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Alkmaar, who had just been promoted to the Eredivisie, spent 20 million Dutch guilders in just one month to buy back eight players. The oldest of these eight players is 22-year-old Thomasson, and the most famous one is Thomasson.

Mason.

Alkmaar's series of signings have been questioned from the beginning. Many people don't understand what Jiang Mu wants to do. If they want to avoid relegation, then they should introduce some capable players. If they want to impact

If you want a higher goal, then you should spend your money to buy big-name players. Now Jiang Mu is shouting that he wants to win the championship and win the double championship, but he has bought a group of children who don't even have hair in their hair. What on earth does he want to do?

"International Football" unkindly commented: "Twenty million guilders can buy a leg of Bergkamp, ​​and these players bought for 20 million guilders can't even compare to a leg of Bergkamp."

Above, Jiang Mu's signing is simply a joke. He thought everyone was Kuyt. The league will start soon, and Jiang Mu and Alkmaar will pay the price for his inexplicable signing.

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"The Telegraph" criticized Alkmaar's signing, but did not directly deny it because the reporter who made the report was Hendry. He said: "Chinese coach Jiang Mu has always been famous for playing cards that do not follow the rules.

, this time Alkmaar’s signing goes against common sense. I don’t know if this is the club’s idea or if Jiang Mu wants to focus on youth storm. Maybe Jiang Mu is too idealistic. Young players are full of passion, full of physical fitness, and have a strong desire for honor.

But he is also prone to emotions and is not good at playing against the wind. It is very risky to use a team dominated by young people. I hope Jiang Mu can control these young people and lead Alkmaar to the track of victory."

Faced with the doubts from the outside world, Jiang Mu didn't bother to argue at all. He didn't think the money was spent in a wrong place. He felt that every Dutch guilder was well spent and filled the areas that the team most needed to supplement. The team's strength has already been strengthened.

Compared with last season, there have been earth-shaking changes. What he has to do now is to show this strength in actual games.

How can I show it? The only way is to play games.

In addition to the team's training matches, Alkmaar did not stop warm-up matches while recruiting players. Jiang Mu finalized four games through his personal relationship with the club. In addition to the match with Anderlecht in Belgium,

There are also Nantes in French Ligue 1, Sporting Lisbon in Portuguese Premier League, and Crystal Palace in English League One.

Most of their opponents are teams that are not very famous or powerful. Alkmaar also wants to find strong teams and wealthy clubs to play against, but their reputation is not enough to choose opponents for the warm-up match. Even such a team can still

They are all found through relationships. For the team, the warm-up match is mainly for the coach to check the competitive status and physical condition of the players, adjust the lineup, and test the actual application of various tactics in training. Whether it is a wealthy team or not is not too important.

In Alkmaar's first warm-up match, they defeated the Belgian giant Anderlecht 6:0. The second match against Nantes in France also attracted the attention of many fans and media. In addition to wanting to see

Whether Alkmaar can continue to win, I also want to see how Jiang Mu uses the children he collected.

After AZ Alkmaar's starting 11 players appeared on the court, the fans and reporters were shocked again. Jiang Mu actually sent almost all the new players he bought onto the field, leaving only Klose and Toni, and he ranked one

A very retro 343 attack formation. This formation was used in the Cruyff era, but few people use it since then.

The goalkeeper is No. 22 Cesar, left back No. 4 Suleiman, center back No. 2 Martens, right back No. 5 Blomkamp, ​​midfielder No. 8 Van Bommel, No. 10 Altidore, No. 7 Plus

Tuso, No. 18 Kuyt, and the forwards are No. 9 Drogba, No. 11 Thomasson and No. 16 Klose.

Nantes of France ranked 11th in French Ligue 1 last season. They are a mid-range team. They play in the Latin style of Europe. Jiang Mu sent a powerful combination in a targeted manner. When the team did not get along well, Jiang Mu

Hope to use strength to restrain the opponent's technique and coordination.

After the game started, Jiang Mu proved the truth that the formation is just a number. He turned an extremely risky offensive lineup like 343 into a defensive counterattack. Jiang Mu's method was very simple, that is, to pull back the two midfielders and get stuck.

The two midfielders are in forward positions, and striker Klose also moves deeper to organize, more like a midfielder. Altidore almost returns to the defensive midfielder position.

This change seems very complicated. In fact, it is just that the positions of the two defensive midfielders are slightly pulled back. Nothing else has changed. But this change is that the entire formation does not press forward, but this completely changes the 343 formation.

Due to the nature of the game, the two defensive midfielders can support the wings at any time, so the defense on the wings becomes more stable.

The Nantes team played very smoothly. Even though it was an away game, they still played proactively and frequently used their skillful coordination to penetrate the middle and attack Alkmaar's goal.

Alkmaar's players played together for a pitifully short time, and could not form a tacit understanding at all, nor could they form reasonable protection for each other. They were in chaos as soon as they were attacked by Nantes at the beginning, and their opponents continued to play clever cooperation at the front of the penalty area.

