Long before Barcelona welcomed Ajax, some media once compared the two teams, believing that as long as Barcelona has one Rivaldo, he can be worth more than the entire Ajax team.

In 97, Rivaldo switched from Deportivo La Coruna to Barcelona, spending a total of 16 million euros from Barcelona, and Ye Qiu's Ajax introduced so many players from beginning to end, all of which add up to about this price, it can really be said that a Rivaldo is worth the entire Ajax team.

Ye Qiu was not angry at all about this ridicule from the media, on the contrary, he used the media's remarks to stimulate the fighting spirit of the players, telling his players how the group of media outside humiliated them and looked down on them, and if they wanted to make a name for themselves, there was only one way, to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou!

This game is related to the final ranking of Group F, whether the star-studded Barcelona can qualify for the next round of the group stage, and it is also related to the financial income of more than 10 million euros, and even tens of millions of potential benefits, who will not pay attention?

Because it is so important, not only the media and fans of Spain and the Netherlands are paying great attention to it, but even the fans of the whole world are paying attention to this game, UEFA has also decided to focus on promoting this game at the Camp Nou and broadcasting it live to the whole world, which is not an exaggeration.

There were those who supported Ajax and those who supported Barcelona, but the result of the game must have disappointed most people in the end, because the final result of this game was 1:1 and no one won their opponents.

Ye Qiu's side played a surprising attack from the start, causing a lot of problems for Barcelona in the first 20 minutes, and also won a lot of scoring opportunities for themselves, including three excellent scoring opportunities, but Ibrahimovic and Robben wasted successively, only Van der Vaart cut inside on the right and scored the leading goal for Ajax.

Ajax then came under a near-frantic comeback from Barcelona, who never allowed their dignity and pride to be challenged by their opponents, especially in the Eredivisie, who were never able to score.

The worst thing was near the end of the second half, when Rivaldo used his individual ability to win the ball from the left and beat two Ajax players in a row, and then curled a shot from the edge of the penalty area, straight into Van der Sar's helpless corner.

With a score of 1:1, no one was satisfied.

Ajax led for more than an hour but were not satisfied with the equaliser by Barcelona.

But Barcelona are even more unhappy, because they will be forced to go to the League Cup because of this draw, which is definitely an unacceptable shame for the proud Catalans.

The league, the league is not playing well, the Champions League, the Champions League are eliminated, and the whole Camp Nou stadium is fried!

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"Class! Class!! Class!!! ”

Ye Qiu sat in the away team's dugout at Camp Nou, and all he could hear was the boos and shouts from the Barcelona fans, who were venting their dissatisfaction with the current state of the club.

Because the relationship between Ajax and Barcelona is very special, there are quite a few staff members in the Ajax team, even including Bobby? Harms is pessimistic and disappointed with the current situation in Barcelona.

"Who would have thought that after the glory of the Dream Team, Barcelona would fall so quickly, they haven't won the title for many years!" Bobby? Harms shook his head and sighed.

In the past few years, the giant team has not won a championship for a season, which is already a deep reflection, and the absence of a championship for two consecutive seasons almost represents a great turmoil in the management, but like Barcelona, which has not won a championship for many years, everyone is worried that this team will lose the aura of giants and completely degenerate into a civilian team.

Isn't this alarmist, there are fewer such examples?

Don't say much else, Athletic Bilbao, how awesome and coaxing it was back then, if you want to talk about history, this team doesn't know how brilliant it is, but now? This team can only be regarded as a barely mid-table team in La Liga, and it is difficult to have the strength to compete for the title.

"Don't worry, every team with historical background is not so easy to fall, Barcelona itself has a very complete hematopoietic function, and over the years, Barcelona has always adhered to the youth training concept formulated during the Cruyff period, I believe that in a few years, it should be effective soon!"

If Ye Qiu is not mistaken, there are now Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Iniesta, Busquets and a large number of other stars who will excel in the next few years, and they will also be the key stars of Barcelona's transformation in the future.

Although there are many people who are dissatisfied with some of the styles on the Barcelona stadium in the future, which has caused a lot of controversy, there is one thing that Ye Qiu has always insisted on, that is, Barcelona's insistence on the concept of youth training, and the football presented by the Barcelona Dream Three team, which is enough to make this team go down in football history.

"Academy?" After hearing this, Rick Link smiled bitterly and even a little mockingly, "Delapena, Herard, Sellades, Harvey? Moreno...... Are there still fewer players from Barcelona's youth academy over the years? But did they use it? ”

Speaking of this, Rick Link shook his head vigorously, "In these giant teams, the youth team and the first team are separated, no matter how many players come out of the academy, the first team is not used, so what is the effect?" ”

De la Pena left Barcelona for Lazio this season, but his performances were very poor; After Gerrard switched to Valencia, he immediately played very good form and strength, but after returning to Camp Nou with a lot of money, what awaited him was a cold bench; As for Cerrards, after leaving Barcelona, he formed a double back with Makelele in Celta, and his performance was very eye-catching, and the two joined the Galaxy Battleship at the same time when Florentino was in charge of Real Madrid.

