When Qin Xiong, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Van Der Vaart appeared on the field, the restless fans in the stands of the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium immediately quieted down.
Seeing the three players, the fans immediately calmed down!
Their confidence was quickly restored, and they cheered for the team in unison.
Comain removed the entire forward combination. Zlatan Ibrahimovic was still the center forward, Van Der Vaart was the right winger, and Qin Xiong did not go to the midfield, but directly played as the left winger.
After Qin Xiong came on the field, he conveyed Comain's tactical instructions to Litmanen and Lindgren.
The backfield players did not need to plug in frequently!
Ensure the defense!
The task of supplying shells to the frontline trident fell to Litmanin and Lindgren.
As for the defensive midfielders and defenders, they had to defend honestly and not be defeated by Breda's defensive counterattack!
After seeing Ajax deploy his troops, the Breda players tightened their defense even more, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
In the 64th minute of the game, Qin Xiong touched the ball for the first time since he came on the field. In front of him, there were Breda players waiting in formation. The first person he met was his teammate, Seedorf.
This was Seedorf, who had won three Champions League titles, and Seedorf's cousin, Stefano Seedorf, who came out of Ajax.
The 21-year-old Seedorf also played for Ajax, but he was loaned to Breda before the season and did not meet Qin Xiong in Ajax's team.
There was not much time left for Ajax. They were three goals behind, and the situation was so bad. The opponent had a dense defensive formation, so Ajax had to race against time and play every attack as efficiently as possible.
Therefore, Qin Xiong did not have to probe. Besides, he also collected a lot of useful information from watching the game off the field.
This Seedorf was not agile, which meant that he turned slowly and was not strong enough. Qin Xiong was enough to crush him!
Although his speed looked good, it could not be compared to Qin Xiong!
Qin Xiong did not hesitate to dribble the ball from the outside to break through.
Siddarth turned around to follow up, but he was obviously already half a body's length behind Qin Xiong, and would be broken through by him. The right back, Kirstens, stepped forward to support him in a bid to surround Qin Xiong with Siddarth.
However, after Qin Xiong saw the change in the opponent's defense, he made a bicycle move after overtaking Siddarth by half a body's length. Immediately afterwards, he pulled the ball back and made a sudden stop.
Stefano Siddarth was dazzled, and he stopped abruptly. Just as he was about to turn around and follow Qin Xiong, his thoughts and body's center of gravity couldn't synchronize, and he slid to the ground in a sorry state!
At this moment, Qin Xiong dribbled horizontally, and not only did he completely bypass Siddarth, he also made Kirstens' defensive plan fail.
Breda's striker, Worth, returned to defend, and he and the midfielder, Pinto, came together to defend against Qin Xiong.
Worth thought that his body's collision would definitely interfere with Qin Xiong, and so did Pinto. However, they did not expect Qin Xiong to suddenly change direction during his cross-cutting dribbling. Coincidentally, at the intersection of the three, Qin Xiong accelerated to change direction, and Worth and Pinto almost collided!
After getting rid of the opponent's pursuit, Qin Xiong was able to see the gap between him and his teammates to pass the ball.
There was no gap at all before.
The attacking space in the front field was compressed by the opponent's greater number of defenders, and there was a reasonable and dense formation to block the passing route. Qin Xiong could not pass the ball at all.
Now, he passed the ball to Ibrahimovic, who was moving in front of the penalty area.
Ibrahimovic steadily stopped the ball, and his pace was very slow. He did not give people the feeling that he immediately ran as fast as lightning after taking possession of the ball. That was not his style of play.
The closest defender to Ibrahimovic was his fellow Swedish, Elmander.
Breda rented a young player from Feyenoord.
Ibrahimovic was already outside the penalty area, thirty yards away from the goal. He had a chance to shoot, so he swung his leg and looked like he was going to blast the goal.
Elmander immediately raised his leg to block in front of Ibrahimovic, but just as he lost his balance, Ibrahimovic expressionlessly changed direction in front of him and bypassed him!
Fake shot!
After changing direction and bypassing Elmander, the defensive midfielder Konin immediately blocked in front of him. Ibrahimovic repeated the same trick, once again raising his leg to make a shooting pose, and Konin actually fell for it!
Ibrahimovic once again took advantage of his opponent's loss of balance and easily dribbled the ball past Konin.
Breda's defense was in chaos, and it looked like they were in a complete mess.
Facing the dense defensive line, Ibrahimovic did not stick to the ball anymore, and passed the ball horizontally to Qin Xiong, who was running forward.
