The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 152
"I am very satisfied with everyone's performance in the first half!"

In the locker room of the visiting team at the Arenal Stadium, Bosque smiled and said to the group of sweaty players in the locker room with his iconic smile.

"Although we are behind in the score, I think our chances of winning this game are constantly increasing."

Bosque walked slowly in the locker room, "Luiz is very threatening on the right, and he came to the left a few times, and he was also very good; Gonzalez played very actively in front, and his non-stop running made him The opponent's two central defenders were a bit unpredictable, and they were very involved in defense; Zinedine also created many threats, and Jose also performed very well."

"Anyway..." Bosque slapped his hands hard a few times, leaving his smiling expression to his players, "...you accomplished our task very well in the first half, and conceding goals is not your responsibility. My lovely defenders, I'm so proud of you."

"You know, in the European arena, so far, there are not many teams that can stop Ajax's attacking tactics after the opening. Couldn't stop them, but we blocked their goals for the vast majority of the time, well done guys!"

Bosque's compliment made the players in the locker room heave a sigh of relief, and the serious expressions on their faces also relaxed a little.

But if he boasted too much, he would become nasty, and Bosque was not nasty, so he quickly changed the subject.

"But no matter how good a team is, it can still be better, and so can we!"

For a long time, Bosque gave people the impression that he was not good at words, but in fact, his speech was very good. Now he never mentioned the team's shortcomings, but said that the team performed very well. Behave better.

Real Madrid are a group of superstars. In the hearts of this group of superstars, anyone who criticizes them for their poor performance will inevitably have some rebellious psychology. On the contrary, they are more acceptable to Bosque.

"What I have to say is that Zinedine should run more and get rid of that Sneijder, that kid is too clingy!"

After Bosque finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the locker room, and Zidane nodded with a wry smile. If you want to say clingy, Sneijder is really clingy enough. This young Dutch kid clings to him like a dog skin plaster. Not feeling well.

"And Jose, my No. 14 player, you are too obsessed with the middle. I think you should be more free. I said that when we face the opponent's tight defense, we must flexibly intersperse. We have technical advantages. Combined with the loopholes created by flexible penetration, the opponent will be unable to defend against it at all, but you are obviously not determined enough!"

Guti is indeed a wonderful player, a typical jack-of-all-trades role, but no matter what position he plays, he can play at his own level, even if he is pushed to the front line, he can shine.

Del Bosque's offensive training to Real Madrid is actually to give the stars the maximum freedom to display their strengths, because for superstars like Zidane, Figo, Raul and Roberto Carlos, there are too many Tactical restrictions will instead imprison their performance.

Of course, Bosque is not just laissez-faire. He gives the overall framework of the team. Within this framework, the players cooperate seamlessly, move flexibly, and intersperse back and forth. Coupled with the delicate foot skills of Real Madrid players, Real Madrid's The offensive penetration is very strong, like mercury pouring into the ground.

It can be said that this delicate and deadly attack can only be seen in La Liga, and only in the star-studded Real Madrid.

"I hope you all remember that our opponent is a young team with an average age of about 20 years old. This is worthy of our admiration, but they are too young. Physical fitness, physical endurance, and strength. There is a natural deficiency, so in the second half of every game, their performance is worse than in the first half."

"Our defense was organized very well in the first half. I am proud of you, but I hope to do better in the second half, because only on the basis of a solid defense can our offense create the greatest threat."

Bosque's away game strategy was not originally placed in the first half, but focused on the second half.

To be honest, Ye Qiu was able to bring Ajax to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Leeds United's team is younger, more impactful, and more tactically enjoyable.

But every team has its own limit. The current Ajax team has reached its limit. It is impossible to go further this season, so the performance in the first half is their peak.

Real Madrid's defense was able to hold up Ajax's attack in the first half, and Del Bosque was not surprised at all.

Many people think that Real Madrid play offensive football, but in fact they don't see the root cause, that is, in the configuration of double midfielders, Bosque uses two defensive players, Makelele and Erguera, while 2000 Real Madrid won the Champions League in [-], and Del Bosque used five defenders.

In other words, Bosque has always attached great importance to his team's defense and is very confident. When he decided to let Real Madrid organize the defense, he believed that the team's defensive ability would not let him down. The reason why he dared to bet on the second half, when Ajax was at its weakest.

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Sometimes, things in the world are very strange, especially when you are afraid of something in your heart, it will often happen, and when it happens, you can only do nothing to bear the cost of it.

