"After all, Michael!"

On the rostrum of Arena Stadium, Barcelona's president Gaspart and Ajax president Van Prag, who was sitting beside him, said with a smile with a little bit of the pride that is unique to the wealthy.

What he said has a dual meaning. On the one hand, it is Ajax head coach Ye Qiu, and on the other is Ajax's average age and lineup. Both of Ajax's conveniences can be said to be very young and lack experience.

Over the years, Barcelona has always looked at Ajax with such an unrestrained sense of height.

It’s true that even though Ajax is one of the initiators of G14, even if Van Prager has a significant influence in European football, the Eredivisie has always been the Dutch Eredivisie, and Ajax is only the Ajax. The glory has happened in the early years. Now Ajax has become the arsenal of the giant teams, and this is the reality!

Walking out of Ajax and entering the Camp Nou seems to have become the same trajectory of many Ajax players. It seems to give people a sense that Ajax is Barcelona's star-making factory and has become a youth team that helps Barcelona train players.

This situation makes Barcelona look at Ajax more or less, and they are more or less like leading the boss.

As the vice chairman of Barcelona who has been the vice chairman of more than 20 years, he was successful and became the chairman. If Gaspart had some ambitions when he was elected a year ago, then today a year later, this ambition has been washed away and replaced by a sense of frustration.

He was elected because he had a campaign team of more than 80 people. Everyone in this team was either responsible for raising funds for him or preparing for the campaign. After he was elected, all of these 80 people entered the management of Barcelona, ​​called the chairman's advisory group, which was actually a gift.

After being stymied by such a huge presidium, can Gaspart do it? Can Barcelona stay in trouble?

Some people choose to be discouraged when facing setbacks, but some people do not. They will try every means to find their own remaining pride, even if it is a pitiful sense of pride.

Gaspart belongs to the latter, but this does not mean that there is anything in Ajax that makes him proud.

"I'm a little younger, but you have to be careful, because this young Ajax is fearless!" Van Prager replied with a smile. He is now the host and must retain some hospitality etiquette.

"Fearless?" Gaspart laughed after hearing this, "In the face of absolute advantage, no resistance is powerless!"

Van Prager couldn't refute it, because from the beginning of the game, Barcelona quickly gained the advantage and initiative. It seems that Ajax is in a comprehensive passive and disadvantage in terms of strength and situation.

"Times have changed, Michael!" Gaspart said with a smile when he saw Van Prager not speaking.

If he had given him a thick cigar at this time, I believe he would be more like a gangster.

But before his laughter had fallen, he saw that the bottom of the stadium was suppressed, wearing a red and white jersey, suddenly rushed towards Barcelona's position. From Ajax's backcourt, he accurately passed the ball along a graceful parabola and sent it to the left of Barcelona's position.

In the Barcelona red and blue jersey, Ajax's red and white jersey looked very eye-catching, so when Robben passed the ball at Kivo, he passed by Frank Debord at lightning speed, and in an instant, everyone in the Arena Stadium couldn't help but rush out of his seat.

It's as fast as lightning!!

I believe this is the shock in the hearts of all those who see Robben sprinting, because the Dutch winger is ready to go. When Kivo got the ball, he sprinted at the fastest speed, which made many fans whose eyes turned with the ball. When they saw Robben, the Dutch had reached their fastest speed, and the shock was absolutely amazing.

He rushed forward quickly along the left side, and the stopping ball did not slow down Robben's advance at all. He almost instantly advanced to the left side of Barcelona's penalty area. After stopping, he adjusted and without waiting for Frank Debor to approach, he suddenly accelerated to the bottom line and made a cross.

While Robben was pushing forward, Ibrahimovic and Van der Fate had already pushed forward quickly, and both were waiting for an opportunity. The Swedes faced Christevar this time. The central defender who just switched to Barcelona from Monaco this season obviously did not know Ibrahimovic very well.

Robben's cross was obviously for Ibrahimovic, but when the Swedish suppressed Kristanvar with his body, he chose to stop the ball with his chest and volleyed with his left foot, which made Kristanvar, who had been guarding against Ibrahimovic header, feel collapsed.

Isn’t this intentional trick? You can clearly head the ball directly, but why do you still have to stop the ball? Show your skills?

But before Christaval could react, Ibrahimovic, who scored the goal, had already raised his arms high and rushed out of Barcelona's penalty area excitedly. He kept celebrating with Ajax's teammates along the way, rushed to the corner flagpole of Arena Stadium, fell to the ground, letting his teammates press on him.

