: Defend

After the goal, Kuyt waved his arm to celebrate his goal. Now there are more than ten minutes left in the game. All Feyenoord has to do is to take advantage of this opportunity to score another goal as soon as possible.

Ajax's head coach Koeman looked at Feyenoord's goal and felt a little regretful. If he didn't show off a deadly lineup, maybe Ajax would have a chance to rewrite the score, but everything is too late now. Ajax now has no forward players, and the rest are midfielders. Although Mark's speed is good and the header is good, Mark has never played as a forward position. After all, if Mark rashly makes him play the forward in such an important game, I don't know whether it will have a decisive effect. Moreover, once Mark moves forward, Ajax's defensive task will be heavier.

Mark is now defending Feyenoord's first breakthrough to win Van Persie. If Mark is time to play as a striker, Van Persie will re-display his power. Now Kuyt has annoyed Kohman enough. If Van Persie lives again, Kohman really doesn't know what to do. The current Ajax head coach Kohman can only stick to the defense to the end, after all, he is just one goal behind.

"Zdnek is ready to play" The current head coach Koeman is ready to use the last substitution quota, which is to replace the midfield captain Van der Fate with defender Grigra, and then let Mark be the captain of the team.

Mark seems to have become Ajax's first deputy captain in his heart, and his position seems to be ahead of the old captain Litmanin.

"Mark, you must lead the team to win the game. I'll cheer for you off the court." Van der Fate said to Mark while bringing the captain's armband. Now Van der Fate is not dissatisfied with the head coach's full substitution, because his physical fitness has been almost exhausted, and because of his personal skills, Van der Fate is not a good player in defense. In addition, there is also a Litmanin who has just been replaced in the midfield. Therefore, Van der Fate cannot play a good role now. Van der Fate's role is to be able to attack rather than defense.

Now that Ajax is back on defense at all, his fate is just right.

"Don't worry, the final victory of the game will definitely be ours." Mark said confidently.

After Van der Fate's departure, Grigra came on the court, Ajax's lineup became a defensive formation in the 540s. Because Ibrahimovic was sent off, Ajax is now behind Feyenoord on the court.

After the substitution, Ajax kicked the ball in the midfield. After the kickoff, Ajax didn't rush to attack. They kept delaying the game in the backcourt.

The fans of Feyenoord in the stands were naturally very dissatisfied, but they had no choice but to Ajax's approach. They could only make waves of booing to mock the Ajax players for not being enterprising.

"Ignore them, the team's victory is much more important than everything." Mark, who brought the captain's armband, felt the responsibility and pressure. Before, he always looked at the game from the perspective of a player. Now Mark must look at the game from the perspective of a captain. His words and deeds must have a positive impact on the team. It can be said that the captain of the team is the coach on the court. His responsibility is to lead the players to play better games, and leading the team to win is the most important thing.

Although Mark was once a temporary captain, the time was very little after all, and the pressure was not that great. Mark finally understood why some people said they were unwilling to be the captain of the team. It seems that the captain of the team was not an easy job.

Although Ajax is now in possession of the ball, Ajax's lineup has been replaced by a large number of technical players. Players like Babel and Van der Fate who can break through and pass the ball are no longer on the court. Ajax's midfielder, Litmanin, can still pass the ball, and Maxville, who have two full-backs, and Trabelsey's footwork is still acceptable.

The rest is the butcher lineup represented by Mark and De Jong. Although Mark's defense is not as big as De Jong's movements, the skills of the two people are really good, and no one is much better than each other.

So you can imagine what the consequences would be if these few people were able to pass the ball for a long distance. The football at Ajax's feet was lost after a few passes. Feyenoord now continues to control the ball and attack.

However, if head coach Koeman can really bet, he would take advantage of Feyenoord's lineup flaws and just replace a striker with a striker, imitating the counterattack of the Italian team in the second half of the 2000-year European Cup final, which was the second half of the French team.

However, Koeman is not a courageous head coach now, and he still hopes to be more secure, so Feyenoord's offense is about to begin again.

