Ajax's first warm-up game was across the English Channel to England to take on Ipswich Town.

In the past few years, there have been dark horses in the Premier League almost every season, such as Ipswich last season, this team was promoted last season, and it actually reached the fifth place in the Premier League standings in one go, directly pressing Chelsea, Southampton, Newcastle and other Premier League powerhouses.

After a stellar performance from last season, Ipswich have big ambitions this season to continue to make a difference in the Premier League, but as a newcomer, they haven't made any big moves in the transfer market and the squad has largely maintained their squad from last season.

At the Portman Road Stadium in Ipswich Town, just across the English Channel from Amsterdam, Ajax ushered in the first warm-up game of the new season.

In this game, Ye Qiu lined up a lineup that performed well in the two-week training camp, the goalkeeper was Van der Sar, the backline was Abidal, Kivo, Lucio and McConn, and the midfielder was Yaya because of Keita's injury. Toure, Gilberto? A combination of Silva and Sneijder, the front trident is Arjen Robben, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart.

Ye Qiu's focus in this game was the team's training results, so he didn't give the team any instructions that they must win, or to win beautifully, he just hoped that the players could show the effect of the training camp.

What I didn't expect was that the fierce competition in the team made everyone at Ajax hold their breath and want to show their strength in front of the manager.

Last season's Portman Road Stadium was the most terrifying devil's home stadium in the Premier League, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and other teams failed to take even the slightest advantage from this stadium, and Middlesbrough, Newcastle and Manchester City were defeated here, and Tottenham Hotspur lost a 0:3.

This surprised Portman Road fans and brought a bit of schadenfreude at the same time.

"You Dutch boys who have never seen the world, go crazy, you continue to be crazy, see how we beat you!"

But what people didn't expect was that less than 5 minutes after the game started, Ajax took the lead in breaking through Ipswich's goal, which was a long pass from Kifu's backfield, and accurately found Robben on the left side, who quickly broke through with the ball and passed diagonally to the right side of the goal, Van der Vaart inserted it and hit the goal, 1:0!

This goal came too suddenly, which surprised Ipswich fans and at the same time was a little depressed, even angry, because they were the fifth in the Premier League last season and lost to Ajax?

It's really unbearable for uncles, unbearable for aunts!

After scoring the first goal, it was clear that Ajax were more conscious of taking control of the game.

One of the very interesting pictures made Ye Qiu feel very satisfied, that is, Van der Sar took the initiative to walk out of the small penalty area, reached out to ask for the ball, pushed forward with the ball, and kept communicating with his teammates, words are nothing more than to stabilize the situation first and ensure the maximization of the lead.

Then although Ipswich Town's striker Stewart forced Van der Sar, the latter made a short pass to Kiv, Kivu passed Lucio, and the Brazilian pulled the ball to get the ball, and quickly advanced forward with the ball, so that Ipswich's overall defensive position had to retreat quickly, and was almost caught off guard by Ajax.

Before the game, Ipswich still had a bit of the fifth sharpness in the Premier League, but after being sharpened by Ajax for a while, he gradually lost this sharpness and felt difficult to deal with Ajax's more controlling style of play.

The game was almost always under the control of Ajax, and it was not until the second half that Ajax broke through Ipswich's goal again, substitute winger Van der Meyde crossed from the right, and Huntelaar, who replaced Ibrahimovic in the penalty area, stabbed in front of the goal, and broke Ipswich's goal again, 2-0.

This goal also became the last goal of the warm-up game, and neither Ipswich nor Ajax could score again.

After returning to Amsterdam, Ye Qiu held a summary meeting of the team's first warm-up game for the first time, and raised some questions at the meeting, such as after the team slowed down the pace, whether it was pressing or pressing, the strength was obviously weak.

"There is a saying in our Chinese proverb, fight the snake and do not die with the stick, which means that if you do not kill the snake, he will bite you to death in turn, and the same is true in football games, there can be no slackness, you must firmly suppress the opponent all the time, patiently look for opportunities, and once you find an opportunity, do not be merciful, with lightning speed, directly kill them!"

"For us, the best opponent is always the one who dies the worst!"

Ye Qiu is taking advantage of the opportunity to keep instilling his own football philosophy in the players, that is, attack, non-stop attack!

After returning to Amsterdam, Ajax conducted another week of intensive training, and then ushered in the two-day Amsterdam Cup, which is also a cup competition that Ye Qiu attaches great importance to before the season.

Unlike last year's Amsterdam Cup, when Ajax received a cold reception from local fans, this season's Ajax has become the darling of Amsterdam fans with their outstanding performance last season.

Ajax's first game against Trim's AC Milan side was the team.

