210 Passionate-Passionate, Hot-blooded Talent
Monaco trailed 3-4 on aggregate and were far from desperate.
These two matches against Monaco may be the most open and passionate games that Qin Xiong has played since landing in Europe.
It has nothing to do with the number of stars, but about the wide opening and closing on the field, both sides take offense as the first goal, and in the tactical system, offense is the priority over defense!
As a result, the players on both sides showed their talents.
The regrouped Monaco continued to challenge the Ajax defence, and their disadvantage was that they could only be confined to the wings, a typical winger flow, lacking effective support from the middle, and only Morientes in the front line was full of a strong sense of presence when attacking.
Although the Ajax side is constantly attacking, the decline in efficiency after losing Ibrahimovic is also obvious.
They had to move forward from the back to the front with their teammates working closely together to advance the attack.
A better attacking environment than the previous game, with Ibrahimovic acting as a fulcrum up front, Ajax's fast attack could be even more powerful.
In that case, the backfield will feed the cannonball into the front, and as long as Ibrahimovic can hold the ball firmly in the front court, waiting for the two forwards to cut into the box strongly, his passing will be lightning deadly.
In the 63rd minute of the game, before Morientes retreated into the penalty area, Roten and Giuli created a relaxed environment for him to take the ball with the cover of running inside, and he calmly controlled the ball and shook off the angle to complete a shot less than 10 cm off the post!
Morientes looked up to the sky and roared, by a fraction of a second!
When Monaco was guarding against Ajax's fast attack, most of their attention was already on Qin Xiong, even if Qin Xiong didn't touch the ball. Monaco's players will consciously run ahead of his line.
This made a fatal mistake!
Although Ajax relies on Qin Xiong. But not completely dependent on him!
67th minute. Galasek controlled the ball in the backcourt, Qin Xiong ran forward slowly, looking for a vacancy to respond, Zix, Bernaldi, and Cisse formed a triangle to faintly block Qin Xiong's way forward, and was ready to pounce on him at any time to steal.
However, Galasek played the ball down the left wing.
Maxwell sped forward with his legs. The first touch of the ball is a big stride on the ball, dribbling the ball on the left flank!
Qin Xiong proved his self-worth in this team and became a well-deserved core.
He makes his teammates trustworthy, but at the same time he also provokes the "dissatisfaction" of his teammates!
Don't think that Ajax has only one Qin Xiong!
Underestimate other people and you'll regret it!
When Maxwell slipped past half-time, the Monaco players realized they were on the wrong target!
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Brazilian, why don't you pass the ball to that Chinese?
Pass him the ball and let him challenge us!
There's a kind of way you can ride alone like him!
There's a kind of don't pass, don't pass!
Monaco's midfield line was clearly slow to drop back because Maxwell passed the ball!
After he passed the ball to Sneijder, Sneijder saw the emptiness in front of the penalty area and dribbled in. Under Van Basten's guidance, Sneijder also had a good feel for the lateral dribble before cutting into the box. But his cadence and dribbling rhythm are not as fast as Qin Xiong's, so in the dense defense area, his kick like this is not as effective as Qin Xiong's.
But now there is a spacious environment, and he dribbles freely, with the confidence and chic of an obvious Ajax player.
When Rodriguez rushed up to intercept Sneijder, Sneijder passed the ball to Van der Vaart, who was also in front of the box.
Givit also rushed up to force Van der Vaart, the Dutch golden boy calmly passed the ball gently behind Givette, and Pienal cut diagonally into the middle of the penalty area, boom! Single Knife!
Pinal, who controlled the ball in the diagonal running position, faced the attacking Roma, he deliberately stepped over the football, and then turned his body with all his strength to kick the ball into the far corner of the goal!
Roma subconsciously fell to the ground and stretched his leg to block the ball shot, but his toes couldn't touch the football, and when he turned his head to look, his expression suddenly stiffened and his eyes were in a trance.
