Valledos Stadium.●⌒

Celta's home court.

This stadium, which can accommodate more than 30,000 people, is full of lights at night, and the stands are full.

The familiar Champions League theme song echoes around the stadium.

Celta and Ajax's starting players stood in a row for the opening ceremony. The 22 players looked serious and the atmosphere of the battle was getting stronger.

"The fifth round of the 2003-2004 European Champions League group stage is about to begin. Today we came to the Valledos Stadium in Vigo, Spain. Celta played against Dutch team Ajax at home. Both teams performed well in the Champions League this season. Celta was the first time in history to participate in the Champions League. In the first four games, they won 3 draws and 1 loss, while Ajax had 1 win and 3 losses. The two teams had 3 points. Considering that Bruges in the same group already had 8 points, AC Milan also had 7 points, and the record of fighting was stronger than Ajax, which led to the game, Celta and Ajax, whoever lost the game will be eliminated in advance! If it was a draw, Ajax would also be eliminated!

The following is a list of starting players on both sides.

Celta starts at 343.

Goalkeeper: Cavalero.

Defenders: Contlas, Sergio, Juan Fran.

Midfielders: Velasco, Lusin, Berizo, Silvigno.

Forwards: Edu, Katanha, Hesulli.

Ajax starts 433.

Goalkeeper: Lobant.

Defenders: Grigra, Heatinga, Escud, Maxville.

Midfielder: De Jong, Qin Xiong, Pinal.

Forwards: Van der Fate, Ibrahimovic, Sneider.

Well, the opening ceremony of the Champions League has been completed, and the players of both sides have stood in formation and prepared to kick off. With the referee's whistle, this life-and-death battle in Group H kicked off!"

Head coach Koeman is confident. He lost to Ancelotti, and that is, he is inferior to others and there is nothing to be dissatisfied with.

But when he came away, he faced Celta coach Lotina again, and he was full of confidence.

Celta's paper strength is actually obvious to all. It is not top-notch, but it is strong enough. However, they lack European experience, which can be seen from the last game in Amsterdam and the arrangement of the opponent's coach Lotina in this game.

Ajax has no way out and will be eliminated if he cannot win.

Under such circumstances, Ajax will definitely attack when he comes to the away game.

But Celta has put on such a radical formation, 343.

Although the situation in front of Celta is similar, if you cannot win, the probability of being eliminated is very high, but they have the advantage of home court. With Ajax's arrogance from the football position, Celta does not need to be so radical!

This is also good. Celta wants to play against the opponent, and Ajax is reluctant to do so, and Koeman thought of it.

At the beginning of the game, Qin Xiong devoted himself to the game. Celta quickly started from the beginning and attacked like lightning.

They mainly play sidewalks.

With two wing combinations of Silvinho-Jesulli and Velasco-Edu repeatedly attacking Ajax's wing defense line, Lusin dispatched in the middle.

Sneider and Van der Fate's role in returning to defense was less obvious, which gave Celta a huge advantage in the wide attack after the opening game, and was always able to transfer the offense from the front side to the middle.

Ajax is playing away and is already slow to get into the state. Qin Xiong retreated at the beginning and focused more on defense. The opponent attacked wildly, and he didn't mind. Even the more his opponent played like this, Ajax would have a better chance.

Heitinga encountered trouble. Because the opponent's attacking players from the wings are large, it is not enough to defend against inward cutting. It would be better to rely on Qin Xiong and De Jong alone. If he and Escud teamed up with Escud to block the opponent's forward Katanha, it would be better to have his three forwards, Edu, Katanha and Hessuli, all have good ball control skills. If one-on-one defense cannot be perfect, teammates must assist in defense. Because of this, Escud's attention will be distracted, and the work of defending Katanha mainly falls on Heitinga.

This is not diverted by Heatinga's will, because the area where Katanha's main activities are targeting Heatinga, obviously bullying him young!

Catanha is not like a Brazilian striker at all. He has a nickname called "hairy crab". He ranks first in the team for many years and is "full of evil". His most brutal deed was to tackle Barcelona's French goalkeeper Duteruel's leg, and at the same time, he knocked Swedish defender Anderson into shock while fighting for a header!

