April 23, 2002, in the evening, heavy rain.

Ajax, who had just beaten Utrecht 1-0 in the league and managed to keep their lead at two points, welcomed the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Arena against Real Madrid, the strongest team in the world today.

Raul, Guti, Zidane, Figo, McManaman, Hierro, Solari......

Even if Real Madrid is a player on the bench, pick one out at random and put it on other teams, it is definitely the level of the main star, which shows how strong the overall strength of this team is.

Even though Bosque won the Champions League in 2000 with a back five, he still plays a back four, in order to maximize the superstars who are piled up in the front court.

Zidanega's policy has allowed Pavon to gain a foothold in Real Madrid's backline, and from the perspective of a professional coach, his performance is remarkable, with bright spots and mistakes, which in itself is a disadvantage of young players, especially in a team like Real Madrid, which is more obvious than that of a team that focuses on attacking and defending lightly.

But even so, in front of Real Madrid, which is as powerful as an aircraft carrier, Ajax is nothing more than a small fishing boat without threat.

But that didn't stop the fanatical Ajax fans from flocking to the Arena Stadium, no amount of rain could dampen the enthusiasm in their hearts, and no matter how strong the opponent was, they couldn't make them feel intimidated.

When the Mercedes-Benz bus of Ajax slowly stopped in the players' tunnel at the Arena Stadium, the Ajax fans who had already gathered at the scene immediately rushed up, and although they were stopped by the police and staff who maintained order, they were still shouting slogans in the heavy rain.

"Kill Real Madrid, long live Ajax!!"

"Kill Real Madrid and enter the final!"

"We're going to win the European Cup again!!"

Many of the excited fans even threw away their umbrellas and let the rain on Amsterdam drench their bodies and clothes, but this only stimulated their fighting spirit even more.

Standing outside the players' tunnel, there was a cute-looking child, less than 10 years old, but he struggled to hold up a card with an Arabic numeral written on it, 5!

In the 100-year history of Ajax, they have won 4 European Champions Cups, and in the Hall of Honor at the Arenal Stadium, there is a real St. Bolled Cup that Michels and Cruyff jointly kept for Ajax, which is the trophy of Ajax's Champions League after three consecutive victories, and it is also the pride of all Ajax people.

Louis van Gaal won once for Ajax and the following year in the final, but he was one step short.

Now they hope that Ye Qiu can lead Ajax to defeat Real Madrid, and dedicate another St. Paulide Cup to the Hall of Honor at the Arenal Stadium, even if it is just a replica, it is something they should be proud of.

Ye Qiu was the first to get off the bus, and kept nodding to the fans, although he was holding an umbrella, he didn't open it, but when he passed by the little boy, he opened his umbrella, handed it to him, patted his face gently, smiled, and got into the players' tunnel.

He couldn't understand the almost believing feelings that Europeans had for football clubs, and sometimes he even wondered if it was football itself that these people liked. Or Ajax?

He won't get into the nitty-gritty of this question, but he knows very well that he has the same goal as the Ajax fans outside who are cheering for the team in the rain, which is to do his best to kill Real Madrid and reach the final!

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Bosque always feels very kind to Ye Qiu, he always shows people with a smile, he looks like a good old man, a good old man who will never be angry with you.

Ye Qiu no longer has the kind of amazement when he first arrived, when he saw the superstars, because his team itself has a group of future superstars, so when he saw Figo, Zidane, Raul, Guti, and watched them walk out of the players' tunnel, and nodded politely to himself, he just nodded lightly in return.

When shaking hands with Bosque, he didn't be too polite, just lightly greeted the Spanish coach on the sidelines, taking advantage of the players warming up on the field.

What can be heard from Bosque's mouth should only be praise and praise, his attitude towards Ye Qiu is very comfortable, there is no such strength as some top coaches, nor the lofty momentum of a giant, which makes people feel very comfortable, so they can't help but say a few more words.

The scene where the two were talking and laughing on the sidelines was naturally captured by the live broadcast camera, and the on-site commentator did not forget to ridicule, thinking that the actions of the two head coaches were very good and weakened the gunpowder smell of the game itself.

But who would have thought that Bosque and Ye Qiu were not even talking about football at all on the sidelines, but Bosque talked about some interesting things he had encountered in Amsterdam for more than a day, and Ye Qiu gave him some advice, such as telling him that the food in that place was delicious, and so on.

After the warm-up session, the conversation between the two was also terminated, and they each led the team back to the locker room.

Real Madrid's starting line-up for this game is out, and the goalkeeper is Cesar.

Isn't this Cesar the Brazilian goalkeeper Giulio who later helped Inter Milan win the treble? Cesar, but Spanish goalkeeper Cesar? Sanchez, born in 71 and now 30 years old, is in the prime of goalkeepers, and he has been in the main position this season since joining Real Madrid from Valladolid in 2000 and has performed very well.

