Yang Yang didn't mean anything disrespectful to Ronald Koeman, but he really felt that the team's tactics were indeed a little conservative, which severely limited the team's attacking power and creativity in the midfield.

Ronald Koeman is a defensive manager in his own right, his best thing is to play defensively, and adjusting the attack has never been his forte, and last season's turning point was to take Wesley Sonk, push Pienaar to the left wing, and Galacek and De Jong in the back two.

It can be said that this turn completely changed the trend of Ajax in the second half of the season, stabilizing the defense.

But when it comes to attack, Ajax have the worst goal tally of the four, even worse than Feyenoord.

Yang Yang's goals and assists alone add up to occupy half of Ajax's country, which is unreasonable.

From Yang Yang's personal point of view, this is of course very cool, but the characteristics of the professional league are that if you don't change, the opponent will change, and you won't be able to, so you have to keep changing and improving.

Yaya Toure also played in midfield for Metallurgical Donetsk, and Ronald Koeman values him and apparently hopes that he can replace the veteran Galasek and partner De Jong in a back two.

However, the Ivorian is clearly different from Galasek, and the Czech veteran has very good playing and organisational skills.

Yaya Toure is different, with more mobility, more coverage, speed, good technique at his feet, a strong ability to push the ball forward, and a willingness to defend as much as he does to get forward.

In a private chat, he once told Yang Yang that he performed well during the Arsenal trial, but Wenger and his team felt that he could not position himself well on the pitch and that his characteristics were not suitable for Arsenal.

It's not hard to understand that Arsenal's midfielders are the type of Vieira and Gilberto Silva, or creative players like Cesc Fabregas and Pire, and Yaya Toure is clearly not either.

As strong as Patrick Vieira, he has to shrink and kick at Arsenal and can't step forward to participate in the attack as he wants.

With Yaya Toure's characteristics, it is not surprising to say that there is no place at Arsenal.

But Yang Yang feels that Ajax's three midfielders can use him, and should even give him more tactical freedom.

'Wesley is alone in front of him, he has to organise the midfield, he has to play the ball up front, and he even drops back a lot to get the ball, so I think he's under too much pressure, especially as the opposition takes us more and more.

Yang Yang's analysis was also recognized by Sneijder.

'I think Nigel is a reliable defender in midfield, not only does he have a lot of range and a lot of confrontation ability, whether it's interceptions or tackles, he has a high success rate, and what is more rare is that he is also very good at passing.

Fans have always had the impression of Nigel de Jong as a brave and fierce general, and many people even think that he is a rough man.

But in reality, this is a far underestimation of him.

As an Ajax youth lineage, he played in the Ajax first team at the age of eighteen, which is definitely not simple, without excellent basic skills and passing skills, it is difficult for him to gain a foothold in Ajax, which plays in the passing and control style.

Among the team's internal statistics, De Jong not only has eye-catching defensive statistics, but also has a pass completion rate of more than 90 per cent, which in itself proves that he is a trustworthy midfielder.

What's more, De Jong has only been played by 0.7 times per game on average, which means that he has to be beaten twice in three games, which is really hard to find in European football.

Combined with De Jong's characteristics and advantages, Yang Yang believes that as De Jong continues to grow and improve, Ajax should further release the vitality of the midfield, rather than continue to adopt the previous two-back style of play.

'Yaya Toure can play a strong defensive role in front or behind, but he also has the advantage of his delicate footwork, excellent technique, and the ability to attack directly from the heart of the field, and his ability to push forward with the ball is not taken seriously.

'The other thing is that he's very physical, combined with his footwork and I've noticed it a couple of times, he's very calm and advantageous on the edge of the box.

Ronald Coman and Luther Carroll both understood what Yang Yang meant.

Luther Carroll's eyes lit up even more, and he nodded loudly: "I think it's feasible." ”

Yang Yang means to activate the offensive firepower in the midfield.

Yaya Toure is not Galasek after all, the characteristics of the two are very different, and copying last season's tactical play will indeed be problematic, but if Yaya Toure is allowed to play a role similar to the B2B box-to-box all-round midfield, the attack is solved.

Charlie Steas is a high striker, very intimidating in the penalty area, let him in the front, suppress the opposing central defender, Yang Yang got more freedom, launched an attack on both wings and ribs, Pinal responded to him.

