The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 80 Make a Wall
Capello is not satisfied with Roma's lineup. He has made no secret of this in front of the coaching staff and club chairman Sensi.

Midfielder Totti couldn't help himself, and finally introduced Emerson, but he was seriously injured when he came. On the front line, although there are two strong forwards with different styles, Batistuta and Montella, the problem is, The means of advancement is too dependent on Totti and Cafu, and the latter is a wide player, so once it comes to the tough battle, Totti can easily be strangled to death.

In this case, if there is a player with outstanding personal ability on the front line, he can share the pressure facing Batistuta in the forward direction, and he can also support Totti when he is in trouble in the future. The last Emerson, Rome was truly powerful at that time.

The league is different from the cup. There are a total of 38 games in the league. It is not a big problem if you lose one or two games, or even seven or eight games. The key is whether you can get more league points than your opponent in the end, so playing In the league, strong teams and weak teams often rely on the strength gap to affect the ranking.

But the cup game is different. The most important thing in the cup game is the head coach's tactical ability and coordination ability, as well as the team's adjustment status before the game, because the key to winning the cup game still depends on strength, but this strength is affected by luck, on-the-spot play, and the head coach's tactics. Restricted by multiple factors such as sex.

It seems that in this game, Rome's strength must be ahead of Ajax, but the problem is that Ajax's tactics restrict Rome and prevent Rome from attacking and playing in the way they are best at. How much power can Rome exert?

This is why a large part of the cup winners often do not belong to the favourites.

Just like the 2000 UEFA Champions League Champions Real Madrid, their results in the league were so bad that they even asked Bosque to serve as the firefighting coach again halfway through. It's also very average, but they made great strides in the cup competition, eliminating many strong teams including Manchester United along the way.

"Fabio!" The assistant coach Itaro Gabiati looked at Capello, who was frowning like a mountain, and reminded: "Be careful of the opponent's two flanks!"

Capello didn't look back at the most capable assistant, just nodded, walked to the sidelines, gestured and shouted at the players, asking them to pay more attention to the two sides of Ajax, After all, Robben and Van der Meyde on the left and right are players with very good assault and counterattack capabilities, and they are very fast.

Turning around is a major weakness of Rome's defense. For this reason, Capello specially created a defensive position with Samuel dragging behind, Zago and Zebina forming horns. The defense line was completely broken by the opponent at once.

But in this way, the weakness of the three defenders' lack of defensive power on the side has become even greater.

Therefore, Capello has always pursued a balanced strategy of attacking on the right, Candela and Delvecchio on the left, but now Ajax obviously does not play according to the card. They suppress the defense. Very close, even close to the middle circle in many cases.

Perhaps judging from the scene, there is a lot of space behind Ajax, but the problem is that Roma cannot take advantage of it.

First of all, Roma lacks players with excellent speed and personal ability. Whether it is Batistuta or Montella, they are both center forwards. Their most threatening place is in the penalty area. The reason why Rome's positional warfare offense is always very sad.

And lacking this type of player, Ajax is adopting a high defense. Batistuta now has to stay away from the goal, and the offensive threat can be imagined.

Another big problem is the interception strength of the Ajax midfielder, especially after the distance between the three lines is fully compressed, each line is kept very close to each other. Once the distance is slightly wider, Ye Qiu Immediately give a reminder on the sidelines and ask the players to keep compact.

The distance is getting closer, and the Roma players are obviously not used to this style of play, especially when they are suppressed by Ajax, they make a lot of mistakes in passing and receiving, and these mistakes all happen in their own half. Too dangerous.

Capello's final strategy is to make long passes from the midfielder.

There is no way to do this, because after many long passes, they basically fell into the hands of Ajax.

However, it is Capello and Roma. When they want to defend, Roma, the top defense line ranked second in Serie A defensive ability, is not something that young players like Ajax can do casually. breakable.

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"After you really see the defense of the top teams in Serie A, you will find that your movements are so superfluous, and the skills you are most proud of are useless at all!"

Ibrahimovic remembered that this was a sentence Van Basten said to him, and he didn't believe it.

But in this game, he believed it.

Because of the position, Ibrahimovic encountered more Samuel and Zago in this game. The former is not tall, and his air defense is weak, but his position sense and stealing ability are very good. As long as you face him, you If there is even a little bit of redundancy and delay in his technical movements, he will steal the ball without hesitation.

Facing Samuel, Ibrahimovic has given the ball directly to the opponent several times. He felt that the short central defender he faced was far better than all the tall central defenders he had encountered in the past. Difficult to deal with, and the two central defenders of Eindhoven are incomparable with Samuel!
Originally, he thought that Brazilian central defender Zago should be easier to deal with, because I heard that Brazilian defensive players are relatively frizzy, the most typical one is Lucio, who is so frizzy, but when Ibrahimovic gets close to Zago, he is caught by this name. After the Brazilian central defender got close, he completely collapsed.

