Chapter 285: The Study of the Opponent
In the next game, we will have to fight the Netherlands. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Before the game, each of us must be tactically prepared. If you want to beat your opponents, you have to study them, and they have no secrets about the world-class Dutch, but even so, we have to study their line-up carefully and find their weaknesses so that we can win without being as strong as our opponents.
The Netherlands is a world-class team, but our Yugoslav team is not an underdog. I believe that with our strength, the match against the Netherlands will be very exciting.
I've scored four goals in my last three games and I've been in great form, but it has to do with the lack of world-class centre-backs in previous opponents. In the first game, Slovenia were strong in midfield, and the combination of Zahovic and Asimovic posed a great threat to our backline, but at the same time, our forward line also posed a big threat to their backline, which is why we were able to score three goals in a row to equalise quickly after being 3-0 down. In the second game, we played against Spain, and we also played a high score. We lost the game at 4-3, but the good news was that we still scored three goals against the defence of a world-class centre-back like Hierro. It also proves that our forward line, which has me, Mijatovic, Kovacevic and Kezman, is indeed a very dangerous forward line. Our midfielders, led by Stankovic, Jugovic, Stojkovic, and others, have done a very good job in passing and receiving the ball in attack, and in terms of overall coordination in defense, which has brought great support to our forward line. In the third game, we played against Norway, who couldn't defend the team, and in this kind of battle to break the bucket formation, we won 1-0, which shows that our offensive ability can break through the iron bucket defense. After three games, our forward line has played well against different types of defense, which shows that our forward line can break the defense of most teams in the world. I think even the Dutch team will be worried about the quality of our forward line.
However, the Dutch defence is a step up from their predecessors – Spain may have only one great star at the back, but the Netherlands have several world-class players at the back - such as Frank de Boer, Newman and Stam, all of whom are some of the biggest defenders in the Europa League. Especially Stam, at this moment, he is at the peak of his career, he is tall and strong, his mind is very smart, his speed is not slow, in the backline, he has everything he wants, and even won the title of the world's No. 1 central defender! With a defensive strength like the Netherlands, we should be in even more trouble in attack than before. However, I think that even if the trouble is great, at least the Dutch will not be able to defend and not attack like the Norwegians, and use all their abilities on defense -
As long as the Dutchmen want to attack, as long as their backline presses forward, our forward line will have chances to score. Therefore, the most important thing is that we must score the first goal as soon as possible, as long as the first goal is scored, we can comfortably play a defensive counterattack and be tactically invincible.
However, it is easier said than done to score the first goal. In addition to the very strong defensive line of the Dutch team, their midfield also has famous players such as Ronald de Boer, Davies, Seedorf, and Zenden. But we also have a lot of good midfielders such as Stankovic, and we can't lose to the Netherlands in the midfield competition. But in terms of the style of midfield, we are different from the Netherlands - their midfield is both offensive and defensive, so to speak, very balanced, but our midfield is a purely attacking midfield, strong in attack and weak in defence, there are big hidden dangers. Against the Dutch team, if we can't solve the problem of attacking and defending weakly in the midfield, it will be difficult for our midfielders to limit the Dutch.
As for the Dutch forward line, that's their strongest link. They have Ice Prince Bergkamp, K9 Kluivert, Super Laco super striker Mackay, speed super winger Overmars, and even Atletico Madrid's Hasselbaink - the Dutchman's forward line, the overall strength is indeed the world's first, fortunately, the most feared king of the small penalty area Van Nistelrooy did not participate due to injury, otherwise no one can compare with the Dutch team's forward line.
However, our biggest weakness in Yugoslavia is at the back, we don't have enough strength to compete with the Dutch forward line. Although we also have stars like Djukic and Mihajlovic, who can even be called superstars, these two are not enough to face the Dutch team's forward line. We don't have enough good full-backs, but the Dutchmen are very strong on the wings - Overmars, Zenden, are all famous wide stars, and Ovemas even compared with the Argentine donkey Ortega back then, which shows his strong strength. On top of that, we don't have a very good goalkeeper, whether it's Kosic, Chikovic or Claly, who is not enough to fight against the Dutch team's super forward group. If we can't strengthen our defense, or improve our control in the midfield, there is really no way to compete with the Netherlands!
Luckily, we have one advantage that is stronger than the Netherlands, and that is that our players are better than the Dutch in terms of the artistry of football. Although Dutch football has always been the image of art football, but their midfield and backfield do not have such beautiful art, but we Yugoslavia, as the most authentic and classic European Latin team, the whole team is based on the purpose of art football, all people, regardless of fame, strength, are very outstanding in terms of technology, and our midfield cooperation is very smooth, which can be clearly seen when playing with Spain - Spain are also an artistic team, but they have scored three goals against us! Our artistic midfielder is not afraid of the Spanish midfielder at all, and even, in terms of midfield control, we do better than Spain! Therefore, when playing against the Netherlands, as long as we control the midfield, we can greatly reduce the pressure on the backline, and we must have hope of defeating the opponent...... (To be continued.) )