amazing coach

Chapter 40 Situation

After a day of negotiations between Alkmaar and Rapid Boy, Kuyt’s transfer to Alkmaar has been settled. Kuyt’s skills were rough when he was young, and most people didn’t think his future would be brilliant. Rapid

The boys' club only asked for a training fee of 10,000 guilders, and their manager thought he was making a lot of money. If he had the vision of the next five years, he would definitely beat his chest for his short-sightedness.

It is not only the Fast Boys who are short-sighted. Many senior officials of the Alkmaar club are also not optimistic about Kuyt. These senior officials include manager Nelson and head coach Van Dijk. Even Schlinja is somewhat dubious.

Nelson didn't express much. This was Jiang Mu's first purchase after joining the youth team, and it was only 10,000 Dutch guilders, so he had no objections. He just reserved his opinion and waited to see Kuyt's future development.

Say it again.

But Van Dijk would not let go of this good opportunity to attack Jiang Mu. He sarcastically said that Jiang Mu only knows how to appreciate amateur players, and this amateur player is still the worst in skills. He suspected that Jiang Mu was using power for personal gain.

, do private transactions.

If he were an ordinary youth team coach, he would definitely be in trouble if he encountered an attack like that from head coach Van Dijk. However, Jiang Mu had the magical aura of leading the amateur team to the quarterfinals of the Dutch Cup before, and he also had Schlinja and Dijk.

Erke supported it and Van Dijk's words did not have any negative effect.

In order to refute the doubts of some people in the club about Kuyt, on the day Kuyt arrived, Jiang Mu led all the players and coaches of the youth team to welcome this simple young man from a small fishing village, and made arrangements for him the next day.

held a team training match.

This intra-team training match attracted the attention of many fans, including some club staff and senior executives. The Alkmaar youth team has always only recruited players from nearby areas. This is the first time that the head coach has personally recruited players from other places.

Once, many people wanted to see what Kuyt's technical level was.

Jiang Mu's technical and tactical ideas are closely connected with Dutch football thoughts, but they have been strengthened and highlighted in some aspects to form his own characteristics. Such tactics are easily accepted by the players. Although Jiang Mu took over for only two weeks,

The players of the second team have played very methodically, pressing extremely fiercely in the frontcourt and not giving their opponents a chance to breathe. Just like the rhythm of the Premier League, it seems to be suffocating.

And the control in the backcourt is smooth and smooth, not impatient, patiently waiting for the opponent to grab the ball, controlling the ball and kicking the ball are never difficult for Dutch players, but they play so patiently and hold the ball for such a long time without attacking.

But it is very rare. Although Jiang Mu did not make any major changes to the team, it did not play like a Dutch team at all, which surprised the fans and club officials who were watching.

Kuyt's performance was not perfect when he first appeared. His skills were still rough, his stopping skills were poor, his passing skills were poor, and his passing was not very accurate. However, his diligence was the most outstanding in the team.

The hard pressing in the frontcourt gave the opponent's back line a huge headache, and Kuyt's physical fitness is also excellent, running all over the field without slowing down at all.

Of course, this is just an appearance. Experts can only see the truth. What Alkmaar officials admire most about Kuyt is that he adheres to tactical disciplines and completes the tasks meticulously, never dragging his feet.

Although Kuyt's performance in his first appearance did not impress the fans and club officials, no one thought it was not worthwhile to spend 10,000 Dutch guilders to buy him. In terms of cost performance, this should be considered a very cost-effective deal.

Buy and sell.

Of course, Van Dijk would never admit this. Although he also saw that players like Kuyt were very suitable for Jiang Mu's tactical requirements, he still slandered Kuyt, saying that the youth team did not need to consider the record, they were for a team.

The team cultivates talents instead of looking for players that suit its own tactics. Jiang Mu's approach is grandstanding and selfish.

Van Dijk's words were agreed by some club officials and fans, but they did not convince Nelson and Dilk. In their view, Jiang Mu's behavior is too normal, because next season Jiang Mu will replace Van Dijk as the first-line player.

The coach of the team, he is now looking for players that suit his tactics, which shows that he has a long-term vision.

Jiang Mu is working hard to build his own direct team, and the performance of the youth team is also booming. He has won consecutive victories in the reserve league, all with big scores, taking into account winning and looking good, attracting more and more fans to watch.

But now Alkmaar still hasn't gotten rid of the vicious circle of invincibility, and it is getting further and further away from the top spot.

Alkmaar's crisis had actually been latent since Van Dijk used one lineup to conquer the world. The loss to the Oriental Dragons led by Jiang Mu in the Dutch Cup was just an opportunity to detonate.