As for Harvey? Moreno, Ye Qiu is very familiar with them, it is the main striker of Alaves last year, and he is also the top scorer in La Liga last season, with unlimited scenery, but after joining AC Milan this season...... Do not say!

Ye Qiu didn't think about it, it turned out that Rick Link was still a senior fan of Barcelona, why did these words sound so resentful? But it's not surprising when you think about it, because Cruyff has a relationship with the likes of Louis van Gaal, and it's not uncommon for Ajax fans to be Barcelona fans.

Rick Link's remarks sounded a lot like the complaints of those Real Madrid fans in his previous life, and they all hated iron but not steel.

But now Ye Qiu can't convince Ricklink, because he can't tell him how beautiful Barcelona will be in the next few years, how brilliant it will be, and even become the so-called Cosmos team.

There is no doubt that Barcelona's success depends on the foundation precipitated by years of accumulation, and if it were not for the persistent youth training concept from Cruyff to the present, I believe they would not have been able to usher in the peak of the Dream Three team.

Some people say that Barcelona's success is because their ball control system is in line with the football trend at that time, Ye Qiu thinks this is not right, because possession of the ball is everyone's pursuit at any time in football history, and who doesn't want to control the ball at their feet for 90 minutes?

But has there ever been a history that has really been able to achieve the level of Barcelona?

Ye Qiu feels that Barcelona's success is due to the fact that they have studied the control of the ball to an extreme.

In other words, in football tactics, as long as any of the elements that affect the game can be done to the extreme, then this team can achieve the achievement of the Barcelona Dream III, but the key is that everyone understands this truth, but who can do it like Barcelona?

Or, the reason why Barcelona has been able to do so much for so many years is actually a certain element of chance and luck.

Therefore, Ye Qiu has always adhered to a principle, tactics don't matter whether they are good or bad, as long as they are good for themselves and can help them improve, it doesn't matter if they attack and defend, they can control the ball and control the space can be inclusive, even if it is the opponent's things, he will learn and learn from them.

So, Bobby? Harms will say that he is like a sponge, frantically absorbing the essence accumulated by others over the years.

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Ajax drew 1-1 with Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen beat Lyon 4-2, so the Group F standings came out.

The top two teams to reach the second round of the UEFA Champions League were Ajax and Bayer Leverkusen, with Barcelona finishing third in the group and being forced to play in the UEFA Cup, while Lyon did not even pick up a point and qualified directly from the Champions League group.

Although Santini's team performed poorly in the Champions League, they were very good in Ligue 1, which is probably also related to Santini's own strategy, they focused on Ligue 1, so they gave up the Champions League.

PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord were also knocked out of the Champions League, and both teams ended up playing in the UEFA Cup, making Ajax the only seed in the Eredivisie Champions League.

Immediately after the group stage, UEFA announced the teams for the second round of the group stage draw.

Based on the results of the group stage, combined with the team's previous Champions League points and other factors, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Juventus and Liverpool became the first seeded teams in the second round of the group stage.

That is, these four teams will definitely be in different groups.

Ajax, Deportivo La Coruna, Nantes and Panathinaikos made it to Pot 2; Manchester United, Arsenal, Porto and Galatasaray are in Pot 3, all of whom are second in the best group; In the fourth pot are Roma, Sparta Prague, Bayer Leverkusen and Boavista.

The intensity of competition in the Champions League can be seen from the division, almost every team is very good, not to mention the teams in the second pot, Manchester United and Arsenal can only go to the third pot, Porto, Galatasaray, Roma, Bayer Leverkusen...... None of these teams are fuel-efficient lamps, and it's a headache to run into anyone.

According to the draw rules, teams from the same country in the first round of the group stage will not be placed in another group, so in fact some teams are destined to meet together.

This time the draw ceremony was held in the Hilton Hotel in Geneva, Ye Qiu was busy preparing for the game, did not participate, Ajax arranged for the technical director and the team leader to represent the team to Geneva, but in the end, Leao? Ben Hack brought back bad news.

Bayern Munich, Ajax, Manchester United, Boavista, these four teams became Group A in the second round of the group stage.

It's not that Ajax's draw is bad, it can only be said that the luck is relatively poor, but the Champions League is too strong.

Liverpool, Roma, Nantes, Sparta Prague; Juventus, Deportivo La Coruna, Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen in a group; Relatively speaking, Real Madrid had the best luck, and the three opponents drawn were Panathinaikos, Galatasaray and Sparta Prague, and the overall strength of these three opponents was not very strong, and it was difficult to shake Real Madrid's right to qualify.

