Chapter 763 Continuous suppression
"The first half of the game is over! Ajax has not been able to adjust its state when facing Arsenal!"
"The age structure that is too young can certainly make the team explode with enough enthusiasm and momentum, but this enthusiasm cannot be used reasonably, resulting in the situation being firmly controlled by Arsenal throughout the first half!"
"Especially the absence of the captain Schoney, a veteran, puts the team in an organizationally weak situation!"
After Paul Molson finished speaking, Dixon on the side added:
"We all underestimated Schone's importance to this Ajax team. Although he can't burst out enough momentum like De Jong and other young people, his experience can help the team stabilize the rhythm of the midfield. ! This is his most critical role!"
"After the lack of Schone, we can clearly see that Ajax has no way to compete against Arsenal's control of the midfield!"
As the two commentators stated, Ajax's performance in the first half was a failure.
Although there are many talented young players in their team, they cannot integrate and explode this force. Everyone can only fight alone and cannot form a unified tactical positioning. This makes Arsenal play very easily.
And Arsenal are also deliberately splitting up this teamwork.
Compared to the too young Ajax, Arsenal's age structure is extremely reasonable.
The team has veterans like Hummels and a backbone like Lucky, and young players are constantly expressing themselves.
In this case, it is a bit unrealistic for Ajax to want to win from Arsenal.
At least judging from the first half of the game, Ajax is in an absolutely passive situation.
In the locker room of Ajax, head coach Boss is yelling loudly.
The young players lowered their heads one by one, and De Jong, Ziyech, De Ligt and other players had a frustrated expression on their faces.
They couldn't understand why it became so difficult to kick and kick.
And Arsenal have scored two goals, which makes them even more urgent.
"There must be a change in the second half, the midfielder can no longer play so passively!"
After the head coach Boss finished speaking, he turned his head to look at De Jong and said: "Your task is to help the team stabilize the midfield. Don't be led by Arsenal's rhythm. If you really don't know how to do it, just keep the ball under your feet and wait for the rhythm. Slow down!"
Head coach Bosch understood.
It is unrealistic to let Ajax and Arsenal attack fast-paced offense.
Lucky's every pass is constantly hitting Ajax's defense, while Ajax is passing aimlessly.
Instead of playing so passively, it is better to take the initiative to slow down the tempo. As long as they play slower, these young players can finally find their form.
But that being said, will Arsenal really give them a chance to slow down?
"In the second half, we must speed up the pressing force in the midfield and the frontcourt. We cannot let Ajax find the rhythm. As long as we can continue to press and put pressure on them, their conduction will inevitably be chaotic, and we can take advantage of this chaos. Kill with one hit!"
Mourinho spoke with great confidence.
Arsenal are very good at breaking up this chaotic scene.
In other words, due to the existence of Lucky, Arsenal are very good at doing this kind of thing.
Lucky's ability to find opportunities in chaotic situations is amazing.
Mourinho also believes that Lucky can complete the tasks he assigned.
Lucky also nodded towards Mourinho in response.
After the tactical arrangement was over, Le Kai was also drinking water slowly.
The physical consumption of this game is not high. It seems to be a fierce game, but in fact the rhythm has been controlled by Arsenal. Therefore, it is the Ajax players who are more tested in terms of physical fitness.
On the other hand, Arsenal seem to be playing actively, but in fact they are passing the ball more, which saves a lot of energy.
The entire first half was suppressed!
In the second half, Arsenal will carry out more intense suppression.
Mourinho's tactics are very simple, disrupt the situation of the battle, seize the opportunity, kill with one blow, and completely kill the game!
Both players return to the field.
Under the camera, the Ajax players all had tense faces, and their performance was incomparably serious and dignified.
Obviously playing at home, they were scored twice by their opponents, which is a bit ugly.
Even when you are young, you can't play so loosely.
Ajax's young players wanted to find some scenes in the second half, and they tried their best one by one.
