Chapter 345 It Doesn't Work

Yang Yang didn't mean anything disrespectful to Ronald Koeman, but he really felt that the team's tactics were indeed a bit conservative, which severely limited the team's attacking power and creativity in the frontcourt.

Ronald Koeman himself is a defensive coach. He is best at defending. Adjusting the offense has never been his forte. The turning point of the team last season was to win Wesley Pine. Ke, pushed Pinar to the left wing, Gallacek and De Jong partnered with a double midfielder.

It can be said that this turnaround completely changed the trend of Ajax in the second half and stabilized the defense.

But when it comes to attacking, Ajax has the worst goal tally of the big four, even worse than Feyenoord.

It is unreasonable that Yang Yang's goals and assists alone account for half of Ajax's country.

From Yang Yang's personal point of view, this is of course very cool, but the characteristic of professional leagues is that if you don't change, your opponent will change, and you won't be able to. So you have to keep changing and improving.

Yaya Toure was also a midfielder in the Donetsk Metallurgical Team. Ronald Koeman values ​​him and obviously hopes that he can replace the veteran Galasek and partner with De Jong. .

But this Ivorian player is obviously different from Galasek. The Czech veteran has very good ball-playing and organizational skills.

On the other hand, Yaya Toure is different. He has better maneuverability, greater coverage, fast speed, good foot skills, strong ability to dribble the ball, and his willingness to defend is as strong as his sense of forward attack.

In a private chat, he once told Yang Yang that he performed well in Arsenal's trial training, but Wenger and his team felt that they could not position his role well and thought he The characteristics are not suitable for Arsenal.

It's not difficult to understand, Arsenal's midfield is the type of Vieira and Gilberto Silva, or creative players like Cesc Fabregas and Pires, Yaya Toure is obvious Not at all.

As strong as Vieira, in Arsenal, he has to kick back and he can't move forward and participate in the attack at will.

With the characteristics of Yaya Toure, it is not surprising to say that he has no place in Arsenal.

But Yang Yang felt that Ajax's third midfielder could use him, and he should even be given more tactical freedom.

"Wesley is in front alone, he has to organize and sort out the midfield, pass assists to the frontcourt, and even often drop back to get the ball, I think he's under too much pressure, especially as the opponents become more and more Take care of us."

Yang Yang's analysis was also recognized by Sneijder.

"I think Nigel is a reliable midfield defender. He not only has a wide range of defense, but also has strong confrontation ability. Whether it is interception or stealing, he has a high success rate. What is even more rare is that he The passing ability is also very good.”

For a long time, fans' impression of Nigel De Jong is that of a brave man, and many people even think that he is a rough man.

But in fact, this far underestimated him.

As a direct descendant of the Ajax youth academy, he played the main force in the Ajax first team at the age of 18. This is definitely not easy. Without strong basic skills and passing skills, it is difficult for him to play in passing control. Jax stands.

Among the data within the team, De Jong is not only very eye-catching in defensive data, but also has a passing success rate of over 90%, which in itself is enough to prove that he is a trustworthy midfielder.

And more importantly, the average number of times De Jong is beaten in each game is only 0.7. That is to say, it takes him three games to be beaten twice by the opponent. This data is really found in European football. Not a few.

Combined with De Jong's characteristics and advantages, Yang Yang believes that with De Jong's continuous growth and progress, Ajax should further release the vitality of the midfield, rather than continue to adopt the previous double-back play.

"Yaya Toure can play a strong defensive role whether he is placed in the front or the back, but he also has an advantage in that he has delicate footwork and outstanding skills, and can directly attack from his own hinterland. Attacking up front, his ability to dribble the ball forward was not valued by us."

"Another point is that his physical fitness is very good. Combined with his footwork, I have noticed it a few times. He is very calm and has an advantage in handling the ball at the front of the penalty area."

Ronald Koeman and Luther Carroll understood what Yang Yang meant.

Luther Carroll's eyes lit up even more, and nodded loudly: "I think it is feasible."

Yang Yang meant to activate the offensive firepower of the midfield.

Yaya Toure is not Galasek after all, the characteristics of the two are very different, copying the tactical play of last season will indeed have problems, but if Yaya Toure is used as a B2B restricted area to restricted area The role of the all-round midfielder, the attack is solved.

Charlesteas is a high center striker who is very deterrent in the penalty area. Let him stand at the front and suppress the opponent's central defender. Yang Yang gets more freedom and launches the offensive on both flanks and ribs, and Pinar supports him.