Qin Xiong regained the ball on the left side in front of the penalty area, and without saying anything, he swung his leg and was about to do a long shot!
The full-back, Kostens, simply used a flying tackle to block Qin Xiong's shot, but what surprised all the Breda players was that Qin Xiong actually also did a fake shot!
After his leg landed, he used his leg to gently push the ball horizontally, and then charged straight into the penalty area!
Breda's defenders did not dare to go forward to snatch it, and retreated step by step.
Qin Xiong once again raised his leg to make a shooting pose from the left side of the penalty spot, and the center back, Eric, lost his balance and used his body to block Qin Xiong's shot, but in his eyes, he was extremely shocked.
Is there an end to this!
Motherf * cker, it's another fake shot!
Qin Xiong dribbled the ball in the direction of the end line, past Eric, and left himself with no angle to shoot.
But he did not care about his own match stats, as long as the team could win.
He and Ibrahimovic used the same trick: a fake shot!
It turned Breda's defense upside down, and now it was a complete mess.
When the other center back, Sneijder, rushed towards Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong easily and naturally flicked his ankle, and the football rolled past Sneijder's side.
At that moment, Sneijder regretted it.
Behind him, Ibrahimovic, who was unmarked, did not stop the ball and directly shot at the bottom left corner of the goal. Hungary's national goalkeeper, Babos, had no choice. The shot was from the line of the penalty area, and it was from an angle, so he could only look at the ball and sigh.
"Ajax has pulled one back! Comain's substitution had an immediate effect. After Qin Xiong and Ibrahimovic came on, they defeated Breda's tight defense with their individual ability and cooperation. Look at the two of them, it's simple but practical! Many of Breda's players fell to the ground. Now, Ajax has pulled one back, and there are still more than 20 minutes left in the game. Can they stage a comeback? "
Ibrahimovic did not celebrate after his goal. Playing against a small team, and in the Dutch Cup, which no one cared about, was not enough for him to release his wild passion.
He walked into the goal, snatched the football back from the hands of the Hungarian goalkeeper, Babos, and jogged to the midfield. On the way, he calmly looked at Qin Xiong, and the two men nodded to each other in tacit understanding.
There was indeed nothing to be excited about.
But the fans in the stands were extremely excited!
There was an explosion of earth-shattering cheers.
"I told you! Ronald should have brought on Qin Xiong and Ibrahimovic long ago. As long as they are here, Breda can't beat us at all! "
"That's right. Look just now, Qin Xiong and Ibrahimovic both passed so many people. The two of them can beat a team!"
Breda's manager, who was on the sidelines, suddenly felt uneasy. Originally, everything was going smoothly, and even surprises that exceeded his expectations kept coming.
But Breda, who had already set up a defensive formation, was actually unable to restrain the two players, Ajax?
Yes!
There was no other way.
In a small area, Qin Xiong and Ibrahimovic's ability to break through and shake off opponents was too strong.
They did not blindly play fast. It was meaningless!
The faster they were, the harder it was to control the ball. Moreover, the opponents did not give them enough space. Playing fast was more likely to cause a high error rate.
The two men used their individual abilities to break through their opponents one by one. They tore apart Breda's defensive line layer by layer, and finally went straight to the root of the problem!
Breda's manager made a prompt decision.
Defend!
Defend to the death!
Don't attack!
Block the goal for me. Don't let Ajax score again!
After Breda's adjustment, Breda really did not attack after the restart of the ball!
There were six people in the penalty area. Four defenders and two defensive midfielders. The two defensive midfielders stood in the area on both sides of the arc of the penalty area. The other four players formed a defensive circle outside.
In the 40-yard area in front of the goal, a fan-shaped fortress appeared in front of the Ajax players.
Ibrahimovic frowned as he watched.
How were they going to play this ball?
Qin Xiong and Van Der Vaart communicated for a while. They no longer tried to coordinate with each other in the penalty area. Instead, they shot from outside!
Comain, who was on the sidelines, also gave instructions on the spot.
Since the opponent did not even counterattack, Comain simply let the rear defensive line take the lead. At the same time, he let the defender, Van Damme, rush into the opponent's penalty area and be a troublemaker!
Time ticked by. Ajax's offense was like a tide, but it only bloomed and did not bear fruit.
Breda practically used a human wall to protect the goal. Most of the long shots from Qin Xiong, Van Der Vaart, and Litmanen from outside were blocked by the human wall.
Qin Xiong pondered for a moment. Long shots were still the main method, but there had to be a shooting angle!
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