On paper, Dortmund's opponents in this game are not as good as last season's Ajax, who won the league title. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the transfer market, captain Vertonghen moved to Tottenham Hotspur, veteran Oye retired and experience at the back has declined. At the same time, the departure of the versatile midfield Lodeirou, the striker who played the firefighter last season, and even the savior of Aisati, who won the championship at the key stop, has also reduced the thickness of the team's squad a lot. Other loan players such as Sneijder Jr., Castillion, Svetanic and others have completely transferred, and the depth of the bench has not been strengthened.

In terms of recruitment, Ajax seems to lack enough sincerity to attract excellent players in the Netherlands, and last season's Eredivisie assist king, the new international Naxin, who was once very close to the club, was finally snatched away by PSV Eindhoven, and the rival only spent more than 4 million euros, which is a very failed case for Ajax, which once spent 16 million euros to buy Soleimani.

In terms of strength, Ajax is indeed the weakest team in this group, and it is not the weakest, among the 32 teams in the entire Champions League, Ajax's strength can only be ranked in the middle of the middle, and they may not be able to qualify for other groups.

That's right, they were last season's Eredivisie champions. However, the gold content of this Eredivisie championship is not very high.

They defended their league title last season but did not reach more than 80 points in total, and after the team collapsed in the middle of the league, they were able to win the league title because they were able to pull off their main rivals prematurely, in addition to a fourteen-game winning streak with almost 10 points behind in the league points. Today's Eredivisie is much less attractive and less competitive, which is the status quo of many second-tier leagues in Europe.

However, the lack of convincing performance in the domestic league does not mean that they have not performed well in the Champions League.

Last season's Ajax would have progressed to the round of 16 had it not been for Zagreb's release of Lyon in the group stage. After going to the Europa League, there were also highlights of the away win over Manchester United.

Therefore, if Ajax is weak on paper and its performance in the league is not convincing, I am afraid it will be unlucky to underestimate this team.

After all, Ajax has won the Champions League four times in history, and they have Champions League genes in their bones. It's tradition, and tradition often plays a vital role at some critical moments.

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At 7.45pm on September 18, Borussia Dortmund's Champions League group stage against Ajax began, while Real Madrid's home match against Manchester City kicked off at the same time.

People are actually paying more attention to Real Madrid's home game against Manchester City, after all, it is the strongest conversation in this group. Manchester City won the Premier League last season and became Premier League upstarts with the help of petrodollars, and now what they want to do is become Champions League upstarts. Real Madrid, on the other hand, is the representative of the traditional forces of the Champions League, and its record of winning the Champions League nine times is the highest in Europe.

The clash of these two teams is clearly more interesting.

Domestically, however, Borussia Dortmund's home game against Ajax was broadcast live on the free-to-air CCTV5 sports channel, while the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City was broadcast on the paid Fengyun Football channel.

Obviously, CCTV knows which game is the most attractive in China, Real Madrid and Manchester City's Champions League matchup between the old and new strengths, although it is full of gimmicks, but there is no Chinese player in this gimmick-full matchup.

Zhou Yi, who didn't even enter the game squad in the last round of the league, appeared in the starting list this time.

After the start of the game, Ajax's tenacity was a bit of a surprise.

Frank de Boer's side did not opt to play against Borussia Dortmund, opting for a more pragmatic approach on the road.

They didn't bother to defend Zhou Yi, the core of Dortmund, but withdrew all their players to the 30-meter area to put the bus, no matter how Dortmund passed the ball outside and fell to their feet, their defense was like a wall, standing still.

This is really what Dortmund didn't expect before the game, whether it is manager Klopp or the players, they all think that Ajax will not defend so thoroughly if they want to play defensive counterattacks, right?

Generally speaking, this desperate stubborn tactic is either a numerical disadvantage in the game, or the difference in strength is really large. But this game has just begun, Ajax has not been sent off, and with the strength of Ajax, it will not be weak to that extent, after all, it is also the champion of a national league, and it is a traditional giant in Europe.

So who would have thought that Frank de Boer would do it so thoroughly?

After De Boer's rhetoric before, Klopp did make some preparations, but he never imagined that Frank De Boer's so-called "bitterness" was to let Dortmund play against a wall......

Zhou Yi was outside the 30-meter zone of Ajax, constantly passing the football while observing the changes in the Ajax defence.

