The Godfather of Football

The bustling Detokmost suddenly became deserted and deserted, which is really unaccustomed to me sometimes when I think about it.

Van Praag likes to walk in Detokmost, especially when there is no one around. He walks slowly on the cement road or the cobblestone road between the training grounds. From time to time he sees some weeds. , or some debris, he would bend down to clean it up.

Ye Qiu followed Van Praag and walked with him. The latter gave him the feeling not like the president of a club, but like an old man walking in his own yard. He wore glasses and had a senile look. The fat body shape unique to humans is very interesting.

Perhaps many people, including Ye Qiu, find this behavior a bit boring because the club hired a dedicated person to take charge of this area, but he still enjoys it and does it almost every day.

Ye Qiu knew very well that he could not understand Van Praag's feelings for Ajax, but he respected the Dutch old man's behavior. Because of this, he always stayed by his side, and occasionally they would talk. to the team.

At the first-team coaching staff and staff meeting just now, Ye Qiu once again emphasized that the team will not give up any game. Ajax’s belief and principle is to go all out and strive for every game. do the best.

"Don't tell me how other teams are doing, and don't tell me how others are doing. I just want each of you to know clearly that my belief and principle, Ye Qiu, is to never give up anything. No matter how useless a game is, I have only one belief, to win!”

Ye Qiu's words were very serious, because he knew very well that some people did have opinions on multi-line operations, and multi-line operations did affect the team's competitiveness in the Eredivisie, at least losing points in a few games. , especially in this game against Graf Sharp, the problem of players' lack of physical fitness was clearly exposed.

As the head coach, Ye Qiu couldn't blame Peter Brandt for this, because he had done a good enough job. Everyone could imagine that he was fighting on two fronts almost every week and had to participate in the national team competition. , and having to travel back and forth, how can the players always maintain good condition?

Therefore, Ye Qiu not only did not shirk responsibility to employees at the meeting, he did not even mention this issue. He only said that everyone must put aside different opinions and work together to ensure the team's combat effectiveness and unity.

Van Praag still spoke highly of Ye Qiu's speech and performance at this meeting. At least he was not a dazed young man, and he was also very particular about his speech, making it acceptable to employees. This was undoubtedly the source of stability. The best way to do it within the team.

"Actually, I've always wanted to ask you a question!"

Walking slowly on the cobblestone road of Detokmost, Van Praag asked softly.

"How confident are you in the Champions League?"

After hearing this, Ye Qiu smiled faintly, "If you had asked me before the season, I would have told you, no, so if you ask me now, I would still tell you, no!"

Van Praag was taken aback for a moment, then immediately laughed, "In your Chinese terms, does this count as..."

"One step forward, one step counted!" Ye Qiu added with a smile.

Van Praag laughed for a while. Sometimes he couldn't understand Ye Qiu himself. At least he couldn't fully understand what this young man was thinking. Of course, he didn't doubt Ye Qiu's ability. Now, no Speaking of Ajax, even in the Netherlands and Europe, no one would doubt Ye Qiu's ability to coach a professional team.

"I told you before the season that I am determined to win the Eredivisie. I don't say this casually. I think that to win the championship, you must get at least 80 points. Last season, PSV won the championship. I got 83 points, and before that, I was basically hovering above 80 points.”

After hearing this, Van Praag kept nodding and listened carefully to Ye Qiu's analysis.

"The league is different from the cup. The league is relatively more able to allow us to make mistakes, but the probability of making mistakes in the cup is smaller!" Ye Qiu listened for a while, and after Van Praag nodded, he continued: "Now in the league we still have It’s a certain advantage, but I’m not arrogant. If we focus all our efforts on playing in the league, I dare say there will be no surprises in winning the championship!”

It's hard to explain what gives Ye Qiu confidence, but he really feels that the Ajax team he built will become more and more effective because the entire tactical framework has taken shape. As the players grow and progress, As some details continue to be refined and improved, this Ajax will only get stronger and stronger.

But the premise is that the continuity of the players must be ensured.

If the team frequently sells players and constantly changes the main lineup, it is impossible for such a team to maintain combat effectiveness.

This is the key reason why Ye Qiu must keep Ibrahimovic and get the team's transfer rights.

But just adopting this high-pressure policy is not enough. If Ajax will always be dominant in the Eredivisie and weak in the European competition, sooner or later they will be rejected by ambitious players, because when the player's strength increases to To a certain extent, they need higher challenges to stimulate themselves.

Being the boss of a group of chickens is not challenging, and the head of a chicken will always be just a chicken. But if you are the boss of a group of phoenixes, as long as you have fighting spirit and enterprising spirit, you will have a chance to defeat the bosses and become the phoenix.

If Ronaldo doesn't leave PSV, will he become an alien?

If Van Nistelrooy doesn't join Manchester United, will he still be the king of the penalty area?

The transfer of each player is not just about money and benefits. Sometimes it is a kind of stimulation, a way to move to a higher level league, to a more competitive environment, to constantly stimulate yourself, challenge yourself, and keep yourself improving.

"If we only aim at the league, then I can guarantee that soon, within one or two years, our group of players will definitely be gone, because the Eredivisie will soon be unable to meet their requirements, just like Gilberto Silva, look at his performance, and Ibrahimovic, Lucio, Robben, and Van der Vaart."

"This group of players have outstanding talents and potential. They are progressing too fast. Sooner or later, the Eredivisie will not be able to meet their needs. Then they will want to leave and want to change jobs. What should we do then? Reject? Suppress?" Ye Qiu smiled, "Is it useful? In the end, it will only wear down the players' fighting spirit and morale!"