"The ball is in again! Ajax's fast attack is smooth and hearty! 3:1, 5:3 on aggregate, Ajax established a two-goal lead over Monaco! Now that they are standing outside the door of the Champions League final, there is a high probability that they will open the door and enter the Champions League final stage at the end of the game! ”
Pinal's expression contorted with excitement, and he didn't know what to do to celebrate in the face of the overwhelming cheers.
In the process of scoring this goal, Qin Xiong, who had zero touch of the ball, smiled and ran to celebrate with his teammates.
He was happy and proud.
This team is getting more and more mature, perhaps because everyone is young, no one can control anyone, so when they can unite together, they will never rely too much on anyone, and when the opportunity comes, they can show themselves to the fullest!
From a technical and tactical point of view, Qin Xiong is also proud, they should kick like this!
With the shift of offensive and defensive focus, hit the opponent's weakest link, rather than rigidly static!
Didier Deschamps made a morale-boosting gesture from the sidelines, and strictly speaking, Monaco scored a goal when they were down 4-3 on aggregate, and the game would go into extra time, and if they didn't want to play a penalty shoot-out, they would have to score another goal in 120 minutes, adding up to two.
Now that the aggregate score is 3-5, there will certainly be no extra-time and penalty shoot-outs in this game, and Monaco will need to score at least two goals to qualify for the final.
Compared to the previous situation, there is no extra-time and penalty shoot-outs, and the demands on Monaco are even higher, requiring them to score two more goals in 90 minutes.
The situation is getting worse and worse, but time is still there, and the possibility of a miracle is not broken, so Deschamps does not give up, and the opportunity to become famous and brilliant is right in front of him, who can give up lightly?
Coman couldn't help but tremble, not knowing whether it was excitement or nervousness.
He was lost in tangled thoughts.
He wanted to secure the win, but a late substitution error in the last game was a cautionary tale and he feared he would make another big mistake if he made a substitution at this time!
In the confrontation on the high-level stage, Koeman's talent is more reflected in the strategic layout, that is, quietly give him half a month to prepare for the game, then the team will be good in the case of no change in the game, but if there is a big fluctuation on the field, his on-the-spot command is not artistic, most of them are the rules that go with the flow, and in the Champions League, the rules are actually equated with mediocrity or badness.
Fortunately, the technical and tactical system of Ajax created by him itself has a strong creative force, the players' on-field tables are unpredictable, and the chance of stars appearing in a flash of inspiration is higher!
In contrast to the technical and tactical system of those conservatives, even if the star is talented, the space for self-play is limited by the tactical system, and it is difficult to exert combat effectiveness beyond expectations.
Unbeknownst to outsiders, Koeman was like Arsene Wenger at this time, and he was walking faster, faster at prayer time.
He didn't dare to make changes, not the slightest change!
He fears that a change that he thinks is positive will instead collapse Ajax's now fluid attacking and defensive system.
Wouldn't it?
The fact that a rat poop spoiled a pot of porridge is played out on the football field almost every week.
The Monaco players were not reconciled, and at this time the mentality was already a little decisive and heroic.
They sacrificed the league for the Champions League, and the chance to compete for the league title is gone, and with Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain in front of them, they have little chance of turning around.
It is not easy to make such a sacrifice, and in the end, we can only fight, we must fight!
Monaco itself is passionate, and when they stand on the edge of a cliff, they burst out with ferocious blood, burning their sanity with a single blood.
When this passion and blood are combined to fight against Ajax's blood and talent, the gap in comprehensive strength is not large, and there are no two teams that are so strong that they are impeccable, which makes the game on the field begin to become chaotic!
Qin Xiong never imagined that he would be on the stage of the Champions League semi-finals, in a chaotic battle that he felt incredible!
This is football, a sport that can never be measured and analyzed rationally, and its scenes beyond common sense condense the charm and essence of this sport. (To be continued......)