But Grigra, who was just replaced, really showed his strength. The current central defender system composed of Grigra, Escud and Hetinga suddenly made Ajax's defense in the penalty area much more stable.

In fact, this is also worth it. You can't replace a central defender. The defense is the same as before. What's the point of substitution? It's better not to replace it.

Moreover, Grigra is very physically active now, and his abundant physical fitness can also allow him to make technical movements calmly. After all, Ajax is less than one person in the game, so since he is less than one person, the remaining players in the game must make up for the gap of one person in the game through active running.

So although Ajax is defending now and does not seem to consume much physical energy, Ajax's players' physical energy consumption is definitely greater than that of Feyenoord's players who are attacking.

However, for professional players, they can grit their teeth and hold on if they consume more physical energy. These players are the best players in various countries and are all players of the national team level. You should know that the national team sometimes has to play 120 minutes. If these players can't stand this, how can they gain a foothold in the national team?

But this is also due to the fact that Ajax's players are generally young, and some veterans were replaced in the second half, so the players' physical fitness is pretty good.

As the game time gradually passed, Feyenoord's players became more and more impatient, and their movements gradually became bigger and bigger, which was definitely good news for Ajax.

As long as Feyenoord's players become impatient, their offensive cooperation will become unskilled, and once the breath in their hearts is removed, the game will basically end.

"Come on, come on, defend well." Mark slapped and encouraged the team after resisting the ball passed by Feyenoord to Van Persie. I don't know how many times Mark was wrong, but Ajax's players were holding a sense of energy in their hearts, a sense of energy to drag the game to the end.

Now Mark's momentum on the field is really like a general, only his soldiers are fighting with the enemy.

"Is this guy a monster?" Van Persie was already a little breathless when he was entangled by Mark. He was still a player who was replaced in the second half. However, after Van Persie looked at Mark as if he was still as powerful as the beginning of the second half, he felt a little surprised.

However, this is also because Van Persie has never been a forward who has excellent physical fitness. Because Van Persie is often injured due to physical problems, his physical condition is not very good, so it is understandable that he is surprised by Mark's abundant physical fitness.

But now Mark doesn't know what Van Persie is thinking. Mark has now integrated into the game. In Mark's eyes, there is only Van Persie. All he has to do is help the team win the final victory of the game. Of course, not only Ajax will benefit from winning the game, but Mark himself also has many benefits, so that Mark can win enough honor points.

Since Mark no longer focused on Percy after Grigra's appearance, head coach Koeman put Mark as the center back. However, although Mark is a central defender, he is not full-time. His task is to help Ajax's players make up for the position and use Mark's speed to help the team resolve the crisis on the defense line.

The header of Mark just now ran directly to the right to block Van Persie's catch. However, although Mark had just run to the right, his key area of ​​defense was still on the left.

Because Griguera and Trabelsi's defensive ability are better than left back Trabelsi, with two of them defending on the right, Ajax's right is still very stable, but Ajax's left is different. Maxville's defensive ability is very poor, so Mark needs to keep running over to assist him in defense.

When Mark frequently appears on the left side of his side, it is Kuyt's turn to be unlucky. Just now, Kuyt's ordinary breakthrough just now made the confidence that Maxville wants to build was quickly wiped out by Mark.

It is still awkward to defend Kuyt, because although Kuyt is not as fast as Mark, his body is stronger than Mark. After Mark and Kuyt are entangled, Kuyt often uses his physical advantages to hit Mark, which makes Mark very careful and cannot get a chance after hitting him.

However, although Kuyt is better than Mark, Mark still has his strengths, that is, Mark can often use his speed to get football before Kuyt, or foul in a bad position, give Feyenoord a free kick, or directly intercept the football.

"This kid is still so difficult. Unexpectedly, his strength has improved and his defensive skills have also improved." Kuyt thought in his heart that although the two of them did not collide several times when he first met Mark, Kuyt felt that Mark was just a player who was eating at his own speed. Now, in just half a year, Mark's strength has improved a lot, and Mark's defensive skills have also grown compared to before. What kind of progress is this? If Mark continues to improve like this, I'm afraid there will be no opponent in the world football world.

