Sometimes, people are really weird.

It's like the current Gretz, standing in front of the away team's dugout at the Arena Stadium, watching the formation on the pitch ready to play this big game that the whole Netherlands will focus on, his heart is full of confidence, but with a little apprehension.

It seems complicated to say, even a little contradictory, but on the contrary, this is how he is feeling now.

The confidence is bursting because he knows very well how to restrain Ye Qiu's Ajax, which is very good at the Besa Stadium in Portugal not long ago, but Jaime? Pacheco's side didn't start well.

has played against Ye Qiu several times, and Gretz believes that the beginning of playing against Ye Qiu is very important.

Ye Qiu's control over the rhythm of the game is very strong, he is the kind of coach who likes to firmly control the initiative in his hands, so his team is always good at controlling the rhythm and situation after the start, therefore, to beat such a team, if you can't play a good start, it will be very passive.

The reason why Boavista only lost by one goal was because Pacheco's team did not give Ajax plenty of space for most of the time, and they used fierce and decisive and large-scale pressing and pressing to compress Ajax's attacking space, so that Ajax's attack could not be carried out on a large scale.

Of course, the absence of Arjen Robben and Sneijder through injury and the fear of the opponent's ferocious style of play are part of the factor.

Boavista's failure is that after the start, he didn't think at all, blindly kept up with the rhythm of Ajax, and what Ajax is best at is fast-paced attacking, if you follow them fast, then you are dead.

Therefore, in this game, Gretz specially practiced the team's three-line coordinated defense in order to restrain Ajax.

Gretz has enough confidence in his team's attack, the twin tower combination of Heyselink and Brookingk, plus the fast ** Germain, and Romedahl on the right, PSV Eindhoven's attacking strength is not to worry about at all, all he needs to do is consolidate the defense and play Ajax's counter-attack.

Moreover, Robben and Sneijder will be sidelined due to injury in this game, which will also have an impact on Ajax's attack.

Robben was replaced by Hleb, the Belarusian who proved himself to be a suitable substitute, with good and bad performances and sometimes impressive performances, but without consistent performances and a lack of self-confidence.

Yaya? Toure replaces Sneijder, but the Ivorians are unable to deliver the kind of lethal through ball that Sneijder does up front, not to mention the Ivorian's preference for sticky balls, which is a very, very fatal drawback for a player who has spent most of the game in the opposition's defensive midfield.

Both of these will be the focus of Gretz's attack.

He insisted that if Robben and Sneijder started as usual, Ajax's overall quality would be very good, even if it was as strong as PSV Eindhoven, the odds of winning would be only four or six at best, after all, PSV Eindhoven's demoralisation and record in the past two years will definitely lead to a lack of confidence.

But now without Robben on the left and Sneijder in the middle, how much strength can Ajax play?

was full of confidence and the victory was in his hands, but when Gretz saw Ye Qiu standing in front of the home team's coach's seat, he was inevitably panicked.

In the past two years, he has not begged even the slightest bargain from Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu is like his nightmare, becoming a shadow over his and Eindhoven's heads, lingering.

But Gretz is Gretz in the end, and he won the Eredivisie championship two years in a row, which makes him feel a little confident.

Taking a deep breath, Gretz forced himself to firmly suppress the anxiety in his heart, exhaled a breath of resentment, and began to concentrate on preparing for the crucial battle that was about to come.

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"All the fans in front of the TV, this is the Arena in Amsterdam!"

"What we are seeing now is a crucial match between league leaders Ajax and defending champions PSV Eindhoven in the 14th round of the Eredivisie, because Ajax are currently four points ahead of PSV Eindhoven, so this game is considered by many to have the potential to affect the bottom of the Eredivisie title this season!"

"What we see now is the list of Ajax's starting lineup, the goalkeeper is captain Van der Sar, and the back line is Abidal, Kiv, Lucio and McConn, which is also Ajax's main defense this season, and Lucio, the central defender who was questioned last season, has been performing well recently, and the communication with Kivu's partner and Van der Sar behind him is becoming more and more tacit."

'In midfield, Keita and Gilberto? Silva is also the main midfielder of Ajax this season, Sneijder was injured in the Champions League, Ye Qiu chose Yaya this time? Toure started the game, along with Arjen Robben on the left flank, and Ye Qiu deployed Hleb, Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart on the trident. ”

"Unlike Ajax's main team, PSV Eindhoven is strong and menacing, with goalkeeper Watrus, Bouma, Hovland, Faber and Oye at the back, Kezman, Van Bommel, Warger and Romedahl in midfield, and Heselink and Brookingke in the midfield."

'The players from both sides are already lined up on the pitch and PSV Eindhoven will kick off first.

With the referee's whistle, Heselink drove the ball to Brooking, sounding the horn for this crucial battle.

"Alright, with the referee's whistle, the game officially begins!"

The moment the whistle blew at the start of the game, a loud boo began to be heard throughout the Arena stadium, apparently aimed at PSV Eindhoven, the team's biggest rival in recent years and causing countless pain to Ajax fans.

But soon, they turned boos into cheers.

