The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 70 We scored!
As Leo Benhak said, the benefits of high post defense are obvious.

That is, when Ajax turns from defense to offense, the two wingers, Robben and van der Vaart, can always approach the opponent's two full-backs in the shortest time, and even peep at the right time and make an air cut To the gap between the full back and the central defender, this is a great advantage for any team's offense.

Because, as long as you have a good passer at the back who can pass the ball behind the opponent's defense in the shortest possible time, then the speed and explosive power of Van der Vaart and Robben are enough to form a counterattack in an instant. offside.

Just like this time, Sneijder got the ball facing Lucio, and there were PSV defenders behind him, so he didn't let the ball stay under his feet, and directly knocked back to Gilberto Silva, while himself He raised his right hand high, quickly got rid of the defender, and ran to the gap.

Gilberto Silva was born in Brazil. His technical skills are not outstanding, but he is definitely not weak. When he saw Sneijder raised his hand, he already realized that the Dutch midfielder was looking for someone to hit the wall. So he It's like being a wall in De Tokmoorster's wall-hitting game on weekdays, hitting the ball with one kick and pushing it back.

Sneijder adjusted his posture after getting rid of it, and turned to face the opponent's half.

When the ball came to his feet, he immediately noticed Robben, because Oye's side was at a disadvantage in terms of speed, so he didn't hesitate much, and rubbed a quick half-high over the ball against the ball, straight to Take Oye behind him.

Robben had already realized this when he saw Sneijder facing his side, so he rushed forward quickly at the moment Sneijder passed the ball, using his speed and agility to easily throw away Oye, like a sharp arrow off the string, quickly penetrated PSV's defense.

Get the ball, take a trip, and catch up. The whole process is not muddled or ambiguous, and the speed of advancement has not slowed down at all.

"Ajax played a very quick counter-attack and Sneijder passed the ball to Robben on the left."

"Roben turned offside, advanced very fast, and entered the penalty area of ​​PSV. Will PSV's goalkeeper Watrus attack?"

"Roben, oh my god, a fake move, swayed past!!"

"Robben swung past Waterous and scored an empty goal!!!"

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"Ajax scored the first goal against Eindhoven in the 37th minute of the first half!"

"This very wonderful goal came from Ajax's left winger, Arjen Robben!!"

Amidst the roar of the on-site commentator, all the Ajax fans in the audience rushed out of their seats like crazy, rushed to the front of the fence, and shouted loudly for the new Ajax player who had just joined Ajax. Si, cheer for the Dutch teenager who played the team's first official game!

Robben pushed the ball into the empty goal after waving past Waterrus. At that moment, his whole mind was blank. It was not until a thunderous cheer broke out from the audience that he suddenly Suddenly realized that he had scored a goal!
He rushed out of Eindhoven's penalty area almost without thinking, waving his hands frantically along the way, shouting non-stop, venting his excitement and excitement, because he represented the traditional and powerful Ajax in the Netherlands , and the goal he scored was last season's Eredivisie champion, Eindhoven!

This is something that Robben, who was still in the Groningen youth team, could not have imagined a year ago, but now, he has already done it!

All the players of Ajax rushed out of the pitch, rushed to the sidelines one by one, surrounded Robben in the middle, and celebrated the teammate's first goal, while Robben hugged tightly For Sneijder who gave an assist.

Robben's offside is beautiful, his lightning speed is also beautiful, and even the swipe past the goalkeeper is also beautiful, but it's all based on Sneijder passing him a well-timed pass. based on.

The slow-motion playback of the whole process of Robben's goal appeared on the live TV screen. Everyone can clearly see that Ajax almost completed the whole process from stealing the ball to hitting the wall to offside in one breath. The skillful continuous cooperation made it difficult for Eindhoven's defensive players to keep up with Ajax's pace.

"Your training method should take the lead!" Bobby Harms shouted loudly in Ye Qiu's ear when he hugged and celebrated the goal. He is not a fan, and he will not only pay attention to the players. Yes, he knew very well that Ye Qiu's training method was the key to the team's quick and skillful coordination.

This kind of cooperation may not work every time, but as long as it works once, the threat is very great.

"You guys are the first!" Ye Qiu smiled and hugged Bobby Hams, and then embraced excitedly with other assistants, because this goal did not come easily, but it made Ah Jax cheered up everyone.

In the stands, when Van Prager saw Ajax scoring the first goal, the excited Ajax chairman stood up from his seat and jumped excitedly in the aisle, just like the crazy fans around him, "Goal, we scored!!"

Leo Benhak was not too surprised by this, because he had long felt that the high defense put great pressure on Eindhoven, and even a slight mistake could be eliminated by Ajax. Take advantage, especially the personal abilities of Ajax's three attackers are excellent.

