Volume 1 Chapter 96 Double Kill Eindhoven
Many fans don't know what to do, they think it's a very simple thing to bring out a team, as long as you find a group of players who meet your tactical positioning, create a set of highly targeted tactics, and then give each player a detailed division of labor, so that they can keep training, keep running-in, okay, sooner or later, they will have combat effectiveness.
But in reality, the problem is far more complex than that.
What is fusion?
On the football field, integration is about integrating my strengths into the team as a whole and filling in the weaknesses of my teammates.
Is this easy?
As an example, in this set of 433 tactics of Ajax, Gilberto? Silva is responsible for distributing the ball, especially on the two wings, does the team-mates around him make a difference?
If he thinks that the team should launch an attack in the shortest possible time, then he should choose to go forward, find Ibrahimovic, find Sneijder, but not Yaya? Toure, for the simple reason that the Ivorian has not yet been able to adapt to Ajax's one-touch pass, he always habitually stops the ball and passes it out, which is slow.
Sneijder, on the other hand, may have a simple technique, but he can run, pass, play and play with great awareness, and more importantly, he is very fast and has a very precise grasp of the timing of his passes, which allows him to get the ball out of the ball in the shortest possible time as long as he sees the holes.
Whether it is in counterattack or positional warfare, his ability can be well reflected.
Yaya? Toure's physical fitness is very good, his passing ability is very good, pressing in the front court, and attacking in the back, these are his strengths, he is a player who is very good both offensively and defensively, but because he is slow to play the ball and likes to dribble the ball, he is not as good as Keita in the competition for the main position, and Ye Qiu has been helping him get rid of this problem recently.
And Yaya? One of the main reasons why Toure is not as good as Sneijder is that he is not very responsive and is used to playing and playing with himself as the center, in other words, he is the kind of player who needs others to adapt to him.
There is a golden rule in the field of tactics.
"To make a machine run smoothly, it is not the super performance of a certain component, but the precise coordination of all parts!"
If you put this sentence into football, it becomes that the smooth operation of a team does not depend on the extraordinary performance of a certain player, but on the precise cooperation of each player.
Sneijder is undoubtedly the kind of player who puts himself in the team, he can do everything he can to help himself and his teammates around him play better, and he is not the kind of playmaker who carries the ball, he belongs to the kind of person who runs, receives, passes, and never drags mud and water, so the ball stays at his feet for a short time, and it is difficult for opponents to defend.
But Sneijder also has his own weakness, that is, physical confrontation, which will be exposed in the battle of attacking the position, and it is easy to be targeted to death, so Ye Qiu is beside him, and he always has to arrange a player to assist him, is it Keita, or Yaya? Toure.
But even if this is the case, it can only achieve complementary characteristics.
If you really want to form a strong fighting force on the court, you still need to run in each other's rhythm.
Sneijder's rhythm is to play the ball quickly, Yaya? Toure's rhythm is slow, McCone is strong with the ball, and Robben likes to dribble head-on the opposition defence...... Everybody has to understand the characteristics of their teammates, their playing habits and their rhythm of playing, and then they will make choices when they pass the ball, oh, what kind of teammates should give the ball to when it happens, and whose feet the ball goes, what will he do, what the rhythm will be, and then I will take the initiative to accommodate you.
I accommodate you, you accommodate him, he accommodates me, accommodate each other's rhythm, pick up each other, integrate into each other, and the rhythm of the whole team can be coordinated, otherwise, everyone will come according to their own rhythm, so how can the game be played?
As long as we are in harmony with each other, then the distribution of the ball is simple, I need to attack quickly, I pass the ball to the feet of the fast-paced player, and everyone immediately turns to accommodate the player, and the overall rhythm is naturally fast.
One person can never drive the whole team, but 10 people have to drive 1 person, and that's a breeze.
So, the tempo is never something that one person can control, it's the whole team, and those who think that losing a player will completely lose the rhythm of the team are wrong, and the reason why this is the case is because they completely blur the concept of distributing the ball and controlling the tempo.
One of the most important reasons why it is easier to control and coordinate the defensive counterattack is that this tactic has a relatively simple control of the tempo, I can play a slow-paced defensive state for the whole game, and when I seize the opportunity, all of a sudden I play a fast game, and if I succeed, I score, and if it doesn't, I go back to the slow pace.
This tactic is relatively simple in terms of rhythm change, easy to coordinate, and relatively easy to achieve quickly, but the problem is also very troublesome, because it tests the tactical execution, once this tactic is adopted, the team's overall thinking reaction is rigid, and it is often very difficult to change and give up the defensive counterattack play, unless the squad is reorganized.
Ye Qiu played in the Dutch Cup last season, and adopted the tactics of defensive counterattack, and the team as a whole performed very well, but this season he decided to give up this style of play and move towards a more complex and difficult control style of play, so he introduced a large number of new players to form a new Ajax.
