Volume 1 Chapter 80 Optimus Prime

Ridley? Scott's Gladiator is a movie that Ye Qiu likes very much.

Among them, the scene where the protagonist Maxim was in the Colosseum, riding a war horse, wearing armor, and accepting the cheers and cheers of the Roman subjects in the audience, once made Ye Qiu boil, and even had a desire to enjoy Maxim's kind of treatment, so that the whole city of Rome would cheer for him.

Interestingly, when he arrived in Rome for the first time in his life, he was greeted with endless boos and sneers and sneers, which made him lose the pride of a gladiator in the arena.

When he thought of this, Ye Qiu, who was sitting at the Rome Olympic Stadium and the coach's seat of the away team, shook his head helplessly.

"What's wrong?" Bobby? Harms saw himself giggling and shaking his head, a little strange.

Ye Qiu smiled, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking, it should be a kind of pride to make this group of fans hate!" ”

This is somewhat of a psychology that since it can't be passed on for a hundred years, then I will stink for 10,000 years.

Bobby? Hams couldn't guess what Ye Qiu was thinking, but he couldn't help but laugh, because away games were like this.

Capello lined up Roma's strongest squad in this game, because they are currently fighting for the title in Serie A, so they want to use the home game to solve the battle directly, so the line-up is not spared.

The goalkeeper is Antonioli, the backline is Zago, Samuel and Zebina, the midfield is Candela, Zanetti, Tomasi and Cafu, the midfielder is Totti, the forward is Totti, the double forward is Del Vecchio and Batistuta, and the formation is 3412.

Ye Qiu has always believed that Capello has really established his status as a top coach in the world, and it is during his time in Rome, especially when he won the championship in the 00/01 season, his use of team tactics and mastery have completely sublimated his coaching strength, but it is a pity that his Rome has never been able to prove himself in the European arena.

In the back three, Samuel is lagging behind, Zago and Zebina are left and right, and when defending, Candela on the left can retreat, Zebina returns to the right wing-back, and Delvicchio on the front line will pull to the left wing, and the tactical formation immediately becomes 442.

Del Vecchio's running ability is very good, more silently serving the team, but the tactical role is very large, Capello's use of the forward combination, whether it is Batistuta or Montella, they are all rotations, the real core is Del Vecchio, because this is a player with a huge tactical role.

Ye Qiu still discharged Ajax's usual 433 lineup in this game, the goalkeeper is Grim, the backline is Abidal, Kivo, Lucio and Heitinga, and the midfielders are Keita and Gilberto? Silva and Sneijder, while the trident is Robben, Ibrahimovic and Donny van der Meyde, are also Ajax's best performers in recent times.

Ye Qiu has a very high evaluation of Capello's Rome, Capello's ability to adjust the defense is second to none in the world, whether it is in Rome, in Juventus, or in Real Madrid, the defense he has created can benefit his team for many years, and the same is true of the structure of today's Roman defensive system.

But Roma's solid defense is based on the premise that their back three and one of the midfielders will basically not dominate the midfield, before Emerson is not injured, Tomasi is staying at the back, and after Emerson is injured, the central midfielder has become Zanetti, and Tomasi has done what Gattuso did at AC Milan and is running all over the field.

On the offensive end, Roma is a typical left-and-right attacking strategy, with Candela partnering Del Vecchio on the left, who is a striker, but basically does all the work he can do on the left, even drops back as a full-back, while Cafu plays the world on the right.

Ye Qiu made a targeted arrangement for this game, Abidal moved forward, responsible for watching Cafu, Kivo, Lucio and Heitinga were responsible for defending on the backline, Gilberto? Silva's main role is to keep Totti at bay.

Keita and Sneijder also have a very important responsibility to ensure that there must be someone who can cut off Totti's return pass anytime and anywhere, and the return pass of the Roman prince is usually to find Zanetti or Candela who is behind and then reorganize the ball.

Capello is a must in adjusting the defense, and although he is not bad in adjusting the offense, it cannot be said that he is very good.

His offensive transformation of Roma is more of a strategy that relies on the individual performance of the stars, basically relying on the free Totti to organize and launch the attack, which makes Roma's performance in the offensive attack not ideal, but the defensive counterattack is very good, because whether it is Samuel, Zago or Zanetti, there is a good mid-long pass.

Therefore, another point of attack for Roma is to counterattack after breaking the ball and go directly to Batistuta.

Ye Qiu also made targeted arrangements, he asked Lucio to be in charge of watching Batistuta, and Kifu and Heitinga assisted from the side.

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It has been almost half a year since he joined Ajax, and Lucio has begun to get used to life in Amsterdam, the atmosphere of playing at Ajax, and Ye Qiu's almost harsh tactical requirements for him.

He was not stupid, he could see that Ye Qiu was harsh on him, and that was to help him improve.