The current Real Madrid goalkeeper position is basically Casillas and Cesar in turn, on the one hand, because of Casillas's contract renewal and other issues, he is even involved with Barcelona, and on the other hand, because Cesar's performance this season is really good.

At the back, who is Robert? Carlos, Pavon, Hierro, Salgado, the midfield double is Makelele and Elgra, of which Elgra is currently in the most glorious period of his career, under Bosque, he and Makelele form the double back of Real Madrid, is the pillar of the team.

In front of the double midfielders, Zinedine Zidane, Guti and Figo, plus Raul in front, form Real Madrid's star-studded attacking phalanx, and this attacking lineup is also difficult to clearly define the position of the players, because there is a lot of fluidity.

Zinedine Zidane is on the left, but he likes to move to the middle, giving up the left for Robert? Carlos, while Guti's position is sometimes very prominent, even forming a double striker with Raul, while Figo also often switches to the left and plays very lively.

has cultivated a good tacit understanding, coupled with the strong individual strength of the stars, which makes Real Madrid's attack very difficult to defend, so Ye Qiu kept reminding his players in the locker room that they must concentrate and focus on the game.

"Frankly...... Ye Qiu looked at the starting 11 players in the locker room and shook his head, "I don't know what kind of strategy and tactics Real Madrid will adopt, Bosque has more chips, he may or may not be targeted according to our characteristics, and they are likely to attack after the opening in turn." ”

Ye Qiu exhaled softly, "I can't guess them, because they're too powerful!" ”

The side with the advantage of strength often has more options, just like Real Madrid, they can not worry about Ajax's attack, because maybe just one pass, just one personal flash of their star, is enough to destroy the efforts of everyone at Ajax.

Ye Qiu is full of confidence in the future, because he firmly believes that this group of players will be able to become talents under his cultivation, but the game is imminent, and the future cannot provide him with any help now.

The players in the locker room were silent, because they couldn't refute Ye Qiu's words, what they needed at this moment was for the head coach to tell them what to do, and as long as Ye Qiu said it, they would believe it and fight.

"But we didn't have a choice!"

"Yes, Real Madrid is really strong, but what about it? They've all been bullied to our doorstep, can we back down? Can we be timid? Unless we're willing to poke our heads out of our necks like trash and tell them to hurry up, we have only one way! ”

Ye Qiu took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "That's to fight with them!" ”

"If they are ruthless, we will be more ruthless than them, they will be fierce, we will be more fierce than them!"

"Let's not care what they think, how they play, that's their Real Madrid business, we think about ourselves, we can play how we want, we can play how we want, because we are Ajax!"

"Never make your opponent feel comfortable, remember my words!"

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Bosque's opening tactics were straightforward.

As soon as the whistle blew, the on-site commentator only introduced Real Madrid's starting line-up, and before even the Ajax squad could be introduced, Real Madrid had already brought the ball into the 30-meter area of Ajax.

Zinedine Zidane picked up the ball in the top left corner of the penalty area and he was faced with the bag between Sneijder and McConn.

Superstars are superstars because they can do things that no one else can't, so Zidane can control the ball firmly at his feet even when facing the bag of two players, and when he realizes that he may not be able to control the ball, he knocks the ball back to Robert, who is inserted in the back? Carlos.

Without the slightest hesitation with his left foot, he strode forward after receiving the ball, his body quickly followed, and his left foot was picked up with a heavy cannon shot, and everyone present could even easily hear the air explosion caused by this shot.

This shot was full of power, and the foot was not hard, but the angle was slightly off, and the goal was sliding.

"A very dangerous shot, Real Madrid gave Ajax a dismount in just over 1 minute after the opening, which made the fans of the entire Arena Stadium sweat, I believe that many fans were taken aback before they even sat down, which is very surprising!"

It was indeed a dismount, taking advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the serve, and creating a threat with the first shot on goal, Real Madrid's strength was indeed felt by everyone at Ajax.

Taking advantage of the deterrent effect of this shot, Real Madrid quickly took the initiative on the pitch.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines, staring at the game with a frown, and muttered a little: "He still thought we were scared!" ”

Here he should be talking about Bosque.

I saw Ye Qiu walk to the sidelines, made a forward movement towards the player, and at the same time asked Sneijder to look at Zidane, to keep a close eye on the defense, not to let the French too free, and the player should be more active and bold on the court, don't be afraid.

"Tell them it's our home turf!"

Ye Qiu's roar on the sidelines could even be heard on live TV, on the one hand, because he knew very well that he couldn't fall into passivity at the beginning, otherwise, Ajax wouldn't even have the least chance; But also because the momentum of the scene is too loud, you can't hear it at all if you don't roar.