"Play more focused and wait for my pass!"
De Jong's rare voice, he wants to motivate his teammates.
But after saying this, he was a little bit stuck.
On the other hand, under the lead of Lucky, Arsenal began to scream one by one.
Don't know who is the young man.
In the second half, Arsenal took the lead to kick off.
The whistle sounded.
Lukaku passes the ball back to Lucky.
At this time, the opponent's center Dolberg sprints towards Le Kai.
Lucky turned around and continued to pass back. Dolberg passed Lucky and continued to rush towards Hummels.
Hummels made the transfer directly, and Robertson didn't stop the ball at all, and passed it to Lucky again.
And Le Kai stopped the ball and turned around in one go.
Dolberg sprints around Arsenal's half without even touching the ball.
Lucky turned his head and looked at the past. This kind of sprinting and pressing is certainly amazing, but the problem is that other people from Ajax did not come to help defend.
Arsenal only needs to run to neutral, which is the situation of walking monkeys.
You say he is positive, he is indeed very positive.
But grabbing it like this is useless.
Lucky passed the ball forward, and after entering Ajax's half, their pressing formation became more impressive.
Everyone is running actively, after all, they are assisting in blocking.
Le Kai couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly.
Is this to compete with them for the midfield rhythm?
Ajax pressed fiercely, and with the advantage of numbers, Arsenal conceded the ball.
But Arsenal did not retreat, but directly fought back on the spot.
Arsenal's high-position press is not inferior to any team, and with Lucky, a player who always appears in key passing channels, it makes it difficult for Ajax to control the ball.
De Jong is trying to fulfill his duties, but he finds this is not the usual difficulty.
Under the pressure of Arsenal, he couldn't slow down the rhythm at all.
The ball is out of control.
This also caused Arsenal to still dominate the rhythm of the game.
Arsenal is pressing, so Ajax will have to follow the rhythm of the pressing and pass the ball quickly.
Once he fails to keep up with the rhythm, or is a bit slower, he will be directly surrounded by Arsenal for a multiplayer press.
Having encountered this situation in the half of Ajax, this is not what they want to see.
"I can't control the ball!"
Paul Mosen shook his head.
He was worried about playing Ajax.
After entering the second half, Arsenal's pressing rhythm for the midfield became more turbulent.
They didn't give Ajax a chance to 'slow' down.
De Jong can't control the ball and can't observe calmly.
And Arsenal is used to this rhythm.
Under repeated presses, Ajax's pass rhythm became chaotic.
The central midfielders had to retreat to catch the ball to help the team solve the predicament.
But it still doesn't work, no forward pass, what goal, or what clearance?
Under such circumstances, De Ligt was finally overwhelmed and directly kicked the ball out of halftime.
"Pass the ball forward! What are you waiting for? Why are you passing the ball backward!"
De Ligt is young but has a loud voice.
In this case, the central defender is the most stressed.
Passing back again and again, watching the opponent's striker rush towards him again and again, as long as his movements are slower or he makes a slight mistake, it will be fatal.
In this case, it is difficult for De Ligt to maintain his mentality.
Dericht's big foot clearance also allowed Arsenal to firmly control the ball again.
Lucky held the ball again, he opened his hands and pressed down.
"slower!"
Immediately, Le Kai passed the ball to Aubameyang, and he ran to the neutral position.
The ball came to Lucky again.
Facing the pressure from the opponent's midfielder, Le Kai turned around and pretended to score the ball, but he did suddenly stand up and shoot from a long distance.
This is a shot near the penalty area line, and the ball goes to the dead corner of the right goal.
Seeing that the ball was about to enter the goal, but the opponent's goalkeeper made a wonderful save to hold the ball out of the goal.
"A shot from a dead corner! Kai's long shot was extremely sudden, but Ajax's goalkeeper still reacted, and Kai didn't run up, resulting in a lack of power in the ball. Although the angle was tricky, the speed of the ball was not too fast. !"
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