The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 128 What a slap in the face!

"Too young after all, Michael!"

On the rostrum of the Arenal stadium, Barcelona's chairman Gaspart and Ajax chairman Van Prager sitting next to him said with a smile, somewhat with the arrogance unique to the rich.

What he refers to has double meanings. One is Ajax coach Ye Qiu, and the other is Ajax's average age and lineup. Both of Ajax's two factors can be said to be very young, and lack of experience.

Over the years, Barcelona has always looked at Ajax with such an unconcealable superiority in their eyes.

Not to mention, even if Ajax is one of the initiators of G14, even if Van Prager has a pivotal influence in European football, the Eredivisie is always the Eredivisie, and Ajax is only Ajax. Alex, the glory was all in the early years, and now Ajax has become the arsenal of the giants, this is the reality!

Walking out of Ajax and entering the Nou Camp seems to have become the same trajectory for many Ajax players. This seems to give people a feeling that Ajax is Barcelona's star factory. Become a youth team to help Barcelona develop players.

This situation more or less made Barcelona look at Ajax with the attitude of a leading big brother.

He has been the vice chairman of Barcelona for more than [-] years, and he became the chairman once he became successful. If Gasparte was just elected a year ago, he still had some ambitions, then one year later, this share Ambition has been worn away and replaced by a sense of frustration.

He was elected because he had a campaign team of more than 80 people. Everyone in this team was responsible for raising funds for him or preparing for his campaign. After he was elected, all of these 80 people Entering the management of Barcelona, ​​which is called the Chairman's Advisory Group, is actually pocketed.

Under the restraint of such a huge presidium, what can Gaspart do?Barcelona can not be chaotic?
Some people choose to be discouraged in the face of setbacks, but some people are not. They will try their best to find their only remaining pride, even if it is pitiful, from others.

Gaspart belongs to the latter category, but that doesn't mean there's anything about Ajax that makes him proud.

"It's a little younger, but you have to be careful, because this young Ajax team is fearless!" Van Prager replied with a smile. He is now the host, and he must retain some etiquette for hospitality.

"Fearless?" Gaspart laughed after hearing this, "In the face of absolute superiority, any resistance is powerless!"

Van Prager has no way to refute, because from the beginning of the game, Barcelona quickly took the advantage and initiative. It seems that Ajax is completely passive and disadvantaged in terms of strength and situation.

"Times have changed, Michael!" Gaspart said with a smile seeing that Van Prager was silent.

If you give him a thick cigar at this time, I believe he will be more like a big brother of the underworld.

But before his laughter fell, he saw that Ajax, who was wearing a red and white jersey, was suppressed at the bottom of the field, and suddenly rushed towards Barcelona's position, and from Ajax's backcourt , A diagonal long pass accurately sent the ball along a beautiful parabola to the left side of Barcelona's position.

Under the red and blue jerseys of Barcelona, ​​the red and white jerseys of Ajax are very eye-catching. Therefore, at the moment when Robben passed the ball in Kivu, at lightning speed, from Frank De Boer's body Passing by, when the anti-offside was formed in an instant, everyone in the entire Arena couldn't help but rushed from their seats.

It's as fast as lightning! !

I believe this is the shock in the hearts of all those who saw Robben sprinting, because the Dutch winger was already ready to go. When Kivu got the ball, he sprinted at the fastest speed, which made many fans follow the ball. , When seeing Robben, the Dutchman has already reached his fastest speed, that kind of shock is absolutely amazing.

Rapidly rushing forward along the left, stopping the ball did not slow down Robben's advancing speed at all. He advanced to the left side of Barcelona's penalty area almost instantly. He stopped and adjusted without waiting for Frank De Boer to approach. Suddenly accelerated to the bottom line, crossed.

When Robben pushed forward, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart had already pressed forward quickly. Both of them were waiting for the opportunity. This time the Swede was facing Kristan Wahl. The central defender who just switched from Monaco to Barcelona this season obviously doesn't know Ibrahimovic very well.

Robben's cross was obviously aimed at Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but when the Swede tried to suppress Kristanval with his body, he chose to stop the ball with his chest. The ball landed, and the left foot volleyed vigorously, which made Kristan Wahl, who had been guarding against Zlatan Ibrahimovic's header, collapse.

Isn't this deliberately playing tricks on people?You can clearly head the ball directly, why stop the ball again?Show off your skills?

But before Christan Val could react, Ibrahimovic, who scored the goal, raised his arms high and rushed out of Barcelona's penalty area excitedly, talking to Ajax teammates along the way. Celebrating, rushed to the corner flagpole of the Arenal stadium, fell to the ground, and let his teammates press on him.

