Chapter 216: Genius or Genius

"Spectators, welcome to the knockout round of 32 of the 2009-2010 Europa League, where Ajax played Luton Town at home!!" Lightkinson's voice came from the television.

"The game is about to start!! We've got the starting line-ups for both sides!! ”

"There hasn't been much change in the starting line-ups on either side, both teams are now in full line-ups!! Hopefully, both sides will be able to contribute a good game at the Amsterdam Stadium! ”

On the TV screen, the starting line-ups of both sides began to appear.

First up was the start of the home team Ajax:

Goalkeeper: 1 - Stekelenburg

Defenders: 2 Van der Wiel, 19 Alderweireld, 5 Vertonghen, 3 Oleg

Midfielders: 40 De Zeu, 22 Sim de Jong, 21 Enault

Forwards: 10-Suleimani, 16-Suarez, 51-Emmanuelsen

"De Zeu, Sim de Jong, Enault....." Lightkinson read the list in one breath, "This is Ajax's strongest squad, and Soleimani from Serbia will be the most relied on player in Ajax's attack!" ”

Although the later Soleimani failed to make a name for himself in the five major leagues, the current Soleimani is a famous new star in the world, the player wearing the Ajax No. 10 shirt, transferred to Ajax last season, when the nineteen-year-old Suleimani broke the Eredivisie transfer fee record held by Kezman - 16.25 million euros!

Everyone is sure that Soleimani will become another superstar from the Eredivisie to the big five leagues, for which Ajax is even willing to pay 16 million euros for him!

However, Gobo didn't think Soleimani was anything remarkable, and his mind was focused on how to defend Suarez.

At this time, Luton's starting XI was shown on the TV screen.

Classic 442 parallel standing!

This is also the absolute main squad of Luton!

Goalkeeper: 12 - Schmeichel

Defenders: 2 - Mitchell Piran 5 - Jeffrey Saul Campbell 6 - Alex Sandro

Midfielders: 10 - Kevin Keane 4 - N'Golo Kante 8 - Danny Drinkwater 11 - Adam White

Forwards: 7 - Anthony Griezmann 9 - Jamie Vardy

"Now that both sides have fielded their strongest lineups, the game is about to begin!!" Lightkinson raised his voice.

'Luton's first Europa League knockout game, they did really well in the group stage, but what can they do in the knockout round? We'll see!! ”

With the referee's whistle, the atmosphere reached its peak, cheered by the Ajax fans at the scene. Ajax get the ball out first!

Suarez kicked the ball to Soleimani and then turned and ran forward.

...

Gao Bo stood on the sidelines at the beginning, and he wanted to observe the mental state of the players.

Most of his players are youngsters, and Gobo knew very well from his previous time in charge of Chelsea's Under-18s that the biggest problem for young people is the emotional aspect.

Emotional control management is also a science that requires life experience to learn well.

If the players are really nervous, then the first half will be a bit difficult for Luton Town because it is football and there is no pause in the middle of the game.

Ajax's attack quickly stretched out into the half, with both full-backs already on the ground.

Soleimani picked up the ball on the right and Adam White also stepped back to defence.

But there's Van der Wiel on this side!

Van der Wiel's assist is huge!

He plugged in quickly, then Sunimani delivered a through kick that the speedy Van der Wiel rushed into.

However, Sandro was not slow, he also picked up speed immediately, and the two were engaged in a sprint ban, and the two ended up catching up with football almost at the same time.

Van der Wiel is very fierce, he goes straight to the bottom of the tackle!

Sandro is not far behind, if he dodges this ball, Van der Wiel will probably be able to take the ball down!

The two fullbacks tackled at the same time, and the football was out of the line!

The linesman flag was raised and pointed to the corner spot.

Sandro was dissatisfied, and the ball was tackled at the same time, and Sandro rightly thought it was touched by Van der Wiel.

The referee ignored Sandro's protests and Ajax was awarded a corner.

"Ajax went on the offensive as soon as they came up, and they barely tried it!!"

"Ajax at home played with a lot of momentum!!

'There was a direct conversation between the two full-backs and it turned out that Ajax had a corner up front! With less than a minute to go, Ajax won the first corner of the game!! ”

Soleimani walked slowly towards the corner flag area, and Ajax's set-pieces in front were mostly completed by the most expensive player in the team.

He's got good footwork.

Gao Bo squinted at Soleimani as he slowly walked towards the corner flag area, and if he was a Luton player, Gao Bo would have cursed at this time.

