The offense and defense conversion speed of both sides became extremely fast.

This is actually not very advantageous for Southampton. Although Southampton has world-class fast player Gu Ran, Southampton's basic tactic is defensive counterattack. The rhythm of defensive counterattack is a combination of fast and slow. The fast one is counterattack and the slow one is defense. Now Southampton is influenced by Ajax, and the rhythm of offense and defense is very fast, which can easily lead to accidents.

Sure enough, in the 38th minute, Ajax's Suleimani used his personal skills to get rid of Mikel, dribbled into the penalty area and turned back to pass the ball. Captain Siem de Jong rushed up and shot directly - the ball hit Davis' arm and changed direction, and bounced into the net! The ball went in! Ajax tied the score again in the first half!

The score on the big screen immediately changed to Southampton 2:2 Ajax!

This Europa League final was really exciting and beautiful! Both teams played at their best level.

Ajax was originally a team that qualified for the Champions League. They were placed in the group of death in the Champions League group stage and only finished third in the group. They then went to the Europa League play-offs, and passed the knockout rounds of the play-offs and made it to the finals halfway through.

The Southampton team, on the other hand, fought hard all the way and relied on their dark horse strength to get to where they are today.

It would not be surprising if either of these two teams won the Europa League title.

In the rest of the first half, the physical strength of both sides reached a bottleneck, especially Ajax.

Ajax naturally fought very hard because they wanted to catch up with the score, and their all-out attack and defense, full-court pressing, and passing and controlling the ball were very energy-consuming.

So, although it seems that Ajax is suppressing Southampton on the surface, in fact, Ajax may not be able to last until the end in this state.

Once the physical strength collapses, Southampton will definitely seize the opportunity.

Ajax naturally understands this, so Ajax really wants to take a big lead over Southampton as soon as possible.

but……

In the three minutes of injury time in the first half, both sides had wonderful performances, but neither side was able to expand the score.

The referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game, and the two sides temporarily shook hands and made peace with the score at 2:2.

Players from both sides returned to their respective locker rooms to rest and adjust.

After the 15-minute halftime break, both teams returned to the court and changed sides to continue the game.

After adjustments, Southampton significantly strengthened the competition in the midfield and frontcourt, and controlled the rhythm when defending.

This made Ajax very uncomfortable.

The physical energy of both sides was being consumed rapidly and massively.

In the 61st minute, Southampton took the lead in seizing the opportunity to counterattack.

Gu Ran and Mikel, the two defensive midfielders, teamed up to strangle Soleimani who was holding the ball. Before Soleimani could pass the ball, he was roughly knocked to the ground by Mikel. Poor Soleimani was 177cm tall and weighed only 65kg. He was a typical technical forward and could not withstand Mikel's collision at all.

Soleimani rolled on the grass and anxiously reached out to the referee to appeal.

However, the referee ignored Soleimani's appeal, believing that this was reasonable physical contact in football.

Gu Ran took the opportunity to sprint, picked up the football dropped by Soleimani, and then made a big kick, performing a classic outside overtaking. After passing two Ajax players who intercepted the ball, he passed the ball to himself three seconds later.

Gu Ran was speeding along the left side, and Chamberlain also used all his speed to switch positions to the middle to outflank.

The ball went in! Southampton made an exquisite combination, assisted by Gu Ran, and Chamberlain scored with a header!

This is the second time that Gu Ran and Chamberlain have connected in today's game!

Ajax's superb cooperation with Southampton's left side was completely unrestrained! The score on the big screen was immediately rewritten as Southampton 3:2 Ajax! In this Europa League final, the two teams have already contributed 5 goals together, and there is still half an hour left in the game. Judging from this, the total number of goals will exceed 7, which is basically a foregone conclusion.

You know, this is the Europa League final. Generally, there won't be big goals in the finals. Most teams will play cautiously in the finals, but Ajax played very crazy, and Southampton played even crazier.

Fans of both sides had a great time.

Of course, having fun is not the goal; winning the game is the goal.

Ajax, falling behind again, stepped up their attack.

But this time, Ajax has reached the point of being exhausted.

Ajax's tactics are very gorgeous and exciting, but the problem is that they consume too much energy.

If Ajax cannot defeat their opponent during the period of stable physical strength, it will easily collapse around the 80th minute.

In terms of mentality, Southampton, who had the leading advantage, played steadily, while Ajax was very impatient.

This impatience soon paid a greater price.

In the 72nd minute, after attracting the siege of at least four Ajax players, Gu Ran lowered his shoulder to create a narrow gap. Gu Ran took advantage of the gap and passed the ball directly to Salah. Salah protected the ball perfectly, but was tackled to the ground by the Ajax defender who rushed up.

Salah rolled on the grass, holding his ankle.

The referee showed the Ajax defender a yellow card and awarded Southampton a free kick 38 meters from the goal.

Southampton fans became excited instantly.

Salah also quickly got up and trotted towards Gu Ran to celebrate Gu Ran's goal in advance.

Ajax fans were all puzzled, not understanding where the confidence of Southampton fans came from.

Gu Ran stood at the free throw spot and stared at the strong area of ​​the human wall with his signature sharp eyes.

Then, Gu Ran took a running start and kicked the ball in one go! The football was like a crescent-shaped scimitar, passing through the strong area of ​​the human wall and falling rapidly! The goalkeeper of Ajax was stunned! Crescent-shaped scimitar + fatal elevator!

The ball went in! The score on the big screen changed to Southampton 4:2 Ajax!

All the Southampton fans in the stands jumped up and cheered!

Ajax fans held their heads in horror, unable to believe their eyes.

Now, time is running out for Ajax! ...(End of this chapter)