Chapter 181 Surprise for Leverkusen
But the bigger surprise came from the beginning. He found that Ajax changed his stable tactics in the first half and turned to the more adventurous play. He actually boldly pushed forward, adopted a high-level defense, and actively fought and attacked from the beginning.
Faced with the sudden change, Leverkusen was ready to continue to use the first half strategy to deal with Ajax, but Ajax quickly gave Leverkusen a fatal blow.
Bastulk dribbled the ball and wanted to break through, but Arteta retreated to defend, intercepted the ball from behind, and stabbed the ball to Mascherano. The Argentine kept the ball and pushed forward with the trend. Arteta turned around and chased after him and counterattacked quickly.
As soon as Ajax saw the entire attack line had an opportunity to attack, he immediately rushed forward like a wolf and a tiger.
Facing the defense of the midfielder Balic, Arteta chose to pass the ball to Sneijder who ran over to meet him. The Dutch midfielder accurately gauged the ball and kept pushing the ball forward. The ball was almost close to the ground and came to Ibrahimovic's feet.
In a one-on-one contest with Lamelo, Ibrahimovic stopped the ball steadily and wanted to get rid of it. This immediately attracted the attention of Leverkusen's entire defense line. After all, the technical skills of the ** center Ibrahimovic have spread throughout Europe, and everyone knows to pay attention to Ajax, a difficult center.
But just when Leverkusen was wary of Ibrahimovic working savagely, the Swedes chose to pass the ball.
The ball was divided from the middle to the right, and he saw that he had just recovered from injury. Van der Fate, who came on the bench, was like lightning flash, and passed the Argentine defender Placente very quickly. After getting the ball, he walked into the penalty area. Facing the goalkeeper Bute, he calmly shot low and went straight to the bottom of the net, 1:1!
This goal completely reflects the tacit understanding between Ibrahimovic and Van der Fate. Ibrahimovic's pass was just right, and it fell on the sprint of Van der Fate, allowing the Dutchman to sprint quickly and get the ball and enter the penalty area without any adjustments.
Because Ibrahimovic was comfortable with this goal, Van der Fate was the first to think of celebrating with the Swedes after scoring the goal.
"It is indeed not unfair to lose this shot by Leverkusen. Rafael Van der Fate's speed and consciousness are excellent. After the ball has been transitioned by Ibrahimovic, it was given to Van der Fate's sprint route. Such a ball is very difficult to defend." Effenberg was also helpless about Leverkusen's conceding.
Although he has not retired yet, he has begun to use his spare time to work as a commentator to find a way out for the future. In this game, he is obviously on Leverkusen's side.
"Ajax's offense is still very impactful. We have competed with this team before, so I said before the game that the most important thing is to stop Ajax from playing offensive state, but it is obvious that Ajax adopted a very different tactic in the second half from the first half, which caught Leverkusen off guard."
"This should be a decision that Ye Qiu had prepared for a long time. It was very bold, but the effect was also ideal."
Chapter completed!