The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 200 Entering the Final Four

How can we see that Juventus is impatient?

Very simple, look at Buffon!
The game is less than 80 minutes, but Buffon has already started to rush out of the penalty area, actively asking his teammates to press up and start an attack, and Juventus almost every time they attack is a desperate play, anyone can see If you leave Juventus, you will die.

But sometimes, not wanting to die may not be able to scare the opponent.

When Mascherano poked the ball at Nedved's feet to Sneijder, Sneijder passed the ball over the top and accurately found behind Thuram and Montero. Ibrahimo Vici abruptly broke a bloody path between the two Juventus central defenders. After getting the ball, he ran all the way and brought it into the 30-meter area of ​​​​Juventus.

Seeing that Buffon has achieved a single goal, it is too late to return to the goal line, so he can only make mistakes and attack directly.

The Swedish center forward's next shot was very light. With a light pick, the ball passed Buffon lightly, crossed an arc lightly, fell into the goal line lightly, and rolled into the bottom of the net lightly. , Zambrotta ran all the way back to chase, couldn't hold back, and the whole person crashed into the bottom of the net, turned his head, and kicked the ball vigorously towards Ajax half-court, venting his anger in his heart.

3: 0!

The number on the big red scoreboard at the Arenal Stadium immediately changed from 2 to 3, which means that the remaining ten minutes of the game were completely useless. No matter how much Juventus played, it is difficult for them to still be able to Scored 4 goals for Ajax?
It was a game that was not at the same level from the start, Juventus were in a very passive situation from the start, Ajax won away and scored two away goals, both factors seemed to be The sword of Damocles hanging over Juventus's head made them inevitable.

The situation of the game was more like Ye Qiu, who took the initiative, used his advantages to maximize the results, and was also at a disadvantage. However, Juventus, who fought hard, still couldn't get rid of the nightmare elegy in the end.

It's not that Juventus have never fought in this game. On the contrary, they stood up bravely to fight, but they lost!
"There is no doubt that Ajax won a near-perfect victory. Juventus was led by Ajax almost from the beginning to the end at the Arenal Stadium. Ye Qiu used this game He has proved his coaching level and tactical strength, even in the face of Lippi, who is old and cunning, he can play Silver Fox to the applause."

The on-site commentator was very impressed with the performance of Ye Qiu and Ajax in this game. In his opinion, Ye Qiu is fully capable of making himself one of the top coaches in Europe with his performance in this game, because He completely occupied the overwhelming victory, and Lippi had no threat to him.

Ajax should also rely on this game to get rid of the title of dark horse and unpopularity, and truly win everyone's affirmation. They should even be listed as a strong contender for the Champions League this season.

"Marcello Lippi and Juventus may have lost miserably, but they couldn't blame anyone because it was all sealed in the first leg at the Alpi Stadium, coming back from Ajax away and With two away goals, it is already doomed that Juventus' away game will be very difficult."

"But no matter what, the score of 3:0 can't represent the whole game. Lippi and his Juventus lost the game in the most regrettable way, but their performance deserves everyone Definitely, especially Lippi, who decisively replaced Salas and Diwayo after the second half, counterattacking almost crazily."

"We can regard Lippi's midfield substitution as a madness driven to nowhere, but it also represents Lippi's courage to give it a go. It's just that when Ye Qiu was in control of the game, he showed his With a maturity and stability that doesn't match his own age, he turned Lippi's madness into a loser's stubborn resistance."

As the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, at this moment, the entire Arena fell into an unprecedented frenzy. Fans rushed out of their seats, stood behind the fence, and some even climbed directly to Climbed the railing and cheered wildly over there to celebrate the team's promotion again.

Many Ajax fans are chanting the names of the players, from Van der Vaart, Sneijder, Robben to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, to Arteta, to Lucio, to Van der Sar... Finally, they were calling Ye Qiu.

In this game, the Arena was packed, and more than 5 Ajax fans were shouting for Ye Qiu. The momentum could only shake the sky and tear the ground apart. It's time to completely destroy the Arenal Stadium, which is imprisoned around them, to vent their excitement and excitement.

No one knows better than them the pain that Juventus brought to Ajax. This Serie A giant is definitely a powerful witness to the sinking of Ajax. Jaques drew 95-96 with Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, but lost to the Bianconeri on penalties.

Since then, Ajax has been sinking all the way, while Juventus has reached the pinnacle of the Champions League final for three consecutive years, especially in the 96/97 season that followed, Juventus was in the semifinals. In the finals, they defeated Ajax 2:1 and 4:1, completely sent the Eredivisie giants out of the Champions League, and ruined Ajax's dream of reaching the pinnacle of glory again.

