"I'm very happy with the way everyone played in the first half!"

In the away dressing room at the Arena Stadium, Bosque smiled at the sweaty players in the dressing room with his trademark smile on his face.

"Even though we were behind in terms of scores, I think our chances of winning this game are getting bigger."

Bosque walked slowly in the dressing room, "Luis is a threat on the right side, and he has come to the left a few times, and he has been very good; Gonzalez was very active up front, and his non-stop running made the opposing two central defenders a little unpredictable, and he was very engaged when defending; There's also Zinedin, who has made a lot of threats and Jose has been doing quite well. ”

"Anyway...... Bosque clapped his hands hard, leaving a smile to his players, "...... You did our job very well in the first half, it wasn't your responsibility to concede the goal, my lovely defenders, I'm very proud of your performance. ”

"You know, in the European arena, so far, there are not many teams that can stop Ajax's attacking tactics after the opening, Manchester United can't stop it, Bayern Munich can't stop it, and Roma and Barcelona can't stop it either, but we blocked their goals most of the time, good job, guys!"

Bosque's compliment relieved the players in the dressing room, and the serious expressions on their faces relaxed.

But if he exaggerates too much, he becomes numb, and Bosque is not numb, so he quickly changed his tune.

"But no matter how good a team is, it can still be better, and so are we!"

Bosque has always been known as a man of few words, but in reality, he speaks at a very high level, and now he does not mention the team's shortcomings, but says that the team is doing well, and just wants the players to perform better on the basis of good performance.

Real Madrid is a group of superstars, and in the hearts of this group of superstars, it is inevitable that there will be some rebellion against anyone who criticizes them for their poor performance, but Bosque's statement is more acceptable to them.

"I have to say that Zinedin should run more and shake off that Sneijder's entanglement, that kid is so clingy!"

After Bosque finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the locker room, and Zidane nodded with a wry smile, to say sticky, Sneijder is really sticky enough, this young Dutch boy sticks to him like a dog skin plaster, it's too uncomfortable.

"And Jose, my No. 14 player, you are too obsessed with the middle, I think you should be more free, I said, when we face the opponent's tight defense, we must be flexible and interspersed, we have an advantage in technical skills, and then connect the loopholes created by flexible interspersing, then the opponent can't prevent it at all, but you are obviously not resolute enough!"

Guti is indeed a very strange player, a typical panacea role, but no matter which position he plays, he can play at his own level, even if he is pushed to the front line, he can shine.

Bosque's attacking tweaking to Real Madrid is actually to give the stars maximum freedom to play to their strengths, because for Zidane, Figo, Raul and Robert? For a superstar like Carlos, too many tactical restrictions can limit their performance.

Of course, Bosque is not a laissez-faire man, he gives the overall framework of the team, in this framework, the players work together, move flexibly, back and forth, coupled with the delicate foot skills of the Real Madrid players, make Real Madrid's attack very penetrating, like mercury.

It can be said that this kind of delicate and deadly attack can only be seen in La Liga, only in the star-studded Real Madrid.

"I want you all to remember that our opponent is a young team with an average age of around 20, which is very admirable, but they are too young, and there are natural deficiencies in physical fitness, physical endurance, strength, so in the second half of every game, they will perform worse than in the first half."

'We defended very well in the first half and I'm very proud of you, but I hope we can do better in the second half because it's only on a solid defensive basis that our attack can create the most threat.

Bosque's away strategy was not to focus on the first half, but on the second.

To be honest, Ye Qiu's ability to bring Ajax to the semi-finals of the Champions Cup is already a very surprising achievement in itself, and this team with an average age of about 20 years old is even better than David? O'Reilly's Leeds United side are younger, more impactful and more tactically appealing.

But every team has its own limits and the current Ajax team has reached their limits and if they want to go further, it's impossible this season, so the performance in the first half was their pinnacle.

In the first half, Real Madrid's defence was able to hold up Ajax's attack, and Bosque was no surprise at all.

Many people think that Jima plays attacking football, but in fact, they don't see the root of it, that is, in the configuration of the double back, Bosque uses two defensive players, Makelele and Elgra, and in the 2000 Champions League for Real Madrid, Bosque used a back five.

That said, Bosque has always been very serious about his team's defence, and when he decided to let the team defence, he believed that the team's defensive ability would not let him down, which is why he dared to bet on the second half, when Ajax was at its weakest.

