After half a year of adjustment and running-in, and Ye Qiu has also begun to become familiar with the rhythm and atmosphere of the professional league, this has made him prepare for Ajax's winter break training more fully, which has also made Ajax's second half start in a better state than in the early stages of the league.

In the Dutch Cup quarterfinals, Ajax encountered Groningen, and Robben's outstanding performance and Hunteral's efficiency helped Ajax beat Groningen 4-0 away and played a good start in the second half.

In this game, Ibrahimovic, who had been affected by the beating storm before, did not appear in the roster, but Ye Qiu was once again arranged for the Swedes to start when he challenged Grafsharp away in the 19th round of the Eredivisie three days later.

Ibrahimovic showed excellent competitive state this time. In the game against Grafsharp, he made a pass and shot, helping Ajax defeat Grafsharp 3:1 away.

A week later, Ajax returned to Arena Stadium.

Although he was going to England in the middle of the week to challenge Liverpool at Anfield Stadium, Ye Qiu's season focus was still in the Eredivisie, so he still sent all the main players to play in this game, and he defeated William II, led by Adriansé 2-0 at Arena Stadium.

Ajax, who is getting better, has shown a gratifying state and development momentum, especially this group of young players, which has made all Ajax fans see hope, so that after this game, many media have played the horn that Ajax will sound the league championship.

Head coach Ye Qiu also said very affirmatively in an interview with the media after the game, "The championship of the Eredivisie will be the champion we are determined to win this season. I am full of confidence in my team. We will do our best to compete for this championship that has been alienated from us for two years!"

"Yes, Eindhoven and Feyenoord are both very strong competitors, but we won't doubt ourselves because we are also a strong team and are no worse than our competitors!"

With three straight wins at the start, Ajax boarded the plane to Liverpool.

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I believe that true Liverpool fans will not forget the extremely sexy Reds team during the Evans era.

At that time, Liverpool played pleasing football, with continuous small-scale cooperation and infiltration, and imaginative personal abilities, which made Evans' Liverpool a team that Reds fans couldn't forget.

But unfortunately, Evans's team was destined to win fans but not win opponents.

Evans's tragedy just told Ye Qiu that in the field of professional football, whether you like offense or defense, it doesn't matter. What's important is that you have to find a football that can bring you victory, otherwise, even if your team conquers all the fans, you will only be fired.

Therefore, at Anfield Stadium, Ye Qiu's starting lineup is obviously a draw.

Goalkeeper Grim and defenses are Abidal, Kivo, Lucio and Macon, and Hetinga were injured. Ye Qiu used De Jong in the league and Macon in the game against Liverpool, allowing the Brazilian to play right back.

The three midfielders are Keita, Gilberto Silva and Sneider, and the tridents in the frontcourt are Robben, Ibrahimovic and Van der Mede. The latter still maintains a very good momentum even after the winter break, and now it is firmly suppressing Van der Fate.

The arrangement of Hollier's team in this game made many Ajax fans who came to the away game with the team were filled with sighs.

The goalkeepers are Westved, the defenses are Zieg, Hypia, Hempotz and Babel, the midfields are Litmanin, Macaulister, Harman and Gerald, and the double strikers are Husky's one-high and one-fast combination with Irving.

Hypia was once William II's main central defender and performed well under Adrians. After he switched to Liverpool, he was also regarded as an important factor in Adrians' sluggish performance in the past two years, because after Adrians, who loves attacking, lost the backbone of the defense, William II's defense line became very fragile.

Unlike Hypia, who was at its peak after he transferred to Liverpool, although Litmanin was once valued after he transferred to Barcelona, ​​he soon lost his main position. During this winter break, he had to choose to transfer from Barcelona to Liverpool.

When Litmanin decided to leave Camp Nou, he had contacted Ajax because he was a free transfer. Many media and fans were even looking forward to the Finnish Ice Swords returning to Arena Stadium, but Ye Qiu just asked lightly for inquiries from the management.

"We have Robben, Van der Mede, Van der Fate, and Heleb, why do we still need Litmanin?"

Since we have completely embarked on the path of youth, is it meaningful to introduce Litmanin and put pressure on Robben and others?

In the end, the Finns chose to go to Liverpool, and this game was his first game for Liverpool.

Wearing the bloody battle jersey of the Reds at home, looking at the group of young boys wearing Ajax traditional jerseys opposite, Litmaning, who had just celebrated his 30th birthday, felt very sad because he knew that in this young team, there was no place for him and there would be no more.

But he still walked onto Anfield Stadium with a desire. For him, it was not only a game to prove his strength to the Reds fans, but also a game where he showed his strength and maintained his qualifications as a senior against the group of Ajax juniors standing opposite him.

"I'm here for the boys of Ajax!"

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On the familiar side, Litmanin raised his hand and stepped out from Harman's mid-range pass, and came directly to him.

