What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 154 The defense of the Italian team
Lin Kedi stood in the middle circle.

Hands on hips, looking in the direction of Juventus' goal.

Eyes firm.

"Beep-"

When the Spanish referee Del Ceiro blew the whistle to start the game, Lin Kedi kicked the ball to De Jong, and ran towards the hinterland of Juventus calmly.

This Ajax did not start a blitzkrieg, so Lin Kedi did not rush forward, but slowly reached the hinterland of Juventus and began to look for opportunities.

He went behind the midfielder and in front of the central defender.

At this time, the two sides of Ajax began to press forward and reached the pocket area of ​​​​Juventus.

This is a word Ten Hag said when he gave the players a tactical lesson.

It is the area between the centre-backs, full-backs and the defenders in front of them.

Generally, the offensive player takes the ball in this area.

If the opponent has double midfielders, then there are two defensive players on the front and two defensive players behind them.

But if it is a single midfielder, it only needs to have an offensive player on the other side.

Then the single midfielder behind the offensive player will hesitate, which side to participate in the defense.

Generally, the defense will be towards the player with the ball at his feet.

At this time, the person in possession of the ball can quickly pass the ball across to the offensive player on the other side.

The attacking player can then play with the wide player on the other side.

Generally speaking, the ball possession attack in the opponent's hinterland is to grasp a principle and pass it as simply and efficiently as possible.

And don't make too many lateral passes. If there is no good chance in the middle, then go to the side.

This is a very important point in Ten Hag's tactical thinking.

As long as there is no way to break through the middle, split sides as quickly as possible.

At that time, whether it is a breakthrough or a cross, the effect will be better.

Facing Juventus today, in fact, Ajax's offensive thinking has not changed.

The middle tries to break through the penetration and then shoots.

If it doesn't work, divide the side as soon as possible, and the cross is fine.

Many media people and football celebrities have discussed Ajax's offensive tactical system.

The conclusion drawn is that Ajax's offensive system all depends on one person-Lin Kedi.

Without him, this offensive system would not exist.

After all, Lin Kedi can attract the attention of at least three opponents by holding the ball alone.

At this time, no matter whether Link is shooting or passing the ball, there will be much more gaps created.

Going back to this game, at the beginning, Lin Kedi went directly in front of Juventus' defense.

After passing the ball several times in Ajax's midfield, it was assigned to Tagliafico on the left.

Tagliafico took the ball and dribbled forward.

Ajax took the ball here, and Juventus' right winger Bernardeschi immediately kept the distance and defended Tagliafico.

Tagliafico saw that Bernardeschi did not take the initiative to post it, so he decisively knocked the ball horizontally to Schone, and then accelerated himself sharply, overtaking Bernardeschi.

The cooperation intention of this kind of two over one is very obvious.

So as soon as Schone saw Tagliafico passing the ball, he didn't stop after receiving the ball, and passed it with a straight kick.

After Schone passed the ball, he moved forward.

At this time, Tagliafico has already dribbled the ball past the center line.

At this time, Tagliafico also made a forward pass and gave the ball to Tadic in front of him.

Tadic takes the ball and is about to cut inside.

At this time, Juventus' right back Cancelo took the initiative to post it.

The moment Tadic was about to cut in, he pulled the ball with his left foot and then went forward.

Take the outside line.

Cancelo was unable to defend for a while and did not block.

It was passed by Tadic.

Lin Kedi was originally standing on the left side of the penalty area, but when he saw Tadic pass Cancelo and walk on the outside.

Decisively ran laterally, running behind Bonucci.

Tadic looked up to the middle of the penalty area. At this time, there was only Link in Juventus' penalty area. Tadic did not hesitate, and directly passed with his left foot.

Lin Kedi looked at the direction the ball was coming from, subconsciously took two steps back, and then jumped up.

However, Bonucci also jumped up at the same time, accurately judging the landing point, and smashed the ball out of the baseline before Lin Kedi.

"Within the first 2 minutes, Ajax launched their first attack. Although this attack could not be converted into a shot, it still created a free kick. The free kick on the right was given by Ziyech came to take the penalty."

Ziyech stands at the corner flag.

Stretch out your right hand.

Lin Kedi knew it was later.

So he took a step back a little, wanting to wait until the ball came out before running to the left side of the penalty area.

Now Lin Kedi is being marked by Bonucci and Sandro.

If you move directly to the back point now, basically the ball will be out of play.

To move in motion.

When the ball was kicked out by Ziyech.

Lin Kedi decisively slid to the left and moved over.

Where the ball arrived, Rugani defended Tadic there.

Thus, Lin Kedi jumped up decisively.

The ball seemed to be precisely guided to Link's place.

Link Di hit it hard with his forehead.

A downward force is applied to the ball.

It hit the left side of the goal.

Seeing that the ball is about to fly into the net.

But the ball hit the post with a "pang——".

Then rolled to the opposite direction of the goal.

As soon as Lin Kedi landed, he subconsciously stretched his legs to kick the ball into the goal.

But Rugani, who was right next to Link, reacted quickly. He blocked Link first with a sideways kick, and then kicked the ball out of the baseline with his left foot.

As a result, Ajax got another free kick, this time on the left.

Tadic came to take the penalty.

"The second free kick within 1 minute, this time it was Tadic who took it."

Tadic raised his hands, Lin Kedi knew that he was going to point to the front.

In other words, it was still where Lin Kedi had just headed.

Lin Kedi didn't move at the position where the header was hit just now.

This time it was Cancelo and Rugani who defended him.

The more Lin Kedi stood still, the more Rugani felt that Link would definitely move when the ball came out.

And when the ball was sent out, Lin Kedi did move. He first moved a step to the right, and then suddenly jumped up.

Rugani was shaken by him and didn't have time to take off.

I saw Lin Kedi jumping high in the air.

Then he shook his head and attacked the goal.

The ball was thrown by Link's head and flew to the right side of the goal.

Szczesny's reaction was not unpleasant. Originally, his position was slightly biased towards Linke's side.

But when he saw that Lin Kedi was throwing his head to attack the goal, he also rushed to the far point immediately.

Szczesny looked at his left hand, which he felt was about to touch.

But the ball ruthlessly skimmed his glove and flew into the goal.

Everything came very quickly.

The on-site commentator shouted.

"I -- the goal was scored! Link scored! Ajax took the lead! Less than 5 minutes into the game, Ajax blitzed and led Juventus 1-0!"

"It was Lin Kedi who scored the goal! This is his 14th goal in the Champions League this season! This state is unstoppable! Juventus from Serie A can't do it either!"

(End of this chapter)