The Rossoneri didn't perform well last season, but this season they have shown great ambitions, first bringing in Inzaghi from Juventus and then Portuguese talent Rui from Fiorentina? Costa, showing Trim's ambition to remake the team.

At this moment, Andrea Pirlo has just switched from his arch-rival Inter Milan, while Albertini has lost his main force due to too many injuries, and AC Milan's midfielder is Rui? The world of Costa and Serginho.

Trim's tactical lineup for this game is 4312, the goalkeeper is Abbiati, the back line is Koko, Maldini, Kaladze and Contra from left to right, the midfielders are Serginho, Donati and Gattuso, Rui? Costa burst forward to play in midfield, with Shevchenko and Inzaghi as the two strikers.

Donati came in from Atalanta this season and Trim has scheduled him to start, apparently to scout the player.

Ye Qiu's starting lineup for this game is still 433, the goalkeeper is Van der Sar, the backline is Abidal, Kivo, Lucio and McConn, and the three players in the midfield are Keita and Gilberto? Silva and Sneijder, among whom Keita and Gilberto? Silva was at the back, with Sneijder up front and the trident of Arjen Robben, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart.

AC Milan's lineup and tactics are typical of strong offense and weak defense, especially Contra, the right-back who just played against Ajax in Alaves last season has little defensive ability, and he is the best at attacking.

Ye Qiu's strategy in this game was to suppress AC Milan's midfield, especially Rui? Costa.

Whether it's Shevchenko or Inzaghi, they are very good at scoring goals, but they still need someone to feed them the ball behind them, and Trim thinks, Rui? Costa will be the most suitable candidate, and even the whole world feels that this iron triangle will be the strongest trident in Serie A this season.

And Ye Qiu's tactics are to use the characteristics of his double back waist to suppress the traditional front waist and let Rui? Costa was unable to control and hold the ball at will in his most comfortable position, which in turn disrupted AC Milan's attack and rhythm.

For Ajax itself, the most comfortable thing is naturally fast-paced.

Therefore, from the beginning, Ajax did not pay attention to playing possession with AC Milan, giving up some possession time, but emphasizing fast pace and attacking impact, which made AC Milan's possession seem to be a lot, but it was difficult to take a step forward at the edge of the penalty area, and it was never able to find effective opportunities to convert possession into goals.

Moreover, AC Milan's players have not been training for a long time, lack of physical fitness, and several core players are new to the team, which has led to several mistakes in the team, especially the cooperation between Maldini and Kaladze, which gave Ajax two chances to shoot in just 5 minutes.

But the imps are missing out on a chance ahead of the more experienced and mature AC Milan players.

In the 26th minute, Shevchenko used his personal ability to get a pass from Serginho, got rid of Lucio, and hit the goal from a tight angle to open the scoring for AC Milan.

AC Milan's desire to slow down the tempo was even more evident after the goal, and Trim himself was well aware that Ajax's impact was excellent, and in a fast-paced state, AC Milan only exposed more problems and discomforts.

Ye Qiu kept calling on the players on the sidelines to stay calm and rational.

"It's only 26 minutes, there's still a long time, don't rush, take your time!"

"Remember the tactics we laid out before the game, don't mess around, and play firmly according to our rhythm and tactics!"

Ye Qiu's appeal instilled confidence in the Ajax players, who began to compete with AC Milan for control of the tempo as the manager demanded, using high defence, high pressing and frantic pressing, forcing AC Milan to speed up the tempo.

In the 37th minute, there was a chance on the left side of Ajax, Robben took advantage of Contera's scramble to lose his position, and after winning the ball, he quickly went straight to the AC Milan defense, and the left side of the front of the penalty area was calmly plugged into the ribs.

Maldini wanted to intercept in a hurry, but under the interference of Ibrahimovic, he accidentally leaked the ball, and the Swede got the ball under the sandwich of Maldini and Kaladze, and flexibly dribbled out of the encirclement, and hit the goal from a small angle in the penalty area to equalize the score for Ajax, 1:1!

This goal completely sounded the horn of Ajax's counterattack, and in the remaining time, Ajax completely pressed AC Milan to play, especially at halftime, Ye Qiu decisively adjusted his tactics according to the tactical characteristics of AC Milan, giving Robben more opportunities to play and allowing him to break through one-on-one.

Ye Qiu's adjustment caused huge problems for AC Milan's defence in the second half.

In the 64th minute, it was Robben on the left side who forced a breakthrough, and after forcing a breakthrough, he made a cross on the left side of the AC Milan penalty area, and Keita, who was inserted in the back, hit a header at the near post to reverse the score to 2:1!

