The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 147 The Winning Goal

Van Marwijk didn't like Ye Qiu at all, not only didn't he like it, he even hated it.

Because of Ye Qiu's appearance, he led Ajax to take away many honors that should have belonged to him, such as the Dutch Cup.

For a long time, although he was unwilling to say more, there was always a thought in his heart, that is, the appearance of Ye Qiu was the main reason why he coached Feyenoord for two or three consecutive years with no hands. Germany's handsome position has always been in an embarrassing situation that is very unstable and unreliable.

The first contest of this season should have been an excellent opportunity. At that time, Ajax defender Heitinga was sent off early, but Feyenoord did not seize the opportunity at all. Marvik made a series of decisions that he later regretted deeply.

In that game, after losing to Ajax at home, Van Marwijk once asked himself, where did he lose?Why did he still lose after taking such a favorable advantage?

The answer he got was lack of courage to take risks!

Therefore, when he encountered Ajax again for the second time, Van Marwijk knew very well that he had just played a tough game against Manchester United at Old Trafford, and it was a long journey back and forth. Kex must be in a state of extreme fatigue, so in this game at the Arenal Stadium, Van Marwijk actively turned away.

Indeed, as he expected, Ajax looked very tired and out of form. Even though Ye Qiu had arranged a rotation, the long-term two-line battle, especially in the Champions League, had to face the pressure of a powerful opponent like Manchester United. , it is difficult for Ajax to maintain an excellent competitive state in every game.

Players are people, not machines, and they get tired and tired.

Ye Qiu is a person who can bend and stretch. When the good times are good, he dares to press out and fight with his teeth and claws. When the bad times are bad, he can also pretend to be a grandson and retreat to play defensive counterattacks. Therefore, in this game at the Arenal Stadium, he simply retreated. In the own half, give up the control of the game, concentrate on defending your own goal, and fight counterattacks.

Feyenoord also belonged to that straight-forward style, suddenly fell into a dense battle, especially when Ajax firmly cut off their midfield passing lanes, it was difficult for Feyenoord to create absolute scoring opportunities.

Ye Qiu sat in the coaching bench of the home team at the Arenal Stadium with peace of mind. Although the situation seemed to be Feyenoord taking the initiative, there was no threat and he was not worried at all. Van Marwijk was also waiting patiently and did not proceed Adjustment, because he believes that under a long attack, Ajax will definitely show its flaws.

"While everyone is singing the praises of Ajax at Old Trafford, who played Manchester United with no temper, we have to accept that they are at the Arena, at home. Playing an unusually conservative defensive counterattack at the door, Ye Qiu is indeed a very pragmatic head coach, he is more concerned about how to win the game."

"I still remember that Saint Cruyff spoke highly of Ye Qiu's Ajax in his recent Champions League column. He thought that Ajax was like their head coach, who could play an invincible attack. , and can put down his body and organize an unbreakable defense."

"Cruyff's comment on Ye Qiu is that he is a pragmatist with a bit of adventurism, and he also feels that such a person is more likely to survive in European football, because only adventurous people are gamblers. And although Ye Qiu is sometimes very risky, it must be stud after he sees through the opponent's hole cards."

"I just don't know, has he seen through Van Marwijk's cards in this game?"

No one could answer the doubts of the on-site commentator. Ye Qiu was always sitting in the coaching bench of the home team. Everyone could see that Ibrahimovic was not in good condition. He wasted several opportunities in a row. The lack of physical fitness has reduced a lot, but he just didn't make substitutions.

The Ajax fans in the stands could be said to be on pins and needles, because they couldn't figure out what Ye Qiu was thinking, nor what Ye Qiu's plans were, they could only let Ye Qiu control them Their emotions pulled their thoughts and followed Ye Qiu.

From the first half to the second half, the situation in Ajax did not change in the slightest. Zlatan Ibrahimovic was still entangled and competing with the two central defenders of Feyenoord on the court.

Fortunately, although the offense was lacklustre, Ajax's defense was well organized.

In this game, Ye Qiu made De Jong, Lucio, Kolo Toure and Heitinga form the defense line, plus Gilberto Silva, Yaya Toure and Si Ned, Ajax's defensive line is very solid, Feyenoord did not get too good scoring opportunities.

Seeing that the situation on the court was still very tense, Van Marwijk finally decided to make adjustments. He asked Swedish forward Elmander to warm up, hoping that he could play and form an attacking line with Thomasson and Carew. Further strengthen the pressure on Ajax's defense and strive for away goals.

But when Van Marwijk asked Elmander to warm up, Ajax took the lead in making substitutions, and Ye Qiu replaced two players in one go, one was Arjen Robben on the left. Hleb, the other is striker Huntelaar replaced Ibrahimovic.

