The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 150

On April 2002, 4, in the evening, it rained heavily.

Just defeated Utrecht 1:0 in the league, Ajax, who successfully continued to maintain the lead at 2 points, ushered in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals at the Arena Stadium. The opponent is today The strongest team in the world, Real Madrid.

Raul, Guti, Zidane, Figo, McManaman, Hierro, Solari...

Even if Real Madrid is a player on the bench, if you pick one out and put it on other teams, it will definitely be at the level of the main star. This shows how strong the overall strength of this team is.

Emphasis on offense and light defense has always been the characteristic of Real Madrid. Even though Bosque won the Champions League in 2000 with a defensive lineup of five backs, he still uses four backs now, in order to maximize the arrangement of those players who are piled up in the front. Superstars on the field.

Zidane and Pavon's policy allowed Pavon to gain a foothold in Real Madrid's defense. From the perspective of a professional coach, his performance is remarkable, with bright spots and mistakes. The disadvantages, especially in a team like Real Madrid that focus on offense and light defense, are more obvious.

But even so, in front of Real Madrid, which is as powerful as an aircraft carrier, Ajax is just a small fishing boat without threat.

But this can't stop the fanatical Ajax fans from gathering at the Arenal Stadium. No matter how heavy the rain is, they can't stop the enthusiasm in their hearts, and no amount of powerful opponents can make them feel intimidated.

When the Mercedes-Benz bus of Ajax parked slowly in the player tunnel of the Arenal Stadium, the Ajax fans who had gathered at the scene immediately rushed forward, even though they were blocked by the police and staff maintaining order. Stopped, but still in the heavy rain, shouting slogans loudly.

"Kill Real Madrid, long live Ajax!!"

"Kill Real Madrid and enter the final!"

"We want to win the European Champions Cup again!!"

Many excited fans even threw away the umbrellas in their hands, allowing their bodies and clothes to be soaked by the heavy rain in Amsterdam, but this only stimulated the fighting spirit in their hearts.

Standing outside the player's tunnel, there was a very cute child, less than 10 years old, but struggling to hold up a card with an Arabic numeral slanted on it, 5!

In the 100-year history of Ajax, they have won 4 European Champions Cups, and in the hall of honor at the Arenal Stadium, there is a record of Michels and Cruyff jointly serving Ajax. The real St. Brad's Cup that was retained was the trophy of Ajax after three consecutive Champions League titles, and it was also the pride of all Ajax people.

Van Gaal got it once for Ajax that year, and reached the final the following year, but he was one step short.

Now they hope that Ye Qiu can lead Ajax to defeat Real Madrid, and present another St. Brad's Cup to the Hall of Honor at the Arenal Stadium. Even if it is just a copy, it is worthy of their pride.

Ye Qiu was the first to get off the bus and kept nodding to the fans. Although he was holding an umbrella, he didn't open it. He opened his umbrella, handed it to him, patted his face lightly, smiled, and got into the player tunnel.

He couldn't understand the almost faith-like feelings of Europeans towards football clubs. Sometimes he even wondered, what do these people like about football itself?Or Ajax?

Regarding this issue, he will not go into a dead end, but he is very clear that his goal is the same as that of the Ajax fans outside who are cheering for the team in the rain, that is, to do their best to get rid of the royal team. Madrid, to the final!

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Bosque always feels very kind to Ye Qiu, he always shows people with a smile on his face, he looks like a persuasive old man, a good old man who will never get angry with you.

Ye Qiu no longer had the surprise of seeing superstars when he first arrived, because his team itself has a group of future superstars, so he saw Figo, Zidane, and Raul When he saw Guti, watched them walk out of the player tunnel, and nodded to him politely, he just nodded in return.

When shaking hands with Bosque, he was not overly polite, but just casually stayed on the sidelines with the famous Spanish coach, and exchanged a few polite greetings while the players were warming up on the court.

All he could hear from Bosque was praise and compliments. His attitude towards Ye Qiu was very comfortable. He didn't have the strength of some top coaches, nor did he have the arrogance of a wealthy family, which made people feel very comfortable. Comfortable, so I can't help but say a few more words.

The scene of the two talking and laughing on the sidelines was naturally captured by the live broadcast. The commentator did not forget to ridicule, thinking that the actions of the two head coaches have weakened the gunpowder of the game itself.

But who would have thought that Bosque and Ye Qiu were not even talking about football on the sidelines, but Bosque was talking about some interesting things he had encountered in Amsterdam for more than a day, and Ye Qiu was giving him some advice, such as Tell him the food in that place is delicious, and so on.

After the warm-up training, the conversation between the two also came to an end, and each led the team back to the locker room.

Real Madrid's starting lineup for this game is out, and the goalkeeper is Cesar.