But after reversing the opponent, Ajax had no idea of maintaining the status quo at all, and Ye Qiu also kept calling on the players on the sidelines to continue to maintain offensive pressure, and he also began to actively make substitution adjustments.

In the 85th minute, Yaya, who came on as a substitute for Keita? Toure crossed to the edge of the penalty area after receiving a knock back from Hleb in front of him, and found Van der Vaart, who ran inside from the right and cut in to the middle, who probed into the box and hit the goal with his left foot, 3:1!

In the end, thanks to goals from Ibrahimovic, Keita and Van der Vaart, Ajax won the cup competition in the first Amsterdam Cup game at the Arena Stadium, reversing AC Milan 3-1 and winning the cup competition.

'I'm very happy with the performance but I don't think the win in this game says anything, we are more prepared than AC Milan and we haven't changed much from last season, which makes our players work together more closely on the pitch.

'AC Milan made a few changes that made them more rusty in their combination, and Shevchenko and Inzaghi missed at least eight chances to score in the game, which also reminded us that we won because of the poor form of our opponents.

'We still have a lot of problems, especially when we are facing the top teams in Europe, our shortcomings will be more obvious, and my players and I are mentally prepared for it, because we all know that exposing problems is the beginning of our team's progress.

And Ye Qiu also said that he was satisfied with the effect of the team's preseason preparation.

'We've been training behind closed doors for the last three weeks and it's definitely been a big problem for the players, but I'm very happy that the players are very serious and focused, which makes me feel like we're being a formidable team and I always believe that Ajax will be stronger and more competitive than at any time in the last few years!'

Ye Qiu's remarks were affirmed by AC Milan coach Trim, who believes that Ajax has suppressed AC Milan tactically well, and Ajax's players are not at all like some young players, "They have a group of outstanding talents, and over time, they will let the whole of Europe see their strength!" ”

Of course, everyone's understanding of this is, polite words!

Trim also stressed once again after the game that the problem at the back was serious for AC Milan's loss against Ajax, and he called for the team to further strengthen the team's backline, and AC Milan are also currently contacting Danish defender Laursen.

After playing AC Milan, Ajax took a two-day break to welcome Arsenal.

Perhaps because it was a warm-up match, both Wenger and Ye Qiu played offensive football without reservation in this game, and the side attacks and defenses of Arsenal and Ajax on the side have also become the most eye-catching highlight of the game, which makes all fans at the Arena Stadium see a happy goal feast.

At 3:3, Ajax and Arsenal completed a wonderful game that everyone praised.

From the scene, from the offensive point of view, both sides performed quite well in this game, but from the tactical level, whether it was Ye Qiu or Wenger, they obviously encountered difficulties, and could even be said to be frustrated, because they did not limit their opponents very well.

With a record of one win and one draw, Ajax got 4 points, but because Ajax scored 6 goals in two games, they got 6 extra points, and finally got 10 points and became the champion of this Amsterdam Cup.

Arsenal beat Valencia 1-0 in their first game, and they finished second with eight points, while Rafael Benitez's Valencia beat AC Milan 2-1, once again exposing AC Milan's biggest problem, but the La Liga team also finished third, and the poor Rossoneri lost two games and finished bottom.

Ajax won the Amsterdam Cup, which certainly made all Ajax fans happy, but it also exposed a lot of problems for the team, especially in the warm-up match immediately after Ajax faced Valencia, Ye Qiu and Benitez's fighting style, and finally the two sides played a 1:1 draw, proving that the team still has a lot of problems.

On the offensive side, the team's problems are more likely to occur when the team transitions from slow to fast, especially when the team transitions from slow to fast, there are a lot of problems, which requires Ye Qiu and the coaching staff to continue to dig deeper into the team's tactical details and adjust them.

Defensively, it's more about the players' coordination with each other, especially goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and the backline.

In the past, Grim almost did not command the back line, which made the back line a bit of a fighting feeling, and the players were also used to this style of play, but now Ye Qiu wants to integrate the defense line and the goalkeeper, let Van der Sar command the back line, and keep in touch with the defenders at any time, which makes the defenders a little confused.

But judging from the performance in a few weeks of training and a few warm-up games, Van der Sar's joining has greatly improved Ajax's defense as a whole, especially in commanding the defense line and communicating with the defenders.

But there are also a lot of problems, mainly in the echo and coordination, which are very rusty, and the players in the back line are too young, which also exposes some problems, especially in the face of Shevchenko, Inzaghi, Bergkamp and Henry, the young and inexperienced defenders are undoubtedly very passive.

But no matter what, Ye Qiu is confident enough to solve these problems and lead the team to move forward!

At the end of a series of warm-up games, after Ajax got off to a good start to the season, Ye Qiu received another piece of good news.