Volume 1 Chapter 202 Enters the Final Four

How can you tell that Juventus is impatient?

It's simple, look at Buffon!

The game was not NS0 minutes, but Buffon had already begun to rush out of the penalty area, actively asking his teammates to press up and attack, and Juventus almost every time he inserted an attack was a desperate style of play, and anyone could see that Juventus was dead.

But sometimes, not wanting to die may not be able to scare the opponent.

When Mascherano stabbed the ball at Nedved's feet to Sneijder, Sneijder made an overhead pass and found Thuram and Montero with precision, and Ibrahimovic forced a bloody path between the two Juventus central defenders, and after winning the ball, he ran all the way into the 30-metre area of Juventus.

Buffon saw that the single knife was done, and it was too late to return to the goal line, so he could only make mistakes and attack directly.

The Swedish center's next shot was very light, lightly picked, the ball lightly passed Buffon, gently crossed an arc, gently fell into the goal line, gently rolled into the bottom of the net, Zambrotta ran all the way back to chase, couldn't stop the momentum, the whole person also crashed into the bottom of the net, turned around, and kicked the ball to the Ajax half of the court vigorously, venting the anger in his heart.

3:0!

The number on the red scoreboard at the Arena Stadium immediately changed from 2 to 3, which means that the remaining ten minutes of the game have completely become useless, no matter how Juventus plays, is it possible that they can still score 4 goals against Ajax?

It was a game that didn't compete at one level from the start, and from the start, Juventus were in a very passive situation, with Ajax winning away and scoring twice away, both of which were like a sword of Damocles hanging over Juventus' heads.

The situation of the game is more like Ye Qiu, who has the initiative, uses his advantages to maximize the results, and he is also at a disadvantage, but Juventus, who is fighting hard, still can't get rid of the tragedy of the nightmare at the end.

It's not that Juventus didn't fight in this game, on the contrary, they were very brave enough to stand up and fight, but they lost!

"There is no doubt that Ajax got a near-perfect victory, Juventus was almost led by the nose by Ajax from beginning to end at the Arenal Stadium, Ye Qiu proved his coaching level and tactical strength with this game, even in the face of the cunning Lippi, he can play the silver fox in applause."

The on-site commentator was very impressed by the performance of Ye Qiu and Ajax in this game, and even in his opinion, Ye Qiu was fully capable of making himself one of the top coaches in Europe with his performance in this game, because he completely occupied an overwhelming victory, and Lippi had no threat to him.

Ajax should also use this game to get rid of the title of dark horse and underdog and really win everyone's affirmation, and they should even be listed as serious contenders for the Champions League title this season.

'Lippi and Juventus may have lost sadly, but they can't blame anyone because it was all predestined in the first leg at the Alp Stadium, and the reversal from Ajax and two away goals already doomed Juventus to have a tough away game.

"But no matter what, the score of 3:0 definitely does not represent the whole game, Lippi and his Juventus lost this game in the most regrettable way, but their performance deserves everyone's recognition, especially Lippi, who was decisively replaced by Salas and Di Vaio in the second half, almost crazy in the counterattack."

"We can see Lippi's midfield substitution as a madness that is cornered, but it also represents Lippi's courage to give it a go, but when Ye Qiu was in control of the game, he showed his maturity and stability that did not match his age, and he made Lippi's madness completely turn into the negative resistance of the loser."

As the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the entire Arena was in an unprecedented frenzy, with fans rushing out of their seats, standing behind the fence, and some even climbing directly onto the railing, where they cheered and celebrated the team's promotion again.

Many Ajax fans were chanting the names of the players, from Van der Vaart, Sneijder, Robben to Ibrahimovic, to Arteta, to Lucio, to Van der Sar...... At the end, they were shouting Ye Qiu.

In this game, the Arenal Stadium was full, and more than 50,000 Ajax fans in the stadium were shouting Ye Qiu, and the momentum was almost like to collapse the sky, tear the ground apart, and completely destroy the Arenal Stadium that was imprisoned around them, to vent the excitement and excitement in their hearts.

No one knows better than them the pain that Juventus has inflicted on Ajax, and the Serie A giants are definitely a strong witness to Ajax's downfall, because in the 95/96 season, Ajax, who had the aura of the reigning champions of the Champions League, drew 1-1 with Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, but eventually lost to the Bianconeri on penalties.

Since then, Ajax has been sinking all the way, while Juventus has reached the peak of the Champions League final for three consecutive years, especially in the following 96/97 season, Juventus defeated Ajax in the semi-finals 2:1 and 4:l respectively, completely sending the Eredivisie giants out of the Champions League and ruining Ajax's dream of reaching the top again.