I saw Keita rush forward as soon as he started the game, obviously to launch an active midfield press.

'It's a tactic that Ajax are used to in the game, with high-intensity pressing and pressing in midfield, forcing the opposition to pick up the tempo of the game and incorporating the game into their favourite fast-paced form.

With Keita, Ibrahimovic and Hleb pressing, PSV Eindhoven's ball couldn't help but quickly back and forth in his own backfield, but soon, Keita carried Vogel with his body and stabbed the ball to Hleb on the left with his feet.

The Belarusian had his back to PSV Eindhoven's goal, and after winning the ball, he felt that Oye was already approaching, and chose to dribble the ball back, knocking it back to the left wing-back Abidal who stepped forward to respond, and the Frenchman stopped the ball and knocked it to Gilberto? Silva.

Gilberto? Silva poked forward, and the ball soon followed a straight line to Yaya? Toure's feet.

Yaya? Toure stopped the ball very steadily, trying to observe the surroundings, but Van Bommel had already come behind him, and the Ivorian had no more time to choose to carry Van Bommel with his body, and his flexible and slender legs crossed the ball, suddenly took a step back, turned to the left, and picked up his right foot to make a strong pick-up pass.

This kick is directly behind Bauma, Van der Vaart originally planned to run over to pick up Yaya? Toure and then homeopathic inward, but Yaya? Toure suddenly picked up a cross from the bottom line, which was unexpected, as the Dutchman cut inside more on the right than down the right.

The ball fell to Bouma's feet without any suspense, and PSV Eindhoven regrouped an attack.

Lost an attacking opportunity, but Ajax did not feel depressed because the opponents did not give them time to be depressed, so they immediately invested in pressing and pressing in the midfield again.

Soon, another chance, Gilberto? After Silva broke the ball successfully, he was assigned to the right and handed it to McConn.

The Brazilian right-back got the ball and quickly stepped forward, very fast, while Van der Vaart cut diagonally inward, giving up all the touchline area on the right side and handing it to McConn, who did not slow down in the slightest and rushed forward vigorously.

After rushing to the area almost parallel to the edge of the PSV Eindhoven penalty area, McCone made a sharp stop, shook off the close Bouma and knocked it to Van der Vaart, who took the ball and attracted Hovland's attention, and after a feint, he tried to shake Hovland away, but it was unsuccessful, and he could only cross to the edge of the box.

At this time, as long as Yaya? Toure and Van der Vaart can be more tacit, rushing forward two steps, and directly kicking into the arc is a long-range shot at the top of the arc, which is bound to pose a threat to PSV Eindhoven's goal, but Yaya? Toure obviously didn't expect Van der Vaart to suddenly pass the ball to him, and when he came to his senses, he rushed forward again, and Faber had already cleared the ball with a big foot.

"It's a shame that Ajax missed a great chance to score!" The on-site commentator said with regret.

Ajax's best thing is to attack, if you pay attention to watching Ajax's game, it is not difficult to find that once Ajax has established enough advantages at the beginning, then such a game can almost be won, because Ye Qiu's team's favorite thing is to control the rhythm in their own hands.

Ye Qiu, who was sitting in the coach's seat of the home team, saw Yaya? Toure didn't catch up with this shot, and exhaled heavily, very helpless, because if it was Sneijder or Keita this time, at least ten of them would be able to form a shot, but the Ivorians were a little bit of an afterthought.

This can't be helped, lack of tacit understanding, Van der Vaart's pass is very sudden, wait until Yaya? When Toure reacted, he wanted to catch up with the ball again, but there was almost no way to do it.

"He looks a little nervous and a little impatient!" Bobby? Hams is as wise as a torch, and he can see through Yaya at a glance? Toure's question, the kid is a bit eager to win.

Ye Qiu shook his head and smiled, "Sneijder's passing is known for being fast, Yaya?" Toure is a little bit of a fan of him now, but he's not Sneijder, the kid's quick passing is too blind and doesn't see the big picture. ”

It may be due to personality, or it is due to the habit of playing football developed from childhood to adulthood, everyone's playing style and characteristics are different, Sneijder's characteristics are to pass the ball quickly, without dragging the mud and water, never let the ball stay at his feet longer, running, receiving, passing, and the reason why he can do this is because when Sneijder ran to catch the ball, he had already thought about how he would play the ball after receiving the ball in advance.

Yaya? Toure has always been sticky to the ball, and Ye Qiu and the coaching staff have criticized him many times for this, but this does not mean that everyone thinks that Yaya? Toure should become another Sneijder, that's impossible.

Ye Qiu vs. Yaya? Toure's ability is clear, he is physically strong, he can protect the ball, he can also push forward with the ball, and he is excellent in attacking and attacking from behind, but he is not the type of Sneijder who is good at passing lethal through balls.

"This kid is now blindly pursuing fast passing, without a sense of direction and purpose, his running position is a little messy, he didn't play what he is best at, but he exposed his shortcomings to the fullest, you say he ......" Rick Link's eyes are notoriously vicious, and he also sees the problem.

