Sometimes, Ye Qiu feels that coaching a football game is very much like making a movie.

The head coach is the director, the players are the actors, and the tactics are the equivalent of the script of this movie.

Before a movie starts, the script must be written first, and then everyone shoots according to the script, and there is a comparison.

Of course, the director can also revise the script during the filming process, but it is impossible for any director to completely overturn the style of the script after the filming starts, turning the original comedy into a horror movie, or turning the original love movie into an action movie, it is definitely impossible, because everyone knows what the movie will look like like this.

The same goes for a game!

The head coach worked out the tactics before the game, gave the game a tone, determined how to play, and then carried out targeted training and tactical arrangement according to this tone, and instilled the corresponding tactical requirements in the players.

In this case, once you get to the game, even if you find that your team's tactics are completely suppressed, you can't do anything unless you completely overturn all the set-ups and preparations of the past period, but that will inevitably pay a heavy price and take a huge risk.

So, in general, no one wants to do this kind of thing unless it's really desperate.

The most obvious is Liverpool's Istanbul miracle, I believe that if there was no 0:3 in the first half, without Finnen's accidental injury in the first half, if the Reds were not cornered by AC Milan, would Benitez make such a counterattack?

Perhaps, the answer is not necessarily!

Because all the head coaches know very well in their hearts that completely overturning the pre-game arrangement and starting tactics may lead to the complete collapse of the entire team, turning into a plate of scattered sand, and being slaughtered by others.

Van Marwijk has always been known for his steadiness, he watched his team be breached by the opponent in less than a minute into the first half, and he also watched his team's attack hit the copper wall of Ajax II again and again, he did not want to change, but he had to worry about a little risk.

Although he had given enough contingency measures to all the changes that the Ajax II team could make before the game, and even arranged the practice of the Ajax II team to attack after the opening, he did not expect that Ye Qiu would arrange Van der Vaart on the right side that he had never played, and also arranged such an offensive strategy accordingly.

This surprised him, but he couldn't do anything about it.

With Van der Vaart's surprise after the opening, coupled with the fact that he was always at the front, Van Marwijk's pre-game focus on the left side of the attack was suppressed by the Ajax II team, especially Dzongsa, the offensive investment was very small, and the attack on the left side never improved, plus Feyenoord's side was not very strong, which finally forced Feyenoord's attack to go more in the middle.

However, the middle is an area where Ajax's second team has a heavy defense, and Feyenoord's attack has failed to carve a gap in this area, which has to be said to be a very frustrating thing.

Feyenoord's starting tactics for this game, Cruise, Carew and Tomasson were all very active, and Van Marwijk did not give them too many restrictions, allowing them to constantly switch positions on the pitch in order to disrupt the defense of the Ajax second team.

However, because the attack was too close to the middle, the area of movement of the three was limited, and the overlap was very strong.

"The more you press forward, the stronger their defense becomes, we should consider retreating and pulling them out to play!" Mario? Bean suggested that he and Van Marwijk had focused on Ajax's second team's defence before the game.

Whether it's against PSV Eindhoven, Utrecht or Heerenveen, Ajax's defense is the stronger it gets, the more you press forward, the more you put pressure on them, the more united they are, the more monolithic they are.

At the very least, they all have to admit that in terms of space control in the local area, the defense of Ajax II team is very good.

After hearing this, Van Marwijk immediately gave the order to adjust, "Let Karui lean to the right of Lu, Bosvelt to pick him up, Tomasson and Cruise to intersperse runs in the middle to create chances, and Dzongsa on the left...... Look at Van der Vaart and go forward to attack! ”

The left flank was originally Van Marwijk's focus attacking area, but after being opened by Van der Vaart, the goal left a shadow on even manager Van Marwijk, let alone the players.

With Van der Vaart alive and able to play a sharp counter-attack, it would be unrealistic and risky for Dzongsa to be more involved in the attack, and if he was scored again, it would be really doomed.

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With Feyenoord's adjustments, the pressure on the Ajax second team was lightened.

The feeling of being pressed and beaten was very uncomfortable, but if Ye Qiu was allowed to choose, he would rather be pressed and beaten.

"Be careful to keep your formation tight, don't move forward easily, and don't leave your position casually!" Ye Qiu kept reminding him on the sidelines.

For the Ajax II team, in the face of such a strong opponent, it only takes one mistake to lead to the team's catastrophe, so he does not dare to be careless for a moment, and keeps an eye on the game situation all the time.

As the minutes ticked by, Feyenoord's retreat did not pull the Ajax II players out of their own 30-metre zone, but rather gave the Ajax II players a free chance to rest.

