shadow striker

It seems that since many years ago, Ajax has had an almost paranoid obsession with the 433 formation.They uphold the traditions that have been handed down from the golden generation in the 90s to the present.This is the tradition of the Dutch team, and it is also a tradition that was later learned by Barcelona.Many people use the term "mercury flooding the ground" to describe Ajax's style of play at its peak.

And this team from the Netherlands... used the sense of space to the extreme.

When they attack, they let their own space expand and expand.When the opponent is attacking, they will use their defense to compress the opponent's space to the extreme.

Of course... that's only what Ajax at their peak could do.

In 1990, after five years of arduous litigation, a Belgian player named Bosman finally broke the trade barriers between the team and the team through legal means.This was later called Bosman's law.

Since the winter break in 1996, under the protection of the Bosman rule, all players in the European Union can transfer freely among EU member states after the contract expires, and the new club does not need to pay his old club a fee. Penny.And the Bosman Act also prohibits local leagues and football associations of EU member states from limiting the number of non-local players in games, and stipulates that the contract period between clubs and players shall not exceed five years.

Once this bill was passed, the best players in the world were able to flood into the big clubs with terrifying wealth.

If Chelsea, Manchester City, and even teams like Turin are all beneficiaries of Bosman's Law.Then, Ajax, which has cultivated club talents by itself for decades, must be a victim of this law.

Good players with extremely high talent and football skills are scattered among the rich clubs.

The term arsenal also began to have ironic meaning from that time on.

They always cultivate the best players in the world. Their scouts always dig out very talented boys in unpopular countries and places. leave.

In the 90s, Cruyff, who was born in Ajax, came to Barcelona and brought the world's most advanced football concept to Barcelona's La Masia youth training camp.

After entering the 21st century, Ajax, who was deeply victimized by Bosman's law, also began to reflect. They began to learn some concepts belonging to the La Masia youth training camp from Barcelona.They set out to instill in the football-loving kids that Ajax was their home and created an irreplaceable sense of belonging.

They may not be able to give this group of children who may grow into the world's top players in the future the most lucrative salary, and they may not be able to bring this group of children one Champions League trophy after another, but they may be able to bring these children the most Sincerity, the most primitive enthusiasm and the yearning from the very beginning.

In this way, a shining name appeared in the Ajax club - Switch.

Switch's position on the field is center forward, and he is 26 years old this year.He is not only Ajax, but also the main striker of the Dutch national team.But it is such a top Dutch center who plays the most expensive position in the world. Since his debut at the age of 17, he has never played for any club other than Ajax.

In the year when he became famous, Switch, who was only 19 years old, said this sentence: "If one day the team decides to sell me, then I will announce my retirement immediately. Someone must stand up and use him To prove that a man's loyalty will not be broken in front of money."

At that time, many fans of other teams scolded the young striker for his arrogance and hypocrisy, saying that if one day the Champions League champions paid a lot of money to buy him, he would know how stupid what he said at this time And childish.

Obviously, at that time, too many top players who played for every big club had played for other teams.

And seven years later, Switch, who has become the main scorer of the Dutch national team and has been firmly in the top three scorers in the Eredivisie all year round, has fulfilled his promise with actions.

Three years ago, Ajax had a financial crisis, and the club's executives repeatedly wanted to sell the team's soul, Switch, to fill the financial loophole.However, at this time, Switch once again stood up and publicly stated that if the team had financial difficulties, then he was willing to give up all his salary and bonuses this season.

It was this loyalty that touched the club's top management and even more deeply moved the Ajax fans.At Ajax's home ground, the crowd at the Amsterdam Arena fluttered red number [-] jerseys with the words "Switch, stay!" written on them for weeks on end.

Since then, Ajax fans have laughed off the rumors that Switch would move to other clubs, regardless of the transfer period.

Because they understand that apart from injuries and retirement, no one or anything can take Switch away from his beloved Ajax.

On Thursday, March 3, the Torino team arrived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands by plane.

At the Amsterdam Stadium in the Netherlands, this team, known as the Dutch arsenal, gave the Turin team a head-on blow to the Turin team, which played smoothly in this Europa League.

Under the leadership of captain Switch, Ajax scored a 3:1 victory.

Ajax-style total defense and quicksilver flooding are undoubtedly revealed in front of Turin.

The Torino team comes from Serie A, which is the best defensive team in the five major leagues, but failed to defend Ajax's fierce home attack.They even had an illusion when they faced Switch's Ajax in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Are they facing Barcelona?

The answer is of course no.

