Chapter 1526 If You Say Four, You Will Get Four!

On the evening of August 14th, at the Cruyff Stadium in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Ajax host Standard Liege in the second round of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.

When Standard Liege coach Prudholm walked into the Cruyff Stadium, more than 50,000 fans booed him violently, which moved him a little, because in Belgium, he rarely Encountered such a big scene.

But soon, he knew why.

He was full of wry smiles, because it was not his decision to sue Yang Yang and Ajax to UEFA.

But it doesn't matter, he is the head coach of Standard Liege, and it is normal for him to be the head coach for the decision of the club management.

It's just that the boos from the Ajax fans made Prudholm's already heavy heart even more depressing.

Is Ajax a strong team?

This is a matter of opinion.

Aside from Yang Yang, Ajax is actually not that strong, because this team has stopped before the Champions League group stage for several years, and has been runner-up in the Eredivisie all year round. Such a team is not very strong.

Especially in the past few years, the core players have left one after another, and the team of the Europa League runner-up two years ago has basically been hollowed out.

This is also the reason why many people question Yang Yang's decision, and many even think he is depraved.

Prudholm originally thought so too, but after the first round of the match between the two sides, he completely overturned the past prejudice.

Ajax, or Ajax under Yang Yang's coaching, is actually really strong.

He has no way to describe that feeling in detail, and he can't even say what is the strength of this team, but he really feels that this team is very strong, strong in offense, strong in midfield control, The defense is also strong.

But the final result did not seem to be like this. The score of 2 to 2 was more like the two sides played a good half of the game.

After Prudholm went back, he carefully studied the video of the first round. He felt that this Ajax team played a completely different tactical play from the teams in the Ligue 1, Eredivisie, Austria and other leagues. Even in the four major leagues are extremely rare.

After thinking for several days, Prudholm suddenly realized.

Yang Yang is using the most advanced football technical and tactical concepts in European football to transform the young Ajax team.

This team is like Real Madrid, but not like Real Madrid, because they don't have the outstanding superstars of Real Madrid; like Barcelona, ​​​​especially Frankie de Jong's delay, too similar, but not like it, because um Dongbele looks like Yaya Toure. When did Barcelona use Yaya Toure and Busquets as a double midfielder?

The high press is very similar to Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, but not all, and the forward attacking style of the two full-backs is very similar to Real Madrid, Liverpool and Bayern Munich...

Every team is unique, whether it is a mule or a horse, you can see clearly when you pull it out.

Prudholm may not be a well-known head coach in Europe, but at least he has been in this line of work for decades. He still has the insight to ask himself, that is, this Ajax team is really different.

It feels like Guardiola has coached Bayern Munich, Klopp has coached Liverpool, or Mourinho has returned to Chelsea, all of which have undergone a reborn transformation.

And it was Yang Yang who brought this kind of transformation to Ajax.

Prudholm really felt a kind of fear, that is, the dimensionality reduction blow from Yang Yang.

Dimensionality reduction strike in tactical concept!

...

Yang Yang walked into the Cruyff Stadium amid thunderous applause from the audience.

This is his second appearance at the Cruyff Stadium. He just played the first round of the league a few days ago.

It was a complete victory, but to be honest, Yang Yang was still dissatisfied with the team's scoring ability and missed too many opportunities.

But this time, Yang Yang didn't go over to shake hands with Prudholm and other coaches of the visiting team as usual, but went straight to the bench and sat down.

He's a substitute!

There was another thunderous cheer in the audience, and countless Ajax fans were shouting Yang Yang's name.

At this moment, all the fans watching the live broadcast of the game around the world probably burst out laughing.

Have you ever seen someone who was suspended for four months and still sit on the bench like this?

The director also had bad intentions and cut the camera to Prudholm on the coaching bench of the visiting team. As expected, the latter looked embarrassed, uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

...

Ajax's game still continued the lineup of the first round of the two sides without any adjustments.

Goalkeeper Onana, the defense is Tagliafico, Militao, De Ligt and Ashraf, the midfielder is still Frankie de Jong and Ndombele behind, Van der Beek is forward, The front trident is Neres, Jovic and Sancho.

Ajax rotated a full nine players in the weekend league, and Standard Liege did the same, and the rotation was not small.

Since the league started earlier than the first league, Standard Liege's last two league games were 0-0, and they just want to recharge their batteries to play Ajax.

The first leg was 2-2 at home, and as a guest at the Cruyff Stadium, Prudholm was more cautious.

After the opening, Ajax also did not rush forward, but stabilized their position first.

This is also Yang Yang's strategy.

