Vol 4 Chapter 1594: The pinnacle of ants and elephants

"Get the starting lineup of Ajax!"
Barcelona's chief assistant coach Aspiasso quickly walked into the home team's locker room, and handed over the starting list of Ajax to coach Valverde.
He was the confidant of Valverde. At that time, Valverde brought only two people to Camp Nou. He was one of them.
Valverde took the list, glanced, and frowned, "No Jovic?"
This is very unexpected news.
Luka Jovic, the top scorer for Ajax this season, is also a representative of Ajax's new generation of centers.
Many people say that after Van Basten, Kluivert, Ibrahimović, Suarez, Huntelaar and others, Luca Jovic was another one cultivated by Ajax An outstanding center with unlimited potential.
The Serbian center played all Ajax's UEFA Champions League games this season, including the play-offs, but it has not been played yet. This is very surprising news.
"Does Yang Yang want to do something strange again?" Valverde asked with a frown.
He couldn't help thinking of Ajax playing Juventus before, Yang Yang refrigerated himself, and in the second half, he came off the bench and destroyed Juventus in one fell swoop. Is it that he wants to reappear?
"I don't know, but he is on the big list." Aspiasso said.
Valverde gritted his teeth, and some could not guess what Yang Yang was thinking.
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Yang Yang also got Barcelona's starting list almost at the same time, and the result surprised him.
"Atour didn't go on!"
Artur is the biggest surprise in Barcelona's midfield this season. He has basically stabilized his main position. His ability to take and pass the ball makes people look forward to him, thinking that he will be Barcelona's future midfield pass. hand.
But in this crucial game, Valverde did not arrange for Artur to start, replaced by veteran Vidal.
Vidal, Rakitic and Busquets, the three old combination of midfielders, the problems of Rakitic and Busquets are obvious, that is, their running ability is weak, they can get rid of the lack of ability, which makes them It is easy to become the target of Ajax's attack, because the Dutch team is best at high-level pressure.
Pianic of Juventus was alive and suppressed to death by Ajax!
Valverde learned lessons, gave up Artur, sacrificed the ability to pass and control the ball in midfield, but chose Vidal with a stronger running ability, which is obviously to restrain Ajax's tactics.
"You guessed right, Valverde still wants to stabilize at home, not willing to give us an away goal." Xavi Alonso looked at Yang Yang and said with a smile.
Guessing the opponent's tactical psychology is a very interesting thing.
For example, now Yang Yang guessed what Valverde thought, starting from Vidal instead of Artur, you can know that Valverde wants to ask for stability, and those two fullbacks will naturally not be too risky, and the side attack will definitely be Weaker than usual.
The full-back is not actively intervening, and the frontcourt is the lone battle of Coutinho, Messi and Dembele, because Ajax will do his best to suppress Barcelona's midfield.
With Ajax's high position to force the oppression and strangling ability, Barcelona's front trident is under great pressure.
"I originally guessed that Busquets, Rakitic and Artur ensured the stability of the pass and control, but I did not expect that Valverde didn't even want to fight for the pass, then it goes without saying, Ku Tinho and Dembele will be the main receiving points. "
Speaking of which, Yang Yang smiled slightly at Harvey Alonso, no longer saying anything, but turned around and walked directly to the player's rest area. At this time, Ajax's players are facing the enemy, actively adjusting Emotions, preparing for the upcoming decisive battle.
"Everyone!" Yang Yang clapped his hands vigorously, attracting everyone's attention in the dressing room.
"There is good news for everyone!"
Everyone raised their heads and looked at Yang Yang, wanting to know what good news.
"Barcelona's opening tonight will be relatively slow and hot, and will probably give us about five to ten minutes. I need you to adapt to the rhythm and pace of the game in this period after the opening, and speed up the rhythm, so fast The opponent cannot adapt. "
The pace of the game is relative.
For example, Barcelona's pass and control, their rhythm is slow?
It depends on the opponent. If it is a fast-paced offensive and defensive team and a pressured team, it will appear that Barcelona is very slow.
It seems that two cars are driving on a high-speed road, and the speed depends on the speed comparison of each other, not the speed itself.
"Remember, five minutes to ten minutes, this is our perfect opportunity!" Yang Yang reminded again.
Slow fever, this is a problem that all aging teams will have, so at that time in Real Madrid, always came later, not only because of Real Madrid tactics, but because the average age of Real Madrid is older.
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Under the leadership of the head referee, the two teams entered the Camp Nou Stadium.
Yang Yang was violently booed by all the fans. He has always been the most unpopular player in the Camp Nou.