Now the game time has entered the injury stoppage time after the two players have been exhausted on the court. The fourth official raised the two-minute stoppage time sign on the sidelines. Feyenoord's game time is only the last two minutes left. Ajax's players have finally seen hope. If they can hold on to the last two minutes, they can win the game.

"Brothers, hold on for the last two minutes, and the game will be ours," Mark shouted loudly after seeing the sign of injury stoppage time.

"Okay, OK" all the Ajax players in the penalty area roared loudly.

At this time, Feyenoord's players had basically all rushed to Ajax's half. The last two minutes were definitely their last chance. If they could not seize this last chance, they would also swallow the bitter fruit of their last strength.

In the 91st minute, the whole game was about to end, and Van Persie was still getting the ball on the left. At this time, Trabelsi stepped forward to press him. Van Persie used his outstanding skills to pass Trabelsi and did not directly cross the ball as usual, but dribbled the ball horizontally towards the middle. At this time, De Jong suddenly rushed out and directly made a tackle, and Van Persie fell directly to the ground.

"Beep" the referee's whistle sounded, De Jong made a foul, and Feyenoord won a free kick with a good position.

"I didn't foul. I tackled the football first, and he made a fake fall." De Jong yelled at the referee first.

"The referee's ball should be a good ball, there is no foul." At this time, Mark also rushed over and said to the referee.

"The tackle behind the scenes is a dangerous move, and it is considered a foul regardless of whether the shovel is hit." The referee explained to the current captain of Ajax Mark.

"What bad rules?" Mark cursed in his heart, but Mark had no choice but to do so. The referee was the sky on the court, and he would say whatever he said. Now he could only line up a wall of people. I hope he could block Feyenoord's free kick and shoot next.

"Has it been a foul?" Wang Bing, a commentator in the broadcast hall of Liaoning TV, said: "Guide Ma, De Jong's interception seemed to have tackled the football first, why was he still punished for a foul?"

"That's right. Regarding the latest regulations issued by FIFA in 1998, behind-the-scenes tackles are bad moves, so whether they touch or not, they are considered foul moves." Marin explained from the side.

At this time, De Jong was still surrounding the referee and wanted to continue to be around him. Mark saw De Jong's impulsive expression and quickly pulled him away. At this time, he couldn't get another yellow card. After all, even the world's top free kick master has a shooting rate of only 30%. Therefore, although the chance of this free kick is good, Feyenoord may not be able to score.

Next is Ajax's personnel who arranged the walls of the man. Since this free kick was close to outside the penalty area, almost all the players stood in Ajax's penalty area, of course, including Feyenoord's goalkeeper Zutbier. Because this may be Feyenoord's last attack in the game, he naturally rushed up. The number of players in the two teams in the penalty area is exactly the same, all of them are ten.

The extra player Feyenoord was Van Persie who took the free kick and stayed outside the penalty area. Now Ajax's penalty area is crowded with people. The referee stopped the game many times and warned the players on both sides to remain calm, otherwise he would have to show a yellow card to warn both sides.

The players on both sides are just like farting if they are referees. The players of both teams are still pushing each other in the penalty area, and both sides want to get a higher position.

In the end, the referee finally couldn't bear it anymore and directly showed a yellow card to two players from Ajax and Feyenoord to warn them. Only then did the players of the two teams restrain their movements. Although the small movements were still continuous, there were no major movements after all.

Mark is also standing in the wall of people. According to Mark's judgment, Van Persie will definitely shoot directly this time, because there are too many players in the penalty area now. If he passes the ball, he will definitely not have any chance. If he does not make it well, he will also let Ajax fight back. After all, Feyenoord's goalkeeper has already run into Ajax's penalty area. As long as Ajax gets the football, he can drive the football with a big foot and can score directly.

Ajax goalkeeper Stecklenburg yelled at his players to set up free kick positions, and he didn't want any player to block his sight.

"Beep" After the referee's whistle sounded, Van Persie began to run and then came to the front of the football and directly shot with a powerful left foot. The football flew directly to the upper right corner of the Ajax goal like a shell.
Chapter completed!