Sneijder was responsible for organising and playing the ball, as well as getting back on the attack, while Yaya Toure was more on the task of pushing forward from the back and suddenly getting back in the attack, plus Maxwell and McCone on the wings.

Ajax's attacking problems can indeed be well solved.

"But then, what about defense?" Ronald Coman asked with a frown.

He's a defensive manager at the end of the day, and that's what he's always done.

"Our traditional strength is to counter-attack on the spot, and as long as the players maintain a high level of overall coordination and tactical discipline, the defence will not be too problematic." Luther Carroll said.

As long as we start a new way of thinking, many problems can be solved.

Ajax's current frontcourt players, whether it is Charlie Steas, or Yang Yang and Pienaar, have strong tactical execution, and they are already very hard and diligent in the game.

Yaya Toure's physical strengths and defensive prowess can further improve this.

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At the end of the discussion, the coaching staff did not make it clear what they would do, but Ronald Koeman said that he would try.

Sure enough, during the team's training the next day, the coaching staff began to use the idea proposed by Yang Yang in the group confrontation, allowing Yaya Toure to take on more offensive tasks on the bench side.

The change really activated Yaya Toure in midfield, and the Ivorian began to play more threatening.

Several times from the backfield with the ball all the way to the front, all of which are eye-catching, and he is indeed very advantageous in taking the ball at the front of the penalty area, and he is also very calm, which further confirms Yang Yang's previous views.

The players themselves are also communicating and coordinating their on-field interactions, especially Yaya Toure and Sneijder.

Everyone knows very well that there is no problem with the quality of Ajax's players, who won the title last season and will only be stronger this season because everyone is a year older and a year older.

Now the question is whether the team's offense can play well.

With only four days to go before the Dutch Super Cup after the Amsterdam Invitational, Ajax didn't do enough to prepare, so Ronald Koeman didn't dare to adopt the new style of play suggested by Yang Yang in the end.

As a precursor to the Eredivisie, this year's Dutch Super Cup was scheduled to be held at the Amsterdam Arena.

League champions Ajax took on cup champions PSV Eindhoven in a Dutch national derby.

PSV Eindhoven did not make a big deal this summer, instead sending away the core of the midfield Van Bommel.

The PSV Eindhoven midfielder went to Barcelona on a free transfer to play under Rijkaard.

Van Bommel's departure was a painful blow to PSV Eindhoven.

In this game, Hiddink arranged Theo Lucius and Dimi Simons to partner the veteran Cocu in a midfield three, and the front court was a combination of Farfan, Heselink and Afella.

Ajax's side is more secure.

Ronald Koeman still lined up front with the trident of Pienaar, Charlie Steias and Yang Yang, with Sneijder in midfield, Galasek and De Jong in the back, Maxwell, Vlar, Heitinga and McCone in the back, and Stekelenburg in goal.

At the beginning of the game, both sides played very intensely, especially in the first 20 minutes, Pienal and Afelai were continuously yellow carded, which shows that both sides are fighting fiercely with each other, and no one is willing to concede.

Ajax is still the same old problem, Yang Yang's state has not been adjusted, he is not excited enough, and he has been closely marked by the opponent, and the offensive end seems to be a little sluggish.

Sneijder alone in midfield struggled to hold the situation up.

The two-back combination of Galasek and De Jong ensured the team's defense, but the attack in front still couldn't open the situation.

This continued throughout the first half.

The two sides ended up in a 0-0 draw, with neither side able to find the back of the net.

After the rematch in the second half, PSV Eindhoven began to increase their attacking intensity, especially on the flanks.

In the 51st minute, Afelai's forced breakthrough won a corner kick for PSV Eindhoven.

As a result, centre-back Alex headed in and set up Bouma to score for PSV Eindhoven.

This made the more than 50,000 Ajax fans in the stadium feel a little dissatisfied.

From the warm-up match, to the Amsterdam Invitational Tournament, and now to the Dutch Super Cup, it seems that the team has never been able to run in a smooth style of play, especially in the offensive end.

Last season, it was all up to Yang Yang to drag it alone, but now Yang Yang needs to adjust his state and needs some time to activate his state.

Could it be that without Yang Yang, Ajax will not attack?

Could it be that the team has no way to help Yang Yang?

There was a faint sound of restlessness from the fans in the stands, and everyone knew that they were already starting to get a little dissatisfied.

Head coach Ronald Koeman is also starting to realise that the team does need some changes.

Last season's set, this season, it doesn't work.