The away game is 2-2, and Ajax has a certain advantage to some extent, so it is very important in this game to avoid letting Standard Liege get an away goal.

As long as the Belgian team does not score away goals, the victory belongs to Ajax.

If you want to prevent the opponent from scoring, if you want to play more steadily, you may not necessarily have to retreat. It can also be like Ajax, still adopting a high position to press and press, but the lineup is kept tighter.

The standard Liege still adopts a four-three-three single midfielder formation. The only change is that in the center position, Emond, who scored in the first round, replaced the high center forward Orlando Sa. Obviously, he still wants to score.

Prudholm's away goal must be to score goals, but after the opening, Standard Liege also played relatively steadily, even a bit defensively waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

...

After the game started, Yang Yang didn't sit on the bench anymore, but walked to the sidelines, directing the team and shouting to the players from time to time.

He is still calling on Van der Beek to pay attention to connecting the frontcourt and the backcourt, and that the two full-backs should be bolder at the right time, and the ball to the wing must be decisive and resolute.

Van der Beek is not a very creative player. His main feature is a comprehensive and all-round midfielder, which is very important for Ajax's high-position pressing and oppression, but he is slightly inferior in terms of creativity. .

But after all, he came from the Ajax youth training, there is no problem with passing and receiving the ball, and he has a wide range of activities. Yang Yang's requirement for him is to connect, organize and create opportunities that are behind Frankie De Jong and Ndombele.

Don't look at Ndongbele as black and tough, but in fact, this guy has very good footwork, good dribbling and passing skills, which is why Yang Yang relies on him so much.

Yang Yang has always believed that when Ajax maintains patience, keeps pulling the opponent's defense back and forth, and presses and steals the ball in the opponent's half, the chances of scoring goals will definitely not be less.

As it turns out, Standard Liege lasted only thirty minutes.

In the 30th minute, it was a counterattack instigated by midfielder Van der Beek after stealing the ball. Neres dribbled the ball from the left and tried to cut inside but failed, and passed it to the bottom line. In front of the door.

Jovic then missed the goal, turned sideways with a volley, and used the inside of his foot to forcefully sweep Tagliafico's cross into Standard Liege's goal, opening the scoring for Ajax!

"Wow!"

Yang Yang was so excited that he jumped up, he was happier than he scored a goal.

After Jovic scored the goal, he rushed out of the field quickly, first ran to the corner area, then turned around and ran towards the home team's coach bench and bench, and after high-fiving Harvey Alonso, rushed to In front of Yang Yang, hug him vigorously.

"It's so beautiful!" Yang Yang laughed and praised, "It's a bit like Zlatan Ibrahimovic's scorpion wagging its tail!"

This goal was very difficult, but what surprised Yang Yang most was that Jovic's sense of smell in front of the goal was too keen.

And at the moment when he caught the chance to shoot, he made the most suitable choice for the moment and sent the ball into the goal.

This guy is a natural marksman!

...

After Jovic scored a goal, Ajax took advantage of the victory and continued to attack Standard Liege.

Four minutes later, Sancho dribbled the ball from the right and forced a breakthrough. He was cleared out of the baseline and won a corner kick for Ajax.

Frenkie de Jong took a corner and De Ligt headed home for another goal for Ajax.

Two to zero!

The Ajax captain, like Jovic, ran to Yang Yang to celebrate after scoring.

Obviously, they are all using this method to support Yang Yang.

At this moment, everyone knows that the possibility of Standard Liege's comeback is getting smaller and smaller, unless Ajax plays badly in the second half like in the first round and was pulled twice by the opponent.

To Prudholm's surprise, Yang Yang didn't give him such a chance this time.

Just one minute into the second half, when Standard Liege was trying to attack, Ajax intercepted the ball and pierced behind him. Neres quickly pushed forward from the left rib to form a one-handed goal, breaking Standard Liege's goal again, 3-0!

Steady!

All the Ajax fans in the audience were cheering and cheering.

But the Ajax players on the court still refused to slack off and were still working hard to create opportunities.

In the 67th minute, it was another frontcourt steal by Ajax. After Ndombele received Sancho's right pass from the front of the penalty area, he suddenly made a diagonal pass to the left rib. Van der Beek quickly inserted in. After stopping the ball, he calmly pushed and made a hit, four to zero!

Yang Yang kept laughing on the sidelines, cheering vigorously for his players.

This feeling is really happier and more enjoyable than him playing and winning a game by himself, or even performing a hat-trick.

Because he knew that after a month, this team finally started to play the football he wanted slowly.

As for Standard Liege...

Manly man, if you say four goals, then score at least four!