Volume 1 Chapter 198 Goal: Top Four!

On Ye Qiu's way back to the coach's seat of the away team, he was surrounded by his players who were a little crazy with joy, and a group of people were celebrating under the noses of Juventus fans, frantically venting the excitement and excitement of beating a strong team away.

Although Juventus only finished second in the second round of the group stage, scoring and conceding goals and not ideally, no one can doubt the quality of this team in the knockout round, or it should be said that the Italian team is generally not too bad in the knockout stage.

Someone has said before that the Premier League is Serie A, Serie A is La Liga, La Liga is the Premier League, and Serial Ke, and the deep-seated reason for this lies in the different styles of the league.

The Premier League is notoriously passionate, the rhythm of attack and defense changes quickly, and the impact is strong, but the offensive and defensive system of Serie A is known for its meticulousness, especially defense, Italian defense can even be so dull that you feel that they are emotionless and passionless in the game, so when the passionate Premier League meets the defensive Serie A, it is difficult for the latter to adapt to the fast-paced and impactful style of play of the former.

On the other hand, in La Liga, Spanish football has always used ball control and passing to coordinate to mobilize the opposing player's players and avoid more hard-hitting physical confrontations, so they can pull the rhythm very low and very low, because the slow pace is more suitable for ball control, but it is not suitable for the passion of the Premier League, so La Liga meets the Premier League, and the tactics are generally very simple.

My slow control, slow coordination, slow passing, you run, run, run until you run out of strength and show flaws, I can kill you directly, and this tactical play is very dominant psychologically.

Now Real Madrid, Deportivo La Coruna, Barcelona, Valencia, the odds of winning against the Premier League teams are very high, although their possession of the ball is much inferior to the later Barcelona possession faction, but in the face of the Premier League, even in the face of Manchester United, they are still very advantageous, and it is Arsenal that can barely resist.

But this style of La Liga meets the well-defended Serie A, that's no problem, the Italian team generally adopts a strategy, no matter how you attack, I first set up a good defense, with reinforced concrete defense to resist your attack, and La Liga's ground penetration attack is difficult to break through the Italian defense, and La Liga's weak backline often always makes the team's luxurious offensive lineup in the midfield into a castle in the air

However, there has been a change in style in Italy, Spain and England recently, Italy now has Carlo Ancelotti's AC Milan, England also has Wenger's Arsenal, Ferguson has also brought in Veron and began to pursue technical skills, Spain has Iruetta's Super Laco and Ranieri, Cooper and Benitez Valencia, both teams are very focused on attacking and defensive systems, especially defensive systems.

From this point it is not difficult to see that the overall tactical style of Europe tends to be convergent, that is, the so-called inclusiveness.

There is no need to worry about the homogenization of the styles of European tactical leagues in the future, it is impossible to appear, because each league has different tactical styles of each league, such as in Serie A, it is difficult to play La Liga's possession and the passion of the Premier League, even if it is Ancelotti, it is more based on the local style of Serie A, and the possession style of La Liga is assisted.

And in the Premier League, why don't Arsene Wenger's Arsenal add excellent elements from other leagues to the foundation of English football? Otherwise, how can Arsenal be hailed as the team with the most red cards and the most violent in the Premier League this season?

Ye Qiu also reflected on his Ajax, this team has gathered a lot of different elements, the defense is a bit Italian, the passionate attack is a bit English, Arteta's joining has brought La Liga's possession flow, and the team as a whole is a bit of a Bundesliga tendency, which can be said to take the strengths of each family.

But this also brings a lot of problems, take the strengths of each family, it is a good way to say, the bad point is that there is no specialty, the ball control is not as good as La Liga, the defense is not as good as Serie A, and the rhythm is not as good as the Premier League, after all, no team can have more possession than La Liga, a firmer defense than Serie A, and a faster pace than the Premier League, is that possible?

Therefore, the core foundation of Ajax is still in the tradition of Dutch football, that is, the two-wing attack, Ye Qiu's tactical style is also more inclined to offensive football, especially last season, England's fast-paced and passionate attack is very obvious, and the entire Ajax team is almost Englandized, so Ye Qiu focused on introducing Arteta to inject more delicate ball control elements.

Sometimes, when you think about it, it's really not easy!

It's been four years, and it took Ye Qiu four years to create such an Ajax! How many four years can there be in life? Therefore, surrounded by the players, the excited Ye Qiu gasped for breath, trying to calm the agitation in his heart, and swept the young faces in front of him, they will all become the hottest top stars in European football in the future, and now, they are all from his command, which makes him feel an unprecedented confidence and fighting spirit.

"Don't get too excited, remember, it's only the first leg, we're going to let the guys who said we were lucky last year and it was a coincidence, we have to make it to the Final Four!"

"Semi-finals!"