From the beginning of the game, Katanha provoked Heatinga intentionally or unintentionally, colliding roughly in the competition for opportunities, and entangled in seemingly recklessly after losing the ball. This bit by bit angered Heatinga.

In the third minute of the game, Hesulli made a 45-degree cross on the wing. Katanha defeated Hetinga in the header, but the two were equal. Katanha's header was almost the same as the clearance. However, after landing, Hetinga fell to the ground, and Katanha kicked Hetinga inadvertently.

This made Hetinga immediately get up and confront him!

The referee stopped the game and ran over to separate the two, giving them warnings.

In the 7th minute, after understanding the opponent's offensive routines and offensive and defensive rhythm, Qin Xiong began to show his skills.

He made a triangle pass with Maxville and Pinal, and then quickly dribbled and advanced through the half. In the opponent's midfield combination, Berizo was mainly responsible for defense, Lu Xin was both offensive and defensive. Qin Xiong brought it to Lu Xin and passed the ball to Pinal.

He and Pinal had a parallel cross-switching running match. In this process, Qin Xiong inserted the gap between Berizo and Luxin diagonally, and Pinal passed the ball to Qin Xiong again. The two joined forces to break through the opponent's midfield defense!

The opponent has three defenders, so the space for breakthroughs on the front is naturally small, because the horizontal defense area has been reduced a lot.

Qin Xiong dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area. When Juan Fran moved a step towards him, Qin Xiong immediately sent a straight pass with extremely strong penetration.

Van der Fate, who was counterattacking from Juan Fran, broke into the penalty area directly!

Half single knife!

Ibrahimovic in the middle used his flexible running position to throw away Segio and came to the space to support him.

Ibrahimovic is sure that as long as Van der Fate passes, he will score this goal!

However, Van der Fate shot directly with his left foot, hoping to hit the ball into the near corner of the goal!

Argentina's national goalkeeper Cavalero used his body to block the ball from the near post. Van der Fate's shot was so powerful that he couldn't react with his hands, but his body blocked the goal!

Van der Fate felt regretful when he hugged his head, while Ibrahimovic spread his hands and complained, but Van der Fate did not go to see him.

In the Valledos Stadium, Celta fans applauded Cavalero's performance.

Qin Xiong frowned slightly.

He actually doesn't care about the personal statistics of the game.

So he passed the ball to Van der Fate and didn't care whether he could get a direct assist.

He believes that the better opportunity just now was of course Ibrahimovic who had the chance when Van der Fate passed the ball across the goal.

He was preparing to attack the corner kick, but he didn't feel at ease. It was actually very common to miss one or two chances in the game.

Celta's formation style today will not change if it continues like this. Qin Xiong believes that Ajax will get a lot of offensive opportunities.

The opponent's three defenders, as long as the midfield defense breaks, the three defenders will definitely not be able to defend Ajax's winger cutting inward!

Five minutes later, Edou broke through on the right side of the frontcourt and was intercepted by Maxville, and Ajax launched a fast attack.

After the ball reached Qin Xiong's feet, he immediately dribbled through the half. Velasco rushed over to block it. Qin Xiong paused, and Velasco also paused with his body. However, after Qin Xiong accelerated again, Velasco obviously could not keep up. The rhythm changes in the dribbles were Qin Xiong's favorite use.

When they arrived at the frontcourt, Lusin and Berizo learned their lessons and controlled the defense in the middle of the penalty area.

However, under their surprised eyes, Qin Xiong dribbled the ball and suddenly went to the side. Sneijder understood and cut horizontally into the middle to form interference.

After Qin Xiong arrived at the left side of the penalty area, he passed the ball horizontally to Ibrahimovic who was retreating slightly.

After passing the ball, when Celta's right center defender Contlas looked in the direction of the football, Qin Xiong swam coldly beside him, ready to explode at any time!

Ibrahimovic received the pass in the middle. Van der Fate on the right and Qin Xiong on the left both turned their attention to Ibrahimovic, waiting for him, and sent a pass, and simply passed the ball diagonally, left and right, any side!
Chapter completed!