The strongest striker system

Ilana, who usually doesn't know anything about football and is not interested in it, is precisely because of Sun Yingxiong's existence that she sits side by side on the sofa with her little Ajax fan brother Medel, watching the game with relish. In the third round of the Eredivisie in the 2014/2015 season, Ajax challenged Groningen away.

It is worth mentioning that the game has already progressed to the 70th minute of the second half. The 17-year-old Chinese striker Sun Yingxiong, who represented Ajax in the first game, scored a goal in the second half and scored twice. The game helped the Ajax fighters take the lead with a 2-1 score in the away game.

At the beginning of the second half, Groningen changed the strategy of frequent fouls in the first half and turned to half-court defense, leaving only one speed forward in the center circle, and everyone else returned to the half-court defense .

I want to use this method of iron barrel formation, hoping to curb Ajax's crazy offense, and then keep the hard-won 1-1 score until the end, which is the end of the game.

Being able to reap a draw is already a good thing among misfortunes for Groningen, who is playing at home. You must know that Groningen can't match Ah Jax on a par.

However, people are not as good as heaven. Ajax saw Groningen defending in the half court, and no longer entangled in the midfield. Play on the left and right sides, or, just kick the ball directly from the backcourt to the front line.

Now that Groningen has played a half-court defense, the three forwards of Ajax, including Sun Yingxiong who is the center forward, are standing in the penalty area of ​​Groningen, waiting for their teammates to come from the left and right sides. In the cross, they waited in the penalty area to grab the ball's landing point, and then completed the attack.

In the first ten minutes of the second half, the Groningen players were able to withstand Ajax's header bombing. After all, when defending, there were still a lot of people in the penalty area.

In order to prevent Groningen from playing a defensive counterattack, Ajax allowed the three forwards on the front line: Sun Yingxiong, Schone, and Al Ghazi to enter the penalty area of ​​Groningen, and the other two full-backs They are also active on the left and right corners of the penalty area, and all other players are also responsible for defense in the midfield. This is the truth of the so-called "advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended".

The players in Groningen were almost man-to-man defense against the three Ajax forwards in the penalty area to be slaughtered, and they were still pressing closely. The only difference was that Sun Yingxiong was flanked by two defenders. As for the other two forwards Schone and Al Ghazi, both of them were marked by a defender. It seems that the treatment of the three of them is still different.

The reason is of course very simple. Although Sun Yingxiong just joined Ajax as a free agent in the summer transfer window, he scored 7 goals in the first three rounds of the Eredivisie. In addition, In this unfinished game, he scored 2 goals and scored a total of 4 goals. He is not only the top scorer in the Ajax team, but also firmly occupies the No. 1.

Facing Sun Yingxiong who is scoring goals like hemp, the head coach of Groningen gave repeated orders during the intermission. Once he found that Sun Yingxiong entered the penalty area, at least two players should defend him closely, preferably one forward. A double-team defense made Sun Yingxiong unable to comfortably get the ball in the penalty area and interfere with his shooting.

But the problem is that in the 65th minute of the second half, Cerrero, who dribbled the ball to the bottom line on the left, completed a cross. Passed to the post on the right side of the penalty area.

Seeing this scene, Al Ghazi, who was standing on the right side of the penalty area, quickly ran two steps forward, jumped high, and pushed the ball back to the sky above the center of the penalty area. The defenders saw that Sun Yingxiong did not chase the cross. Instead, Al Ghazi got rid of the defense and ran to the right post to grab the ball.

Seeing this situation, the two of them ran directly to Al Ghazi at the right post to fight for the ball. However, Al Ghazi did not directly attack the goal from a small angle, but Ferried the header into the middle of the penalty area.

Just at this moment, Sun Yingxiong, who was unguarded, was in the middle of the penalty area. He hardly took off, exerted force on the spot, and completed a header.

Although Sun Yingxiong's top ball this time was a bit straight, but it was powerful and fast, and he was only five meters away from the goal. Such a short distance, Groningen standing on the goal line Goalkeeper Pat didn't react at all, just watched the ball go into the net from the gap between his shoulder and head.

In this regard, Sun Yingxiong scored twice in this game. At the same time, he also helped Ajax in the away game to expand the score advantage again, leading Groningen at home with a score of 2-1. The players on the Ajax field were encouraged, and Ajax coach De Boer, who was standing on the sidelines, was very happy in his heart. He clenched his fists and smiled.

Before Ajax scored the second goal, Groningen's defensive formation was 4-5-1, but now after losing a goal, the head coach of Groningen, who was standing on the sidelines and directing the battle, did it immediately Out of the adjustment of the formation, it was replaced by the current 5-4-1.

The purpose of changing this five-back formation is very simple, it is to prevent Ajax from easily completing the pass from the two wings, let the three central defenders stare at Ajax's three forwards, and then, the two sides The wing-backs prevented Ajax from attacking from the left and right flanks.

In the middle, one player was removed and moved to the back line. Although the four midfielders may not be able to do what they want to attack, they are more than enough for defensive counterattacks.

Previously, the speed forward who stayed at the front continued to be at the forefront, and had just passed the half-court position. However, because the midfielder was unable to send the ball forward, the single-arrow striker was in the 5 minutes. Within the time, did not touch the ball.

Seeing that Groningen was blocked on both sides, Ajax no longer blindly attacked the two sides, and occasionally tried to penetrate the center and combine the side and the center. The field and the two wings are used to divert the ball and break Groningen's five-back formation.

Since Groningen has always been mainly playing defensive counterattacks, the players on the field are also very handy with the defensive formation of 5-4-1. Therefore, in the next 10 minutes, Neither gave Ajax too many opportunities to hit the ball into the penalty area, or the front of the penalty area,
Moreover, the top three forwards Sun Yingxiong, Schone, and Al Ghazi, whether they stay in the penalty area or at the front of the penalty area, are all watched by a Groningen defender. Yes, after they receive the ball, it is difficult to complete the action of turning around and shooting, and the two teams have entered a stalemate.

Until the 80th minute of the second half, the score on the field was still 2-1, and Ajax was still in the lead in the away game.