Vol 4 Chapter 1546: Exam

After the home draw against Inter Milan two to two, although Ajax still occupy the top position, but also received a lot of doubts.
The most important thing is the rhythm control ability of this team and the defense of the Dutch team.
The Gazzetta dello Sport pointed out that without Yang Yang, this Ajax would be very dangerous in the face of Inter Milan, and may not even have much chance of winning because they waste too many opportunities.
"More importantly, they exposed their own problems and flaws in this game."
The Champions League is actually a game of shortcomings. Ajax played Bayern Munich in the first game. It was said that it played its own strengths. In this game, Inter Milan still retained its own strengths, but it exposed its own weaknesses.
Young, inexperienced, and weak defense are all serious problems.
But overall, the Milan Sports News and other European media have affirmed Ajax's performance.
However, they still retain their opinion that although Ajax is eye-catching, it is very difficult to promote the group.
At present, Ajax and Inter Milan both scored one point with one win and one draw. Bayern Munich beat Tottenham 4-2 away and scored three points, ranking third in the group. The North London team is Ranked fourth in the group with two consecutive defeats.
"The real test for Ajax is still in the next two group matches. They will face Tottenham in the host and guest scenes. Pochettino's team is also good at forcing and oppressing. The match against Maimang will be wonderful. "
"More importantly, the North London team is currently suffering a two-game losing streak. They urgently need to grab enough points on Ajax to reverse their disadvantage in the group stage."
"It is foreseeable that Ajax vs. Tottenham Hotspur will be the key turning point for their group stage."
Other media have also accepted this judgment, thinking that Ajax performed well in the first two rounds, which is surprising, but at the same time it also sounded the alarm for Tottenham, and Pochettino had to pay attention. This Dutch team.
The next home and away match against Tottenham Hotspur will be Ajax's UEFA Champions League exam this season.
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After a draw with Inter Milan, Ajax returned to the Netherlands, ushering in the eighth round.
In the match against Alkmaar at home, just three minutes into the opening, Van der Becker inserted a shot with a kick, broke Alkmaar's goal and opened the record for Ajax.
This player, who was refrigerated by Yang Yang in the face of Inter Milan, breathed heavily in Alkmaar.
Afterwards, the game fell into stalemate, but in the second half, Mullen scored a goal in the 48th minute, and then in the 52nd minute, Militang took the opportunity of a corner kick to take Ajax to the next city.
In the sixty-first minute, it was another corner kick opportunity, and Derricht assisted Edego scored a goal.
Then in the eighty-fourth minute, Edego assisted Stens and went to the next city.
In the end, Ajax defeated Alkmaar 5-0 at home and won a hearty victory.
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At the same time, Eindhoven defeated Venlo four to zero at home and continued to maintain pressure on Ajax.
Feyenoord, on the other hand, drew William II one-on-one and showed signs of decline early on.
This also confirms the judgment of the outside world again. This season's competition for the Dutch champions, Ajax and Eindhoven are the most powerful contenders, and both teams have achieved great results.
Ajax led by Yang Yang is an eight-game winning streak, which can be described as a breakthrough. Van Bommel's Eindhoven is seven wins and one loss, and only lost to Ajax one game.
Both teams are very fierce and are waiting for their opponents to make mistakes.
As for the other Dutch teams, they are not opponents of these two strong teams.
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After finishing the eighth round of the Dutch League, ushered in the two-week national team match day.
With the recent shine of Ajax, several internationals have been added to the team.
Jovic, Ashraf, Taliafico and Edego have all been selected for the national team, which has also increased the number of internationals in the Ajax team, but most players still remain in Germany. Tok Most.
Yang Yang and the coaching staff are also preparing carefully, want to make good use of the precious time of these two weeks, then adjust the team, train the players to continue to improve, in response to the next two games with Tottenham.
As analyzed by outside media, these two games will be the key to the Ajax Champions League group stage.
As long as he can get the group's right to qualify, whether this year's Ajax's performance, financial income, or club operation will significantly exceed that of previous years, Yang Yang can naturally come up with an agreement and propose to the Supervisory Board to purchase Ajax motion.
The first and most important thing is to find solutions to the problems exposed by the team in the past month.
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"Defense, it's not just the problems of the defenders that are exposed."
Harvey Alonso and Yang Yang sat in the office, discussing the past month, Ajax has appeared in various ways, gains and losses, gain more than lose, this is the team currently occupying the top spot the reason.
