Super Storm

In the morning, in the northern suburb of Gelsenkirchen, Germany, in the Berg Park, Yang Yang started a daily morning exercise.

For more than ten consecutive days, he fought **** Porto's left-back Nuno Valent in the super training ground, as well as the Portuguese team's steely defense line, but the final results were not satisfactory.

Jose Mourinho has built a team with excellent defensive strength, and the Porto players have a very high tactical execution. They always carry out Mourinho ’s tactical instructions meticulously. The defense of the team can be said to be indestructible, especially in the Champions League knockout.

Sometimes, confidence is played out one after another.

The two teams that reached the UEFA Champions League final this season both performed poorly in the group stage. Ajax advanced thrillingly. Porto also had a painful lesson that they lost to Real Madrid 1-3 at home. Two qualifying.

In the sixteen elimination rounds, both teams encountered a Premier League team. Ajax eliminated Arsenal, and Porto was also inferior, killing Ferguson's Manchester United. Both games have made the entire European football big. Shocked.

In the quarter-finals, Ajax had even worse luck and met Real Madrid, while Porto encountered Lyon. The former completed an epic reversal, while the latter was promoted with no surprises.

But the situation was reversed in the semi-finals. Ajax beat Monaco in a panic, but Porto eliminated the A Coruña on the road and the two teams advanced to the finals.

Goalkeeper Baia, defenders Valent, Carvalho, Jorge Costa and Paul Ferreira, this can be said to be the most unbreakable defense in European football this season and the most outstanding defense in the Champions League.

But it is obviously not enough to rely on only one line of defense. Mourinho played a three-back midfielder in the midfield. Maniche, Costinha and Mendes, these three midfielders are in front of the line of defense to build Porto. An unbreakable midfield line of defense is equivalent to a second insurance for Porto's goal.

Porto ’s central midfielder is Deco, a Brazilian, but it is not a typical Brazilian player. His style is not gorgeous, but very practical, and his strength is quite good. It is reported that Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Bayern Munich , Real Madrid, Chelsea and other teams have to dig him.

As if they were in the same line, Porto ’s front line is strictly not sharp, but its mobility is very strong. The two forwards are like Rangers in the frontcourt, sweeping constantly, forcing the opponent ’s defense line, and can actively return. Prevention, wherever there are loopholes, make up.

The front, middle, and back lines are all in one, and Porto is like a hedgehog curled up, leaving nowhere to start.

What's more terrible is that when you can't attack and accidentally leak a flaw, it will suddenly pierce you.

Even Ajax coach Ronald Coman has to admit that this is a team without obvious weaknesses.

Faced with such a team, generally speaking, there is only one way to do it.

Just like Ajax's death, Arsenal can only die of Porto. In a defensive position without holes, he has dug out holes, but at the same time he has to guard against the opponent's counterattack to avoid losing the ball.

In a team like Porto, the first goal is conceded, and the game has lost more than half.

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Yang Yang turned the ball forward and ran all the way, thinking all the way.

These were the team's first meeting of players after the team arrived at the hotel in Gelsenkirchen yesterday. Assistant coach Luther Carroll instilled in the players.

In the past ten days, Ajax players have repeatedly studied Porto and the players who played against them. It is no exaggeration to say that Ajax ’s preparations are unprecedented and meticulous, but he still failed. Remove the obvious weaknesses of Porto.

Gelsenkirchen is located in western Germany, very close to the Netherlands, but Ajax still flew from Amsterdam to Germany two days in advance, and borrowed the training ground of Schalke 04, which shows the importance of the club.

And Yang Yang simulated Porto's defense in the super training ground, he always wins less and loses more.

Thinking of this, Yang Yang was sulking and yelled softly. After kicking the ball with his big foot, the whole person sprinted forward at the fastest speed, after catching up with the ball, kicked out again, and then chased at full speed.

Yang Yang stopped until the whole person was panting and tired.

In the past half of the month, he has done three things in the super training ground, simulating Porto's defense to practice, continue to polish and these two star skills and training.

How to enter the country still needs to be verified by the game, but one thing he is very clear, Porto will be the most difficult since his debut, but also the most important game.

He has the same idea as everyone on the team. He finally reached the Champions League final. The Dutch champions and the Dutch Cup champions are already in the bag. It is only one Champions League away from the legend. No one wants to give up easily.

Everyone on the team has the determination to fight in the end, just waiting for the game to come.

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The venue for the Champions League final was Schalke ’s northern suburb of Gelsenkirchen, while the hotel where Ajax stayed was located at the northern end of the stadium, in Berg Park.

