Hard work pays off.
Finally, under the attack of Emmanuelson and De Zeu, the ball on the field finally changed hands.
At the moment of the steal, Gabri, Anita, Ennoch, Pantalic and Suarez started almost simultaneously, and Ajax's first attack began.
However, Twente's defense was really tight. Basically, except for the front arrow Brian Ruiz, the remaining ten people were arranged in the penalty area.
Ajax was unable to complete the breakthrough after multiple passes.
In the end, he could only pass it back to Gabri, and the captain completed a long shot!
The ball hit Weisgerhoff's legs and flew out of the baseline, giving Ajax a corner kick.
Gabri took a corner kick, but Teixeira grabbed the first shot and pushed it out.
Emmanuelson on the outside once again grabbed the football.
However, facing Twente, which was almost fully defended, Ajax was still unable to complete the breakthrough for a while. It still shot a long shot from outside the penalty area, but was blocked by Twente players.
The scene turned into a half-time offensive and defensive drill, with Ajax attacking and Twente defending.
In the 15th minute, Pantalic received a direct pass from Dezeu, made a fake move and passed Perez and broke through to the wing.
But Pantalic failed to complete the pass, and the football at his feet was shoveled out of the sideline by Teixeira.
And Pantalic couldn't dodge and fell off the court hard.
Pantalic fell to the ground, holding his right leg in pain, and the referee immediately asked the team doctor to come in.
Martin Jol made a brief inquiry and decisively replaced Pantalic with Soleimani.
A substitution was used up in just 16 minutes, and Martin Jol was also disrupted.
Although the Ajax players were putting pressure on the referee to give Teixeira a card for the tackle, it can be clearly seen through the replay that Teixeira tackled the football first, which was a perfect goal. Tackle.
Replacing Soleimani, Ajax's offensive line speed has improved, creating more threats to Twente's backcourt.
In the 31st minute, Emmanuelson received a pass from Gabri and ducked away from Perez's attack, heading towards the penalty area.
Weisgerhof didn't wait for Emmanuellessen to take a step further. He rushed out of the penalty area and tackled Emmanuellessen.
However, Emmanuelson pushed the ball straight into the penalty area before he fell.
This was also the first time in the first half that Ajax pushed the football deep into Twente's penalty area.
Out of the principle of offensive advantage, the referee just put the whistle to his mouth but did not blow it.
Suarez sprinted, dodged the double-teams of Tiendali and Stam, and was about to achieve a solo goal.
Stam suddenly tapped his toe and pointed the football towards the goal.
This choice is very risky. If you are not careful, you will cause your own goal.
However, Boshke's attention was still quite concentrated.
He knelt down and caught the football with his hands.
Beep! ~
The whistle sounded.
The referee showed a yellow card to Weisgerhof, who had just tackled Emmanuellesson, and then showed a yellow card to goalkeeper Boschke, and then pointed his finger into the penalty area.
"Yellow card? Penalty kick?"
"Hey! It shouldn't be. The foul committed by Weisgerhoff just now was outside the penalty area. It should be a goalkeeper's violation."
"Indirect free kick?"
"Hmm! This should be a great opportunity for Ajax! Hehe!"
The referee did not accept the Twente players' excuse and decisively awarded an indirect free kick in the penalty area.
All 11 Twente players were piled in the penalty area, seven of them were used for the single wall, and the other three were to defend Emmanuelson, Soleimani and Ennoh.
Suarez and Gabri stand in front of the football.
Gabri pushed the ball and Suarez raised his leg. He did not shoot, but continued to pull the ball to the right, and then kicked off again.
However, Boshke actually held Suarez's powerful shot firmly.
He must make up for his own mistakes!
The game continues.
The rest of the first half still ended under constant pressure from Ajax, and Twente did not even get a chance to counterattack.
In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again.
Twente's England coach McClaren replaced defender Weisgerhof, who had a yellow card, with No. 2 David Garnier.
In the first half today, Weisgerhoff's defensive task was indeed very heavy. If it weren't for his decisive tackle on Emmanuelson, Twente might have conceded the ball in the first half.
Beep! ~
Suarez kicked the ball and passed it to Soleimani.
Soleimani passed the ball to Emmanuelson, who passed Brama with a change of speed and drove straight into Twente's penalty area.
McLaren wanted to put the iron barrel formation to the end today. There were seven defenders in the entire penalty area. Any Ajax player dribbling the ball would be defended by at least two people.
Emmanuelson's path forward was blocked and he could only slow down and pass the ball back to Ennoch, allowing him to reorganize.