But the difficulty of reorganizing the tactics is undoubtedly much more than he imagined, even if a season has passed, to this day, he still just feels that the team has integrated a framework and prototype, and it will take a longer time before the real completion.
Looking at the history of football, who can quickly develop a strong and perfect tactical system in one year?
But also because in the repeated process of constantly solving problems, solving problems, and solving problems again, Ye Qiu is also constantly improving his tactical literacy, and he also feels that the team is constantly improving, which makes him full of confidence in the future.
As for the advantages and disadvantages of the control style of play, perhaps it can be vividly reflected in the two games against PSV Eindhoven.
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If in the previous Eredivisie game, Ajax completely controlled the advantage on the field, then in the second Dutch Cup semi-final against PSV Eindhoven, Ajax completely led PSV Eindhoven's nose.
Ye Qiu made some adjustments to the starting lineup in this game, after all, he had just played one game three days ago, and now he must make small adjustments to ensure the physical fitness of the players and the combat effectiveness of the team.
Goalkeeper Grim, the backline is Abidal, Lucio, Colo? Toure and Heitinga, the midfield three players are Yaya? Toure, Gilberto? Silva and Sneijder, the front trident is Arjen Robben, Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart.
Putting aside the injured and suspended central defender Kifu, Ye Qiu almost took out the main lineup he arranged before the season, but this is not the strongest lineup of Ajax at present, because Yaya? Toure's place was originally Keita's, while Van der Vaart's place belonged to Van der Meyde, and the two players were in better form than them, but they were rested for this game.
It's still a 433 high defense, but when attacking, Yaya? Toure and Sneijder were pressed high up.
Ibrahimovic alone in front of the two central defenders Hovland and Nikiforov, so that they do not dare to move forward easily, Robben and Van der Vaart respectively on the left and right sides of the two sides to suppress the opponent's fullbacks, which forced PSV Eindhoven 442 tactical formation, Van Bommel and Vogel two central midfielders have to rely further back to protect the defense, but in this way, Gilberto? Silva was completely liberated.
Gilberto? Silva's forward offensive ability is indeed not strong, he has a good ability to distribute the ball and the overall situation, of course Ye Qiu will not let him participate in the attack, but liberate Lucio, let the latter participate more in the midfield and even the front court.
This makes Ajax's midfield always have one more, or even two, the control of the ball, the control of space, the control of the rhythm of the game, all become more advantageous, Eindhoven is completely suppressed by Ajax, and there is no ability to resist at all.
Gretz's tactical play with Ye Qiu's full control and complete suppression was helpless, because he really couldn't free up his hands.
This is the disadvantage of the mechanical division of labor.
In the final analysis, PSV Eindhoven's tactical division of labor is too mechanical, the striker is the striker, the midfielder is the midfielder, the defender is the defender, the offensive players do not participate in the defense, and the defensive players rarely participate in the attack.
And this is reflected on the field, it has become, more than 50,000 Ajax fans at the Arena Stadium, from the beginning of the game, saw Ajax boldly pressed, surrounded Eindhoven in the half for a round of fat beating, although it has not been able to break through the opponent's goal for the time being, but the advantage is very obvious.
Especially Lucio, with Gilberto? With Silva's support, he began to become more bold, and Ye Qiu also gave him more freedom to step forward, allowing him to boldly press up and participate in the attack.
The advantage of adopting a controlling style of play is that Ajax can play more patiently after controlling the advantage, and the main battlefield is on PSV Eindhoven's side anyway, and they can patiently wait for the opponent to make mistakes.
In the 37th minute, PSV Eindhoven finally made a mistake.
PSV Eindhoven passes the ball up front, Kolo? Toure gave an early steal to Gilberto? Silva, who took the ball towards his goal, saw Lucio start to cut forward and immediately passed the ball in front of Lucio.
The Brazilian centre-back saw his chance and moved forward quickly, Gilberto? Silva's pass made him very comfortable, the two had been working together for so long, they knew each other well, and when he was in a quick sprint, he followed Gilberto? Silva's pass kicked forward, and his speed didn't drop at all from the catch.
Lucio sprinted very fast and jumped past most of PSV Eindhoven's midfield.
Van Bommel wanted to intercept the Brazilian closely, but Lucio was too fast, like a heavy tank, and couldn't stop him, so he could only choose to chase him back and find an opportunity to attack, but fortunately, Vogel also leaned over as soon as possible.
Seeing that the two were about to form a bag, Ibrahimovic took Hovland back to respond.
Lucio passed the ball to Ibrahimovic before the opponent's bag was finished, and he quickly sprinted to Ibrahimovic's side.
The Swede knew Lucio's speed, and after leaning on Hovland, he stopped the ball and knocked it back.