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Sometimes, things in the world are very strange, especially when you are afraid of something in your heart, it will often happen, and when it happens, you can only bear the cost of it.

Ye Qiu has been worried since the start of the second half, because Ajax always played badly in the second half, so he has been worried, and he has been constantly reminding his players that they must pay attention and be careful.

But as the clock progressed, as the game gradually turned around, Real Madrid regained control of the game, not only did they have a solid defense, but they also became more and more sharp in attack and more skillful in ball control.

The physical consumption is too large, so that it is difficult for the Ajax players to continue to maintain the high-intensity pressing and pressing in the first half in the second half, which is caused by many factors, blindly adopting a fast-paced impact style of play is only one of them, the players are too young is also one of them, and the rest has many problems.

After entering the 60th minute, the lack of physical fitness caused Ajax's control of the game to gradually decline, Ye Qiu had to let the team gradually retreat and give up the high defense, and in the 70th minute, Ajax had to adopt a contraction defense, because Real Madrid was getting more and more fierce.

Ye Qiu made substitutions, using Yaya? Toure replaced the fit-and-match Arjen Robben to further strengthen the midfield defence, and he used his ability to help the team avoid potential dangers as much as possible.

But in the end, you can't hide from it at all, you can't avoid it.

When Zidane ran from the left to the middle, Guti, who was originally at the front of the front line, suddenly retreated to the left, retreating deeply, even almost the same as Real Madrid's pair of double midfielders who pressed forward, and the left side dribbled the ball into Robert? Carlos, on the other hand, passed the ball to Guti's feet.

Guti turns after winning the ball, Yaya? Toure wanted to get close for the first time, but Guti didn't wait for Yaya? Toure got close and made a seemingly light push with his left foot, which was not heavy as usual, a little light, and not very fast, but the key to the problem was that the ball was passed too suddenly.

The backline from Guti to Ajax is about 20 metres or more, with Gilberto in between? Ajax players such as Silva and Keita, while Zidane, the only player at Real Madrid, is still in Gilberto? Under Silva's watch, all the Ajax players thought Guti was retreating to respond, and suddenly passed the ball, a little caught off guard.

The ball seemed to be pulled by a line, passing between Lucio and McConn, and both Brazilian defenders wanted to block it at the first time, but Raul and Guti obviously had a better understanding, and he rushed into the penalty area earlier after being ambushed between Lucio and Kifu.

Lucio turned as fast as he could, sticking to Raul's right side, trying to force the Spanish striker to the left, preferably out of the penalty area, and Van der Sar also lowered his center of gravity, followed Raul step by step, and made saves anytime and anywhere.

But Raul took a step to the left side of Lucio's pressure, relieved Lucio's pressure, picked up his left foot, and gently picked up the lower end of the fast-moving ball.

As soon as the ball was forced, it flew off the turf and crossed an arc over Van der Sar's head and into the top right corner of the goal.

Dead end, this is almost an absolute dead end!

Van der Sar jumped high to make a save, but it was too late for him to stop such a goal!

Raul's entire goalscoring action was not the slightest drag, in one go, especially the spiritual volley, which was not admirable, and after the volley, he turned and rushed out of the Ajax penalty area, kissing the ring on his hand, which was already his trademark goal celebration.

All the Ajax players were stunned as they watched the ball on the goal line, and they were a little stunned.

Strictly speaking, it was Real Madrid's most threatening attack of the whole game, but they scored, and Guti's seemingly erratic, but incredibly accurate pass, no one knew how he passed, as if no one could figure out how Raul could suddenly think of using a volley in such a short period of time?

The entire Arenal Stadium fell silent, from 1:0 to 1:1, and although it was only one goal, the price paid by Ajax was very heavy because the second leg was played at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines, since Raul scored, he had been frowning without any expression, he was not angry at conceding the goal, but thinking about how to continue this game.

If the ball is lost, it will be lost, it can't be changed, but the game is not over yet, Ajax still has a chance!

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu turned around and waved at Van der Meyde on the bench, and then asked Huntelaar to warm up.

Two minutes later, Van der Meyde replaced the physically exhausted Van der Vaart, Huntelaar replaced Sneijder, and Ibrahimovic formed a double striker, while Van der Meyde was also pushed up the front, and McConn on the right side was also asked by Ye Qiu to press more.

"Ye Qiu made two substitution adjustments in one go, and he looks like he's ready to make the most difficult fight!"