Before stopping the ball, I observed behind me and found that the Brazilian defender was approaching. Litmanin smiled, stopped the ball with his chest, and made a left foot to hit the right side, making Macon behind him mistakenly think that he was going to break into the boundary line, and the center of gravity moved suddenly. But unexpectedly, Litmanin knocked against the ball with his right foot and turned around from the left side.

Anfield Stadium has always been known for its hot and lively atmosphere, so when Litmanin passed Maicon with his flexible and skillful skills, like a slippery loach, all the Red Army fans in the venue cheered him.

"Ari Olawi Litmanin~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Litmanin felt this special treatment from the Reds fans that he was hard to enjoy at the Camp Nou. His heart was full of excitement and expectation, but his feet were not slow at all. He silently counted his rhythm in his heart, which was the rhythm he was best at.

One, two, wade!

Every professional player has his own rhythm of playing football, and Litmanin's rhythm has been with him for more than ten years. He has already integrated this rhythm into his blood. As long as he plays football, no head coach can change his rhythm according to this rhythm.

One, two...

Just when Litmanin habitually thought he was going to swing the ball forward again, he didn't expect that Maikon, who had just been thrown away and was obviously behind him, suddenly rushed up from behind, with a very fast speed, a bit like forcing his overtaking.

The Brazilian gritted his teeth and chased after him hard. When he wanted to dribble, he used his foot to forcibly block the ball.

The man fell out, but the ball stayed!

Beep!!!

The referee blew a whistle and signaled that Maicon had a foul, giving Liverpool a chance to have a free kick in the frontcourt.

Macaulister came to the free throw point, and almost all the tall men of Liverpool were fucking into Ajax's penalty area, including Hepia, Henkoz, Husky, Gerrard, and tall men like Zieg, Babel and Harman, who were staying in the backcourt.

"I'll go, the tall guy is like a forest!" Ye Qiu smiled bitterly when he saw so many tall guys on the sidelines.

However, this is very consistent with Hollier's transformation of Liverpool.

If Liverpool during Evans was a bit like Barcelona who played sexy ball control in his previous life, then the arrival of Hollier completely transformed the ball control genre during Evans into Mourinho's macho style, and he also attached great importance to defense.

If Ye Qiu remembers correctly, Liverpool should be the five champions this year, winning five championships, but all of them are cup matches.

This is not surprising at all, because Hollier's team attacks with defense and counterattacks, and such tactical styles are not effective in the league, because Liverpool is a strong team in the Premier League. Only others can defend against counterattacks, so it is difficult for them to fight against counterattacks. However, in the cup game, such defensive counterattack tactics are more secure.

Ye Qiu knew the strength of this Liverpool team, so he came in this game with the intention of defensive counterattack. Anyway, he could afford it for the away game, but as long as Liverpool showed even a slight mistake, Ye Qiu could swallow him.

McCaulist's free kick was sent into the penalty area, and it was suddenly in chaos. Lucio used his body to withstand Hypia, took the lead, and headed the ball to clear the ball, but the ball did not fly far and fell to Gerald's feet outside the penalty area.

After this Liverpool midfielder who performed very well this season, he directly made a reshoot after getting the ball, but under the interference of Gilberto Silva, the shot eventually turned into an anti-aircraft gun and failed to hit the right shot.

The Liverpool fans at Anfield Stadium all sighed with regret.

But soon, the singing of Anfield Stadium rang again, and Liverpool fans used their singing to cheer their team, which also allowed their players to quickly regroup on the field and launch another wave of offensive.

Henkoz and Hypia are both high school defenders. Turning around, flexibility and speed are their weaknesses, so the defensive method that Hollier has always adopted is to retract, and then put Haman and McCaulist and other central defenders in the midfield to protect the defense line and further compress their own 30-meter area.

In other words, minimize the chance of letting the opponent hit him behind him!

The advantage of doing this is that the defense is solid, and the disadvantage is that the offense is weakened very much. The most famous ball control stream during Evans's period has disappeared, and it relies more on Irving's rapid counterattack. Relatively speaking, another striker in Liverpool, Fowler, is not valued by Hollier because of his good guerrillas in the penalty area and a keen sense of smell in front of the goal.

Fowler, who Evans relied on, gradually lost his starlight, but instead had a better speed. Irving, who had not had enough sense of smell in front of the goal, replaced him and became a banner for Liverpool's offense. This was not a problem with the player's strength, but caused by the different tactical styles of head coaches Hollier and Evans.

Hollier’s tactics are the kind of thing I stay on the back line. Please, attack me!

But now Ye Qiu has also lost his face. Anyway, I have to fight a defensive counterattack. As long as someone leaves his position and presses him down easily, he will shout loudly and ask him to return to his position quickly, clearly showing that he must be on the verge of the carriage and horse.

I want to be on guard against the wrong side, Mr. Hallier, you should do it!

