The Godfather of Football

As Beckenbauer said in his masterpiece, there is no winning tactic in this world. The right tactic can only help the head coach to better grasp the probability of winning.

A football game is always full of surprises and changes rapidly. Even the most experienced head coach cannot guarantee that the game will be carried out completely according to his own wishes and ideas. Therefore, on-the-spot command and adjustment have become the embodiment of a head coach's coaching ability, and this requires the head coach to have a sensitive enough nose for the game.

Just like Top Muller, he didn't realize that Van der Vaart's cut-in was a strategy of Ajax until later, after Ajax used it several times, Ballack noticed it, and then he paid attention to it and made adjustments.

But after the adjustment, Ballack did block Van der Vaart's cut-in, but relaxed his defense against Yaya Toure, especially at the moment of the offense and defense transition, the gap between him and Yaya Toure was obviously widened, which led to the Ivorian getting the ball smoothly and planning this attack.

When Yaya Toure passed the ball to Robben on the left, Ye Qiu was surprised, but also had a hunch that this attack would be very threatening and might even score a goal, because Robben had many options.

Once a line of defense is broken, it will become very passive, because you don't know where the opponent will hit you.

Just like Robben this time, he did not choose Keita who inserted from behind, nor did he choose Ibrahimovic who was a little to the left of the middle, but chose the back point, and chose the one that was very far back, because there was no one defending in this area.

Van der Vaart sprinted while looking at the ball in the air. After passing Ibrahimovic and Novotny, it fell quickly and was right in front of him. After he went straight up, he swung his left foot and directly volleyed a very determined shot, without waiting for the ball to land.

This volley was very beautiful and decisive, with the right strength and angle. Because Robben's cross was not fast and did not rotate strongly, anyone with a better sense of the ball could easily volley.

The ball was close to the ground, almost in a straight line, passing between the right post and goalkeeper Butt and hanging straight into the bottom of the net!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!"

After Van der Vaart finished the shot, he excitedly raised his arms and rushed out of Leverkusen's penalty area without stopping for a moment. Along the way, he kept waving to his teammates and the group of Ajax fans in the stands who were already crazy with joy, and finally rushed directly to the front of the camera.

"Remember, we are called Ajax!!!" Van der Vaart pointed to the team logo on his chest and shouted loudly.

But soon, teammates rushed up one after another, first hugged Van der Vaart, and finally almost drowned him, and everyone was celebrating this goal crazily.

"A world wave! This is definitely a very wonderful world wave!"

"The new Cruyff from Ajax, Rafael Van der Vaart's wonderful world wave!"

"Oh my God, just this goal is enough to make all the fans worth the money. Robben's cross, Van der Vaart's volley, and the cooperation of this group of young people from Ajax are very wonderful, which makes us have to marvel!"

The Ajax fans in the stands were also shouting Van der Vaart's name loudly. The momentum and momentum deeply touched everyone at the scene.

Leverkusen, the leader of the Bundesliga, is not invincible for Ajax in the Dutch League, but it is definitely a strong opponent. Especially after losing to Leverkusen 1:2 away, many people think that Leverkusen is stronger than Ajax and think that Ajax will be in trouble in this game.

But now, we scored a goal and we are leading!

The camera swept across the celebrating players and landed on Ye Qiu in front of the home team's coaching bench. He was seen excitedly giving a thumbs up to the group of celebrating players and did not put it down for a long time. Behind him, Ricklink, Roland and other assistant coaches had hugged him tightly and celebrated the goal.

This was a goal that Ye Qiu did not expect. He originally had high hopes for Van der Vaart's cut-in, but he did not expect Leverkusen and Ballack to quickly block this road. However, while they blocked Van der Vaart, they relaxed Yaya Toure. The Ivorian stood up at this critical moment.

It can be said that Robben and Van der Vaart's assists and goals were beautiful, but Yaya Toure's receiving and passing the ball were also very crucial. Without this link, Robben and Van der Vaart would never have been able to create such a goal.

Everyone remembered Robben and Van der Vaart, but Ye Qiu, as the head coach of the team, must remember Yaya Toure.

"Well done, Yaya!" Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and gave a thumbs up to Yaya Toure, "Be bold, play like you just did, very, very good, but don't relax your defense against Ballack, strangle him!"

After all, he is a young man, and Yaya Toure also likes to be in the limelight. So, when he saw that he had finally planned a goal, but the limelight was taken away by his teammates Robben and Van der Vaart, he felt a little disappointed. But at this moment, Ye Qiu's praise and encouragement made him smile from ear to ear.

"Don't worry, boss, I'll make him disappear!" The mood of this kid with white teeth when he smiled immediately turned from cloudy to sunny.

Ye Qiu laughed, patted his wet shoulder, and told him to go back quickly.

After taking the lead, Ye Qiu was relieved and sat back in the coaching seat.