Robben is good at attacking and has excellent one-on-one ability. Van der Vaart's counter-foot cut and the last pass are good. Ibrahimovic suppressed the opponent's two central defenders. He has a strong deterrent effect inside and outside the penalty area. From the characteristics Look, the three attackers of Ajax are very complementary, but they still lack some tacit understanding and connection.

After celebrating excitedly, Van Prager turned his head and looked at the Eindhoven general manager Frank Arnesen not far away. The latter's already sullen expression looked like a corpse that had come out of a coffin The same, gloomy and frightening, it can be seen that he is also very angry and dissatisfied that PSV was broken.

For this powerful general manager, Van Prager still admires him more. He is indeed a very capable manager, but the problem is that his desire for power is too strong, and his possessiveness is too scary, so It will lead to his bad popularity.

Regarding the staffing of the club, Eindhoven has done a very good job. The combination of strong Arnesen and a weak Gretz is an important factor to ensure the success of Eindhoven in recent years. .

On the contrary, last season, Ajax had a problem with the staffing of the management, which caused the big turmoil.

Standing on the rostrum, looking down at the stadium, Ye Qiu, who was standing in front of the coach's bench of the home team, kept instructing the players to rearrange and position. For the first time, Van Prager had strong confidence in him.

"Perhaps, he can really bring change and revival to Ajax!"

Leo Benhak was sitting at the side, and when he heard Van Prager's muttering, he smiled slightly and said nothing.

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Ending the first half with a score of 1:0, Ajax's morale is like a rainbow.

On the other hand, Eindhoven, who looked domineering and arrogant before the game, now their players are like defeated roosters, drooping their heads, with an expression of not wanting to see others, and got into the player tunnel.

Ye Qiu accompanied the players into the locker room of the home team. He saw that the players were happily talking about what happened in the first half in the locker room. After all, they were all young people. Naturally, the morale has also improved.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, this is the group of boys!
"Okay, everyone!" Ye Qiu clapped his hands vigorously, and silenced the chattering players.

"We only have 15 minutes, I will focus on a few questions!"

As soon as Ye Qiu spoke, the players immediately fell silent and looked at their head coach.

"First of all, in the first half we played badly for a while and were dominated by PSV because we were a bit spread out in the formation. If the control of your body declines, you will appear to be very passive, which is not a very good phenomenon!"

"I hope we must pay attention to this problem in the second half. Once Kezhiman retreats, one of our two central defenders must follow up. Gilberto, your position is forward, Sneijder and Keita Get closer to our striker, understand?"

This is only a temporary approach, and the risk is great, but for the time being, Ye Qiu can't find a better solution.

"I hope that each of you must understand that the prerequisite for high-post defense is that every player on our three lines must maintain close contact and echo with each other, and the three lines must be kept compact and orderly. It cannot be cut off by the opponent, otherwise, the large space behind us is our deadliest threat!"

Regarding this point, Ye Qiu had already talked with the players at the tactical preparation meeting, so the players could understand the importance of Ye Qiu's words, so they all nodded in agreement.

"One more thing, Zlatan, in the first half your response and contact with the two wingers was not close enough. You and Robben and Van der Vaart only had 2 passes and 4 passes respectively. This is definitely not a reasonable amount. Phenomena, what we need is a teamwork offensive combination, not alone!"

Although he scored a goal, in fact, to some extent, it was still the result of the striker fighting alone.

Robben's goal had little to do with other players, it was more about the support of the midfielder and the result of anti-offside.

Ibrahimovic raised his head, looked at Ye Qiu, and lowered his head again without saying a word.

Ye Qiu knew that if this kid didn't speak, it meant he already knew.

To deal with this kind of arrogant and strong self-esteem person, nagging lessons can only be counterproductive. It is enough to point out his problems and mistakes. If he understands, he will correct it. If he still does not understand, then replace him. , let him think it over on the bench.

"There are also our two full-backs, Abidal and Heitinga. Once the central defender goes up, your position should be properly shrunk to the center to fill the gap left by the central defender. Gilberto Schill Watts should provide adequate protection in front, and Keita and Sneijder should also actively form a defensive line in the midfield."

"Remember, everyone, we are a whole and we must fight side by side!" Ye Qiu clenched his right fist and hit the palm of his left hand hard, making a crisp slap!
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In Ye Qiu's view, the Ajax team he formed is fully capable of defending at a high position and bringing out the power of the 433 offensive tactics he transformed. Judging from Huo Wen's game, the results were not very good, and problems occurred frequently.

The overall excellent one-foot pass and catch and off-ball running ability are the basis for ensuring the 433 high defense and the core of the team's operation. An excellent attacker can suppress the opponent's defense at any time, which can ensure that the opponent's defense dare not Easy to press, unable to rush to the frontcourt.

