Amsterdam Arena.

In the sixteenth minute, Sporting Lisbon center forward Lourenço pulled back to create a chance.

Cristiano Ronaldo got the ball in front of him, hit the top of the arc of the penalty area, and almost scored with a long-range shot.

This kick directly demonstrated the strong aggression of the "three centers" tactic.

Sneijder immediately switched from midfield to midfield and returned to defend against the centre-three.

In the 19th minute, Sneijder defended and attacked, and made a long pass at the back in an attempt to connect with Van der Vaart.

Veloso, who was eyeing Defat, stuck Van der Vaart directly and gave the ball to his teammate with his head.

Don't forget, Veloso played at centre-back in the first half of the season!

Defense, confrontation, positioning, that's what he's very good at.

But his speed is not slow.

Van der Vaart, on the other hand, is good at everything, except that he is not fast enough.

Tube!

Crush!

In the 24th minute, the Ajax player sent a through ball to Van der Vaart.

Veloso went straight to his body and Van der Vaart fell to the ground in the confrontation and lost possession, but the referee decided that it was a normal confrontation and there was no whistle.

In the thirtieth minute, Deng Kai, who was in the midfield, made a flying tackle and intercepted a long-range through pass from Sneijder at the back.

Sneijder's long pass is really awesome.

But if you want to penetrate Sporting Lisbon in the backcourt, you will inevitably treat Deng Kai as a fool.

In the 33rd minute, Van der Vaart was marked by Veloso and it was difficult to get the ball. Even if you catch the ball, it's just a turn and a kick out of the ball.

In order to avoid Veloso, he took the initiative to retreat to respond.

However, this time he finally caught the ball, and before he could turn around, he was put down by Deng Kai, who caught up.

It's important for defenders to bring down players who receive the ball with their backs and not give them a chance to turn.

Because once the opponent turns, then the difficulty of defense will increase countless times.

Whether it is Manchester City or Liverpool later, all strong teams have a characteristic, that is, they will not easily give the opponent the opportunity to turn and hold the ball head-on.

The referee blew the whistle and came over to warn Deng Kai.

He believes that Sporting Lisbon's players have already fouled Van der Vaart too many times and would consider a yellow card if it were to happen again.

Deng Kai said that he understood, but he turned his head to look at Van der Vaart's eyes, which clearly said: Next time you catch the ball, I will do the same!

Hey, just don't change! Just play!

Looking at this scene, Scholes, who was far away at Manchester United, couldn't help but sigh.

"What's wrong? Paul, are you tired? 'Ferguson misunderstood Scholes' form.

The latter shook his head and said, "I just didn't expect to be able to see this kind of broken temperament in a fourteen-year-old child." ”

Ferguson frowned, clearly not understanding what he was saying.

Scholes explained: "Van der Vaart's performance has been limited a lot during this time. This Veloso's close marking made him very uncomfortable. ”

Ferguson said: "But Van der Vaart is adapting. Veloso's defense against him has not been as successful as it was at the beginning, and Deng Kai needs to be involved in the defense. ”

'Keep going like this, and in the second half, when Van der Vaart is fully adapted, he can continue to threaten the Sporting Lisbon goal. When the time comes, Sporting Lisbon will be completely defeated by him! ”

Scholes smiled: "Van der Vaart thinks so too, but what if Veloso's purpose was never to restrict Van der Vaart?" ”

Everyone at United was stunned.

Not restricting Van der Vaart?

What's that for?

"I'll just say why this guy has so many small movements!" The Black Wind Twin Evils reacted almost at the same time.

As strikers, they will also have such small moves.

When you have the ball, take the opportunity to elbow someone a few times.

Bump into someone when you're not on the ball.

A lot of centre-backs do the same.

The purpose is the same, and that is...... Consume the opponent's physical energy and blow up the opponent's mentality.

Completing any of these objectives will help them deal with their opponents.

