On the evening of April 7, the Amsterdam Arena was full.
Ajax, who played at home, once again discharged a four, three, three formation, but the lineup was adjusted.
There is no change in the back line, and it is still goalkeeper Robont, Maxwell, Escud, Heitinga and Trabelsi form a four-back, but the midfielder once again discharged the double consisting of Garasek and De Jong. In the lower back, Sneijder was centered.
In the frontcourt, the trident has recently picked up a lot of van der Vaart left, Ibrahimovic standing in the middle, Wesley Sock playing the right, but the position of the three players is not fixed.
Real Madrid still has a four-two-three formation, the goalkeeper is Casillas, the back line is Robert Carlos, Mexia, Elgra and Salgado, and the midfielder double back is Borja With Guti, Zidane, Raúl and Figo, Ronaldo rushed forward.
Facts have proved that Quiros has very few cards to choose from. In the end, he chose to drag Elgra to the back line and let Borja and Guti partner. This is fully in line with the prediction of the Ajax coaching team.
The forecast is right, but Ajax's overall strength is still at a disadvantage.
Immediately after the opening, Real Madrid quickly took advantage of the field with a skillful pass control. Ajax was difficult to grab the ball from the opponent's foot and was forced to shrink to his own half to defend.
Robert Carlos on the left was very active, and he frequently launched raids on the left.
In this game, Ajax's defensive strategy on the wing is very clear. It can be passed down, but it can't be cut inwards. Trabelsi and Maxwell are strictly in accordance with this requirement. The main reason is Ronaldo. Neither Raul is good at fighting for the top.
At the beginning of the game, he fell into a passive position. Ajax didn't get a chance to fight back until twelve minutes. He shot his team's first shot in the game, but it was an anti-aircraft gun, which failed to create a threat.
The shot came from Sneijder's back and inserted a long shot, but failed to suppress the ball.
Subsequently, Real Madrid launched a counterattack, and Ajax once again returned to the strategy of defending the counterattack.
When the game reached the twentieth minute, Real Madrid once played a very threatening game, hit a wave of fierce offensive, and won three consecutive corner kick opportunities, three times created a threat, but they were always so close on the goal. Little bit.
This wave of offensive was eventually interrupted with De Jong's yellow card. If the team can successfully advance, De Jong will accumulate yellow cards for suspension.
Ajax's tenacious defense also won the cheering response of 50,000 fans on the scene. Everyone knows that in the face of a team like Real Madrid, they really can only defend counterattacks.
Against? That is equivalent to suicide!
It wasn't until the 28th minute that Ajax shot the second shot of the game. The volley from Van der Vaart, but it was still missed and failed to pose a threat.
In the first half an hour, Ajax not only fell behind his opponent in the ball control, but also only shot a two-foot shot. The passive and embarrassed scenes showed that, but in any case, the team still kept the result of zero to zero.
Perhaps it was to defend the galaxy's offensive that allowed Ajax's players to relax and become more confident, or Real Madrid's players consciously slowed the offensive, allowing Ajax to counterattack appropriately.
After thirty minutes, Ajax began to organize more counterattacks, and almost every counterattack entered the threat zone, making the players on the court and the fans in the stands look very excited, as if watching When the goal arrives.
However, when everyone's confidence burst, Real Madrid suddenly broke the ball successfully. After Zidane cut off De Jong's pass, he quickly plugged behind the defense and Ronaldo quickly inserted.
Although the Brazilian striker is no longer in the peak state, although many people are criticized for his obesity, in a moment, he completely tore the Ajax's defense line, after receiving a pass from Zidane, he passed the goal to the goal. Before, Raul kept up with the push and broke the goal.
One to zero!
In one such mistake, Real Madrid not only caught but also scored!
This is the superstar! This is Real Madrid!
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"Seven minutes, only seven minutes left until the end of the first half!"
Ronald Coleman was so depressed that he had the urge to go crazy.
He seemed to be burning a raging rage in his heart and wanted to spray thinly out of his chest, but he knew very well that he really couldn't blame anyone.
Everyone will make mistakes. De Jong performed well in the first half. In that pass, Zidane caught the ball and the reaction was very fast. The deadly straight Behind.
Ronaldo also caught, and Raul also caught.
What can Coman say?
The entire Amsterdam Arena became silent, and all fans must be as depressed as Ronald Coman, because this goal missed Ajax.
With a total score of five to two, Real Madrid led by three goals. Ajax had to draw three consecutive goals, and at the same time, he could not allow the Galaxy Battleship to score goals. It is quite difficult to imagine how difficult it is.
