What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 66 Before the European Super Cup
Lin Kedi's first professional contract negotiation did not go as smoothly as expected.

And the team's progress has not stopped.

The day of the 2017 UEFA Super Cup is fast approaching.

Ajax arrived in the North Macedonian city of Skopje two days ahead of schedule.

Skopje is the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia and the largest city in North Macedonia. One-third of the population of North Macedonia lives here. It is also an ancient city with a long history. People have lived here 4000 years ago. .

The UEFA Super Cup will be held at Tosproski Stadium, the home stadium of Rabliki. This stadium can accommodate more than 3 people. It is the largest football stadium in North Macedonia and is also the venue for the North Macedonian national team. home field.

When Lin Kedi stepped on the turf of this stadium, the players from Real Madrid just happened to come in the half not far from them.

"Defending the Champions League, the first club after the restructuring of the Champions League, the 12th Champions League champion, really the top team in the Champions League."

"What? Frankie, you're a Real Madrid fan? I remember you like Barcelona, ​​don't you?"

"I'm not a Catalan, so it's okay to lament the power of Real Madrid."

"However, it is really amazing to successfully defend the Champions League. Who do you want to exchange jerseys with after this game?"

"Swap jerseys. Actually, I want to find Modric and Kroos. I think my current playing style is very similar to Kroos, but I want to be a midfielder like Modric."

"Your speed is so slow, forget it, and your playing style is not like Kroos."

"You always say that!"

As De Jong said that, he punched Link in the shoulder, and the two started arguing.

"Hey, you haven't said who you want to trade jerseys with."

"Only when you win the game will you be willing to change. If you lose, how can you be willing to change?"

"You think we can win?"

"Why no chance? You didn't read the news. Ronaldo hasn't recovered from his injury for a long time. He won't be able to start this game. Moreover, Real Madrid has a lot more schedule than us this summer. We are better than them in terms of physical condition. In addition, even Our own players feel that we can’t win, and that’s even more true for Real Madrid. Maybe we can win when we underestimate the enemy? Or do you think the coach will simply surrender.”

"Of course the coach won't, but objectively speaking, it's hard for us to win. After all, the strength on paper is so much worse."

"If football is a game that is only better than strength on paper, then there is no need to play the game."
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The day before the game, in the hotel meeting room.

Ten Hag stands in front of the projection screen.

He looks at the players of the Ajax first team.

Show emotion.

Once upon a time, his opponent was the second team of the Bundesliga team. Later, he returned to the Eredivisie and began to compete with the Eredivisie team.

And now, he has arrived at Ajax, the largest giant team in the Eredivisie, and in the first official game of leading the team, the opponent is Real Madrid, who has won two consecutive Champions League titles, the number one giant team in football history.

Now Ten Hag has no fear, only excitement and excitement. The greatest fun and interest for him as a coach is to arrange tactics and then watch the players complete the tactics, score goals, and win from the sidelines of the court. This is him. fun of.

And it is definitely the greatest pleasure for him to compete with the strong teams.

Therefore, he has prepared for this game for a long time.

He believes that Real Madrid's coach Zidane definitely did not prepare for this game for a long time.

"Real Madrid, champions of the UEFA Champions League in the last two years, swept Juventus 4-1 in the Champions League final last season. Their offense is unquestionable, and the bbc combination is very strong. But, thankfully, most of us tomorrow There is no need to face that C, Cristiano Ronaldo will not start tomorrow, and Bell's state has also plummeted. So our defensive task tomorrow will largely fall on Benzema."

"But Benzema is not the point. We need to defend him, but we don't need to focus on him. Tomorrow's focus is on their midfield and backcourt. Their attacking focus. Ronaldo can't start. Bale is not in good shape. Set-pieces may also be their attacking focus in the circumstances, so we need to defend as well."

"What I just said is our defensive response method. Now it's time to talk about the offensive tactics. The opponent must be 433, and we want to play 4231 pairs of midfielders. Let me first talk about the starting list for tomorrow's game."

When he said this, Lin Kedi could clearly feel that his teammates were highly concentrated.

And Lin Kedi sat up straight involuntarily. He also wanted to know whether his good performance in the preseason was a reference option for head coach Ten Hag.

It is one thing to start in friendly pre-season games, but it is true to start in official games now.

Looking at the expectant expressions of the players, Ten Hag began to read out his starting list.

"Goalkeeper Onana."

"Left-back Filgerfer, centre-backs Warbel and De Ligt, right-back Feltman."

"Double defensive midfielder Shenei and De Jong, the front midfielder is Van der Beek."

"Left winger Link, center forward Dolberg, right winger Ziyech."

This set of starters can be said to be different from the preseason in many positions.

For example, central defender Wobel only played once in the preseason, but he started directly in this game.

In the five games of the preseason, the left back started with Dykes. As a result, when it came to the official game, the left back was replaced by Filgufer, who had been playing central defender before.

There is also the center position. Before that, Huntelaar started most of the preseason. Even many media began to hype Huntelaar's match against the old team before the European Super Cup. As a result, Huntelaar became a substitute in the official game. Dolberg, who sometimes played on the wing and sometimes sat on the bench, returned to the starting center position.

As for Ziyech as the right winger, Ten Hag also did this in the preseason. Ziyech was stable in the left midfielder position of the three midfielders under the previous Boss, and he was used. Passing and serial breakthrough ability, and under Ten Hag's left foot to play Ziyech as a right winger, the intention should not be too obvious, it is to liberate his offensive ability to play inside.

As for the position on the left, during the preseason, Lin Kedi also started a few games, and they all played on the left.

Lin Kedi is just eager to play at this time, and now he can start when he sees the official game, and he doesn't care whether he is playing left winger or center forward.

What's more, his speed is even better when he is on the wing.

(End of this chapter)