Volume 1 Chapter 119 Van der Sar's Achilles Weakness
Obviously, Gretz's belief is not firm enough!
This directly led to the fact that the belief of the Eindhoven players was not firm enough for the Ajax players, and the implementation of tactics on the pitch was not decisive and resolute enough for the Ajax players, which made the Ajax players successfully complete a game of their own.
PSV Eindhoven started the game with goalkeeper Watrus, with Bouma, Nikiforov, Hovland and Oye in the back from left to right, Kezman, Van Bommel, Vogel and Romedahl in the four midfielders from left to right, and Brookingke and Heselink in the forwards.
Gretz has been running in around this main lineup throughout the pre-season, and their warm-up results have been very good, including an excellent 7-0 victory over their opponents, but on the whole, the strength of the warm-up opponents is not a little bit behind the Ajax warm-up opponents.
But on the whole, PSV Eindhoven's run-in is still in place.
Ajax's starting lineup for this game is Edwin van der Sar, the backline is Abidal, Kivo, Lucio and McConn, and the three midfielders are Keita and Gilberto? Silva and Sneijder, the front trident is Robben, Huntelaar and Donny van der Meyde.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic had a cold and fever the day before the game, while Van der Vaart suffered a minor injury in training and both players missed the game, so Ye Qiu's starting line-up sent Huntelaar and Van der Meyde.
However, the substitutions of strikers and right wingers did not affect Ajax's overall tactics.
At the beginning of this game, Ajax took the initiative to attack, using their skillful tactics to actively press and press Eindhoven, especially the suppression of the midfield, which was very resolute, which made Eindhoven's defense have to retreat step by step, and Ajax took advantage of the situation to push the defense forward to form a high defense.
After the defensive line moved forward, Ajax's control of the game became tougher, plus Eindhoven's two forwards, whether it was Brookink or Heselink, were not that kind of speed players, the so-called twin towers still need players to be able to play the ball from both wings, so that they can play a role in the penalty area, so as to form a threat, but now Ajax has pressed the defense to the area close to the center circle, how can they create a threat?
Gretz has learned Ye Qiu's high defense, and he also thought about using Kezman's speed to threaten behind Ajax, but the right corridor composed of Van der Meyde and McCone suppressed Eindhoven's left side in attack, especially Van der Meyde's suppression of Bouma, which completely isolated Kezman in the frontcourt.
On the left, Romedahl met his old rival Abidal, who was as soft as ever.
After completing this series of layouts, Ajax completely controlled the game and the goals came naturally.
In the 14th minute, Van der Meyde on the right side of Ajax formed a breakthrough and crossed, waiting for an opportunity in the penalty area, and for Huntelaar, who was bent on scoring on PSV Eindhoven and proving himself inside Ajax, he simply did not let go of such a godsend, snatching the point to penetrate the Watrus goal.
The Dutch number two had to fish the ball out of the line and kick it towards midfield in anger.
But just 10 minutes later, PSV Eindhoven once again declared the goal unclear, this time it was Volger who missed Sneijder, who inserted into the box, attracted the attention of the defenders and crossed diagonally to the edge of the box. Silva Iron Tree Blossomed, and the incoming ball was a heavy cannon, which penetrated Eindhoven's goal again, 2:0!
Two goals in a row completely disintegrated the fighting spirit and morale of PSV Eindhoven's players, and Gretz sat in the coach's box even more depressed, with a helpless expression, not knowing how to accept such a situation.
After scoring two goals in a row, Ajax obviously slowed down the attack, especially PSV Eindhoven's frontcourt pressing was not enough, so that Ajax dominated the triangle area of Van der Sar, Lucio and Kivo, plus the pair of corners of McCone and Abidal, the ball control in the back field was very smooth, and the support for the front court was very strong.
Entering the halftime break with a score of 2:0, all the players were happy with the score and the situation, but Ye Qiu poured a bucket of cold water on everyone.
"In the more than 5,000 years of history of our Chinese, there are countless profound lessons, one of which is to be prepared for danger in times of peace!"
"When you think that you have everything in your hands and everything is evolving and developing as you wish, then what you should do at this time is not to celebrate, not to be careless, but to be careful, because often at such times, it is when you are most vulnerable and weak!"
"And the more dangerous your enemies, especially the more dangerous, the more likely they are to choose to launch a deadly offensive when you are at your weakest!"
Ye Qiu's reminder was fulfilled in the second half.
After halftime, PSV Eindhoven will be stirred up by Greets even if it is a mud man, not to mention that they are still the Eredivisie champions for two consecutive seasons, and they are also the number one team in Europe, how can they break the jar like this?
At the beginning of the second half, Ajax was in a situation of being beaten passively in an all-round way, but after Ye Qiu's reminder, Ajax's defense was arranged in an orderly manner, especially Van der Sar, who wore the captain's armband for the first time in an official game.
The Dutch goalkeeper, who had a terrible season at Juventus last season, gave the fans a great performance as soon as he returned to Ajax and the Arena Stadium.
