On April 23, 2002, it rained heavily in the evening.

Ajax, who had just defeated Udrecht 1-0 in the league and successfully continued to keep his lead at 2 points, ushering in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals at Arena Stadium. His opponent is the strongest team in the world today, Real Madrid.

Raul, Guti, Zidane, Figo, McManaman, Yero, Solari...

Even if Real Madrid is a player on the bench, pick one out and put it in other teams, they will definitely be the main star. This shows how strong the overall strength of this team is.

Focusing on offense and defensiveness is Real Madrid's usual feature. Even though Boske won the Champions League with the defensive lineup of five defenders in 2000, he still uses four defenders to make the most of the superstars piled up in the frontcourt.

Zidanega Pavin's policy has allowed Pavin to gain a foothold on Real Madrid's defense line. From the perspective of professional coaches, his performance is remarkable, with highlights and mistakes. This is the disadvantage of young players, especially in teams like Real Madrid that focus on offense and light on defense, which is more obvious.

But even so, in front of Real Madrid, which is as powerful as an aircraft carrier, Ajax is just a small fishing boat without any threat.

But this cannot stop the fanatical Ajax fans from gathering at Arena Stadium. No matter how heavy the rain is, it will never stop the enthusiasm in their hearts. No matter how powerful the opponent is, they cannot be afraid.

When the Mercedes-Benz bus in Ajax was slowly parked in the player passage at Arena Stadium, the Ajax fans who had already gathered at the scene rushed up. Although they were stopped by the police and staff who maintained order, they were still shouting slogans in the heavy rain.

"Long live Ajax after killing Real Madrid!!"

"Kill Real Madrid and reach the finals!"

"We want to win the European Champions League again!!"

Many excited fans even threw away the umbrella in their hands and let the heavy rain sprinkled on Amsterdam wet their bodies and clothes, but this could only stimulate the fighting spirit in their hearts.

Standing outside the player passage, there was a cute child who looked less than 10 years old, but he struggled to hold up a card with an Arabic numeral written on it, 5!

In Ajax's 100-year history, they have won four European Champions Leagues. In the honor showroom at Arena Stadium, a real San Boled Cup that Michels and Cruyff jointly retained for Ajax. It was the spoils of Ajax's three consecutive Champions League titles and the pride of all Ajax people.

Van Gaal won the game once for Ajax, and reached the final the next year, but he was one step away.

Now they hope that Ye Qiu can lead Ajax to defeat Real Madrid and present another San Bolade Cup to the honor showroom of Arena Stadium. Even if it is just a copy, it is worthy of their pride.

Ye Qiu was the first to get off the bus and nodded to the fans. Although he was holding an umbrella, he did not spread it open. Instead, when he passed by the little boy, he spread his umbrella open and handed it to his hand. He gently patted his face, smiled and entered the player passage.

He couldn't understand the almost faith-like feelings of Europeans for football clubs. Sometimes he even wondered whether these people like football itself or Ajax?

He won't be stubborn about this issue, but he knows very well that his goal is consistent with the Ajax fans outside who are wet in the rain and cheering for the team, that is, to do his best to defeat Real Madrid and reach the finals!

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Boske always gives Ye Qiu a kind feeling. He always smiles like a gentle old man who is always tempted by others, a good old man who will never be angry with you.

Ye Qiu no longer had the stunning look of seeing super stars when he first arrived. Because his team itself had a group of future super stars, he saw Figo, Zidane, Raul, Guti, and watching them walk out of the player channel and nodding to himself politely, he just nodded indifferently.

When he shook hands with Boske, he was not too polite, but he just spoke politely with the famous Spanish coach on the sidelines while the players were warming up on the court.

All you can hear from Boske's mouth is praise and praise. His attitude to Ye Qiu is very comfortable, not as strong as some top-notch coaches, nor as arrogant as the powerful aura of a wealthy family, making people feel very comfortable, so I couldn't help but say a few more words.

The scenes of the two talking and laughing on the sidelines were naturally captured by the live broadcast. The commentator on the scene did not forget to joke, thinking that the actions of the two head coaches had very good weakened the gunpowder smell of the game itself.

But who could have thought that Boske and Ye Qiu were not even talking about football on the sidelines, but Boske talked about some interesting things he had encountered in Amsterdam for more than a day, and Ye Qiu gave him some suggestions, such as telling him that the things in that place were delicious, and so on.

After the warm-up training, the conversation between the two was also announced to be terminated, and they each led their team back to the locker room.

Real Madrid's starting lineup has come out in this game, and the goalkeeper is Cesar.

