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Chapter 178 Fighting hard?

"Van der Fate got the ball on the right and Karaze went up to defend."

"Maikon quickly inserted from behind, and the two cooperated. Maikon got the ball, quickly went down the bottom and made a cross!"

"Ibrahimovic headed the ball!!!"

"Beautiful, Dida hit the ball with one punch, Nesta quickly cleared!"

"The ball flew out of the penalty area, Sneider stopped the ball with his chest and shot from a long time!!!"

After Sneijder's shot was made, the entire Arena Stadium was suspended in one breath. Some excited fans even rushed out of their seats involuntarily, wanting to shout and celebrate the team's goal.

But unfortunately, Sneider's long shot was 32 meters away from the goal, but he failed to suppress the ball in the end and became high!

"Ajax started very positively and had a very fast pace, especially when the ball was running, he quickly passed the midfield and used two sides to plan the offense. This offensive routine played very vigorously after the opening. It was obviously Ye Qiu's arrangement and targeted tactics against AC Milan."

The live footage of the TV was given to the home team coach's seat, and Ye Qiu was sitting on the first place. After Sneid failed to make a long shot, he shook his head a few times, but there was obviously no other unnecessary movement, and he held his chin and continued to watch the game there.

"This is a crucial game. Whoever wins it will be able to determine the right to qualify in the group, but AC Milan is obviously more disadvantageous because they have to win, but Ajax only needs to draw to qualify!"

This seemed to be to reflect the different commanding characteristics of the two head coaches. Ancelotti stood outside from the beginning, looking very nervous, and made adjustments from time to time, calling out to the players. Ye Qiu always sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, calmly sitting in the home team coach's seat, holding his chin to watch the game.

This is the 6th round of the first round of the Champions League group stage at Arena Stadium. Like all the games played at Arena Stadium, Ajax has used his advantages from the beginning to adopt a fast-paced attack tactic, and cooperated with the team's strict defense and midfield pressure, which has caused AC Milan a lot of trouble.

But in fact, in terms of ball possession, Ajax is not as good as AC Milan, but the Eredivisie team created more threatening attacks than the Ross and Blacks after the start of the game, and the latter has not even shot a goal yet.

Ye Qiu was satisfied with the development of the game situation because the players implemented his tactics well.

Why has it been more than ten minutes since the game, but AC Milan has not completed the shot yet?

When Ye Qiu got the AC Milan starting lineup before the game, he felt strange on the one hand, but on the other hand, he was reminding his players that even when the opponent's two forwards and Rivaldo were pulling to the side to catch the ball, the defenders and the midfielders must keep up, especially against Rivaldo.

In this game, Ye Qiu brought Arteta's position closer to Mascherano, with the purpose of ensuring that there is an Ajax player around Rivaldo to defend and harass him anytime and anywhere.

"I can't figure it out!" Ye Qiu looked at the trend of the game and shook his head. "Why did he give up the single forward who has played very smoothly so far this season and instead adopt the tactics of double forward Gary Valdo?"

Before the season, some people were worried that AC Milan's double striker combination was not ideal. With Shevchenko's injury, Da Inzaghi performed very well in the single forward position, and AC Milan's 4321 Christmas tree tactics were also excellent. However, since Shevchenko came back from injury, AC Milan seemed to have been affected.

Of course, Ye Qiu would not say that this is Shevchenko's responsibility, it has nothing to do with the Ukrainians.

"Using double strikers, let Shevchenko and Inzaghi frequently pull to the wing, which is obviously to suppress our two full-backs." Bobby Hams tried to analyze Ancelotti's thinking.

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, "So I just asked Maicon and Abidal to adjust their responsibilities and take the position when defending, but as soon as our midfielder gets the ball, they will boldly press forward to the point where they can get rid of the impact of this tactic to the greatest extent, and that will have no effect at all."

The biggest risk of 433 is that the distance between the winger and the fullback is too long. Ancelotti uses double strikers to pull the edges to influence and interfere with the two fullbacks. However, Ye Qiu adopts this strategy of taking the position when defending, but his side boldly presses the ball when holding the ball to fill this loophole to the maximum extent.

However, this is only theoretical, and the key lies in the execution of the players. However, judging from the beginning of the game, Ajax and AC Milan performed well in tactics, and neither of them took advantage of it.

"According to reason, if you play double strikers, I will consider Rui Costa, but Ancelotti uses Rivaldo in this game. This Brazilian is not the type of No. 9 and a half, so from the game, it looks a bit like a three-forward."

After listening to Ye Qiu's words, Bobby Hams couldn't help but laugh. The more he communicated with Ye Qiu, the easier it was to find that Ye Qiu's progress in tactical and smell was really great. Now, almost as soon as he saw the opponent's tactics and formation, and understood the opponent's technical characteristics, he could quickly grasp the opponent's strengths and weaknesses and loopholes.

"The problem of using Rui Costa is also obvious. The midfield running rhythm is slow. In the last game, they suffered such a loss. So in this game, Ancelotti did not continue to use Rui Costa, but Rivaldo, and was worried that the slow pace would be used by us again!"