"In the 36th minute Ajax broke through Barcelona with a quick counter-attack from Swedish centre-forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic but Arjen Robben on the left was also very good , the two contributed this wonderful goal together!"

When everyone in Ajax was celebrating wildly, Ye Qiu kept shaking his head on the sidelines. Sometimes he couldn't understand what was going on in Zlatan Ibrahimovic's head. He can use a header, but he doesn't want it. He insists on taking a more troublesome stop and then volleys the goal.

If it was a year ago, he would definitely reprimand the Swede severely, but in the past year, Ibrahimovic has made great progress, especially in his playing style, which has obviously changed a lot compared to a year ago. Qiu felt that once in a while, he should let it go and turn a blind eye, as long as he didn't miss the opportunity to fight.

If you treat a player like Ibrahimovic too seriously, the effect may be counterproductive. You need to take your time and slowly change him instead of letting him change for you in a short period of time.

"Wow woo woo!!!"

Seeing Ibrahimovic's goal, Van Prager in the stands raised his arms excitedly and celebrated in front of Gaspart. He even rushed out of his seat and told all the Ajas in the stands. Kicks fans celebrate this late goal together.

Just now, Gaspart put up a picture of winning, thinking that Barcelona can steadily crush Ajax. At this moment, the smile just disappeared, and he couldn't see the slightest complacency. Instead, Embarrassed and disappointed, even a little annoyed.

"As I said, we have nothing to fear!" Van Prager said with a smile as he straightened his suit and walked back to his seat.

At this moment, he felt that Ye Qiu and his team were really good and never let him down.

Gaspart managed to squeeze out a smile that was uglier than crying, and nodded, unable to make a sound.

After all, it's too much of a face!
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After scoring the first goal, the rhythm and coordination of the entire Ajax team followed suit.

One of the important reasons for Ye Qiu's stability in the start of the game was the team's lack of experience. In addition, there would inevitably be some pressure in the first Champions League game, so he was worried that his footing would not be stable and Barcelona would be caught off guard.

But the situation is different now. After half an hour of the game, the Ajax players have obviously found the rhythm of the game and obviously stabilized their minds. With the leading advantage achieved by the goal, Ajax has enough chips to re-start the competition for the game and rhythm with Barcelona.

After conceding a goal, Barcelona was a little flustered, but they had more experience. The two teams competed fiercely. In the end, the score was maintained at 1:0 until the end of the first half. But at the beginning of the second half, Ye Qiu boldly used the start to attack , launched a strong impact on Barcelona.

After the first half and the goal lead, the morale of Ajax's players was obviously stronger and their confidence was stronger, so they also appeared more active in cooperation, especially the goal hero Ibrahimovic.

In the 61st minute of the second half, the Swede withdrew from Barcelona and scored a goal. After getting the ball at the front, he hit Sneijder back. The gap between him and Christan Val, he quickly slanted into the penalty area, got the ball and swayed past the goalkeeper Bonano, pushed the empty goal and succeeded, 2:0!

"2:0! Van der Vaart's goal pronounced the death sentence for Barcelona!" The live commentator said excitedly.

"If it is said that Ajax was still passive most of the time in the first half, then the situation turned around in the second half. Ajax began to press out more actively to find opportunities, while Barcelona seemed a little passive, especially in the middle. The midfield of Gabriel, Xavi and Cocu was clearly overwhelmed by Ajax."

"Overmars played poorly against his former club in this game. He was almost completely absent on the left, and he even disappeared a little bit. Brilliant, but if you compare it, Overmars' poor performance makes Barcelona even more passive!"

"Perhaps, exchanging Maicon for Overmars is simply Ye Qiu's tactical plan!"

Relatively speaking, Barcelona has an obvious shortcoming, that is, the last pass at the front of the penalty area. This is a problem that has existed for a long time. Whether it is the previous Guardiola or the current Xavi, they are not the last pass. The type, at least Harvey is now more of a midfield organizer, and his position is more backward.

Rivaldo has never been a passer, so Ye Qiu realized that Barcelona not only did not change the team's problems last season, but worsened them, because once suppressed Without Barcelona's midfielder, their ball advancement will have to rely entirely on Overmars on the left.

That is to say, in this situation, Ye Qiu chose to let Maicon mark Overmars and suppress Barcelona in the midfield.

Although the Ajax players had problems executing tactics at the beginning and were almost scored by Barcelona, ​​they quickly stabilized the situation and froze Barcelona's offense, and Ajax itself became more and more effective. confidence.

In the second half, this situation became more and more obvious. Kluivert was excellent, and Rivaldo was also excellent, but behind the two excellent scorers, no one could provide them with a steady stream of scoring opportunities. What can they do?
Ajax's technical team once conducted a data analysis on Barcelona's offense. Kluivert received a pass every 10 times at the front of the penalty area, and only 1 of them were strikes. It is conceivable that Barcelona The real problem is in the ball forward.