There are three lakes in the shape of a zigzag around the hotel. The largest is Lake Berg, surrounded by a sports center and tennis club. The famous beer garden is next door to the hotel, but now the entire hotel is wrapped up by Ajax.

Since the hotel is not large and can only accommodate the first team and coaching staff, the relatives of the players can only live in the urban area. The club has also specially arranged for this, so that the players can be prepared to prepare for the game and the game.

When Yang Yang returned to the hotel from the park outside, he just met Luther Carroll.

When the assistant coach saw Yang Yang, he immediately guessed that he must have gone out for morning practice again.

"Fortunately, this is a suburb. Without Porto fans, you won't be able to come back." Luther Carroll joked.

Yang Yang smiled, "If there are really Porto fans, then I will not go out."

The assistant coach smiled and immediately asked Yang Yang to go back to shower and change clothes. "After breakfast, we will have a meeting."

Yang Yang didn't dare to carelessly. He went back to the room and happened to see Sneijder getting up. He greeted him and went straight into the shower.

Ajax's management is still very strict. For example, the meal time must be unified, everyone who is late must be punished, and after breakfast, they have to meet again. It can be seen that the coaching staff must have figured out what was happening last night.

The first meeting after the team arrived yesterday was mainly to analyze the opponents in combination with the video. The video includes the highlights of all the games of Porto in the UEFA Champions League this season. Each piece is carefully selected by the coaching staff and thinks that it can best represent Porto. .

And today's meeting is mainly to lay out the game strategy.

In the afternoon, there is another training class. The coaching staff will arrange targeted training in the afternoon according to the game strategy arranged in the morning tactical meeting, so this morning will be very important.

Since the start of the season, the cards that can be played against both sides are basically exhausted. There is no secret to each other. The most important thing is to see how the two sides play and how to deal with them.

Ronald Coman believes that Porto must still play a defensive counterattack in this game. This is an opportunity for Ajax, but it is also a challenge. If you can take the opportunity to grab the goal first, then Porto will have to press out. Fight, then Ajax will be able to counter Porto with a defensive counterattack.

For Ajax, this is definitely the most ideal process.

And the worst result is that Ajax can't beat for a long time, made a serious mistake, and Porto took the opportunity to counter the goal. At this time, Porto's defensive counterattack will be played more firmly, and Ajax's situation will be more awkward .

Of course, there is a possibility that both sides are conservative, no one takes risks, and does not give opponents a chance, it depends on the performance of the players on both sides.

It is said that there is no good game in the competition. Last year ’s Champions League final was a match between two Serie A teams. As a result, the two sides reached zero to zero in 120 minutes. The power is very high, but at the same time it can be said that both sides are quite conservative, with the premise of not taking risks and making mistakes.

Mourinho's Porto will definitely do this. This team's midfield and backcourt defense is better than Ajax, but the offensive ability is weaker than Ajax. Mourinho will definitely put first Put yourself in a position where you do n’t make mistakes or miss the ball, or even drag the game into overtime and penalty shootouts.

The biggest problem with Ajax is that the players are too young. Ronald Coman and Van Gaal are very worried that the players are too rash and take the initiative to make mistakes and give opponents a chance. This is quite deadly.

Therefore, in the pre-match meeting, the coaching staff repeatedly emphasized the most that the attitude must be stable.

"In the game, any situation may occur, we may advance the ball, but this is not enough to make us happy; we may also lose the ball first, but we do not have to be discouraged, because we are not behind, but We have equalized and reversed time and time again, and we have such strength. "

At the end of the meeting, Ronald Coleman was still repeatedly reminding players to keep his mind stable.

"My career has experienced a total of three UEFA Champions League finals. The first game was at PSV. At that time, we were faced with Benfica of the Portuguese Super League. As a result, the two sides played zero to zero. In the final penalty shootout, we slightly To win, we relied on unbreakable defense and tenacious willpower that time. "

"The second UEFA Champions League final was in Barcelona. We faced Sampdoria in Serie A. The game was very difficult. At that time, it was the peak of the seven Serie A sisters. How strong their defense is, you can imagine , And both of us got a great opportunity in the game, but we were not sure, and finally scored a winning goal in overtime. "

"The last time was when everyone was familiar with it. We met Capello's ac Milan in the finals, and we ended up losing zero to four. The main reason for that game was that our mentality was unbalanced, so we lost completely. . "

Ronald Coman reminded every player in the conference room with his own personal experience.

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