Chapter 26 Ye Qiu's Counterattack(1/2)
I forgot which sage said that if you want to defeat the world, you must first defeat yourself!
Rehagel said that the best defense is offense, and the best offense is defense.
Ye Qiu was very sure from the beginning that this was not a game to please fans and media, definitely not!
It is unrealistic to ask Ajax II to directly confront Eindhoven in a huge gap in overall strength, and it is also a self-destruction.
So from the beginning, Ye Qiu put himself in the position of a weak person, put himself in a weak position, and first set up a defense.
The three midfielders are all players with abundant physical fitness and both offense and defense, especially De Jong and Maduro, who have good defensive abilities, and the four defenders are also of the type that is not slow and flexible, which makes Ye Qiu's defensive arrangement not shrinking very far as some people think.
Bobby Hams is right. Under the threat of players such as Voger, Van Bomel, your defense line is too low, which is equivalent to giving the opponent a chance to shoot from a long shot. For Ajax, the threat is no less than actively pressing, and it can even be said to be higher.
The defense of Ajax II is mainly arranged in the midfield.
De Jong, Sneider and Maduro, these three players, plus the retreating Van der Fate and Kuruel, five players form the midfield defense zone, while Hunterlaer constantly interferes with Eindhoven's defense line in the front, especially the entanglement of the two central defenders, and spares no effort.
In the entire midfield area, taking advantage of the local number of players to form enough defense and oppression, so that the opponent can easily send the ball into the 30-meter area of Ajax II, the luxurious attack lineup at the forefront will lose the greatest threat.
One very important thing about Eindhoven's success this season is their wings. The devilish wings formed by Korka and Romedal are almost invincible across the Dutch arena. In order to suppress their wings, Ye Qiu has also made many arrangements.
Van der Fate and Kuruel interfere with and suppress Eindhoven's two wingers, cutting off the connection between the opponent's full-back and the two wingers. Once Korka and Romedal get the ball, there will definitely be two players around to double-team and close-up guard in time.
Because Ajax's three lines are kept very compact, and the players devote themselves to the game and execute the head coach's tactics, it can ensure that the team can do this to the greatest extent.
This is why, after the opening, when Romedal dribbled the ball many times to eat Abidal alone, De Jong always appeared near Abidal to provide support and support. After several defeats, Romedal began to give up the idea of making a difference on the wing and began to move towards the middle.
Gretz's intention is obvious. Colca's retreat and responds, with the purpose of pulling out the full-back of Ajax's second team, so that Vanny, Nelis, and Romedal, who hit the mark, have the opportunity to create a threat near the penalty area. Colca's retreat can also avoid the opponent's close-up tactics and connect the ball path in the center frontcourt to advance.
Ye Qiu also made adjustments to the other party's strategy as soon as possible.
Once Colca retreated, Van Drew followed immediately, Hetingara went to the right, Maduro retreated to the central defender to fill up Hetinga, and De Jong and Sneider returned to the center to protect the defense line as soon as possible.
It can be said that the tactical formation of Ajax II team seems stiff, but in fact it is very flexible. It can be resolved and intercepted according to the opponent's tactical arrangements and arrangements.
However, it must be said that Eindhoven's players have excellent personal abilities. On several occasions, they have relied on their personal abilities to create some threats in offense. However, the Ajax II team has a strong overall nature from front to back, and the players are kept very close, especially after a month of drills, they cooperate with each other with a tacit understanding.
Ye Qiu had watched the game where Ajax team lost 0:4 to Eindhoven. Now he has learned his lessons. He ordered the players to minimize one-on-one competitions with the opponent as much as possible, make full use of his own formation and the advantage of local numbers to resolve the opponent's attack, forcing them to return in vain again and again.
Active midfield pressing and close defensive layout, these all make Eindhoven's most obvious personal ability and the team's offensive propulsion speed unable to be displayed in the defense zone of Ajax II. Once the ball enters the defense zone of Ajax II, it seems that it has fallen into a swamp.
Under such circumstances, Eindhoven's offense never really suppressed Ajax II, and Ajax II did not have the idea of making a counterattack at all. Both sides entered a stalemate where no one could do anything to each other.