I don't know why, but when he saw Ye Qiu's two substitutions, Van Marwijk instinctively felt something was wrong. He felt that this was a conscious substitution by Ye Qiu, as if it had been premeditated, but in the end What does Ye Qiu want to do?
A few minutes later, when Van Marwijk returned to where the coach of the visiting team Sean was sitting, he saw Keivu's precise long pass, which crossed half of the field and fell behind Feyenoord's defense line. Standing up from his seat, he looked at his right back Van Goebbels and Ajax's left winger Arjen Robben.

Speed, at this moment, completely determines the outcome of this contest.

Robben easily crossed Van Goebbels on the left, diagonally from the left to the back of Feyenoord's defense, trying to catch the ball offside, but Feyenoord's defense also retreated quickly, Van Maar Vic has always been unable to change his mentality of seeking stability and attaches great importance to defense.

Robben saw that he lost his chance and had to pull to the left after receiving the ball.

Van Goebbels will soon get to his position, blocking between Robben and the penalty area. He was startled by Robben's sudden start just now. The speed of this Dutch winger is so fast that he is too late React and block.

After two years of training in the Eredivisie and two seasons of European competitions, Robben is now very confident in his speed and ability, even when facing a right back like Gary Neville, he dares to Make a breakthrough one-on-one, not to mention facing Van Goebbels this time?
I saw Robben dribbling the ball on the left. After Ajax's Huntelaar in the center and Van der Meyde on the right, plus Yaya Toure and Sneijder who came in from behind, they all pressed up. , he smiled at Van Goebbels.

Van Goebbels felt uncomfortable with this smile, and felt a little cold, as if the scythe from the god of death had cut his body. Although he focused on Robben, his eyes were always on the Dutch winger, as if to make Robben Ben's every move is staring at him.

Robben has a strong sense of rhythm, and his pace and pace are reasonable when dribbling. This is closely related to his father's professional training on him since he was a child. He got it right, especially after coming to Ajax, Ye Qiu asked Meulenstin and Moniz to strengthen him accordingly, and now his strength has improved very quickly.

Van Goebbels is also very experienced. Before the game, he had a deep understanding of Robben's technical characteristics. He knew very well that the Dutch winger is best at changing speeds and directions, so after Robben came on the field, he was very cautious. with.

Can it be useful?

Everyone who plays right back in the Eredivisie knows clearly that what Robben is best at is to make a sudden fake move, and then cut inside or go to the bottom, but why no one can keep an eye on him?

The reason is very simple, just like Van Goebbels is now, he is staring at Robben's dribbling, calculating and evaluating the distance between the two sides in his mind, but the most important thing is Robben's pace.

All actions on the court are based on one premise, that is, the center of gravity is steady. Every player has his own pace, which includes stride frequency and stride distance. If you are familiar with a player's pace, you can judge in advance. Where is his step, that is, where the next step will be.

Just imagine, if you can judge the opponent's foothold in advance, and use this to block and steal in advance, can the opponent still avoid it?
Many people are wondering, what is changing speed and direction?
Emergency stop is just the most common type of speed change. The real sharp speed change is to control and adjust your step anytime and anywhere.

When the opponent judges your next step and defends it in advance, and you suddenly make a change, he has nothing to do with you, he can only watch you do what you want.

Just like the current Van Goebbels, he watched a lot of Robben's videos before the game and was familiar with Robben's dribbling rhythm and pace. He made a blocking action, and according to his action, he will forcibly interrupt Robben's dribbling action when Robben's steps are not solid, and the latter must fall to the ground, and the ball is his!

But just when he thought he had the chance to win, Robben suddenly snapped half a step ahead of time, and the whole person changed from cutting inside to bottoming out. He kicked the ball forward with his left foot, and suddenly pushed him out of the highest position. With explosive power, he rushed past Van Gobel's side and straight to the bottom line.

At this moment, Van Goebbels had only helplessness in his mind, because he could predict that if he didn't make a prediction in advance, Robben would take advantage of the trend to cut in and pass him as usual.

Only at this moment did he really understand why so many people say that once Robben has successfully controlled the ball, the only way to stop him from breaking through is to foul, because he can change his pace anytime and anywhere, and then change his pace. Your own rhythm makes you completely lose your center of gravity and the ability to stop him.

Apart from fouling, is there any way to stop him?

Robben didn't know that Van Goebbels was thinking so much at this moment. As soon as he made a breakthrough, he swung his left foot and made a quick cross. Headed Robben's cross into Feyenoord's goal before the man.

Veteran van Vonderen, who has been tortured by Zlatan Ibrahimovic for a long time, is unable to prevent the Dutch center from firmly grasping this fatal blow in the penalty area in the face of the energetic Huntelaar.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!"

"At the critical moment, the 18-year-old center forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored the winning goal for Ajax!"

"A very, very critical goal, this teenager fully demonstrated his calmness and composure in front of goal!"

After seeing Huntelaar's goal, he opened his arms excitedly, slid out of Feyenoord's penalty area, rushed to the bottom of the Ajax chairman's stand, and celebrated Ajax's goal with Robben here .

