The most common "deception" on the football field was the bypass. The purpose of the bypass was to deceive the opponent by making them lose their center of gravity, or make a mistake in intercepting or making a prediction.
Qin Xiong had two habitual bypassing moves. One was to ride the bicycle, but not too many times, at most three times. He would confuse the opponent during the swaying and make the final choice according to the opponent's change in center of gravity.
The other was to dribble the ball and change the rhythm. This kind of bypass used the pause in speed as the point of explosion. He took the initiative to stop to make the opponent passively change the rhythm of the body's movement. Then he took the initiative to speed up and break through the opponent as the main means of breakthrough.
As for the other tricks, such as the Marseille spin, pulling the ball, and the back heel knock, they were all improvised and would not be used frequently.
In addition to these, Qin Xiong would still choose the mode of activity with the purpose of "deception" according to the situation of the game.
Running to cover, passing the ball, and changing the rhythm could all create a strong sense of deception.
Ever since the Dutch Cup match at the Philips Stadium a few days ago, he had noticed that Park Ji-sung was very nervous about his defense. This became the foundation for him to make Park Ji-sung look very miserable from the start of the match.
If the opponent was so concerned about his possession of the ball, then he could not control the ball at all. He could only use the illusion of "possible possession of the ball" to divert his attention and then deceive him!
When Park Ji-sung slipped to the ground and hurriedly got up to chase after Qin Xiong, it was obviously too late.
Grygera passed the ball from the side to Qin Xiong, who ran across the midfield. Qin Xiong controlled the football without any interference and dribbled the ball forward.
He rushed towards van Bommel's defensive zone. When he came in front of van Bommel, Qin Xiong passed the ball across, and Pienaar steadily controlled the ball on his parallel left side.
At this time, Qin Xiong pretended to run forward to plug, and van Bommel immediately retreated. Qin Xiong suddenly stopped again, and van Bommel also braked, but he pulled a distance of nearly two meters from Qin Xiong.
Pienaar passed the ball back to Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong stood where he was and did not stop the ball. He kicked the ball diagonally into the left side of the penalty area.
Snede cut across the middle. The moment he touched the ball, he took a step to the side. In a situation where there was ample space, he confidently blasted a long shot from the penalty area line!
Probably a lot of Ajax players thought that the ball would definitely go in. It looked like the trajectory of the football was pretty much the same as the goal.
However, under the watchful eyes of the entire audience, when the football flew to the front of the goal, perhaps because the Snede used too much strength, there was a slight change in its trajectory. Then, with a bang, the football bounced back.
Hovland's header lifted the siege and temporarily eased the perilous situation at the defensive line.
There were sighs in the stadium, followed by a wave of applause.
Snede grinned, but he wasn't too upset. He turned around and ran to defend.
Hiddink watched from the sidelines with trepidation.
In this game, PSV Eindhoven could not play as aggressively as they did at home.
Although they did not have all their main players in the Netherland Cup, at least they had the main lineup for defense.
If PSV Eindhoven attacked aggressively in the away game, they might be beaten to a pulp by Ajax's defense and counterattack.
Park Ji-sung came to his senses quickly. His ball intelligence was not low.
In the Netherland Cup, he hoped to stop the opponent's fast attack in the middle and front field. He was very successful in restricting Galasek's organization of attacks. It was not until Qin Xiong's appearance that his efforts became a topic of ridicule after the game.
At the start of this game, he tried to go after Qin Xiong, but it still did not work!
As long as Qin Xiong had space to move forward, he always had to take into account the space behind him. Therefore, he chose to retreat and form a joint defense with the two defensive midfielders, van Bommel and Vogel.
He took the initiative to retreat to the central midfielder area from the front.
This was a smart move, but it also admitted that he could not restrict Qin Xiong one-on-one in an open space!
And this also represented Qin Xiong's deterrence in the midfield position!
Park Ji-sung's retreat caused a fundamental change in the overall situation.
PSV Eindhoven could only fight back.
Because Qin Xiong was never a radical midfielder, he was playing to his ability as a midfield commander and connecting the team to suppress PSV Eindhoven.
When Park Ji-sung was unable to have the natural starting position advantage after crossing the center line, he would frequently fall into the awkward situation of being sandwiched by Qin Xiong and Galasek.
