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The reason why Feyenoord was not successful was also related to their technical and tactical playing style.
With Feyenoord's strength, they had a great chance of winning against the middle and lower tier teams in the Eredivisie by relying on their individual ability to break through and tear apart the opponent's defensive line. However, the playing style was too monotonous. To put it bluntly, it was a one-on-one. If they won, they would have a wide field of vision. If they lost, they would be unable to break through the goal.
This was the same reason why Ajax used to face AC Milan in the past. When playing against a weak team, they could do whatever they wanted. When playing against a strong team, it was difficult to move an inch.
With Razovic and Robin van Persie's selfish performance of sticking to the ball on the flank, Ajax's overall situation in the game had been set. Even if they did not score, they were in an invincible position. It was easy to defend against the opponent's attack.
Ajax's defense relied on the whole. It was divided into two stances. One was high-pressure robbery, frantically surrounding and robbing the opponent from the middle and front field. The other was joint defense and cutting the opponent's formation.
Today's main focus was on the rhythm of the game with low consumption, so Ajax mainly used the joint defense and cutting defensive posture.
It was difficult for Shinji Ono to play his strength in the attack. He was facing Qin Xiong, who was very active in defense, and the fierce general De Rong. Qin Xiong and De Rong's joint defense cooperation became more and more tacit. De Rong's decisive and fierce characteristics were often used by Qin Xiong when cooperating with him in defense.
Qin Xiong would let the opponent taste a little sweetness, and then De Rong would suddenly attack at the right time, catching the opponent off guard.
Shinji Ono was like this. Qin Xiong's defense was mainly to turn around and block, and he did not take the initiative to rob. In order to pass Qin Xiong, Shinji Ono would take big strides to pass the ball and rely on speed to break through. However, once the ball under his feet was big, Qin Xiong might not be able to touch the ball, but De Rong would definitely be able to successfully steal the ball.
On the other hand, Shinji Ono was not having an easy time defending against Qin Xiong. Strictly speaking, his defensive duty was not to keep an eye on Qin Xiong. However, as the core of the organization, Qin Xiong's area of activity was located at the back, as an attacking midfielder, Shinji Ono's position was blurred. Therefore, he had to put in all his effort to defend.
In his eyes, Qin Xiong was unpredictable. Qin Xiong rarely competed in a single rhythm. He was sometimes fast and sometimes slow, making it difficult for his opponent to guess what he would do next.
In the 34th minute of the match, Qin Xiong once again faced Shinji Ono one-on-one in the midfield.
Qin Xiong repeated his old trick and pulled the ball sideways. Shinji Ono did not fall for it. He concentrated on marking Qin Xiong and kept telling himself in his mind: I can't lose to him in terms of movement and rhythm!
Qin Xiong pulled the ball back to its original position. His third move was to step on the football and pull the ball backward. Then, he rushed forward!
Shinji Ono was afraid that Qin Xiong would pass the ball behind him. He also focused on defending against Qin Xiong's individual breakthrough.
However, he never expected that Qin Xiong did not break through. Instead, he passed the ball. Moreover, he did not pass the ball forward.
He passed the ball behind him to Nigel De Jong.
As he rushed past Shinji Ono, Nigel De Jong kicked the ball out and passed the ball back to Qin Xiong.
It was a simple and ordinary two-versus-one.
Shinji Ono was in disbelief. His prediction was wrong!
Although he had been defeated by a very simple cooperation, this simple method happened to be the easiest way to defeat him.
He did not know that as the match progressed, Qin Xiong's mind collected more and more information about his skills. His every defensive move, posture, and prediction became the basis for Qin Xiong's choice to defeat him.
After the ball passed the midfield, Qin Xiong watched as his teammates in the front field began to weave in and out of position.
Pinar took the initiative to switch positions with Snede to harass the opponent's defensive line.
When Qin Xiong took the initiative to pass and had the tendency to accelerate, his teammates had to move!
This was the movement of the commander, which determined the offensive and defensive posture of the entire team!
At this moment, they had to play a threatening attack.
So, everyone, move!
Destroy the opponent's defensive line!
When Bowe was defending Qin Xiong head-on, Qin Xiong passed the ball under his crotch. Behind him was Snede.
Snede did not stop the ball. He passed the ball horizontally. He passed the ball high and did not control his footwork well.
Van Der Vaart had intended to cut forward. However, when he saw the ball fall behind him, he had no choice but to retreat immediately. It looked like he could not make it in time!
