171 Is it affordable?
The first 15 minutes of the game passed, and Arsenal and Ajax completed a total of one shot.
It was Pire's long shot outside the penalty area.
Ajax hasn't made a shot yet.
Wenger couldn't understand it on the sidelines.
Ajax has a tight defensive system in the backcourt, which is understandable. Henry should have received such treatment with more defensive players.
But what are Ajax's offensive players doing?
Ibrahimovic has never stepped into the penalty area. He has been acting as a fulcrum in front of the penalty area. His teammates pass the ball to him, and he will pass the ball back to his teammates.
Sneider and Van der Fate are also more like front midfielders, not crossing from the bottom of the frame, and not cutting into the penalty area.
Ibrahimovic, Sneider, Qin Xiong, Van der Fate.
If the four people formed the large diamond on Ajax's offensive end in the second half of the last game, then since the opening of the game, the four people narrowed the large diamond and were closer to each other. Although the connection was more stable, the threat of impact in the penalty area was almost zero!
Koman was helpless about this. He did not show off his superb skills and tactics, nor was he pretending to be mysterious.
But the limit of this group of Ajax players is here.
Without crushing Arsenal's strength, how can there be a tactic that can defeat the opponent?
Ajax first limits the opponent's goals and then creates opportunities on this basis. If the frontcourt players are too scattered, it is easy for Arsenal to cut off the offensive formation, and the teammates cannot be connected, so the possibility of creating opportunities will be greatly reduced.
They can only cooperate more in small areas to create more opportunities.
When 20 minutes passed, Wenger was shocked on the sidelines.
In the 21st minute, Qin Xiong dribbled the ball to Vieira and Silva in the middle. He passed the ball across to Sneider on the left, and then ran to the right. Sneider passed the ball back to Garasek in the middle of the rear. The veteran Czech Republic passed the ball directly to Qin Xiong without stopping the ball.
Although he was parallel to Vieira at this time, Qin Xiong did not try to break through to the middle lane, but instead directly took a long shot!
Thirty-five yards away from the goal, Qin Xiong made a long shot with extremely high quality and headed towards the upper right corner of the goal.
Lehman made a world-class save and blocked the ball out of the baseline with one hand!
"Ajax almost scored! A long shot from Qin Xiong! The shot was beautiful, and goalkeeper Leman also made a great exclamation!"
Two minutes later, Qin Xiong re-used his old trick in the middle and continued to seduce Vieira and Silva. He would not try to break through, but just used the threat of possessing the ball to restrain and attract the opponent, and then gave Van der Fate a comfortable pass.
Van der Fate also shot from the right side outside the penalty area, rubbing his left foot. He made an inward spinning ball. The Dutch Golden Boy wanted to shoot the ball into the far post. Unfortunately, the distance was a bit far. In order to ensure the strength and speed, the angle was not grasped well, and it was about one meter away from the goal.
But Ajax obviously made a threatening shot.
Three minutes later, when Ashley Cole wanted to keep up with Van der Fate and restrict the opponent's long shot, Qin Xiong took a step horizontally in front of Vieira and decisively made a straight pass. The ball rolled past Ashley Cole and inserted diagonally between the full-back and the central defender from behind Toure, Ibrahimovic stopped the ball in the penalty area!
Toure and Campbell attacked Ibrahimovic on both sides of the front and side, and Ibrahimovic turned and shot decisively.
It's Lehman again!
He blocked Ibrahimovic's shot from the near post.
Ibrahimovic gritted his teeth and patted his palm. When he turned around, he saw Qin Xiong with a cold face making a gesture to him. Ibrahimovic nodded to Qin Xiong, still full of fighting spirit.
Arsenal fans in the stands were a little numb.
What's going on?
Ajax suddenly had a tide of offense, and every attack was extremely threatening. What was going on?
Wenger's mind was running rapidly, as if he showed a three-dimensional situation of the two sides on the field in his mind.
Ajax uses the four-man offensive team as the attacking group, and uses the perhaps most appropriate strategy when challenging Arsenal to consolidate the six-man defensive line!
