The Godfather of Football

Ye Qiu does not have much experience, but that does not mean he does not know how to watch!

According to official statistics, the running distance of the wingers in a team of 11 players is always ranked first.

In the current PSV Eindhoven, Korka and Romedal are not very active in retreating defense, but despite this, their running distance is also a lot compared to the forwards and central defenders, just slightly less than Van Bommel and Vogel.

However, for the full-backs, the physical consumption is very large.

PSV Eindhoven has the advantage on the field. In order to strengthen the offense, the full-backs have to run back and forth, which makes their running distance very large, especially when Gretz decided to return to the wing attack in the second half and boldly pushed the team's overall formation forward to further strengthen the offensive, the full-backs ran back and forth more frequently.

To a certain extent, this can strengthen the offensive investment, but there are also hidden dangers, that is Heintzer.

After all, he is 37 years old. Although Heintzer's condition and physical fitness are maintained very well, his age is not discounted, especially the two-front battle in recent days. These have made Heintzer feel a little overwhelmed, and his breathing has become more and more heavy.

Years of professional experience told him that his physical fitness is almost enough. Did the head coach see it?

Ye Qiu saw it, but it was not the right time!

Now PSV's offensive is very fierce, and it can be said that it has been given up. Seeing that the situation is precarious, Ye Qiu had to replace the main striker Huntelaar with a midfielder with good defensive ability, forming a three-back midfielder, pushing Sneijder forward a little, and letting Van der Vaart and Kulu form a double striker in front.

From this point, it can be seen that the disadvantage of Ajax II is already very obvious, and it has even reached the point where it is almost unbearable. Otherwise, Ye Qiu would not make substitutions first.

Gretz still has three substitutions in his hand, and he is waiting for the opportunity.

The Ajax fans on the sidelines shouted loudly, and the atmosphere was very warm.

The second half lasted for 15 minutes. Ajax defended for 15 minutes and was beaten for 15 minutes. There were several times when they were almost scored, but it was this little bit that made the players of Ajax II stubbornly hold on.

Human psychology is very strange.

When you are in a fast-paced atmosphere for a long time, you will feel that you can't keep up at first, but slowly, you will adapt to this rhythm, and you will not feel fast, but you will feel very comfortable in this rhythm.

The same is true for football games. When you keep attacking but still fail to break the opponent's goal, the defender will gradually adapt to your offensive rhythm and intensity, and gradually cope with it, and will not feel how sharp your attack is.

Therefore, for the defending side, the most headache-inducing attack is not the kind of attack that is blindly forced to the end, but the kind of attack that is fast and slow, very sudden, and catches you off guard.

If you study football games carefully, it is not difficult to find that almost most of the goals are scored in this suddenness.

Ye Qiu was waiting, waiting for PSV to slow down!

PSV's players were not very physically fit, and they attacked for 15 minutes in the second half, which was almost enough. In order to ensure the continuity of the attack, Gretz did not make any substitutions. At this time, he should slow down the pace, let the players relax their nerves, start to recover, and prepare for the next wave of crazy attacks.

People are mentally lazy. Imagine a person who is running so hard that his physical strength is almost exhausted, and suddenly stops to rest. What will happen? Will he relax and relax his vigilance?

What if the opponent suddenly presses out at this time?

There is a saying that goes, the brave will die of overeating, and the timid will die of starvation.

Ye Qiu has always felt that he is really brave, especially after crossing over, his psychology has changed a lot.

In his previous life, he lived a muddle-headed life, and he didn't look like a person who did big things, but after crossing over, he found that people were nothing, and birth, aging, sickness and death, what's the big deal? Maybe, after death, it will be another crossing, right?

If that's the case, what else is there to be afraid of trying?

So, when he saw that PSV's offensive began to relax and Van Bommel and Vogel began to try to slow down the pace, he knew that the opponent was going to slow down.

He gestured to Sneijder, and Ye Qiu believed that this smart boy understood what he meant.

In the 63rd minute, PSV's attack slowly advanced to the belly area of ​​Ajax II, but just when Romedal was about to pass the ball to the middle, Abidal hit him with his body and directly cut off the ball.

This made Romedal so angry that he was fuming, but Abidal immediately passed the ball to the middle.

De Jong turned sideways, facing the ball, just like in training on weekdays, and kicked the ball directly to Sneijder in front.

Facing the ball, Sneijder kicked a curve ball and passed the ball behind Van der Weyden.

I saw Van der Vaart suddenly pass between Van der Weiden and Faber at a very fast speed. After getting the ball before everyone else, he suddenly stopped, catching Van der Weiden who was chasing back by surprise. He couldn't brake and passed the ball.

Van der Vaart kicked a curve ball with his left foot, and the ball landed near the right post in the penalty area.

Kuru, this African player has maintained good physical fitness. Even now, he can still maintain a strong explosive power. After passing Heintzer and Nikiforov, he was like a black lightning and went straight to the right post of Eindhoven.

