Volume 1 Chapter 149 Dreaming
In the second round of the Champions League, they had the advantage of qualifying for Group A, which made Ajax highly affirmed by the club's fans, and even in the Netherlands, major newspapers and TV stations have given Ajax rave praise.
5:1, in the Champions League into the second round of the group stage, every team is strong, Ajax can still play such a strong attack, which surprised everyone, this score is also the largest score in the second round of the Champions League group stage this season, Ajax fans are proud.
While enjoying the praise from the outside world, and even many European media have given Ajax high praise, Ye Qiu has always had a calm and rational analysis of his team, that is, this game does not have much discussion value.
Boavista have clearly lost their qualification from the group, and in this case, there is no need for them to continue to give their all in the Champions League in order to ensure that they are competitive in the domestic league, so it is clear that the Portuguese side are not doing their best, or rather staying, in this game at the Arena Stadium.
Ye Qiu felt that the game had passed, and there was no need to discuss it at all, but the next schedule should be discussed.
'If we want to qualify from the group, we can't lose this game at the Stadio Olimpic, we can qualify with a draw because we have a good goal difference. Rick Link is analysing the current situation of qualifying for Group A of the Champions League.
This is the most chaotic of the four groups in the second round, whether it is Ajax, Manchester United, or Bayern Munich, they all have a chance to emerge from this group, and all three teams have a very tight point bite, and anyone who is not careful can be swallowed by the other two rivals.
In the first-team coaching room of the Detokmoster training base, Ye Qiu took advantage of the training to have some discussions and analysis with the coaching staff, focusing on the team's next trend.
"If Bayern Munich wants to qualify in this game, they must only choose to attack, we have played two games with Bayern this season, and have accumulated some experience, I think we should take a defensive counterattack strategy steadily, no matter how Heathfield arranges, we will stick to our own style of play!" Rowland gave his opinion.
From being in the youth team to the second team, and now he has been with Ye Qiu for three years.
In the past three years, Rick Link and Roland have been Ye Qiu's right-hand men, specializing in arranging training and giving some advice at the tactical level, but the tactical level is their weaker weakness.
"Too passive!" Bobby? Harms shook his head after hearing this, "What we want, Heathfield must also want it, and blindly defending is not a way, once Bayern's attack is in shape, it is unknown whether we can defend it." ”
This is reasonable, and if you don't put enough pressure on the other party and let them be unscrupulous, it is self-defeating.
Everyone began to express their opinions word by word, but Ye Qiu sat at the top and listened quietly, until everyone was almost arguing, they all calmed down, and when they looked at him again, he exhaled softly, knocked lightly on the table with his right hand, and asked with a smile: "What do you think, what should be our goal?" ”
Everyone present was a little surprised, of course the group qualified, what else could it be?
But only Bobby, who knows Ye Qiu very well? Hams, Ricklink, and Rowland all flashed a little surprise when they heard this.
"What do you mean...... "Bobby?" Harms asked.
Ye Qiu stood up from his seat, but his right hand was still tapping lightly on the table, every tap seemed to drive the heartbeat and breathing of everyone in the coaching room, and he himself enjoyed the feeling of being valued and looked up to.
"It's all here, are we just thinking about qualifying from the group?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile.
Now it is recognized in European football that Real Madrid is the strongest, and Real Madrid, which gathers a large group of top stars such as Zidane, Figo, Raul, and Makelele, is the strongest team in Europe, and they are far from the top of the group stage in both rounds.
Ye Qiu has always felt that the current Real Madrid is the most ideal combination of superstars and stars, and after Ronaldo, Beckham and other players join the team, Real Madrid will completely go in another direction.
From the perspective of a head coach, no one wants to meet the kind of team that is full of superstars and the team as a whole is well integrated, because the biggest role of superstars is not reflected in the tactical level, but in the moment when the tactics are transcended.
In other words, a real superstar can take advantage of his sudden flash of inspiration to make your entire game's efforts and tactical set-up completely wasted, so to some extent, all managers are reluctant to touch Bosque's Real Madrid, especially after an adaptation period, Zidane is getting better and better.
There are also two other teams that cause headaches for all teams in Europe are Bayern Munich and Manchester United, which no longer need to worry about Ajax, as long as they can qualify from the group, according to the principle of avoiding the same group, it is impossible to meet.
These analyses Ye Qiu hid in his heart, and it was impossible for him to tell others that he was unwilling to meet, or to touch Real Madrid too early.
After Ye Qiu finished speaking, everyone immediately heard what he meant, that is, to strive for the first place in the group, pass the quarterfinals, enter the semi-finals, or even ......
