How 🟥⬜Ajax's "Total Football Evolution" Ajax 1-0 AC Milan.. Dissolution of Milan's defensive structure in the 1995 Final: The Tactical Shapes Ajax (3-4-3 Diamond): Van Gaal played a risk-heavy 3-4-3 with a diamond midfield. This relied on possession and positional interchange. AC Milan (4-4-2 / 4-1-2-1-2): Fabio Capello set up in a variation of the 4-4-2, using Marcel Desailly as a destroyer in midfield to man-mark Ajax's playmaker, Jari Litmanen. Key Tactical Battles 1. The Midfield Overload (4 vs 3) The decisive battle took place in the center. Ajax utilized a diamond midfield consisting of Frank Rijkaard (CDM), Clarence Seedorf (RCM), Edgar Davids (LCM), Jari Litmanen (CAM). Milan operated with three central figures effectively (Desailly, Albertini, Boban). Because Desailly was obsessed with man-marking Litmanen, it often dragged him out of position. This left Frank Rijkaard as the "spare man" at the base of the midfield. Milan’s two strikers (Massaro and Simone) pressed the three...