The strongest is the weakest, Ye Qiu is increasingly agreeing with this view!

The strongest part of Roma's 3412 lineup is in the wing. Without the pulling of Cafu, Candela and Delvicio, if you create tactical width, Toti and Batistuta are easily stared at by the opponent in the middle, especially Cafu on the right. In Capello's tactics, he has almost reached the peak of his career.

But because of his trust and reliance on Kafu, Capello was relieved to hand over the entire right to Kafu, and arranged Zebina to assist in defense and make up for him, so that he could invest in the offense with confidence.

Kozebina is the right center back after all. In addition to helping Kafu stand, he also needs to help Samuel mark Ibrahimovic.

The Swedish center has a stunningly tall body, but at the same time it has a footwork that other high centers do not have. The only obvious flaw is that he likes to stick to the ball and play with flowery things.

It is difficult for any defender to ensure that he can stare at him one-on-one, let alone a central defender like Samuel, who has a 12-cm gap in height. When Ajax gave up on Ibrahimovic launching a frontal attack and instead adopted a strategy of retreating to serve as a wall and taking high balls on the side, the Argentine central defender was under tremendous pressure.

If Zebina and Zago hadn't helped, Samuel would have been swallowed by the Swedish center!

Because we have to help Samuel, Zebina cannot be too far from the Argentine. Therefore, when Kafu goes forward to participate in the offense, there will be a period of time, and the distance between Kafu and Zebina will be long, which is what fans usually call loopholes.

Ye Qiu discovered this loophole, so he also asked the players to take advantage of it, but he still had to wait.

Because, to take advantage of this period of loophole, it will take just the right amount. The team stepped in front of Kafu, and Zebina didn't have time to fill him up for this very short period of time, intercepting the ball and making a quick counterattack, which requires some luck.

It can be said that goals on the football field cannot be calculated. There are certain tactical routines and coordination modes, but they also require luck.

It was not until the first half was approaching the end of the year and when Roma players began to invest more in offense and became anxious, Ajax waited for such an opportunity.

Kafu dribbled the ball forward, and Abidal and Keita joined forces to double-team. After Abidal stabbed Keita, he passed it directly to Robben.

Robben took the ball on the left and instantly drove the ball like a lightning bolt and advanced quickly to the left.

Zebina was on the way to fill the position. He wanted to get close to Robben as soon as possible and prevent the Dutch winger from speeding up, but unfortunately, because the distance between him and Kafu was farther away, he could not defend Robben in time.

Once Robben's speed on the left was soaring, Zebina couldn't stop him.

However, this time, Robben failed to completely get rid of Zebina. The latter followed Robben tightly, only one position behind. Moreover, because he was standing on the inside, it was difficult for Robben to cut into the penalty area from the left, and in the end he chose to cross.

At this moment, there are only Ibrahimovic and Samuel in the penalty area, while Robben started a high ball.

Swedes have never liked to use their heads to hit the ball because they like to use their feet. This is a bit like Brazilian players. They usually think that why do you need to use your head to do things that can be done with your feet?

But this time, Ibrahimovic did not hesitate at all. When facing Samuel and Robben's high ball, he chose to jump high in the simplest and most practical way, and headed to attack.

Many people say that the perfect height difference between men and women is 12 cm, because that can make men look tall and mighty, while women are very dependent on others. But I don’t know if this is appropriate for men and men. But at this moment, when Samuel was blocked by Ibrahimovic, he was really very dependent on others.

Antonioli made a flight save, but Ibrahimovic's header was a dead corner, which was beyond his reach.

When the ball entered the goal of Roma again, all the fans of Roma in the audience became silent.

The entire Olympic stadium seemed to be completely defeated by Ibrahimovic's goal. They all looked at the stadium in a daze and looked at the group of Ajax players wearing visiting team jerseys, rushing out of the stadium excitedly, celebrating at the corner flagpole and under their noses.

"2:0, my god, Capello's team was behind Ajax 0:2 in the first half. What's going on? Is Capello ready to give up the League Cup game?"

The live commentator lacked the minimum confidence in his judgment, because judging from the starting lineup of Roma in this game, Capello had the ambition to show his strength in the League Cup, but they never could have introduced the rhythm of the game into the direction they were best at.

Toti was stared at him tightly, Batistuta was also blocked by Lucio, and the players on the wing could not create a threat. Roma's offense was completely deadlocked, and Ajax's high-post defense compressed Roma's three lines to one, and even the Roman players themselves felt very uncomfortable.

