The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 193 Evolution
It has always been a taboo for military strategists to change teams on the spot.

From the ancient cold weapon war to the current football tactics, changing teams on the spot is not acceptable to the coaches, because it is full of various risks, and it is easy to cause players to lose due to unfamiliarity and unfamiliarity with the tactics. Adapt, and then lose combat effectiveness.

But there has never been a shortage of those bold and courageous coaches who changed teams on the spot, and successfully defeated their opponents, and finally became a generation of good stories. Taking such a big risk, no one is willing to bear the terrible consequences.

But sometimes, there will always be someone who wants to take a gamble and take this risk.

Ajax's chief center, Ibrahimovic, was injured and absent. This has been rumored by the media. It is not a big secret. Without Ibrahimovic, Ajax can only choose Huntelaar.

Before the game, everyone estimated that Ajax would only adjust and replace some parts of the game on the basis of retaining the 433-[-]-[-] tactics. Ye Qiu would not make any major changes, but no. Come to think of it, Ajax's starting lineup took everyone by surprise.

"It's really unexpected. Ajax suddenly made a bold change before the key game, giving up Ajax's traditional 433 tactics and adopting 442 tactics. This really surprised us."

Seeing Van der Vaart and Huntelaar standing at the kick-off position, everyone was a little surprised, and the live commentator was also very puzzled.

"Goalkeeper Van der Sar, the defense is Abidal, Kivu, Lucio and Maicon, the midfield is Robben, Yaya Toure, Mascherano and Sneijder, the double striker is Van der Val Te and Huntelaar, is Ajax going to play 442 in this game?"

In fact, according to such a tactical arrangement, it is still possible to play 433, but judging from the neatness of Ajax's three lines, it is more like 442, and Robben's position is relatively far behind, but it is Van der Farah Te was pushed to the front line, which greatly exceeded the expectations of many people.

Juventus' formation in this game is still 4312 they are good at. The goalkeeper is Buffon, the defense is Zambrotta, Montero, Ferrara and Thuram, and the midfielder is Tacchinardi, Tudor and Camoranesi, the midfielder is Nedved, and the double forwards are Del Piero and Trezeguet.

"We have to say that Lippi's formation is not too amazing, and he played steadily. On the other hand, Ajax, although Ye Qiu's on-the-spot change of formation caught people off guard, it also brought huge risks. , Once the team does not run well, it is likely to lead to a disaster for Ajax throughout the game."

What the commentator said did not ease Lippi's attention. Long before the season, Lippi's Juventus had played against Ye Qiu's Ajax in the Amsterdam Cup. That time Juventus lost A 1:2, but at that time Lippi's team had not fully run in place.

But now it is different, with Nedved integrated into Juventus' tactics, as the team's overall tactics are getting better and better, Lippi's team is also becoming more and more effective, and the performance in the group stage is not good. It cannot be the basis for the knockout match at all, because in the knockout match, targeted tactics are more important.

"Tell me, what exactly does he want to do?" Lippi the Silver Fox stood on the sidelines, gently lifted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and guessed Ye Qiu's tactical arrangements.

The same lineup can produce completely different tactical effects, so it is difficult for Lippi to tell whether Ye Qiu's lineup is really 442?Or is there another special tactical arrangement?

"Arteta is not injured or sick, and the Spanish teenager is a crucial member of Ajax's midfield this season. Ye Qiu put him on the bench in this game, and Yaya Toure Starting, I guess it is probably for Nedved."

Standing next to Lippi is his chief assistant coach, Nacchiso Pezzotti, a loyal old partner.

"Oh?" Lippi wasn't surprised by this. Nedved's back drive is definitely the most deadly part of Juventus' attack. If Ye Qiu didn't know how to limit this point, then he would be in vain. mixed up.

"I still remember that he once used Yaya Toure to crucify Leverkusen's Ballack." Pezzotti said with a smile.

Sometimes even Lippi has to admire his best partner's memory and his ability to analyze details. Although he is over 60 years old, he is indeed getting better and better in this respect.

You against me, I against you, this is a tactical contest in the knockout round.

Lippi also carried out a targeted defense against Ajax's tactics in this game. Among them, Camoranesi and Thuram were on the left side of Robben, and Lippi specifically told Kamo Ranesi, in any case, he must protect Thuram on the right to avoid too many one-on-ones by Robben on the wing.

Huntelaar's ability to seize opportunities in the penalty area is very good. Although the Dutchman is only a substitute, he has performed well and scored a lot of goals. He is already a well-known forward rookie in the Eredivisie and Europe. Brahimovic was injured, Lippi could not ignore the center.

And if Robben is given too many one-on-one opportunities, no matter how good Thuram is and how strong he is, it will be difficult to prevent the Dutch winger from passing the ball into the penalty area, which may become a threat.

For the right side, Zambrotta is responsible for watching Van der Vaart, and at the same time, Tacchinardi pays attention to the restrictions on Van der Vaart's inside cut, so as to prevent Ajax from passing the ball to Huntera to the greatest extent. at your feet.

