On September 19, Borussia Dortmund played Ajax in the first round of the Champions League group stage, and the team's starting lineup did not surprise the media.

Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller, defenders Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic, Piszczek, midfielders Bender, Musassisoko, Guan Peng, forwards Reuss, Gotze, Lewandowski, is still Dortmund's 4231 formation, Guan Peng plays in the front, Reuss, Gotze wingers.

Ajax goalkeeper Vermere, defenders Van Layenne, Alderweireld, Moisander, Bright, midfielders De Jong, Eriksen, Paulsen, forwards Sana, Babel, Boricht, Ajax still chooses the most famous 433 formation in the Netherlands, which is famous for its all-attacking and all-defending, that is, the players of the Netherlands can perfectly show the essence of this bell formation.

Ajax coach Frank De Boer is also a very high-level coach, in the domestic Eredivisie Rideboer's team has been suppressing a team like PSV Eindhoven to firmly consolidate the first position in the Ajax Eredivisie, and at the same time, in order to better understand Dortmund's tactical thinking, De Boer deliberately searched Dortmund's game video and made a lot of preparations for this game.

According to De Boer's analysis, the most important players in the Dortmund team are the foursome in the front court, Reus is good at breaking through and also has a good shooting ability, Lewandowski broke out last season Dortmund's main scorer, Gotze Dortmund's 50-year talent player can pass and shoot, Guan Peng broke out last season and became the best player in the Bundesliga in one fell swoop, the combination of these four players is definitely the first in Europe, which also makes De Boer admire Klopp's vision, In particular, the poaching of Reuss from Borussia Mönchengladbach is a stroke of genius!

But De Boer also found a problem with Dortmund's tactics, that is, whether it is Reuss, Gotze or Guan Peng, they all like to cooperate on the ground and attack through short passes and long passes. rarely takes high-altitude balls, which is also related to the fact that Lewandowski does not belong to that kind of air domineering type of striker, Lewandowski belongs to the center forward under modern tactics, he can take the ball, can pass people or pass, very comprehensive. It's just that the header is a little worse.

De Boer has come up with a method under continuous research, that is, to compress the space, Dortmund's players are mainly through passing, then I will let my players compress the space, do not give you the space to pass, then your cooperation can not continue, so that your team may be able to win more chances.

De Boer is ready to focus on the middle of the game, completely blocking the space in the middle that can pass the ball, even if Reus and Gotze break through. But as soon as they are pushed to the wings, then they don't have space to cut inside, and the defender who wants to cross my ball can push the ball out, then Dortmund's tactics will be restrained by me!

Sure enough, De Boer's tactics worked, and under De Jong's close defense, Guan Peng frequently created opportunities and frequently passed the ball to the two wings. Hoping to tear through the opponent's defense with the skills of Royce and Gotze, but Royce and Gotze were completely forced to the side by the opposing defenders.

There is simply no room in the midfield. As long as the inside cut will be trapped, and then the football is stealed by the opponent, if the football is passed into the penalty area, Lewandowski can not compete for the ball on the Ajax defender, which makes Dortmund open more than ten minutes, the attack has not improved at all.

Although Guan Peng's long pass is very good. But there is no chance at all, Lewandowski is looked at by Ajax's defenders, and he has no chance to catch the ball, as long as he passes it, it will definitely be cut off by the opponent, and the situation on the field is at a stalemate at this time.

With the footage of the live broadcast, fans can also see Guan Peng's brows locked. It seems that the current situation of the team has made Guan Peng very distressed, and for a while, Dortmund's midfield commander has nothing to do.

"Don't be so stressed, off, as long as we work hard, we will definitely win!" Gotze ran to Guan Peng's side, looking at his frowning friend and coming over to persuade him.

"It's okay, Mario, since you and Marco are being watched so closely by each other, this time we will switch positions, I will play as a right winger, and you will play the front midfield to organize the attack!" Guan Peng thought that since the other party's coach had already arranged in advance, he had to find a way to disrupt his arrangement, and Guan Peng, who remembered that he played as a winger, immediately lit up, although he didn't know if it could have an effect, but it was good to try.

"Okay." Guan Peng and Gotze quickly switched positions, Gotze has always played in the forward position before, and he is also very experienced in passing, and it is still very good to organize Dortmund's attack.

Guan Peng stretched out his hand on the right side to ask for the ball, Gotze did not hesitate, a straight pass, and passed the football to Guan Peng, at this time Ajax's left back Fan Laien looked at Guan Peng in front of him and was also a little puzzled, the head coach did not give himself information about Guan Peng playing winger in front of him before the game, which made him defend how to defend it, and he didn't know his characteristics.

Soon, Guan Peng let Fan Laien know that his characteristic is great strength! Guan Peng took the ball on the right side and forcibly knocked away Fan Laien, passing the football to the middle of the penalty area, Lewandowski jumped up with a sharp heart, but under the interference of Ajax's two central defenders, Lewandowski did not have the right part at all, and the football was easily picked off by Ajax's goalkeeper Vermere.

Lewandowski angrily pushed Ajax's two central defenders, Moisander and Alderweireld, and the referee walked over and immediately pulled the three apart, warning the three to stop having a fierce quarrel, otherwise they would have to play their cards!

"Dortmund's attack has been tightly defended by Ajax, and the sudden change of position between Guan Peng and Gotze just now made Ajax's full-backs very uncomfortable, which may also be an omission in the opponent's defense!"

"I think that since Guan Peng has gained space just now, he should choose to cut inside and hit the goal, instead of continuing to choose to cross with his feet, Lewandowski's heading ability still needs to be strengthened!"

Borussia Dortmund's entire squad was caught in the Ajax defence, Reuss. Gotze and Guan Peng were both heavily defended by the opponent, and Lewandowski was even more difficult to turn around by the opponent's two central defenders, let alone shoot.

In the 35th minute, Dortmund's back line pressed too high, Hummels controlled the ball in the middle circle, and the opposing striker pressed, although Hummels was desperately ready to control the football at his feet and prepare to pass it, but unfortunately it was cut off by Ajax striker Babel. (To be continued.) )