There are many small moves, which is the style of a typical Brazilian player, but his defense is very stable and sophisticated.

Could it be that Italian defensive players are so good?
Ibrahimovic has no extra time to think about this issue, because he has to think about how to break through this famous defense line in Serie A and score the ball into the opponent's goal.

After Ibrahimovic tried several times and encountered setbacks, Ye Qiu made adjustments on the sidelines.

"You are the wall, attack the left!" Ye Qiu gestured, mouthing.

After hearing this, Ibrahimovic's first reaction was that he was unwilling, because this kind of playing style of making wedding dresses for others was not his habit, but when he saw Ye Qiu's serious expression on the sidelines, he thought of this game again. He nodded towards the head coach.

For some reason, he was still a little afraid of Ye Qiu!
On the right side of Rome, Cafu's position is very high. He looks more like a winger. His role is somewhat similar to Alves on the right side of Barcelona around 2010, and his position is even higher than that of Alves. Leaning to the front, the loophole behind is not small.

Ye Qiu obviously wanted to use this to make a fuss.

The ball was at Sneijder's feet, and as soon as the latter stopped the ball, Ibrahimovic saw Ibrahimovic drop back from the front and raise his hand towards him.

With little thought, Sneijder passed the ball to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The Swede turned his back to the Roma goal, stopped facing the incoming ball, and at the same time leaned back against Samuel, who was stuck behind him to prevent him from turning around. The Argentine central defender was short and was suppressed by Ibrahimovic. No matter how long his legs are, they are longer than Ibrahimovic?
After Ibrahimovic caught the ball, he observed the situation and tried to turn around at the same time, but Samuel knew the threat of Ibrahimovic. The opponent was about 20 meters away from the goal. If he turned around, how big a threat would it be?
Therefore, the Argentine central defender couldn't break the ball, but he leaned against Ibrahimovic tightly with his body, preventing him from turning around.

Zanetti and Tomasi in the midfield are retreating, ready to help Samuel double-team Ibrahimovic. There is no way, the Swede is tall and long-legged, and he can control a large area. If he is allowed to lean on Samuel like this El, the Argentine central defender has a hard time breaking the ball all his life.

But just as they approached, Ibrahimovic gently sent the ball forward with his right foot.

The ball was passed back to the left, and Keita suddenly jumped in from behind. At this time, Cafu's attention was on Ronaldo himself, while Zebina was behind Samuel to help defend, which directly caused Keita got the ball after going forward and advanced to the front of the penalty area, and there was no one around him to defend.

Naturally, Keita would not be polite to the Romans, so he directly swung his left foot and shot a strong volley at the front of the penalty area.

The ball crossed an arc like a cannonball and went straight to the goal.

Rome goalkeeper Antonioli flew to make a save, and saved the ball firmly to the bottom line, corner kick.

But Keita's long-range shot suddenly made the Romans break out in a cold sweat.

"This should be the most threatening shot of Ajax in the first half after half an hour of the game. It came from their Mali midfielder, Sedu Keita's long shot from the front of the penalty area, very threatening !” The on-site commentator said loudly.

"The current situation of the game has faintly tilted towards Ajax. Capello's team must make adjustments as soon as possible, especially the defense against Swedish high center Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The center had a thorough understanding of Samuel, and instead of choosing to confront him head-on, he retreated to form a wall, acting as the fulcrum of the team's frontcourt tactics."

While the on-site commentator was analyzing, Sneijder slowly ran to the corner kick area, put the ball away, and backed away.

Looking at the crowds in the penalty area, he took a deep breath. Even now, he still couldn't believe that what he was facing was Rome, but he quickly slapped his cheeks with both hands vigorously, letting Wake up yourself.

Sweeping towards the restricted area, he noticed something in the restricted area, and at the same time raised his right hand high, clenched his fist, and showed his index finger!

This is the password!

Everyone, including the Roma players, knows it, but the question is, what does this code mean?
"The ball is coming, everyone be careful!" Captain Totti shouted loudly.

Although in Capello's tactical arrangement, Totti and Batistuta don't need to retreat to participate in the defense, and even they don't have any defensive tasks. They exist to attack, but this time Totti still retreats to participate in the corner kick defense. Because he can see that the current status of the team is relatively passive.

Sneijder heard Totti's cry, but he was unmoved. He rushed forward quickly, with pace, speed, force, touch surface, angle... After repeated practice, he already had a kind of It feels that when the corner kick is sent, he knows whether it is what he wants.

Everyone in the penalty area was in a mess after the corner kick was taken, completely turning into a meat grinder, everyone scrambled to run, press, and squeeze, especially the Roma players in the front point, desperately Squeeze the Ajax players behind.

Curve ball, fast!

When everyone reacted, Sneijder's corner kick landed in the back of the middle.

