Ajax's manager, Brinder, had a heavy look on his face. The thing he was most worried about had happened.
In Ajax's current lineup, the biggest flaw on the field and the one he was most worried about was the left back. Maxwell's injury meant that he could only "make up the numbers". Now, Arsenal was starting to take advantage of this. He was not optimistic that Emmanuel could withstand Qin Xiong's attacks.
Qin Xiong had been honed in attacking from the flanks during Ajax's time, but at that time, he liked to operate on the left side. After cooperating with the Snede, he would cut horizontally or inwards to form a threat to the goal.
But in Arsenal, Qin Xiong gradually adapted to the attacking habit of pulling the flanks to the right flank due to Henry's left-leaning attacking habits.
Brinder was not blindly confident. Emmanuel was not a defensive player. How could he defend against the attacks of a top player?
Just like pulling Qin Xiong to play as a full back, he would definitely be beaten by a top offensive player. There was no doubt about it!
In the 32nd minute of the game, Qin Xiong pulled the flanks to the right flank again. He dribbled the ball forward in a straight line. Emmanuel could not withstand in front of him at all. He appeared to be flustered and lost his center of gravity casually.
After Qin Xiong broke through him, he observed the situation in the middle.
Galasek once again took the initiative to retreat into the penalty area to increase the defensive strength in the penalty area.
At this time, Qin Xiong unexpectedly passed the ball back to the inverted triangle outside the penalty area.
Reyes cut from the flanks to the middle, but he did not charge into the penalty area.
At this time, Ajax's defensive adjustments made the defense of the back waistline weaker. Pinar and Lindberg immediately rushed over to launch a pincer attack on Reyes.
After Qin Xiong sent the ball out, he ran in the direction of his own pass towards Reyes.
Reyes gently kicked the ball forward. Pinar and Lindberg misaligned and brushed past Qin Xiong. The football was swept away by Qin Xiong.
At this time, Ajax's defensive line finally panicked.
Vermaelen and Galasek made the same choice and rushed forward to snatch!
This was the wrong choice!
One person would be enough to snatch it, forcing Qin Xiong to make a choice. The other person would ensure that the restricted area was compressed.
But the two players made the same choice under the unexpected impact. When the two players both headed out to defend, Qin Xiong, who was dribbling horizontally in front of the penalty area, suddenly changed the direction of the ball 90 degrees into the penalty area with the outer instep of his right foot. The football rolled between Vermaelen and Galasek. Qin Xiong changed the direction of the ball 90 degrees at the same time and charged into the penalty area. He rushed past Vermaelen!
Due to Heitinga's injury, De Jong was playing as a center back, and he kept pestering Henry. This time, it was the same for the defense. He simply stuck his back to Henry in the penalty area, and his right hand even grabbed Henry's jersey from behind, making Henry very uncomfortable.
Qin Xiong could not see the possibility of a horizontal pass, so he chose to make a shot himself!
He aimed at the bottom left corner of the goal and shot a powerful shot diagonally towards the goal.
Stekelenberg might have made a subconscious save, but he made a world-class save!
The football was blocked by his hands, and the refraction changed direction and actually flew out of the sideline on the other side!
"Stekelenberg has done a great job! Brinder's prediction was right. The most threatening player in Arsenal's lineup is indeed Qin Xiong! He has caused a lot of trouble for Ajax in the front, the middle, and the right flank. This time, he suddenly changed direction and cut into the penalty area, breaking through Galasek and Vermaelen's defensive line, and almost performed a burst shot to break the goal! "
There was a round of applause in the stadium for Stekelenberg and Qin Xiong. Many Ajax fans could not help but sigh after seeing Qin Xiong's performance on the field today. He is stronger than when he left!
Two minutes later, Qin Xiong and Reyes repeated the same trick on the right flank. What he had told Reyes before was to let Reyes generate an impact on the middle and contain Ajax's defense at the back of the waist line.
The reason was simple. If the defensive midfielder continued to cover in the penalty area, then Reyes would have other space to play in front of the penalty area. If the defensive midfielder paid attention to Reyes, then Qin Xiong would encounter less resistance when he opened a gap in Ajax's defense from the right flank and coordinated with Henry for the final attack.
But this time, Lindberg directly fouled Reyes, and Ajax got a free kick.
Qin Xiong came to take the free kick, and many Ajax fans were worried.
They were impressed by Qin Xiong's free kick skills.
Qin Xiong made a high-quality direct shot, and the football bypassed the human wall and began to fall. It looked like the ball was going to go in, but Stekelenberg pounced on the ball. It seemed that Stekelenberg had premeditated to block the space behind the human wall.
After the successful save, Stekelenberg stood up and looked at Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong smiled at him, and Stekelenberg smiled back.
"Stekelenberg has once again made a world-class save! His performance today was very eye-catching. Qin Xiong's free kick originally looked like it was going to go in, but who would have thought that Stekelenberg's prediction was correct! This reminded us of an interview that Stekelenberg once said that he had experienced hellish torture after extra training. At that time, there were Ibrahimovic, Qin Xiong, Van Der Vaart, Snede, and Pienaar who took turns to test him with free kicks without a human wall. Perhaps it was because everyone had trained together in the past that he understood Qin Xiong very well, which helped him make the right judgment at this time. "
After another two minutes, Pienaar knocked down Qin Xiong in front of the penalty area, and Arsenal got another direct free kick.
Qin Xiong stood in front of the football, his eyes fixed on Stekelenberg, as if the two were silently declaring war.
The previous free kick would have gone in without a doubt, because the human wall blocked part of the angle of the goal, and the goalkeeper blocked the remaining part. However, Stekelenberg moved in advance to block the space behind the human wall, which was abnormal in itself.
Qin Xiong's free kick this time was a powerful volley, and it was aimed at the angle where Stekelenberg was standing!
The moment the football was shot, he saw Stekelenberg consciously move towards the space behind the human wall. Qin Xiong smirked, feeling that Stekelenberg was going to make a fool of himself!
Stekelenberg also realized that something was wrong after he moved a step!
Qin Xiong did not try to kick the elevator ball again, but directly blasted the space outside the human wall blocked by the goalkeeper!
A trace of anger flashed through Stekelenberg's mind: You're still so cunning!
If this ball was really lost, it would be the same as returning the free kick just now!
And it would be very ugly to lose!
Stekelenberg had just stopped his body from moving back when he heard a bang. The football hit the outside of the post and bounced out of the end line.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
He had survived a great disaster!
He turned his head to look at Qin Xiong, only to see Qin Xiong's stunned face!
He could not help but lower his head and secretly laugh.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