Ajax II's counterattack can be summed up in one word: fast!

Everything happened almost in the blink of an eye. When the fans on the sidelines cheered with surprise, they saw Kuru had rushed into the penalty area and jumped high, ready to hit Van der Vaart's cross into the goal of Eindhoven.

But at this moment, goalkeeper Watrous left the goal and jumped high to grab the ball before Kuru.

Ahem!!!

Everyone sighed, what a good opportunity!

Ye Qiu also shook his head. Van der Vaart's cross was too close to the goal, too far away, and too slow. Not to mention Watrous, even other goalkeepers could easily pick it up.

In the final analysis, the second team's players were not as experienced as the other team, nor were they as strong as the other team, nor were they as skilled as the other team.

With so many disadvantages, it was difficult to ask the players to do better.

"Okay, don't be sorry, retreat quickly!" Ye Qiu waved at Van der Vaart.

When Watrous kicked the goal kick, Ajax's defensive formation had been rearranged!

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There are many aspects of football matches, but from the team level, it can be described in one sentence, that is, never let your opponent feel comfortable!

When PSV wants to go slow, Ajax must go fast. When PSV wants to go fast, Ajax must do everything they can to slow down the tempo. If they want to play on the wing, Ajax will push them to the middle.

This is what Ye Qiu learned from Beckenbauer's masterpiece.

Therefore, now that PSV wants to go slow, Ye Qiu asks the players to strengthen the pressing and oppression, and in this way, he prompts the PSV players to pass the ball faster. After all, the ball cannot stay at their feet, so they can only pass and run continuously, and the tempo will naturally increase.

Time is good for Ajax II because they can afford to lose!

The whole world thinks that PSV will definitely win, which is a psychological advantage before the game, but when the attack fails for a long time, it will turn into psychological pressure for the players, which in turn creates a situation that is favorable to Ajax II.

Therefore, Ye Qiu took a defensive stance, counterattacked from time to time, teased the nerves of PSV Eindhoven players, made them feel uncomfortable, and then strengthened the attack, while Ye Qiu's second team continued to defend.

Even if the final score was 0:0, it didn't matter. At most, it would go into overtime, or a penalty shootout. Who was afraid of whom?

But could PSV Eindhoven really accept such results as overtime and penalty shootout?

Obviously, it was impossible!

In the 67th minute, Gretz replaced Heintzer with Bruggink, which was obviously a signal to further strengthen the attack, and the back line also changed into three defenders.

The three Dutch ace forwards all broke into the penalty area of ​​Ajax II, and the deterrence was indeed terrifying.

If it was before the game, Gretz put out three forwards at once, perhaps the pressure would make the defenders of Ajax II unable to bear it one by one, but after more than an hour of real fighting, they could even stop Van Nistelrooy and Nilis, so would they mind having one more Bruggink?

Ye Qiu still pulled the three lines very tightly together, and arranged the defense of his own 30-meter area tightly. As long as the ball of PSV Eindhoven entered this area, Ajax would start crazy pressing and oppression, not letting the opponent pass the ball easily.

As for how you want to pass the ball beyond 30 meters, that's your business. Anyway, I don't rely on the ball possession rate to make a living!

Ye Qiu had to admire that Rehhagel's defense system construction emphasized integrity and teamwork, which was also an important reason why he could repeatedly lead those less famous teams to create miraculous results.

For example, in the miracle of Kaiserslautern's newly promoted team winning the championship, facing Dortmund and Bayern Munich, which were in their heyday at the time, Rehhagel's team was not much behind. It was definitely not based on the strength of the players, but on the overall and defense.

The same example is the 2004 European Cup, where Greece won the championship by relying on an overall tight and orderly defense system.

Ye Qiu didn't dare to guarantee that he had mastered the essence, but he did gain a lot from it. In addition, he had mastered more than ten years of football knowledge than today's football players, which enabled him to use Rehhagel's set to lead Ajax II to withstand PSV Eindhoven's attack.

To put it bluntly, on the football field, if you can play one-on-one, you are a star, if you can play one-on-two, you are a top star, and if you can play one-on-three and still ensure that the ball is not lost, then congratulations, you have become a god!

Therefore, Rehhagel's overall defense is precisely to keep the three lines compact, and strive to create a defense mechanism that allows me to have at least two players participate in defense in any situation and create a numerical advantage.

Of course, it doesn't mean that this mechanism is perfect and invincible, because the key still depends on the execution.

After a month of drills and cooperation, Ye Qiu felt that the players of Ajax II did a good job in this regard, which is also closely related to the fact that Ajax Youth Training emphasizes discipline and teamwork.

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Ajax II's home stadium was very simple, so simple that Frank Arnesen, the general manager of the visiting team, had no place to sit.