That is to say, from a tactical level, Ajax controls the game.

The live TV camera swept through Capello's face that was nearly a thousand years old, and his hands were wrapped around his chest, as if he was thinking about problems, but from his expression, everyone could easily see his sorrow.

Underestimate Ajax?

No, Capello never underestimates his opponent, but what he didn't expect was that Ajax dared to play their high-level defense so resolutely away, and their targeted defense was also done well, focusing on limiting Toti and Batistuta, which made Roma's offense always in a very awkward state.

Without Totti's sorting and organization, Rome's offense was not organized at all.

High-level defense and midfield pressure are not unfamiliar to Capello, because the starting point of his career was that before he became AC Milan head coach, the head coach of the Ross and Blacks adopted this style of play, but Saki's formation at that time was 442, and now Ye Qiu has changed to 433, which has more changes, but also has higher requirements for players.

Even now, many people say that Capello's coaching AC Milan is based on Sachi, but Capello himself denies this because he was completely different from Sachi from the beginning.

What Saki likes most is this style of actively oppressing and regaining the ball possession through high-level defense. The first thing Capello does after losing possession is to retreat. His tactical style and success are more based on absolute control of the two penalty areas, so his AC Milan can score many goals and can also defend firmly.

It cannot be said that who is better or worse. Sakchi's style is more sexy, more gorgeous, and more passionate, but this often means more unstable. Although Capello's style is dull and even a bit boring, he has the calmness that countless teams have dreamed of.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, Capello encountered such a team that took high-level defense and lost...

So, Capello, who appeared in the live TV camera, finally showed a playful and bitter smile.

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The 2:0 score surprised Ye Qiu, but he also felt that it was reasonable.

Capello's coaching style has always paid great attention to the wing. Looking at his career, the teams that have achieved brilliant results are basically teams with excellent wing skills. This is because Capello is not good at offensive training in positional battles. Instead, he uses vertical breakthroughs and tactical width to solve problems in a state of anxiety. This is his strength.

Because he is not good at positional combat and attack, Capello has never been able to use his front midfielder well.

After he entered Rome, Totti had complained about him in the past two years, one of the reasons was Capello's use of him.

The league is different from the cup. The league depends on strength and stability, but the cup depends on targeted tactics and player performance.

One of the important reasons why Capello's team can perform well in the league is that his team has always been very stable and can basically get the points they should get. However, in the cup game, the opponent will make arrangements for your tactics, and Capello's weaknesses will be completely exposed.

Speaking of which, Capello was also very unlucky, because Ye Qiu remembered that Capello was not very satisfied with this team of Roma in the 00/01 season, so after the end of this season, he introduced Casano, a player with excellent personal abilities. Capello had high hopes for him and believed that his joining could maximize Roma's midfield offensive and propulsion ability.

Capello's transformation of Totti is also underway, and he hopes Totti can join more behind and participate in the front attack.

It should be said that Capello has a lot of ideas and ideas, but unfortunately, after Batistuta's outstanding performance in Rome's first season, his condition quickly declined in the second season, which exposed Capello's team's weakness in positional battles more obviously. Then the decline in Cafo and Candela's condition even drove Rome into the abyss.

In the 02/03 season, Roma was approaching the relegation zone, which was a concentrated reflection of these problems. Capello's dream of rushing to the Champions League was shattered. Even in the 03/04 season, Roma performed well again, but Capello had lost confidence and fighting spirit and finally chose to go to Juventus.

Ye Qiu's arrangement of troops in this game was actually targeting Rome and Capello's weaknesses, staring at Batistuta and Toti, and strengthening the pressure on high-level defense. These are important means for Ye Qiu to suppress Rome.

Ajax played better in this game, and the atmosphere of the game was always played under the rhythm and situation that Ajax was familiar with. In contrast, Rome did not like this game environment that was tightly suppressed.

"We took it down, Bobby!" Ye Qiu looked at Bobby Hams with a smile.

The fat Dutch old man laughed beside him with a generous smile. The 2-0 lead has already allowed Ajax to score two crucial away goals, and Ye Qiu can also arrange a defensive counterattack in the second half more calmly.

It should be said that the game has a great chance of winning!

"Zlatan, a kid, hit a wall after this game and learned his lesson. He should no longer resist the special training given to him by the coaching staff!" Bobby Hams really admires this Swedish center. He is tall and strong, and has outstanding foot skills. Once such a player is carved, his lethality on the court is amazing.

At least, when he gave up the frontal attack, Samuel had no way to do anything to him!

