The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 132 Accident
When Barack, who was 1 meters tall, saw Yaya Toure, who was 88 meters tall, he must have been thinking in his heart, what the hell is this black-headed and black-brained fool laughing at?

It has to be said that Yaya Touré has a dark face, grinning with white teeth, and his smile is a bit silly, but this kid has no self-consciousness at all, he just likes to laugh, so in Ajax He was nicknamed Black Bean in the locker room!

"We asked me to stare at you!" Yaya Toure said with a smile after approaching Barak.

Barak glanced at the kid, smiled proudly coldly, and turned his head away without answering him.

Yaya Toure doesn't feel like being left aside by Ballack. He is more excited now, because this time he is directly talking to the central midfielder in the Bundesliga who is currently in the limelight. The head coach told him that if Get rid of Barack, and he'll be famous in one fell swoop.

No one else could ask for such a good thing in eight lifetimes, so Yaya Toure was naturally excited.

The game sounded the horn in Leverkusen's kick-off. Berbatov in front quickly knocked the ball back to the back line and handed it to Nowotny. The German central defender stopped the ball steadily and quickly. Has the demeanor of a general.

The central defender combination of Nowotny and Ramello is the best combination in the Bundesliga this season. Among them, Nowotny has definitely shown a world-class central defender. His defensive skills are almost impeccable, especially the frontal defense. Insurmountable, countless strikers across the Bundesliga fell in front of him.

The ball quickly returned to the midfield from the defense and was handed to Ballack.

As soon as he saw Ballack take the ball, Yaya Toure rushed forward immediately, but the German didn't wait for him to get close, and directly passed the ball to Basturk in front, who was quickly assigned to the right On the way, Schneider made a cross, but Lucio got ahead of Berbatov and made a header clearance to defuse an attack by Leverkusen.

The ball was flying in mid-air, and both Ballack and Yaya Toure on the ground were judging the landing point, but it was obvious that Ballack's judgment on the landing point was higher than Yaya Toure's, so he got stuck soon Out of position, the header knocked the incoming ball to Basturk.

"You come to stare at me, can you stare at me?" After landing on the ground, Barak turned his head to look at Yaya Toure behind him, and asked disdainfully.

Yaya Toure was a bit bitter. Heading was really not his strong point. Ballack took the opportunity just now, and now he was hit. He felt very embarrassed. Seeing Leverkusen once again The ball was passed to Ballack's feet, and Yaya Toure was clever this time and stuck to it directly.

Both of them are tall and hunky men. As soon as they made contact, Ballack was not knocked away like Yaya Toure thought. Instead, both of them felt a burst of difficulty. The German reacted faster and lost the ball. Before quickly kicking the ball to the left, it was passed to Ze Roberto, but the position was a bit behind, Brazil had to retreat to get the ball on the left side, and lost the opportunity to attack.

"I'm just staring at you, what's the matter?" Yaya Toure stared at Barak and replied.

Barak smiled coldly and didn't say much. He still had his patience and temper.

In this game, Ajax did not adopt the kind of high defense that they were good at before, and the pressure on Leverkusen's midfield was not very strong, but Gilberto Silva stood firmly at the front of the penalty area to protect , Keita responded at any time, causing Leverkusen's offense to advance to the vicinity of the midfielder Basturk and was strictly restricted.

Blocked in the front, Ballack in the back naturally began to take over more tasks, so you can see that Ballack began to frequently move forward to participate in the team's frontcourt offense, and sometimes, his position was higher than that of Bastur. K is even more forward.

There is nothing to say about the skills of the Turkish midfielder, but it is best for Ballack to do head-to-head work.

Ballack's first shot was a sudden long-range shot from outside the penalty area. At that time, after Gilberto Silva broke Basturk's foot ball, Ballack stepped in to catch the ball, without saying a word With a direct kick, Van der Sar in front of the goal could only react, habitually holding the ball with both hands, and holding the ball out of the crossbar.

This long-range shot missed, but it shocked Ajax up and down.

Ye Qiu couldn't sit still any longer, came to the sidelines, and waved at Yaya Toure. Anyone who looked at the angry expression must be asking, what are you doing, you bastard?Won't you stick to him like a dog skin plaster?What did you do?

Yaya Toure knew he was in the wrong. He lowered his head and didn't dare to look at his coach, but he leaned towards Ballack immediately.

Really good players usually don't shoot, but when they do, they must create a threat.

Ballack's defensive task is the heaviest among Leverkusen's midfielders, not only because he is in the middle, but also because his partner Basturk hardly participates in defense, so the midfielder's interception task Almost all fell on Ballack, which made it impossible for him to advance every time.

But one of the most important reasons why the German midfielder can become the world's top midfielder is that he knows the timing and can go up at any time if he wants to. Offense helps the most, which requires players to have an excellent overall view and ability to read the game.