Although Barcelona is the perfect successor to Dutch football, compared to Ajax, they will place more emphasis on midfield control and inversions.They will always start their own rhythm with kicks and passes, and then suddenly speed up and start a violent attack.

Compared with Barcelona, ​​Ajax's attack is more direct and will give you less time to react.

In the game against Ajax, Torino has already lost the opportunity. In the case of losing three goals in the away game, they will at least have more than Ajax in the second round of home games in the 8/1 finals. Scored two goals to have the possibility of continuing to advance to the 4/1 finals.

As the head coach of the team, Delo certainly understands what this means.

In the second round of home games, Turin needs to give up defensive counterattacks and hedge against Ajax, which is good at attacking.

Only in this way, they may still have a glimmer of hope.

However, after defeating the Europa League game against Ajax 1:3, Turin suffered another setback in Serie A three days later.

In the fifth round of Serie A No.3 on March 9, Turin played away against Naples and lost.

In the locker room after the game, everyone was very dull.The big defeats in two important games in a short period of time made this group of big boys unspeakably frustrated.

Naples played very well this season. At the beginning of this season, they still couldn't find their status, but after the fifth and sixth rounds, they gradually improved and never fell out of the top five in the Serie A standings. bit.

After the game, the Naples players in a good mood came to exchange jerseys with the Turin players.As the loser, the Torino team showed their gentlemanly demeanor when exchanging jerseys, but when all the players in Naples were gone and the door of the locker room was closed again, the atmosphere became dull again.

This defeat means that they will lose a point in this round of the league.This also means that they are farther away from the coveted top four in the league.They dropped down to seventh in the standings again, one point off sixth and three off fifth.

And the UEFA Europa League 8/1 finals where Ajax took away the three-goal goal difference

The cloud of the first round of the game was once again catching up.The two consecutive blows almost made it impossible for them to recover quickly.

However, the two-line battle between the league and the Europa League made them have no time to correct their mentality and regain their confidence.

Four days later, the second round of the 8/1 finals, which will determine whether they can continue in this Europa League, will be held at their home stadium, the Communale Stadium.

Just as everyone bowed their heads in frustration, Delo's voice sounded again in the locker room.

"Boys, can you tell me if your wife ran away with someone or your child was robbed? Or the team secretly cut your salary in half? If not, why do you all look like women? ? Ah? Hold your chest up for me!"

With that said, Delo waved his arm and slapped the players who seemed to be dying.Depending on how frustrated they were, he slapped them on the back or greeted them directly on the head. When Dro hit Yue Yihuang and Cassel, he could still hear a very subtle cry of pain.But when he hit Garley, he found that the situation was not right. Garley, who had a simple personality and a strong body, was only affected by this, and he stood up straight again as if he was electrocuted.

When Dro slapped Innedi, Nirva and others slap after slap, he felt that his hand seemed to be hurting a bit...

However, as the head coach, he cannot let the players discover his embarrassing little secret.So he clenched his fist very domineeringly, and an almost nervous smile appeared on his face.

"Listen, boys, old bastard Linga, ah, the manager of Werder Bremen, he called me on Sunday night to show off, also against the Eredivisie, they won against Twente, They still use the 4321 formation that our Serie A team is best at. What a bastard! How could I not know that they won Twente! How could I not know that they used the 4321 formation! I also know their previous Bundesliga game He just lost to a weak team at home! This is a blatant provocation! Naked!

So I retaliated to him, believe it or not

In the second round, they beat Ajax beautifully with a mercury-laden style of play!He actually told me he didn't believe it!This is so infuriating.So I told him that if I couldn't do it, I'd take the entire Torino team and run around their stadium in flesh-coloured leotards! "

All Turin players: "..."

The whole audience fell into a cold spot.Until a few minutes later... the small gangs in their respective languages ​​translated internally and made the whole team understand the most accurate meaning of what the head coach just said.Cassell, who knows too well how unreliable his head coach can be if he is unreliable, shouted first:

"Coach, it's not allowed, you go and tell him that what you heard that day was hallucinations! This is against the law! It's pornography!! We will all be arrested by the local police in the name of sexual harassment of women!!!"

When Cassel yelled these words, the other five members of the Spanish team in the Turin team were the first to react. The tacit understanding of training together almost every day came into play at this moment. The teammates gestured with a look, and soon Francisco, who speaks the best English here, spoke a long list at a very fast speed.

After listening, Francisco used his Cockney accent to talk to the German goalkeeper Aubrey, who spoke excellent English.Until the end, when Francisco asked Aubrey whether what Cassel said would become true, the whole team saw that strict German nodded to Francisco very seriously.

The whole team fell into deathly silence again...