Everyone's eyes widened, looking at Ye Qiu in disbelief, they originally thought that Ye Qiu's heart was big enough, but what they didn't expect was that his ambition was so big, if he said it, it would definitely be scared to death.
"Dreaming, why don't we be bold and make our dreams as big as possible?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile.
"In '99, who would have thought that our second team would win the Dutch Cup?"
"In 2000, the team regrouped and it was miserable, who would have thought that we would win the League Cup?"
"Last summer, everybody's definition of us was to go back to the Champions League, but now that we're out of the first group stage, we're hopeful of qualifying for the second round of the group stage."
After a pause, Ye Qiu's heart lit up with a raging fire, "In this huge world, everyone is like a frog at the bottom of a well, we can only see what we see, we can only think of what we know, but we must have enough courage to see what we can't see, to think about what we dare not think." ”
At the beginning of the season, Ye Qiu was very confident in Ajax, but it was in the Eredivisie, and his goal for the team was to qualify for the Champions League group stage.
But after competing with the top teams in Europe, Ye Qiu and his Ajax found that even if they were facing the strongest teams in Europe, they were not without the power to fight.
What does this mean?
This means that it is entirely possible and appropriate for Ye Qiu and his Ajax to make their dreams bigger!
All the members of the coaching staff in the coaching room were silent, they all looked at Ye Qiu, they couldn't keep up with Ye Qiu's thinking, it was too bold, if it came out, there would definitely be a lot of people saying that he was arrogant, but it was very tempting, wasn't it?
"What do you want to do?" Bobby? Harms asked.
"Concentrate all your energy and play in the Champions League!"
Hearing Ye Qiu say this, the members of the coaching staff present were in an uproar.
With the current situation of Ajax in the Eredivisie, it is 5 points ahead and the possibility of winning the championship is very high, but if you concentrate all your energy on playing the Champions League, it may become another situation, that is, because of the Champions League and affect the Eredivisie, and it is possible that both fronts will fail after the finale.
Ye Qiu has not failed to reflect on this, Leverkusen's Sanya King is a painful lesson, but I have to say that the Champions League is too tempting for anyone, especially for Ye Qiu.
Ajax's biggest weakness lies in the team's Eredivisie, compared with the teams in the four major leagues, Ajax can be said to be an arsenal, after this summer, there will be many teams to poach people, who will go and who will stay, Ye Qiu has no bottom in his heart, and he is not sure whether the team will reproduce the kind of disintegration that Van Gaal had in the later period.
And in the final analysis, the cruel competition in the Champions League makes it difficult for anyone to say that they will be able to make a difference in the Champions League, and it has finally reached the point where it is now, if you don't dare to let go of your hands and feet to fight, then Ye Qiu will definitely regret it in the future!
"I want to win the Eredivisie, but I must fight for the Champions League!" Ye Qiu's last sentence also put a sentence on the internal meeting of the coaching staff, and also put an end to all the arguments.
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I have to say that Ye Qiu is very stubborn, and Heathfield is also very stubborn.
Ye Qiu's stubbornness is because he lacks enough experience, and he has a strong newborn calf's spirit of not being afraid of tigers, but Heathfield's stubbornness is just the opposite of Ye Qiu, he is very experienced, but it is precisely because he is experienced, so he always guesses his opponent with a habitual thinking.
Ferguson suffered this big loss, and the use of Veron in both rounds was a failure.
Now, Heathfield is also at a loss, as his experience has taught him that any manager of any team in Ajax's current situation will adopt a strategic approach to the game of winning the draw.
With such thoughts, coupled with the fact that Bayern Munich is playing at the Olympic Stadium again, Heathfield's start was somewhat careless, and Lizarazu's injury before the game, Sagnol, Robert? Kovac's poor form has made Bayern Munich's backline very weak.
Heathfield's start to this game was very incomprehensible, neither taking the initiative to attack, nor retreating from all fronts, but adopting a strategy of playing with four draws and eight steady.
But it is obvious that under this drizzle in Munich, Ajax has shown more ambition to win than the home team from the beginning, and Ye Qiu has actively let the team boldly take the initiative to press the attack from the beginning.
Effenberg is good, but he's 33 years old, and he's good enough to hold on so far this season, but he's clearly not up to the impact of young players like Ajax, as well as the fast-paced attacking and pressing.
Long passes have become the most used means by Bayern Munich to move the ball on the field, and with each long pass, the ball almost falls to the feet of Ajax, because there is a hot Lucio.
When the game reached the 19th minute, Van der Vaart pulled Kufuor from the right side to the middle to receive the ball, and distributed it to the right side to insert McCone for the back row, and the Brazilian right-back quickly advanced along the right side, and in the blink of an eye came to the bottom line, a fierce spinning cross, the distance was sensitive, between the central defender and the goalkeeper.