This Cesar is not the Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar who later helped Inter Milan win the Triple Crown, but the Spanish goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez, born in 71, now 30 years old, at the golden age of a goalkeeper Age, and after he joined Real Madrid from Valladolid in 2000, he once occupied the main position this season and performed very well.

The current Real Madrid is basically Casillas and Cesar taking turns in the goalkeeper position. On the one hand, because of Casillas’ contract renewal and other issues, he even has a relationship with Barcelona. Because Cesar's performance this season is indeed very good.

The defensive line is Roberto Carlos, Pavon, Hierro, Salgado, and the midfielders are Makelele and Elguera. Among them, Elguera is currently in the most glorious period of his career. Under Bosque's command, he and Makelele formed Real Madrid's double midfielders and were the pillar players of the team.

In front of the double midfielders, Zidane, Guti and Figo, together with Raul in the front, form Real Madrid's star-studded attacking formation, and this attacking lineup is also difficult to clearly define the position of the players , because the mobility is very large.

Although Zidane is on the left, he likes to play in the center and give up the left to Roberto Carlos. Guti's position is sometimes very forward, and he even forms a double forward with Raul, while Figo He also often changes positions to the left and plays very lively.

They have cultivated a good tacit understanding, coupled with the tyrannical personal strength of the stars, all these make Real Madrid's offense very difficult to defend, so Ye Qiu kept reminding his players repeatedly in the locker room that they must concentrate Spirit, focus on the game.

"Frankly speaking..." Ye Qiu looked at the starting 11 players in the locker room and shook his head, "I don't know what kind of strategy and tactics Real Madrid will adopt. Bosque has more bargaining chips, and he may target us. According to the characteristics of the game, they will carry out targeted arrangements, or they may not, and they are very likely to attack after the opening in turn."

Ye Qiu let out a sigh of relief, "I can't figure them out, because they are too powerful!"

The side with an advantage in strength can often have more choices, just like Real Madrid, they don't have to worry about Ajax's attack at all, because maybe as long as they pass the ball, as long as their star's personal flash, they will be able to win. Enough to destroy the efforts of everyone in Ajax.

Ye Qiu is full of confidence in the future, because he firmly believes that this group of players will definitely become talented under his cultivation, but the competition is imminent, and the future cannot provide him with any help now.

The players in the locker room were silent, because they couldn't refute Ye Qiu's words. What they needed at this moment was for the head coach to tell them what to do, and as long as Ye Qiu said, they would believe and fight.

"But we have no choice!"

"Yes, Real Madrid is indeed very strong, but what's the matter? They have already bullied us at the door, can we back down? Can we be timid? Unless we are willing to stick our heads like waste. , to our necks, tell them, please move quickly, otherwise, we have only one way!"

Ye Qiu took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "That's to fight them!"

"They are ruthless, we must be more ruthless than them, they are fierce, we must be more ruthless than them!"

"We don't care about what they think, how they play, that's their own business for Real Madrid, we think about ourselves, we play how we want, we play how we want, because we are Aja Kex!"

"Never make your opponent feel comfortable, mark my words!"

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Bosque's opening tactics were straightforward.

When the game whistle sounded, the on-site commentator even just introduced Real Madrid's starting lineup, and even Ajax's lineup had no time to introduce, Real Madrid had already brought the ball into Ajax's 30 meter area.

Zidane took the ball in the upper left corner of the penalty area, and he faced the double-teaming of Sneijder and Maicon.

The reason why superstars are superstars is because they can do things that others cannot, so even when Zidane is facing two players double-teaming, he can firmly control the ball in his own feet, and when he realized that he might not be able to control the ball, he knocked the ball back to Roberto Carlos who plugged in.

Brazil gold did not hesitate at all with his left foot. After getting the ball, he took a big stride forward. His body followed quickly. With his left foot swung, he shot a long shot with a heavy cannon. Everyone present could even hear this easily. The air pop caused by a foot shot.

This shot is full of strength, the foot is not hard, but the angle is slightly off, and it slides out.

"A very dangerous shot. Real Madrid gave Ajax a blow after just over one minute into the game, and made the fans in the Arenal Stadium startled into a sweat. I believe many fans didn't even When I sat down, I was taken aback, very surprising!"

This is indeed an understatement, using the opportunity of serving to grab the head start, and creating a threat with the first shot, the strength of Real Madrid is indeed felt by Ajax.

Using the deterrence caused by this shot, Real Madrid quickly took the initiative on the court.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines, staring at the game with a frown, and muttered to himself, "He thought we were scared!"

Here he should be talking about Bosque.

I saw Ye Qiu walk to the sidelines and made a forward pressing motion towards the players. At the same time, he asked Sneijder to look at Zidane. He had to be closely guarded, and he couldn't let the Frenchman be too free. You should be more active and bold on the court, don't be afraid.

"Tell them, this is our home field!"

