"I got Ajax's starting lineup!"

Barcelona's chief assistant coach Aspiaso quickly walked into the home team's locker room and handed the Ajax starting list he got to head coach Valverde.

He is Valverde's confidant. Valverde only brought two people to the Camp Nou when he entered the Camp Nou. He was one of them.

Valverde took the list, glanced at it, and his eyebrows locked up, "No Jovic?"

This is very unexpected news.

Luka Jovic, Ajax's number one scorer this season, is also the representative of Ajax's new generation of centers.

Many people say that after Van Basten, Cruivet, Ibrahimovic, Suarez, Hunteral and others, Luka Jovic is another outstanding center trained by Ajax, with unlimited potential.

The Serbian center played all the games in Ajax this season's Champions League, including the playoffs, but it has not played now. This is very surprising news.

"Does Yang Yang want to do something strange again?" Valverde asked with a frown.

He couldn't help but think of Ajax's previous play against Juventus, so Yang Yang kept himself cold. As a result, the substitute came on the bench in the second half and destroyed Juventus in one fell swoop. Do you want to use the same trick again?

"I don't know, but he's on the roster." Aspiaso said.

Valverde gritted his teeth, unable to guess what Yang Yang was thinking.

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Yang Yang also got Barcelona's starting roster almost at the same time, which surprised him.

"Atur didn't actually get on!"

Artur is the biggest surprise of Barcelona's midfield this season. He has basically settled in the main position. His ability to take the ball and pass the ball makes people look forward to him, believing that he will be Barcelona's future midfield passer.

But in this critical game, Valverde did not arrange for Artur to start, but replaced by veteran Vidal.

Vidal, Rakitic and Busquets are the three old combinations of midfielders. Among them, Rakitic and Busquets have obvious problems, that is, their running ability is weak and their ability to get rid of the ball is insufficient, which makes them easily Ajax's attack targets, because the Eredivisie team is best at pressing and oppressing at high positions.

Juventus' Pjanic was suppressed to death by Ajax!

Valverde learned from his lessons, gave up Artur, and sacrificed his midfield pass and ball control ability, but chose Bidal, who had stronger running ability, which obviously wanted to restrain Ajax's tactics.

"You guessed right, Valverde still wants to make sure of his home court and is unwilling to score a goal away from home." Xavi Alonso looked at Yang Yang and said with a smile.

It is very interesting to guess the opponent's tactical psychology.

For example, Yang Yang guessed what Valverde was thinking. From Vidal's starter instead of Artur, he could know that Valverde wanted to be stable, so the two full-backs naturally could not be too risky, and the attack on the wing would definitely be weaker than usual.

If the full-back does not actively move forward, then the frontcourt will be Coutinho, Messi and Dembele's lonely battle, because Ajax will definitely do his best to suppress Barcelona's midfielder.

With Ajax's high-level pressing and oppressing ability, Barcelona's front-field trident is under great pressure.

"I originally guessed that it was Busquets, Rakitic and Artur to ensure the stability of passing and controlling the ball, but unexpectedly, Valverde didn't even want to compete for passing and controlling the ball, so there was no need to say that Coutinho and Dembele would be the main catch points."

Speaking of this, Yang Yang smiled at Harvey Alonso and said nothing more. Instead, he turned around and walked directly to the players' rest area. At this time, Ajax's players were all facing a big enemy, actively adjusting their emotions and preparing for the upcoming decisive battle.

"Everyone!" Yang Yang clapped his hands hard, attracting everyone's attention in the locker room.

"There is good news to tell everyone!"

Everyone raised their heads and looked at Yang Yang, wanting to know what good news was.

"Barcelona will be slow to start tonight, and it will give us about five to ten minutes. I need you to adapt to the rhythm and pace of the game during this period after the opening, and to pull the rhythm fast so fast that the opponent cannot adapt."

The pace of the game is relative.

For example, Barcelona's pass and control balls, are their pace very slow?

It depends on the opponent. If it is a team that is fast-paced offense and defense and pressing, it will appear that Barcelona is very slow, but if it is an opponent whose rhythm is completely controlled by Barcelona, ​​then there is no such feeling.

This seems to be two cars driving on the highway. The speed and slowness depend on the comparison of each other's speed, not the speed itself.

"Remember, five to ten minutes, this is our excellent opportunity!" Yang Yang reminded again.

Slow heat is a problem that all aging teams will have, so in Real Madrid, they always came from behind, not just because of Real Madrid's tactics, but because Real Madrid's average age is older.

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Under the leadership of the referee, the two teams entered the Camp Nou Stadium one after another.

Yang Yang was booed by all the fans of the audience, and he has always been the most unpopular player in Camp Nou.