Yaya Toure is next to Ballack, he really wants to defend Ballack, but it's difficult because Ballack hardly keeps the ball under his feet, his technique is very practical, basically He can touch the ball with one foot but not two feet, so the ball is more of a transition under his feet. It is very fast and it is difficult to stop it.

But Yaya Toure is also not stupid. After the unfavorable start, he began to learn to be smart.

Since you don't stick to the ball, then I will interfere, interfere with your receiving the ball in advance, interfere with your touching the ball, anyway, my task is to do nothing, I just stick to you, stick to you, see what you do with me!

Barack also began to feel a headache about the stickiness of the Ivorian. This kid has strength, height, speed, and agility. It's almost like a bullshit plaster, you can't shake it off, and Zhuozhuan is just disgusting you!

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"Is he going to play one-on-one man-to-man?"

Top Muller sat in the away team's dugout at the Arenal Stadium, frowning as he watched the game.

The game has been going on for 13 minutes, and Leverkusen's offense has been difficult to start. The midfielder was strongly suppressed by Ajax. Although Ballack had a very threatening long shot, his overall performance was the same. One of the important reasons for being restricted is that Ye Qiu specially arranged for a player to mark him in this game.

Ajax's tactical formation is still 433, the goalkeeper is Van der Sar, the defense is Abidal, Kivu, Lucio and Maicon, and the midfield is Keita, Gilberto Silva and Ajax. Ya Toure, the trident is Robben, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and van der Vaart.

Ye Qiu's change in this game is to leave the former main midfielder Sneijder on the bench, and arrange for Yaya Toure to start. This Ivorian midfielder was always a substitute before, and his performance was not very good. Impressive, so Top Muller doesn't have much information about him.

But judging from the game, this player is indeed very accomplished, at least in terms of clinging.

Has the typical physical fitness of a black player, fast and sensitive, coupled with good tactical execution, very clingy.

"Let Ze Roberto and Basturk take care of Barak more!" Top Muller explained.

Assistant coach Pierre Ritterbaski immediately nodded and went to the sidelines to explain.

But as soon as Leverkusen moved, Ajax immediately adjusted accordingly. The midfielder and Maicon on the right began to press forward with the retreat of Ze Roberto and Basturk. Cousen's midfield and Berbatov and Neuville on the forward line are a bit out of touch, and the offense is even more difficult to launch.

It was at this time that Ajax finally played a defensive counterattack.

After Ballack got the ball forward, under the interference of Yaya Toure, he wanted to pass the ball to Schneider, but after Keita successfully intercepted the ball midway, he passed the ball behind Ballack. Van der Vaart After pulling from the right to the center to get the ball, he turned to face Leverkusen's goal.

Van der Vaart took the ball directly to Leverkusen's defense, chose to take the ball forward by himself, and after drawing Lamelo out, he passed behind him diagonally. Sen's front of the penalty area was a one-on-one contest. In the end, the German central defender grabbed the ball before Ibrahimovic entered the penalty area and intercepted the ball decisively in his own defense zone.

This is a seemingly non-threatening, but very dangerous contest. If Ibrahimovic passed, then this kick would be a one-handed goal. With the ability of the Swede, scoring a one-handed goal is almost a sure thing.

So understand this, so Top Müller, after being taken aback, went to the sidelines and applauded Nowotny.

This is a defense that even Ye Qiu has to applaud and admire. Nowotny's ability is really nothing to say. If it is not because of injuries, it is estimated that his achievements will be quite high, and he may even become another late bloomer in the world. Top central defender.

While applauding Nowotny, Ye Qiu was also paying attention to Top Muller.

The attack just now seemed random, but in fact it was deliberately arranged by him. If Leverkusen insisted on finding a fatal flaw, it would undoubtedly be the result of Ballack's forward penetration as the team's midfield barrier. The gap left.

Therefore, the task he assigned to the players was that once Ballack left his position, Van der Vaart would immediately cut into the center from the right to replace Ballack, and once the team got the ball and counterattacked, they would go directly to Van der Vaart.

Of course, if Ballack sits in the midfield, Ajax's passing is more on the left, and Maicon on the right is more defensive, although in the first game against Leverkusen The performance was not good, but Ye Qiu saw that Maicon was in good form recently, so he continued to entrust him with important tasks in this game.

"He doesn't seem to care!" Rick Link said with a lucky smile.

The amount of information in a football game is too large, and it is impossible for any head coach to remember all the information, and most of it has a certain degree of chance, so every head coach in every game , will miss some information, or ignore some things they think are trivial.

Just like van der Vaart's inward cut just now, Top Muller obviously felt that it was an accident, and there was no need to adjust the team because of it. After all, as long as the adjustment is made, the team may be affected and more problems will arise .

"Just wait, there will be another chance!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

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Ye Qiu, to Van der Vaart, was full of mystery.