"In the 36th minute, Ajax broke through Barcelona's goal through a fast counterattack. The Swedish center Zlatan Ibrahimovic shot, but Robben on the left was also very outstanding. The two of them contributed this wonderful goal together!"

When everyone in Ajax celebrated, Ye Qiu kept shaking his head on the sidelines. Sometimes he could not understand what Ibrahimovic was thinking in his head. He could clearly use a header, but he didn't want to take a more troublesome stop and then volleyed the ball.

If it was a year ago, he would definitely scold the Swedish harshly, but in the past year, Ibrahimovic has made very obvious progress, especially in football style, which has changed a lot compared to a year ago. Ye Qiu felt that he should let it go occasionally, turn a blind eye, as long as he does not miss the opportunity to fight.

If you are too serious about players like Ibrahimovic, the effect may be counterproductive. You need to take it slowly and change him slowly, rather than letting him change for you in a short period of time.

“Wow!!!!”

Seeing Ibrahimovic scored a goal, Van Prag in the stands excitedly raised his arms, celebrated in front of Gaspart, and even rushed out of his seat to celebrate the late goal with all the Ajax fans in the stands.

Gaspart, who had just shown a sure victory and thought Barcelona could steadily crush Ajax, disappeared at this moment, and could not see any smugness. Instead, he was embarrassed and disappointed, and even a little anger.

"I said, we are fearless!" Van Prager said with a smile when he walked back to his seat.

At this moment, he felt that Ye Qiu and his team were really powerful and would never disappoint him.

Gaspart barely squeezed out a smile that was even worse than crying, nodded, unable to speak.

After all, it's a slap in the face!

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After scoring the goal first, Ajax's entire team's rhythm and cooperation were all performed.

One of the important reasons why Ye Qiu tried to start the game was that the team lacked experience, and there was inevitably some pressure on the first Champions League, so he was worried that he would be caught off guard by Barcelona if he was unstable in his foothold.

But the situation is different now. After half an hour of game, Ajax's players have clearly found the rhythm of the game and have obviously stabilized their mood. Coupled with the lead gained by Ibrahimovic's goal, Ajax has enough chips to fight for the game and rhythm again with Barcelona.

After conceding the goal, Barcelona was a little panicked, but they had more experience. The two teams competed very fiercely. In the end, the first half was scored 1:0 until the end. However, at the beginning of the second half, Ye Qiu boldly used the start to attack and launched a strong and powerful impact on Barcelona.

After the first half and leading the goal, Ajax's players were significantly more morale and more confident, so they also seemed more active and active in cooperation, especially the goal-scoring hero Ibrahimovic.

In the 61st minute of the second half, the Swede withdrew from Barcelona to score a goal. After getting the ball at the front, he knocked back Sneijder. The latter passed the ball directly and accurately tore open Barcelona's defense line. Van der Fate quickly penetrated the penalty area from the gap between Koko and Christenval. After getting the ball, he drifted past goalkeeper Bonano and shot the empty goal, 2:0!

"2:0! Van der Fate's goal sentenced Barcelona to death!" The commentator on the scene said excitedly.

"If Ajax was still passive most of the time in the first half, then the situation in the second half was turning around, and Ajax began to actively push out and look for fighter opportunities, while Barcelona seemed a little passive, especially in the midfield, the midfield composed of Gabrie, Xavi and Koku was obviously suppressed by Ajax."

"Ovemas performed poorly in this game against his old club. He almost had no performance on the left and even lost a trace. Although Ajax right-back Macon paid more attention to defense and did not perform well, if compared, Ovemas' poor performance made Barcelona more passive!"

"Perhaps, exchanging Macon for Orvemas is Ye Qiu's tactical plan!"

Relatively speaking, Barcelona has obvious shortcomings, that is, the last pass at the front of the penalty area. This is a long-standing problem. Whether it is Guardiola in the past or Xavi now, they are not the type of last pass. At least Xavi is more like a midfield organizer now and has a higher position.

Rivaldo has never been a passer, so after Lexac's formation, Ye Qiu realized that Barcelona not only did not change the team's problems last season, but instead became even worse, because once Barcelona's midfielder was suppressed, their ball path would have to rely entirely on Ovemas on the left.

It was in this case that Ye Qiu chose to let Maicon guard Orvimas and suppress Barcelona in the midfield.

Although Ajax players had problems in their execution tactics at the beginning and almost scored by Barcelona for a while, they quickly stabilized the situation and frozen Barcelona's attack. Ajax himself became more and more confident as he played.

In the second half, this situation became more and more obvious. Cruivet was outstanding and Rivaldo was also excellent. However, behind the two outstanding scorers, no one could provide them with a steady stream of goals opportunities. What can they do?