Both sides are going back and forth to make targeted arrangements, and everyone is guessing the opponent's tactics, but the game has not started, and no one knows whether their tactics will work.

Because of this, Lippi was not frightened by Ajax's starting lineup and formation changes, but patiently waited for the referee to blow the whistle to start the game, and then observed Ajax's tactics through the game.

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Because there was a little rain before, the field was a bit slippery. During the training just now, Van der Vaart almost lost his center of gravity and slipped when catching a ball. This made him complain about the turf, thinking it was too slippery.

Standing opposite Huntelaar, van der Vaart knew exactly what he should do in this game.

Although Ye Qiu's tactical arrangement was a bit unexpected, it was actually not that difficult to understand.

Huntelaar is a typical shooter who needs someone around and behind him to feed him. He is not the type of player who can carve through the opponent's defense, nor is he the type of tactical center who can drop back and get the ball. , he is just a shooter.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's injury forced Ajax to rely heavily on Huntelaar's offense, so Ye Qiu needed to set up a set of ball attack for Huntelaar, so there was Van der Vaart's transformation as a striker.

When the team starts to attack, Huntelaar is like a nail, firmly nailed in the opponent's penalty area, attracting defensive attention, while Van der Vaart is behind him, moving on both sides of the penalty area. Respond to the pass from behind and from the left and right sides, make the ball for Huntelaar, and can also attack by himself.

This is an important routine for Ajax's mid-lane attack in this game.

But no matter at any time and under any circumstances, Ajax's offense is not only in the middle.

With the referee's whistle, Ajax took the lead.

After van der Vaart kicked the ball to Huntelaar, the Dutch center immediately knocked back behind him, and Mascherano passed it to Lucio.

Juventus' entire defensive formation retracted quickly, while Ajax advanced steadily.

At this moment, everyone can clearly see the overall position of Ajax when attacking.

Huntelaar was at the top, Van der Vaart was a little behind him, cruising on his left and right sides, Robben still played on the left, but the position was not so high, but between Camoranesi and In the middle of Thuram's activities, Sneijder's position is almost equal to that of Robben, while Yaya Toure and Mascherano are at the bottom.

The entire midfield looks like a disc-shaped position. If you insist on the position, it is 4222.

But it's obviously not just that. When Lucio got the ball and passed it to Yaya Toure, the latter took a few steps forward after getting the ball. After being rushed up by Camoranesi, he quickly passed it to the Left to Robben.

The Dutchman was right behind Camoranesi. As soon as he saw Camoranesi go up, he immediately ran to the neutral to catch the ball. After getting the ball, he rushed forward quickly, wanting to face Thuram one-on-one, and Unlike Robben who was always active on the wing in the past, this time his dribbling was a bit off the center, obviously to find Van der Vaart who was active on the flanks.

Tudor was born as a central defender and has a good sense of position, while Thuram can also play as a central defender. When they saw Robben's activities, both of them chose to protect the central defender. It was responsible for watching Van der Vaart.

Seeing that there was no chance, Robben crossed the ball quickly through the center and came to the right, but at this moment, Sneijder attracted Zambrotta near the sideline, who would catch the ball ?

The whole process is very long, but in fact, because the players are all moving at the same time, it all happened in less than 40 seconds. Ajax successfully pushed the ball to Juventus's 30 meters within the area.

And at the moment when Robben made the cross, Ajax's right wing back Maicon was sprinting forward at a very fast speed.

Before the ball was transferred in the frontcourt, everyone's attention was also concentrated on Van der Vaart, Robben and Huntelaar, or Sneijder, so Maicon's quick insertion, only Nedved noticed Arrived, but the speed of the Czech could not keep up with Maicon, who was sprinting at full strength, and saw the Brazilian in the middle of the right, about 25 meters away from the goal, receiving the pass.

There was a loophole in the entire defensive system. Juventus' defensive players immediately reacted and wanted to fill the loophole as soon as possible. Tacchinardi even chose to attack immediately and team up with Nedved. Maicon.

But what people didn't expect was that just after the Brazilian stopped the ball, without thinking, he directly pulled his foot and shot an angry shot.

The ball is like a cannonball, passing through the crowd at lightning speed, and no one has time to stop it.

Standing in front of the goal, Buffon was also a little surprised by Maicon's sudden long-range shot, but he reacted immediately and made a flying save, but the ball missed the left post slightly, a goal kick.

Although the goal was missed, Ye Qiu applauded the players from the sidelines, obviously satisfied with the head start.

This was also specially arranged by him before the game. From the very beginning, he wanted to suppress the momentum of Juventus, frustrate the spirit of the Bianconeri, and control the overall situation and rhythm of the game by the way, launching a rush attack.

Playing at a slow pace with a defensive counterattack team like Juventus is purely courting death.

If you grind with them slowly, it is almost impossible for you to break through their defense. Even if Juventus's defensive players are not a small problem, they are experienced and have the essence of Italy's reinforced concrete defense. They are shrinking the defense. , under the condition of calm arrangement, it is almost impossible for anyone to break through.