Without a strictly regulated home stadium, there were naturally not so many restrictions, so Arnesen stood not far from Gretz's coaching seat and watched the game, but the more he watched, the gloomier his face became.

Before the game, he was extremely confident that PSV would win this game. Even in the first half, he felt that it was just an accident. As long as PSV played normally, it was a sure thing to win the opponent.

But in the second half, until now, he began to realize that the opponent just didn't let you play normally.

And the terrible thing is that Gretz still seems to have no effective way to break the opponent's almost iron bucket defense.

Lose?

In the past six months, this word has little to do with PSV, that is, in the European arena, they lost to Valencia and Bayern Munich, but in the Netherlands, PSV has remained undefeated and invincible.

Therefore, Arnesen never thought about losing, and even if he had to lose, he couldn't lose to a second team, especially four days ago, PSV Eindhoven had just slaughtered Ajax's second team 4:0, which was absolutely an unacceptable shame!

Thinking of this, Arnesen looked at Gretz, who also looked over, but saw that Arnesen had a fierce look on his face, gesturing with his hands, as if to say, you should think of a way to kill them!

The longer the time dragged on, the greater the pressure on Gretz and the players, because they couldn't accept the fact of losing to a second team, even a draw was unacceptable!

What to do?

Gretz was thinking, but his strongest lineup was already on the court, and the three scorers who had scored more than 30 goals this season were all on the field. What else could he do?

"Come on, Ajax! Come on, Team B!"

"Come on! Team B, Ajax!"

"Good job, warriors!"

The cheers of the fans on the sidelines sounded so harsh to Gretz, especially when the time skipped 75 minutes, he also began to realize that the team's physical fitness was rapidly declining.

The national team and club fought in succession, fighting on three fronts in the European arena, the Eredivisie and the Dutch Cup. The physical fitness of this group of players in Eindhoven is definitely not comparable to that of the well-adjusted Ajax Team B, and Gretz also regretted why he was so arrogant before the game and chose to go straight from Eindhoven to Amsterdam before the game.

If they came to Amsterdam earlier in the morning and had a good rest and adjustment, it would still be very helpful for the players' physical fitness, but now, many players obviously can't run on the court anymore, just like Heintzer just now.

"Perhaps, we should consider not maintaining the offensive!"

This thought first appeared in Gretz's mind, because he felt that when Korka, Romedal, Van der Weyden and Vogel began to run a little, continuing to maintain such an offensive would be very dangerous to the team's defense, especially when Ajax II almost broke through the PSV Eindhoven goal twice in counterattacks.

Ajax's counterattack has always been a small profit-making business, with a small investment of manpower, but it is very deadly.

But as soon as this thought emerged, Gretz immediately suppressed it, because he saw Arnesen's gloomy expression that almost wanted to tear him apart. If he chose to weaken the attack at this time, then what awaited him must be Arnesen's artillery fire.

Perhaps, he would not be dismissed for this, but he would definitely offend the real power of PSV Eindhoven for this.

What to do?

Gretz was also hesitant.

But at this time, a conflict occurred on the court.

When Abidal was defending his old enemy Romedal, the latter was shoveled to the ground by Abidal.

Romedal, who was a little breathless under the pressure of Abidal throughout the game, was already angry. During the halftime break, Gretz told him that Abidal was a powder keg that would explode at any time. He had received four red cards in a row before. Just a little teasing would get him off the field.

In a previous fight, Romedal just hugged him from behind, and he was pushed back by him, which made him carry a yellow card. Now he was knocked to the ground by him, and Romedal was angry and wanted to get him off.

He stood up and glanced at the referee from the corner of his eyes. When he found that the referee's sight was not here, Romedal turned his head and spat on Abidal, and actually spit on him directly.

But the most fatal thing was that Romedal thought he was very smart, but he didn't expect that the referee turned around at this time and saw Romedal spitting on Abidal directly.

This guy had been on the referee's blacklist for a long time. He kept making small moves throughout the game, and the referee remembered him. He immediately rushed up and blocked the murderous Abidal.

At this time, Kivu was also nearby. He hugged Abidal and kept shouting to calm down.

The referee also turned around and gave a red card to Romedal, sending the guy who spit on the opponent's player directly off with a red card.

All the Ajax fans in the stadium cheered and then kept insulting Romedal, thinking that this player dared to make trouble on Ajax's territory, which was simply looking for death, and the saliva was about to drown him.

"Calm down, don't fall for him!" Ye Qiu ran to the sidelines and shouted, ignoring the linesman's obstruction.

Kivu hugged Abidal, "The boss is right, he got a red card and we have one more player!"

Abidal looked angrily at Romedal, who was humiliated by the Ajax fans and left the field. He looked at Ye Qiu and his teammate Kivu, and finally calmed down and reached out to wipe the saliva off his body.

"I'm going to kill them all!" Abidal said with gritted teeth.