"Veloso's main goal is to drain Van der Vaart's stamina." Scholes said, "He's got a lot of useless moves, all aimed at attrition of Van der Vaart. ”

"While Van der Vaart's current runs aren't necessarily as many as they used to be, the quality is completely different. Take a look, Veloso is taking the initiative to find a confrontation again, and Van der Vaart pushed him with blood vessels bulging in his neck, which shows that he is very hard. ”

"Even to get rid of Veloso, Van der Vaart is running more. And there are a lot of stop-and-go changes, which is also physically draining. ”

Manchester United centre-back Stam frowned and said: "But what can you do with Van der Vaart's physical energy?" They were already 2-0 down and ended the game with this point, as did Sporting Lisbon. ”

"There's no way they want to wait until Van der Vaart is completely out of action before they start a counterattack, right?"

"It's not realistic, it's at least seventy minutes away."

"No team that is 2-0 down dares to start attacking after 70 minutes."

"Any goal on the pitch is hard-won. A lot of times you don't necessarily score a goal in 90 minutes. ”

Scholes nodded, "yes, that's why I couldn't believe it before." ”

"What a confident player, how much you trust your own striker, to dare to do this!"

"Once he fails, his behavior in the eyes of others is tantamount to giving up resistance in advance, and he will become the biggest sinner in losing."

"And...... During the period of consumption of Van der Vaart, because of the two flanks conceded to the opponent, and Sneijder still has the ability to pass the ball unrestrictedly, it is possible to concede the ball again. ”

"What are they going to do then?"

"Do they dare to continue to hold on? This attrition tactic, once executed, is pointless if it does not persist to the end. If you persist, it may not make sense......"

……

Scholes's prophecy was soon fulfilled.

Ajax's playmaker Sneijder was pressed to the back and could only be linked up front with Van der Vaart through long balls.

But the ground pass was easily intercepted by Deng Kai.

The air pass was intercepted by Veloso in turn.

Van der Vaart simply won't be able to help the team anytime soon.

In this case, Sneijder began to guide his team to attack from the wing, making good use of the wide corridor.

Thirty-fourth minute.

Ajax went down the flanks with ease and came close to threatening with a cross.

In the 36th minute, Ajax crossed again, this time creating a corner.

And hit the post in the ensuing corner, almost rewriting the score.

In the 41st minute, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was in the middle of the three, retreated to receive it, relied on his individual ability to create a chance, and passed the ball to Marcelino.

Marcelino received the ball and challenged the Ajax centre-back directly and once he succeeded, he was given the chance to shoot.

This is already the best attacking opportunity Sporting Lisbon have had in recent times.

Unfortunately, Marcelino was not strong enough to challenge the central defenders and was confiscated by the opponent.

In the 43rd minute, Ronaldo retreated again to respond, and cooperated with Lorenzo to hit the wall continuously, giving full play to his not strong passing ability.

Cristiano Ronaldo did play at a genius level.

Even if it's not as impressive as Van der Vaart, it's intuitive to surpass the average player.

However, after the average player Marcelino got another chance, his long-range shot was saved by the goalkeeper.

Marcelino clutched his head, incredulous.

The whole Sporting Lisbon is like a trapped beast.

Originally, there were few offensive opportunities, and finally there was a chance to attack the goal, and because the three center forwards repeatedly retreated, sprinted, and lacked physical fitness and foot feeling, the shot was either flying or weak.

In the 44th minute, Scholes expected the worst to come.

Sporting Lisbon's corner was defended by Ajax.

Sneijder received the ball and directed a long pass directly to find Van der Vaart.

Veloso temporarily dropped his restriction on Van der Vaart because he wanted to be involved in corner kicks.

Van der Vaart received the ball and faced two defenders, but he still used his powerful dribbling to complete a succession of dribbles and face the goalkeeper.

Pilar strikes.

In the face of a toothy and clawed Pilar, Van der Vaart scored a brace with ease.

Guru...... It is unstoppable!

(End of chapter)