Strong Waist

"The first half is over! Ajax never recovered when facing Arsenal!"

"The too young age structure can certainly make the team full of enthusiasm and momentum, but the inability to make reasonable use of this enthusiasm resulted in Arsenal firmly controlling the situation throughout the first half!"

"Especially the absence of the veteran captain Shi Nei has put the team in a situation of organizational weakness!"

After Paul Mawson finished speaking, Dixon added:

"We all underestimated Schone's importance to this Ajax team. Although he cannot explode with enough momentum like De Jong and other young people, his experience can help the team stabilize the rhythm of the midfield. ! This is his most crucial role!”

"Without Schneider, we can clearly see that Ajax has no way to compete against Arsenal's control of the midfield!"

As the two commentators said, Ajax's performance in the first half was substandard.

Although there are many talented young players in their team, they are unable to integrate and unleash this power. Everyone can only fight alone and cannot form a unified tactical positioning. This makes Arsenal play very easily.

And Arsenal is also deliberately trying to break up this teamwork.

Compared to Ajax, who are too young, Arsenal's age structure appears extremely reasonable.

There are veterans like Hummels and backbones like Lucky in the team, and young players are also constantly showing themselves.

In this case, it is somewhat unrealistic for Ajax to win from Arsenal.

At least judging from the game situation in the first half, Ajax was in an absolutely passive situation.

In the Ajax dressing room, coach Bosz was yelling loudly.

The young players lowered their heads one by one, and there was a frustrated expression on the faces of De Jong, Ziyech, De Ligt and other players.

They couldn't understand why it was so difficult to kick.

And Arsenal have already scored two goals, which makes them even more urgent.

"There must be changes in the second half. The midfielder can't play so passively!"

After coach Bos finished speaking, he turned to look at De Jong and said: "Your task is to help the team stabilize the midfield. Don't be carried away by Arsenal's rhythm. If you really don't know what to do, just keep the ball at your feet and wait for the rhythm. Slow down!"

Head coach Boss finally understood.

It is unrealistic for Ajax and Arsenal to attack in a fast-paced attack.

Every pass from Lucky was constantly impacting Ajax's defense, while Ajax's passes were aimless.

Instead of playing so passively, it is better to take the initiative to slow down the pace. As long as they play slower, these young players will eventually be able to find their form.

That being said, will Arsenal really give them a chance to slow down?

"In the second half, we must speed up the pressing in the midfield and frontcourt, and we cannot let Ajax find the rhythm. As long as we can continue to press and put pressure on them, their transmission will inevitably be chaotic, and we can take advantage of this chaos. Kill with one blow!"

Mourinho spoke with great confidence.

Arsenal are very good at breaking up such chaotic scenes.

In other words, due to the existence of Lucky, Arsenal is very good at doing this kind of thing.

Lucky's ability to find opportunities in chaotic situations is amazing.

Mourinho also believes that Lucky can complete the tasks he assigned.

Lucky also nodded towards Mourinho in response.

After the tactical arrangement was completed, Lucky was also drinking water slowly.

The physical exertion of this game is not high. It seems to be a fierce game, but in fact the rhythm has been controlled by Arsenal. Therefore, it is the Ajax players who are more tested in terms of physical fitness.

On the other hand, Arsenal seems to be playing actively, but in fact they are more passing the ball, so they save a lot of energy.

Suppression was going on throughout the first half!

In the second half, Arsenal will carry out more intense suppression.

Mourinho's tactics are very simple, disrupt the situation, seize the opportunity, kill with one blow, and completely kill the game!

Players from both sides return to the field.

Under the camera, all the Ajax players had tense faces, and their performance was extremely serious and dignified.

Obviously, playing at home, they were beaten twice by their opponents, which was a bit ugly.

Even when you are young you cannot play so loosely.

Ajax's young players wanted to regain some momentum in the second half, and they all worked hard.

"Play more focused and wait for my pass!"

