajax's defense line is very complete and there are no blind spots.

Zhou Yi occasionally chooses to take risks and pass directly, but the effect is not good. Ajax's penalty area is full of people. Whether it is Lewandowski, Reus, or Gotze, it is difficult to get any good shots when people are stuck.

Because Ajax put too much thought into defense, they made no achievements in offense and could not even threaten Dortmund.

So until the end of the first half, the score was 0:0.

I won’t say that there is no goal, and the scene is really not exciting enough, which makes it very hard for Chinese fans who stay up late to watch the game.

He Ping and Xu Yang also mentioned this when discussing the first half in the studio at the halftime: "Every game of the Death Group is very critical and important, and you cannot easily lose points, so it is right to pay attention to the results of the game since the group stage. Looking at Ajax's posture, you must hope to draw Dortmund away. This is a very pragmatic result. So the scene doesn't seem intense enough and there is no viewing. But this is the norm in the Death Group. You can't simply think that strong dialogue means a wonderful game, but in fact it may be the same..."

Xu Yang also agreed: "Yes, for example, the finals of any major competition are strong matches, but they are often not beautiful. Since ancient times, the finals have been unknown."

"That's right. In another game of this group, Real Madrid and Manchester City also scored 0:0 at home. The death group did not score in two games, and they seemed to be evenly matched. I think this is enough to show how dead this group is..."

The TV broadcast entered the advertising time, Xu Yang and He Ping turned off the microphone, and He Ping stood up: "Go to the bathroom."

After saying that, he yawned.

Xu Yang also stood up: "I'll go too."

In fact, the commentator is very hard-working. Staying up late to comment on the competition is very harmful to the body. Even if the commentator can sleep during the day and get up to work at night, this kind of life that is upside down day and night will still cause great harm to the body.

In fact, the World Cup and European Cup are all fine. Because in such competitions, the broadcasting agencies in China will definitely directly ask the commentators to go to the front to explain the competition on site without having to stay up late.

In the toilet, the two of them stood in front of the urinal side by side, chatting about the first half that had just ended. It was different from what they said in front of the camera. The private communication was a bit personal and a little complaint.

"I feel that this game is about 0:0. Ajax defended too thoroughly and really didn't want to attack at all!" He Ping said. "I don't know how many people will watch them fall asleep..."

"There is no way, there is still a gap in strength. The next door is also 0:0. The game in this death group is very difficult to play."

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The halftime break passed quickly, and the players on both sides changed sides and fought again, and no one made personnel adjustments.

The game is not much different from the first half, and Dortmund only strengthened his long shot.

It is obvious that the players' long shots have increased.

Long shots are indeed a way to deal with intensive defense.

But it may not be the most effective method.

By the 70th minute, the score still did not change. Dortmund's shots had increased to thirteen times, while Ajax had only had pitiful four times. The number of shots on both sides was completely different. Dortmund's thirteen shots were eight of the thirteen shots within the front frame, and Ajax had only one time.

The gap is very obvious.

But Dortmund, who scored eight times in the goal frame, failed to score, which means that Ajax's goalkeeper Furmeer performed very well in this game.

In the 73rd minute, Klopp made the first substitution adjustment in the half game, and he replaced Kuba with Croatian midfielder Ivan Perisic.

The ten-minute game passed quickly again, Dortmund's shots rose to 19 times, and Ajax's shots increased once. But the score was still 0:0. Dortmund's bombardment around Ajax's goal did not change the score.

After the game entered eighty minutes, it was not far from the end of the game, and the players' mentality also changed.

Dortmund became a little impatient, while Ajax saw hope of drawing away from home.

Frank DeBol made his substitution for this game just as the eighty minutes into the game, replaced the forward Babel and replaced a young defender, Joel Feltman. This was to further strengthen the defense and repair the wall that resisted Dortmund's artillery for 80 minutes to prevent the collapse of the last moment. It has to be said that Frank DeBol made very well prepared and planned to keep the last game to the end.

Marcel Leif did not expect that Dortmund could not defeat Ajax at his home court, and he had to sigh that this is the Death Group. In the real Death Group, no team can be despised.

"Ajax is the weakest team in this group, but judging by their performance in this game, who dares to think that they are the targets of being scored?"
Chapter completed!