"But on Rivaldo, the connection between the midfield and the attack line is very big. Mascherano and Arteta directly cut off their connection. Now they want to pass the ball to the feet of the double striker, so they can only choose to pull the edge and pass the ball."

While analyzing, Bobby Hams also felt helpless for Ancelotti. Why use a double striker?

The 2 that originally allowed Rivaldo and Rui Costa to play 4321 at the same time should be considered to fill the problem of slow midfield operation and connect the midfield and the front line. The best solution to these two major problems. Although this seems to be a bit of a loss, after all, using two players to make up for normal things should be done by one person, such as future Kaka.

But sometimes, you have no choice but to compromise with reality.

But Ancelotti used a double striker to play 4312 in this game. When three midfielders cannot move, they can only choose between Rui Costa and Rivaldo, regardless of which one they choose, the problem is very big.

This is why Ye Qiu adjusted the team's starting tactics in the locker room as soon as he saw AC Milan's starting lineup.

"And, have you noticed, Bobby?" Ye Qiu looked at Bobby Hams beside him with a smile.

Whenever the Dutch old man was at the game time, his face turned red like Fuji Apple. He looked very excited and a bit like Ferguson, but in Ye Qiu's opinion, Bobby Hams was much more amiable than Ferguson.

"What?" Bobby Hams didn't understand what Ye Qiu was referring to.

"Their full-backs always shrank very far behind!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

The difference between 4321 and 4312 is whether one more person in the midfield or one less person.

But don't underestimate this person, because when the three lines are compressed very tightly, the difference between one more person and one less person in the midfield area between 10 and 20 meters is still very obvious, at least there is a big difference between the ball point and the empty cut running position.

AC Milan's midfielder is indeed very creative. Pirlo, Gattuso and Sidorf, plus Rivaldo or Rui Costa, and even two players played 4 No. 10 together. Their creativity is excellent, but that is in the middle, and the wing is the weakness of this tactic.

Ancelotti is obviously paying more and more attention to this problem, so he wants to introduce a right back in the winter break, and his target includes Roma's Cafo, because in his opinion, the full-back not just needs to defend, because the midfield lacks wing attacks, so the full-back's attack is very important.

From 4321 to 4312, if one person is missing in the midfield, the pressure will increase, especially on the wing. In addition, Ajax's offense is good at taking the wing, Van der Fate and Robben are almost both against the opponent's fullback. At the beginning of AC Milan's game, the wing offense was completely ruined.

According to the current situation, if Ajax has no advantage in the middle, it is equivalent to going to the opponent's advantageous area head-on, so he chose to go to the side, so he quickly issued another team tactical adjustment order, that is, high-intensity pressure in the middle, and walk more on the side after getting the ball.

"I originally thought it would be a hard battle, but now it seems that I should amplify my ambitions. Not only to win, but I also want to win beauty!" Ye Qiu showed a confident smile.

Bobby Hams also smiled after hearing this, obviously supporting Ye Qiu's views.

Sometimes, the outcome of a game is destined!

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Ajax quickly created another very good scoring opportunity.

When Dario Simic once left his position in order to receive the ball from the midfield, the pass was intercepted by Mascherano in advance and passed it to Sneijder. The latter passed the ball with a diagonal pass, and Robben quickly inserted into Simic's area and rushed straight to AC Milan's penalty area.

Ibrahimovic and Van der Fate also pushed up the first time, and it turned out to be three-for-three, but because Van der Fate pulled Karaze to the right, the middle lane became two-for-two.

Robben made a cross pass, and Ibrahimovic got the ball and knocked back behind him, but the ball was touched by Nesta. Robben, who had already rushed over, had to retreat to receive the ball. At this time, Gattuso had already come, and Robben quickly threw away Gattuso and passed it to the right post of the goal. Ibrahimovic's shot that followed was arrived and threw it into his arms.

This time the attack did not work again, but it made Simici, who was returning to defense, feel a little accelerating in his heart. If the ball is entered, the biggest responsibility will be him, so he reminded himself in fear and depressed heart not to move forward any further.

Don’t seek merit, but don’t seek mistakes!

Simici on the right was firmly guarding the position. Although AC Milan had fewer midfield routes and Ajax frequently intercepted the ball successfully, it was difficult to achieve any effect on the left offense, so he began to move to the right.

After seeing Mascherano cut off the ball to Rivaldo again, Macon next to him quickly inserted the ball.

The ball came to Macon's feet. The Brazilian quickly threw away Seedorf at his own speed and quickly dribbled the ball along the right to AC Milan's defense line. After attracting Karaze's attention, Macon passed the ball to Van der Fate.

Van der Fate got the ball outside the right corner of the penalty area. Facing Maldini's defense, he made a move to dribble the ball into the middle, but Pirlo and Gattuso had already returned, so Maldini was not fooled, and Van der Fate did not succeed in a fake move, and quickly dribbled the ball down to the penalty area line on the right.