, and formed two extremely threatening shots.

Goalkeeper Cesar had a chance to perform, and he made two consecutive high-quality saves to neutralize Nantes' attack.

The 19-year-old Brazilian never dreamed that he would land in the Eredivisie and make a lot of money so soon. This was the springboard for his senior brothers to enter the wealthy clubs. Ronaldo, Romario and other superstars all started their fortunes in the Dutch League.

He is full of hope for the future. He started the warm-up match this time and was extremely excited. Not only did he resolve two dangerous situations, but he also showed his strength by attacking a few times to get high-altitude balls. He helped his teammates resist to a large extent.

of danger.

Cesar's performance made Silva restless on the bench. If Cesar continues to perform like this, his main position may not be preserved.

But soon Cesar disappeared from the sight of the fans and cameras, because Jiang Mu saw that the opening was passive, and although his formation formed a numerical advantage by retreating, the cooperation was too unfamiliar and there was no synergy.

Instead, Nantes seized the gap in the formation to attack. He immediately made targeted adjustments, allowing players to form one-on-one man-to-man defense. He would rather foul the opponent and give the opponent a free kick, and resolutely refused to allow the opponent's cooperation to fight.

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After Jiang Mu's arrangement continued, the Nantes team's offensive power dropped sharply. With the opponent's man-to-man defense and constant fouls, the Nantes team's offense turned into a free kick attack. The central penetration they were good at could not be beaten.

Out.

The positioner is the weakness of Nantes. They lack header experts. In front of the Dutch players, who are the tallest in Europe, the French players can only be regarded as dwarfs. Their positioner is either confiscated by Cesar or cleared by the defender. Free kick

There is almost no profit.

In last season's games, Jiang Mu emphasized ball control. In today's warm-up match, Jiang Mu emphasized not controlling the ball, emphasizing efficiency. Cooperation was only played in the frontcourt, and the backcourt should be simple.

When Alkmaar neglected to control the ball, Nantes took possession of the ball, but could only circle around the penalty area. Jiang Mu's team focused on defense and destruction, and counterattacks were sporadic. Between the two teams,

The battle mainly took place in Alkmaar's midfield and frontcourt positions, and no one could break through the opponent's door.

Jiang Mu didn't sit on the coaching bench from the first minute of the game. He worked harder than during training. He kept giving instructions to the players on the sidelines, teaching each player how to handle the ball, how to help defend and protect, and how to steal the ball.

position, how to launch a counterattack. He did not miss every dead ball time and used this gap to provide more detailed guidance to the players.

AZ Alkmaar's starting 11 look very unfamiliar. In fact, only Gattuso, Klose and Drogba have never played in the Netherlands. The other players are very familiar with Dutch football, and mutual understanding is easy to achieve.

, after 20 minutes, they had good coordination with each other, and there were gradually more counterattacks.

In the 30th minute of the game, Alkmaar took the lead in scoring from a set kick.

At that time, Altidore organized and planned a counterattack in the backcourt. The ball was won by Drogba and then handed to Klose to organize. Klose dribbled the ball to form a breakthrough in the frontcourt and was knocked down by his opponent. Alkmaar

A free kick was taken at the edge of the penalty area. This was Alkmaar's first free kick from an excellent position.

Altidore passed the ball into the penalty area. Drogba, who was as strong as an ox, attracted the attention of the defensive players, but ignored Klose, who looked like a telegraph pole. As a result, Klose's header was better than anyone else's.

There was no one to defend Ze in the penalty area, so the cup was inevitable. Kroos turned his head and hit the goal, making the score 1:0.

Jiang Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He took the mineral water handed over by Lin Nazhou, took a few sips to moisten his dry throat, and said, "You continue to direct from the sidelines, I will take a rest."

The French played offensive football. After being scored by Alkmaar, they became a little angry and launched a more violent attack. They also shot a high-quality long shot from the front of the penalty area. Unfortunately, they still failed to score.

At that moment, goalkeeper Cesar saved him.

Then Drogba received a long pass from the backcourt and got the ball under the pressure of two central defenders. The two French central defenders kicked and kicked them, but they could not get past the extremely strong Drogba. Drogba knocked the ball to

Altidore stepped in and turned back to run. At this time, the Nantes center back reached out to grab Drogba, causing a foul. The referee gave another free kick opportunity.

This time, Drogba and Klose hit the goal in the penalty area. Their aerial advantage forced their opponents to spend most of their energy on them. As a result, Thomason, who had never performed at all, suddenly appeared.

After touching the ball, he sealed his throat with his sword and stabbed the ball into the Nantes goal.

After leading by two goals, Alkmaar let go. The cooperation became better and better, and there were more and more counterattacks. The Nantes team, like most French teams, lacked toughness. After being scored two goals, they became less motivated and more and more.

They couldn't control the situation more and more, especially Alkmaar's set-piece tactics. Every time Alkmaar got a set-piece, they would panic. In the end, they still lost on set-pieces and were defeated by Kuyt in the second half.

Scored another header and lost 0:3.