Chapter Ninety-Eight. Blow (I)
"I don't think Coach Frank is a little too pushy, and generally it will take at least the second half to see how it goes. Now that the second half has not started, everyone still doesn't know what tactical changes or personnel adjustments will be made on Almero's side, and Ajax's side is in such a hurry to hand over two substitutions, will this be a bit rushed? ”
Vanderst looked at the faces of Almero's players on camera, which were obviously different from the first half, and doubted Frank de Boer's substitution adjustment even more certainly.
Wright paused when he heard Van Dest's words, he also agreed with Van Dest's opinion, but at this time he could only stand on Ajax's side to help round the field.
"I think it may be in Coach Frank's opinion, the victory in this game is already a matter of hand, and even without Lee, this Ajax team will not be able to concede three goals in a row in the half, so Coach Frank made the decision based on this consideration."
Unlike the commentator's professional questioning of Frank de Boer, Li Lin, who was sitting on the bench, felt the change in atmosphere at the beginning of the game.
Just a minute into the second half, Eriksen received a vicious tackle from his opponent, and the referee did not show a yellow card, which made Li Lin smell danger.
"Sim, according to the referee's scale, I'm afraid there will be twists and turns in this game?"
De Jong, who was sitting next to him, heard Li Lin's words and nodded in agreement. In this case, the players of the dominant team will naturally be afraid in the face of the opponent's fierce shovel, and will unnaturally close the kick, which is also a very important means for many weak teams to defeat strong teams, of course, this tactic requires the referee's scale to be relatively loose.
Obviously, the referee on the field is relatively loose now, whether it is out of consideration for the beginning of the second half or his personal scale, in short, Ajax may have some trouble now.
And when Li Lin saw the way Almero's players on the field suddenly became tough, Li Lin's inner worry was even heavier.
And this situation is reflected on the field, Almero is gradually able to play to the advantage of his large midfield, and can control the ball.
However, despite this, Li Lin just felt that the team might be a little difficult to play in the second half, and the fact was that although Almero gradually took the initiative on the field, Ajax's defense was still solid and did not see the risk of conceding a goal at all.
Frank de Boer, who was on the sidelines, turned his head and glanced at Bosch, feeling a little admiration for the other side, and it was not easy to regroup the team and reactivate the morale of the players in the first half of the rout, and he was naturally well aware of the difficulty of doing so.
"But it's still too early to make a comeback just by doing this!"
Frank De Boer has a lot of confidence in his team!
Time passed slowly, and in the 60th minute, the format on the pitch finally changed, right-back Van Riin pulled down the opponent's left winger Everton in defence, the referee awarded a free kick and showed Van Riin a yellow card!
Defender Overtum to deal with the ball!
"In the face of this free kick on the edge of the penalty area, Ajax's side did not dare to slack off, all the players except Babel have returned to the box to help the team's defense, let's see what will happen to Overtum in the face of this rare free kick opportunity in front!"
Overtum stood in front of the football, quietly waiting for the referee to blow the whistle to allow the penalty kick.
"Toot toot!"
As soon as the referee's whistle blew, the players in the penalty area immediately began to scramble for position, and at this time, the ball from Overtoum flew over.
"Boom!"
With a muffled sound, Aldveld won the ball for the first time in the penalty area, but the football was pushed high and was not pushed far, and the football still fell in the penalty area!
The experienced Mosanyid immediately stuck the spot where the ball fell, and his strong body directly resisted the opposing player who wanted to compete with him for the ball, and at the moment when he was about to clear the ball out of the penalty area, one foot stretched out!
"Bump!"
Offum and Mosanyid, who rushed up, came to a foot-to-foot, but the ball slid into the penalty area at this time, and the central defender Tverrick, who originally came to Ajax's penalty area to compete for a free kick, reacted immediately, stepped forward with an arrow, and pumped it to the bottom of the ball!
The ball whistled into the back of the net and Almero finally got a goal back from a free-kick in a scuffle that centre-back Tverrick pulled back!
"Go on, come on, we still have time!"
The young centre-back yelled excitedly after scoring the goal, and instead of celebrating with a bang, he picked the ball up from the net and ran back to the centre circle. The meaning is obvious, they have to keep up the good work, they didn't give up!
'Almelo finally pulled a goal back and it was a good game. Almelo's second half seemed to be a different team, the spirit returned to this team, coupled with the encouragement of this goal, I am afraid that Ajax want to easily take away the three points from the away, it is not so easy! ”
Wright would also like to see Almelo score, and as a commentator, the excitement of the game is all that matters, and if the game is one-sided, then they will be boring to comment.
"I still think Ajax made substitutions too early, if the midfielders didn't make substitution adjustments in a hurry, then Ajax would have more room for adjustment at this time!"
As soon as Vanderst's words fell, Almelo's side was replaced!
'Almelo made a change after the goal, Everton was replaced by Castellón and Duarte was replaced by Viginovic, which was two opposite substitutions, and Coach Bose chose to make a radical change to his attacking line on the left!
On the sidelines, Bosch was still following the players who were going to change the pitch to make the final explanations, while on the other side, Frank de Boer signaled the players with his hands to press, try to compete with the opponent in the midfield, and not give the midfield to the opponent easily.
De Boer's instructions worked, and Almelo, who had thought he might be in a hurry, got caught up in a tussle with Ajax in midfield, during which the referee showed the referee yellow cards for frequent tackles.
In this physically demanding struggle, time gradually came to an end.
'As the game drew to a close, Almelo, despite recovering in the second half, was a little too late and the game was largely out of suspense.
Wright shook his head, feeling sorry for Almero's players, who played hard in the second half, but it was still too late, the hole dug in the first half was too big to fill.
However, at this time, Almelo's head coach Bos has not given up, and he is still frantically signaling the players to press. Perhaps it was the manager's motivation that played a role, and in the final minutes, Almero began to lay siege to the Ajax goal.