The Godfather of Football

Many fans don't know that it is very simple to lead a team. Just find a group of players who meet your tactical positioning, create a set of highly targeted tactics, and then give each player a detailed division of labor and cooperation, let them train and run-in constantly, and sooner or later they will be able to fight.

But in fact, the problem is much more complicated than this.

What is integration?

On the football field, integration is to integrate my strengths into the team as a whole and make up for the weaknesses of my teammates.

Is this easy?

For example, in Ajax's 433 tactics, Gilberto Silva is responsible for distributing the ball, especially the distribution of the ball on the two sides. Does it make a difference to him to be around his teammates?

If he thinks that the team should launch an attack in the shortest time at this time, then he should choose to go forward and find Ibrahimovic and Sneijder, but not Yaya Toure. The reason is very simple. The Ivorian has not been able to adapt to Ajax's one-touch pass and he always habitually stops the ball and passes it out, which is slow.

On the contrary, Sneijder may have simple skills, but he can run, pass, and assist. His awareness is excellent. More importantly, he has a very fast passing speed and a very accurate grasp of the timing of passing. This allows him to pass the ball in the shortest time as long as he sees a loophole.

Whether in counterattacks or positional battles, his ability can be well reflected.

Yaya Toure has excellent physical fitness and passing ability. He is strong in pressing and robbing in the frontcourt and attacking from behind. He is an excellent player in both offense and defense, but because he has a slow passing speed and likes to dribble, he is not as good as Keita in the competition for the main position, and Ye Qiu has recently helped him to correct this problem.

And an important reason why Yaya Toure is not as good as Sneijder is that he has a weak sense of assist and is used to playing and playing with himself as the center. In other words, he is the kind of player who needs others to adapt to him.

There is a golden rule in the field of tactics.

"To make a machine run smoothly, it is not the super performance of a certain component, but the precise coordination of all components!"

If this sentence is put into football, it becomes that to make a team run smoothly, it is not the super performance of a certain player, but the precise coordination of each player. Although the latter looks and even easily gives people the illusion that the players' abilities are very average, the combat effectiveness is very amazing when combined.

Sneijder is undoubtedly the kind of player who can do his best to help himself and his teammates around him to perform better in the team, and he is not the kind of organizer who carries the ball. He is the kind who runs, receives, passes, and never drags his feet. Therefore, the ball stays at his feet for a very short time, and it is difficult for opponents to defend.

But Sneijder also has his own weakness, that is, physical confrontation, which will be exposed in the battle of attacking positions and easily be stared at. Therefore, Ye Qiu always arranges a player to assist him beside him, either Keita or Yaya Toure.

But even so, it can only complement the characteristics.

If you really want to form a strong fighting force on the court, you still need to adjust each other's rhythm.

Sneijder's rhythm is to pass the ball quickly, Yaya Toure's rhythm is to pass the ball slowly, Maicon has a strong desire to dribble forward, Robben likes to dribble the ball to attack the opponent's defense line head-on... Everyone must understand each other's characteristics, playing habits and playing rhythm, and then they will make choices when passing the ball, oh, under what circumstances should the ball be handed to what kind of teammate, and who will do what when the ball is at his feet, what will the rhythm be, and then I will take the initiative to accommodate you.

I accommodate you, you accommodate him, he accommodates me, each other accommodates the rhythm of the other party, each other responds to each other, and each other integrates into each other, the rhythm of the whole team can be coordinated and consistent, otherwise, everyone follows their own rhythm, how can the game be played?

Only when we can coordinate with each other, it will be simple to distribute the ball. If I need to attack quickly, I will pass the ball to the feet of the fast-paced player, and everyone will immediately turn to accommodate this player, and the overall rhythm will naturally be fast.

One person can never lead the whole team, but it is easy for 10 people to lead one person.

Therefore, the rhythm is never controlled by one person, but by the whole team. Those who think that the team will lose control of the rhythm completely if they lose a player are wrong. The reason for this is that they have completely blurred the concept of allocating ball rights and controlling the rhythm.

One of the important reasons why defensive counterattacks are easier to control and coordinate is that this tactic has a relatively simple control of the rhythm. I can adopt a slow-paced defensive state throughout the game, and when I seize the opportunity, I suddenly play a fast one. If I succeed, I will score a goal. If I fail, I will return to the slow rhythm.

This tactic is relatively simple in rhythm changes, convenient for coordination, and relatively easy to achieve quickly, but the problem is also very troublesome, because it tests the tactical execution. Once this tactic is adopted, the overall thinking reaction of the team is rigid. It is often very difficult to change and give up the defensive counterattack unless the lineup is reorganized.

