"There is no team that cannot be beaten, even if it is Ajax."
"Accept conceding and don't accept failure. What the Eastern Dragons can do, you can do too."
"Our main battlefield is in our own penalty area, but it is Ajax's penalty area that determines the outcome."
These are the three sentences Jiang Mu asked his players to remember before leaving the locker room. In fact, Jiang Mu didn't want to say a word. During this period of preparation, he had already said what he should say countless times.
There is no point in repeating it. When challenging a hegemon like Ajax in an away game, it is normal for players to feel fear, but it is abnormal not to be afraid. As long as they play for five minutes without conceding a ball, they will lose their psychological baggage, but
The opponent's burden cannot be relieved until the end of the game.
The visiting team coach Ovis is an experienced guy. He believes that Alkmaar will defend like the Eastern Dragons. His request to his players is to score goals as soon as possible, transfer the pressure of failure to the opponent, and score goals.
The earlier the ball arrives, the greater the chance Ajax will win.
When the two teams came out of the locker room, the stadium, which could accommodate 51,628 people, was already full. The stands were crowded, flags were flying, and there was almost no gap. The vast majority of Ajax fans were singing the team song.
, their momentum has completely suppressed the weak Ajax fans.
When Van der Sar was the first to walk out of the mixing tunnel, it was like a bolt of lightning passing through the sky in the stands, followed by thunderous applause and a roar of mountains and tsunamis.
"The players came out, and the first one to appear was Edwin van der Sar who was 1.97 meters tall..."
Commentator Avant drawled, but his reverberation was immediately drowned out by the applause of Ajax fans.
When the players from both sides came on the court, commentator Avant began to announce the starting lineups of both sides to the fans, and commented on the starting lineups of both sides while the players exchanged team logos and picked sides.
"Ajax's starting lineup for this game is goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, defenders: Mirchiot, Blind, Frank de Boer, Tobiasson; midfield three: Witzger, Litmanen
, Oliseh; three forwards: Laudrup, Aviladze, Babangida
This is a typical 433 formation. Among the starting players are Danish superstar Laudrup in his prime, Finnish skater Litmanen, 37-year-old veteran Blind, and young Danish iron guard Tobiasson.
It can be said that this is the strongest combination in Ajax now. On the bench of Ajax are Portuguese prodigy Dani and Dutch general Ronald.
De Boer.”
Then every time Avant announced the name of an Ajax player, applause and shouts would resound across the sky, and even the name of a substitute player would trigger a storm of applause. This fanatical and grand atmosphere made
It scares the opponent and makes the players proud and proud.
"...Now let's take a look at Alkmaar's starting lineup, goalkeeper: Silva; four backs: left back Suleiman, Martens, Morris, Blomkamp, five midfielders: Van Bommel
, Enco, Kuyt, Altidore, Gattuso. Single forward: No. 9 Drogba
This is an amazing start. I admire Alkmaar’s head coach Jiang Mu’s face very much. He is indeed thick-skinned. They have a wonderful book in China called “Thick Black Learning”. I believe coach Jiang Mu must have read it.
Kemar played offensive football like a storm, and in this game they actually sent out a defensive lineup of four defenders and three midfielders. The two midfielders Altidore and Kuyt, who are responsible for organization and attack, are probably also defensive.
Forward Drogba? I guess he is just a decoration to prevent the forwardless lineup from being too ugly."
The commentator Avant's tone was sarcastic, which made the fans and players very uncomfortable, while the Ajax fans booed sharply, the sound was as loud as the cheers they just cheered, psychologically
Players with poor quality will never be able to rest for a moment.
On the sidelines, Jiang Mu walked up to the 49-year-old Danish coach Olsen with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand, and said enthusiastically: "Coach Olsen, I'm glad to see you again. Thank you for taking care of me back then.
Today I hope we can all get results that satisfy us."
Olsen chuckled, stretched out his hand to shake Jiang Mu's hand, and said: "I'm glad to see you in this arena. To be honest, last year I knew that talents like you would not stay in an amateur team forever, but I still
I never thought you would be promoted so quickly and now you are the head coach of a first-division team."
The two coaches, who were more than 20 years apart, were both smiling, and there was no murderous intent in what they said. However, their hands were held tightly, as if they were competing for strength. They held them for about three or four seconds, two of them.
After releasing their hands, they each returned to their coaching seats and sat down, waiting for the game to begin.
The referee in charge of this focus game is Teminke, who is famous for his ruthlessness. Among the 23 people in the game, Teminke is the most eye-catching one because he is 2.03 meters tall and weighs 109 kilograms, which is taller than all the other referees.
The players are all tall and strong. Of course, what he is most famous for is not his height and physical strength, but the fact that he plays a lot of cards, averaging 4 cards per game. Before the game, many media believed that there was a player who likes to play cards in this game.
The referee was more favorable to Ajax.
At 2:30, referee Teminke blew the whistle to start the game.
The first to kick off was the visiting team AZ Alkmaar.
Kuyt and Drogba passed the ball to each other, the ball passed to Altidore's feet, Drogba moved forward, Kuyt moved forward from the side, and only Altidore and Van Bommel followed in the middle.