Also this time, everyone is very clear that the Ajax team that swept Europa no longer exists. Therefore, more and more players, for their dreams and to make their professional peaks more brilliant, They chose to flee Amsterdam one after another, and this also opened the darkest part of Ajax's history.

After that, Ajax has never met Juventus in the European arena, and the hatred for the Bianconeri in the hearts of Ajax fans has never been vented, but now, the opportunity has come, they In the case of beating the Bianconeri 2:1 in the away game, they slaughtered their opponents 3:0 at home almost perfectly, and then kicked Juventus out of the Champions League with an amazing record of 5:1 in total. The thrill of revenge.

The fans are not fools, they also understand football and analysis, and they all understand that the reason why Ajax is able to be where it is today, to have the opportunity, is to compete with Juventus, Manchester United, Barcelona, ​​and Real Madrid. The top teams compete, and they are lucky not to lose to their opponents. Who brought all this.

Perhaps in normal times, due to the low-key position of the head coach, the fans have no chance to express their gratitude and love for the head coach, but now, they have the opportunity, at the Arenal Stadium, more than 5 fans Shouting Ye Qiu in unison, the aura was enough to infect everyone present.

Ye Qiu was very touched by the shouts from the fans. He walked from the coach bench of the home team to the coach bench of the away team, waving at the fans non-stop. Shake hands, and then shook hands with Lippi's assistants to say hello.

All the vengeance that should have been reported has been avenged, now is the time to show his friendliness and demeanor, Ye Qiu is very clear about this.

When walking back, Ye Qiu was stopped by his own players, and then someone didn't know who lifted Ye Qiu up to the middle of the court without letting him go, just let him walk from Ah The gap in the middle of the roof covering the surrounding stands of the Reina Stadium looked up at the night sky of Amsterdam.

In early summer, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the weather is fine.

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"From the beginning of the game, we fell into the rhythm and process that our opponent arranged for us. We kept fighting and working hard, but we could only follow the opponent's script. We were in a very difficult situation throughout the game. It was an unfavorable situation, which made us feel very awkward and unable to play our due strength."

At the post-match press conference, Lippi couldn't hide his disappointment at being eliminated from the Champions League. Accusations from fans and the media may not shake his handsome position, but the impact will be very large.

"For this game, we have studied our opponents for a whole week, and this does not count the preparations for the first round. We have arranged very meticulous preparations to deal with any emergencies, but we are in the game We have never been able to produce what we prepared, and there is no room for display.”

"Early before the game, I told my players, don't think about promotion, don't think about the first leg, we just need to pay attention to this game, but obviously, this is impossible, from our first The bout was reversed by the opponent, and until this game, we have always been affected by the opponent."

Lippi's heartbreaking analysis also made all the reporters present feel his frustration after his failure.

"Ajax still have a lot of room for improvement, but they are already a world-class team, they have a very good group of players, they can attack from all positions, which makes it very difficult to defend, and They have to be quick against them and we didn't do that well tonight."

Anyone with a little bit of tactical literacy can see that Lippi doesn't mean that Juventus is not fast, but that Juventus is not fast enough when it should be fast, which directly leads to the team not being able to keep up with the rhythm of Ajax. and pace.

When a reporter asked about the lack of physical fitness of some Juventus players, Lippi took advantage of the problem and found a moderate excuse for his loss.

"As you all know, after the winter break, we fought back and forth on multiple fronts non-stop, and during our encounter with Ajax, we played another game against a strong enemy like Inter Milan. The brutal competitive environment in the last league has made our players not excited enough in terms of physical fitness and state."

"But unfortunately, this is the Champions League, the schedule will not accommodate anyone, so we have to pay the price ourselves."

It is human nature to make excuses for one's own failure. After Lippi found an excuse, he never mentioned Conte's mistakes, thinking that Conte had already shown his due strength and level, and made contribution should not be blamed.

In the interview with reporters, as the host and the winner of this game, Ye Qiu also showed his demeanor. He said that Juventus has always been an important benchmark for Ajax. The team's goal is to be able to catch up with Juventus in the Champions League.

"It's a great win for us without a doubt because we've finally caught up to what we've been chasing in the past, I said before, we're a young team, we're inexperienced , lack of long-term stable performance, this is the reason why everyone is not optimistic about us."

Ye Qiu's remarks also made many reporters present admit that a large part of people are not optimistic about Ajax because the team is too young, with an average age in their early twenties. The youth army is even younger.

"But I have always felt that being young is our disadvantage, but it is also our advantage. Because we are young, we have enough energy. We are not afraid of losing, because we can afford to lose. If we lose this year, we can come back next year. We will lose next year. Now, we can continue in the next year, we are never afraid of failure!"

"Because we are young, we have to pay more than our opponents. We need to rely on more holistic and stable tactics to make up for the ups and downs caused by lack of experience. We need to rely on the power of teamwork to resolve individual ability. Insufficient disadvantages, do your best to narrow the gap between yourself and your opponent."