Ye Qiu played in the Dutch Cup last season, and the team played very well. But this season he decided to give up this style of play and move towards a more complex and difficult control style of play, so he introduced a large number of new players to form a new Ajax.

But the difficulty of reorganizing the tactics is undoubtedly beyond his imagination. Even after a season, he still feels that the team has integrated a framework and prototype, and it will take a longer time to achieve the real success.

Looking at the history of football, who can quickly build a strong and complete tactical system in one year?

But because of the repeated process of constantly having problems, solving problems, and then having problems again, Ye Qiu is also constantly improving his tactical literacy and feels that the team is constantly improving, which makes him full of confidence in the future.

As for the advantages and disadvantages of the control style of play, perhaps the two games against Eindhoven can be fully reflected.

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If Ajax completely controlled the advantage on the field in the previous Dutch League game, then in the second Dutch Cup semi-final against PSV Eindhoven, Ajax completely led PSV Eindhoven by the nose.

Ye Qiu made some adjustments to the starting lineup of this game. After all, they just played a game three days ago, and now they must make some small adjustments to ensure the players' physical fitness and the team's combat effectiveness.

Goalkeeper Grim, the back line is Abidal, Lucio, Kolo Toure and Heitinga, the three midfielders are Yaya Toure, Gilberto Silva and Sneijder, and the front trident is Robben, Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart.

Apart from the injured central defender Kivu, Ye Qiu almost brought out the main lineup he arranged before the season, but this is not the strongest lineup of Ajax at present, because Yaya Toure's position originally belonged to Keita, and Van der Vaart's position belonged to Van der Meyde. These two players are in better condition than them, but they were rested in this game.

It is still a 433 high-position defense, but when attacking, Yaya Toure and Sneijder's positions are very high.

Ibrahimovic can contain the two central defenders Hovland and Nikiforov in the front alone, so that they dare not move forward easily. Robben and Van der Vaart suppress the opponent's full-backs on the left and right sides respectively, which forces Van Bommel and Vogel, the two central midfielders in Eindhoven's 442 tactical formation, to move further back to protect the defense line, but in this way, Gilberto Silva is completely liberated.

Gilberto Silva's forward attacking ability is indeed not strong, but he has a good ability to distribute the ball and a big picture. Ye Qiu certainly will not let him participate in the attack, but liberate Lucio, allowing the latter to participate more in the midfield and even the frontcourt attack.

This makes Ajax's midfield always have one or even two more players, and the control of the ball, the control of space, and the control of the rhythm of the game have become more advantageous. PSV Eindhoven is completely suppressed by Ajax and has no ability to resist at all.

Gretz has no way to deal with Ye Qiu's comprehensive control and completely suppressed tactical play, because he really can't spare his hands.

This is the disadvantage of mechanical division of labor.

In the final analysis, PSV Eindhoven's tactical division of labor is too mechanical, the forward is the forward, the midfield is the midfield, the defender is the defender, the offensive player does not participate in defense, and the defensive player rarely participates in offense. This is completely exposed in front of Ajax's integrated play of running back and forth.

This was reflected on the field. More than 50,000 Ajax fans at the Arena Stadium saw Ajax boldly press forward from the beginning of the game, surrounding PSV Eindhoven in the half court for a round of beating. Although they have not yet been able to break the opponent's goal, the advantage is very obvious.

Especially Lucio, with the support of Gilberto Silva, he began to become more bold, and Ye Qiu also gave him more freedom to advance, allowing him to boldly press forward to participate in the attack.

The advantage of adopting a controlling style of play is that after Ajax controls the advantage, it can play more patiently. Anyway, the main battlefield is on the PSV Eindhoven side, and they can patiently wait for the opponent to make mistakes.

When the game reached the 37th minute, PSV Eindhoven finally made a mistake.

PSV Eindhoven passed the ball to the front court, and Kolo Toure intercepted it in advance and gave it to Gilberto Silva. The latter faced his own goal and took the ball. Seeing Lucio start to advance, he immediately passed the ball to Lucio.

The Brazilian center back saw the opportunity and rushed forward quickly. The pass from Gilberto Silva made him feel comfortable. The two had cooperated for so long and were very familiar with each other. When he sprinted quickly, he kicked forward along the pass from Gilberto Silva, and his speed did not drop at all because of receiving the ball.

Lucio sprinted very fast and passed most of PSV's midfield in one go.

Van Bommel wanted to intercept the Brazilian closely, but Lucio was too fast, like a heavy tank, and he could not stop him. He could only choose to chase him back and look for an opportunity to attack. Fortunately, Vogel also came over at the first time.

When the two were about to form a double team, Ibrahimovic and Hovland retreated to meet.

Lucio passed the ball to Ibrahimovic before the opponent's double-team was completed, and he quickly sprinted to Ibrahimovic's side.