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Time passed by minute by minute, but Gretz's brows became tighter and tighter, because he found that his team's offense hit an iron plate, or an iron plate that was invincible.
In the first 15 minutes, Eindhoven completely gained the advantage and initiative, and made many attacks, but failed to form a real threat. Otherwise, with the strength of Van Nistruy and Nelis, he would have scored a goal long ago.
The reason for all this is the opponent's defense, and everyone seems to be together.
Eindhoven also tried to slow down the offensive and lure the opponent out, but Ye Qiu rushed out immediately and shouted loudly that the players continued to maintain their formation and continued to maintain their defensive formation. They must not step out.
At this moment, Gretz saw that this Chinese boy is a turtle and plans to hide in the turtle shell and not come out!
"Damn, if you don't come out, I will smash your turtle shell!" Gretz also became fierce.
There is no way to crack the defense of Ajax II. It is bold and put more troops into the offense, especially pushing Van Nie and Nellis into Ajax's penalty area, allowing them to create a threat in the penalty area.
But in this way, the risk brought by the other party is the counterattack!
However, as soon as he thought that Eindhoven, who was above his superiors, was forced to be helpless by the second team of Ajax, Gretz couldn't swallow this. He knew clearly that this game must be won.
Thinking of this, he waved to Faber and made a forward press gesture.
He was also sure that the guy who hid in the turtle shell and dared not come out dared to fight back?
It’s true that Ye Qiu really fought back!
Eindhoven's massive pressure brought huge threat to the defense of Ajax II. There was a sudden panic in front of the goal, especially when the two ace scorers Van Nielis and Nellis were in the penalty area, they began to try every possible way to pass the ball into the penalty area, which made Ajax II's penalty area from time to time.
Ye Qiu gritted his teeth on the sidelines, feeling nervous, but he also saw that after Eindhoven pressed heavily, there was a lot of gap behind the defense line, so he walked to the sidelines and gestured towards Kivobi, looking at the lip shape, saying, and fighting back!
In the 22nd minute, Eindhoven launched a crazy attack on the penalty area of Ajax II, almost trying to take advantage of the breath to completely swallow Ajax. But just when Vorgeer wanted to pass the ball into the penalty area, Hetinga snatched the ball before Vanny and stabbed it.
De Jong and Van Bomel competed for the ball and stabbed Sneider with one kick.
After Sneider stopped the ball, he directly rubbed a long pass from the top.
The ball was very powerful, but it was also very erratic to grasp the landing point. After all, it was kicked out in a hurry, and the one I was looking for was Kuru.
What Kuruel is against Heintze, a 37-year-old Danish veteran. The two are fighting for speed on the side. Kuruel is sprinting head-on, while Heintze is retreating quickly, and the right and wrong is judged.
In the end, Kuruel stopped the ball with his chest before the bottom line, and before Heintze could block it, he knocked back and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area.
As early as when Kuru's forward, Hunteral had already rushed past Nikiforov at the first time.
The Russian central defender is one of Eindhoven's best performance this season. He is tall and has excellent head-on confrontation, but he also has a typical disadvantage of the Russian central defender, that is, his turn and speed are slow, and he was left directly behind by Hunteral.
However, Hunterlaer did not take a kick when facing the incoming ball at the front of the penalty area. Instead, he did not stop the ball at his feet, and directly passed the ball to the left of the goal with a 45-degree pass. He saw Van der Fate running from behind and rushed into the penalty area. Van der Wideden beside him wanted to stop him, but Van der Fate was very fast.
At the critical moment, Watrus suddenly rushed forward, forcing Van der Fate, who had just obtained the ball, to rush up, but Watrus, who had more experience, saved Van der Fate's low shot from the baseline!
"Wow~~~~"
The second team, which originally could only accommodate 1,500 people, gathered more than 2,000 people at this moment. When they saw Van der Fate's shot being saved by the opponent, they all sighed, and the momentum was spectacular.
After all, this is Ajax's only shot so far in this game and the only chance to break into Eindhoven's penalty area. He failed to score directly, which has to be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Ye Qiu also slapped his cheek with both hands, as if he wanted to drive away all his annoyance.
He also knew very well that it was very rare to have such an opportunity in a game against a strong team like Eindhoven. Now he missed it for nothing. It would be difficult to wait for such an opportunity again.
