What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 50
Less than 10 minutes into the game, the two sides have exchanged the ball several times, but Ajax failed to play their own half.

During these 10 minutes, Manchester United has been playing against Ajax.

So, after yet another shot from United went nowhere, Onana signaled for his teammates to slow down and slow down.

Onana put the ball on the ground, and when Rashford saw it, he was about to rush forward to press.

But when Rashford entered the penalty area, Onana picked up the ball.

Such a delay for a while also gave the Ajax players a little breathing space.

But Manchester United is not going to give Ajax a chance at all. Their two wings in the front field directly inserted into the ribs and started to press.

Trying to make Ajax's backcourt transmission have problems.

At this time, Dericht took the ball and was forced up by Rashford.

Dericht knew that if he passed back to the goalkeeper at this time, it would be really irresponsible and it was easy to make mistakes.

So at this time, when De Ligt had no choice, he kicked the ball forward with a big foot.

This is not a good choice, because Ajax's frontcourt players, except for Dolberg who can get the ball, the other two, a 1-meter Younis, basically do not have the ability to become a fulcrum. A Traore, although he is 68 meters tall, is a winger, and he doesn't even think about fighting for the top, or he doesn't have the consciousness of fighting for the top at all.

So in the end, the ball was easily hit by Smalling, and then he swung the header forward, and Herrera, who retreated to get the ball, easily got the ball, and then entered a period of Manchester United's possession of the ball.

Manchester United's offensive style of play is very simple, with four players running in series in the midfield.

The two high midfielders Fellaini and Pogba are connected in series, and the way they are responsible for the series is also different.

Fellaini pays attention to getting the ball out with one kick and pressing down on the spot.

On the other hand, Pogba held the ball under his feet for a long time, looked up and observed, then took two steps forward, and then suddenly passed the ball.

The two wings, Mkhitaryan and Mata, connect the midfielder and the frontcourt Rashford.

In the 18th minute of the first half, Fellaini received a pass from Valencia on the wing after an assist.

He was going to stop and observe for a while.

But suddenly he observed that Pogba had moved to the left of the arc top of the penalty area, and there was a gap in front of him, and the nearest defensive player was a few meters away from him.

Therefore, Fellaini passed the ball without hesitation.

Pogba, as a top-talented midfielder, seeing the four-way is the basic operation. He saw Fellaini's feet, so he prepared in advance, watched the ball, and stopped the ball.

At this time, Pogba has several options, either pass the ball, or dribble the ball forward in the penalty area, or shoot directly from the left side of the penalty area.

Pogba naturally chose to shoot from this position directly.

When he became famous at Juventus, he played in the left midfield position.

In this position, he can break through, pass, dribble, and shoot.

So at this time, Pogba's self-confidence was bursting, and he even shot directly.

Lin Kedi couldn't help standing up on the bench, and the teammates around him didn't give way. At this time, Ajax fans and players all set their sights on Onana.

But this shot was powerful and heavy. Although Onana judged the right direction, he was beyond his reach.Can only watch the ball into the net.

When the ball hit the net, the Manchester United fans on the scene boiled instantly.

And Pogba also ran to the sidelines excitedly, hugging Mourinho.

Lin Kedi changed from standing to sitting.

Less than 20 minutes into the start, they fell behind 0-1. This first half was really bad for Ajax.

But what the Ajax people didn't expect was that the difference was still behind, because only 2 minutes later, Fellaini received a cross from Pogba from the left in the penalty area and scored the ball with a header. .

2 to 0, Manchester United scored two goals in three minutes.

"It's not good. Ajax's defense was penetrated twice in 3 minutes. The two central defenders are still too young."

"In these two defenses, the older Sanchez performed poorly, while the younger De Ligt performed relatively acceptable. However, these two are obviously inexperienced. Facing the experienced Manchester United, such Can not be done."

Both He Wei and Zhang Lu were a little anxious.

After all, Ajax has Chinese players.

They will definitely favor the side with Chinese players, which is understandable.

After all, neutral commentary is the most common thing in China, after all, you can't participate in it.

But now not only the commentator is anxious, but the fans are anxious.

Bosch has already started pacing in the command area on the sidelines.

Crutzen knew that was Bosch's state of thinking.

But at this time, he decisively rushed from the bench to Bosch's side.

"Peter, we must be steady at this time, otherwise we will easily lose the ball again. If we really fell behind 3-0 in the first half, we will have no chance at all."

"I know, we're not Liverpool."

After finishing speaking, Bosch yelled at the field and made a movement of pressing down with both hands.

The Ajax players can understand it at a glance. This is the meaning of "stabilize" and "control the rhythm" that coaches often do.

Ajax's captain David Klaassen saw it immediately, so he immediately conveyed the coach's instructions to the whole team. Soon, everyone from the striker to the goalkeeper knew the latest instruction.

So in the next 10 minutes, Ajax shrunk their defense and did not actively attack. Instead, it seemed to be playing defensive football.

Time is passing by every minute and every second.

Ajax can't seem to find a good way on the field.

Until the 44th minute of the first half, the last minute of regular time in the first half.

Ajax seized an opportunity to counterattack and made a long pass from the backcourt to find a point in the frontcourt.

Younis in the frontcourt hadn't reached the front at this time. Dolberg ran sideways from the left to the center, but he was still a step late and didn't get the ball. In the end, the ball was destroyed by Smalling who was driving back.

Bosch finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Let Lin midfielder warm up and switch directly in the second half!"

Crutzen looked at Bosch, he knew he couldn't convince Bosch either.

After all, Younis's performance in the first half can be said to be terrible, but it can't be blamed on him. After all, he is not a center forward. Playing a false center in the Eredivisie is completely different from playing in the Europa League final.

Crutzen walked towards Kedi Lin.

"Oh! The on-site director pointed the camera at Ajax's warm-up area. We saw Linke warming up in the last minute of the first half. Can we see Linke come on stage in the second half?"

(End of this chapter)