"Yaya Toure is really good!" Bobby Hams smiled and praised.

Kolo Toure's performance in the team's defense line is mixed, but his progress is obvious. He is known for his brave defense. It is said that he has only received formal football training for a short time and lacks tactical knowledge, which is a bit similar to Abidal back then. At present, the Ajax coaching staff is deliberately instilling the team's tactical system into him.

Yaya Toure, on the other hand, often has eye-catching performances, which has something to do with Ye Qiu's use of him.

Yaya Toure's position in Ajax is more like a central midfielder. Ye Qiu prefers to let him play Keita's position because the two positions are a bit similar. If he plays Sneijder, Yaya Toure's lack of the last pass will cause Ajax to only go to the side more.

Ye Qiu replaced Sneijder with Yaya Toure in this game, aiming at Ballack, and the organization was handed over to Van der Vaart, but the tactical effect was not very ideal, because Maicon had a heavy defensive task in this game and had to watch Ze Roberto, so Ajax's right side never worked.

Sometimes, tactics are like this, one ring after another.

"Still very immature!" Ye Qiu said with a smile. At only 18 years old, Yaya Toure still has a lot of room for improvement.

"Before, I thought that with his characteristics, especially his defensive ability, he should play in the defensive midfielder position, but now it seems that playing in the defensive midfielder is indeed a bit of a waste of talent." Bobby Hams said here, shook his head and smiled, and continued: "And it can be seen that this kid is probably not a good person!"

Sometimes, to transform a player, you have to consider his personality.

Yaya Toure is a more self-centered person. Ye Qiu can suppress him now because this kid is nothing, but once he becomes famous in the future, will he continue to be so obedient?

Not necessarily!

In Ye Qiu's tactical positioning, the position of defensive midfielder has certain special features, because although Keita and Sneijder are both offensive and defensive, neither of them is a defender who stands in position. If a player who stands in position and protects the defense line is not arranged behind them, once the ball is lost from them, Ajax's defense line is likely to be directly exposed.

This is a bit similar to Guardiola in Barcelona in the previous life. The reason why he chose Busquets and gave up Yaya Toure was because the latter was not responsible enough, and Busquets refused to leave his position.

Gilberto Silva is undoubtedly a very suitable candidate. At present, the only one who can play this position in Ajax is Gilberto Silva. De Jong is still young and can play as a substitute. Maduro seems to be more immature.

You know, two years ago they were the main force, but that was in the second team. Now Ajax is playing in the Champions League, which is completely different. Moreover, Ye Qiu has always felt that the requirements for defensive players should be more stringent, while the requirements for offensive players can be appropriately relaxed, which is more suitable for promoting youth team players.

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When Ajax broke the deadlock and took the lead before the end of the first half, Ye Qiu did not appear conservative because of this.

At the beginning of the second half, Ye Qiu asked the team to launch a round of attack, directly using Keita, Gilberto Silva and Yaya Toure to suppress Leverkusen's midfield, and pressed Leverkusen in the half.

This is a strategy, because Ajax is leading, Ye Qiu guessed that Top Muller will definitely want to counterattack in the second half, so I will not give you a chance to counterattack. I will suppress you first, play a round of attack first, and grind your counterattack spirit and morale, and then I will slowly play with you.

Ajax's attack was indeed very powerful and fast, and they were good at attacking. In addition, after scoring the lead, their morale was high. Leverkusen was beaten by Ajax at the beginning of the second half. When they finally stopped the situation, the time had jumped to 65 minutes.

Seeing that Leverkusen's attack had improved, Ye Qiu immediately made substitutions. De Jong replaced Van der Vaart to strengthen the midfield defense, and Heitinga replaced Maicon. Ajax began to play the defensive counterattack they were good at, allowing Leverkusen to attack.

Top Muller certainly knew Ajax's calculations, but when he wanted to exert his strength, the physical fitness of the young players in the team had been worn out, especially technical players like Basturk and Schneider.

Many people used to like to tease Berbatov, saying that he didn't like defense and didn't like running, but Ye Qiu really had to clarify that this kid has always been like this, even now as a newcomer, in Leverkusen, he is still like that.

There is really no player in this world who can play football with ease and is also willing to do the dirty work!

Of course, in the current football trend, there are really few forwards who actively participate in the frontcourt pressing. Ajax is the best in this regard. Even Ibrahimovic has a lot of defensive tasks on his shoulders. The Swede once communicated with Ye Qiu about this, but Ye Qiu finally convinced him.

Leverkusen then made substitutions, and substitutions often bring adjustments and running-in, and time passed quickly.

When the pharmaceutical factory finally adjusted, Ajax's defense became tighter and tighter, and finally successfully defended the score of 1:0 to the end.

At the moment when the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the entire Arena Stadium suddenly rang with overwhelming cheers, and all Ajax fans were celebrating, because everyone knew that unless Ajax lost so badly at the Camp Nou that even their crotch fell off, otherwise, the right to qualify for the group stage would be firmly in hand.

