"However, the three teams from the Premier League have all faced extremely strong opponents in this round of the quarter-finals!"

Ashley Cole demurred.

“Manchester United and Tottenham’s opponents are indeed very strong, but isn’t Liverpool playing Ajax?”

Gullit starts from zero frame again and catches Ashley Coe!

As a Dutch legend, he felt Ashley Cole's doubts about Ajax, a Dutch club.

"Do you understand or not?"

"This Ajax is not just any Ajax!"

"This is Virgil's Ajax!!!"

"I don't want to use the word 'youth storm' to describe this Ajax team, but they are indeed very young and crazy, and their performance on the field is indeed very violent."

Gullit took the responsibility of introducing his younger brothers.

"I have to mention goalkeeper Onana. I think he is the best goalkeeper in the Champions League so far. He has the ability to pass the ball and excellent saving skills. He will have a chance to compete for the world's best goalkeeper in the future!"

Gullit was very sure that he would not make a mistake in choosing the right person.

"The central defender De Ligt needs to be highlighted. He is good at heading and quite versatile."

"There is also De Jong and Van de Beek in the midfield, especially De Jong, who has a very strong ability to advance in the midfield, plus Van de Beek's excellent offensive ability, Tadic who is versatile in the frontcourt and Ziyech on the wing."

"My favorite player is Ziyech, he has personality and is flamboyant, but not too crazy."

"His left foot has some of the characteristics of his Dutch predecessor Robben, but their playing styles are completely different."

"I think Ajax has a good chance to move forward and they have a chance to beat Liverpool and become one of the top four in the Champions League!"

Jokes aside, Ashley Cole is actually very optimistic about Ajax.

Scholes admires De Jong and several clubs have already made invitations to him, Barcelona being one of them.

Klopp would never underestimate Ajax. Zabia and Kravitz repeatedly studied the defensive tactics based on Ajax's previous game videos, while Klopp formulated the team's detailed tactics on the field.

February 2, Lin Chen training ground.

"Ajax's attack is very fast. It's not just counterattacks. They also play positional warfare."

"De Jong will rush with the ball once he has space, so we have to focus on limiting the space in front of De Jong and at the same time not letting Van de Beek and Ziyech find opportunities. These two like to play together on the right and their characteristics are very complementary. Ziyech especially likes to pass and shoot in circles, he likes to shoot in arcs."

“So, Robertson, you have to hold off Neres while keeping an eye on Ziyech on the other side to prevent him from passing the ball through you!”

Robertson has a heavy task in this game, Klopp continued.

"De Jong likes to push forward in the midfield. Once De Jong leaves, Rodri will go up to intercept him. If he succeeds in stealing the ball, he will hand it over to Lin. If he fails to steal the ball, at least he should be stopped from pushing forward. De Jong likes to play that kind of turning push, so don't be fooled by him."

"After De Jong leaves, they will only have Schone to protect the back line. Firmino, don't retreat. In this game, I want you to keep facing Blind and look for headers and chances to score."

"Lin Chen will break through him in the ward when one-on-one. If there is no good opportunity, pass the ball to the wing, allowing Mane and Salah to get a chance to break through, especially to Feltman's side!"

"We can win. Don't worry about the outside world praising Ajax. They used to praise us in the same way, so we don't have to worry about the opponent. We just need to make sure we play normally!"

Klopp is very happy to see the outside world praising Ajax. Many fans believe that Ajax may create another championship miracle in the history of football, just like Porto when it won the Champions League title.

Klopp asked all players to block out all noise and focus only on training.

On February 2, press conference before the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

"The fans call this Ajax team a genius team, saying they are genius warriors created by God, they will defeat all opponents, including Liverpool. Do you have any response to this, Klopp?"

"More and more people have started to compare Lin with De Jong and Van der Beck. They say Lin is a genius, De Jong is also a genius, and De Jong has the potential to surpass Lin and become the most outstanding genius in today's football!"

After hearing the reporter's question, Klopp pretended to be surprised and said: "Ajax does have many geniuses, but I don't agree with what you just said, because Lin is not a genius!"

After Klopp finished speaking, the reporters at the scene were in an uproar, and some reporters had already begun to prepare to report Klopp's words.

Some journalists have even started recording headlines in notebooks they carry with them.

"Shocked! Well-known coach Klopp openly announced that the young star player is not worthy of being called a genius!"

"Liverpool may face internal unrest, with the head coach and star player at odds!"

"Will this be the turning point for Liverpool to end their winning streak and start their losing streak? Will Lin be pressed on the bench by Klopp?"

Just when everyone was bursting with creativity, Klopp spoke again.

"Lin is not a genius. Lin is different from them."

"Lin is a superstar!"

The reporters, who were writing furiously with their creative ideas, suddenly stopped when they heard these words!

"Crack!"

The pen is broken...

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