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Ajax's defensive tweaks in midfield and Koeman's fine-tuning of defensive tactics are starting to show results.

Roten and Giuli were to little avail if they attacked Ajax's backline alone.

In this case, the 1:1 score was very unfavorable for Monaco, who had to score, but the three midfielders in the middle seemed to focus too much on Qin Xiong, making their role in the attack significantly reduced.

As a result, full-backs Patrice Evra and Ibarra must assist to provide more support to Giuli and Roten, derive more attacking combinations on the wings, and create chaos in the Ajax defence.

In the 71st minute, Ibarra assisted along the right flank, and the Argentine suddenly returned to the side after cutting the pass from Giuliné to deliver a high-quality cross, and Morientes' header in front of the goal almost killed Ajax!

Bang!

Morientes watched in disbelief as his desperate header hit the crossbar and bounced off!

Lobon didn't make a save at all, and if the ball fell into the goal, he could only look at the ball and sigh!

The Monaco fans in the stands let out a loud sigh, and even the Monegasque royal family in the VIP box beat their chests and felt sorry for ↘ the goal.

The frightened Ajax immediately launched a counterattack, and Galasek swung the ball out of the penalty area, and he deliberately headed the ball in the direction of Qin Xiong.

The top of the ball was not accurate, and Qin Xiong and Zikes looked like they had a chance to grab the ball, but Qin Xiong was faster. He got to the football spot first. Don't wait for the ball to hit the ground. Kick the ball directly to the right side of the midfield with the arch of his foot.

After the ball, Qin Xiong immediately ran to the front court.

Van der Vaart received a pass from Qin Xiong on the right flank, at this time, Evra came up to press like a shadow, he couldn't help it, he had to buy time for the Monaco defence, entangled Van der Vaart, delayed his time to send the ball forward.

Scold. What a Van der Vaart, a good Dutch golden boy, actually half-turned on the spot and knocked the ball to the middle of the front court with his back heel.

Patrice Evra's defence was a failure, and Van der Vaart's improvisation was anything but blind, as he observed Ibrahimovic running over to pick up the ball before he made such a clever pass.

Ibrahimovic dropped back to the front of the midfield and was firmly in possession, but at first he appeared isolated, so Sneijder took the initiative to move up the midfield from the left wing.

Sneijder's run affected Qin Xiong's running.

There is no need for verbal communication or eye contact. Qin Xiong directly crossed the midfield and turned to run to the left side!

He and Sneijder unknowingly complete a role swap.

Sneijder and Ibrahimovic kept their distances in the midfield area to ensure possession was linked up and not lost possession.

Cisse and Bernardi couldn't help the two either.

When Qin Xiong hit the left wing position in front of the penalty area. Sneijder decisively passed the ball diagonally to Qin Xiong's inner line.

Ibaraben was neck and neck with Qin Xiong, and after Qin Xiong ran the inside line, his defense seemed to be out of reach, and he was gradually thrown off by Qin Xiong and blocked behind him.

Rodriguez moved over and planned to block Qin Xiong's in-cut, but he didn't expect that the moment Qin Xiong received Sneijder's pass, Qin Xiong took the initiative to pause and flick the ball horizontally, instead of diagonally and directly towards the goal!

Cross-cut dribbling in front of the penalty area!

Rodriguez hesitated for a moment and stepped forward to press, but Qin Xiong's next lateral ball suddenly exploded, causing Rodriguez's kick steal to miss.

Givet thought that Qin Xiong would cut in the box 90 degrees after wiping Rodriguez's vacancy, and he could only move laterally to fill the defensive area on this side and act as a barrier with the goal.

But he still thought wrong, Qin Xiong didn't seem to be interested in the direction of the goal at all, he still dribbled horizontally, and after crossing Givet, Cisse and Bernardi were only two steps away from being able to retreat in, and directly intercepted Qin Xiong on the side!

At this moment, Qin Xiong turned his head to look, Monaco's goal was in his eyes, the goalkeeper Roma was in a decent position, he no longer hesitated, and a low flat volley blasted out from under his feet.