Ye Qiu's furious roar from the sidelines could even be heard on live TV. This was partly because he knew very well that he couldn't be passive in the beginning, otherwise, Ajax would not even have the slightest chance; It's so loud that you can't hear it without roaring.

The roar from the head coach immediately made the players on the field more active.

In the 6th minute, Sneijder took advantage of Gilberto Silva stealing the ball, he ran to the neutral to respond, and after getting the ball, he took advantage of the situation and passed the ball past Hierro. Zlatan Ibrahimo After Vici suppressed Hierro with his body, he rushed to catch the ball quickly.

Under Pavon's interference, the Swede was not fast enough to dribble the ball, and was soon overtaken by the Real Madrid defender who was chasing back, but Ibrahimovic still shot furiously at a distance of about 21 meters from the goal. .

The Swedish center forward's long-range shot was very accurate, the toe was also hard, and the speed was very fast. Cesar thought there was no threat at first, but he quickly reacted and flew to the right to save the ball. Saved the baseline, corner kick.

Sneijder quickly ran to the corner kick and signaled to his players who had already turned into a meat grinder in the penalty area, but just when everyone thought he was going to send into the penalty area, Sneijder issued a tactic corner kick.

The ball was passed to Keita, and the latter passed the ball diagonally to the front of the penalty area without stopping. Van der Vaart quickly rushed from the right side of the top of the arc to the left side of the top of the arc. After a stop and a rub, the ball quickly flew up from the front of the penalty area in a beautiful parabola, and fell straight to the left side of the goal.

Cesar obviously had no way to make a save. He couldn't save the ball at all, and could only watch the ball fall. Then, everyone heard the muffled sound of the football hitting the crossbar. Hit the beam.

There was a clear sigh at the scene. If the ball is scored, the situation will completely change.

"Ajax obviously arranged some set-pieces. Ye Qiu must have practiced this routine before the game, and he did create a threat. But unfortunately, Van der Vaart's beautiful curve shot hit the crossbar and went out. Bottom line!"

"If it is said that Real Madrid launched a strong attack after the start and gave Ajax a bad start, then Ye Qiu's Ajax quickly counterattacked and used two very threatening shots to warn Real Madrid. This is the Arena, it's our place!"

Soon, Ajax made a comeback again.

This time, it was Robben who forcibly used his speed to break through Salgado on the left, then made an emergency stop, and knocked back to Keita at the front of the penalty area. The latter shot with his left foot, slightly higher than the crossbar.

And soon, when Ajax was defending Zidane, Sneijder shoveled the French star and was warned by the referee. This was also the first yellow card of the game, but he successfully prevented Royal An attack from Madrid.

Reasonable use of foul tactics was also Ye Qiu's main requirement before this game.

To be honest, if you want to play skills, the Ajax players can't catch up with these superstars of Real Madrid. Therefore, when dealing with Real Madrid, you must not be able to follow their rhythm and play skills with them. Must have died a terrible death.

What they are best at is technique. Ye Qiu wants the players to make reasonable use of fouls. This can not only disrupt the rhythm of Real Madrid, but also affect the emotions of Real Madrid players.

In this year, if you want to use Real Madrid's best technology and penetrating attack to kill Real Madrid, it is the same as killing Barcelona with ball possession tactics in 2013. It is estimated that such a team has not yet been born, so when dealing with Real Madrid, everyone thinks the most. Or curb.

Ye Qiu doesn't care how Bosque will play after the start, anyway, he has no choice but to take advantage of the strategic play, because Ajax's characteristics and flaws have been exposed very clearly, once the start is not played well, then When the players' physical fitness is almost exhausted, Real Madrid's technical advantages will become more obvious.

Fortunately, after two years of accumulation, the Ajax players already knew the basics of Ye Qiu's tactical thinking. Sometimes they could understand the head coach's intention with just a small gesture.

Therefore, after the start of the game, Real Madrid gave Real Madrid a slap in the face. Ajax quickly gave Real Madrid a continuous slap in the face, and even successfully pushed Real Madrid back to their half. Ajax actively adopted a high defense Strategy, launched a fierce midfield oppression and press against Real Madrid.

After Bosque took charge of Real Madrid, the focus was on defense, and a good defense must first consider the system, followed by the individual strength of the players. Therefore, even if Real Madrid's defense line seems difficult to reassure, Real Madrid's two rounds 12 games in the group stage, plus 8 knockout games in the top 2, only 14 goals were conceded in 7 UEFA Champions League games. No need to say more about the defensive ability.

Therefore, even if Ajax quickly reversed the situation after the start, Real Madrid can still calm down, lay down the defense line steadily, put down their body, and let Ajax press up to fight.

Faced with Real Madrid's tactical play, Ajax's offensive was restricted instead. It was difficult to create threats within the opponent's 30-meter area, so they could only frequently use long-range shots.

Everyone can see that it is not an option to continue like this!

(End of this chapter)