Ajax's technical team once conducted a data analysis on Barcelona's offense. Cruyvit received every 10 passes at the front of the penalty area, of which only 1.3 were good goals. It can be imagined that Barcelona's real problem is in the advancement of the ball.

Lexach finally clearly realized this problem and quickly made adjustments, replacing Orvimas with Saviola.

This substitution is a bit like slapping himself, because Saviola should start early.

Ye Qiu also made a substitution. Yaya Toure replaced Van der Fate, allowing Keita to the left and Sneid to the right. Ajax's substitution was still to suppress Barcelona's midfield and ensure a 2:0 lead.

Perhaps because of the poor effect after the substitution, Lexach replaced Christenval with Roshenbak, hoping to further strengthen the thickness and resistance of the midfield, but soon replaced Koku with Hrad, and used up three substitutions early.

Ye Qiu's second substitution was to replace Robben with Van der Med, allowing Van der Med and Ibrahimovic to form a double striker. The team changed to a 442-round team and adopted a more solid overall defensive position to freeze and limit Barcelona's offense.

The last substitution was to replace Ibrahimovic with Hunterlaal. The Dutch center got a chance on the court, but unfortunately, when he crossed Van der Mede in front of the goal, he was a little slower, resulting in a missed chance against his first Champions League goal.

In the end, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game. Ajax defeated the visiting Barcelona 2-0 at Arena Stadium and won the first Champions League game. This was also Ye Qiu's first Champions League victory in his career!

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Ye Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, excitedly clenched the assistants around him to celebrate, walked into the stadium to hug and celebrate with the players, because winning this game undoubtedly gave Ajax a good start in the Champions League group stage.

Although the game process seems a bit conservative, it is a good thing to be able to win, isn’t it?

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"We tried very hard to play real football, but unfortunately, luck was on our opponents and the better side finally lost the game. I feel very sorry about it, but this is football!"

At the post-match press conference, Rexach was obviously indignant about the loss of the game.

Judging from the data, situation, etc., Barcelona really has an advantage. Ajax has been in a passive defensive counterattack most of the time except for the start of the second half. According to the standards of La Liga fans, Barcelona really plays more beautifully and more proactively.

But Ye Qiu did not agree with Rexach's statement.

"I don't think winning is based on luck, our players play better, so we won the game, that's that simple!"

"I think the biggest problem with Barcelona is their lineup, they lack thickness, and the effective means to turn the situation around in a bad situation. So, although they seem to have the initiative for most of the game, how many threats have they actually created?"

All the reporters present could not refute Ye Qiu's words. Even if it was the media close to Barcelona, ​​on the contrary, many people would think that Ye Qiu's analysis was more incisive than Lexacci.

But this is an objective question. The transfer period has ended. Barcelona is destined to be able to play according to this lineup.

"The 2:0 score seems a bit cruel, but I want to remind those who think we are lucky, that he should go and see the game again. We missed at least two very, very threatening scoring opportunities. If we seize these two opportunities, the score will not be 2:0, but 4:0!"

Ye Qiu's words were obviously a counterattack against Lexacci. The latter's expression was ashamed and annoyed, but he could do nothing, because what Ye Qiu said was the truth. Barcelona seemed to be proactive, but in fact they were very passive.

Soon, the reporters stopped engaging in the game and turned to Ye Qiu.

This young head coach won the championship when he led the team to participate in the League Cup for the first time, becoming the youngest champion coach in the League Cup history. Now he led the team to participate in the European Championship Cup. In addition to the focus of UEFA care, it naturally attracted media attention.

"Mr. Ye Qiu, many Ajax fans hope that the team can return to the glorious peak of the mid-1990s and the Van Gaal era in your hands. What do you think about this personally?"

This is a problem that Ajax can't get around when coaching, and Ye Qiu has been mentally prepared.

"Of course I hope the team can return to the top, but now it is unrealistic to think about this problem. Our goal this season is to qualify from the group stage. Everyone knows that the Eredivisie team has not been able to stand out from the group stage for many years. We hope to make a breakthrough, which is what we should consider now!"

Whether it is Eindhoven or Feyenoord, the results of the Champions League are not very ideal, and the competition in the Champions League is very fierce now, and it is very difficult to qualify from the first round of group stages.

Even if he won Barcelona in the first game, Ye Qiu was not sure enough because the three opponents in this group were all very strong, and no matter who Ajax met, he was not sure enough.

The Ajax management also knows the current situation of the team, so this season's Champions League results are only about striving to qualify in the group and will not put any pressure on Ye Qiu. The real highlight is still in the championship battle in the Eredivisie League.
Chapter completed!