First, in the 52nd minute, Romedal broke through on the right side and crossed, Lucio and Heserink in the penalty area competed for a header in front of the goal, and the Brazilian central defender grabbed the first point, firmly stuck in the position, jumped high, and cleared the header.
But Lucio, under the interference of Heselink, did not play the header and slowly fell to the edge of the penalty area, and Van Bommel saw the opportunity to meet the incoming ball with a powerful volley from the outside of the box.
The shot was very heavy and angled to the left, clearly aimed at a shot that Van der Sar had just made to defend Heselinck from a position to the right side of the goal.
But Van der Sar seemed to have judged Van Bommel's angle in advance, and the whole person ran quickly to the left, firmly grabbed the ball before it arrived, and pushed the fast-flying ball to the ground with both hands.
Van Bommel's heavy kick was pushed by Van der Sar's hands, immediately changed direction, and after touching the ground, he was grabbed by Van der Sar in his hand, which was very steady, and Van der Sar's wonderful save also won a cheer from the Ajax fans who could see clearly behind the goal.
But soon, it was again a cross from the right side of Romedahl, who was very active after the start of the second half, repeatedly creating threats, and Abidal was a little unsupportable, and Heselink also got a chance on the edge of the six-yard box this time, grabbing Lucio's header to score.
In order to create a threat, Heselink's header also deliberately hit a rebound, and then bounced off after touching the ground, but Van der Sar seemed to have made a prediction in advance, stood firmly in position, and immediately flew to make a save after judging the landing point of the ball and the direction of the bounce, and blocked the ball with one hand.
After the whole person fell to the ground, Van der Sar had lost the ability to save again, but fortunately, Kifu cleared the ball with a big foot in time, which was able to save Ajax's goal-conceded crisis.
Ye Qiu, who was standing on the sidelines, applauded Van der Sar's wonderful save this time, which was indeed a very difficult save.
Sometimes, the fans watch live on TV, they can't see the whole process, they can only follow the camera, follow the ball, and they can't even notice the players' actions, but the manager can.
There is a saying in the field of head coaching that the most important ability to judge a goalkeeper is not his height or his goalkeeping skills, but his positioning, which is the sense of position in many people's mouths.
If a goalkeeper has a good sense of position, then the shot that appears in the eyes of the fans will be, and the opposing players will almost always kick into the goalkeeper's arms, and they will shoot wherever the goalkeeper is, so they will complain that the scorer is terrible.
But if you think about it, they are all professional players, do they not even know how to pay attention to the goalkeeper's position before shooting at the very least?
No, they knew that they must have been staring at the goalkeeper's position, but the problem was that during or after their feet, the goalkeeper's movement made their shots useless.
It's like when Van Bommel saw the ball flying towards him just now, he also saw Van der Sar standing on the right, and at this time, Van der Sar also saw the ball flying towards Van Bommel, and the two knew each other's positions at the same time, and at this time Van Bommel decided to play on the left side, and Van der Sar judged that his left side was exposed.
So, by the time Van Bommel was ready to hit the back of the net, Van der Sar had already started to move to the left.
Fans who can broadcast the game live will never see the intrigue between the two players, and the countermeasures and changes of the two players at the moment of shooting, what they see is Van Bommel shooting directly to Van der Sar, who intercepted the ball with both hands.
So, a lot of times, fans may think that a player is performing badly, or even completely useless, but in the manager's view, it can be the complete opposite, because the vision and angle between the two are completely different, and the fans will never see what the manager sees through live TV.
"Van der Sar's control over the right side of his body is definitely the best in the world!" Bobby? Harms couldn't help but nod his head in approval after seeing Van der Sar's outstanding performance.
As a right-handed and right-footed goalkeeper, Van der Sar's left-handed and left-footed abilities are also good, but after all, he is not as good as his right-handed.
Bobby? Harms knows Van der Sar too well, he knows very well that Van der Sar's control of the right side, whether it is low or high, is the best in the world, and what hinders him is his weakness on the left side of his body.
Anyone who uses their right hand can try it and see if the same item is placed on the left side for easy access, or on the right side?
The answer has to be on the right side, and the goalkeeper is all about using his hands to catch the ball.
If Van der Sar's control of the right side of his body is the top in the world, then his control of the left side is his biggest weakness, especially the area above the waist on the left side, which is his deadliest weakness and the dead end of countless right-handed goalkeepers.
The so-called dead corners are only for ordinary or first-class goalkeepers, and the real top goalkeepers, such as Buffon, Casillas, or the future goalkeeper of the level of Cech, have no meaning of blind spots in their saves, that is, they can give proper control to the left and right sides of the body, to any area of the goal.
Only when you do this, you can be considered the best goalkeeper.
But there is one that is special, and that is the Lion King Karn.
Kahn was also a goalkeeper with the same saves from the corner, but he became the world's No. 1 goalkeeper, partly because he had the highest control of the right side of his body, but partly because the team understood his problems and paid special attention to the corner of Kahn's half-high ball on the left side defensively.