The players of Messi and Barcelona did not interact with Yang Yang before the game. Obviously, they both planned to leave the time of greeting until the end of the game.
This time, they seemed to be winning, especially Pique, with provocation in his eyes.
In this regard, Yang Yang is also used to it.
Since Ajax entered the UEFA Champions League group stage, every opponent has this look before facing Ajax.
But after the game, they will all feel sorry.
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Goalkeeper Ter Stegen, back line Alba, Langley, Pique and Roberto, midfielder Rakitic, Busquets and Vidal, frontcourt Coutinho, Messi and Den Belay.
Barcelona's starting lineup is worth a lot, the trident in the frontcourt alone is worth hundreds of millions of euros, and the player's worth is the best in today's world football, more expensive than Real Madrid's lineup.
Of course, this season's Barcelona also swept the La Liga and the Champions League, unprecedented.
Barcelona and Ajax, the former is like a giant elephant, while the latter is like a trivial ant.
Perhaps, ants can occasionally climb on the back of the giant elephant and stand taller than it, but most of the time, the ants are always trampled under the feet of the giant elephant and stepped into the mud.
Ajax's starting lineup is also four, three, three, goalkeeper is Onana, the back line is Taliafico, Militang, Derricht and Ashraf, and the double back is Frankie De Jong. With Ndongbele and Van der Beck, the front trident is a combination of Neres, Yang Yang and Sancho.
Jovic failed to start because of injury and sat on the bench, Yang Yang replaced him.
Both teams did not make the most of their efforts before the game for various reasons.
But this did not affect the scene, and the enthusiasm of all fans around the world watching the game in front of the TV.
This is the semi-finals of the Champions League, and it is the pinnacle of Yang Yang and Messi!
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At the beginning of the game, Ajax used the opportunity of kick-off to directly launch the offensive.
This is within everyone's expectations.
This young Dutch team is always known for grabbing a start, and Barcelona are trying to control the rhythm more securely.
After Ajax held the ball on the back line and made some adjustments, Frankie De Jong made a long pass directly and accurately sent the ball to the left of the frontcourt.
Neres sprinted forward as fast as possible and caught his teammate's pass on the left side of the penalty area.
But at this time, Barcelona's defense line has returned to the restricted area in time, and Roberto blocked the route from Neres to the restricted area.
The Brazilian left winger took the ball, approaching Roberto step by step and suddenly made a cross.
The ball flew from Roberto's left side to the penalty spot. Since Yang Yang blocked Pique and Langley with his body, the inserted van der Beck got a very good starting opportunity. The Dutch shot directly and tried To the bottom right corner of the goal.
However, the first foot shot of the audience slipped slightly and failed to form a shot.
Ajax's shot shocked nearly 100,000 Barcelona fans at the scene.
Yang Yang had some regrets, but when he ran back, he applauded towards his players and gave his thumbs up, indicating that they did a great job, and then he continued to encourage.
He can feel that Barcelona ’s start tonight is still relatively slow and hot, and the most important thing for Ajax now is to grab the start and speed up the rhythm. Rhythm, even if Ajax achieved its initial strategic purpose.
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Ajax scored some confidence in the first attack.
Coupled with Yang Yang's demonstration leadership on the court, Ajax players are more determined to perform their tactics.
After failing to shoot the goal in the first attack, Ajax did not choose to retreat, but continued to take a high position to snatch.
Barcelona's goal kick is a short pass defender, Ajax is directly forced to Barcelona 30 meters area.
When Yang Yang returned from Barcelona, ​​he first went straight to Roberto, then forced the goalkeeper Ter Stegen, forcing the German goalkeeper to pass to Alba, but under Sancho's pressure, Alba returned. Langley, the latter made a long pass to the frontcourt.
Ajax's running range is very large, the pressure of the frontcourt to press is also quite large, and the players are very determined to implement it.
Ajax is not only oppressed by high position, but also not only a large number of players, but more importantly, the players are generally young and very athletic. Even Yang Yang is known for his ability to run and cover. Jax can always counterattack in the shortest time, which makes the game rhythm play fast, Barcelona is very difficult to deal with.
The visiting team's fast-paced, stormy play is a great test of the stability of Barcelona's midfield and backcourt.
It was this set of whirlwind tactics that worked in the sixth minute.
Van der Beck and Ndongbele teamed up at the same time to cut off Alba's pass to Coutinho and quickly returned with a long pass.
Sancho hurried along the right road at the fastest speed, grabbing the ball ahead of Alba, stopping the ball and driving the ball into the penalty area from the right to face Langley.