In Cruyff's words, "Now the tactics of the Ajax II team are, I don't care how you play, in short, I just want to defend to the end, and you have the ability to break through my defensive position, otherwise everything is not to be discussed!" “

"Ha Luha, it's a bit of a scoundrel, but it's really useful!" The host also teased.

Cruyff did not refute, "The strength of the Ajax second team is very different from the opponent, if they follow the opponent out and expand the defensive area, then the ability to control the space is bound to decline, which can easily lead to the players being in a one-on-one state, Feyenoord's players are fully capable of crushing the players of the Ajax second team with their strength." “

"Therefore, Ye Qiu's choice is not a wise choice, I can't beat me alone, I have always maintained a group beating state, no matter how many people you rush in, I will be a group of people to beat you!"

But Cruyff also reminded: "Such tactics are not necessarily effective, the time is still very early, and it is an unknown how long a group of young soldiers in the second team can hold out!" “

"You mean to say that the next biggest enemy of Ajax II is themselves?"

"Yes, that's right, if they can keep this state until the end of the game without making too many mistakes, then they have a chance to keep the score 1:0 to the bottom of the line, because we should also see that Feyenoord doesn't have a very good way to defend like this, but if they make mistakes and are caught by Feyenoord, then they don't know what to do!"

The biggest difference between the youth team and the senior team is in terms of tactical literacy, willpower and execution.

This is also the reason why Cruyff said that the biggest enemy of Ajax II will be himself.

The entire Philips Stadium was almost full of Ajax fans, all of whom shouted very loudly and looked very excited, because the team they were supporting had taken the lead from the start, and it was an incredible lead, which was enough to make them all get carried away.

In the eyes of all the Ajax fans on the scene, defense is what the Ajax II team is best at, and they have only relied on unbreakable defense to get to where they are today, and they have the opportunity to enter this stadium, so they are full of confidence.

But the problem is, it's the Dutch Cup final!

This is the first Ajax II team has ever experienced, facing a final that was broadcast live from all over the Netherlands and even all of Europe!

At the same time, it was the first time that the youngsters had played a crucial final in a stadium surrounded by tens of thousands of fans, which in itself was very different from the nature of all previous competitions.

At the beginning of the game, the players first launched a rush and sneaked up to score, and then Feyenoord pressed forward frantically, and the whole Ajax II team was under tremendous pressure, which made them think too much.

But as soon as Feyenoord began to retreat and could not find an effective way to break through the Ajax II team's defensive position for a long time, and it was difficult to create a threatening shot, there was immediately a slight slack in the psychology of the players.

In the 37th minute, Feyenoord passed back and forth and once again passed the ball to the feet of Tomasson, who was playing in the front midfield, and this time pulled to the back position to receive the ball and left the defensive area of the central defender.

Ye Qiu's impression of Tomasson is more when he was at AC Milan, many people said that he was an opportunist, although he was a substitute, he performed well, and his ability and awareness were excellent.

Now, he knows Tomason better, knowing that he was born as a striker, and the reason why Kroos and Karui can perform well this season is inseparable from Tomasson behind them, and Tomasson's back attack is also very threatening, but the Dane's speed is not fast, and it is more dependent on consciousness to run.

When Tomasson withdrew from the centre-back zone to get the ball, Heitinga and Van Doyin both made the same choice, which was to rush out of their positions, and they both wanted to go up and block Tomasson as soon as possible.

Ye Qiu was startled when he saw that both central defenders rushed out of his defensive zone at the same time, fortunately, this time Feyenoord did not realize the hole behind the central defender, and Tomasson hurriedly passed the ball back and missed an opportunity.

"Still too young!" Rick Link also noticed the problem.

Any manager has no way to deal with the mistakes that players make on the pitch, like the ones they just made, because players are not robots, and they will make some unexpected mistakes anytime and anywhere, it may be tension, it may be pressure, it may be emotion, many factors will affect them.

Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and reminded Heitinga and Van Duyne not to grab at the same time.

But just as Ye Qiu's reminder was still in his ears, Feyenoord organized another wave of offensives.

Tomasson still dropped back from the front, deliberately avoiding De Jong, and Conteman quickly got the ball at his feet.

This time, Tomasson's position to get the ball was closer than the last time, and as soon as he got the ball, Ye Qiu instinctively sensed that something was wrong, and when he saw Heitinga and Van Douin rushing out of their own defense area at the same time without thinking, he knew that Feyenoord had found a flaw in the second team of Ajax.

Or rather, they deliberately created a flaw!

