Six more! ――

The first half of the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals ended with Monaco and Ajax drawing 1-1 in the attack.

This was related to Ajax's retreat in the last five minutes of the first half, and in the big picture, a 1-1 score into the dressing room was more beneficial to Ajax, so Koeman and Deschamps made tactical adjustments at the same time, which turned the situation into a stalemate, and finally ended in a draw.

Koeman emphasised his team's defence at half-time, with the two players he highlighted were Frenkie de Jong and Galasek.

To deal with the opponent's romantic and unrestrained bilateral forwards, Ajax's double back midfield, De Jong's game experience needs to be strengthened, defender Heitinga's frizz can not be changed for a while, and Galasek's energy is also mostly focused on being ready to make up for Heitinga's flaws, which makes Ajax's defensive system can be in danger at any time when the opponent opens the bow left and right to fully press the attack.

In attack, Koeman is not worried, Ajax's attacking group firepower is also amazing, and now it is a matter of defending, better defense, the pursuit of perfect defense, which is not only important for this game or the next game, if you can go further, defense is crucial.

The cliché: offense wins the game, defense wins the championship!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Monaco didn't make any significant changes in attack, and their attacking routine worked well and it wasn't that they couldn't create chances.

Qin Xiong found that Monaco's defensive strategy had changed.

Cisse has been further behind and now looks like a pure midfielder.

He tried to launch a fast attack from the flanks from the back, and the effect was not as good as in the first half.

Because Zikes will be the first to help defend Qin Xiong's in-cut line running to the front, the faster Bernardi will return to defend in a straight line, and Cisse will help defend the wings, Monaco's local defensive adjustments look like a-for-tat with Ajax's attack.

See the move!

This is a typical cat-and-mouse offensive and defensive duel, competing who can adapt faster and who is more skilled in suppression and counter-suppression.

In the 52nd minute, Rotten broke through the bottom and suddenly passed the ball back behind him, and the follow-up Evra crossed at 45 degrees, Morientes failed to grab the point in the penalty area, but Escude's clearance ball was obtained by Zixes outside the penalty area, and Ajax's double back was attracted too tightly by the opponent's bilateral strikers.

His sliding tackle didn't go towards people and couldn't go to the ball, he blocked the path of Zix's long-range shot and the pass to Morientes.

Xing could only delay the opponent for a second or two, Zixis was not as calm as Qin Xiong expected, he barely got up and shot from a distance, and the football hit Qin Xiong's body and bounced out and was caught by Maxwell.

Qin Xiong immediately got up and ran forward, Zikes immediately retreated after the shot was blocked, and when Maxwell passed the ball to Qin Xiong, Zikes was slightly stunned.

Qin Xiong, don't pull the side again!

Yes, when the defensive strategy of the opposing midfielder changed, Qin Xiong immediately returned to the normal offensive means.

Zixis was probably shocked by an accident, and was eager to cut off the ball at Qin Xiong's feet, he rushed up rashly, Qin Xiong deftly flicked the ball away from Zix's left side, and then he regained control of the ball after him with his right side.

The ball is divided!

He's got a lot of room to pass through.

Cisse was behind, and Bernaldi also retreated straight for the first time, they were all afraid of Ajax to play a swift counterattack, and the defensive focus was to be vigilant against the surprise of the side, but they didn't expect this to give Qin Xiong the opportunity to show his skills in the middle.

Zix's speed was slow, he took the lead in losing the center of gravity of his body, and when he turned around and tried to chase after Qin Xiong again, he had already been thrown away by Qin Xiong enough gap.

Qin Xiong strode past the midfield, Cisse and Bernardi were like big enemies, and the two didn't have to go to the side to help defend them, and they didn't dare to expand the distance between them for a while.

They were afraid of being broken by Qin Xiong one by one.

Qin Xiong was not hard-hitting, he dribbled to the right front when facing Benardi, and Benardi and Cisse strengthened the defense on that side at the same time, and they were afraid that Qin Xiong and Van der Vaart staged a clever combination to break through the defense.