Ye Qiu smiled. It was not just Ibrahimovic, but fighting against such a powerful opponent was a very good training for everyone in Ajax, and a huge challenge, which was of great help to the growth and progress of this group of young players.

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Although Capello made appropriate adjustments during the halftime break, and soon replaced Montera in the second half, he adopted the configuration of three forwards on the court, and a Toti who frequently stepped forward, Roma could bet on all the offensive forces.

But Ye Qiu also made decisive adjustments. On the one hand, he used Keita and Abidal, De Jong and Heatinga, who were substituting Van der Mede, and these two sets of wing combinations protected the left and right respectively, while Gilberto Silva and Sneider were in the middle to protect the defense line.

Such a defensive combination strangled Roma's attack on both sides to the greatest extent, and at the same time suppressed Roma's mid-lane advance, causing Roma, who was not good at positional combat and attacking, to completely extinguish the engine. On the contrary, Ajax frequently created threatening counterattacks in front of the two players, Ibrahimovic and Robben.

However, no one scored another goal in the entire second half. In the end, Ajax defeated the Serie A powerhouse Roma 2-0 away with two goals in the first half.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, overwhelming booing sounded at the Olympic Stadium, and even many extreme fans of Rome made personal attacks on several black players in Ajax. This is not the first time.

Ye Qiu secretly remembered this and decided to ask the club to accuse UEFA after the game, and to make Roma apologize no matter what.

"Hello, Gabriel!"

Ye Qiu smiled and faced Argentine center Batistuta who lowered his head and was about to walk out of the stadium.

This is a player he admired very much in his previous life. He believes that among Chinese fans who are about the same age as him, most people will not dislike this god of war Bati.

Before the game, due to his identities between the two sides, he did not choose to get close to each other, but after the game, he wanted to get to know each other.

Signing is too worthless, so he can't do it, just to get to know him and say a few words.

"Hello!" Batistuta nodded to the young Ajax head coach. He was really surprised at the youth of the other party. If he and his teammates had some contempt for Ye Qiu and Ajax before, then the defeat in this game was undoubtedly the most painful lesson for them.

"You have done a good job in targeted defense, especially the high school defender, a very troublesome person!" Batistuta looked helpless, and he was talking about Lucio.

Ye Qiu smiled. When one-on-one, Lucio's ability will never disappoint anyone.

"I hope I have the chance to talk to you. I am your fan and I like watching your game!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

Batistuta is in a low mood now because his team lost and he is acting in a mess himself, so he barely cheered up, "Thank you, I hope you have a chance!"

Seeing Batistuta's back disappear into the player channel, Ye Qiu sighed a little. He is now supporting him with a desire for a championship. Once Roma wins the championship, this fighting spirit will begin to relax. Batistuta's condition will decline rapidly at that time, so this season is the last afterglow of the god of war Bati.

But unfortunately, Ye Qiu played the role of stopping the God of War at this time.

"I guess, at this moment, there should be many Bati fans in China scolding me, right?" Ye Qiu thought with a bitter smile in his heart, but he would not be confused about it because he has his own dreams and goals.

Although Capello looks fierce and majestic, he is actually a very graceful person.

At least, in this game, his team lost to Ye Qiu's Ajax, but he still took the initiative to come to the visiting team's coaching seat after the game, shook hands with Ye Qiu, Bobby Hams and other members of the Ajax coaching team, and had a chat for a while.

During the conversation, Capello praised Ye Qiu and Ajax more, especially several players in the Ajax team, such as Ibrahimovic, Gilberto Silva and Lucio, as well as the most threatening Robben and Van der Mede, who all showed eye-catching strength in this game.

"You are a young but full of vitality and potential, keep cheering!" Capello shook hands with Ye Qiu again and gave him wishes.

"Thank you, I also firmly believe that you will be able to lead your team to the top Serie A this season!" Ye Qiu smiled and gave his blessings, and his tone was very confident. In Capello's opinion, this was a confidence in himself.

Looking at Ye Qiu deeply, Capello smiled faintly, walked back to the home team's coaching seat, and returned to the locker room with his assistants. This was his first time laughing from beginning to end, which also made Ye Qiu feel that this guy seemed serious, but he was quite friendly when ridiculous.

The Roman fans in the stands were still attacking the winning Ajax, as if scolding this team that was ignorant of the current affairs, and actually wielding on their own territory. Therefore, they could not defeat their opponents on the court, so they had to completely suppress the opponent in the stands and drown these damn Ajax with saliva, which is also a good choice!
Chapter completed!