Ye Qiu has always been worried since the second half, because Ajax always played poorly in the second half, so he has been worried all the time, and he has been constantly reminding his players to pay attention ,must be careful.

But as the time progressed minute by minute, as the game situation gradually reversed, Real Madrid regained control of the game situation. Not only did they have a solid defense, their offense became sharper and their ball control became more and more skilled .

Excessive physical consumption made it difficult for Ajax players to maintain the high-intensity oppression and pressing in the first half in the second half. This is caused by many factors. Blindly adopting a fast-paced impact style of play is just One of them is that the players are too young, and the rest have many problems.

After 60 minutes, lack of physical fitness caused Ajax's control over the game to gradually decline. Ye Qiu had to make the team retreat gradually and give up the high defense. At 70 minutes, Ajax had to adopt a shrinking defense. Because Real Madrid is getting more and more aggressive.

Ye Qiu made a substitution, replacing the weak Robben with Yaya Toure, and further strengthened the defense in the midfield. He is using his ability to help the team avoid potential danger to the greatest extent.

But in the end, he couldn't hide at all, couldn't avoid it.

When Zidane ran from the left to the center, Guti, who was at the forefront of the striker, suddenly retreated to the left, and the retreat was very deep, and he almost pressed forward with Real Madrid. The double midfielders were flat, and Roberto Carlos dribbled the ball from the left to pass the ball to Guti's feet.

Guti turned around after getting the ball, Yaya Toure wanted to get close at the first time, but Guti didn't wait for Yaya Toure to get close, and a seemingly light push with his left foot, the ball was as usual strong Not heavy, a little light, and not very fast, but the crux of the problem is that the ball was passed too suddenly.

From Guti to Ajax's defense, the distance is about 20 meters, and there are Ajax players such as Gilberto Silva and Keita in the middle, and Zidane, the only player in Real Madrid, is still there. Under the surveillance of Gilberto Silva, all the Ajax players thought that Guti had dropped back to respond, and suddenly passed the ball, a little caught off guard.

The ball seemed to be pulled by a thread and passed between Lucio and Maicon. The two Brazilian defenders wanted to intercept it immediately, but Raul and Guti obviously had a better understanding. Ambushed between Lucio and Keivu, he rushed into the penalty area with an earlier anti-offside.

Lucio turned around to catch up at the fastest speed, stuck to Raul's right side, and wanted to force the Spanish striker to the left, preferably out of the penalty area, and Van der Sar also lowered his center of gravity, step by step Move with Raul and make saves anytime, anywhere.

But on the one hand, Raul took a step to the left following Lucio's pressure, relieved Lucio's pressure, swung his left foot, and gently picked the lower end of the fast-moving ball.

As soon as the ball was under force, it flew up from the turf, crossed an arc, crossed the top of Van der Sar's head, and hung straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

A dead end, this is almost an absolute dead end!

Van der Sar jumped high and wanted to save, but it was too late. He couldn't stop such a goal!
Raul's whole goal action was not sloppy at all, it was done in one go, especially the spiritual lob, which was hard to admire, and after the lob, he turned around and rushed out of Ajax Kissing the ring on his finger non-stop, this is already his signature goal celebration.

All the Ajax players stared dumbfounded at the ball in the goal line, they were a little confused.

Strictly speaking, this was Real Madrid's most threatening attack in the entire game, but it scored a goal, and Guti's seemingly erratic, but incredibly accurate pass was unbelievable. People knew how he passed it, as if no one could figure it out, how could Raul suddenly think of using a lob in such a short period of time?
The entire Arena became dead silent, from 1:0 to 1:1, although it was only one goal, the price Ajax paid was very heavy, because the second round of the game will be at the Bernabéu.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines. Ever since Raul scored, he has been frowning without any expression. He is not angry about conceding the goal, but thinking about how to continue the game.

If the ball is lost, it is lost, it cannot be changed, but the game is not over, Ajax still has a chance!
Thinking of this, Ye Qiu turned around, waved to Van der Meyde who was on the bench, and then asked Huntelaar to warm up.

Two minutes later, Van der Meyde replaced Van der Vaart, who was physically weak, Huntelaar replaced Sneijder, and formed a double striker with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Van der Meyde was also pushed to the front line, right. Maicon was also asked by Ye Qiu to press forward more.

"Ye Qiu made two substitutions and adjustments in one breath, and he looks like he's ready to make a last-ditch effort!"

