183 Fatal Mistakes
The Ajax vs Chelsea game is starting to produce a clear gap in the field.
Relying on the team's richer and more advanced technical and tactical play, Ajax's advantages are becoming more and more obvious.
Chelsea, despite their strength on paper, have not yet fully moved away from the traditional English style of play under Ranieri, and their attacking predictability and lack of surprise changes have kept Ajax from flustering in defence.
However, Chelsea's individual strength remains strong and they are capable of playing dangerous attacks when one-on-one is inevitable.
In the 36th minute, Duff crossed from the left, Hasselbaink headed the ball, and Crespo dangled out of angle in front of Escud and pushed it wide.
Three minutes later, Crespo possessed the ball from the perimeter and played the ball to Frank Lampard, who fired a direct long-range shot that narrowly missed the Lobont goal.
Seeing that the first half was coming to an end, Ajax had no intention of slowing down.
In the 43rd minute of the game, Galasek played the ball out of the backfield, Qin Xiong crossed the ball directly with his back to Lampard in the middle of the field, and Grigla attacked on the side.
Qin Xiong ran forward along the middle, and Grigera's pressure forced Lampard to help up the wing, which gave Qin Xiong more space to get the ball in the middle.
Grigra handed the ball to Qin Xiong, and without waiting for Makelele to force it, Qin Xiong suddenly picked up the ball and sent it diagonally over the top to the left rib of the penalty area.
Sneijder cut past Melchiott into the bottom of the box, and he didn't stop the ball before the baseline, sweeping the ball straight into the middle of the goal.
He made a powerful pass, like a shot on goal.
Ibrahimovic, who followed up in the middle, couldn't touch the ball at all when he was harassed by Terry, and even goalkeeper Cudicini couldn't touch the football.
At the back post, Bridge had been dumped by Van der Vaart, and although Gallas tried his best to block the back post, Van der Vaart still kicked the ball into the empty net with his left foot at the back post!
Ajax fans go crazy with excitement!
The players on the pitch quickly ran to Van der Vaart, where they hugged each other and roared at each other in celebration of their second goal!
Van der Vaart extended the lead for Ajax! Chelsea suffered another blow before half-time and are now two goals down! It's time for manager Ranieri to think of a way, comparing Chelsea and Ajax's offensive in the frontcourt, Chelsea seems to be unchanged, Ajax seems to be changeable, no matter what kind of defensive posture Chelsea puts on, Qin Xiong can always connect with his teammates, and their passing and running cooperation is too tacit! ”
Ranieri was like a candle in the wind, lonely and helpless.
In his experience, there is no doubt that Chelsea have lost to Ajax as a whole.
It is impossible to blame Frank Lampard for not being as creative as Qin Xiong, they are not the same type of players themselves, and in terms of playmaking talent, in just 45 minutes of play, Qin Xiong's threatening ball delivery has beaten Lampard!
The way you play is different, the team style is different, even the mentality is different.
There is no comparison.
There is no need to make meaningless comparisons.
Chelsea's technical and tactical style is not comparable to that of the Dutch giants, the originator of attacking football!
When Frenkie de Jong and Galasek were the unbreakable barrier at the back, and when they also had the ability to fight with wild passion, Chelsea had the characteristic power impact in England, and the quick attack on the flanks could not create any panic in front of Ajax!
Abu's face finally turned ugly in the VIP box.
The scene presented in front of you is clear at a glance, who is more beautiful of the two teams? There is no doubt about Ajax.
Who's leading?
It's not a problem at all, look at the big screen, look at the fans celebrating wildly inside the stadium.
His dream division, after a huge investment in the summer, looks like it is not as good as Ajax, which is developing steadily step by step!
At the end of the first half, Ajax led Chelsea 2-0.
Qin Xiong and his teammates high-fived vigorously before leaving the field, they didn't look at the Chelsea players again, and walked towards the players' tunnel with their heads held high.
The Chelsea players were a bit dazed.
They didn't expect Ajax to be so tough!
Ranieri should understand why.
Chelsea's Champions League journey this season has been too smooth.
The group stage was not tested much at all.
Sparta Prague, Bejiktas, and a Lazio with financial difficulties that were almost dismembered.
The knockout round was met by Stuttgart in Germany.
Did Chelsea really play a big club or a championship team?
No!
Chelsea have too little European experience!
Don't look at Ajax's youth, but most of the main players in the Ajax team, including coach Koeman, played two stages of the group stage at least last season and reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League!
This lack of experience does not come from stress.
It's a restriction on teams with different styles of football.
Ajax represents the style of Dutch football, attacking football!
It's very different from the traditional style of play in England.
They are more creative, pay more attention to ground transmission and cutting, pay more attention to group cooperation, and promote the offensive in a variety of ways, rather than simple and crude rushing and hanging bombing!
In such a situation, Chelsea is not adaptable, Makelele is experienced, but after all, he is only one person, he is confident to limit Qin Xiong one-on-one, but he can't limit the entire attack group of Ajax!
No one may know that this Ajax team, which was almost falling apart in the summer, stumbled along the way, and stood up strong after suffering setbacks.
In the sprint stage at the end of the season, they can concentrate on competing in the Champions League, and they have reached their strongest form!
At half-time, Koeman praised his team's performance and ordered his team to continue the first half with determination in the second half.
No Ajax player would suspect that their tactical approach was wrong, and the advantage of the field and the margin of the score proved that they were going in the right direction.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, Chelsea came up with a back-to-back stance, and England's set of pressing to challenge the foul scale was sacrificed again, looking more ferocious and brutal.
The unexpected happened when Ajax quickly launched the offensive to extend the advantage of the first half.
Sneijder was fouled by Melchiott while stopping the ball, spraining his foot to avoid a rush, and although he himself said he was not strict, the game could not be sustained.
"Ajax is in a little trouble, Melchiott paid a yellow card to send Sneijder off the field, Koeman's expression looks a little heavy, he knows that Ajax's attacking end, the forward trident plus Qin Xiong, who is missing these four players, the team's offensive effect will be greatly reduced, and now, he can only let Pienaar warm up."
Two minutes later, Pienaar came on to replace Sneijder.
He went to play left winger.
He's got what it takes to play in this position, the problem is that in an attacking system, he's never been stuck on the left winger with his team-mates.
His individual performance should not be a big problem, the key is to cooperate tacitly, maybe it will be affected.
Qin Xiong had to slow down his tempo a little to give Pinar time to adjust to the game.
Originally, the attacking group has a small number of people in the frontcourt, and if one less person can actively integrate in, then the effect will be very unsatisfactory.
In the 61st minute, Qin Xiong began to cooperate with Prinal frequently, also to help him get into the game.
At first glance, Pinard's performance was not too good.
Two long-range shots from outside the box were completed in quick succession, one of which also tested Cudicini.
However, in the 67th minute of the game, he took the initiative to change positions with Qin Xiong, and he made a fatal mistake!
After switching positions, he hoped to let Qin Xiong form a running cover, and then he divided the ball to find Van der Vaart on the right side and quickly transferred the attack.
But Lampard ran to follow Qin Xiong, Makelele didn't eat that at all, he grabbed it decisively and bravely, and his feet were accurate, which directly made Pinar lose his body center of gravity in the panic ball protection, and Makelele broke the ball successfully!
The French midfielder dribbled straight forward with the style of a big man and passed the ball straight to Glen Charles on the wing after half-time.
When Glenshard started the ball on the right flank, the audience in front of the TV seemed to see the pitch moving backwards, because the Danish Golden Wings were so fast! R1152