Sneijder is responsible for organizing and delivering the ball, as well as inserting the attack from the back, Yaya Toure is responsible for advancing from the backcourt forward, and suddenly inserting the attack from the back, plus Maxwell on the flanks. and Maicon.

Ajax's attacking problems can indeed be solved very well.

"But what about defense?" Ronald Koeman asked with a frown.

He is a defensive coach in the end, which is his consistent characteristic.

"Our traditional advantage is to counter-attack on the spot. As long as the players maintain a high degree of overall coordination and tactical discipline, the defense will not be a big problem." Luther Carroll said.

As long as a new way of thinking is opened up, many problems can be solved easily.

Ajax's current frontcourt players, whether it's Charlie Steas, Yang Yang and Pinar, have strong tactical execution, and they are already very hardworking in the game. If the team's tactics go further Pressing forward, Ajax's midfield and frontcourt will be better than before.

Yaya Toure's physical advantage and defensive ability can further improve this.

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At the end of the symposium, the coaching staff did not make it clear what they would do, but Ronald Koeman stated that he would try.

Sure enough, in the team training the next day, the coaching staff began to fight in groups, using the idea suggested by Yang Yang before, allowing Yaya Toure to take on more offensive tasks on the bench side.

This change really activated the role of Yaya Toure in midfield, and the Ivorian began to play more threatening.

He dribbled the ball all the way from the backcourt to the frontcourt several times, all of which were eye-catching, and he really had an advantage in holding the ball at the front of the penalty area and handled it calmly, which further confirmed Yang Yang's previous views.

The players themselves are also communicating and coordinating their on-court interactions, especially Yaya Toure and Sneijder.

Everyone knows that there is no problem with Ajax's players. They won the title last season, and this season will only be stronger because everyone is one year older and one year older.

The question now is whether the team's offense can play out.

Since the Dutch Super Cup was only four days away after the Amsterdam Invitational, Ajax did not make enough preparations, so Ronald Koeman did not boldly adopt the new style of play suggested by Yang Yang.

As the outpost of the Eredivisie League, this year's Dutch Super Cup was scheduled to be held at the Amsterdam Arena.

League champions Ajax played against cup champions Eindhoven in a Dutch national derby.

PSV Eindhoven did not make big signings this summer, but sent away the core midfielder Van Bommel.

The PSV midfielder went to Barcelona on a free transfer to play under Rijkaard.

Van Bommel's departure has dealt a tragic blow to PSV.

In this game, Hiddink arranged Theo Lucius and Dimi Simmons to partner with veteran Cocu to form the three midfielders, and the frontcourt was a combination of Farfan, Hesselink and Afele.

Ajax's formation here is relatively stable.

Ronald Koeman still used the trident combination of Pinar, Charisteas and Yang Yang in the frontcourt, while Sneijder stepped forward in the midfield, and Gallacek and De Jong partnered with double midfielders. , the back line is made up of Maxwell, Flair, Heitinga and Maicon, and the goalkeeper is Stekelenburg.

At the beginning of the game, both sides played very fiercely, especially in the first 20 minutes, Pinar and Afele were given consecutive yellow card warnings.

Ajax is still an old problem, Yang Yang's state has not been adjusted yet, he doesn't seem excited enough, and he is closely guarded by the opponent, and the offensive end appears to be a bit sluggish.

Midfield only rely on Sneijder alone, it is difficult to hold the situation.

The combination of Galasek and De Jong's double midfielder guaranteed the team's defense, but the front attack still couldn't open the situation.

This continued throughout the first half.

In the end, the two sides were tied at zero to zero, and neither of them was able to break the opponent's goal.

After changing sides in the second half, Eindhoven began to increase the intensity of the attack, especially on the flanks.

In the 51st minute, Afele's forced breakthrough gave PSV a chance for a corner kick.

As a result, central defender Alex headed the ferry, assisted Boma to score, and scored a goal for PSV.

This made more than 50,000 Ajax fans in the audience feel a little dissatisfied.

From the warm-up match, to the Amsterdam Invitational Tournament, and now the Dutch Super Cup, for a full month, the team seems to have not been able to develop a smooth style of play, especially on the offensive end.

Last season, Yang Yang dragged it all by himself, but now Yang Yang needs to adjust his state and needs some time to activate his state.

Could it be that without Yang Yang, would Ajax not attack?

Could it be that there is no way for the team to help Yang Yang?

There was a faint sound of restlessness from the fans in the stands, and everyone knew that they had begun to be a little dissatisfied.

Head coach Ronald Koeman is also starting to realise that the team does need some changes.

What happened last season, this season, doesn't work.