Kahn is Bayern Munich's best player this season, but in the face of this cross, he hesitated between attacking and defending, but at this moment, all the way from the back of the fast run, rushed into the Bayern Munich penalty area Lucio, with his tall and powerful body, forced Link, shook his head and blasted McConn's cross into the Bayern Munich goal.
The Brazilian centre-back, who was full of meat, rushed to the scene after the goal, and kept pointing to the Ajax old man's head emblem on his chest in front of the live TV camera, and he was using this way to tell everyone that he would not leave Ajax, at least not for the time being.
Ye Qiu stood in front of the away team's coach's box, constantly applauding Lucio's goal, the rain sliding down his short black hair, but it was difficult to hide the fiery enthusiasm in his eyes, and the desire to win the game.
As early as before the game, he had already told his players his ideas, and everyone was impressed by the manager's ambitions, and they all knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and that Ajax and they were going to make a name for themselves in the Champions League, constantly beating one opponent after another, challenging one strong opponent after another.
After taking the lead, Ye Qiu did not quickly shrink his defense as others thought, but continued to press the attack aggressively.
Bayern Munich was very embarrassed by Ajax's high-level defense, they couldn't even organize an effective pass in the midfield, and could only pass long passes again and again, trying to find the attacking players in front of them and relieve the pressure on Ajax's midfield, but Ajax was firmly in control of the situation with the double central defenders composed of Lucio and Kifu.
In the 37th minute, Ibrahimovic pulled out of the penalty area to get the ball and faced Robert, who also followed him? Kovacs, the Swedish centre-forward, made a deft turn and then pinned down Robert with his arm? Kovac, who fell to the ground, but the referee decided it was not a foul and did not even blow the whistle.
After Ibrahimovic dribbled into the penalty area, he faced Link, who came forward to block, and after a feint, he suddenly went down and knocked on the right post in front of the goal.
Kahn stood on the left, he had been wary of whether Ibrahimovic would suddenly get up, but he didn't expect that the Swede suddenly crossed, Van der Vaart on the right side quickly inserted, and with his right foot, which he was not good at, he sent the pass of Ibrahimovic close to the goal of Bayern Munich, 2:0!
The whole Olympic Stadium is frying!
The importance of this game is self-evident, as the defending champions, Bayern Munich fans have high hopes for the team, hoping that Heathfield's team can continue to work hard, but they did not expect that they would be forced to be so embarrassed by this team from the Eredivisie on their own doorstep.
2 goals behind, passivity on the field, these have announced the complete defeat of Bayern Munich in the entire first half.
Entering the halftime with a 2:0 lead, Ye Qiu first praised the team's performance in the locker room, especially the players' performance, and he thought that everyone did a very good job in this game.
"Bayern Munich will definitely fight back in the second half, they will definitely change their tactical style of play and give up the inefficient attack of long passes in the first half, so in the second half we should strengthen the team's defense, you must keep in mind that the German team will not be so easily defeated, they will fight with us until the last second!"
Ye Qiu's words really came true.
In the second half, Heathfield reflected on the style of play in the first half, and simply replaced the poor performance of Sagnol and replaced it with Angel Wings Salihamidzic, and the team's tactics changed to 352 play, which was Heathfield's best tactical formation before.
With Salihamidzic and Sauer pulling and threatening on both flanks, and Hargreaves, Effenberg and Jeremes in the middle, Bayern Munich gradually regained control of the midfield, while Ajax had to retreat to ensure a solid defence.
In the 60th minute, Heathfield made another substitution in the face of poor attack, replacing Hargreaves with striker Pizarro, and the team's formation immediately changed to 343, Pizarro and Elber partnered Santa Cruz to form a front three.
Bayern Munich is a tiger, he was stunned in the first half and made mistakes, but once this tiger comes to his senses, it is impossible to continue to suppress Bayern.
In the 79th minute, Salihamidzic made a long pass after winning the ball in the backfield, Pizarro headed the ball, Elber inserted it later, crossed it between Lucio and Kivo, and formed a single hit after winning the ball, 1:2!
After conceding the goal, Ajax looked a little chaotic, Ye Qiu immediately made substitutions to further strengthen the defense, which was able to stabilize the situation, and Ajax finally walked away from the Olympic Stadium in Munich with a 2-1 victory.
The win also saw Ajax top of Group A with 12 points, while Manchester United beat Boavista in this game to secure 10 points and finish second in the group.
The hapless defending champion Bayern Munich ended up in the second round of the group stage, which immediately caused an uproar on the European continent, and all the media and fans seemed to get acquainted with Ajax again, and they were all surprised, how could this team eliminate the defending champions?