Messi and Barcelona players did not interact with Yang Yang before the game. Obviously, they all planned to leave the time to say hello until the end of the game.

This time, they seemed to be sure to win, especially Pique, with provocation in their eyes.

Yang Yang has become accustomed to this.

Since Ajax entered the Champions League group stage, every opponent has this expression before facing Ajax.

But after the game, they will all feel regretful.

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Goalkeeper Ter Stegen, Alba, Longle, Pique and Roberto in the back line, Rakitic, Busquets and Vidal in the midfield, and Coutinho, Messi and Dembele in the front court.

Barcelona's starting lineup is valuable, with the front court trident alone worth hundreds of millions of euros. The player's value is the best in today's world football, and it is even more expensive than Real Madrid's lineup.

Of course, Barcelona has also swept La Liga and the Champions League this season, and is invincible.

Barcelona and Ajax, the former is like a giant elephant, while the latter is like a trivial ant.

Perhaps, ants can occasionally climb onto the back of the giant elephant and stand taller than it, but most of the time, ants are always trampled under the feet of the giant elephant and stepped into the mud.

The starting lineup of Ajax is also 433, the goalkeeper is Onana, the defense is Taliafico, Militon, Dericht and Ashraf, the double midfielder is Frankie De Jong and Ndongbele, Van der Beck breaks out, and the front trident is a combination of Nerez, Yang Yang and Sancho.

Jovic failed to start due to injury and sat on the bench, and Yang Yang replaced him.

Both teams did not send out their main players before the game for various reasons.

But this did not affect the enthusiasm of all the fans around the world who sat in front of the TV to watch the game.

This is the Champions League semi-final, and it is also the peak showdown between Yang Yang and Messi!

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At the beginning of the game, Ajax took advantage of the kick-off opportunity to launch a snatch.

This is within everyone's expectations.

This young Eredivisie team has always been known for starting the game, while Barcelona is trying to control the rhythm more steadily.

After Ajax took the ball on the back line, he made a slight adjustment and Frankie DeJong made a long pass directly and accurately sent the ball to the left side of the frontcourt.

Neres sprinted forward as fast as possible and caught his teammate's pass on the left side of the penalty area.

But at this time, Barcelona's defense had returned to the penalty area in time, and Roberto blocked Nerez's route to the penalty area.

The Brazilian left winger took the ball and approached Roberto step by step, and suddenly passed by a cross.

The ball flew from Roberto's left to the penalty spot. Because Yang Yang blocked Pique and Lenglet with his body, Van der Beck, who was inserted behind, got a very good opportunity to kick the ball. The Dutch shot directly and tried to hit the lower right corner of the goal.

But the first shot of the game slipped slightly and failed to make a shot.

Ajax's shot shocked nearly 100,000 Barcelona fans at the scene and broke out in cold sweat.

Yang Yang was a little regretful, but when he ran back, he applauded his players and gave him a thumbs up, indicating that they did a great job and continued to work hard.

He could feel that Barcelona's start tonight was still relatively slow, and Ajax's most important thing now is to grab the start and speed up the pace. As long as the rhythm enters Ajax's familiarity, but Barcelona is very unfamiliar with fast pace. Ajax has achieved its initial strategic goal.

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Ajax gained some confidence after shooting for the first attack.

Coupled with Yang Yang's demonstration and leading role on the court, Ajax players are even more determined to implement tactics.

After failing to shoot directly to the goal for the first attack, Ajax did not choose to retreat, but continued to press on high positions.

Barcelona's goal was a short pass defender, while Ajax directly forced into Barcelona's 30-meter area.

Yang Yang even made a pass when Barcelona was back, first hit Roberto, then forced the goalkeeper Ter Stegen, forcing the German goalkeeper to pass to Alba, but under Sancho's press, Alba passed Langley back, who passed it to the frontcourt with one kick.

Ajax's running range is very large, and the frontcourt pressing and pressing are also quite strong, so the players are very determined to implement it.

Ajax is not only pressing and oppressing at high positions, but also investing in large numbers. More importantly, the players are generally young and have very strong athletic ability. Even Yang Yang is known for his ability to cover the running. After intercepting the ball, Ajax can always counterattack in the shortest time, which makes the game rhythm very fast and Barcelona struggle to deal with it.

The visiting team's fast-paced style of play is a very big test of Barcelona's stability in the midfield and backcourt.

It was this quick-moving whirlwind tactic that had its effect in the sixth minute.

Van der Beck and Ndongbele joined forces to attack at the same time, cut off Alba's pass to Coutinho, and quickly made a long pass to launch a counterattack.
Chapter completed!