"From 1:0 to 1:1, Ajax's situation is indeed getting more and more disadvantaged, and if they can't get more of the advantage at home, then Ajax will be in a very passive situation in the second leg at the Bernabeu."

"Now there are still more than ten minutes before the end of the game, and it is estimated that Ye Qiu wants to do his best."

But it is clear that Bosque is not at all timid.

Real Madrid has a natural psychological advantage at the Bernabeu Stadium, because they have never lost at the Bernabeu Stadium this season and maintain an unbeaten record, which also makes the Bernabeu Stadium known as the most difficult devil's home stadium in Europe, so they dare to fight with Ajax at the Arenal Stadium.

At least, they still have a home field!

But Ajax can only choose to break the boat, because they can't pin their hopes on a devil away from home that has not been breached this season, which is unrealistic.

Both teams chose to press out to play against each other at the last moment, without the slightest reservation, the scene suddenly became very intense, and the two teams were inseparable from each other, but it is very interesting that even after the most lusk, these two teams that played against each other never scored again.

1:1, when the Swedish referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Real Madrid's players were obviously relieved, because Ajax played very resolutely in the last ten minutes of attack, creating more threats than Real Madrid.

Real Madrid is obviously not adapted to Ajax's fast-paced attack and defense, although they also created a threat, but Zidane's performance in this game was not outstanding, and the French superstar who was focused on by Ajax lost his dazzling light, but it was Guti and Raul who made a convincing goal.

There was a clear sense of frustration among the Ajax players that they were unable to finish Real Madrid on their home turf.

'Ajax have 10,000 reasons to be unhappy with the result because they deserved to win this game, but we have to say that they did waste a lot of chances, and in the last 10 minutes they got two great chances in total, but Van der Meyde and Yaya? Toure missed both chances to score. ”

'The young Ajax paid the price for their youth, but we have to give the greatest credit to this young team and we hope that at the Bernabeu in a week's time, this young team will perform even better and we have every reason to believe that they may not have a chance!'

At the press conference after the game, Ye Qiu also bluntly said that his team still has a chance.

'It's just a draw, I don't think we've been knocked out, a week later at the Santiago Bernabeu was the decisive thing, now it's only the first half, we still have the second half!'

But immediately, a reporter from the Spanish newspaper Marca reminded Ye Qiu with a high-minded tone that belonged to a newspaper of a wealthy family, "Mr. Ye Qiu, we all know that your team is only good at playing the first half, not at the second half!" ”

There was a burst of laughter.

Ye Qiu's face was very gloomy, his own team was like his own children, if he wanted to beat or scold, I had to come by myself, where could outsiders make a move, wouldn't that slap me in the face?

"Then you just wait and see, I will definitely conquer the Bernabeu fortress that you claim to be impregnable, and I will tell you the facts that we are not only good at playing the first half, we will also trample you to death in the second half!"

After finishing speaking, Ye Qiu ignored the opposition and protest of the reporters, turned around and left the press conference.

In contrast, Bosque, who is in a good mood, seems to be personable, and when he was interviewed, he spoke highly of Ye Qiu and his Ajax, thinking that this is a very powerful team, not at all like a dark horse rumored by the outside world.

'Yes, they came from the Eredivisie but I think after a series of games no one can ignore the quality of this Ajax team, they are one of the most competitive teams in the Champions League this season, I never felt like they were underdogs, I always saw Ajax as a strong opponent for us.

'It's a good score to get 1-1 away from home, but we don't have any careless capital because the next game is at the Bernabeu Stadium and Ajax will definitely play more tenacious, a team that will never give up, just like their young manager.

But when asked by reporters about his confidence in advancing to the final, Bosque appeared confident.

"I'm confident that I'll be in the final, I'm sure my players will be the same, we're going to play a good game at the Bernabeu for all the fans, and it's going to be Real Madrid the last to reach the final!"

This is the difference between Gao Fu Shuai and ** silk.

Bosque's words convinced almost most of the media that he and Real Madrid would definitely be able to advance, while Ye Qiu's words were criticized as arrogance by more European media.

The reporter from Marca even laughed in the newspaper and sarcastically mocked Ye Qiu's lack of grace, "I sympathize with the Chinese who said he was going to capture the Bernabeu Stadium, because he didn't know what the Bernabeu stood for, and he couldn't understand what it was like to sit in the coach's seat of the home team at the Bernabeu Stadium all his life." ”

"That's the gap between him and Bosque!"

This also made Ye Qiu remember the name of the Spanish journalist, Luis? Kano!