As soon as Zago, who stood at the front point defending Gilberto Silva, saw the ball flying over his head, he immediately turned his head to look behind him, and then he saw a scene that made him feel terrified.

Lucio didn't know when he was lying in ambush in the restricted area. At this moment, like a heavy tank, he rushed into the restricted area. Before Samuel, he jumped up high, like pulling onions on dry land, to meet Seeing Sneijder's pass, the lion shook his head.

The ball hit his hideous forehead, turned in one direction, and got into the upper right corner of the goal guarded by Antonioli, a place that was almost a dead end.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"It was Ajax who scored first!"

"Corner from Sneijder, Lucio's header breaks Roma's goal, 1:0!"

Scoring from set kicks is one of Roma's scoring methods all the time, but now, Samuel watched Lucio shake his head and attack the goal in front of him, and then thought of facing Ibrahimovic just now. Qi's powerlessness made the Argentine defender almost feel ashamed.

Capello, who was standing on the sidelines, held his right hand high when he conceded the goal, cursed angrily, "Fuck", and then walked back to the coach's bench with an expression Unspeakable disappointment and indignation.

On the other hand, Ye Qiu on the other side raised his hands high and clapped high-fives with Bobby Harms, Rick Link and other assistants around him. This goal meant nothing to them. Also full of surprises, unexpected, but within reason.

Except for the first 20 minutes, in the rest of the time, Ajax almost always attacked Roma in a high defensive state, but they still failed to create effective scoring opportunities. Unexpectedly, a corner kick, But let Ajax score a goal. Is this a kind of compensation?
The players celebrated near the flagpole at the corner of the stadium, and tens of thousands of Roma fans booed in unison, but at this moment, this kind of booing was very pleasant to the ears of the Ajax players, because they were more I am willing to regard this as the affirmation and reward of Roma fans for their performance in this game.

"Roma is in a very unfavorable situation now. They couldn't attack for a long time before. There was no effective way to take Ajax's defense. Now they have been scored by Ajax. Capello is Isn't there any other way to reverse this situation?" The live commentator was also worried about the situation in Rome.

"I believe that most of the Roma fans would not have predicted this before the game. They all thought that the home game against Ajax would be an easy victory, but what they didn't expect was that Ajax would be bold in the away game. It will surprise many people, but at the same time, they also admire Ajax's courage!"

The live TV camera swept over Ye Qiu. He was yelling at the players at this moment. Judging from his gestures, he should be telling the players to continue to strengthen their offense. He should not give Roma a chance to breathe and adjust, and kill the opponent in one go.

"It seems that Ajax's courage comes directly from their head coach. This 26-year-old Chinese coach is the first time to coach a professional team this season, and his starting point is also very high. Eredivisie giants Ajax, this is the dream position of countless professional coaches."

"But Ye Qiu can become the head coach of Ajax, which relies on a record he created in the Eredivisie League last season, that is, the first time in the history of Dutch football to lead a youth team to the Dutch Cup. The head coach of the champion, which has allowed him to be included in the history of Dutch football, and his performance with the Ajax second team has also won the approval of Ajax chairman Van Prager, so he is in charge of Ajax It's not about luck and relationships that make the Knicks first team."

The match between Ajax and Roma is one of UEFA's key live broadcasts. This match is today's key match. It is scheduled to kick off during prime time and will be broadcast live to the whole world. In such a live broadcast event, Ye Qiu's popularity will be greatly improved if he is introduced by the on-site commentator in this way and frequently appears in front of the camera.

This is the attraction of European competitions to players and managers.

Ye Qiu is the first time to appear in a live broadcast around the world. The previous two knockout rounds were basically broadcast live in the Netherlands, Greece and Russia, but this time against Rome is different. The Serie A team will be broadcast live worldwide. It is indispensable.

However, for Ye Qiu, appearing on the global live broadcast is far less interesting than defeating Capello.

So after taking a 1:0 lead, Ye Qiu knew that the tactical play he had arranged worked. Ibrahimovic acted as the fulcrum in the frontcourt, suppressed Samuel, and disrupted Roma's defense. This could pave the way for Ajax. Attacking creates more space and chances.

Also because he understood this point, Ye Qiu asked the players not to relax in the slightest after taking the lead, and continue to attack Roma while the iron is hot. Otherwise, with Capello's strength, Ajax will soon be replaced. The problems caused by Sri Lanka's offense, by then, it will not be easy to get another chance to score.

The Ajax players were completely convinced by Ye Qiu's on-the-spot command. As soon as they heard the head coach say that they would continue to strengthen their offense, apart from anything else, when Roma kicked off, the Ajax players were all like wolves. Like a tiger, he rushed to Rome's position, pressed directly on it, continued to adopt a high defense, and continued to suppress Rome within their half.

Facing the strong oppression and pressing of the Ajax players who are like tigers descending from the mountain, Roma once again showed its flaws.

(End of this chapter)