"From 1:0 to 1:1, Ajax's situation is indeed becoming more and more unfavorable. If they can't grasp more advantages at home, then in the second round of the Bernabéu Stadium, Ajax will be at a disadvantage. Very passive situation."

"There are still more than ten minutes before the end of the game. Ye Qiu probably wants to make his last effort."

But it was clear that Bosque was not at all timid either.

Real Madrid has a natural psychological advantage at the Bernabeu, because they have never lost at the Bernabeu this season and maintained an unbeaten record, which also makes Real Madrid's Bernabeu known as the most difficult devil's home in Europe. They dared to fight Ajax at the Arena.

At least, they still have a home court!
But Ajax can only choose to break the boat, because they can't pin their hopes on a devil away game that has never been broken this season, which is unrealistic.

At the last moment, the two teams chose to press out and play against each other, without any reservations. The scene suddenly became very intense. The two teams were inseparable from each other. But in the end, the two teams that fought against each other were unable to score again.

1:1, when the Swedish referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Real Madrid players were obviously relieved, because Ajax played very well in the last ten minutes of the attack. Resolute, created more threats than Real Madrid.

And Real Madrid is obviously very uncomfortable with Ajax's fast-paced offense and defense. Although they also created a threat, Zidane's performance in this game was not brilliant. The superstar lost its dazzling brilliance, but Guti and Raul's joint goal was convincing.

The Ajax players clearly carried a kind of grief and anger because they failed to get rid of Real Madrid at their home court.

"Ajax have 1 reasons to be dissatisfied with the result of the game, because they deserved to win this game, but we have to point out that they did waste a lot of chances in the last dozen. They had a total of two great chances in [-] minutes, but van der Meyde and Yaya Touré missed both scoring chances."

"The young Ajax paid the price for their youth, but we must give this young team the greatest affirmation. We hope that in the Bernabeu Stadium in a week's time, this young team can have an even better performance. performance, we have every reason to believe that they may not have a chance!"

In the post-match press conference, Ye Qiu also bluntly stated that his team still has a chance.

"It's just a draw. I don't think we have been eliminated. The Bernabéu stadium a week later is the key to the outcome. Now the game is only the first half, and we still have the second half!"

But immediately, a reporter from the Spanish newspaper Marca reminded Ye Qiu, "Mr. Ye Qiu, all of us know that your team is only good at playing football." Half time, not good at playing the second half!"

There was a burst of laughter immediately.

Ye Qiu's face is very gloomy, his own team is just like his own children, if he wants to beat or scold, he has to do it himself, there is no room for outsiders to take action, isn't that a slap in the face?

"Then you just wait and see, I will definitely conquer the Bernabéu fortress that you claim to be unbreakable, and I will tell you with facts, we are not only good at playing the first half, but we will trample you to death in the second half!"

After speaking, Ye Qiu ignored the objections and protests of the journalists, turned around and left the press conference.

In contrast, Bosque, who was in a good mood, appeared personable. When he was interviewed, he spoke highly of Ye Qiu and his Ajax team, thinking that this is a very capable team, not at all like It is the dark horse widely rumored by the outside world.

"Yes, they come from the Eredivisie, but I think after a series of games, no one can ignore the quality of this Ajax team. They are one of the most competitive teams in the Champions League this season. I don't think they are a weak team, I have always regarded Ajax as our strong opponent."

"A 1:1 score in the away game is indeed a good score, but we don't have any capital to be careless, because the next game is at the Bernabeu Stadium, Ajax will definitely play more tenaciously, this is a team A team that will never give up, just like their young head coach."

But when a reporter asked him about his confidence in qualifying for the final, Bosque seemed confident.

"I am very confident about reaching the final. I believe my players will think the same. We will give a good game to all the fans at the Bernabéu. In the end, we will be Real Madrid. !"

This is the difference between Gao Fushuai and diaosi.

Bosque's words made almost most of the media believe that he and Real Madrid will definitely be able to qualify, while Ye Qiu's words were criticized by more European media as arrogant.

The reporter from Marca even laughed and mocked Ye Qiu's lack of demeanor in the newspaper, "I sympathize with the Chinese who said he was going to capture the Bernabéu stadium, because he doesn't know what the Bernabéu represents, and he can't understand what the Bernabéu stands for all his life." What is it like to be on the bench at the Bernabéu?"

"This is the gap between him and Bosque!"

This also made Ye Qiu remember the Spanish reporter's name, Luis Cano!

(End of this chapter)