"Similarly because we are young, each of us is eager to succeed, everyone is full of desire for victory, and is full of expectations for honor. We are more willing to do our best to win a game than our opponents. We Appreciate the opportunity of every game more than anyone."

"We can go today because we are young!"

Ye Qiu's remarks somewhat wanted to overturn all the media's previous judgments about Ajax, that is, youth does not mean that a team is not good enough, and it does not mean that Ajax does not have the combat effectiveness to compete with powerful opponents.

There is no absolute in this world, only relative, everything has two sides.

Obviously, the group of reporters present were convinced by Ye Qiu's words. Even if they were not convinced, in the face of a bloody victory like the 3-0 massacre of Juventus, who could give a strong argument to refute it?
For the team's victory and reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League for the second consecutive year, Ye Qiu felt that this was a good refutation of some media evidence, making those who believed that Ajax's reaching the semi-finals last year was luck or a coincidence Everyone can clearly see the strength of Ajax.

"I'm very proud to be in the semi-final again. We have to face Barcelona and it will be very difficult because Antić has managed to bring this team out of the shadows. To knock out Arsenal and get to the semi-final is The most powerful evidence, but we will not be afraid, we will bravely face the challenge of any opponent."

The day before the match between Ajax and Juventus, Barcelona eliminated Arsenal in the Premier League 2:1 in two rounds, successfully reached the semi-finals, and met Ajax in the upper half.

In the second half, Real Madrid eliminated Manchester United with a total score of 6:5. With the advantage of away goals, Valencia's Inter Milan was eliminated, and Ronaldo encountered his old club, which has also become an interesting talk in the media.

Ajax played Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid played Inter Milan, the two semi-final matchups can be said to be full of weight, and La Liga fans are beginning to look forward to the duo matchup, they are even waiting for the Champions League final, staged Their derby of the century.

Although Juventus stopped in the quarter-finals, Lippi felt ashamed of the fiasco at the Arenal Stadium, but he still had good feelings and expectations for the future of Ajax, thinking that this team was completely dominated by the outside world. underestimated.

"Many people think that Ajax is too young, but I think Mr. Ye Qiu is right. Youngness is sometimes a disadvantage, but it can also be an advantage. Any opponent who underestimates Ajax is a Very fatal mistake, I think this Ajax team is fully equipped to break through the semi-finals and even go to the end."

Lippi was defeated by Ye Qiu, of course he hoped that Ye Qiu could make it to the end, at least it would make him feel better.

Ye Qiu also responded to Lippi's kind wishes.

"Mr. Lippi is a very good top coach. I have always admired him very much, because when he led Juventus to the championship, I didn't know where he was. He has extremely rich coaching experience. I firmly believe that he is better than anyone else. You must know how to win the game, so this year's Serie A champion, I think it must be Juventus."

Although the two head coaches' mutual flattery was not what all the reporters and media at the scene wanted to see, but they couldn't stop the cooperation between Ye Qiu and Lippi. The two obviously didn't want to hurt their friendship.

Outside the press conference, the celebrations of the Ajax fans were not over, none of them left the Arenal, either in the stands inside the stadium, or in the commercial area around the stadium, all going on crazy celebration.

Evariste Mutra accompanied a middle-aged Spaniard in a suit and leather shoes out of the Arenal Stadium.

This Spaniard has the most typical Catalan character, seemingly shy and introverted, but deep down he is full of blood and passion. Therefore, when he walked out of the Arenal Stadium, he saw the surroundings like a vast ocean When the sea-like crowd flowed, he wasn't annoyed at all by the crowd bumping into him, on the contrary, he was a little excited.

Only Evariste Mutra, a well-known sweetheart in Barcelona's rich circle, always frowns, also wears a suit and leather shoes, but has completely different expressions from this Spanish middle-aged man.

"It seems that this Ye Qiu is still very capable. No wonder Mr. Cruyff values ​​him so much." The middle-aged Spanish said with a smile. Just for this match, he was completely convinced by Ye Qiu.

Evariste Mutra actually doesn’t know much about football. If you tell him about women, he can count all the beautiful stars and supermodels in Barcelona and even Spain. But if you tell him about football, he can’t. If he understands, he understands two things, paying money, and trusting his best buddy, that is, the person beside him.

As soon as Ye Qiu was mentioned, he thought of that extremely beautiful manager, and a flash of lust and longing flashed in his eyes.

"Since this is the case, how about finding an opportunity to arrange for you to meet?" Evariste Mutra said with a smile.

The Spanish middle-aged man glanced at him and said with a smile: "I don't want you to arrange it, otherwise you will definitely arrange a lot of women!"

Evariste Mutra burst out laughing, not disobedient, but rather proud.

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