In other words, PSV Eindhoven's offense in the front field could not play a role in the middle at all. They could only play on the side and there was no point in the middle to connect.
When the game passed five minutes, Hiddink was secretly happy.
Ajax was at home and he really had to show the momentum of swallowing the sky!
Ajax was suppressing PSV Eindhoven, so PSV Eindhoven could focus on counterattacking.
Counterattacking, in a confrontation of similar strength, was a more efficient offensive method than positional warfare because positional warfare required much more creativity than counterattacking!
He was convinced that if Robben was given enough space, even if it was a one-on-one, PSV Eindhoven's chances of scoring would be higher!
In the seventh minute, when Robben switched to the right side and received Oyer's pass from the backfield, he began his individual performance. Peter Pan immediately accelerated after he took control of the ball and rushed towards Ajax's penalty area with a shocking momentum!
Galasek did not rush up to intercept immediately. He observed and waited for Qin Xiong to make sure that Park Ji-sung was blocked when he returned to defend. Only then did he start to move.
Robben suddenly changed directions and cut horizontally in front of Maxwell, but to his surprise, Maxwell seemed to have expected him to do so and directly blocked his path. Then Galasek rushed out and intercepted the ball.
A few months ago, Robben's move was very effective, but now, it did not seem to be so effective.
Since Robben lacked the support of a full back behind him, Maxwell gave up on the outside defense. At the same time, Qin Xiong, Snede, Pienaar, and Van Der Vaart in the team had been trying to dribble horizontally from the side to the middle in the past few months. The ones who had been tested were, of course, the defensive players in Ajax's team.
Robben did not expect that he would lose the ball so easily. He was unwilling, but he could also see that Ajax had long been on guard against him.
So, he planned to make more dribbling changes the next time he had the chance.
Hiddink's face became more and more ugly.
It was not because Robben's dribbling was unsuccessful in breaking through. It was considered efficient if he could get one out of five chances.
The reason for his heavy heart was that on the field, Ajax had suppressed PSV in all aspects!
With Park Ji-sung's retreat and strengthened the frontal defense, Qin Xiong's movements in the midfield were actually freer. At the very least, he only had to be on guard against Kežman's unexpected return to the defense behind him to interfere with him. No opponents would come to harass him on the left or right.
He strolled leisurely in the midfield to do the passing and dispatch work. Ajax's offensive system had also reached a point where they had a tacit understanding of each other.
Snede, Van Der Vaart, Ibrahimovic, Pienaar, Grygera, Maxwell, Galasek.
These teammates surrounded Qin Xiong. They successfully dominated the ball and occupied every area on the field. They passed the ball smoothly and launched attacks in a certain area as they pleased, shaping the offensive and defensive situation of the game.
Hiddink's counterattack idea was based on the assumption that PSV Eindhoven could at least frequently form interceptions in the midfield and then launch deadly counterattacks. Now, the midfield consisting of Van Bommel, Vogel, and Park Ji-sung was unable to form a disruption to Ajax's offensive organization in the midfield area!
With Qin Xiong as the center, Ajax's midfield system extended to the front and back field. It was integrated and difficult to shake!
From the ninth minute to the twenty-first minute, Ajax completed six shots. Unfortunately, it was all flowers and no results.
PSV Eindhoven's penalty area was jittery. As Ajax's offense began to use his "Shift" ability, their offense also began to become unpredictable.
The winger, Romedar, saw that the situation was not good and had to retreat to defend. This left PSV Eindhoven with only Kežman and Robben in the front field.
Robben got even fewer chances. Most importantly, his teammates were suppressed in the backfield. They really lacked a passer who could control the ball accurately!
The further the distance, the worse the quality of the long passes given to him in the backfield.
Qin Xiong's style of play looked very relaxed, but he actually covered a very large area. After suppressing the opponent, he could also withdraw to assist his teammates in the backfield in defense and restrict Robben together.
Comain's expression on the sidelines was not relaxed. He suddenly realized a problem. This problem might be difficult to choose. In the team's now mature offensive and defensive system, a painful choice needed to be made.
The core of this problem was: Qin Xiong.
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