Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"ah!

! "

After scoring, Van der Vaart rushed towards the corner flag to celebrate wildly.

He has every reason to be so irritable.

Because he was bullied so badly by Veloso in this match.

He was certain that he had more than just two or three bruises on his body.

Three to zero!

Ajax killed the game!

Keep in mind, this is only the first half.

With a 3-0 lead at halftime, it's hard not to win.

After all, this was only 1999, and the Instanbul miracle was still a little later.

Many Sporting Lisbon fans are already heartbroken.

Even Ferguson's side lost interest and turned off the TV, inviting everyone to have dinner early.

Many Manchester United fans were secretly laughing.

Sir Alex Ferguson previously stated that he had no bias towards this match; he simply wanted to watch the young players play and see if there were any outstanding young talents.

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Now outstanding young people are emerging.

Is Rafael van der Vaart good?

What do you mean by turning off the TV?

Ajax celebrated for a long time, and the first half ended shortly after the kickoff.

During halftime, Maxi did not erupt in anger in the locker room.

"Kai, I support whatever decision you make. Even though we're down by three goals right now, I still have complete faith in you." Maxa patted Deng Kai on the shoulder and handed him the tactical whiteboard.

Then, sitting down, he began to mentally prepare: "Yes, all the decisions were made by Deng Kai, and every player in the locker room can attest to that. But I still want to say that the responsibility for this loss lies with me, not with Deng Kai."

"I won't allow anyone to blame him; if you have any opinions, take them out on us. Even if we only reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Youth League this year, I believe I can lead the team to make a new challenge for that honor next year!"

The teaching assistant watched Maksa coldly from the side. He knew without a doubt what Maksa was reciting. Maksa had written that article a long time ago, but had never had the chance to use it.

The general meaning is roughly: "Yes, all the mistakes were made by Deng Kai, and everyone can testify to that. So the responsibility lies with him, not me."

"Don't blame me, take it out on Deng Kai. Besides, don't forget, I led the team to the UEFA Youth League semi-finals this year! I'm a decorated coach, and I can do even better next year!"

Just ask me, is it a dog or not!

Deng Kai ignored Maksa.

After all, although Maxa is a dog, he's willing to delegate authority.

Try switching teams and see if the coach will allow a 14-year-old like you to dictate tactics.

Mbappe was quite famous when he was a teenager, but he was still forced by the youth coach to play as a full-back and had no way to resist.

"Velozso, you did well. Keep it up in the second half. Van der Vaart has adapted to your defensive intensity, so you need to step up your game." Deng Kai patted Velozso on the shoulder. "We won't be able to provide you with much support in the second half. From now on, we can't afford to concede any more goals."

Afterwards, Deng Kai communicated with the defense, instructing the full-backs to push out appropriately, at least to disrupt the opponent's crosses.

"Marcellino," Deng Kai called out to the lukewarm Marcelino.

Marcelino had the most opportunities in the first half.

Because Ronaldo posed the greatest threat and attracted the most attention.

Lorenzo was in the most central position, so he retreated more.

However, Marcelino failed to capitalize on the opportunity, much to the disappointment of the fans, and he was also dissatisfied with his own performance.

"Others may not understand your efforts, but I do." Deng Kai patted Marcelino on the shoulder. "Keep it up, use every bit of your energy wisely, and show your attacking power. For the first part of the second half, you'll be our main attacker. All the balls will eventually end up with you."

As the saying goes, a scholar will die for one who understands him.

Marcelino was moved to tears.

Maksa shook his head silently to the side.

That's the art of language.

Kai Shao means that you should play Marcelino quickly in the second half and wear him down, because you will definitely be substituted when the team launches a real counterattack.

But after replacing Maksa, who should come on?

Sporting Lisbon's other substitute strikers are still not up to Marcelino's level. Otherwise, with Marcelino's king-like playing style, he would have been defeated by Ronaldo and Keanu Reeves long ago.

……

The second half of the game has begun.

Ajax made no adjustments; as the leaders, they could simply stick to their strategy.

To the surprise of most people, Sporting Lisbon, despite being behind, did not change their strategy.

Do they want to lose by three goals in the second half?

In the 47th, 49th, and 56th minutes, Deng Kai launched a series of long passes, initiating quick counterattacks.

