Chapter 586
Klopp is prepared to let the team give up this style of play for the time being because he feels its feasibility remains to be examined.
But Lin Chen then told Klopp that he wanted to try again because he suddenly had an inspiration.
This inspiration came from the feeling he got when he just stole the ball from De Jong. He stole the ball from De Jong by stepping back to delay the opportunity, and then suddenly rushing forward to steal the ball when De Jong passively slowed down and gradually created a distance between them and the ball.
In this case, after Liverpool used the driving and pressing tactics to interrupt Ajax's central axis, could our team first show a dynamic conversion posture to scare Ajax?
Ajax will then certainly want to quickly reorganize their chaotic defense because they are afraid of being found opportunities by Liverpool's dynamic transitions.
Because of this, when Ajax quickly arranges its own defense line, the fixed defensive space will reappear!
And Liverpool will regain the conditions for dynamic transitions!
In this way, a counterattack was achieved, and in the end it was Liverpool that counterattacked Ajax!
Lin Chen started to practice immediately!
After telling their teammates about their ideas, Liverpool players began to develop tactics around this idea.
The 70th minute of the game!
Ajax finally managed to pull off their first combination, this time thanks to the combination of De Jong and Ziyech.
De Jong moved from the middle to the far right. After receiving the ball, Ziyech did not choose to break through, but played a tactical cooperation with Van de Beek on the wing. This cooperation finally cut off the defensive connection between Robertson and Matip.
After receiving the ball, Van de Beek wanted to look for Ziyech directly, but after a little observation, he saw that there was ample space for shooting, so this time Van de Beek made full adjustments and shot!
It was neither a high shot nor a low shot. This ball was almost half high, with a slight drop, and rushed towards the goal!
The ball is very fast and tends to spin at high speed in the air!
This type of ball is the most difficult to deal with. Van de Beek deliberately played this type of ball just to make it more difficult for Alisson to save the shot!
Ajax fans were full of confidence and they felt that the ball would definitely go in.
But Alisson simply used both hands to hold the ball firmly while it was still spinning at an extremely high speed in the air!
He used both hands to directly control the spinning ball, and then with the shot put posture, his right hand seemed to be infinitely magnified in the eyes of the fans, becoming extremely flexible and slender!
Alisson's terrifying hand-throw attack!
The ball was even thrown too far. Lin Chen chased forward and competed with Schone. Firmino also chased at the same time. The two of them sandwiched Schone and successfully intercepted the ball!
Now is the crucial moment. If Ajax is still in a state of chaos, Liverpool will not be able to make dynamic transitions.
But Lin Chen deliberately gave Ajax a chance to breathe. Klopp was still waving his hands to ask his players to launch a counterattack quickly, but when he saw Lin Chen suddenly pause, Klopp was also stunned.
Based on his understanding of Lin Chen, this guy would never do anything on the court to slow down the team's pace.
But Klopp did not blame Lin Chen, because as Gullit said before, if it was Lin Chen, he must have his reasons for doing so.
The truth soon became apparent.
De Ligt waved his hands in the backcourt to give orders, quickly reminded his teammates to get into position, and reconstructed an excellent defensive formation.
Ten Hag was very satisfied watching from the sidelines. He felt that this was the result of his coaching the team, a perfect defensive tactic.
It turned out that Ten Hag's tactics were excellent and there was nothing wrong with them.
There was no problem with the tactical execution of Ajax's defensive players, which was excellent.
The only problem lies in the counter-routine. Lin Chen used Ajax's excellent defensive tactics to finally connect the counter-run and dynamic conversion together!