De Jong made a rare voice and wanted to inspire his teammates.

But after saying this, he felt a little stuck.

On the other hand, Arsenal, led by Lucky, started to scream one by one.

I don’t understand who the young people are.

In the second half, Arsenal took the lead.

The whistle sounded.

Lukaku passed the ball back to Lucky.

At this time, the opponent's center Dolberg sprinted towards Lucai.

Lucky turned around and continued to pass back. Dolberg passed Lucky and continued to rush towards Hummels.

Hummels made a direct transfer, but Robertson didn't stop the ball at all and passed it to Lucky again.

Lucky stopped the ball and turned around in one go.

Dolberg sprinted around Arsenal's half without even touching the ball.

Lucky turned his head and looked over. Although this kind of sprinting and pressing was amazing, the problem was that no one else from Ajax came to help defend.

Arsenal only need to run into space, which is a monkey-walking situation.

You could say he is positive, he is indeed very positive.

But it's useless to grab it like this.

Lucky held the ball and passed it forward, and after entering Ajax's half, their pressing formation became more impressive.

Everyone is running actively, and after all, they are assisting in defense and blocking.

Lucky couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

Are you trying to compete with them for midfield rhythm?

Ajax pressed hard and with the numerical advantage, Arsenal lost the ball.

But Arsenal did not retreat, but directly counterattacked on the spot.

Arsenal's high-position pressing is no less than any other team, and with Lucky, a player who always appears in key passing channels, it becomes difficult for Ajax to control the ball.

De Jong is working hard to fulfill his responsibilities, but he finds that this is not an ordinary difficulty.

Under Arsenal's pressure, he was unable to slow down the pace at all.

Can't keep the ball at his feet.

This also resulted in Arsenal still dominating the rhythm of the game.

Arsenal is pressing, so Ajax will have to pass the ball quickly along with the pressing rhythm.

Once he fails to keep up with the rhythm, or is a beat slower, he will be directly surrounded by Arsenal for a multi-player press.

Encountering this situation in Ajax's half is not a situation they want to see.

"I can't control the ball!"

Paul Mawson shook his head.

He even kicked Ajax and became worried.

After entering the second half, Arsenal's pressing rhythm in the midfield and frontcourt became more aggressive.

They gave Ajax no chance to slow down.

De Jong cannot control the ball and observe calmly.

Arsenal is used to this rhythm.

Under pressure again and again, Ajax's passing rhythm became chaotic.

The central midfielders had no choice but to drop back to catch the ball and help the team solve the dilemma.

But this still has no effect, there is no forward pass, what goal is there, or what is the clearance?

In this case, De Ligt was finally overwhelmed and directly kicked the ball out of the half court.

"Pass the ball forward! What are you waiting for? Why are you passing it backwards!"

De Ligt is young but has a loud voice.

In this case, the center back is under the greatest pressure.

Passing back again and again, watching the opponent's forward rush towards you again and again. As long as your movements are slower or you make the slightest mistake, it will be fatal.

In this case, it is difficult for De Ligt to maintain his mentality.

De Ligt's big-footed clearance also allowed Arsenal to firmly control the ball again.

Lucky regained control of the ball and pressed down with open hands.

"slower!"

Immediately, Lucky passed the ball to Aubameyang, and he ran into the gap.

The ball came back to Lucky's feet.

Facing the opponent's midfielder's pressing, Lucai turned around and distributed the ball in sheep's clothing, but he suddenly shot from a long distance.

This was a shot near the penalty area line, and the ball went to the blind spot on the right side of the goal.

The ball was about to enter the goal, but the opponent's goalkeeper made a wonderful save and pushed the ball out of the goal.

"A shot from a blind corner! Kai's long-range shot was extremely sudden, but the Ajax goalkeeper still reacted, and Kai didn't take a run-up, so the ball lacked power. Although the angle was tricky, the ball speed was not too fast. !”