Heitinga and Van Duin grabbed at the same time, Tomasson knocked back, Conteman plugged the gap behind him, Cruise pressed Kifu with his body, rushed into the hole exposed by Heitinga and Van Duyne after leaving, and volleyed hard, the ball went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal!

Despite making a flying save, Stekelenberg couldn't prevent the ball from going into the net, 1:1!

All the Ajax fans in the stadium were silent, but the Feyenoord fans rushed out of their seats in excitement, and they finally broke through the Ajax II defence and scored and equalized after falling behind for more than half an hour.

Ye Qiu's whole body was so angry that he walked back and forth in front of the coach's seat, and everyone could see how ugly his face was.

He tried everything possible to steal a goal, but in the end he took the initiative to make a mistake and gave it to others, he really didn't know how to describe his mood, or, this is football!

'As I said, the biggest enemy of Ajax II is actually themselves, and it's hard for us to ask a youth team to be able to do the whole 90 minutes without a mistake like the senior team, because some of them are not professionals, some are 16 years old, and they can be held to the standards of a professional footballer?

Cruyff was also very disappointed with the goal, but he understood because he was a bystander.

"Feyenoord is a very experienced team, if you make a mistake, they won't see it, their players will tacitly attack according to your mistakes, this is Feyenoord's biggest winning chip in this game, that is, the most effective weapon brought by experience!"

"The second team of Ajax is still too young, I just noticed that Ye Qiu reminded him on the sidelines, but in such a short period of time, one after another made mistakes, which is indeed very undesirable, and the mentality of the players is estimated to have begun to relax, because they rarely lead at the beginning, and many of them have not been able to adapt to the atmosphere of how to play after taking the lead."

"John, I have to remind you that Ajax II have been very good in the league and often take the lead!" The host laughed and provoked.

Cruyff shook his head, "The youth team game is completely different from the Dutch Cup final, judging from the situation just now, the Ajax II team just didn't learn how to play after the lead, or rather, the premature lead made their original unbreakable copper wall cracks." ”

"So, now the key is to see how Ye Qiu adjusts, he must hold on in the first half, and he can't concede any more goals!"

Sure enough, after the team was equalized, Ye Qiu suppressed the anger in his heart, walked to the sidelines, shouted loudly at the players, and kept reminding them that they must pay attention to keeping the three lines compact and maintaining the coordination of the overall operation, and even Ye Qiu directly called De Jong and Sneijder back.

Feyenoord, who restarted the game and equalised, pressed forward again, obviously hoping to take advantage of this momentum to finish off the Ajax second team in one fell swoop, and swallow this weak but very tenacious opponent in one go.

However, the Ajax II team directly put on a stubborn posture in the 30-meter area.

Facts have once again proved that when Feyenoord pressed forward and tried to carve out the Ajax II defense in the middle, they often always hit the iron plate directly, because in the densely populated defensive area, the Ajax II team was able to use the overall formation to develop an orderly defense.

On the contrary, Feyenoord's attack has always been difficult to develop and difficult to threaten.

In this case, Feyenoord failed to score again in the last 6 minutes, and the Ajax II team always put on a stubborn posture and dragged the score of 1:1 to the end of the first half.

But at this time, the advantage and morale of the Ajax second team, which had been built up with great difficulty after the opening, were seriously weakened with Feyenoord's goal, and even the Ajax fans in the stands began to suffer from gains and losses.

In the final analysis, Ajax II is a youth team, while Feyenoord is an experienced professional team, and the difference in strength between the two sides is obvious.

"The current situation is very bad for the Ajax II team!" Listening to Cruyff's tone, it seems pessimistic about the prospects of Ajax II.

"Leading for half an hour in the first half, being equalized at the last moment, and even almost reversing, this is a big blow to the team's morale, and they are a young team, we have reason to believe that in the second half, Feyenoord will further target a series of holes exposed by the Ajax II team in the first half to create chances, which requires Ye Qiu to fill these holes at halftime, otherwise, it will be difficult for them to survive Feyenoord's attack in the second half."

The host listened to it and felt that it made sense, "Yes, that's right, and we should also see that Feyenoord was full of morale after the equaliser, and it seems that they already have the idea of reversing the score in one fell swoop, or even exceeding it, so it is very likely that they will further strengthen the offensive in the second half." ”

'At the very least, we can see that Van Marwijk should be happy with the result of the first-half equaliser!' The live TV footage showed Feyenoord coach Van Marwijk smiling as he greeted his players, and he looked very happy.

On the contrary, it was the Ajax second team up and down, one by one, who looked depressed and walked towards the players' tunnel.

The two teams of dead enemies collided at the entrance of the players' tunnel.