But this should not be a complacent bargaining chip for Ajax, because it can be replaced by others at any time, especially the Champions League.
Only with continuous improvement, continuous breakthroughs, and continuous improvement can Ajax continue to move forward on the road of the Champions League, and eventually reach its own limits.
"From the data point of view, whether it is Militant or Driecht, there has been very obvious progress, and the cooperation between the two is becoming more and more handy. They have problems, such as the mistake that Icardi took the opportunity, but I think that overall, the two central defenders are still very good, and the progress is obvious. "
"It's really troublesome, I think it's Frankie De Jong and Ndongbele."
Double waist, this is the most serious problem Ajax has exposed in the past month.
Inter Milan ’s problem is also in the midfield. For example, when turning from a defender, Naingolan and Besino will quickly move forward and distance from Brozovic, which certainly makes them threatening and frequent. The chance of the foot, but once Ajax quickly steals, when Inter Milan is turned from attack to defense, they simply have no time to return to the position to protect Brozovic.
After replacing Barreiro, this has been significantly improved.
The problem with Ajax was that both of his backs failed to grasp the timing of forward insertion.
If the timing is not well grasped, it will often produce interlocking effects, which in turn leads to Ajax failing to provide sufficient protection for the defense line at the front of the penalty area. Si assists Icardi for the goal.
The central defender is indeed responsible, but the main thing is in the midfield, especially the double midfielder.
"Our running is very fierce, and high pressure is very fierce. This is our advantage, but not every team is afraid of it. For example, a team like Inter Milan does not want to control the ball at all, or it is a Turnham Tottenham. "
Harvey Alonso frowned, because he realized that Ajax was actually better at dealing with a team like Bayern Munich who likes to control the ball, because the high pressure and the amazing running were the most effective for them.
In the final analysis, this is not only a question of how much the player understands the tactical intentions of the head coach, but also whether the player can implement it in place and whether he can accurately grasp the game situation.
For example, Ndongbele, he likes to take the ball forward, and sometimes Frankie De Jong also has to go forward, then it is easy to open the situation with the rear line of defense, and then form a gap.
Frankie De Jong's sense of position also has certain problems. Although he is a defender and has played a central defender, his sense of position is indeed not strong. This is also an aspect that Ajax must focus on strengthening.
"Or, fix their position?" Harvey Alonso tentatively asked.
Yang Yang shook his head without hesitation, "This is not okay, wouldn't it be back to the age of Cooper more than ten or twenty years ago?"
In the few years of the century handover, the most prevalent in European football is the double midfielder. Cooper led Valencia to the UEFA Champions League final twice, not only Valencia, A Coruña and Vigo Celta, Royal Society and other teams have been very popular with this style of play, and they have born top midfielders such as Makelele and Flavio.
After Florentino took over Real Madrid, he immediately recruited Makelele and Flavio under his command. He also wanted to create Real Madrid's own double-back tactics to ensure the team's defense, but later with the stars The more, this set of styles did not blossom in Real Madrid, but it can be seen that the double backs were prevalent at the time.
From Cooper to Benitez, their double backs all advocate rigorous positions and do not easily leave the position to protect the main line. The typical ones are Baraja and Albelda, Xavi Alonso Classic combination with Mascherano's double back.
But this is obviously no longer suitable for modern football tactics, because now the emphasis is on mobility.
"If our high position is forced to oppress and there is no double back and front pressure to support, it is like a rootless duckweed and it can't be played at all." Yang Yang shook his head.
"But now we always use the forward insertion of the two central defenders to make up for the loss of the position of the double midfielder. When they come across the strong team, they will definitely use the loopholes of the central defender like Inter Milan, and eventually become It was also a very serious problem after this mistake made by Militan and Driecht. "Harvey Alonso was very distressed.
Losing the position of the double backs, and failing to protect the defense line well, one of the two central defenders had to go up, and the result was that the person who went up had become a gap behind him.
To put it bluntly, the problem is there, just the difference between moving forward or moving backward.
If the problem of double backs is not resolved, Ajax's problem will continue to be exposed.
Without a perfect team, any team will have loopholes and weaknesses. The most important thing is how to exert its own advantages, cover up its own weaknesses and weaknesses, and avoid being used by opponents.
A loophole and weakness that an opponent cannot use to combat it is no longer a problem.