Before each game, he, like other teammates, would get a document from Ye Qiu about the opponent in the next game, and when Lucio found out that he was facing the world's top center Batistuta this time, he didn't panic at all, but felt that his whole body was burning, as if even his blood was boiling.

He is Brazilian and has a natural dislike for Argentines, but he knows Batistuta's quality, but he is not afraid.

"You only have one task in this game, to seal Batistuta, you don't have to worry about the rest!"

This is what Ye Qiu said when he assigned him a task.

When he used to watch TV and read newspapers, he had a feeling that Batistuta was very tall, but when he stood in the stadium and looked at Batistuta in front of him, wearing the shirt of the Red Wolves Roma team, he felt that the Argentine center forward was not as tall as he imagined.

It seems like...... A little shorter than me!

But with the referee's whistle, Lucio quickly regained his attention and stared at Batistuta intently.

Ye Qiu repeatedly emphasized in the dressing room that the opposing two players, one is Batistuta and the other is Totti, and he believes that just strangling these two players can weaken at least two-thirds of Roma's attacking threat.

But unlike the coordination and cooperation of the three players who relied on Totti in midfield, Batistuta was handed over to Lucio.

This is a heavy trust, and Ye Qiu is tantamount to pinning the hopes of everyone up and down Ajax on him.

Roma's first attack was played by their best on the right flank, with the captain of the Brazilian national team, Cafor, who dribbled the ball from the right and relied on his experience to fool Abidal and pass the ball to the middle.

Lucio was able to feel the pressure from behind him as Lucio blocked Batistuta with his body, with the Argentine centre-forward fighting him and the Roma fans in the stands chanting Batistuta's name.

The ball was not fast, after all, it was Cafu's first cross of the game, and it was more or less unfeeling.

Lucio, with his hands slightly wide open, kept Batistuta out behind him, and judging the ball's momentum, he suddenly took a step forward, leaped high and flicked his head to clear Cafu's cross with an early header.

Hush~~

"That damn Brazilian!"

The Roma fans in the stands burst into a wave of boos as they would have preferred to see Barty GOAL!

Lucio smiled slightly, didn't pay attention, turned to continue to look at Barty, the Argentine center forward also noticed the strong Brazilian central defender, in his impression, Brazil had never heard of such a beastly central defender before.

Lucio?

Batistuta remembered this Brazilian in his heart, but he didn't think how powerful the other party was, but he was sighing about his age, if he was a few years younger, he would be able to knock this damn Brazilian away, but now......

Roma took advantage of their home advantage to launch an attack on Ajax at the beginning, so they quickly regrouped again.

The combination between Totti and Tomasi played Sneijder, the Dutch midfielder was young and inexperienced, and easily lost his position, Heitinga had to step forward, but Totti passed the ball to the left and handed it to the French left-back Candela.

Candela's strength is very good, and Lizarazu is also a momentary show, but unfortunately, the latter is the French choice, but Candela can shine as long as he has the opportunity, so when Totti's ball is passed in front of him, the Frenchman directly crosses the box at 45 degrees.

That's Candela's characteristic, because he doesn't dribble the ball or have the speed he does, so he's not a solo player like Cafu on the wing, he's more of a combination and a sudden inward cut, he's a right-footed player but he plays on the left.

Candela's diagonal cross was sudden, startling everyone in the Ajax defence.

Batistuta also rushed in quickly from outside the penalty area, diagonally facing the goal at 45 degrees on the left side of the goal, and won the ball!

Everyone's hearts jumped at this moment, because Batistuta is very lethal in this 45-degree zone.

"ROMA ATTACKED THE AJAX PENALTY AREA AGAIN, BATISTUTA TOOK THE BALL, BATI ......" AS SOON AS THE ON-SITE COMMENTATOR SAW BATISTUTA PICK UP HIS LEFT FOOT, HE HAD ALREADY SHOUTED OUT THE CRY OF BATTI WHEN HE SCORED IN ADVANCE, DELIBERATELY SPLIT BATIGOAL IN HALF, AND PULLED A VERY LONG TONE.

There were even a lot of Roma fans who were excited to leave their seats, because in their opinion, as long as Batistuta made a move, the goal was basically there.

But just when all the Romans were ready to celebrate, they saw that Lucio suddenly stabbed out like a heavy armored car, and faced Barty, who had already risen, he had no other choice, without the slightest hesitation, and fell to the ground and slid to block.

Batistuta volleyed so hard that everyone could hear the muffled sound of the foot touching the ball, but it was followed by a very close muffled sound, but it was the sound of the ball hitting Lucio's outstretched leg and bouncing out.

Wow!!

The Romans were taken aback, but soon booed Lucio.

Ye Qiu applauded Lucio's performance on the sidelines, many people said that Lucio was reckless and frizzy, Ye Qiu did not deny this, the Brazilian central defender does have a lot of problems, but he has a very outstanding advantage, that is, one-on-one fighting.