No player is perfect, only by cooperating with each other and complementing each other is the best partner!
Ye Qiu is now also ready to further strengthen the defensive arrangement of Van der Sar's left half-height area in the defense, he will not take the initiative to leak Van der Sar's weakness, but the opponent will definitely find it sooner or later, and he must take targeted measures when the time comes.
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Van der Sar's excellent performance gave the Ajax players a huge boost as they withstood PSV Eindhoven's 20-minute frenzied attack before finally striking a sharp and powerful counter-attack.
In the 68th minute, after Robben and Keita cooperated with Keita on the left side, he used his speed to forcibly break through Eindhoven's defense, went straight behind the defensive line, cut into the penalty area from the left side, and faced Hovland who flew to rob, Robben made a low cross, Keita inserted into the penalty area from the side, and shot low against the incoming ball, once again penetrating Eindhoven's goal, 3:0!
If, after 2-0, PSV Eindhoven lost their fighting spirit, but the advantage in the first 20 minutes of the second half gave them hope again, then this goal completely declared their despair, because they had to collapse to find that their own attack could not break through the Ajax defence, but their own defense could not stop the Ajax attack.
Ye Qiu's team once again pursued a fast-paced devastating offensive, giving full play to the team's impact and completely controlling the rhythm.
Therefore, after scoring again, Ajax immediately sounded the horn of counterattack, especially the combination of McCone and Van der Meyde on the right, and began to attack the left side of PSV Eindhoven.
10 minutes later, it was the cooperation of Van der Meyde and McCone on the right side, McCone inserted into the right corner of the penalty area, 45 degrees to pick up the Eindhoven defense, Huntelaar ambushed Nikiforov and Hovland, peeked at the timing, quickly inserted, jumped to the top, and the header went to the next city, 4:0!
Huntelaar, who scored twice, rushed out of the penalty area excitedly, his arms stretched out, and his immature face was full of excitement and excitement, because he scored the goal of PSV Eindhoven, and he beat the second goalkeeper of the Dutch national team, Watrus.
Young is the label of this Ajax Young Guard, and today is Huntelaar's 18th birthday, and the brace is undoubtedly the best gift that God has given him, and he is ecstatic.
In competition with Ibrahimovic, Huntelaar has always been at a disadvantage, partly because of his youth, but also because of his singular technical characteristics, lacking the kind of tandem and individual technical ability that the Swede has for the team's attacking midfield.
But Huntelaar also has his own advantages, that is, his scoring sense, and shooting skills, which Ibrahimovic has not been able to match even now, this is his advantage!
"Gretz has clearly given up on this game and is not holding out hope, not only him, but the overall performance of PSV Eindhoven in this game gives people a feeling of lack of confidence, or rather, they are not resolute enough!"
"I want to win, but I am afraid of losing, I want to attack, but I am worried about defense, this is indeed a very embarrassing contradiction, because Eindhoven faces Ajax, they seem to have a certain advantage, but in fact they are completely at a disadvantage, because in the past 5 games between Gretz and Ye Qiu, Eindhoven drew 4 and 1, this record is very embarrassing, and now their losses may have increased by one more!"
The live TV camera shifted from the frustrated Gretz to Ye Qiu, if Gretz's face was full of frustration and disappointment, then Ye Qiu's face was full of hopeful bright smiles.
"Even before this season, there were many commentators who believed that after maintaining the overall stability of the squad last season and adding Van der Sar in the goalkeeper position, Ajax's strength has improved a lot, and this season in the Eredivisie has reached the point where it is on par with PSV Eindhoven, and even has the momentum to suppress PSV Eindhoven."
"But no one thought that this team, which is still the youngest team in the Eredivisie with an average age, now has the strength to play PSV Eindhoven 4:0, which is definitely an unexpected result, but it also fully reflects the amazing progress that this young Ajax team has made in the past year!"
If it is a time-traveler like Ye Qiu, he will not be surprised by the progress of Ajax's group of players, because each of them will be a first-class star in Europe after a few years, but it is a pity that in this world, there will always be only Ye Qiu in the world.
Because of this, in the eyes of everyone, Ajax's progress is astonishing, and Ye Qiu, who created this Ajax Young Guards with his own hands, is full of magic, as if he has a sense of mystery from the East, with an incredible magic power that turns stones into gold.
Ajax fans don't care about that, they just care about one thing, and that is that Ajax beat PSV Eindhoven 4-0 at the Arena Stadium, returning the humiliation of defeat two years ago to PSV Eindhoven and winning the Dutch Super Cup again.
This makes them happier than anything else, because they see the team back to being competitive and the hope of a resurgence of the team.
And there is no doubt that it was Ye Qiu who brought them this hope!
Therefore, after this game, all Ajax fans in the entire Arenal Stadium chanted Ye Qiu's name in unison to show their gratitude and support for the head coach, which was the first time for Ye Qiu!
This treatment also made Ye Qiu's status in Ajax rise to a new height again!