It was so big that Ronald Coleman really had the despair to give up.
"Don't do that, Ronald." Luther Carol patted Ronald Coleman's shoulder in comfort.
As an assistant coach, he can understand Ronald Coman's mood at this time and the pressure on his shoulders, but isn't the game not over yet?
"We still have the second half, there are opportunities and hopes." Luther Carol persuaded.
After listening to Ronald Coman, his eyes regained a little brilliance. He thought of the team's tactics before the game and the right-handed knife Yang Yang sitting on the bench.
"Yes, we still have a chance." Ronald Coman took a deep breath and tried to calm down his mood.
"Luther, tell Yang Yang to plan ahead and make substitutions in the midfield."
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"It's over, it's completely over!"
The club's chairman, Michael Van Prag, watched the Real Madrid players flying below to celebrate, shaking his head vigorously.
If there are two goals behind, there is still some hope, but now three goals behind, is this possible?
"It's not over yet, and it's not over." Van Gaal beside him said, gritting his teeth.
"What?" Van Prager looked at the technical director with some surprise.
They are three goals behind, and are they facing a team like Real Madrid, not finished yet?
Not to mention anything else, another focus duel in the first half of yesterday, A Coruña vs. AC Milan.
A Coruna lost one to four on the road, returned to the home to regroup, and played a four to zero match against the Rossoneri, miraculously reversed AC Milan and reached the semi-finals, but they tactically directly restrained the opponent In the opening five minutes, he scored a goal and scored two goals in 35 minutes and 45 minutes. He led 3-0 in the first half.
This is the rhythm of the away game, but what about Ajax?
I didn't talk about playing passively in the first half, but also scored a goal, which further widened the score gap.
"We still have the second half, and Yang Yang." Van Gaal said firmly.
Hearing Yang Yang ’s name, Van Prager did not believe it, but did not refute it.
Yeah, Yang Yang has become Ajax's gold substitute and will reverse the situation every time he plays.
From Bruges to Eindhoven to Arsenal, he did not disappoint once.
But this time, facing Real Madrid, can he?
"Real Madrid is now a strong foreign player, with a lot of momentum, but the players don't run very much. Except for the goal and assists, Zidane performed very poorly in the first half. Ronaldo except for the assists in the first half. They are all invisible, and Figo has not impressed the audience. "
"They have physical problems and the players can't run. At this time, as long as we don't break up ourselves, as long as we make up our minds, we can definitely reverse the situation.
After a pause, Van Gaal may not have enough confidence, "Even if we really want to lose, and finally be eliminated, we can't lose like this."
Van Plage was persuaded and nodded heavily.
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The first half ended with a score of zero to one.
Players from both sides successively walked off the court, and Ajax's players directly drilled into the player's tunnel to the locker room.
The intermission is only fifteen minutes, leaving them little time for rest.
Before the coaching staff left, Luther Carol instructed Yang Yang to return to the locker room after finishing warming up.
"Planned in advance!"
Yang Yang's heart is full of excitement and anxiety, because he was originally scheduled to come off the bench between sixty and sixty-five minutes, but now it seems that he will be on the halftime.
Obviously, a zero-to-one lag makes Ronald Coman feel the crisis, worrying that he will not score three goals in half an hour.
As he ran to the sidelines to warm up, Yang Yang met Real Madrid superstars who came off the court. He greeted each other actively, but several superstars seemed to be weak, Zidane and Figo. Even more haggard, without even saying a word, walked directly past Yang Yang.
When passing by, Yang Yang could notice their heavy gasps.
As a player, Yang Yang is too familiar with this kind of breath. Combined with their face, expression and coping, Yang Yang can basically be sure. The coaching team's preparations before the game are correct. They can't insist on the whole game.
Even if there is no intermission, they may not be able to support it now.
Before the season, I was busy with gold panning in Asia and missed the physical reserve period. Is there a good rotation mechanism afterwards? The La Liga media gave Queros the nickname of the lineup [Twelve Arhat], meaning that he only used the twelve Player.
It ’s April now, and it ’s completely normal for me to be physically weak at this time.
Discovering this, Yang Yang was ecstatic and immediately returned to the locker room. After pushing the door in, he just saw head coach Ronald Coman cheering his teammates. He immediately told his head coach and teammates his findings.
"Really?" Teammates were shocked.
"It's true," Yang Yang answered very positively.
Everyone in the locker room began to become ultra-turbulent again.
Ronald Coman looked at Yang Yang gratefully. Regardless of whether it was true or not, Yang Yang's words renewed the morale of the team.