The other players started slowly and did not press forward as quickly as in the previous two games to form a siege on the opponent.
Ajax, playing at home, was like Alkmaar, with three lines running quickly at the same time, pressing towards Alkmaar's half like a rising tide. The two superstars Laudrup and Litman, Ning, directly pushed forward into the penalty area.
The four of Witzger, Oliseh, Aviladze and Babangida pressed hard towards Alkmaar's ball-carrying and receiving players. In just a few seconds, the back line moved to a position more than ten meters away from the penalty area.
Directly putting Drogba in an offside position.
"Domineering! This is the aura of a wealthy club! After the start, Alkmaar played timidly, but Ajax raised the defense to the center circle. This is the gap. In the first two games, Alkmaar was able to dominate.
On the other hand, that's because they didn't meet the three giants of the Eredivisie... Ah! Good! Alkmaar was forced to take a big kick... Frank De Boer made accurate judgment and the ball was pushed out... The ball went to the Nigerian Olise
He's feet... long shot! A long shot of about 40 meters! What a pity! The ball missed the crossbar by just a hair..."
There was a sound of regret in the stands. Oliseh's long-range shot was a regular weapon of Ajax. His calf muscles were well developed and his bones were made of steel. The black man's explosive power allowed him to shoot amazing long-range shots. When
When the opponent adopts intensive defense, Oliseh's long-range shot is enough to make the opponent's iron wall useless.
Oliseh's long shot also startled Jiang Mu, because the long shot was too far and very sudden. If it hit the goal, it was difficult to say that Silva could defend it, although he had repeatedly reminded goalkeeper Schier before the game.
watt.
Silva took a goal kick. He wanted to find Drogba who was in front, but due to some nervousness at the beginning, he kicked the ball directly out of the sideline.
Ajax fans booed and laughed in the stands.
Jiang Mu walked to the position in line with the goal and shouted to Silva loudly: "Don't be nervous, you can do some warm-up exercises to relax."
Silva looked at Jiang Mu gratefully, made a reassuring gesture, and then began to move his body on the goal line. The opponent was formidable, and he had to be prepared to save at any moment.
Although Ajax has transitioned from the Van Gaal era to the Olsen era, their offensive method is still the traditional Dutch attack. The wingers and midfielders directly pass the defenders and pass the ball. The center stands in the penalty area waiting to receive the goal.
Even if the road cannot be opened, the opponent's defensive forces can be pulled to the wings, so that they can penetrate like mercury in the middle. What is frightening is that Ajax has never lacked superstars in the middle to control the ball.
There is also no shortage of good wing attack players, which is why Ajax in the 1990s was able to sweep the Eredivisie and shock Europe.
After Ajax seized the ball, the ball was handed to the feet of Laudrup, who was the left winger. Oliseh and Babangida, two extremely fast wingers and full midfielders on the wing, quickly moved forward.
The offensive core number 9 and a half, Litmanen, goes to the front of the penalty area to respond. Once the wing attack is unfavorable, he will launch an offensive in the middle.
Laudrup's footwork is amazing. His passing is like flowing water, which is hard to guard against. His breakthrough on the right makes Blomkamp uncomfortable. Fortunately, Jiang Mu arranged five midfielders in the middle. Arti
Doré assisted Blomkamp on the wing like a defender. The two of them flanked Laudrup. Midfielder Gattuso also came to help from time to time, which made Laudrup's technical advantage invisible.
The right wing can rely on numbers to counter technology. Alkmaar's left wing encountered a little trouble. Ajax's right wing attacker is Babangida. Babangida is a Nigerian. His speed is amazing and he has
Reporters tested and said that Babangida’s speed was no worse than the alien Ronaldo. If Babangida were placed ten years later, he would be an Odonko. But ten years ago, in that relatively rough era, his power was
It's very powerful, because he only needs to do one tactical action, which is to cross the ball, cross the ball even if he doesn't hit the ball.
Left back Suleiman was helpless against Babangida's breakthrough. His speed was not slow and he could rank among the top three in Alkmaar, but he was still far behind Babangida. Facing his opponents
Breaking through at an unreasonable speed, he only had two ways to defend, either fouling or staying near the baseline.
Before the game, Jiang Mu gave instructions to Suleiman. If he couldn't prevent it, he asked Babangida to pass the ball. Anyway, this Nigerian guy can't cut inside. Don't foul easily, the referee is very good at dealing cards.
So Suleiman stayed near the baseline and didn't let Babangida reach the bottom. If the midfielder could block it, he would block it. If he couldn't block it, just let him pass the ball. Because Jiang Mu had already
In order to prepare, the three midfielders in the center are prepared for Ajax. The three midfielders are stuck in their positions, directly cutting off the connection between Ajax's offensive core Litmanin and center Aviladze. The Georgian Ajax
Velazi was trapped by Alkmaar's two central defenders and three back midfielders, and Litmanen was blocked from the wall. No matter how many balls Ajax passed from the wing, as long as they couldn't grab the point in the middle, they could only do it.