Less than 10 minutes into the game, the two sides had already exchanged possession several times, but Ajax failed to get out of their own half.

In these 10 minutes, Manchester United has been suppressing Ajax.

Therefore, after another Manchester United shot failed, Onana signaled his teammates to slow down the pace and take it slow.

Onana put the ball on the ground, and Rashford looked at it and rushed forward to press for it.

But when Rashford entered the penalty area, Onana picked up the ball.

Delaying this for a while also gives the Ajax players a chance to breathe.

But Manchester United was not prepared to give Ajax any chance. Their two frontcourt wingers directly inserted themselves into the ribs and started to press.

There are problems with Ajax's backcourt conduction.

At this time, De Ligt got the ball and he was forced up by Rashford.

De Ligt knew that if he passed the ball back to the goalkeeper at this time, it would be really irresponsible and it would be easy to make a mistake.

So at this time, when De Ligt had no choice, he kicked the ball forward with a big kick.

This is not a good choice either, because apart from Dolberg who can get the ball, the other two Ajax frontcourt players, one of whom is 1.68 meters tall, Younis, basically have no ability to become a fulcrum.

Although Traore is 1.81 meters tall, he is a winger and has no intention of competing for the top. In other words, he has no awareness of competing for the top.

So in the end, the ball was easily hit by Smalling, and then he headed the ball forward. Herrera, who retreated to get the ball, easily got the ball, and then entered a period of time when Manchester United controlled the ball.<

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Manchester United's offensive style is very simple, with the four midfielders running in tandem.

The two high school midfielders Fellaini and Pogba are connected in tandem, and the two are responsible for the tandem in different ways.

Fellaini pays attention to one kick and then presses on the spot.

Pogba, on the other hand, kept the ball at his feet for a long time, looked up and observed, then took two steps forward, and then suddenly passed the ball.

The two wingers, Mkhitaryan and Mata, connect the midfielder and frontcourt Rashford.

In the 18th minute of the first half, Fellaini received a pass from Valencia on the wing who stepped forward to assist.

He was originally going to stop and observe.

But suddenly he observed that Pogba had moved to the left of the top of the penalty area, and there was a gap in front of him. The nearest defensive player was several meters away from him.

Therefore, Fellaini gave the ball to him without hesitation.

As a talented midfielder, Pogba's basic operation is to watch all four directions. He saw the movement of Fellaini's feet, so he prepared in advance, looked at the ball and stopped it.

At this time, Pogba has several options, either passing the ball, dribbling the ball forward into the penalty area, or shooting directly from the left side of the penalty area.

Pogba naturally chose to shoot from this position.

When he became famous at Juventus, he played in the left midfield position.

In this position, he can break through, pass, dribble, and shoot.

So at this time, Pogba's confidence was so high that he took a shot directly.

Lin Kedi couldn't help but stand up on the bench, and the teammates around him also gave in. At this time, Ajax fans and players all focused on Onana.

However, the shot was powerful and heavy. Although Onana judged the direction correctly, he was unable to reach it. He could only watch the ball hit the net.

When the ball hit the net, the Manchester United fans at the scene instantly became excited.

Pogba also ran to the sidelines excitedly and hugged Mourinho.

Lin Kedi changed from standing to sitting.

Less than 20 minutes into the game, we fell behind 0-1. This first half was really bad for Ajax.

But what the Ajax people didn't expect was that the difference was yet to come, because just 2 minutes later, Fellaini received a cross from Pogba on the left in the penalty area and scored with a header.

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2-0, Manchester United scored two goals in 3 minutes.

"It's not good. Ajax's defense was penetrated twice in 3 minutes. The two central defenders are still too young."

"In these two defenses, the older Sanchez performed very poorly, and the younger De Ligt performed relatively acceptably. However, these two people obviously lack experience. Facing the experienced Manchester United, this

No way."

He Wei and Zhang Lu were both a little anxious.

After all, Ajax has Chinese players.

They will definitely favor the side with Chinese players, which is understandable.

After all, neutral commentary is most common in China, and you can’t participate in it after all.

And now not only the commentators are anxious, but also the fans.

Boss has already started pacing in the command area on the sidelines.

Crutzen knew that was how Bosch was thinking.

But at this time, he decisively rushed from the bench to Bosch's side.

"Peter, we must be steady at this time, otherwise we will easily concede the ball again. If we really fall behind 3-0 in the first half, we will have no chance at all."

"I know, we are not Liverpool."

After saying this, Bosch shouted towards the court and made a gesture of pressing down with both hands.

The Ajax players can immediately understand that this is what coaches often mean by "holding firm" and "controlling the rhythm".

Ajax captain David Klaassen saw it immediately, so he immediately conveyed the coach's instructions to the entire team. Soon, everyone from the forward to the goalkeeper knew about this latest instruction.
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So in the next 10 minutes or so, Ajax shrunk their defense and did not actively attack. Instead, they seemed to be playing defensive football.

Time is passing minute by minute.

Ajax can't seem to find any good solutions on the court.

Until the 44th minute of the first half, the last minute of regular time in the first half.

Ajax seized the opportunity to counterattack and made a long pass from the backcourt to find the point in the frontcourt.

Younes in the frontcourt had not reached the front at this time. Dolberg ran sideways from the left to the center, but was still a step too late and did not get the ball. In the end, the ball was destroyed by Smalling who came back.<

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Boss finally couldn't stand it anymore.

"Let Lin warm up in midfield and change directly in the second half!"

Crutzen looked at Bosch, knowing that he could not convince him either.

After all, Younis's performance in the first half can be said to be terrible, but you can't blame him. After all, he is not a center. Playing as a pseudo-center in the Eredivisie and playing in the Europa League final are completely different things.

Crutzen walked towards Lin Kedi.
Chapter completed!