However, there was no tacit understanding between Ennoch and Emmanuelson at this time. When Emmanuelson passed the football, Ennohe did not receive the ball accurately. He had already passed the position and barely When stopping the ball, the stopping distance is a bit large.
This gave Twente a chance to counterattack.
No. 24 Jensen rushed forward like a wild horse, stretched out his kick, and cut off the football before Ennohe could adjust his body.
After quickly bringing the football to the center circle, he passed the ball diagonally to find Storch who was already rushing. Because Storch was running laterally, there was no Ajax defender around him.
Storch stopped the ball and moved forward without wasting any time to counterattack.
"Missed! Ajax missed someone on the wing!"
"Stoch dribbles the ball downfield and passes!"
"Brian Ruiz!"
"In!"
"The ball is in!"
"Brian Ruiz! Brian Ruiz received Storch's cross, beat Vergenton, and scored with a powerful header!"
"Hey! Let's look at Ruiz's header. It was like a Tomahawk missile. It hit the Ajax goal hard. Stekelenberg in front of the goal had nothing to do."
"This header is so beautiful, and this quick counterattack is so exciting!"
"Hehe! This has been Twente's specialty for the past two seasons. I'll just shrink back and let you press me and hit you. I'll give you a blow on the head while you're alone."
"Twente's quick counterattack goal is enough to be included in the textbooks. The ball was intercepted from Jensen and passed to Storch. Storch made the pass and Brian Ruiz headed the ball. The whole process only took ten minutes. A few seconds perfectly explained what a quick counterattack is. We congratulate the Twente team for getting a good start at the beginning of the second half. The pressure of this game has once again been put on the leader Ajax. I don’t know what happened off the court. Martin Jol is planning something at this time, they need to change something to break the situation."
"As the best defensive team in the Eredivisie this season, Twente is likely to maintain the 1:0 score until midfield. This game with Ajax will be a bit difficult, hehe!"
Suarez never thought that he would be standing at the kick-off point again so soon. He looked at Ruiz on the opposite side. If he could score one, he would score two.
Beep! ~
At the kick-off again, Ajax did not rush to equalize the score. Instead, they reached to their feet in the backcourt, intending to pull out Twente's formation.
But after Twente scored, they chose to be a coward. No matter how Ajax lured them in the backcourt, they only released Brian Ruiz in the frontcourt, and almost no other players crossed the midline.
There was a joking scene on the court. In the Ajax half, just like practicing hoops during training, Ajax players kept passing the ball to Brian Ruiz.
After several unsuccessful steals, Brian Ruiz held his knees and gasped for air. He really couldn't do much in the frontcourt alone.
Twente is currently in the lead, and it is understandable to choose not to retreat, but this is not the case for Ajax. They need to score goals, so they need to continue attacking.
So, after leaving Ruiz breathless, starting from Gabri, Ajax once again sounded the horn to attack forward.
Emmanuelson, who rushed to the front of the penalty area, took the ball, saw Suarez who was already in position, and passed the ball into Twente's penalty area with a pass.
But the 39-year-old veteran predicted Emanursen's choice early, and punched the football away before it fell.
Perez, who was outside the penalty area, quickly pulled away. After stopping the ball with his chest, he drove the football towards the Ajax half before the football landed.
It's Brian Ruiz again. The football seems to be equipped with a radar navigation, heading in the direction of Brian Ruiz.
Brian Ruiz saw the football start quickly, and he and Vergen held it hard, trying to squeeze into the penalty area.
This time Vergentong did not let Brian Ruiz succeed again and firmly stuck his position.
Watching the football fly overhead.
Brian Ruiz forced his way past Vergentong's block, but was tripped by Vergentong's sneakers as he took the next step.
He fell down exaggeratedly and threw himself into the penalty area.
It seems that McLaren has also arranged one of the tactics used by the iron coach of the national football team in his previous life - penalty kicks!
However, the referee did not award a penalty kick, but still gave Verhentong a yellow card and a free kick at the top of the penalty area.
Unfortunately, Perez's free kick flew high into the stands and did not create a threat.
Martin Jol chose to make a substitution at this time, replacing the exhausted Dezeu with the young Sim De Jong.
At the same time, Xiao Yu, Ericsson and Romedal were also asked to warm up, which also created a smoke bomb for McLaren to prevent him from choosing to play cards easily.
And McLaren did just that. It wasn't until Ajax made another substitution in the 70th minute that he called on the substitutes to warm up.
Xiao Yu comes on the stage and the formation returns to 3-4-3!