The speed was clearly reflected at this moment. Even though Maldini realized it, he still found a chance for the Dutch to cross when facing the excellent explosive Van der Fate. Van der Fate passed the ball to the ground before going out of the baseline and passed the ball to the front of the goal.

Nesta stood behind Maldini and was also moving. Van der Fate's pass was blocked by him subconsciously. The ball changed from a cross pass to a back pass. Sneider, who was inserted in the second round, happened to be at the front of the penalty area. As soon as he saw Nesta's clearance ball failed to hit the force, he rushed forward immediately.

Nesta also realized the problem and reacted quickly, making a move to fly to block the gun hole, but Sneider was faster. He shot with one kick, and the ball almost went straight to the lower right corner of the goal at a very fast speed.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"In the 17th minute, 17th minute, Wesley Sneider scored the first goal for Ajax!"

Just saw Sneider rushing out of AC Milan's penalty area excitedly, and quickly pulled up his jersey, covered his head, and rushed out of the stadium. The slide rail was under the Ajax president's stands, spreading his arms, accepting the cheers in the stands like a landslide.

After seeing Sneider scored, Ye Qiu, who was sitting firmly on Diaoyutai, clenched his fists and shouted at the first time, stood up and slapped his assistants with Bobby Hams, Ricklink, Van Basten, Roland and other assistants, looking very happy.

"This time, Ajax's offense was very sudden. From the left just now, it suddenly turned into the right. AC Milan was obviously caught off guard, especially on the defense of the wing, Maicon rushed directly to AC Milan's defense line. The Ross and Blacks' midfield defense was useless. It can be said that this goal seemed accidental, but it really made people unable to sympathize with AC Milan."

After the team conceded the goal, Ancelotti hugged his round head tightly, looking very depressed.

From the beginning of the game, he felt that the situation was not going well. AC Milan was always playing in a very awkward state. The things the players were good at were not played at all. He originally had high hopes that the double striker and Rivaldo's pulling side could create some threats to Ajax's wing, but he didn't expect Ye Qiu was not afraid at all.

This cannot be said to be Ye Qiu's problem. In this game, Ajax did not adopt the usual high-level defense, but held a tighter defensive preparation. They allowed AC Milan's midfield to control the ball, but firmly cut off the link from the midfield to the forward line. Arteta and Mascherano looked more like double midfielders.

When Ajax built a wall between the front line and the midfield, AC Milan's ball path was completely cut off.

The ball path was cut off and the offense was in a dilemma, and the team's tactical problems were gradually exposed, especially on the wing.

Ye Qiu was very decisive and had a very accurate vision. He gave up the entanglement of the wing, gave up the unnecessary ball control competition, directly played on the wing, and used his most favorable advantage to destroy the loopholes in AC Milan.

So looking at the beginning of the game, Ajax's threat has almost been initiated from the wing.

"If we didn't play as a double striker, we might not be so passive!" Ancelotti shook his head helplessly.

This sentence was heard by his assistant Mauro Tassoti, but he didn't say anything, because he knew that Ancelotti might actually be lighter, to take the overall situation into consideration. The biggest mistake in AC Milan in this game was the double striker.

"Think about another way? Maybe it's still saved!" Tasotti said.

Ancelotti shook her head. How could he find a way out?

There is a ready-made one, taking down Shevchenko or one of the Great Inzaghi, Rue Costa, and even Serginho, can help the team reverse the current adverse situation.

However, he still did not have such courage and determination in the end!

After Ajax scored, his morale seemed to be very strong, while AC Milan became very passive. In addition, Ancelotti did not make any substantial changes, resulting in AC Milan's passive situation not being well adjusted, and the scene still seemed very passive.

To put it in the live commentator, "AC Milan does control the ball, but they cannot organize an effective offensive. So what's the use of having the ball control? More ball control in the midfield and backcourt will bring fatal hidden dangers to their team!"

And this statement was quickly verified.

Pirlo was intercepted by Mascherano and passed to Arteta. Gattuso made a tackle on the left side of the penalty area and was shown a yellow card by the referee. Ajax got a good position free kick opportunity from the outside of the left corner of the frontcourt penalty area.

Arteta stood at the free kick point and watched more and more Ajax players rush in the penalty area. taller players such as Kivo, Lucio, Abidal, and Ibrahimovic rushed in, while short players such as Van der Fate and Robben were also waiting for the opportunity, while Sneider was ambushing outside the penalty area.

As Arteta took a corner kick, Kivo and Ibrahimovic ran quickly from the middle to the left at the same time, which immediately made players such as Nesta and Maldini of AC Milan also run to the left. In a hurry, they couldn't think more about where Ajax's free kick would fall, and just wanted to stare at people.

But unexpectedly, Arteta's free kick fell in the gap behind them. Lucio was originally ambushed on the right, and after the ball was drawn, he rushed to the middle. Without Nesta, Lucio jumped high, feeling a little out of the crowd, and no one around him even interfered with him.
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