The ball less than half a meter above the ground was like thunder, straight to the bottom right corner of the goal, Roma predicted correctly, but in the movement and horizontal pounce, he could only watch the football fly into the goal!

Half a season has passed, and Qin Xiong has more and more feelings for finding an angle to shoot a long shot in front of the penalty area that Peter Pan Luo himself learned, especially when he faces the goal at 70-90 degrees, he feels that the shooting rate is higher!

It may be easier than a frontal long-range shot to block the view and play an angled foot at the same time.

Qin Xiong would also like to thank his team-mates, with Ibrahimovic and Sneijder providing him with the ability to cut sideways in front of the penalty area.

So he ran backwards to the sideline after the goal, laughing silently as he raised his hands to Sneijder and Ibrahimovic respectively.

He was thrown to the ground head-on by Sneijder, fortunately Ibu rushed over and didn't press up, otherwise Qin Xiong would have screamed, Ibrahim stood beside the two, clenched his fist with one hand and raised it, and roared towards the stands where the away fans were.

The dancing Koeman looked a little out of shape and couldn't help but get excited to take a lead over Monaco on the road, which almost meant Ajax had one foot in the final!

“2:1！ Qin Xiong's goal helped Ajax lead Monaco 2:1 away from home! They reversed Monaco! Although this is only the first leg of the semi-finals, if they can lead their opponents on aggregate and have two away goals, the probability of Ajax advancing to this season's Champions League final is very high! ”

Deschamps' face was solemn, and he was already shocked by Qin Xiong's expression.

Ajax's ability to reach the last four of the Champions League was not due to luck.

Just when all the Ajax people were celebrating and were in a joyful mood, in less than 2 minutes, a basin of cold water poured head-on.

Monaco were desperate for an equaliser and were overwhelmed, giving Ajax more room to counter-attack.

Less than a minute after the restart, Ajax had another great chance when Van der Vaart fed Ibrahimovic on the right flank.

Ibrahimovic was on the line of the big penalty area, almost from the same position as Qin Xiong's goal, and the football was kicked directly and flew into the stands, a very outrageous kick.

After the shot, Ibrahimovic stood in place and lowered his head, then stretched out his right hand to the back of his right thigh, he turned around and walked slowly towards the sidelines, looking like he was walking a little awkwardly, giving people the feeling that he was strained!

But at least he didn't sit down, and he was able to walk, indicating that the strain may not be too strict.

After his teammates were in water and ruined Monaco's attack, the team doctor asked Ibrahimovic on the sidelines about his condition, and Ibrahimovic said that he felt discomfort in his thigh muscles, and Coman did not force it, and immediately initiated a substitution.

As for what will happen to Ibrahimovic, no one knows now, but it has cast a shadow over the hearts of fans and players alike.

'Oops, Ajax's number one striker Ibrahimovic went off injured, he was always frowning and couldn't see if he was in pain, but he was already on the bench and didn't know if he would be able to play in the next leg and if he couldn't play, it would be a huge loss for Ajax. Koeman made a substitution, he replaced Ibrahimovic with O'Brien, a defensive midfielder for a striker, and Coman wanted to keep the 2-1 win. ”

There's no denying that Coman is a good coach and he has his strengths and weaknesses.

In the midst of a crucial battle that has never been more stressful, Ibrahimovic's sudden injury presents him with a problem.

He didn't choose to switch to the striker.

Because Ajax put it bluntly, there is no center forward that Koeman can trust.

Songk?

With most of the time sitting on the bench, Songk and Qin Xiong, Van der Vaart, and Sneijder could not form a tacit cooperation in the front court.

The most basic tacit understanding is to pass and run.

These are two aspects, one passes, the other runs, timing is critical, the pass is early or late, the run is early or late, the effect is worlds apart.

So Coman couldn't trust Sonk.

Now the score is 2:1, and in order to keep the victory, strengthening the defense is the most conventional and common manager practice.

He opted for a defensive midfield and looked understandable.

But this substitution proved to be a terrible decision after the game. (To be continued......)