But in this case, he cannot show disappointment, but should give encouragement and hope!
"Good job, Raphael!"
"And you guys, they are all great!"
"It's a pity, let's come back next time!"
"First focus on defense, everyone, pay attention to defense and position!"
"Eric, Christian, don't go up and fight for corner kicks, let's not have corner kicks!"
Ye Qiu's shout almost made Gretz collapse. Does this guy still have some ambition?
Just to worry about being counterattacked by Eindhoven when he was worried about the corner kick, he simply gave up the corner kick?
However, the counterattack of Ajax II just now really shocked Gretz and almost scored!
The reason why he didn't dare to push up rashly at the beginning of the game was because he was worried about the counterattack of Ajax II. Now, this counterattack of Ajax II once again reminded Gretz that his opponent was not completely unable to fight back.
While continuing to maintain offensive pressure, he was still concerned about the opponent's counterattack. Among the two, Gretz also hesitated, but in the end he chose a safe tactic to ensure that he did not concede the ball.
But ironically, Ye Qiu seems to follow this set of ideas, and everything is based on the principle of not conceding goals.
It can be imagined that the football played by both teams that neither want to take risks or concede goals will be like, and the game will soon return to the stalemate at the beginning.
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After Ye Qiu walked out of the coach's seat from the beginning of the game, he no longer had the time or the mood to sit back.
He knew very well that for Ajax II, such a game, the test of tactical execution and the ability to avoid mistakes. If Ajax II can ensure that it does not make fatal mistakes, Ye Qiu believes that his team can defend to the end.
So, he stood on the sidelines and threw himself into the game. He wanted to stare at the players and the situation, and to avoid uncontrollable factors in the situation, and to kill all possible mistakes in the cradle.
But even so, uncontrollable factors still arise.
Van Drew is a young player after all. Although he is favored by many people in the second team, he still looks very timid when facing a famous star like Colka, which makes him very nervous.
In a close-fitting defense, as long as he blocked Colca and cushioned, Maduro, who was about to be in place, could join forces with him, but Van Drew chose to step down rashly.
This was a trap that Colka deliberately made. As soon as he saw Van Drew making moves, he immediately pulled the ball and dribbled the ball very skillfully. Van Drew, who had lost his center of gravity and was freed from it, could only watch Colka pass by him in despair.
Drip the ball to the right side of the penalty area of Ajax II. Korka noticed the situation in the penalty area. He passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area and wanted to find Nelis. This is also a common cooperation in Eindhoven's offensive tactics.
Nellis is an old minister of Eindhoven. This season is his sixth season in Eindhoven. He scored more than double digits in each season, and last season he even scored 24 league goals. The double striker composed of him and Fanny scored a total of 55 goals, which shocked the entire Europe.
Now, he was ambushing in the penalty area and preparing to attack the right post. As soon as he saw Colka's pass, Nellis knew that the scene was coming, and immediately rushed forward quickly, ready to leaps high and fight for the top.
But at this moment, he saw a black shadow rushing over from the left, rushing before him, jumping high, facing Colka's oblique pass, and forced the ball out with his head.
But because of the haste, Abidal's header did not clear too far. Nelis noticed that the landing point was nearby and wanted to grab it. However, Romedal, who followed Abidal from the left, also wanted to grab it. As a result, the two almost collided together by chance, and then they wanted to avoid giving the other party a chance.
By chance, Ji Fu immediately cleared the ball's big feet and resolved a crisis of destruction for Ajax.
It was very clear that the two thousand Ajax fans in the stands all shouted and breathed a sigh of relief.
Because everyone knows very well that if this goal is scored by Eindhoven, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Ye Qiu also felt a little lucky and said to Ricklink with a wry smile: "It seems that we are lucky!"
"Van Drew is too nervous. Something will happen sooner or later!" Ricklink was also shocked.
If that ball is entered by Eindhoven, there is no need to play the game.
Why doesn’t Ye Qiu know?
"Let Van Duyin warm up. In the second half, he went up to play central defender, Hetinga went to the right, and Van Drew came down!" Ye Qiu thought for a while, but decided to substitute.
To be continued...