Although Marcelino did not create any threats in his three runs, he ran with great effort and managed to keep Sneijder and other players in the backfield to some extent, thus relieving the defensive pressure on his own backfield by attacking instead of defending.

In the case of long passes, if it's just a connection between Deng Kai and Marcelino, it can help teammates save energy.

Sixty-fifth minute.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been roaming in the middle, suddenly returned to the left wing.

Deng Kai launched another long pass from the backfield, this time targeting Cristiano Ronaldo.

A low pass with added spin.

Cristiano Ronaldo used a flick of his wrist to stop, speeding down the wing.

"Inside cut! Cristiano Ronaldo executes a series of stepovers followed by an inside cut, incredibly fast!"

"A series of feints, Ronaldo is almost at the penalty area... long shot... beautiful!"

"We've got it!"

"1-3! Cristiano Ronaldo scored a superstar goal through his individual skill! Helping his team pull one back!"

"This is really tough for Sporting Lisbon; they didn't have any decent chances throughout the entire match."

"But Ajax didn't panic at all, because such a superstar goal can't happen all the time."

"The nature of individual ability scoring and tactical scoring is completely different."

"You see, Ajax's defenders increased their defensive pressure on Ronaldo; they had been a little lax earlier. Ronaldo's goal served as a wake-up call for them."

Seventy-second minute.

Lorenzo dropped back to receive a pass from Duncan, but was immediately dispossessed by Sneijder.

Sneijder raised his foot in the backfield...

boom!

Marcelino brought Sneijder down with a sliding tackle, like felling a tree.

He still remembered Deng Kai's instructions to him during halftime: "In addition to attacking, you also need to actively participate in the defense in the middle. Pay special attention to their Sneijder, and don't give him too many opportunities to make long passes."

Marcelino did it.

After the referee blew his whistle, he showed Marcelino a yellow card.

Deng Kai then signaled to Maksa to make a substitution.

Maksa immediately made a substitution.

Although he, the Crouching Dragon, didn't have any brilliant strategies, Mr. Phoenix, Kai Shao, had previously told him who to replace Marcelino with.

"Marcellino has been substituted."

"Pretty much. His previous playing style was already exhausting, and now that he's received a yellow card, he should go off and rest."

Who will Sporting Lisbon replace him with? It seems they don't have any high-caliber substitute strikers left.

"Huh... is that Wu Xudong? He's a right-back, although he can occasionally play left-back... what does this mean? Has Maksa changed the formation?"

"No, no! Wu Xudong has moved to Marcelino's position; he's going to play striker?"

"This is unexpected. Wu Xudong's footwork isn't very good, but his speed is extremely fast. Playing against him is a bit of a gamble."

Seventy-fourth minute.

Ajax continued their usual attacking style down the flanks.

boom!

After drawing the Sporting Lisbon players slightly to the left, Ajax's left winger made a long pass to the right winger.

The right winger received the ball, advanced a few steps, and then passed it back to Van der Vaart, who was closing in.

Veloso suddenly lunged forward, using both hands and feet to complete a steal that was quite suspicious of a foul.

Van der Vaart spread his hands on the ground, expressing his dissatisfaction to the referee. However, because he had fallen to the ground many times before, leaving the referee with the impression that he liked to dive, the referee did not blow the whistle.

boom!

After Veloso passed the ball to Deng Kai, Deng Kai didn't hesitate for a second and immediately made a long pass to the right flank of the team's attacking third!

De Bruyne's intuitive pass!

This shot created an absolutely open space, but the ball was moving at extremely high speed.

"As expected! Deng Kai wanted to take advantage of Wu Xudong's speed, so this pass was aimed at Wu Xudong, and he gave him a lot of lead time."

"Oh dear! Wasn't that too much lead time? The ball is about to go out of bounds!"

"We can't catch up, the ball is definitely out of bounds."

"The Ajax players have stopped and started communicating with their teammates about positioning and movement. Wu Xudong and Lorenzo just made a cross, and Lorenzo drew away the defender. This is a defensive lapse that needs to be addressed... Wait, is Wu Xudong catching up?"

In the footage, the football is about to roll out of bounds.

But a green and white figure, like lightning, was rapidly closing the distance between itself and the football.

I like playing football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him.