Chapter 215: Negligence and Concern

The players warmed up quickly.

As the fans in Amsterdam's last seat took their seats, the teams were making their final preparations in their dressing rooms.

"Ajax are very attacking!" Standing in front of the players, Gao Bo said, "They have a few good offensive players, and that's the impression that people have of them. But in fact, they did a good job defensively. It's a typical Dutch team who like to dominate the midfield! But the most important thing we need to be careful with is their forwards! ”

Gao Bo wrote Suarez's name on the tactical board.

"Jeffrey!! Be sure not to let him leave your fulfillment!! Gao Bo wrote an exclamation point next to Suarez's name, indicating how important this player is.

Jeffrey was a little excited, the Dutch youngster was making his first professional appearance against his hometown in the Netherlands. The 19-year-old is also very eager to play at next year's World Junior Championships, especially after all three of his team-mates have been called up to their respective national youth teams.

But there are so many young talents in the Netherlands – at least that's what people think of now.

So it's rare for the Dutch youth team to look overseas, because Ajax's academy alone is enough to build a good enough youth team, and with the likes of PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord and Aykmaar, the Dutch are never short of talent.

But this match is a chance for Jeffrey to show his strength, and he will definitely not let himself mess things up!

"Give him to me! Chief! ”

Jeffrey was confident.

Gao Bo nodded, but he still turned to Saul Campbell and said, "Watch the defense behind you!" ”

After explaining to Campbell, Gao Bo looked at Kante: "N'Golo, your task is very heavy in this game, you have to pay attention to protecting the defense!" If this guy goes to the midfield to get the ball, you can always foul if necessary!! Gao Bo poked Suarez's name on the tactical board with his finger.

"I see, sir!" Kante nodded.

After emphasizing the offense, Gao Bo began to emphasize the offensive aspect.

"Adam, you pay attention to the timing of the attack, be flexible in your movement, you are facing Van der Wiel, this is a right-back who is more attacking than defending!! Pay attention to the position behind him!! Open the gap from him!! Gao Bo pointed to the right side of Ajax, which is the left side of Luton's attacking direction.

Adam nodded to show that he understood.

"After Adam interjects, Danny, Kevin!" Gao Bo looked at Drinkwater and Kevin Keane: "You pay attention to protect the midfield and prevent the opponent from counterattacking!" ”

"Got it!" Kevin Keane said.

Luton's midfield is flanked by Adam and Kevin, whose characteristics are still different. Kevin's offense and defense are more balanced, so Luton on the right side is relatively stable, Luton's side attack is mainly concentrated on the left, whether it is left-back Sandro or left midfielder Adam's offensive ability is very strong, so the team's two wings have completely different characteristics, and according to the characteristics of the players, so the tactics arranged by Gao Bo are not the same.

In fact, Ajax also paid attention to this side.

"They will attack much more on the left than on the right, so we're attacking on this side as well!" In the home dressing room, Ajax manager Martin Joel pointed to this side and said: "Luiz, you should lean more on this side this time!!" ”

Suarez nodded, unlike the traditional center, Suarez belongs to the role of a mobile and flexible modern center, his range of activities is large, two wings, the middle, and the retreat midfield, and after a game, Suarez can be seen in almost every position in the front court.

'Adam White will be involved a lot in attack and their left-back Alexis Sandro will be good in attack. So behind them is a space that we can take advantage of! Martin Yol said, pointing somewhere on the tactical board.

"In addition to this, the defensive side of the game is Griezmann!!" Martin Yol said.

"Wherever this Frenchman goes, someone has to keep an eye on him!"

'I want to emphasise that even though they are only a third-tier team, they are resilient and they are not weak. Martin Joel's tone became solemn.

"I have to stress again that they beat Roma twice in the group stage!"

The Ajax players also looked serious.

"Therefore, we must not take it lightly, otherwise we will follow in the footsteps of Rome!!" Martin Jol, who probably saw the seriousness on the players' faces, continued: "But this is our home stadium, we are Ajax!!" And what about defeating Rome? In this stadium, we can beat anyone!! ”

"And what we have to do is to play our stuff and attack!! Crush them with a powerful attack!! Martin Yol said, waving his fist.

The current Ajax no longer has the domineering of the European super giants of the past, but at least they still have a considerable background.

In Martin Jol's view, it would be an insult to Ajax to not be able to overpower Luton Town at home.

Luton beat Roma, but to be honest, in Martinyol's psychology, Ajax's strength is still superior, so what he has to do is to inspire the Ajax players to have a strong desire to win!

"I've seen a lot of media coverage in England these days. The English believe that the young players in the Luton squad are better than the rest of the room. Martin Joel hugged his chest and smiled contemptuously.

"In this game, let this group of Englishmen sit and watch the sky, we Ajax are the star factory! You are all excellent members of the Ajax Academy, and there have been too many big names here that are famous in Europe! ”

"Half game!!" Martin Jol held out a finger: "On our home turf, let their arrogant Englishmen know how good you are!。 ”

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When Gao Bo appeared on the pitch, he looked around the Amsterdam Stadium, where the Ajax fans made a loud noise in the stands.

The players are still waiting in the tunnel to line up.

Gao Bo sat down in the coach's box, and he quickly felt the atmosphere around him.

John looked at the stands on the left and right a little nervously, and Lin Sen's expression looked a little solemn.

Both of his assistants seemed a little nervous.

Gao Bo immediately understood that this game was different from the group stage, this was the knockout stage of the Europa League, Luton had not participated in this kind of competition before, and if the first leg was not played well, the second leg of the knockout round may also be difficult. With two rounds of home and away games, two games to decide the outcome and the economy to be decided in the 180 minutes, it's no wonder they are nervous.

Gao Bo frowned suddenly, even a coach with a lot of life experience like John would be nervous, but what about the players?

I was so negligent about such an important thing!

Gao Bo began to self-examine, which is also part of the experience, as he has no experience in the Europa League as a manager, so he also ignores the lack of Europa League experience among the players.

Gao Bo himself is not nervous, he is born with a big heart, but what about the players? Gao Bo is not sure about this.

If the players are nervous as well....

Gao Bo began to be a little worried.

At this time, the players of both sides had already followed behind the referee and began to enter.

From the looks on the faces of the players, everything seems to be normal.

Gaobo's worries did not subside because of this.

To some extent, this is a hidden danger of the game, I hope I am too worried...

Gao Bo couldn't sit still, and before the game started, he stood on the sidelines.