Lucio in the rapid sprint, after receiving the ball, quickly kicked forward, strode towards the opponent's penalty area, directly broke through the entire back line of PSV Eindhoven, Nikiforov was left behind by him, desperately chasing back.
Past the top of the arc, Lucio looked at the opposing goalkeeper, and as soon as he reached the penalty spot, he did not hesitate at all, a feint, deceived Watrus, and volleyed with his left foot, the ball followed a straight line, straight into the goal behind Watrus.
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!”
With the cheers of the on-site commentators, more than 50,000 Ajax fans rushed out of their seats, all raising their arms and celebrating the arrival of Ajax's goal wildly.
So far in the game, Ajax completely controlled the game and occupied an absolute advantage, coupled with the overall sluggish performance of PSV Eindhoven, unable to bring a strong threat to Ajax, which eventually led everyone to feel that it was a matter of time before Ajax scored.
Although they were mentally prepared, when the goal came, all Ajax fans were still very excited.
"A wonderful goal from Ajax's Brazilian centre-back Lucio, he almost ran more than 60 meters, a very, very fast centre-back, like a heavy tank, ran into the PSV Eindhoven penalty area, no one could stop him, it was terrible, he was a beast!"
After Lucio scored, the whole person rushed out of the Eindhoven penalty area, rushed to the corner flagpole under the rostrum, raised his arms and shouted, kept waving his arms, and his excitement was self-evident.
Many people say that he is a colander, but there are also many who say that he is the team's superweapon to break the deadlock, he makes mistakes that lead to the loss of goals, but also many times he has scored goals to save the team, he is a combination of angels and devils!
'It's really scary, Lucio has scored eight goals in all competitions at Ajax this season, oh my God, he's a defender with a knife and a lot of attacking power!'
The Ajax players also rushed to the sidelines, surrounded Lucio, gathered around him, and celebrated, and the Ajax fans in the stands were very excited, but they did not forget that the game was not over.
"Ah~Jia~Ke~Si! Kill them! ”
"Kill Eindhoven, Ajax warriors!"
"Let them see how good our Ajax are!"
"Don't let our opponents get out of the Arena Stadium alive!"
The Ajax fans in the stands were very excited, if the first 30 minutes of the game were more in the making, then now, it was finally time to completely break out, Lucio's goal completely ignited their emotions and made them all excited!
PSV Eindhoven's players, who lost the Eredivisie three days ago, were clearly still reeling from a complete defeat, and three days later, they still haven't been able to get the slightest bargain from Ajax.
"Want to win the title, PSV Eindhoven? Did you ask us? ”
In the stands of the Arenal Stadium, the Ajax fans pulled out such banners early on, declaring the pride of Ajax and at the same time damaging the morale of PSV Eindhoven, even if you win the championship, so what? Have you won us?
The entire Arenal Stadium has been completely transformed into a sea of celebration, and all Ajax fans are celebrating tonight as a festival, announcing the return of the era of Ajax's power!
In the Netherlands, for many, many years, no team has been able to completely suppress PSV Eindhoven so much in the past two games, and make them completely lose even the most embarrassing shred of dignity.
Only Ye Qiu and his Ajax did it!
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The game was finally settled at 2-0, in the second half, Van der Vaart cut inside with the ball and went straight behind him, Ibrahimovic cut in, grabbed before Hovland, and volleyed with his right foot to break through PSV Eindhoven's goal again.
The team, who are known as the would-be Eredivisie champions, suffered two humiliations from Ajax in three days and two games, and in this case, the Arena Stadium, where they had humiliated their opponents to the fullest, suffered a rout unprecedented in recent years.
No one can understand what Gretz was thinking at the moment of losing the game, and no one can guess whether he will be out of class because of this, but everyone clearly sees that as time goes by, Ye Qiu's Ajax team is showing more and more strong competitiveness and attacking power.
The eyes of the fans were bright, and in this game, for the first time in the stands of the Arena Stadium, many fans raised their cards together, calling on the board of directors to leave Ye Qiu's slogan.
"Ye, stay, we need you!"
"Don't be dirty capital, all we need is leaves!"
Through the live broadcast, the whole Netherlands saw this scene, and anyone with a little football knowledge knew that Ye Qiu had adjusted this young Ajax team to a certain extent, and in the future, this team will only get stronger and stronger.
In the words of the on-site commentator, "A fool would fire our head coach at such a time!" ”
But there is a saying that is very true, it is not difficult to wake up a fool, but it is impossible to wake up a person who is pretending to be stupid!
Ye Qiu didn't think too much about it now, but at the post-match press conference, in front of more than a dozen media from the Netherlands, and in front of Gretz, who was sitting next to him, after he walked in and sat down, the first sentence made everyone present laugh.
"As I said, I'm the last person to laugh the most!"