For the team's defense, AC Milan coach Fabio Capello is still relatively satisfied, and one of his most feared Ajax players, Ding Hongxing, has not done anything in the frontcourt, and has to retreat to the half half, and the course of the game seems to be developing in the direction expected by Capello.

In this game, Capello is to seek opportunities on the basis of not conceding goals, there is really no chance, just strive for 0-0, and finally shoot penalties to each other, he knows very well in his heart that Ajax's current strength is definitely not under AC Milan, only above AC Milan, especially Ding Hongxing, who joined the Champions League squad in the second half of the season, is really terrible, scoring seven goals in four games, what is this concept? He scored more goals alone than AC Milan as a team.

AC Milan is now the weakest time in several years, and Ajax is in full swing, this Champions League final must not play against the attack, can only use a solid defense to first thwart its edge, and then wait for the opportunity to move, Capello believes that AC Milan still have an advantage in experience.

After watching for a few minutes, Capello felt that something was wrong, Ding Hongxing's long pass was too accurate, he would not be harassed too much by passing the ball in the backfield, and every long pass he made was passed to the side, which is the weakest point of AC Milan's defense, in fact, no matter how solid the defensive system is, it is impossible to invest too many defensive troops on the side, and heavy troops are hoarded in the middle.

It should be said that AC Milan's two full-backs, Maldini and Panucci, are good enough, but they are not as fast as Ajax's two wingers, Ovimas and Finidi. George's opponent, Ding Hongxing's every long pass is behind the two fullbacks, so that the two wingers can raise the speed to the highest, eat the two fullbacks raw, Maldini and Panucci have to turn around first every time, and then chase back, very difficult, in less than ten minutes, Ajax has three crosses, and Panucci has a foul, was warned by the referee.

Thankfully, Ajax only have one striker in the box, Litmanen, and he is not known for his physicality and headers, and there is little to take advantage of against two experienced veteran centre-backs, Baresi and Costacuta.

But even so, Capello also smelled a hint of danger, which showed that his carefully built defence was loosening a little bit, in case something unexpected, such as a defender eating a card, or two of Ajax's wingers suddenly cut inside, with their speed, they can really pose a big threat to AC Milan's goal.

Capello looked at Ding Hongxing again, this young player was really unexpected, he keenly discovered a relative weakness in the AC Milan defense, and used Ajax's strongest point to attack this weakness, and this style of play can maximize the play of Ovimas and Fenice. The advantage of the two Georges is that they don't need to do too much else, which is to let them race and then cross, which is what they do best, and if it goes on, as time goes by, they will become more and more accustomed to the game, and the nervousness will slowly disappear, and when the whole Ajax team is back in shape, this game will not be easy to play.

Capello made a quick decision, he walked to the side of the pitch and called in the other two people in midfield, Boban and Lentini, and asked them to also go to the flanks to support Maldini and Panucci.

Sure enough, in this way, their defense on the flanks was solid again, after all, they were all two-on-one.

However, under the command of Ding Hongxing, Ajax's attack has also changed, and their two full-backs, Frank. De Boer and Reziger also started to take turns to provide assists, which made AC Milan's wide defense start to stir up again.

Ajax dominated the field, but it didn't work out well, they still lacked a physical centre-forward in the middle who could act as a tactical fulcrum, and a striker of Litmanen's type still struggled to take advantage of experienced defenders.

This is also the difficulty of having both worlds, and Ajax can't take advantage of all good things.

Van Gaal is not in a hurry, he sees everything Ding Hongxing did on the field, he is very satisfied with Ding Hongxing's appearance, this is worthy of being a brave and resourceful player, in the face of an opponent like AC Milan, Van Gaal did not plan to eat it in one bite, as long as under Ding Hongxing's scheduling, AC Milan's defense line is loosening, and there is always a mistake in Baimi.

In this way, the first half was over, although Ajax did not score, but they had a clear advantage on the field, AC Milan's Maldini and Panucci two full-backs were a huge physical drain, and Baresi and Costacuta were also exhausted under the erratic running of Litmanen, and they gasped for breath when they ran down the pitch at halftime.

AC Milan's attack rarely poses a threat to Ajax, with their two centre-backs Rijkaard and Blind still in good shape.

At half-time, Ding Hongxing told Van Gaal that he wanted to switch positions with Litmanen in the second half, and he went to the penalty area to act as a central striker and let Litmanen retreat to midfield.

Van Gaal groaned for a while, nodded and agreed, Litmaning could have played the front midfield, and now the shape is that Ajax needs a strong center forward with excellent headers in the penalty area to compete for the cross points of the two wingers, Kluivert is a good choice, but isn't Ding Hongxing a better choice? He has a better physicality than Kluivert and a better header, and although he hasn't played as a centre-forward this season, Van Gaal believes he definitely has the ability to do so, and it can be even more surprising and catch AC Milan off guard.

Van Gaal himself had not thought of such a tactic before the game, so how could AC Milan possibly think of it?

The question now is who will feed the two wingers, and that choice is, of course, Rijkaard, who is also very good with his long passing, in fact, before Ding Hongxing came to Ajax, it was always Rijkaard who played that role.

So, at the beginning of the second half, Capello was stunned to find that Ding Hongxing actually appeared in his own penalty area and became a center forward, which made Capello unthinkable in any case, Ding Hongxing has not played this position this whole season, although he has scored a lot of goals this season, but after all, he is still a midfielder player's style of play, which is completely different from the striker's style of play.

This unexpected situation gave Capello a hint of foreboding.