It was also at this time that everyone knew very well that the Ajax team that swept the Europa League no longer existed, so more and more players chose to flee Amsterdam for their dreams and in order to make their career peaks more brilliant, and this also started the darkest period of Ajax's history.

Since then, Ajax has not met Juventus in the European arena again, and the hatred of the Bianconeri in the hearts of Ajax fans has never been vented, but now, the opportunity has come, they beat the Bianconeri 2-1 away, slaughtered the opponent 3-O at home, and then kicked Juventus out of the Champions League with an astonishing record of 5-1 on aggregate, which made them all feel a sense of revenge.

The fans are not stupid, they also know the ball, they also know how to analyze, and they all know that the reason why Ajax can have today, can have the opportunity, to compete with top teams such as Juventus, Manchester United, Barcelona, and Real Madrid, and not lose to the opponent, who brought all this.

Perhaps in normal times, due to the low profile of the head coach's position, fans don't have the opportunity to express their gratitude and love for the head coach, but now, when there is a chance, at the Arena Stadium, more than 50,000 fans chanted Ye Qiu in unison, and the momentum was enough to infect everyone on the scene.

Ye Qiu was very moved by the shouts from the fans, all the way from the home team's coach's seat to the away team's coach's seat, he kept waving to the fans, and after coming to the away team's coach's box, he shook hands with Lippi politely and politely, and then shook hands with several of Lippi's assistants to say hello.

The revenge has been avenged, and now is the time to show his friendliness and demeanor, Ye Qiu is very clear about this.

When he walked back, Ye Qiu was stopped by his own players, and then he didn't know who Lu Dao was, so he lifted Ye Qiu up, directly to the middle of the stadium, and didn't let him put it down, just let him look up at the night sky of Amsterdam from the blank space in the middle of the roof that covered the surrounding stands at the Arena Stadium.

In early summer, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the weather is good.

"From the very beginning of the game, we were caught up in the rhythm and process that the opponent had set for us, we kept fighting and trying, but we could only follow the opponent's script, and we were in a very bad situation throughout the game, which made us feel very awkward and unable to play as well as we should have."

In the post-match press conference, Lippi could not hide the disappointment of being eliminated from the Champions League, his expression was very painful, obviously this fiasco hit him very hard, and also made him return to Italy, he will inevitably have to face criticism from fans and media, may not shake his position, but the impact will be very large.

"We studied our opponents for a whole week for this match, and that's not counting the first leg of the match, we put in a very careful way to prepare for any unexpected situation, but we never managed to get our opponents out of the game, there was no room for improvement.

"I told my players long before the fight not to think about qualifying, not to think about the first leg, just to focus on this fight, but obviously it was not possible, from the time we were beaten in the first leg to this match, we were always affected by the opponent."

Lippi's heart-wrenching analysis also made all the reporters present feel his frustration after the failure.

'Ajax still have a lot of room for improvement, but they're already a world class team, they have a very good group of players, they can attack from all positions, which makes it very difficult to defend and you have to be quick against them, so we didn't do that well enough tonight.

As long as anyone with a little tactical literacy can see that Lippi does not mean that Juventus is not fast, but that Juventus is not fast enough when it should be, which directly leads to the team not being able to keep up with the pace and pace of Ajax.

When a reporter asked about the lack of fitness of some Juventus players, Lippi took advantage of the problem to play and found a big excuse for his loss.

'As you all know, after the winter break we were constantly going back and forth on multiple fronts, and we had another game against the likes of Inter Milan during our time against Ajax, and the cutthroat competition in the league, which made our players not very fit and in shape.

'But it's a shame that this is the Champions League and the schedule doesn't accommodate anyone, so we have to pay the price.'

It is human nature to make excuses for their failures, and after making an excuse, Lippi did not mention Conte's mistakes, believing that Conte had shown his due strength and level, and had also made contributions, and should not be blamed.

In an interview with reporters, as the host and the winner of this game, Ye Qiu also showed his demeanor, he said that Juventus has always been an important benchmark for Ajax, and the team's goal is to catch up with Juventus in the Champions League.

'There is no doubt that this game is a great win for us because we are finally catching up with what we have been chasing in the past, I have said before, we are a young team, we lack experience, we lack long-term consistency and that's why everyone is not optimistic about us.

Ye Qiu's words also made many reporters present admit that a large part of them are not optimistic about Ajax because this team is too young, with an average age of early twenties, and such a team is even younger than Van Gaal's youth army back then.

"But I've always felt that being young is our disadvantage, but it's also our advantage, because we're young, so we have enough motivation, we're not afraid of losing, because we can afford to lose, if we lose this year, we can come back next year, if we lose next year, we can come back the year after, we're never afraid of failure!