Sometimes, like everyone else, Van der Vaart is full of curiosity about Ye Qiu. Where did he find so many strange but super capable players?
Ibrahimovic, Keita, Lucio, Maicon, Gilberto Silva...all of them were unknown before, but after joining Ajax, they all showed outstanding performances A strong player, Ye Qiu's vision of seeing people, even Rick Link, who has the most vicious vision in the club, admires him completely, let alone other people.

This led to a saying in De Tokmost in the past two years that the players Ye Qiu likes are all geniuses!
Sometimes, Van der Vaart sympathizes with Barack, because he has personally experienced the depression of being stuck by Yaya Toure. He can't shake it off or kick him away. There is nothing you can do about this guy. .

Usually this kind of tall and strong player is weak in speed and flexibility, but this kid is not fast, but he is definitely not slow, and he is also very flexible, and he can play tricks on his feet. It's a midfield version of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Being glued to such a soft and hard guy, it's a headache, definitely a headache!
Van der Vaart was secretly delighted, at least Yaya Toure was his teammate, not an opponent.

In this game, his movement is more based on the movement of Ballack as a reference. As long as the distance between Ballack and the two central defenders in the back line is widened, Van der Vaart will run into this area immediately. , and then just wait.

Wait for the teammates behind you to intercept the ball and pass it to your feet.

As time passed, van der Vaart ran from the right to the center again and again, but ran back to the right again and again, because as soon as Ballack came back, he had to run back, and repeated for at least five times. six times.

In the end, Ballack seemed to be aware of Van der Vaart's intentions, and began to consciously not push forward so actively, but to sit more behind the team and freeze Van der Vaart's inward cuts, which directly led to a change in the situation. Very sticky.

The time jumped steadily into 40 minutes, and the score on the scene was still 0:0.

"It can be seen that neither side has a good way to break through the opponent's defense. Although Ajax is at a disadvantage in terms of strength at home, Ye Qiu's team has built a very solid defense. This time he obviously learned Based on the experience of the previous game, it is more about adopting a steady and steady strategy."

"Top Muller also didn't dare to take risks. Both teams regarded this game as a life-and-death battle in the Champions League group stage. Not spending more on offense."

"Frankly speaking, the importance of such a game goes without saying, but it's not very enjoyable to watch."

The on-site commentator was obviously a little disappointed. Ajax has always played aggressively in the Eredivisie, but in the Champions League, because of the strength of the team, it has not been able to play convincingly when facing strong opponents. When it came to the situation, whether it was facing Barcelona, ​​Lyon, or Leverkusen, Ye Qiu chose a more balanced tactic.

From a professional point of view, this is understandable. After all, Ajax is the team with the lowest average age and the least experience among the 32 teams in the UEFA Champions League this season. Such a team requires them to play hard. Attacking football, possible?
"Perhaps, the first half will end with a score of 0:0!" the on-site commentator guessed.

But at this moment, Ajax launched a quick counterattack after stealing the ball.

When the ball came to Gilberto Silva's feet, the Brazilian raised his head, dribbled the ball under his feet, and was observing the situation. At this moment, in front of him, Leverkusen's defensive formation was already in place, as if The iron wall blocked the front of the Ajax Trident like a fortress.

According to Gilberto Silva's usual conservative passing strategy, he will choose to pass back to reorganize in this case, because he is a defensive midfielder. Once the pass is wrong, it is likely to cause the opponent to directly launch an offensive counterattack.

But just as he was about to knock back, he saw Yaya Toure raising his hand to ask for the ball. The Brazilian didn't think much of it, and just poked the ball forward.

The ball rolled along a straight line from Gilberto Silva's feet, against the turf, to Yaya Toure's feet.

At this time, Ballack immediately left his position and ran forward, trying to prevent Yaya Toure from turning around, but after the Ivorian stopped the ball, he turned sideways, shouldered Ballack, protected the ball, and went directly to the ball. Dribble left.

Ballack followed up quickly, but he found that the Ivorian was very skilled at dribbling the ball, which made him unable to get off the ball when he wanted to steal it.

During the fast dribbling, Yaya Toure also noticed that Robben on the left was pointing behind him, so he sent the ball forward with his right foot, and the ball immediately seemed to be pulled by a string, from The gap between LaMelo and Sebezen went straight to the left of Leverkusen's penalty area.

Arjen Robben, who was on par with Sebetzen, immediately started the engine, and after throwing Sebetzen away at lightning speed, he caught up with the ball on the left side of Leverkusen's penalty area. Without the slightest hesitation, he made a direct cross.

Tens of thousands of Ajax fans in the entire Arenal Stadium cheered excitedly, and even many fans in the front row stood up involuntarily, ready to celebrate.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the middle tried every possible means to run on Nowotny, but the German central defender seized the most favorable position in advance, and he did not lose the wind in the physical confrontation. He firmly suppressed the Swede, but very quickly It's a pity that Robben's cross didn't come to Ibrahimovic, but went to the back point.

Van der Vaart, who followed Ballack and cut to the middle, changed his mind immediately when he saw that he had no chance, and rushed directly to the back post!
(End of this chapter)