"Final Four !!" The players were also infected by Ye Qiu's emotions, beating Juventus away, and this group of players at Ajax also felt an unprecedented fighting spirit and confidence.

On the football field, in all walks of life, confidence is built by constantly beating opponents!

After the game, the press conference hall at the Stade Alp was bustling with journalists from all over the world, most of them from Italy, including La Repubblica.

However, this time the Republic newspaper seems to have learned the previous lesson, not sitting in the first row, but sitting in the crowd, if you don't pay attention, you may not be able to see their existence, this is also a compromise made by the Republic newspaper to Ye Qiu, the meaning is very clear, I have already given in, you are always embarrassed to trouble me again, right?

What I didn't expect was that Ye Qiu was sometimes so small-bellied.

The first to walk into the press conference was Lippi, the silver fox had a gloomy face, and he looked in a bad mood, because the sky over the Alp Stadium had begun to be covered with dark clouds, and the Juventus fans were also very dissatisfied with him just now, although the boos were not loud, but they reflected the dissatisfaction of some fans.

Ye Qiu followed Lippi into the press conference hall, many reporters at the scene noticed that Lippi seemed unwilling to face Ye Qiu, as soon as he saw him come in, he immediately turned his head sideways, not wanting to see the Chinese, and Ye Qiu did not be polite to Lippi, he looked like a host, and looked around before he sat down when he walked in.

"Hey, aren't there any Republican reporters at the scene?" Ye Qiu had been waiting for an opportunity for a long time.

The group of reporters present are all characters who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, as soon as they heard Ye Qiu ask, they suddenly burst into laughter, and someone in the middle got up and got out of the way, revealing two Republican newspaper reporters hiding in the crowd, they were a little embarrassed to sit in the crowd, they couldn't wait to find a hole for themselves to drill, it was too embarrassing.

"Can I ask a question first?" Ye Qiu looked at the press officer of Juventus very modestly.

The Italian didn't like Ye Qiu very much, because Ajax won, but he still nodded and agreed.

"May I ask these two reporter friends of the Republic, please teach me what football is?" Ye Qiu always had a smile, but in the eyes of the vast majority of people, this smile was indeed sneering, as if he was disdainful, a group of defeated generals still dared to say that they wanted to teach us how to play football? Are you worthy?

Everyone laughed loudly, and the spotlight flickered, obviously very interested in Ye Qiu's question, just see how the reporter from the Republic Daily answered, but these two reporters sat there awkwardly and didn't move, and they didn't speak, just like a dead fish, anyway, if you want to kill or chop whatever you want.

This time, Ye Qiu was out of line, smiled, and signaled that the press conference could begin. In the face of an opponent who is slaughtered by others, he is really not interested, he will not fight back if you beat him, and he is happier than you when you scold him, why bother? Is it necessary to fight to the death with such an opponent?

In Ye Qiu's opinion, it would be enough to lose their face and embarrass this group of reporters and the Republican newspaper behind them.

The first to ask was a reporter from Torino Sport, who asked Lippi to comment on Juventus' performance in this game and his outlook for the second leg.

'Overall, we had a good performance, especially in the first half, where we had everything under control, but unfortunately in the second half, when we were about to counter-attack, Ajax scored and it stifled our comeback and disrupted the rhythm of the team.

'Losing at home is really difficult for the team to qualify, but I don't think we should blame the team for that because we all gave 100 per cent and I'm confident that we can turn things around in the second leg and I know how difficult we are going to have at the Arena but we can definitely qualify.'

Lippi's reply was decent, and after the loss, he was able to give such a reply, relying on his prestige. For the Champions League, Lippi is too familiar, and it can even be said that in today's football, in terms of Champions League experience, there will be more experience than Lippi, I am afraid that there are only a handful, or even almost none, and because of this, everyone will not lose the confidence of Juventus.

The reason why famous marshals are famous is because they can always make people see hope at the most critical moment.

Ye Qiu's evaluation of this game was more polite, "It was a very wonderful game, the strength of both sides was very strong, we had the advantage, played very well, controlled the game very well, and we were very active on both sides, but in the first half we encountered the opponent's counterattack." ”

"Luckily, at half-time, we reflected and summarized the reasons for conceding in the first half and made up for it, and we adjusted the situation of the poor attack in the first half, and after the start of the second half, we created a lot of threats, and finally scored two goals in a row to overtake the score."

"The away win doesn't mean everything, and we can't say that we have overtaken Juventus in terms of strength, the knockout round is a two-legged match, and the final winner will have to make a decision at the Arena Stadium, I firmly believe that we will be the last winners, as long as we can keep this game playing, we will definitely be able to win at home and qualify."

There was also a very positive sign for the second leg in the form of Ibrahimovic's comeback.