The Swede knew Lucio's speed, and after leaning against Hovland, he stopped the ball and knocked it back.

Lucio quickly kicked forward after receiving the ball, and sprinted towards the opponent's penalty area with a big stride, directly breaking through the entire back line of Eindhoven. Nikiforov was left behind and chased back desperately.

After passing the top of the arc, Lucio looked at the opponent's goalkeeper. As soon as he reached the penalty spot, he did not hesitate at all. After a fake move, he deceived Watrous and shot with his left foot. The ball went straight to the goal behind Watrous.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!"

Accompanied by the cheers of the commentator, more than 50,000 Ajax fans rushed out of their seats, raised their arms, and celebrated the goal of Ajax crazily.

Up to now, Ajax has completely controlled the game and has an absolute advantage. In addition, PSV's overall performance is sluggish and cannot bring a strong threat to Ajax. In the end, everyone feels that it is only a matter of time for Ajax to score.

Although they were mentally prepared, when the goal came, all Ajax fans were still very excited.

"It was a wonderful goal from Ajax's Brazilian center back Lucio. He almost ran more than 60 meters, a very fast center back, like a heavy tank, and ran into the penalty area of ​​​​PSV Eindhoven. No one could stop him. It was terrible. He was simply a beast!"

After scoring the goal, Lucio rushed out of the penalty area of ​​​​PSV Eindhoven and rushed to the corner flagpole under the rostrum. He raised his arms and shouted, waving his arms constantly. His excitement was self-evident.

Many people say that he is a sieve, but many people also say that he is the team's super weapon to break the deadlock. He made mistakes and lost points, but he also scored many times to save the team. He is a combination of angels and devils!

"It's really scary. Lucio has scored 8 goals in all Ajax events this season. My God, he is a defender with a knife and full of attacking power!"

Ajax players also rushed to the sidelines, surrounded Lucio, and celebrated wildly around him. The Ajax fans in the stands were also very excited, but they never forgot that the game was not over yet.

"Ajax! Kill them!"

"Kill PSV, the warriors of Ajax!"

"Let them see how powerful we are!"

"Don't let our opponents walk out of the Arena Stadium alive!"

The Ajax fans in the stands were very excited. If the previous thirty minutes of the game were more of a brewing, then now it is finally time to explode completely. Lucio's goal completely ignited their emotions and made them all excited!

On the contrary, the players of PSV Eindhoven lost the Eredivisie three days ago. They were obviously still immersed in that complete failure. Today, three days later, they still couldn't get any advantage from Ajax.

"Want to win the championship, PSV Eindhoven? Have you asked us?"

In the stands of Arena Stadium, Ajax fans pulled out such banners early, proclaiming the pride of Ajax, while also hitting the morale of PSV Eindhoven. Even if you win the championship, so what? Have you won us?

The entire Arena Stadium has completely turned into a sea of ​​celebration. All Ajax fans celebrated tonight as a festival, announcing the return of Ajax's strong era!

In the Netherlands, for many, many years, no team has been able to suppress PSV Eindhoven so thoroughly as in the past two games, making them completely lose even the last bit of dignity.

Only Ye Qiu and his Ajax did it!

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The game ended at 2:0. In the second half, Van der Vaart dribbled inside and passed the ball behind him. Ibrahimovic came in and shot with his right foot before Hovland, breaking PSV's goal again.

This team, known as the quasi-Eredivisie champion, suffered two humiliations from Ajax in three days and two games. In this Arena Stadium, where they had humiliated their opponents before, they suffered an unprecedented rout in recent years.

No one could understand what Gretz was thinking when he lost the game, and no one could guess whether he would be fired because of this, but everyone could clearly see that as time went on, Ye Qiu's Ajax was increasingly showing strong competitiveness and offensive power.

The fans' eyes were sharp. In this game, for the first time, many fans in the stands of Arena Stadium raised cards together, calling on the board to keep Ye Qiu.

"Ye, stay, we need you!"

"No dirty capital, all we need is Ye!"

Through the live broadcast, the whole Netherlands saw this scene, and anyone with a little knowledge of football knew that Ye Qiu had trained this young Ajax to a certain extent, and in the future, this team will only become stronger and stronger.

In the words of the on-site commentator, "Only a fool would fire our head coach at this time!"

But there is a saying that is very true, it is not difficult to wake up a fool, but it is impossible to wake up a person who pretends to be stupid!

Ye Qiu didn't think too much now, but at the post-match press conference, facing more than a dozen media from the Netherlands, facing Gretz sitting next to him, he walked in and sat down, and the first sentence made everyone laugh.

"I said, the person who laughs last is still me!"