This Cesar is not the Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar who later helped Inter Milan win the triple-tall title, but the Spanish local goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez, born in 1971 and is now 30 years old, at the golden age of goalkeeper. After joining Real Madrid from Valladolid in 2000, he once occupied the main position this season and performed very well.

Now Real Madrid basically takes turns to the goalkeeper position. On the one hand, because of Casillas' contract renewal and other issues, he even has something to do with Barcelona, ​​and on the other hand, because Cesillas' performance this season is indeed very good.

On the defense line are Robert Carlos, Pavin, Jero, and Salgado. The double midfielder of the midfield are Marklele and Elgra. Elgra is currently in the most glorious period of his career. Under Bosque, he and Marklele form Real Madrid's double midfielder, and are the team's pillar players.

In front of the double midfielder, Zidane, Guti and Figo, plus Raul in front, form the star-studded attack array of Real Madrid. It is difficult to clearly define the player's position in this attack lineup because the liquidity is very high.

Although Zidane is on the left, he likes to go to the middle and give up the left to Robert Carlos. Guti's position is sometimes very forward, and even forms a double striker with Raul. Figo also often switches to the left and plays very well.

Having developed a good tacit understanding, coupled with the strong personal strength of the stars, these made Real Madrid's offense very difficult to defend, so Ye Qiu kept reminding his players in the locker room to concentrate and focus on the game.

"To be honest..." Ye Qiu looked at the starting 11 players in the locker room and shook his head, "I don't know what kind of strategy and tactics Real Madrid will adopt. Bosque has more bargaining chips. He may make targeted arrangements based on our characteristics, or maybe not, and they may also be in reverse and attack after the game."

Ye Qiu let out a light breath, "I can't guess through them, because they are too powerful!"

The side with the advantage in strength often has more choices, just like Real Madrid, they don’t have to worry about Ajax’s attack, because as long as they pass the ball and their star’s personal flash is enough to destroy the efforts of everyone Ajax.

Ye Qiu is full of confidence in the future because he firmly believes that this group of players will definitely become successful under his cultivation, but the game is imminent and the future cannot provide him with any help now.

The players in the locker room were silent because they could not refute Ye Qiu's words. What they needed at this moment was the head coach telling them how to do it, and as long as Ye Qiu said, they believed it and fought.

"But we have no choice!"

"Yes, Real Madrid is indeed very powerful, but what about that? They have all bullied us at the doorstep. Can we give in? Can we be timid? Unless we are willing to poke our heads out like waste, look at our necks, and tell them, please move quickly, otherwise we will have one way!"

Ye Qiu took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "That's to fight with them!"

"If they are cruel, we will be more cruel than them. If they are fierce, we will be more fierce than them!"

"We don't care about what they think, how they play, that's their Real Madrid's own business. We just think about ourselves, we can play whatever we want, and we can play whatever we want, because we are Ajax!"

"Never make your opponent feel comfortable, remember what I said!"

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Boske's opening tactics are very straightforward.

When the game whistle sounded, the live commentator even only introduced Real Madrid's starting lineup. Even Ajax's lineup had no time to introduce it, Real Madrid had already brought the ball into Ajax's 30-meter area.

Zidane took the ball in the upper left corner of the penalty area, and he was facing a double-team between Sneider and Macon.

The reason why super stars are super stars is that they can do things that others cannot do. Zidane can control the ball steadily even when facing the double-team of two players. When he realizes that he may not be able to control the ball, he knocks the ball back to Robert Carlos who is inserted.

Brazilian Jin did not hesitate at all with his left foot. After getting the ball, he took a big step forward and quickly followed. He swung his left foot and shot a heavy cannon. Everyone present could easily hear the sound of air blasting caused by this shot.

This shot was very powerful, and the head was hard, but the angle was slightly off and he slipped out of the door.

"A very dangerous shot, Real Madrid gave Ajax a warning just over one minute to start, which made the fans of the Arena Stadium sweat. I believe many fans were shocked before they even sat down, which was very surprising!"

This is indeed a threat, taking advantage of the opportunity to serve, and creating a threat with the first shot. Real Madrid's strength has indeed been felt by Ajax.

Using the deterrent power caused by this shot, Real Madrid quickly took the initiative on the court.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines, staring at the game with frowns, and muttering to himself: "He thought we were scared!"

What he is talking about here should be Bosque.

I saw Ye Qiu walking to the sidelines and making a forward move towards the player. At the same time, Sneijder was asked to watch Zidane and keep a close eye on the Frenchman, so that the French should not be too free. The players should be more active and bold on the court, and don't be afraid.

"Tell me that this is our home court!"

Ye Qiu's roar on the sidelines could even be heard on the live TV. This was because he knew very well that he could not fall into a passive start, otherwise Ajax would not even have the minimum chance; but because the momentum was too loud, he would not be able to hear it without yelling.