Gao Bo attaches great importance to the attitude of the players on the field, and he will never allow such a casual demeanor to appear on the field.

However, the opponent is an Ajax player, so of course Gao Bo will not help the opposing manager to meddle with things.

Soleimani may really be a talented young player, but Gao Bo can be sure that this guy can't play - there are more talented players, but what determines the future development of a player, in addition to talent, there are many qualities.

The degree of effort, the desire to win, emotional intelligence...

And so on and so forth.

Moreover, this posture of the other party... Maybe you can take advantage of it a little.

Gao Bo instinctively wanted to touch his chin and think, but he quickly held back. His hands were still in his trouser pockets, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"Jeffrey !!"

Gao Bo suddenly shouted towards the field.

"Keep an eye on !!"

After Jeffrey looked over, Gao Bo gave a thumbs up.

Jeffrey nodded firmly, and he looked at his target.

Suarez, this Uruguayan with buckteeth.

The head coach takes the striker very seriously, and Jeffrey certainly doesn't take it lightly.

Wherever Suarez goes, he follows.

"Hey, boy." Suarez, who had just been drilling, suddenly stopped and looked at Jeffrey with a serious expression.

Jeffrey was stunned, what is this guy going to say?

However, just when Jeffrey was stunned, Suarez suddenly slipped away.

Bastard!!

Jeffrey knew he had been fooled.

By this time, Soleimani had already driven the ball out.

Suarez nodded the ball in front of him, startling both the Luton players on the pitch and Gao Bo on the sidelines.

Fortunately, the angle of the ball was not big, and the ball hit the side-netting.

"You're too tender, Dutch boy." Suarez had no regrets, he immediately turned around and provoked Geoffrey with his words.

From the very beginning of the match, Jeffrey had his eyes on him, so Suarez also knew that his main opponent in this match was Jeffrey.

"Steady!!"

The sound of Gao Bo on the sidelines almost drowned out the cheers of the fans at the scene.

The players saw Gao Bo pressing down with his hands on the sidelines.

Jeffrey breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't have time to argue with Suarez.

Judging from the other party's two times, this Suarez does have a lot of tricks...

Jeffrey seemed to feel a little relieved.

Because before the game, Gao Bo repeatedly emphasized to the law, some of Suarez's tricks.

The coach knows this Suarez so well, what else do he have to worry about, just keep an eye on him!

Jeffrey's eyes were fixed on Suarez, even when the opponent had stepped out of his zone.

Ajax also liked to press up front, so Schmeichel couldn't find the right spot at the back, so he simply kicked the ball away.

Alderweireld headed the ball back into midfield and Sim de Jong tucked it straight at Suarez's feet.

Suarez flicked the ball to Emmanuelson on the other side, and Emmanuelsen also played a long diagonal pass directly to the right side.

Ajax's successive passes were quite fluid.

There was a big gap on the right and Ajax's right striker Soleimani easily stopped the ball.

These passes showed the attacking heritage of the Dutch giants, and their attacking tactics were very well formed.

However, Soleimani's next move put Gao Bo at ease.

The Serb stopped the ball, then switched from left foot to right foot and came with a couple of more flower feet.

The pace of Ajax's attack slowed down all of a sudden, and Luton's players were already on the move.

Sandro was not polite at all, he ignored Soleimani's foot movements, went straight to the grab, and kicked the ball away, while Soleimani also screamed, and then rolled on the ground a few times.

"How can this be a foul !!!!" Gao Bo was very angry on the sidelines, and the referee barely hesitated to think that Sandro had committed a foul. And at this time, Luton was just preparing to counterattack.

It was arguably a very good counter-attack for Luton.

"You...."Gao Bo just wanted to say the three-character scripture, but he immediately held back, if he was punished for this, it would not be worth it.

However, judging by Soleimani's performance..... This is definitely a point that Luton can make a fuss about!

Gao Bo immediately called Kevin Keane, who was closest to him.

Gao Bo covered his mouth and quickly explained something in Kevin Keane's vicious transformation, and Kevin Keane also nodded frequently.

Soon, Kevin Keane was back on the field and passed Gao Bo's latest instructions to the court.

Gao Bo squinted at Soleimani, there are a lot of such pretentious guys on the football field, but pretentiousness comes at a price.

Many people may now regard Soleimani as a genius, but Gao Bo, who is familiar with history, knows that this guy is at best a mediocre man with good footwork.