Rexach was obviously aware of this problem in the end, and quickly made adjustments, replacing Overmars with Saviola.

This substitution is a bit of a slap in the face, because Saviola should have started earlier.

Ye Qiu also made substitutions. Yaya Toure replaced Van der Vaart, let Keita go to the left, and Sneijder went to the right. The purpose of Ajax's substitutions was still to suppress Barcelona's midfielder. Field, to ensure a 2:0 lead.

Perhaps because of the ineffectiveness of the substitution, Rexach replaced Christian Wahl with Roschenback, wanting to further strengthen the thickness and resistance of the midfield, but soon replaced it with Herald Cocu used up three substitutions early.

Ye Qiu's second substitution was to replace Robben with Van der Meyde, let Van der Meyde and Zlatan Ibrahimovic form a double forward, the team changed 442, adopted a more solid overall defensive position, frozen And limit Barcelona's offense.

The last substitution was to replace Zlatan Ibrahimovic with Huntelaar. The Dutch center also got a chance on the field, but it was a pity that he was a little slow when he outflanked Van der Meyde's cross in front of the goal. His first Champions League goal was marginal.

In the end, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Ajax defeated Barcelona 2-0 at the Arena Stadium, winning the first game of the Champions League. This is also the first victory in Ye Qiu's career First Champions League victory!
When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, Ye Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, excitedly clapped hands with the assistants around him, walked into the field and hugged the players to congratulate him, because winning this game would undoubtedly give Ah Jax's Champions League group stage is off to a good start.

Although the process of the game seemed a bit conservative, it is a good thing to win, isn't it?
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"We tried very hard to play real football but unfortunately luck was on the side of our opponents and the side who played better in the end lost the game. I am very sorry about that, but this is football! "

In the post-match press conference, Rexach was clearly aggrieved by the loss.

From the perspective of data and situation, Barcelona does have the advantage. Except for the opening stage of the second half, Ajax is in a passive defensive counterattack state most of the time. According to the standards of La Liga fans, Barcelona is indeed playing more beautifully. Some, also more proactive.

But Ye Qiu couldn't agree with Rexach's statement.

"I don't think winning is based on luck, our players played better, so we won the game, it's that simple!"

"I think Barcelona's biggest problem is their lineup. They lack thickness and lack of effective means to reverse the situation in the unfavorable state of the game. Therefore, although they seem to have the initiative for most of the game, they actually How many threats have been created?"

All the reporters present couldn't refute Ye Qiu's words, even the media close to Barcelona. On the contrary, many people felt that Ye Qiu's analysis was more to the point than Rexach's.

But this is an objective issue. The transfer period has ended, and Barcelona is destined to play with this lineup.

"The score of 2:0 seems a bit cruel, but I want to remind those who think we are lucky, he should go to watch the game again, we missed at least 2 very, very threatening scoring opportunities, if If we seize these two opportunities, the score will not be 2:0, but 4:0!"

Ye Qiu's words were obviously a counterattack to Rexach. The latter's expression was ashamed and annoyed, but he was helpless, because what Ye Qiu said was the truth. Barcelona seemed to be active, but in fact it was very passive.

Soon, the reporters stopped worrying about this match and turned to look at Ye Qiu.

This young head coach led his team to win the UEFA Cup for the first time and became the youngest champion coach in the history of the UEFA Cup. Now he leads his team to participate in the UEFA Champions Cup, coupled with UEFA's key care, naturally Extraordinarily attracted media attention.

"Mr. Ye Qiu, many Ajax fans hope that in your hands, the team can return to the mid-90s, the glorious peak of the Van Gaal period. What do you personally think about this?"

This is a problem that cannot be avoided when coaching Ajax, Ye Qiu has long been mentally prepared.

"Of course I hope the team can get back to the top, but it's unrealistic to think about it now. Our goal this season is to get out of the group stage. Everyone knows that Eredivisie teams have not been able to get out of the group stage for many years. Now, we hope to make a breakthrough, this is what we should consider now!"

Whether it is Eindhoven or Feyenoord, the results in the Champions League are not very satisfactory, and the competition in the Champions League is very fierce now. It is very difficult to qualify from the first round of the group stage.

Even if he wins Barcelona in the first match, Ye Qiu is not sure enough, because the three opponents in this group are all very strong, no matter who Ajax meets, they are not sure enough.

Ajax's management is also aware of the team's current situation, so this season's Champions League results are only aimed at qualifying for the group stage, and will not put the slightest pressure on Ye Qiu. The real highlight is still the Eredivisie championship. middle.

That was Ye Qiu's main battlefield!
(End of this chapter)