Amsterdam Athletic Stadium is in full swing!
The fans were suppressed and nervous for a long time...
When Qin Xiong challenged Vieira with the Rainbow, they wanted to stand up and cheer for Qin Xiong. When Qin Xiong used the Marseille to assist, they almost shouted.
But, it's too nervous.
They stood up and cheered wildly until Van der Fate sent the ball into Arsenal's goal.
Van der Fate showed his wild side and ran to hug Qin Xiong with excitement.
Other teammates of Ajax also came and everyone hugged each other.
They firmly believe that before they set foot in the 1/8 finals, they have been unwaveringly convinced: we can go further!
We can beat Arsenal!
Although this is just a goal to equalize the score, it can bring Ajax confidence and encouragement extremely important.
"Ajax equalized the score! Qin Xiong tore open Arsenal's defense with his own strength and finally gave Van der Fate a comfortable assist. Van der Fate did not disappoint the expectations of his teammates and fans. He used a shocking shot to break open Arsenal's goal! 1:1, this score is still unfavorable to Ajax, but they are no longer in a situation where they are behind in the score."
Koeman waved his fists, but his expression was still solemn.
It just equalized the score. In fact, Arsenal scored away goals, Arsenal can be said to be ahead.
Wenger was shocked.
If you only watch Van der Fate's goal, Arsenal's defense will simply make a major mistake of making a man-to-man mistake.
But that's not the case!
How could Arsenal, whose defensive strength is ranked among the top three in the UK, easily make such a low-level mistake?
Qin Xiong!
Before this attack, all the instigation attacks made by Qin Xiong in the second half were evaluated as childish by Wenger!
But after this goal appeared, the previous naivety had been subverted. That was a very wonderful midfield command strategic layout!
He kept hitting the left side, even if he failed, he would hit the left side, paralyzing, seducing, and arrogant soldiers. Qin Xiong's stupid behavior that seemed childish, knew that there was a tiger in the mountain and was just an illusion!
Arsenal was fooled. He was blindly confident and thought he had figured out his activity trajectory.
On the court, you must not only be prepared for the arrival of opportunities, but also take the initiative to create opportunities!
When the opportunity came, Qin Xiong did not waste all his previous efforts. He made a strategic move, defeated Vieira in personal ability, and then turned into the middle lane after entering the front and midfielder line. The purpose was to create a one-on-one opportunity for Van der Fate to score!
Qin Xiong was almost alone, which restrained and attracted Arsenal's defensive forces. They were all pressed on the right and middle roads of the defense zone, and the left road was completely empty!
Wenger kept repeating the entire attack of Ajax's goal.
Qin Xiong was so calm that he was outrageously cold. During his control of the ball, even for a moment, he thought about completing the shot by himself. It was not that he could not do it, but that the possibility of scoring was definitely not as high as creating a one-on-one opportunity for Van der Fate.
And this creative attack requires not only teammates to cooperate with Qin Xiong, but his overall view and strategic awareness of the arena are unprecedented!
Yes, never seen before!
Wenger has coached so many players, and he has never seen him playing Arsenal in an applause in this level of game!
It is precisely because Ajax's overall strength is not as good as Arsenal that Ajax played such a wonderful and dazzling fast attack that highlighted Qin Xiong's core role.
Wenger closed his eyes and sighed: He is so in Ajax!
After opening his eyes again, Wenger began to think about the end of the game.
Wenger is very similar to Chen Shou's evaluation of Zhuge Liang when he wrote the Three Kingdoms: Governing the army is the best, and strategy is the shortest.
Since his entry into Highbury, he has been able to make Arsenal's home court from a boring library to one of the most sought-after home courts in the Premier League. He can also change Arsenal's extremely dull and utilitarian style in Graham's era, and can also overturn the dominance of the Red Devils in the league long-distance running. However, Arsenal has been sluggish in the Champions League for many years, with a sense of being an expert in civil war and an outsider in foreign wars.
That's because the league and the Champions League are two completely different games after all.
Especially in the Champions League knockout stage, the winner will be decided within 180 minutes or 210 minutes. The situation changes rapidly. When commanding on the spot, Wenger cannot make Arsenal suddenly explode. In other words, he is not fickle but his opponent changes. Then Arsenal will make mistakes in a passive response. This is why Arsenal, under Wenger's rule, even if he has the world's top forward, midfielder, a solid defense line, a tacit team as a whole, and insists on implementing the technical and tactical style, he is struggling in the Champions League.
