At the end of the tunnel in the players' tunnel, the visiting dressing room is brightly lit and the lights are very white, and the whole dressing room looks as if it is directly exposed to the sun, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

But at this moment, the Ajax players sitting in this locker room are all looking at the manager with a solemn face.

Ye Qiu got Barcelona's starting list, and he believes that Barcelona's Ferrer also got Ajax's starting list, and they must be carrying out targeted arrangements and mobilization before and after the game.

Ye Qiu was not surprised by Barcelona's starting line-up, except for right-back Ferrer, who chose Puyol over Gabrie, the other positions did not surprise him, because this is Barcelona's main squad this season.

The Ajax players present have all heard of Barcelona's name, and many of them have even grown up watching that group of Barcelona players play, such as Pep Guardiola, Luiz? Enrique and others, such as Rivaldo, are among the top superstars in the world.

Ferrer replaced Louis van Gaal this season, and Rivaldo finally got out of the wing of Van Gaal's time and returned to his favourite middle, where he roamed behind Kluivert and had the Dutch striker up front, making it easier for him to fish in troubled waters behind him, but Rivaldo's performance was not great.

He needed time to adjust and adapt, and, back in the middle, he found that it wasn't as good as he had thought it would be.

"The other side is Barcelona, La Liga giants, whether it is in terms of status, or in terms of star strength, or in all aspects of the club, they are almost better than us, I don't deny that, and even I'm a little excited about it!"

Ye Qiu laughed, in the eyes of all the players, he slowly walked off the coach's seat and left the scope of the tactical board, everyone knew at this time that Ye Qiu had finished the tactical arrangement and was preparing to carry out the most difficult mobilization before the game.

"I think the most exciting thing in life is to be able to do what others can't do, I think that kind of life is called wonderful, to live a meaningful life, to be called a hero, if you meet a strong opponent to admit it, it is timid, that is a wreck, and I always believe that there are only heroes in my team, no whims!"

"Yes, everybody thinks Barcelona are stronger, we beat them in the warm-up games before the season, I think it's normal for them to see it that way, but we can't just because other people see it this way and take it for granted that we lose, who says that the best will win? Who says they can win the second game if they beat us once? ”

"Who prescribed it?" Ye Qiu asked the player very seriously, but no one answered him.

"I've never been convinced by others, they say Barcelona is better than us, that's good, you have the ability to beat me again, I think you're strong enough, but before you beat me, I will use all my strength and try all my ways to beat you, because I also want to prove that you are strong, but I am stronger than you!"

Ye Qiu gritted his teeth, word by word, and said through gritted teeth.

"That's a group of paper tigers, when you are unattainable powerhouses, then they are invincible, when you are a group of soft eggs kneaded at will, then they are the mud under your feet, we lost before the season because we are not strong enough, but a year has passed, we are going to use this game to prove our progress in the past year!"

Ye Qiu's words made all the players present feel their hearts skip a beat.

Yes, their progress over the past year has been obvious to all, so they have beaten one strong opponent after another, and they have cleaned up the opponents who have humiliated and bullied Ajax one by one, and now, there is only one Barcelona left.

"I can even say a heart-to-heart word to you, in my eyes, the real opponent of our team, the real stage, is not in the League Cup, not in Barcelona, our stage is in the European Champions Cup, my goal is to lead you, sweep the Eredivisie, sweep the European Champions Cup, we want to go to the European Champions Cup to challenge a group of opponents who are stronger and more powerful than Barcelona!"

"Who were you a year ago? Are you famous? What did the whole of Holland think of our team at the time? They humiliated, belittled, and even ridiculed us, and who had any hope for us at that time? ”

Ye Qiu's question made many players present who had forgotten or were cold, and recalled in their hearts the encounter a year ago, when not only Ye Qiu, but also every one of their players, was questioned by fans and the media, because people who heard their names couldn't help but ask, who is this kid?

"But, guys, a year later, everyone in our team is a big professional in the Netherlands, we almost kicked PSV Eindhoven off the championship throne, we stood on the stage of the top UEFA Cup final in Europe, we can proudly shout, we are Ajax!"

Everyone was ignited by Ye Qiu's words, and it could be clearly seen that the players' breathing became short, and their eyes were full of passion and determination to kill the enemy.

"We will be on the stage of the European Champions Cup next year, this final against Barcelona is just a rehearsal, I and you are the first time, but I hope that we can work together and use a wonderful game together to make all the fans who follow the UEFA Cup in the world clearly remember each of our names and remember the Ajax crest on our chests!"