"Because we are young, we have to give more than our opponents, we need to rely on more holistic and stable tactics to make up for the ups and downs caused by lack of experience, we need to rely on the strength of teamwork to resolve the disadvantages of individual ability, and do our best to close the gap between ourselves and our opponents."

"Also because we are young, each of us is hungry for success, everyone is full of desire for victory, full of expectation of glory, we are more willing than our opponents to do our best to win a game, we cherish every opportunity more than anyone else."

"We are here because we are young!"

Ye Qiu's remarks somewhat wanted to overturn all the previous media assertions about Ajax, that is, youth does not mean that a team is not good, and it does not mean that Ajax does not have the combat strength to compete with strong opponents.

There is never an absolute, only a relative, and there are two sides to everything in this world.

Obviously, the group of reporters present were all persuaded by Ye Qiu's words, even if they were not convinced, in the face of such a bloody victory as the 3:0 massacre of Juventus, who could give a strong argument to refute?

For the team's victory, reaching the Champions League semi-finals for the second consecutive year, Ye Qiu feels that this is a good refutation of some media evidence, so that those who think that Ajax's semi-finals last year were luck and coincidences can see Ajax's strength clearly.

'I'm very proud to be in the semi-finals again, we have to face Barcelona and it's going to be very difficult because Antich has managed to bring this team out of the shadows and knocking out Arsenal to reach the semi-finals is the most powerful proof of this, but we will not be afraid and we will be brave enough to face any challenge.

The day before Ajax's match with Juventus, Barcelona eliminated Arsenal of the Premier League 2:1 over two legs, successfully reaching the semi-finals, and meeting Ajax in the first half.

In the second half, Real Madrid eliminated Manchester United with an aggregate score of 6:5, which also allowed Bosque's team to reach the Champions League semifinals again, while his opponent was 2:2 on aggregate, but with the advantage of away goals, eliminated Valencia's Inter Milan, Ronaldo encountered his old club, which also became an interesting talk in the media.

Ajax play Barcelona and Real Madrid play Inter Milan, and the two semi-final matchups can be said to be full of weight, while La Liga fans are starting to look forward to the duel between the two giants, and they are even waiting for their derby of the century in the Champions League final.

Although Juventus reached the quarter-finals and Lippi was ashamed of the defeat at the Arena Stadium, he still gave good feelings and expectations for the future of Ajax, believing that the team was completely underestimated by the outside world.

"Many people think that Ajax is too young, but I think Mr. Ye Qiu is right at all, youth is sometimes a disadvantage, but it can also be an advantage, any underestimation of Ajax's opponent is a very fatal mistake, I think this Ajax team has the ability to break through from the semi-finals, and even go to the bottom."

Lippi was defeated by Ye Qiu, of course he hoped that Ye Qiu could go to the bottom, at least this would make him feel better.

For the kind blessing from Lippi, Ye Qiu also responded.

"Mr. Lippi is a very good top manager, I have always admired him very much, because when he led Juventus to the championship, I didn't know where he was, he has a lot of coaching experience, I firmly believe that he knows how to win games better than anyone else, so I think Juventus will win this year's Serie A title."

Although the mutual praise between the two head coaches is not what all the reporters and media on the scene are willing to see, they can't stop the cooperation between Ye Qiu and Lippi, and the two are obviously unwilling to hurt the harmony.

Outside the press conference, the Ajax fans were not over in celebration, and none of them left the Arena Stadium, either in the stands inside the stadium or in the commercial area around the stadium.

Evariste Mutra accompanied a middle-aged Spaniard in a suit out of the Arena Stadium.

The Spaniard has the most typical Catalan personality, seemingly shy and introverted, but deep down he is full of blood and passion, so when he walked out of the Arena Stadium and saw the flow of people around him like a sea of people, he was not at all annoyed by the crowd that was crowding him, but a little excited.

Only Evariste Mutra, a well-known flower in Barcelona's wealthy circles, always frowned, also wearing a suit and leather shoes, but with a completely different expression from the middle-aged Spaniard.

"It seems that this Ye Qiu is still very powerful, no wonder Mr. Cruyff values him so much." The middle-aged Spanish man said with a smile, just for this game, he was completely impressed by Ye Qiu.

Evariste Mutra doesn't really know much about football, you tell him about women, he can count all the beautiful stars and supermodels in Barcelona and even Spain for you, but you tell him football, he doesn't understand, he knows two things, pay money, and trust his iron buddy, that is, the person next to him.

As soon as he talked about Ye Qiu, he remembered the beautiful agent, and a trace of brilliance and longing suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"In that case, can I find a chance to arrange for you to meet?" Evarister Mutla laughed.

The middle-aged Spanish man glanced at him and said with a smile: "I still don't want you to arrange it, otherwise you will definitely arrange a lot of women!"

Evarister Mutrah suddenly laughed, not resentful, but proud.