Qin Xiong's overall vision and aura of organizational talent suddenly bloomed, and he led the two Monaco midfielders to move to the right front, but he suddenly stopped and passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area.

Sneijder cut across the middle from the wing and received Qin Xiong's pass in a very relaxed environment.

Monaco's defense is in a hurry, and someone has to stop Sneijder!

As soon as Rodriguez stepped forward and moved, Sneijder immediately tucked the ball behind him, and Ibrahimovic ran diagonally for a shot on goal!

Monaco may have focused too much attention on Qin Xiong, in fact, the core of Ajax's attacking system is indeed Qin Xiong, but it does not mean that other players have no creative power.

Sneijder's organizational brilliance is no slouch either.

It is in this kind of mutual cover, mutual cooperation for teammates to contain the opponent's defensive attention, Ajax's attack group played the effect of not lighting in the east and shining in the west.

It's a pity that Ibrahimovic couldn't follow his habitual feet, he has a good space to shoot, Givit is obviously a step slower, but Ibrahimovic's own shot is not controlled by his own footwork, the shot is too positive, and he is directly held in the arms of goalkeeper Roma!

The Monaco fans in the stands had a false alarm, and they also began to talk about Qin Xiong in private, and it was obvious that from the front of their own penalty area to the front of the opponent's penalty area, the most threatening player in this area was Qin Xiong!

Deschamps has adjusted his defense in the midfield, and he is not confident that he can absolutely limit Qin Xiong, after all, Qin Xiong's on-the-spot response in the first half has impressed him, but at the very least, he should also limit Ajax, the core of the organization, for at least 20 minutes.

The reality is that his defensive tweaks don't seem to be working.

Qin Xiong also frustrated his wishful thinking in the midst of change.

The Dutch media praised Qin Xiong, and after the destruction of the London duo, Qin Xiong's name appeared in the sports pages of Fleet Street media such as The Times, Daily Mail, and The Guardian, and he received a lot of praise and was regarded as a rising star of the new generation.

Of course, a player who ranks in the top 20 in goals and assists in the Champions League, and is so young, how can he not attract the attention of the outside media?

He has many advantages, but Deschamps believes that the praise of the journalists does not fully understand the quality characteristics of Qin Xiong.

After carefully studying the matches between Ajax and Arsenal and Chelsea, Deschamps is more impressed by Qin Xiong's game thinking and situational judgment.

He's a player who is fully self-aware and never loses his mind!

If he is overly obsessed with or confident in his technical ability, then Ajax may not be able to beat Arsenal and Chelsea.

It is obvious that when Qin Xiong was one-on-one with Makelle in Vieira, his breakthrough success rate was not high, and the number of breakthroughs was not much!

The reason why Qin Xiong will not try to one-on-one with his opponent again and again, one-on-one will be very majestic, but it is not necessarily absolutely beneficial to the whole team's attack.

But when Qin Xiong can make sure that he is sure enough one-on-one, he will not hesitate to try, such as in the second half when he suddenly passed Zixi without warning.

The commander's calmness and judgment of the overall shape of the game have their own uniqueness.

It's as if he has insight into the changes that are taking place and are about to happen, which is what Deschamps fears the most.

This fear is reflected on the pitch and turned into reality that the three midfielders of Monaco are no longer sure what kind of defensive method to use to limit Qin Xiong!

Pressing forward frantically?

Qin Xiong walked to the side.

The first time to retreat.

Qin Xiong took the middle lane.

In this game of cat and mouse, Qin Xiong appears to be more cunning, and on the football field, the former is more active in attack and defense, and the latter is slightly passive.

In this way, they can only improvise, pay more attention to Qin Xiong's running movements, and then the three of them work together to choose the most correct defensive mode.

In this back-and-forth battle between attack and defence, Monaco cannot guarantee that every change will be correct and tacitly unmistakable, so Ajax is trying to seize the opportunity to lose their balance in defense and expose their flaws! R1152