Every team has its ups and downs, and every coach faces crises. Success requires luck, but whether you can get out of trouble often depends on the coach's character. Alkmaar's inability to extricate itself from the predicament is mainly because of Van Dijk.

Stubborn and headstrong.

In fact, after losing three games in a row, if Van Dijk can adjust the lineup in time, I believe that the young people on the bench and the second team, or resolutely buy people during the winter transfer period, can barely get through. After all, Alkmaar is the only player in the Dutch second division.

The team has the most funds. However, at first Van Dijk hoped to buy someone during the winter transfer period. As a result, because the other club suddenly changed his mind, Alkmaar did not buy suitable players, and Van Dijk had to temporarily let the substitutes and players from the second team.

Young players come forward. How can these players compare to the old players without the training and running-in of the game? As a result, not only did the team not get out of the predicament, but it caused conflicts between the new and old players, and the results became even worse.

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The Dutch "Telegraph" said: When Van Dijk faced a trough, his stubbornness and brutality made him sink deeper and deeper into the crisis and lost his ability to extricate himself. Now not only the fans are calling him out of class, but his prestige among the players has also been lost.

At the end of the day, the club has lost trust in him.

"International Football" of the Dutch Cup commented that Van Dijk's football lacks flexibility and resistance, and can only lead but not fall behind. If Alkmaar's top brass does not make decisive decisions, their efforts for a season may be in vain.

A home game against the leader Eamonn in mid-March is a last-ditch battle for Van Dijk. If he can defeat Eamonn, he will still have a decent chance to get out of class, that is, he will leave Alkmaar after the end of this season, but

If he loses this game and loses eight consecutive games, no one can keep his position except boss Dirk.

A last-ditch battle requires courage and wisdom, but it also relies on unity. However, the current Alkmaar is divided and has low morale, which is simply not enough to fight such a tough battle.

Before the game, Van Dijk made a high-profile statement that he would win the game no matter what. As a result, Alkmaar conceded the ball in the first minute. Then their mentality collapsed and they were won cleanly 3:0 by the Eamon team, almost completely.

Losing the possibility of ranking first in the league's total points, if there are no accidents, Alkmaar can only participate in the eight-team play-offs after the league.

Although Alkmaar was at the forefront of the storm during this period, there were a lot of rumors about the team and Van Dijk, some of which were related to Jiang Mu, but Jiang Mu did not pay attention to these. There are only nine games left this season. Now he takes over and next

There is not much difference between the two teams taking over in each season, but the two teams train at the same base all day long, and there are constant rumors about the first team. Even if he doesn't want to know, it is impossible.

Jiang Mu had just arrived at the training base that day when he saw that the players did not make preparations for training, but were discussing in groups. Even his good friend and assistant Zhao Guangming, and his assistant and mentor Lin Nazhou were also talking to these young players.

People were mixed together, which made Jiang Mu a little angry.

"What are you talking about? Do you still have a sense of time? Look what time it is."

Jiang Mu scolded the players with a stern face, but his eyes were fixed on Zhao Guangming.

Zhao Guangming didn't care about Jiang Mu's dissatisfied look. He stood up, patted Kuyt on the shoulder, and said to the players: "Everyone, get ready for training. The head is coming."

After the players all went to the locker room to change, Zhao Guangming came to Jiang Mu with a smile and said: "Good news, good news."

"What good news? Another excuse for me to squeeze my teeth." Jiang Mu said unhappily.

"Sincerity is not an excuse..." Zhao Guangming put his mouth on Jiang Mu's ear mysteriously and said, "I heard that Van Dijk is going to be out of class. Do you think it's good news?"

Jiang Mu was startled for a moment, then immediately said: "I heard from hearsay that this was said a month ago."

Zhao Guangming said: "It's different now. Really, just wait and see, the order to dismiss Van Dijk will come soon."

"What does not coming down have to do with us? Hurry up and prepare for training. Don't worry about things that are not within the scope of our duties." Jiang Mu criticized Zhao Guangming unhappily.

"I know." Zhao Guangming was secretly amused when he saw Jiang Mu's serious look, because they had a heated discussion last night, and most of his views today were Jiang Mu's.

At this time, the young players came out of the locker room. Jiang Mu was thinking about assigning today's training tasks to the players and asked Zhao Guangming to lead the training. He was going to take time with Lin Nazhou to go to France to get Drogba out.

Come on, after so many days of activities, only one Kuit and a few little monsters were dug up, which left Jiang Mu with no sense of accomplishment.

"Jingle Bell."

At this time the mobile phone rang.

Jiang Mu took out his cell phone and saw that it was Shelinjia calling.

"Jiang Mu, come to the manager's office. I have something to ask you."

"Okay, I'll be there right away."

Jiang Mu handed over the training tasks to Zhao Guangming and walked towards the office building.