"Hunterel's goal should be thanks to his teammate Arjen Robben. It was this player who made a sharp personal breakthrough on the left and created a scoring opportunity for Ajax. Huntelaar also calmly grasped this. A great opportunity."

The live TV camera swept over, and everyone found that even the chairman of Ajax Van Prager jumped up from his seat in the stands, applauding and cheering for the team's goal .

The scene turned into a sea of ​​joy, and all Ajax fans were happy for the team's goal.

Van Marwijk sat down on the coaching bench of the visiting team depressed, he finally guessed Ye Qiu's plan.

In this game, Ye Qiu first used Ibrahimovic to wear down the morale and physical fitness of Feyenoord's two central defenders, and Hleb to paralyze Van Goebbels. Putting on Huntelaar, who is more physically fit, opened up Feyenoord's defense in one fell swoop.

Efficiency, the reason why Ye Qiu dared to take such a risk was because he had full confidence in his team's scoring efficiency.

"Is he despising us in terms of strength?" Van Marwijk was more angry, but helpless.

This goal not only crushed Feyenoord's defense, but also crushed their morale.

In the end, Ajax defeated their rival Feyenoord 1-0 at their home court with Huntelaar's goal.

In the same round, in the away game, Eindhoven unexpectedly lost 1:2 to Waalwijk, which allowed Ajax to successfully extend the lead to 5 points.

After the game, almost all the media spoke highly of Huntelaar's goal at the critical moment. The player's first touch on the field caused Ajax's key goal. Immediately let Huntelaar become the darling of Amsterdam and a hero in the eyes of the fans.

A week later, Ajax ushered in Graf Sharp at home.

Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Huntelaar and Keita, relying on the key goals of these four players, Ajax beat Graf Sharp 4-0 in the away game and successfully continued to maintain the leading advantage of 5 points.

Eindhoven and Feyenoord also defeated their opponents 4:1 successively, continuing to maintain the pressure on Ajax.

In the middle of the week, Ajax ushered in Boavista at the Arenal Stadium.

This time in Amsterdam, Boavista failed to continue his situation in Portugal. Boavista, who was in the Arena Stadium, was completely beaten by Ajax from the very beginning of the game. The power to parry, especially Sneijder, who has been in a very good state recently, assisted Lucio with a header in just 13 minutes of the game.

After that, Zlatan Ibrahimovic turned around and made a diagonal pass behind him in the 18th minute. Robben threw away Bosingwa from the left, and then inserted into the penalty area to form a single goal. His shot pierced Boavista's goal, 2:0 !

Afterwards, the Portuguese team began to play steadily and steadily, trying to stabilize the rhythm, but Ajax obviously did not intend to give Boavista more opportunities. Robben had long held a grudge against Bosingwa and was full of anger He wanted to teach this guy a lesson, so in this game, Robben was very active on the left, making continuous breakthroughs to play Bosingwa.

The team fell behind and the situation was unfavorable. Bosingwa was very anxious. In less than 20 minutes, he made two consecutive fouls. The referee clearly gave him a yellow card and sent him off with a red card.

So far, the situation of the game has been completely dominated by Ajax.

In the 43rd minute, van der Vaart cut in from the right and then shot a curve ball, which once again pierced Boavista's goal, helping Ajax take a 3:0 lead in the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Boavista tried to launch a counterattack, and successfully knocked on Van der Sar's goal in the 52nd minute.

But soon, in the 64th minute, Ajax, who had regrouped, came off the bench. Huntelaar, who has been in excellent form recently, scored again, 4:1.

After that, Ajax consciously slowed down the rhythm, especially in the case of insufficient physical fitness, Boavista's counterattack improved, but in the 78th minute, Ajax counterattacked after stealing the ball, Keita assisted van der Vaart to shoot in the restricted area and scored twice, 5:1!

After this game ended, the situation of the entire Group A was completely reversed.

Manchester United played 0-0 against Bayern Munich at Old Trafford. As a result, Bayern Munich scored 2 points with 3 wins and 9 draws, and Ajax also scored 2 points with 3 wins and 9 draws. The teams have the same points, but Ajax ranked first in the group by virtue of their 5:1 victory over Boavista at home in this round and their goal difference.

Manchester United has 1 win, 4 draws and 7 points, ranking second in the group, while Boavista is the bottom of the group.

After this round of matches, the situation in the group has become clear. Ajax challenged Bayern Munich away. As long as they draw, they can qualify for the group. Bayern Munich is behind Ajax and Manchester United in terms of goal difference, so they must play at home. Only by winning can you qualify from the group.

As for Manchester United, as long as they beat Boavista in an away game, no matter who wins or loses between Ajax and Bayern Munich, or even a tie, the Red Devils will be able to qualify from the group.

It can be said that the situation in Group A has completely become very chaotic and complicated, and without exception, the last round is the key battle for qualifying from the group.

(End of this chapter)