"At the same time, we also want to use this game to defeat the top European giants to tell the group of European giants who are waiting for us in the European Champions Cup, that the unstoppable Ajax is back, we will fight back in the European Champions Cup, we not only want to regain the glory of the past, we also want to create higher glory!"

"Yes, create higher brilliance!"

"Beat Barcelona and get back to the Champions League!"

"Swear to Barcelona!"

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"Audience friends, this is the Westphalen Stadium in Dortmund, Germany, and it is also the venue for the UEFA Cup final!"

"We're going to be here to broadcast live this heavyweight match after the European Champions Cup, against La Liga giants Barcelona and Eredivisie giants Ajax, both of which are European giants with deep history and tradition, but Ajax has sunk in the last two years due to the impact of the Bosman Act."

"But this season, under the leadership of the 26-year-old Chinese head coach Ye Qiu, this Ajax team has set off a young storm in Europe, swept the League Cup, and eliminated many top giants including Capello's Roma and Houllier's Liverpool in one go, and reached the final."

"Well, in the cheers of more than 50,000 fans at the scene, we can see that the players of the two teams walked out of the stadium one after another. Collina, a well-known international referee, should be able to control the game well. ”

With the appearance of the two teams, the lineup, the song, the draw, the edge and other series of processes down, the two sides in their respective halves spread out the formation, you can see the formation of the two teams very clearly.

"In this game, both teams did not make much changes, Barcelona still adopted the 4231 they were used to, Ferrer used a back three this season, but the effect was not ideal, and the last time it was changed to 4231 tactics, and Barcelona's results have also improved a lot."

"Ajax has adopted 433 tactics under Ye Qiu's tutelage this season, but unlike the traditional Ajax 433 tactics, Ye Qiu's tactics emphasize more on high defense and strong pressure in the midfield, and many professionals believe that Ye Qiu's tactics have both traces of Ajax's traditional all-attacking and all-defensive traces, but also the concept of Serie A coach Sacchi, so many clubs are very interested in this young manager."

As referee Collina blew the whistle, Barcelona was seen to be the first to kick off by striker Kluivert to Rivaldo, who quickly knocked back and passed to Pep Guardiola, who stayed behind.

It has been reported that Pep Guardiola will leave Barcelona this summer because the new president Gaspat does not like him very much, but he is still an indispensable part of the current Barcelona team.

On the contrary, Gerrard, who performed very well in Valencia last season and is considered a rising star in the Spanish midfield, and returned to Barcelona at a high price, is now completely on the bench at the Camp Nou, especially facing strong competition from hopefuls de la Pena and Xavi, who has long since lost the glory of a year ago.

As soon as Ajax kicked off at Barcelona, the team immediately pressed hard, especially in the midfield.

In the past, Ajax's midfield was more of a triangle, Keita and Sneijder were more up front, and Gilberto? Silva postponed, but in this game, Sneijder rushed to the front alone, directly to Guardiola, and Keita was relatively far back, far from Gilberto? Silva was also a little closer, with the latter standing firmly in front of the two centre-backs.

As soon as Sneijder got close to Guardiola, the latter immediately crossed to Kocu, but Sneijder didn't respect the Dutch big brother at all, and turned directly in a direction to approach Kocu, who also noticed that Ibrahimovic was cruising between the two central defenders, so he didn't dare to take the risk and went straight forward.

Seeing Kocu's big foot, Sneijder slowed down, smiled, and turned to walk back, recovering as he went.

Taking advantage of the break between the games to rest and adjust, this is also the point that Ye Qiu emphasizes the most on weekdays.

Cocu's long pass tried to find Kluivert, but Lucio headed the ball away early and the ball still fell to Barcelona's feet, but Ajax were clearly intensifying the pressing and pressing of the midfield, forcing Barcelona to pass the ball quickly away.

This time, Pep Guardiola is looking for Overmars on the left.

A very important reason why Ye Qiu chose McCone instead of Heitinga in this game is that Maikong's speed is faster and more flexible, while Heitinga, although his defensive ability is excellent, he suffers very much in terms of speed.

Therefore, when Guardiola passed to Overmars, McCone entangled Ovmars, preventing the Dutch winger from having a chance to get the ball comfortably, forcing the latter to pass the ball from the left in a hurry, and the ball was also cleared out of the penalty area by Ajax's central defender Kifu.

Passing with two feet, Cocu stopped the ball and dribbled forward, seeing Rivaldo at the front of the penalty area raising his hand to ask, Cocu immediately passed the ball to Rivaldo, because in Barcelona's tactics, Rivaldo at the front of the penalty area took the ball and used his strong individual ability to create a threat, which is also an important means.