When playing at home, the fans are full of morale. Facing a team like Ajax, Hollier really has no reason not to play because he also wants to win his opponent at home.

But the problem is that the French themselves are very clear that his most powerful tactic is to defend against the opponent behind him and exert Irving's lightning speed. Once he pressed out and attacked, Irving fell into the quagmire of the opponent's key defense in front and lost the most threatening offensive weapon. What should I do?

This is the turn of Husky, who is 1.9 meters tall and weighs as heavy as a tank, exerts his power.

"Be careful to strengthen the defense on the wing!"

"Be careful with Litmanin and Gerald, be careful!"

"Everyone is ready, everyone!"

When Ye Qiu saw Liverpool pushing out, he walked to the sidelines and kept shouting.

Liverpool has a routine of defending against counters, that is, to hit behind and take advantage of Irving's speed advantage, but once they find that their opponents are not on the way and do not press as they wish, they will choose to push themselves. At this time, their ball path advances rely on two wing forwards to advance to the frontcourt and cross to find Husky.

Lucio and Husky's Warcraft Battle immediately became another highlight in this game.

Maicon clamped Litmanin, Abidal suppressed Gerald, Lucio stared at Husky one-on-one, Liverpool's attack fell into a quagmire again, and he could not open up the situation. Moreover, they are now actively pressing and have to guard against their opponents from attacking anytime and anywhere.

"The counterattack expert was beaten and fought back, this must be very interesting, right?" Ye Qiu was in a good mood.

On the contrary, Hollier, in front of the home team's coach's seat, seemed a little depressed. I wonder if his heart could withstand the pressure at this moment.

Ye Qiu also admired the French, but now that he is an opponent, he has to use all his best to deal with Hollier.

"After all, Hollier's transformation of Liverpool is a bit extreme!" Bobby Hams shook his head and sighed.

Although Evans' style during the period was soft, focusing on offense and defensiveness, Liverpool's small-scale cooperation infiltration and diversified ball path advancement made their offense unpredictable, especially players in the technical school led by Jamie Redknapp and John Barnes, which completely sounded the clarion call for the technology of the Premier League.

Many people say that Arsenal's Wenger completely changed the style of the Premier League, but in fact, before Wenger, there was Evans who paid more attention to technology than him. The difference was that Wenger won the championship and Evans was disgraceful.

"Hollier's Liverpool defense relies too much on Irving and positional warfare relying too much on Husky. The entire team has seemingly rigorous division of labor and cooperation, and each has its own responsibilities, but this seems too mechanical and simple. Once it is understood, they will not have enough changes."

Ye Qiu glanced at Liverpool's bench and said, "If it were me, I would go to Fowler decisively at this time. In this positional battle, Fowler could play a more critical role. On the contrary, Irving, who has lost the speed advantage, is also average!"

Irving really transformed into a olfactory striker in front of the goal, but it was later, and it has not yet reached that point.

This is also something Ye Qiu has been avoiding. Since he started organizing the team's tactics, he has diversified offenses at home. Robben was arranged on the left, and he wanted to choose Van der Fate on the right, Sneider who can pass short and long in the middle, Lucio in the backcourt, and Macon on the right. Ajax has more ways to advance the ball.

The only thing that is worse is experience. Today's Ajax players are still young and need time to improve and craft.

Judging from the scene, Liverpool can be said to be in a position but not in a score.

Husky is tall and strong, but his skills are average. He is not the kind of player who can attack from behind. In other words, he can get the ball from behind but cannot turn around, so he can only be considered a qualified center at best, but at the same time, he lacks the ability to grab points in the penalty area, which can be seen from his number of goals.

Ye Qiu remembered that he had read a few jokes in his previous life.

Husky's goal efficiency is not inferior to the two legendary superstars. How dare you get rid of such a powerful shooter?

Husky (England): 7 goals in 59 games.

Iquita (Colombia): 8 goals in 68 games.

Chilavit (Paraguay): 8 goals in 74 games.

Another one is also funny: What should I do when I see Husky rushing over to hit you? Hurry up and disguise myself as the goal!

Although the joke is obvious fan spoof and Husky's tactical role is also very high, at least this proves that this English high center is indeed not good at grabbing points and scoring goals. What he is better at is using his body to hit the opponent's defense line.

Facing such a player, Lucio is definitely more relaxed in defense than defending Batistuta, so he can freeze Husky while freezing Husky, and help freeze Irving on the defense line.

This immediately made it difficult for Liverpool's offense to threaten Ajax's goal.

From the first half to the second half, time passed quickly, but Hollier's team never found a way to break the Ajax goal, but the Liverpool players on the scene became more and more impatient under the overwhelming fans.

Whether from the tactical level or from the strategic level of the two-leg game, Liverpool has no reason to let Ajax escape from Anfield Stadium, so they need to score a goal!
Chapter completed!