After the ball bounced on the ground, when it bounced a second time and landed, it was about to go out of the sideline.
Under the watchful eyes of the entire stadium, the Dutch golden boy used a move like a scorpion's tail to hook the ball back from the sideline. However, he did not control it particularly well and the ball flew to the right in front of the penalty area.
Qin Xiong rushed there and engaged in a physical confrontation with Song Zhongguo. The Korean probably did not expect the Chinese's physical confrontation to be so much better than expected. At the first contact, Qin Xiong pushed him away slightly and gained an advantageous position.
The ball fell from the air. Qin Xiong stopped the ball with his chest and the ball began to fall in front of him.
Song Zhongguo was determined to steal the ball when Qin Xiong turned around.
However, an unbelievable scene occurred.
The moment Qin Xiong's chest unloaded the ball, Song Zhongguo watched in disbelief as Qin Xiong turned around in front of him. The two men were almost face to face. Qin Xiong did not look at him but looked at the penalty area behind Song Zhongguo.
Song Zhongguo, on the other hand, was dumbfounded as he watched the football fall behind Qin Xiong. Then, the football flew up again, from behind Qin Xiong, around the top of their heads. Looking at the trajectory, it was flying towards the penalty area!
Another scorpion's tail!
Of course, if Qin Xiong had rushed forward, it would have been a rainbow!
All the Feyenoord players who were focused on the football were now like ghosts!
How could it be! How could it be!!!
The moment Qin Xiong stopped the ball with his chest, the Feyenoord players were actually confident in his defense. Because Qin Xiong did not receive the ball head-on, he naturally could not pass the ball head-on. His passing route should be to Van Der Vaart or Snede in the middle. It was almost impossible to complete a pass into the penalty area.
However, Qin Xiong's action of connecting his chest to stop the ball was to turn around, lift his right foot back, and hook the ball forward with his heel!
This shocked all the Feyenoord defenders!
And under this unexpected impact, their defense also exposed a flaw.
When Ibrahimovic left the center back's close defense and took three steps forward, Waldern and Keren were still rooted to the ground. The football that fell from the air was volleyed by Ibrahimovic towards the goal, and it was a ball!
The goalkeeper, Zoetbier, did not react and could only look at the ball and sigh.
The Amsterdam Athletic Stadium was in an uproar. Deafening cheers, tidal waves of applause, ear-piercing and loud whistles, as well as fans waving their team scarves in the stands, converged into a spectacular scene.
Van Der Vaart, Qin Xiong, continuous Scorpion Tail Swing, Ibrahimovic volleyed in the air!
Ajax's goal was wonderful and shocking!
"2: 0, Ajax's offense is full of imagination. They have perfectly integrated their individual talents into the team's football. Look at Snede and Pienaar's position tearing in the front field, and look at Van Der Vaart and Qin Xiong's Scorpion Tail Swing pass. Ibrahimovic's volleyed in the air is simply unstoppable! Manager Comain showed a proud smile on the sidelines. His team is getting better and better, and every game can bring surprises to the audience! "
In contrast, Van Marwijk's face was gloomy. He expected that the game would be extremely difficult at Ajax's home ground.
But in any case, Ajax had played in the Champions League in the middle of the week, so his physical fitness should be reduced and his fighting power weakened.
But in the game, Ajax's kingly temperament was obvious. He calmly and skillfully grasped the rhythm of the game. Feyenoord, who had better physical fitness, could not play to this advantage at all.
The Feyenoord players on the field were thirsty, and the game made their mentality become dispirited.
Many players were swept by a sense of powerlessness.
Among them was Robin van Persie, who was also known as Peter Pan.
He had been famous for a long time, but his development in Feyenoord did not go well because he had a lot of conflicts with manager Van Marwijk. He had been sent to the reserve team before, and this season, they had almost broken off publicly. But because there were still too few talents available in the team, Van Marwijk was still under pressure from inside and outside the club to use him.
On the field, Van Der Vaart, Snede, Heitinga, De Jong, and other young Dutch players were familiar with Van Persie because they were teammates in the low-level national team.
Van Persie stood alone and helpless on the field, looking at Snede, Van Der Vaart, De Jong, and the others celebrating with Ibrahimovic and Qin Xiong. His eyes were full of envy.
It was undeniable that Ajax's midfield support for the frontline was much stronger than Feyenoord's.
In particular, the Asian player who looked tall but had magical footwork. His role in Ajax's offensive and defensive system could be said to be radiant.
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