Therefore, to play against such a team, you can only choose to be fast, give up possession of the ball, and play fast!
Therefore, Ye Qiu did not choose Arteta, but chose Yaya Toure. This was also to allow the Ivorian to defend Nedved and liberate Mascherano so that the latter can better protect the defense.

Relatively speaking, Juventus lacked speed on the wing, and Zambrotta was on the left, but he played as a left back, and there was Sneijder on the other side, so Ye Qiu played boldly in this game. Let Maicon plug it in to his heart's content.

No, he got a long-range shot in less than 1 minute, but Maicon didn't seem to be satisfied. Two minutes later, he got a diagonal pass from Sneijder at the front of the penalty area, but this time he Blocked by Gianluca Zambrotta, he was forced to make a cross from the bottom. Huntelaar grabbed a point in front of the goal, but in the end he failed to win over Ferrara.

Without the effect of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the front as a fulcrum, Ajax's ball advancement can no longer go past the routine of looking for Ibrahimovic, holding the ball and then plugging in to start the attack. We can only stick to the ground penetration advance routine of advancing from back to front, but this is not ideal in the face of Juventus's third-line shrinking defense.

Lippi's formation is also very cautious. Among the three deep midfielders, Tudor and Tacchinardi are both defensive players, and Camoranesi is also both offensive and defensive, which makes them very sensitive to the defense. The protection is in place, and Ajax's offense cannot effectively advance to Juventus' penalty area, and can only frequently threaten Buffon with long-range shots.

In the first 10 minutes, Ajax shot a total of 3 long shots, but none of them achieved results.

"After all, it's Juventus, the defense is like an iron wall, watertight." Bobby Harms sat in the coach's bench, raised his head, looked at the players on both sides of the field, and said helplessly.

Although Ajax quickly used the opening rush to gain momentum and successfully took the initiative after the opening, but the offense has always been difficult to effectively advance to Juventus' penalty area, which is closely related to Juventus' midfield. Conservation has a lot to do with it.

Ye Qiu also very much agrees that Juventus' defense is solid, but he doesn't think it is unbreakable.

No matter how solid the defense is, there will always be a moment of loopholes, because as long as you are a human being, you will definitely make mistakes. The key is that you have to put enough pressure on him. Judging from the first 10 minutes, Ajax has achieved a certain degree. effect, but the threat from the side is not enough, whether it is Robben on the left, or Sneijder and Maicon on the right, they have not shown enough threats.

"Roland, let the two side lanes be more active, let Van der Vaart pull out more, retreat appropriately, create space, and then look for opportunities to cut in from the flanks." Ye Qiu directed Roland.

The latter quickly conveyed Ye Qiu's latest instructions, but the situation remained unchanged.

Sometimes the head coach's tactics may not be implemented and implemented by all the players. It seems that now, Ajax seems to have the initiative, but in fact Juventus' defense of their own half seems to be monolithic , When the ball entered this area, it was immediately under tremendous pressure.

This kind of pressure will cause the Ajax players to greatly reduce the execution of the head coach's tactics, unable to play the effect Ye Qiu wants to achieve, and Juventus' foul tactics in this game are indeed a headache.

For example, in the 21st minute, Montero took advantage of a close defense opportunity and kicked van der Vaart's calf with a black foot from behind. The latter fell to the ground and was carried out by the Ajax team doctor. It took a few minutes for the doctor to go back.

Montero, a small Uruguayan defender, has the title of striker killer. He defends fiercely and his actions are very harmful. Although Montero got a yellow card for this black foot, it also successfully deterred Van der Vaart. Especially every time he saw the fierce approach of the Uruguayan central defender, Van der Vaart felt a chill in his heart.

With this kind of fear, the performance is naturally greatly reduced, far less active than at the beginning.

When Ajax got out of the eye-catching start and gradually returned to mediocrity, Juventus had already planned and began to organize an effective counterattack against Ajax. First, it used Thuram's long pass from the backcourt. Zegue suppressed Kivu with his body, then stopped the ball and passed it to Nedved. After getting the ball, the latter shot angrily directly, making Juventus's first shot of the game.

This shot also sounded the clarion call for Juventus' counterattack.

In less than 5 minutes, Juventus counterattacked again. Huntelaar wanted to kick after getting the pass, but Ferrara stabbed Buffon in advance, and the Italian goalkeeper directly kicked.

The ball quickly flew in front of Ajax's defense. Lucio and Trezeguet succeeded in the header and cleared the ball, but the ball was caught by Tudor. The Croatian headed back to Nedved.

Yaya Toure's task in this game was to nail Nedved. The two competed for the top. The Ivorian won, but the ball fell to Camoranesi's feet. Del Piero on the left.

Del Piero faced the center on the left side, watched Camoranesi's pass, and stopped firmly in the chest. When Maicon was close behind him, he did not choose to confront hard, but took the ball directly to the center. Just approaching the top of the arc in the penalty area, he directly kicked a curved ball, crossed Ajax's defense line, and landed just behind Kivu.

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