But it was clear that Ajax had been prepared, Keita came out from the side and poked the ball off Rivaldo, Gilberto? Silva stepped forward.

The ball flew quickly over Barcelona's backline, whether it was Frank? Neither De Boer nor Reziger could catch up with Robben in terms of speed, and Puyol stepped forward to participate in the attack and lost his position.

But Gilberto? Silva's long ball was eventually confiscated by Reyna as it was too close to the box.

"The two sides played a very fast pace at the beginning, and Ajax was not as conservative as some people said, they still actively adopted the tactics of pressing and pressing in the midfield, but from the beginning, Barcelona's attack was more on the side, but Ajax also had a targeted defense for this."

As Ye Qiu said before the game, there is a fatal flaw in Barcelona's 4231 tactics, that is, the staffing problem in the middle of the frontcourt.

Whether it is 4231 or 433, the most important ability of a single striker is not in scoring, looking at all single-striker tactics, Real Madrid 4231 this season, Bosque's trusted single striker is Raul, and Ajax's single striker is Ibrahimovic, not Huntelaar.

Because it is clear to everyone that the real key to a single striker is whether he can form an efficient and precise overall coordination with the offensive support of the second echelon behind him.

But in Barcelona's lone forward, Kluivert is a very scoring center, but the tactical role around the link is very ineffective, which will undoubtedly make Barcelona's 4231 seem strong, but the effect is slim.

There is another reason, also in the middle, and that is Rivaldo.

In the case of Kluivert, who is already very capable of scoring but relies heavily on the passing of his teammates, Barcelona is Rivaldo in the front, and the Brazilian is best at passing, nor playmaking, nor dropping back to tandem midfield, but looking for opportunities behind the striker.

Of course, he can also pass some good balls, but he is not a typical playmaker like Zinedine Zidane, otherwise, he would not have lost to Rui in competition after going to AC Milan? Costa, and he's not a modern striker like Kaka, he's more of a pseudo-striker, a number nine and a half.

The two players in the middle, whether it is Kluivert or Rivaldo, belong to the kind of players who stand in front and wait for the pass and do not participate in the defense.

Therefore, Ye Qiu's game was dedicated to this point to arrange a targeted defense, and the two wings were responsible for strangling Luis? Enrique and Overmars, in order to limit these two players, Ye Qiu even pulled Van der Meyde's position back, allowing him to properly gallop to McCone to ensure the defense on the right side.

At the same time, Sneijder moved forward, cruising around the trailing Guardiola, which can not only play the role of entanglement, but also play the role of forward and passing at the first time when switching from defense to attack. Silva, who also oversees Cocu.

In other words, Ye Qiu wants to completely cut off the connection between Cocu and Guardiola and Rivaldo and Kluivert in front, so that Barcelona's central advancement will encounter problems, and the overall attack will be difficult to fully roll out.

Doing this is only the first step, Ye Qiu also let the players give Barcelona strong pressure and pressing after the start, the purpose of this is to fight for the initiative of the rhythm of the game, control the rhythm, and at the same time force Barcelona to be unable to control the game through possession patiently as they usually do.

When Ajax's players unswervingly implemented Ye Qiu's tactics from the beginning of the game, Barcelona found themselves in a big problem.

The ball was limited in its advancement, the middle was impossible, Cocu and Pep Guardiola were disconnected from the front, and Ajax's strong pressing and pressing forced them to pass the ball and only play long balls.

But everyone knows that the success rate of long passes is too low, there are too many mistakes, and the ball is easily taken back by Ajax, so I saw that Ajax was moving forward step by step, and Barcelona was losing from the beginning, in order to ensure control and passing, had to retreat.

Ferrer also realized the problem and immediately readjusted through Pep Guardiola, allowing Sergi and Puyol to actively participate in the midfield and increase the midfield's contact points, but in this way, Barcelona's back line was exposed.

Puyol saw that Cocu was entangled by Sneijder, and rushed forward quickly, participating in the midfield response, raising his hand for the ball.

Cocu was being pressed by Sneijder and immediately passed the ball to Puyol, who followed on the side and tangled Puyol, who directly kicked and tried to find Rivaldo.

Gilberto? Silva stabbed the ball into Keita in a steady advance.

The Mali midfielder got the ball and kicked forward, quickly chased forward, and passed before Cocu to the unmarked Sneijder, who squeezed the ball straight behind him, and passed through the area between Puyol and Reziger, which can no longer be said to be porous, but rather completely disjointed, and went straight behind the Barcelona defence.

As Ajax's sharpest weapon in the counterattack, Robben exerted his shocking explosiveness in an instant!