Leverkusen will have to wait and see the result of the match between Barcelona and Lyon. If Barcelona cannot beat Lyon away from home, then Leverkusen's hope of qualifying will increase greatly, because they will play against Lyon at home in the last round, and it is not difficult to win this game.

Because the match between Barcelona and Lyon is so important, Ye Qiu immediately turned around and looked at Ricklin at the moment the whistle ended, and asked anxiously: "What's the score over there?"

"2:2!" Ricklin laughed.

Ye Qiu breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, Barcelona is dead!

The coaching staff of Leverkusen on the opposite side seemed to have heard the news, and they all looked in a good mood. Barcelona tied with Lyon. As long as they beat Lyon in the last round, Barcelona would not be able to qualify.

But just as Ye Qiu turned around and was about to walk towards the visiting team's coaching bench, Ricklink suddenly stood up and said, "Goal!"

Ye Qiu stopped and turned around, "What goal?"

Ricklink smiled bitterly, "Barcelona scored in the second minute of stoppage time, Gerard, who came on as a substitute, scored, 3:2!"

"Oh my god!" Ye Qiu was very depressed. In this way, Ajax would not be able to qualify in advance.

"It's ironic that Gerard saved Barcelona!" In the end, he could only use this point to mock Barcelona.

Gerard came from Barcelona's youth training camp, but later transferred to Valencia and performed very well. Barcelona bought him back to Camp Nou for a sky-high price of 24 million euros, but this kid could only sit on the bench in Barcelona. Many people ridiculed him as a sky-high substitute, and the player himself was dissatisfied with not being able to play as a main player.

Unexpectedly, it was Gerard who saved Barcelona in the end.

"Good luck, Mr. Top Muller!"

When Ye Qiu came to the visiting team's coaching booth, he clearly noticed that Leverkusen coach Top Muller's expression was not very good, because Barcelona defeated Lyon, the two teams became tied, and Group F became a big melee again. Even if Leverkusen defeated Lyon in the last round, whether it could qualify or not depended on the results of the match between Ajax and Barcelona.

"Good luck to you too!" Top Muller replied lightly.

He was not worried that Ajax would let the team go, because the Red and White Army itself did not qualify in advance. At least in theory, Ajax still had the possibility of being squeezed into the UEFA Cup, so in the last round, everyone had to fight hard!

"Don't worry, we have to decide the qualification!" Ye Qiu said confidently.

Top Muller looked at Ye Qiu deeply, sighed secretly, turned around and left.

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Although there is still one round of group stage, the situation of many groups is already very clear, especially for the other two teams in the Eredivisie.

Feyenoord has only got 2 points in 5 rounds of group matches, the same as Spartak Moscow. If they cannot beat Spartak Moscow at home in the last round, then only Russians can participate in the UEFA Cup.

Another team, PSV Eindhoven, drew a good draw in the group, Nantes, Galatasaray and Lazio. Many people were optimistic about PSV Eindhoven and thought that the defending champion of the Eredivisie could qualify with Lazio, but unexpectedly, the two teams are indeed running neck and neck, but they are both aiming for the third place in the UEFA Cup group.

This really surprised many people. Nantes and Galatasaray performed very well in the group stage, especially Nantes, who defeated PSV Eindhoven 4:1 in the first round and defeated Lazio 3:1 away in the second round. They really stole the show and currently occupy the first place in the group. It can almost be said that they have secured the qualification.

Another not-so-small upset came from Panathinaikos of Greece. This Greek team currently surpassed Arsenal, Mallorca and Schalke 04, ranked first in the group, and has already obtained the qualification for the group stage in advance.

The Dutch media are generally disappointed with the poor performance of PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord, especially with Gretz's PSV Eindhoven. After all, it is really a pity that such a good draw did not qualify.

On the contrary, PSV General Manager Arnesen stood up to defend the team when the team had no hope of qualifying.

"Leaving the Champions League is not necessarily a bad thing for us, because this way we can focus more on the Eredivisie. Our goal this season is to successfully defend the title. Both the head coach Mr. Gretz and I have strong confidence in this."

"Ajax's performance this season is indeed very good, but it is far from being able to win the championship in advance. We believe that if they continue to fight on two fronts, they will make mistakes sooner or later. We will definitely be able to reverse the opponent and successfully complete the three consecutive Eredivisie championships!"

Ye Qiu disagreed with Arnesen's statement. At the Arena Stadium, Ye Qiu's team swept Adrianse's William II 4:1. After the game, Ye Qiu said that the team will continue to strive to win every game.

"Giving up any game is not our style, because we never give up. We will continue to fight in the Champions League with the regrets of Eindhoven and Feyenoord, but we will also maintain our competitiveness in the Eredivisie at the same time, because this league championship is determined by us!"