Ibrahimovic withdrew from the penalty area, right in front of Qin Xiong, and Sneider and Van der Fate took in.
In addition, Galasek behind Qin Xiong and Qin Xiong, surrounded by his teammates, can easily connect with his teammates in all directions in the midfield!
This ensures that their offense is smooth.
At the same time, as the commander, Qin Xiong not only has accurate passing ability, but also has excellent ball control ability.
When facing Vieira or Silva, if Arsenal only has one midfielder to freeze Qin Xiong, even if Qin Xiong is not a human, he can still shoot long-range by cooperating with his teammates' passes and running.
If both midfielders come to block Qin Xiong, it is true that Qin Xiong will not be able to control the ball for a long time and will not be able to fight alone. However, he can create long-range shot opportunities for Sneider and Van der Fate, allowing them to cut across the middle and shoot diagonally against the goal and threaten the long-range shot.
Arsenal's defense line, if they don't want to take the risk of being hit behind the ball, their defenders will not dare to step forward and press close.
Two full-backs, no matter who goes forward to block Sneed or Van der Fate, lose their ability to draw in and control the left and right sides of the penalty area.
In that case, Qin Xiong can cooperate with Ibrahimovic with a center forward and a straight pass behind him!
Ajax has indeed reduced the 5-man attack group to 4-man attack group, which obviously reduces the richness of their changes in running, passing, cutting and matching. However, in such a situation, they play their teamwork ability and work together to create advantages, which may not absolutely guarantee goals, but at this extreme height, they are working hard to destroy Arsenal's defense line and strive to win!
Wenger looked at Qin Xiong with a little dazed look, the Chinese player who kept running horizontally and vertically on the court, tearing up Arsenal's midfield defense.
It is his overall view and personal technical ability that Ajax will shoot when he has a chance in the frontcourt.
It can be said that every time he makes a shot, he is reasonable. Even if he seems useless, he may be laying the groundwork for the next attack, which has deep meaning.
Wenger looked at the game time.
Thirty minutes have passed.
According to the current score, Arsenal is getting closer and closer to victory, and Wenger believes that as time goes by, Arsenal's situation will get better and better, because Ajax will definitely panic and anxious!
At Highbury, Arsenal did not make much decent attack.
Vieira is able to ensure that Arsenal is over-connected from defense to offense when it is over-connected from defense to offense, and can give Arsenal frontcourt players the chance to deliver the ball under his feet.
However, it has to be admitted that Borgkamp is old and his ability to accelerate forward has almost no breakthrough, but passes the ball.
So Ajax's backcourt defender was very calm and put on a tight formation. When the ball was retreating, they were not in a hurry to grab it. If they snatch it up, the space behind them would be exposed and it would also give Borgkamp the opportunity to use it in place to get rid of technical breakthroughs.
If Borgkamp does not shoot the ball in time, his forward speed will be relatively slow. Qin Xiong will not be able to catch up with Henry when he returns to defense, but it will definitely be fine to chase Borgkamp.
In order to continue the attack, Borgkamp must make the ball, and Ajax, who has a tight combination of double midfielders and four defenders, will not give Pire and Lungberg a chance to break through and cut on the side. Henry is like Ibrahimovic in the last game, surrounded by all directions. Although Henry has a huge range of movement, once he leaves the penalty area and takes it outside, Ajax also compresses the space in the dangerous area and does not give the opponent a chance to pass and cut.
If Ashley Cole did not assist, it would be difficult for Arsenal's counterattack to shake Ajax's tight defense line.
This led to Arsenal's home court, and as the game time passed, the shooting data became less and less than Ajax.
Even if Ajax shoots long-range shots on the outside, it seems that the success rate will not be very high.
In the 37th minute of the game, Sneijder shot at the upper left corner of the Arsenal goal, and was resolved by Lehmann again.
The Gunners fans in Highbury were frightened, and the Arsenal players were extremely nervous.
Mom, is Ajax here to meet his fortune?
Do you dare to gamble?
Bet a bet, can Ajax use a world-wide wave to break the goal of Arsenal?
Chapter completed!