The roar from the manager immediately made the players on the pitch more proactive.

Sneijder in the 6th minute, taking advantage of Gilberto? After Silva broke the ball, he ran to the open to receive it, and after winning the ball, he took advantage of the situation and slid the ball through to pass Hierro, Ibrahimovic used his body to suppress Hierro, and quickly rushed to catch the ball.

Under Pavon's interference, the Swede was not fast enough to dribble the ball and was soon overtaken by the Real Madrid defenders who were chasing after him, but Ibrahimovic still shot with his feet about 21 meters from the goal.

The Swedish center's long-range shot was from a very accurate angle, his feet were also very hard, and the speed was very fast, Cesar originally thought that there was no threat, but he quickly reacted, flew to the right to make a save, saved the ball from the bottom line, a corner.

Sneijder quickly ran to the corner and signaled to his own players who had already turned into a meat grinder in the box, but just when everyone thought he was going to send into the box, Sneijder sent a tactical corner.

The ball was passed to Keita, who passed directly diagonally to the front of the penalty area without stopping, Van der Vaart quickly rushed from the right side of the top of the arc to the left side of the top of the arc, facing Keita's diagonal pass, he handled it very well, stopped, rubbed, the ball flew up quickly from the edge of the penalty area with a beautiful parabola, and fell straight to the left side of the goal.

Cesar was clearly unable to make a save, he couldn't save the ball at all, he could only watch the ball fall, and then everyone heard a muffled sound of a football and the crossbar hitting the crossbar.

There was a clear sigh at the scene, and if this goal had been scored, the situation would have changed completely.

"Ajax obviously has a set-piece arrangement, Ye Qiu must have practiced this routine before the game, and it is indeed a threat, but unfortunately, Van der Vaart's beautiful curling ball hit the crossbar and went out of the bottom line!"

"If Real Madrid launched a strong attack after the start and gave Ajax a dismount, then Ye Qiu's Ajax quickly counterattacked and used two very threatening shots to warn Real Madrid, this is the Arena Stadium, which is our territory!"

Soon, Ajax made a comeback again.

This time, it was Robben who forced his pace to break past Salgado on the left and made a sharp stop before knocking back to Keita on the edge of the box, who fired a left-footed shot just over the crossbar.

Soon, when Ajax was defending Zidane, Sneijder tackled the French star and was warned by the referee for a yellow card, which was also the first yellow card of the game, but successfully stopped an attack by Real Madrid.

Reasonable use of foul tactics is also a key requirement of Ye Qiu before this game.

To be honest, if you want to play tricks, this group of Ajax players can't catch up with these superstars of Real Madrid, so against Real Madrid, you must not be able to follow their rhythm and accompany them to play tricks, then you must die a miserable death.

What they are best at is skill, and Ye Qiu asked the players to make reasonable use of fouls, which can not only disrupt the rhythm of Real Madrid, but also affect the emotions of Real Madrid players.

In this year, if you want to use the best skills and penetration attack to kill Real Madrid, just like using ball control tactics to kill Barcelona in 2013, it is estimated that such a team has not yet been born, so everyone deals with Real Madrid, and the most considered is containment.

Ye Qiu doesn't care how Bosque wants to play after the start, anyway, he has no extra choice, he can only adopt a strategic style of play to seize the advantage, because the characteristics and flaws of Ajax have been exposed very obviously, once the start is not good, then when the player's physical consumption is about the same, Real Madrid's technical advantage will become more obvious.

Fortunately, after two years of accumulation, the Ajax team of players already know Ye Qiu's tactical thinking, and sometimes with a small gesture, they can understand the manager's intentions.

Therefore, after the start of the game, Real Madrid played a dismount, Ajax quickly gave Real Madrid a continuous dismissal, and even successfully pressed Real Madrid back to their half, while Ajax actively adopted a high-level defensive strategy, and launched a fierce midfield pressure and pressing on Real Madrid.

After Bosque coached Real Madrid, the focus was on defense, and the first consideration of good defense must be the system, followed by the personal strength of the players, so even if Real Madrid's defense line seems to be difficult to reassure, but Real Madrid has 12 games in the two rounds of the group stage, plus 2 games in the top 8 knockout rounds, and only 7 goals have been conceded in 14 Champions League games.

Therefore, even if Ajax quickly reversed the situation after the start, Real Madrid was still able to calm down, arrange the defense line steadily, put down his body, and let Ajax press up and play.

In the face of Real Madrid's tactical play, Ajax's offensive was limited, and it was difficult to create a threat in the opponent's 30-meter area, and they could only use long-range shots frequently.

Everyone can see that continuing like this is not the way!