In the Eredivisie, Lucio averaged 13 duels per game, with a success rate of 77. 2 per cent, which is a very good result, especially as he gradually integrates into Ajax's overall defensive system, which will allow him to play an increasingly key role in this system in the future.

Ye Qiu knows Lucio very well, if he is allowed to stay in his position and watch Batistuta, with his current strength, I am afraid that he will suffer, it is better to give him freedom, let him watch Batistuta and give full play to his one-on-one ability.

Lucio's performance really didn't disappoint Ye Qiu!

"This kid is Optimus Prime at the back, if he can improve tactically and defensively, he will be a top centre-back!" Bobby? Harms really admires Ye Qiu's vision now beyond words.

Ye Qiu's introduction of Huntelaar and Abidal had surprised everyone before, but then the performance of the two players was convincing and recognized by everyone, but who would have thought that as soon as Ye Qiu got on the first team, he immediately carried out drastic reforms to the team and introduced a group of inexperienced newcomers.

It is true that this group of newcomers has no experience in the Europa League, but the problem is that each of these players has very good individual ability, and in the past few months at Ajax, after the tempering and accumulation of games, they have improved very significantly.

It's like Robben on the left, he doesn't need to adapt to it at Ajax, and he has played amazing strength as soon as he comes, whether it is speed or technique, it is reminiscent of Overmars, as well as Keita and Gilberto? Silva, these players have shown encouraging quality and signs of improvement.

After a few months of league games, many fans have slowly accepted the improvement of Ajax's strength after the reorganization, at least now Ajax is in third place in the Eredivisie, and the strength shown is also recognized, which makes the fans satisfied, and more importantly, Ajax is the youngest team in the Eredivisie with an average age.

In other words, Ye Qiu's team is a team full of hope!

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Some may say that Lucio's performance in this game was amazing.

But only a professional knows it, and this is because he has been given the opportunity to use his best skills, and that is freedom!

Ye Qiu even let him rush out of the big penalty area and go about 30 meters away from the goal to grab the ball at Totti's feet.

Of course, Lucio played brilliantly, but the hidden dangers were also very big, but Ye Qiu arranged for Heitinga and Kifu to card behind him anytime and anywhere, plus a Gilberto who could retreat to the defense line at any time? Silva, this will ensure maximum stability in the defence.

In the face of an aggressive Lucio, Batistuta was helpless, in a one-on-one battle with Lucio, Lucio took the lead in grabbing the point, shook his head to clear the siege, but after landing, found that the ball was not far away, not far away Del Vecchio rushed over to grab the ball, he rushed over as soon as possible, raised his right foot viciously, and directly cleared the ball with a big foot.

Delvicchio was dumbfounded, and Batistuta had a wry smile on his face, the Brazilian was a mad dog.

But the referee pulled the hot-headed Brazilian aside and warned him loudly, because his action just now was very dangerous, if it wasn't for Del Vecchio to retract his body in time, maybe even the Roma striker would have been kicked out of the Olympic Stadium by Lucio, although this guy is running for the ball, but the dangerous action should be warned.

Lucio's brilliant play disrupted Roma's attack.

The ball could not reach the feet of Batistuta, and no matter how active Cafu was on the right, he could not pose a threat and had to let the ball run more in midfield, especially at Totti's feet.

But Totti's performance in this game was not so much a slump as it was completely suppressed by Ajax's midfield.

Emerson is Capello's high hopes for the midfielder, he hopes that Emerson and Totti can form a midfield duo, the two of them one after the other, together to build Roma's midfield line, but no one expected that Emerson fell into a serious injury after coming to Rome.

Today's Totti can only face sappers like Tomasi and Zanetti, coupled with the defensive system of Ajax, who is very good at suppressing the traditional No. 10 playmaker, which makes Totti hit a wall everywhere, frequently falling into encirclement, and has a great regret.

As soon as Totti and Batistuta were locked up, it was useless for Del Vecchio and Cafu to be active on both flanks, as once they made their way into Ajax's 30-metre zone from the wings, both Heitinga and Abidal prioritised recycling, blocking their path into the box and forcing them unable to complete the transition from wide to centre.

Once the ball can't get to the middle, how do you create a threat?

Time passed minute by minute, and the Roma attack that launched the attack after the opening soon hit a wall everywhere, and the offensive gradually stopped, but the Ajax who were fighting away from home went through the defensive position in the opening stage, and after Rome began to consciously relax, Ye Qiu waved his hand on the sidelines, and all the Ajax players knew that it was their turn to appear on the stage.

Beginning to strengthen the attack, Ajax gradually showed a strategy of approaching step by step, using Lucio's up-and-down and the active pressing and pressing of the midfielders to press Roma's defense forward step by step, forcing the Serie A powerhouse to start to retract three lines.

The situation on the field was suddenly reversed, and the initiative seized by Rome after the opening gradually returned to the hands of Ajax, and Ye Qiu pressed the three players on the front line, especially for the shortcomings of the 3 defenders in the side defense, and launched a round of counterattack.