No matter how he passes, Ajax's defence is very intact and there are no dead ends.

Zhou Yi occasionally chooses to take a risky straight stop, but the effect is not good, Ajax's penalty area is full of people, whether it is Lewandowski or Reus, Gotze, it is difficult to get any good opportunity to shoot in the case of people sticking to people.

And Ajax put too much of their mind on defense, so they didn't achieve anything in attack, and they couldn't even threaten Dortmund.

So until the end of the first half, the score was 0:0.

Not to mention the lack of goals, the field is really not exciting enough, which makes it very difficult for those Chinese fans who stay up late to watch the game.

He Ping and Xu Yang also mentioned this when discussing the first half in the studio at halftime: "Every game in the Group of Death is very crucial and important, and you can't easily lose points, so it is right to pay so much attention to the result from the group stage. Looking at Ajax's stance, they must be hoping to draw with Borussia Dortmund away from home. This is a very pragmatic result. So the scene doesn't look intense enough, and it's not much to watch. But that's the norm in the group of death, and you can't simply think that a strong conversation means a good game, but in fact it can be the complete opposite......"

Xu Yang also agreed: "Yes, for example, the finals of any major competition are strong matchups, but they are often not beautiful. Since ancient times, there has been no name in the finals. ”

"That's right. In the other match in this group, Real Madrid also played 0-0 at home to Manchester City. The Group of Death didn't score in two games and looked evenly matched, which I think says a lot about how dead this group is......"

The TV broadcast entered the advertising time, Xu Yang and He Ping turned off the microphone, and He Ping got up: "Go to the toilet." ”

With that, he yawned.

Xu Yang also got up: "I'll go too." ”

In fact, the commentator is very hard, staying up late to explain the game is very harmful to the body, even if the commentator can sleep during the day and get up to work at night, this kind of life of day and night will still be very harmful to the body.

In fact, the World Cup and the European Cup are all right. Because of such a game, the broadcast agency on the Chinese side must directly let the commentator go to the front to explain the game on the spot, without staying up late.

In the toilet, two people stood in front of the urinal, side by side, and chatted about the first half that had just ended, which was different from what they said in front of the camera lens, and the private communication was a bit personal and complaining.

"I feel like this game is going to be 0-0, Ajax is too thorough, I really don't want to attack at all!" He Ping said. "I don't know how many people will watch the ...... fall asleep"

"There's no way, there's still a gap in strength. It's also 0:0 next door, and this group of death is a very difficult game. ”

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The time of the break passed quickly, and the players on both sides changed sides again, and neither made any personnel changes.

The game was not much different from the first half, with Dortmund only stepping up their long-range shots.

It's clear that the players have more shots from distance.

Long-range shots are indeed a way to deal with dense defences.

But it's not necessarily the most effective approach.

By the 70th minute, the score had not changed at all. Borussia Dortmund's number of shots has increased to thirteen, while Ajax's are just a pitiful four. The number of shots on target was also completely different for both sides. Borussia Dortmund had eight of those thirteen shots on target, while Ajax had just one.

The gap is very stark.

However, Dortmund, who had eight shots in the woodwork, failed to score, which means that Ajax's goalkeeper Vermeer performed very well in this game.

Jurgen Klopp made his first change of the half in the 73rd minute, bringing on Croatian midfielder Ivan Perisic for Kuba.

Ten minutes passed quickly, with Dortmund's number of shots rising to nineteen and Ajax's one more. But the score was still 0-0, and Dortmund's indiscriminate bombardment around the Ajax goal could not change the score.

Eighty minutes into the game, it was not far from the end of the game, and the mentality of the players also changed a bit.

Borussia Dortmund are getting a little impatient, while Ajax, for their part, see hope of a draw away from Borussia Dortmund.

Frank de Boer made his substitution just 80 minutes into the game, replacing striker Babbel with a young defender, Joel Feltman. This is to further strengthen the defense and repair the wall that has withstood Dortmund's artillery fire for 80 minutes, so as to prevent a crash at the last moment. I have to say that Frank de Boer was very well prepared and was going to stay the course in this game.

Marcel Leif didn't expect Dortmund to fail to win Ajax on his home turf, and he had to sigh that this was the group of death. In the true Group of Death, no team can be taken lightly.

"Ajax are the weakest team in this group, but looking at their performance in this game, who would dare to think that they are the ones to be scooped for?" (To be continued.) )