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, left his seat, walked out, stood on the sidelines and waited for a while, and ushered in a chance to kill the ball, so he headed towards Yaya? Toure beckoned.

"Hey, boy, I asked you to start, did I want you to be Yaya? Toure is going to play instead of asking you to do the work that Sneijder did, do you understand? Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines and beat this stupid boy who was stunned.

Sometimes this black bean looks shrewd, but sometimes it is so stupid that it can't turn a corner.

"Head, I ...... "Yaya?" Toure looked aggrieved, and he probably felt that I had worked hard to do it.

"Your strengths are physical, ball control, back lay-ups, and a lot of movement, I don't want you to do what Sneijder did, I want you to do Yaya? Toure can do it, and he can do it well! After finishing speaking, Ye Qiu turned around and walked back to the coach's seat.

Yaya? Toure slowly ran back to the court, still thinking about what Ye Qiu said just now.

When I was in Côte d'Ivoire before, Yaya? Toure's position is very vague, and after coming to Ajax, his strong body, excellent running ability, and considerable one-on-one defense skills, so the coaching staff positioned him as a defensive player.

But Ye Qiu didn't see it that way, because he felt that Yaya shouldn't be sacrificed and suppressed? Toure's offensive prowess.

Ye Qiu vs. Yaya? Toure's definition was never Harvey? Alonso, Pirlo's type of rear attacking players, he thinks it should be the opposite, Yaya? Toure is better at being a pressing player up front because of his ability to push forward with the ball.

Strictly speaking, there are generally two types of propulsion with the ball, one is the type of Ronaldo, which purely relies on speed and explosiveness, as well as the combination of man and ball at high speed, Robben and Kaka are also of this type; The other is the kind that belongs to Zidane, who is not very fast, but through the firm control of the ball, let the ball move with the person.

The explosive type of dribbling is very direct, directly hitting the opponent's weakness, and it is also very ornamental and very deadly, but the problem is that the error rate of this type of advancement is generally relatively high, and there is a premise, that is, the opponent shows flaws, if the opponent has no flaws, this type of dribbling is ineffective.

The ball control propulsion type is more secretive, it is difficult to break the ball, even if it fails, it can ensure that the ball is controlled at the feet, and the risk is small, but the requirements for the player's ball control skills are relatively high, but the blow to the opponent is not as direct and effective as the explosive type of advancement, but the problem is that even if the opponent does not show flaws, this kind of ball advancement can compress the opponent's defense line to the greatest extent.

Just imagine, an unbreakable defensive line with a player constantly rushing forward with the ball is a nightmare for the defensive side, and once they are pressed to a certain extent, it will naturally show flaws.

Zidane's excellence lies not in his speed, but in his ability to use his skillful ball control skills to press the opponent's defence and force the opponent to show the flaw, and when there is a flaw, he passes the ball to help his teammates to fight the flaw.

Yaya? Toure certainly can't be at Zidane's level, but his physicality, speed, athleticism, and defensive ability are better, which makes him not a Zidane, but he can be a different type of midfield role player.

The premise is that he has to get rid of his old sticky ball!

Yaya? Toure returned to the field, and the words Ye Qiu had told him yesterday came to his mind.

"Keep calm, trust your team-mates, pass the ball well and you can dominate a game!"

Before, he always thought that Ye Qiu's meaning of letting him pass the ball well was to pass the ball like Sneijder, which made him guess Ye Qiu's intentions wrongly from the beginning of the game, causing him to feel a little Handan toddler in the game, staggering left and right, and it was very uncomfortable.

But now that Ye Qiu said this, he found that what he did in the first ten minutes was greatly deviated from the head coach's thoughts, and what did Ye Qiu's passing of the ball mean?

Yaya? Toure was not stupid, he quickly thought of Ye Qiu's request to him in the past, as well as what he had just said to him, and immediately understood Ye Qiu's request, that is, to do a good job of Yaya? What Toure does best, but trusting his team-mates when it matters and giving his teammates good passes.

Thinking of this, Yaya? Toure wanted to give it a try.

Once again, the ball bounced back at Hleb's feet to Keita, Yaya? Toure leaned over as soon as he could, raising his hand for the ball.

The ball got from Keita's feet to Yaya? Toure's feet, Yaya with the ball on his back? Toure immediately felt the pressure on him, and Van Bommel was always the first to get close to him.

But this time, Yaya? Toure stopped pausing, stopped the ball directly to the left of himself and Van Bommel, on the one hand pressed Van Bommel with his body, and at the same time turned sideways, turned from Van Bommel's left side, secretly blocked Van Bommel with his left hand and left shoulder, grabbed the ball before the Dutchman, and passed Van Bommel directly.

After the past, Yaya? Toure did not hesitate at all, and about 19 meters from the goal, Hovland saw that Van Bommel had been passed and immediately left his position to grab it, while Van der Vaart was ready to move on the right.

Yaya? Toure saw Hovland coming up and immediately gave him a right-footed push.

The ball raced past Hovland and straight behind him, and Van der Vaart had already cut inside from the right side and headed straight for PSV Eindhoven in the box.