When these two points are achieved, the high-post defense will naturally take shape, and the team's ball control and smooth offense will also naturally appear, and the siege and reinforcements promoted by Ye Qiu can also be carried out naturally in the opponent's half.

The benefits of siege and aid are obvious. It is not an ordinary defensive steal. He does not seek to grab the ball to his feet. Siege and aid emphasizes interception, intercepting the opponent's ball route, and intercepting the opponent's pass.

The difference between an interception and a steal is that an interception is when the ball is running halfway. At this time, as long as it is intercepted, you can directly hit a counterattack, but a steal is not. It is more about grabbing the ball and destroying it within the range of the opposing player. , so after a successful steal, the first priority is not to counterattack, but to protect the ball.

Undoubtedly, at the height of high-post defense and modern defense system, interception is the trend, and the proportion of steals will gradually be divided.

The problem that Ajax has exposed from this game is that the biggest offensive problem is that the connection and interaction between the center and the two wings are not close enough. Robben and Ibrahimovic are almost inseparable. The number of cooperation between Ibrahimovic is also pitiful.

If there is not enough pressure on the striker line, the layout of the opponent's defense line will be more calm, and the support for the midfielder will be stronger. Once the midfielder is liberated, Ajax's high-position defense will not be able to advance smoothly, and the overall tactics. Being suppressed, even the defense was affected.

The core of Total Attack and Total Defense is the organic combination of offense and defense. Whether it is offense or defense is no longer important, and it is unclear.

Therefore, during the intermission, Ye Qiu spent a large part of his time beating Ibrahimovic, just to improve the connection and interaction between him and the two sides. In the second half, this situation began to improve. Jax also naturally began to continue to suppress PSV.

Ye Qiu was sitting in the coach's bench, holding his chin, watching the game, but there was no sign of loosening his brows.

It's not that he was dissatisfied with the situation of the game. On the contrary, the game went smoothly. Eindhoven was very uncomfortable with Ajax's high defense. Before letting Kežman retreat, he finally struggled a bit, but Ajax Jax soon had him bound again.

Being pressured to play in their own half for a long time, Eindhoven has a sense of depression and frustration that they have nowhere to use.

Bobby Harms, who was sitting next to him, also saw Ye Qiu's worry and smiled, "The situation is already under our control, so what are you worried about?"

Ye Qiu smiled, but soon became gloomy again, "I was thinking, we must solve the problem of scattered formation and too many mistakes, otherwise, we will all suffer big losses sooner or later!"

In Ye Qiu's positioning, Ajax's set of tactics should be able to fight large-scale frontal offensive battles, as well as lightning sneak attacks for defensive counterattacks. However, if the formation is too loose, when encountering a strong team, The problem may not be big, but once you encounter a weak team, it will be very serious.

Today's teams are not strong enough as a whole, not comparable to Ye Qiu's Ajax, and strong teams are not willing to defend and counterattack, just like Eindhoven, they want to beat Ajax to play, This will give more opportunities to Ajax who defend in high positions, but if they encounter a weak team with insufficient strength, they themselves will build a high wall in the backcourt, and the loose Ajax will easily fall into a single position. In combat, there will be more mistakes.

Eindhoven is an obvious example. Their forward attack, midfield organization and interception, and defender defense are clearly separated and well-organized. However, under the impact of Ajax's high defense, they appear very mechanical and are easily cut. open.

Bobby Harms could only smile when he heard this.

He affirmed Ajax's high-post defense, and Ye Qiu put in a lot of effort in the preparation work, but it is obvious that the cumbersome and complicated system is far from being completed overnight, especially In the recent few games, many problems have been exposed, which will give Ye Qiu headaches.

However, Bobby Harms couldn't help Ye Qiu too much.

Just when Ye Qiu was having a headache, the Ajax players on the field finally created another chance.

After the morale weakened in the second half, Eindhoven could not get rid of the restriction of Ajax's high defense, and finally made a fatal mistake again. Van Bommel's side kick to Bouma was stabbed by Sneijder to Van der Vaart .

After dribbling the ball, Van der Vaart drove straight in from the right, and quickly entered the penalty area of ​​PSV. Facing the returning central defender Nikiforov, Van der Vaart made an emergency stop and cut inward, and knocked across with his left foot. In the middle, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was inserted in the back row, hit the ball with a powerful kick.

The ball almost stuck to the turf and got into PSV's goal. Goalkeeper Watrus couldn't prevent Ajax from scoring again. He could only watch Ibrahimovic rewrite the score It's 2:0!

The Ajax fans in the audience cheered wildly again.

This goal that occurred in the 61st minute completely established Ajax's victory, and also taught the ambitious Eindhoven a painful lesson, which cast a thick layer on their road to defending the title. Thick shades!

(End of this chapter)