The roar from the head coach immediately made the players on the court more proactive.

In the 6th minute, Sneider took advantage of Gilberto Silva's intercepting the ball, and ran to the all-out response. After getting the ball, he passed through Yero with a kick and passed by Yero. After Ibrahimovic suppressed Yero with his body, he rushed forward to catch the ball quickly.

Under the interference of Pavin, the Swedes did not dribble fast enough and was soon caught up by the Real Madrid defender who was chasing back, but Ibrahimovic was still about 21 meters away from the goal and shot angrily.

The Swedish center's long shot angle was very accurate, with its head very hard and very fast. Cesar originally thought it was not threatening, but he quickly reacted and flew to the right to save it, saving the ball out of the baseline and corner kick.

Sneider quickly ran to the corner kick and signaled to his own player who had already turned into a meat grinder in the penalty area. But just when everyone thought he was going to send it into the penalty area, Sneider sent a tactical corner kick.

The ball was passed to Keita, who kept stopping and passed the ball directly to the front of the penalty area. Van der Fate quickly rushed from the right side of the arc to the left side of the arc. Facing Keita's oblique pass, he grasped it very well. As soon as he stopped and rubbed, the ball quickly flew from the front of the penalty area with a graceful parabola and fell straight to the left side of the goal.

Cesar obviously had no way to save the ball. He could only watch the ball fall. Then everyone heard a muffled sound from the collision between the football and the crossbar, and the ball hit the crossbar.

A sigh sounded clearly at the scene. If the ball was entered, the situation would have completely changed.

"Ajax obviously has some arrangements on set pieces. Ye Qiu must have practiced this routine before the game, which has indeed created a threat. But unfortunately, Van der Fate's beautiful arc ball hit the crossbar and went out of the baseline!"

"If Real Madrid launched a strong attack after the start and gave Ajax a warning, then Ye Qiu's Ajax quickly counterattacked and used two very threatening shots to warn Real Madrid that this is Arena Stadium and our territory!"

Soon, Ajax made a comeback again.

This time, Robben forced his speed to break through Salgado on the left and stopped urgently, knocking back at Keita at the front of the penalty area. The latter shot with his left foot and slightly above the crossbar.

Soon, when Ajax was defending Zidane, Sneijder tackled the French star and was warned by the referee's yellow card. This was also the first yellow card in the game, but it successfully prevented a Real Madrid attack.

Reasonable use of foul tactics is also what Ye Qiu had prior to this game.

To be honest, if you want to play technology, Ajax's players can't catch up with these superstars of Real Madrid, so when dealing with Real Madrid, you must not be able to follow their pace and accompany them to play technology, and you will definitely die miserably.

What they are best at is technology. Ye Qiu asked the players to make rational use of fouls, which can not only disrupt the rhythm of Real Madrid, but also affect the mood of Real Madrid players.

In these days, if you want to use Real Madrid's best skills and infiltration attacks to kill Real Madrid, just like using ball control tactics to kill Barcelona in 2013, it is estimated that such a team has not yet been born, so everyone considers the most to deal with Real Madrid.

Ye Qiu doesn't care how Boske will play after the start, he has no extra choice, so he can only adopt a strategic approach to gaining advantage, because Ajax's characteristics and defects have been exposed very clearly. Once the start is not good, when the players' physical fitness is almost exhausted, Real Madrid's technical advantages will become more obvious.

Fortunately, after two years of accumulation, the Ajax players have long been aware of Ye Qiu's tactical ideas. Sometimes, with just a small gesture, they can understand the head coach's intentions.

Therefore, after the start, Real Madrid beaten a blow, and Ajax quickly gave Real Madrid a blow, and even successfully pushed Real Madrid back to their half. Ajax actively adopted a high-level defensive strategy and launched fierce midfield and front-field pressure and pressing against Real Madrid.

After Boske coached Real Madrid, his focus was on defense. A good defense must first consider the system, followed by the player's personal strength. Therefore, even if Real Madrid's defense line seems difficult to reassure, Real Madrid's 12 games in two rounds of group stages, plus two games in the quarterfinals knockout matches, and only 7 goals were conceded in 14 Champions League games. There is no need to say more about the defensive ability.

Therefore, even though Ajax quickly reversed the situation after the start, Real Madrid could still calm down, steadily arrange the defense line, put down their figure, and let Ajax press forward to fight.

Faced with Real Madrid's tactical style, Ajax's offensive was restricted, and it was difficult to create threats within the opponent's 30-meter area, so he could only frequently use long-range shots.
Chapter completed!