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77. Won Ajax

The referee Moen from Norway blew the whistle of the game and the two sides immediately entered the game state.

Wensheng quickly became very surprised. He didn't expect that Debord would have changed in this game. Their pressing force in the frontcourt was not strong, and the midfield always stood firm in the defensive position.

Obviously, De Boer also knows that his Ajax is now on the edge of a cliff and will be eliminated early if he is not careful. He urgently needs to score points now, even if it is a point, one point can at least delay Manchester City's pace of progress. One point will at least make Manchester City have to do their best in all the next games, so that Ajax has the hope of survival.

Manchester City instead adopted the tactical policy of moving forward and oppressing at high positions. Such tactical routines were completely beyond De Boer's expectations. After all, whether against Real Madrid or Dortmund, Manchester City relied on health to suppress their opponents. Moreover, Wen Sheng gave De Boer the impression that he was a conservative head coach.

Little did he know that football has developed to the present, Wensheng is the trend of future head coaches. Judging the situation and being flexible and flexible is the future of excellent head coaches. Wensheng has always paid attention to detail adjustments and was ignored by De Boer. He didn't know that Wensheng is not a head coach who sticks to a certain tactical concept at all.

Ajax fell into a passive position shortly after the opening. Manchester City's attack transfer was fast and fierce. It seemed that all the attackers in the frontcourt got the ball and made any difference, creating variables for the game, crossing it through, passing it through, passing it through, passing it through, passing it through, passing it down, setting it down, and aerial balls. Manchester City's extremely aggressive playing style can only be seen against a weak Premier League team.

Of course, Wen Sheng must also thank his players. Manchester City players are undoubtedly a group of very talented players and have strong tactical adaptability.

As Ajax continues to attack the penalty area, Ajax can no longer withstand it.

In the 12th minute, Sabaleta made a cross, Dzeko headed back, and De Bruyne shot from the outside of the penalty area, helping Manchester City take a 1:0 lead away.

De Boer was extremely anxious. He had made some changes. He didn't expect his team to be so miserable and was suppressed by Manchester City's fast break.

The changes in traditional concepts are naturally not overnight. Ajax players have long been good at playing football in their own way, and only make some changes on the spot. How could it be so smooth?!

Logically speaking, coaches like DeBol who have been trained in European wars during the coaching age of players should know that the Champions League is not that easy, but being a head coach and being a player is indeed different. DeBol really couldn't think of a way, so he could only blindly let his players pay attention to defense and retreat.

Wensheng did not start to maintain health. One goal lead is not safe. Moreover, taking advantage of the fact that Ajax players are not unified in tactical thinking, he feels that Manchester City should further strengthen the offensive, saying, "It's just that you are sick and killing you!"

In the 36th minute, Manchester City won another goal. This time it was also an offensive launched on the wing. After Silva and Krish made two passes and one match on the wing, they shook Van Ryan and made a cross. Dzeko rubbed the front and back, and actually grabbed the ball into the far corner. The ball brought some luck, but almost kicked Ajax into the abyss.

This goal is not the end. At the end of the first half, it was still a delicate cooperation between Krish's Silva. Krish killed the penalty area and passed it across from the goal, Aguero shot from the far end, and Manchester City knocked on Ajax's goal for the third time.

3:0, De Boer's face was pale. He had no idea that his team had no power to fight back in front of Manchester City.

He really didn't have much power to fight back. At the end of the first half, Ajax was at home, and the number of shots was only two, while Manchester City completed ten shots, five times within the frame, and scored three goals.

Manchester City's line moved forward, and the interception in the midfield was really fierce, especially Dembele, the player. Wen Sheng gave him a task a bit similar to Kante during the Crystal Palace period. He moved horizontally and vertically, and he was also very active in stealing. The most important thing is that this kid has much better dribbling ability and ball control skills than Kante, and he has played with Ajax's players several times.

Wensheng was very satisfied with the score in the first half and the players' condition. The 3:0 score did not surprise him. If the opponent was West Brumwich, Wensheng felt that 3:0 could be called a surprise, and the opponent was Ajax was not a surprise. Manchester City was in good shape in the first half and the tactical use was very appropriate. Ajax was in a lower position in tactical arrangements. The players were not in excellent condition and had loopholes. It was normal for them to lose the ball.

In the second half, Manchester City began to adjust its combat policy. It was time to take good care of it. The 3:0 score allowed Wen Sheng to be confident that the team could get three points. Considering the intensive schedule in the future, he had to consider the players' physical fitness. After all, the players' running distance was quite long in the 45th minute of the first half, and it was very tiring to continue running.

After it was time to play for health, Ajax's shamelessness gradually began to create sporadic threats to Manchester City. Eriksen's performance improved greatly. Wen Sheng was unmoved. Before the 67th minute, he made substitution adjustments one after another, replacing Sabaleta who had recovered from injury with Milner, and then replaced the goal-scoring hero Dzeko with Nasri, and the team changed to 4231.

In the 76th minute, Babel intercepted the ball in the frontcourt, and Eriksen took advantage of their entanglement and shot from a long shot from outside the penalty area. The ball hit Savage and scored a goal, winning a goal for Ajax. However, in only three minutes after the goal, in the 79th minute, Manchester City counterattacked quickly, Aguero successfully counterattacked and went to the meeting alone, shook Vimer and scored an empty goal to help Manchester City rewrite the score to 4:1.

De Boer discovered a problem. When his team was behind, no matter what, his on-site tactical adjustments always lag behind the opponent's head coach. Now he finally has to convince Wen Sheng, the youngest Premier League champion coach, really has a few tricks.

He now began to question whether his preparations before the game were done well enough. It was too late. Moen blew the whistle at the end of the game, and the score was frozen at 1:4. The tragic Eredivisie champions lost all three games in the group stage.

In another game in the same group, Real Madrid lost 1:2 away to Bundesliga champion Dortmund. In this way, Manchester City and Dortmund still occupy the top two with 7 points, Real Madrid ranked third with 3 points, Ajax ranked last with zero points, and Ajax still has hope of qualifying, but this hope is really a bit slim. They need to win all the games in the next three rounds to have the possibility of qualifying. If they win all the games, it depends on the expressions of other teams.

"I was disappointed with the result of the game. We failed to show our style! It is still possible to qualify, and we must win the game next!" Debord was still stubborn after the game and did not admit that Ajax had announced his elimination.
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