On the other hand, the other three groups, almost every one of them is a dead end, of which Group D is definitely the most competitive, Juventus, Deportivo Lacornia, Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen together, can be called the group of death, and Ajax meets Bayern Munich and Manchester United, and the situation of qualifying is also not optimistic.

According to the schedule of the second round of the group stage of the Champions League, two rounds will be played before the winter break, Ajax will first go to Boavista away, and then face Bayern Munich at their own home, and the remaining four rounds will be left after the winter break, and the top two in the group will advance to the top 8.

I don't know if the Ajax players were affected by the results of the draw for the second round of the Champions League group stage, the Ajax players in the 12th round of the Eredivisie, away against Graafschap, the performance was very sluggish, and one by one did not seem to have the sharpness of the past, but became lifeless and physically poor.

In this game, Ajax was almost restrained by Graafschap throughout the game, and the attack was not too threatening, but Graafschap used the Ajax back line Kolo in the 36th minute of the first half. Mistakes by Toure and Kifu opened the scoring for Ajax.

This goal made Ajax more impetuous and passive, and the referee was also dissatisfied with the frequent fouls of the Ajax players, and gave cards vigorously, among which Ibrahimovic was almost sent off with a red card for hitting the referee.

At halftime, Ye Qiu immediately replaced Ibrahimovic, who was not performing well but was obviously in poor condition and was a little out of control, with Huntelaar at halftime, hoping that Huntelaar could perform when facing his old club.

But after the start of the second half, Ajax's state has not improved much, Robben on the left seems to be out of shape, but Van der Meyde on the right has become the most threatening side of the team, and when Ye Qiu replaced Robben with Hleb, Ajax's attack really improved.

In the final stages, Ajax relied on Hleb's wide diagonal pass into the box, Van der Meyde hit the goal after entering the box, but the goalkeeper saved, and Huntelaar followed up to pick up the leak and penetrate Graafschap's goal to equalize for Ajax.

But after that, no matter how Ajax attacked, they could never break through Graafschap's goal again, and could only regretfully accept the 1:1 draw, which also disappointed Ye Qiu, because Graafschap's game should have been won in his opinion, but if he didn't win it now, the team would have lost two points.

Although PSV Eindhoven lost 1:2 away to Sparta Rotterdam in the same round, and Feyenoord also lost 1:2 away to Breda, Ajax's lead did not reduce at all, but increased from the original 3 points to 4 points, but for Ye Qiu, Ajax lost 2 points in this game.

Sometimes the advantage of the standings is deceiving, the league opponents are all like that, sooner or later, they have to meet sooner or later, they meet strong teams and weak teams, they are all 3 points, but the value is completely different, so Ye Qiu will be disappointed with the team's draw with Graafschap.

This may be a bit harsh, because if it were to be counted as such, PSV Eindhoven would undoubtedly be even more disappointed by relegation favourites Sparta Rotterdam.

In Ye Qiu's championship strategy, the points must be obtained, only in this way can the team be guaranteed to lose points at some necessary times, the reason why Ajax failed to win the championship last season is that the team failed to win in some games with obvious advantages, or even did not score points, which eventually led to the team winning the championship in a disadvantageous situation.

Because of this, Ye Qiu held an internal meeting of the coaching staff at De Tokmostt when he drew away at Graafschap and ushered in the two-week international break. Ben Haq was all part of the meeting.

Ye Qiu emphasized at the meeting that the coaching staff and the first team, and even everyone in every department of the club, must have a unified thinking, one idea and one heart, unity and one caliber externally, and the same must be true within the team.

"I have a hunch that the situation will be more and more unfavorable for us before the winter break!" Ye Qiu said very solemnly.

PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord's UEFA Cup opponents are out, namely Greece's Thessaloniki and Bundesliga Freiburg, the former's strength does not need to be said, PSV Eindhoven won safely, and Freiburg is currently performing poorly in the Bundesliga and is on the verge of relegation.

Freiburg did well last season, qualifying for the Bundesliga League Cup, but after a summer, the loss of players and the huge decline in Freiburg's competitiveness eventually led to a lack of fighting power, and Feyenoord had no big problem beating their opponents.

In that case, they will focus more on the league, while Ajax are against a strong opponent in the Champions League.

Don't look at Ajax's lineup looks huge, but that was a few years later, the current batch of Ajax is too young, especially some of the substitute players, which leads to the team If it is a single-line operation, Ye Qiu is very sure, but if it is a multi-line operation, it will inevitably have some problems.

This is also the sadness of some small teams, just like Moyes's Everton in the previous life, one season was amazing, another season was sluggish, and the decisive factor was European competitions.