Chapter 117. Take a risk!

Football is the source of Li Lin's happiness and the cause that he has fought for all his life, and at this level, that pressure is simply pediatric. It's as if you've never heard of someone building a building being stoned to death with a brick, or you've never heard of someone who travels thousands of miles stumbling over a small stone!

Just as Li Lin was about to go back to the locker room to wash up, head coach De Boer stood on the sidelines and shouted: "All the players have come to the team conference room after lunch!" ”

"It looks like we're going to analyze our opponents again!"

Eriksen and Li Lin talked as they walked to the sidelines.

It's not a long-standing tradition to analyse the opponent with the players before the game, it's the kind of thing the manager will definitely do every game, but usually the players don't call the players, usually the players just need to understand the characteristics of the opposing players and then know how they should attack or defend. But Frank de Boer found that after a few of these team-wide analysis meetings, it worked very well, so now he is slowly doing team analysis meetings together in the team's conference room before the game.

"Forget about the other opponents, Vitesse is our direct competitor, and the coach will definitely take it very seriously!"

For the Dutch media, whether it is Ajax or Twente, including Eindhoven, in fact, the current results are expected, after all, whether it is Ajax or Eindhoven, they are the traditional giants of the Eredivisie, and Twente is also an emerging powerhouse that has risen for a period of time, but Vitesse is completely different from the three teams mentioned above, whether it is in terms of results or finance, Vitesse is a typical middle and lower team.

But such a team is now playing well in the league under the current head coach Fett Luten, which makes one wonder how this team suddenly rose to prominence.

In fact, the outbreak of this team can already be seen from last season. Vitesse, who were only on the edge of the relegation zone in 2010-2011, finished sixth in the league last season and even qualified for the Europa League, which was a big breakthrough for this team. And after this season, Fett-Luten took over the team, although he did not succeed in leading the team out of the Europa League qualification, but in the league has achieved better results than last season, although the league has only passed 10 rounds now, but with the current performance of Vitesse, I believe that the end of the season will not be worse than last season.

"For Vitesse, the first thing we have to pay attention to is the opponent's sharp knife, who is also the top scorer in the team at the moment, Bony!"

Frank de Boer pointed to the black player on the screen, and you could feel how strong the player was from the size of the opponent!

"Somewhat similar to Pelle, this Ivorian player is very strong physically, very good at heading, although he is not as tall as Pelle, but he is much faster than Pelle, so he can be said to be a very balanced and powerful center forward! It won't be as hard to defend against him as it is against Pelle, but his strong body and fast pace will still test the defensive ability of the central defenders! ”

Speaking of which, Frank de Boer gave Aldeveld and Mosanïd a glance at the two men who had been embarrassed by Pelle in the last game, and this time the defender was not a good target.

Aldeveld and Mosanyid also understood what the coach was thinking, and there was a gritted tooth expression on their faces, and they both made up their minds that they must defend this black and hard to the death to wash away the shame of the last game.

"Another object to watch out for is a speedy striker, Lacey, this type of player you should know how to defend!"

"Finally, the focus should be on the opponent's midfielder, Van Ginkel, this young midfielder is no worse than Christian in the Eredivisie, this midfielder is tall, delicate, can take the ball, can dribble, can pass, and has a good long-range shooting skills, so how to limit the midfielder's play is the key to winning this game!"

For the well-known Vitesse midfielder, Li Lin has also read the other party's reports in the newspaper, and heard that many big teams have begun to pay attention to this player, including Ajax. After all, Poulsen is also old, and Van Ginkel can perfectly take Paulsen's place.

"Now Vitesse is not the same relegation team as it used to be, they are now very balanced in three lines, both in attack and defense, this game may be more difficult than playing Feyenoord, I hope you can be mentally prepared, remember not to underestimate the enemy!"

Frank de Boer's tone became serious, Ajax's schedule during this period is a bit difficult, the opponents are all the top teams in the league, but as long as they survive the next two games, Ajax's next games will be much easier.

Like Ajax, the manager of Vitesse at this time, Fett Luten, is also thinking about the tactical deployment against Ajax in the next game.

"In fact, our midfield is not bad at all, Van Ginkel and Jensen can completely control the midfield, the other side Eriksen is in a forward position, mainly involved in the team's attack, Poulsen is all focused on defense, the rest of whether it is De Jong or Sana or Schöne, in fact, they are all players who are stronger in attack than in defense, so we actually have a very big advantage in the midfield!"

Lu Teng's analysis of the strength of Ajax's midfield is very clear, and now Ajax is actually a team with strong offense and weak defense, and once the attack cannot open the situation, then the team may face the end of not attacking and defending. The reason why Coach Coman is so unwilling is because Feyenoord's midfield ability is too poor, and he can't play in the face of Ajax, which is obviously a weak midfielder. In fact, if Eriksen hadn't moved his position back and took the initiative to control the ball in the midfield, it is impossible to say who the midfielder would be.

"So I have an idea, I want to put Bony in midfield! Put another fast player in the front court! Settle the fight in the first half, use the control and impact of our midfield, I think it's possible. ”

Lu Teng's idea is a bit bold, after all, no one would have thought that he would put the team's center forward in the midfield position, which is a big risk, if this arrangement does not work, then this is the biggest failure!

"So if our midfield can suppress the opposition, then we can just play normally, so why do we have to do such a risky move?"

The assistant coach was a little strange, he couldn't figure out why he was doing this, why did the side with the advantage take the risk?

Lu Teng smiled, realizing that his assistant had not figured out the key to this.

"If we just press Ajax, then once we can't get the results in attack, our defence may be very threatened, and now Ajax's counter-attack is very sharp, they have a lot of fast players, and it can be said that playing counter-attacking is the most comfortable tactic for them. So if you want to take risks, then simply take a bigger risk, and since you want to attack, then simply be thorough! ”

The assistant coach was persuaded by Lu Teng that it might be the only option for Vitesse if he wanted to win. As for the conservative defensive tactics, that's not Vitesse's style, nor is it Lu Teng's style!