The Champions League is sometimes a paradise for adventurers.
Professor Wenger is not good at taking risks.
Because of this, Arsenal's defensive counterattack in the Champions League may be the safest technical and tactical style with the lowest tolerance rate.
Wenger will be satisfied if he can score a 1:1 away game.
According to conventional ideas, when returning to Highbury, Arsenal will be stronger, and Ajax will not be able to defeat Arsenal there.
So Wenger chose to withdraw his troops by Mingjin!
He gestured to the players on the field, relegating the team to offensively engage in, focusing on defense, and no longer giving Ajax any chance.
Arsenal's defense was originally very stable, with the explosion point mainly Ashley Cole. The goal just now was related to Ashley Cole's absence from position. Now that he has received Wenger's instructions, Ashley Cole simply stopped coming forward to participate in the offense and focused on defense.
Borgkamp was replaced by veteran Palor over 30. Before Vieira + Silva, the tough midfielder pair, Arsenal's most stable midfielder combination was Vieira + Palor, and Palor's defensive strength was unquestionable.
Arsenal, who had Borgkamp in the middle and frontcourt, did not make a few decent counterattacks in the second half.
Ashley Cole didn't step forward, and Palor replaced Borgkamp, ​​who was talented and old, and Arsenal's attack in the frontcourt became even more difficult.
The situation on the field is developing very strangely.
Ajax's second half adjustment was to weaken the offense and strengthen the defense, and then Ajax scored a goal.
Arsenal also strengthened its defense in the last 15 minutes of the game and weakened its offense, but the dangers on their defense line happened one after another.
Because Ajax's defense is more stable, Ajax's offense is induced to produce more changes, which comes from Qin Xiong!
The liberated Qin Xiong can unscrupulously switch positions with his teammates and cover the entire frontcourt!
In the 81st minute of the game, Qin Xiong moved to the right side, and Van der Fate returned the ball to him. Before Palor assisted in defending and pressing, Qin Xiong suddenly made a cross.
The urgent and fast football fell into the back point of the penalty area. At the back point of the Arsenal goal, Lehmann moved over in a hurry. He was frightened to see that Sneider threw away Lauren and inserted into the back point of the penalty area. He flew into the tackle without hesitation, trying to kick the ball into the goal!
But he was still slow, perhaps because Qin Xiong Chuan had greater power.
His toes touched the football but he couldn't control the angle. The football was shoveled out of the bottom line by him.
Wenger was sweating profusely on the sidelines.
The fist couldn't help but clenched.
Extremely nervous.
Qin Xiong's cross may not have much imagination, but he is surprised by surprise!
It is almost perfect for him to combine with the winger Sneider on the other side. Unfortunately, Sneider may have shorter legs. If he started early, he would be offside. Qin Xiong's pass was lighter and would be cleared by his opponent.
Vieira tried to get out of the midfield to create murderous intent.
But after his long shot was saved by Lobonte, Ajax's counterattack almost made Vieira regret.
He thought that with Palol and Silva were there, Qin Xiong still dared not attack the middle lane.
He was wrong!
As soon as he got up, Qin Xiong immediately returned to the middle, responded to Griguera's oblique pass and rushed forward in the middle.
Ibrahimovic did nothing in the penalty area and was blocked too tightly, so he took the initiative to retreat and acted as a fulcrum, and cooperated with Qin Xiong in the middle during this attack.
Qin Xiong's pass penetrated the defense areas of Silva and Palol. Ibrahimovic took the ball with his back, did not turn around, and used his body to fight Campbell.
When Silva turned around and pressed, he passed the ball backward to Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong, who rushed through Palor strongly, did not see a good opportunity to get Van der Fate in front of the penalty area. Ashley Cole defended like a shadow, so he could only choose to shoot from a long time.
Bang!
With a narrow angle, Qin Xiong's long shot hit the goal post and bounced out of the bottom line!
After shooting, he stood there and raised his hand to wipe the sweat that had fallen to the tip of his chin.
Chapter completed!