In this game, the reason why Ajax played so awkwardly and the reason why the attack was slow to develop was a very important factor was Huntelaar, but in the second leg of the game, the Swede will definitely be able to come back, as long as his state is adjusted, Ye Qiu will let him start, and Juventus will suffer at that time.

And the media asked Lippi and Ye Qiu for their opinions on Ibrahimovic's comeback.

'Actually, I don't really comment on the opponent's players, but I still think that the return of Ibrahimovic will make Ajax's attack more threatening, he is a very special centre-forward and we have to be very ready to take on his challenge......

On the contrary, Ye Qiu was happy about Ibrahimovic's comeback in his heart, but he couldn't say that in his mouth.

'It's a welcome thing that Ibrahimovic is back from injury, but I don't think he can be a reason for the team to beat Juventus because it depends on the hard work of all the players to win, and I think Huntelaar did a very good job in this game.

"I'm glad that I have two very good centre-forwards with different technical characteristics, so I can set up different tactics according to their characteristics, which is very important, so I haven't decided on the starting line-up for the second leg yet, because I think they are both very good and whoever goes up will be a powerful weapon for the team to qualify."

Ye Qiu's words not only gave Ibrahimovic hope, but also did not crucify Huntelaar's confidence.

In fact, everyone can see that Huntelaar is the weakest link in Ajax's attack, and if he can be more comprehensive, then Ajax's attack will become more threatening, and Van der Vaart and Robben's wings will be more powerful.

But there are some things that anyone can say, even Huntelaar's teammates can say it, even Ye Qiu, who is the head coach, can't say it!

But the whole press conference was not as harmonious as it appeared on the surface, and when a reporter from Milan Sport asked about Montero who fouled Van der Vaart and didn't get a yellow card, Ye Qiu couldn't hide his anger.

"I know that according to UEFA rules, the referee should not be blamed, but I still think it is strange that as an international referee with a lot of experience in law enforcement, who has officiated in the Korean-Japanese World Cup and various European competitions, why does Hauge think that Montero is not a tactical foul?"

'My player is about to go on a single knife and I don't dare say that he will be able to score a goal after forming a single knife, but to commit a foul in such a situation where it is already clear that there is nothing to be done and to prevent my player from forming a single knife, I think it is a very bad foul and should be given a red card, but obviously the referee doesn't seem to see it that way and I will ask the club to appeal against it.'

After the grouping, Bobby Hams, who is more experienced and has a more accurate grasp of UEFA's mentality, and Van Praag, who has a wide network in European football, are all reminding Ye Qiu that the road to continue to move forward is not easy, and some people are eyeing Ajax, as for who it is, everyone doesn't say it, but they all know it in their hearts.

UEFA is the rule-maker, the organizer of the event, and has the greatest power, Ye Qiu will not fire casually, because that may instead waste the efforts of dozens or hundreds of people in the club for a year, and what he gets is only his own momentary pleasure, what he has to do is to attract the attention of the media, and at the same time make a reasonable and restrained accusation.

There is no absolute fairness in this world, but as long as the media is eyed, they dare not say that they dare not mess around, but at least there is a certain deterrent effect, as for the complaint, it is a reflection of Ajax's resistance to unfair treatment, so that everyone can see the attitude of UEFA.

Of course, Ye Qiu also believes that no one is stupid enough to make some things on the table public in order to stop a team, because if the world can see some truths clearly, then the event will have no authority at all.

This world is like this, you do it secretly, I guess, yes, I don't know the way, but if it's completely public, then I'm sorry, you play by yourself, I won't play with you, what's more, Ajax is also one of the founders of Gl4 no matter what, it's really overplayed, and no one dares to guarantee that there won't be a mess. Regarding Montero's foul, Lippi took a low-key approach, saying that he did not pay attention at the time, and he did not know whether Montero had committed a foul, or whether it was a foul.

'I don't know what happened at the time, but I believe in the referee's fairness and impartiality, he must have his reasons for the decision, and I believe in my players.

Ye Qiu was not surprised by Lippi's answer, could it be that he had lost the ball now, and said to the media, yes, Montero was a tactical foul, and the referee took care of him if he didn't get a red card? If that's the case, Lippi must have a bad brain, and he doesn't have to continue to mix in football.

After the press conference, Ye Qiu and Lippi once again expressed their confidence in the team's promotion.

In Ye Qiu's words, he has two away goals in his hand, and he has more advantages, as long as he doesn't play too badly at the Arena Stadium, he has a very good chance of qualifying.

As for what kind of tactics and strategies he will adopt at the Arena Stadium, Ye Qiu chooses to keep it secret, but he ambiguously says that he will choose the most suitable tactics, and as for what is the most suitable, then let the media guess. Lippi also expressed his confidence in qualifying, and he even said that he would play more aggressively and aggressively at the Arena Stadium.

'If we want to get a win away from home, we need to play more actively, so we'll show our best at the Arena.