After listening to Ye Qiu's words, Van Praag had to agree with his point of view.

In fact, one of the important reasons why the Ajax team during the Van Gaal era fell apart immediately after two years of glory was that the players lacked goals and lacked stimulation in the Eredivisie, so they all wanted to prove themselves on a higher platform. Coupled with the impact of the Bosman Act, they eventually fell apart.

This has almost become a kind of inevitability, that is, after the peak, there will be a trough, and then there will be a reorganization.

"And frankly, I don't like the way of giving up before the game even starts. No matter how many excuses he finds, they can't cover up his cowardice before the game starts, because the players are not fools. They play the game, and they know better than anyone whether you have tried your best."

"Today, you can give up another game for this game, so tomorrow, you may give up more games for another game. What kind of association will this make the players think? They will think that in the head coach's mind, the game can be given up!"

Ye Qiu smiled coldly and shook his head: "The most important thing for a team is belief, that is, the team spirit!"

"Everyone comes from different places, has different beliefs, different lifestyles and habits, they have different experiences, and have all kinds of strange differences. Therefore, any team that wants to combine these people into a whole can only rely on two things, one is financial incentives, and the other is spiritual strength."

"The former are mercenaries, and the latter are a real iron army!"

Hearing Ye Qiu say this, Van Praag was completely convinced by him.

Because he finally heard that what Ye Qiu wanted was not a group of professional players, but a group of iron-blooded troops with common beliefs and common goals.

Mercenaries are easy, and money can buy everything, but it is very difficult to build a real iron-blooded army.

Patting Ye Qiu on the shoulder, Van Praag nodded continuously. He seemed to have re-recognized Ye Qiu now, because he found that this young Chinese thought further and more deeply than him in many aspects, and seemed more ambitious.

Ye Qiu was right. The Eredivisie was just a small role in European football. Sooner or later, it would not be able to satisfy local players like Ibrahimovic and Lucio, or even Robben and Van der Vaart. Sooner or later, they would have to prove themselves on a higher stage like Van Basten, Rijkaard and others, and strive to leave their names in the history of football.

And he, Ye Qiu, was not the same?

Over the past two years, Van Praag has watched Ye Qiu grow from a youth training coach who just graduated from school to a well-known head coach step by step. He is more impressed and surprised, because this is something he had never thought of when he first saw Ye Qiu more than two years ago.

According to Ye Qiu's development and progress, sooner or later, Ajax will not be able to satisfy him. He will also hope to prove himself on a higher stage and compete with stronger opponents like the players.

Don't say it, Van Praag really guessed Ye Qiu's thoughts.

In the past, Ye Qiu just wanted to coach a team and prove to all those who looked down on him that he would become a qualified professional team head coach, and he led the second team to win the Dutch Cup, which has proved this.

Later, he wanted to prove to everyone that he could not only do it, but also do it well, so he led the team to win the League Cup and once again fulfilled his wish.

But now, his goal is not just to do it and do it well, he hopes to become a strong man in the field of head coach, he hopes that fans all over the world will talk about him, Ye Qiu, and they will involuntarily put him together with Ferguson, Wenger, Capello, Lippi and other famous European coaches.

This ambition is indeed very big, but if you don't dare to look further and dream bigger, what's the point? Is it good to be cautious and follow the rules all your life, and not dare to overstep your boundaries?

Ye Qiu spent his previous life like this. After he crossed over, he swore that he would never live like this again.

When he just crossed over, he didn't have any capital and didn't dare to dream like this. Now, with the League Cup in hand, who dares to say that he is too ambitious to dream like this? Who can say that he, at the age of 27, has not become a famous coach one day?

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"You...do you think I'm very ambitious?"

On the Cam River in Cambridge University, England, Ye Qiu and Huang Chu paddled a small kayak and drifted slowly along the Cam River. When they passed under the Cam Bridge, Ye Qiu thought of many things and couldn't help but ask Huang Chu sat opposite him.

Huang Chu was holding her chin, looking at Ye Qiu who was rowing the boat in a daze. When he finished talking about his affairs and asked his doubts, she smiled brightly and blurted out, "Don't part with your illusions. When they are the same, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."

"Can you please stop talking English?" Ye Qiu smiled bitterly and spoke Chinese English to her.

Huang Chu was amused by him and giggled. She knew that Ye Qiu understood English, "This is what Mark Twain said, don't give up on your dreams. Although you can continue to live without your dreams, you have already Even though he is alive, he is still dead!”

"I can't tell!" Ye Qiu's eyes wandered around Huang Chu.

Being stared at by him so maliciously, Huang Chu couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, his pink face immediately turned red, and he said coquettishly: "What are you doing?"

"I didn't expect you to be such a fresh kid!" Ye Qiu smiled even more maliciously.

"What do you mean?" Huang Chu didn't understand.

"Little freshness is..." Ye Qiu didn't know how to explain it, "...it probably means young artistic women!"

Having said this, Ye Qiu shook his head and sighed, "Cambridge is indeed Cambridge. Even the air here is filled with the smell of books. Our Achu is now becoming more and more like a literary young woman, but I am getting more and more... You are getting more and more rogue, if you continue like this..."

After a pause, Ye Qiu pretended to be pitiful and said, "Ah Chu, will you be like Chen Shimei in the TV series? Once you feel at home, you will abandon me, a loser, and fall in love with those rich people instead." handsome?"

"Look at you like that. It would be a pity not to act in a movie!" Huang Chu glared at him fiercely.

"That's right, maybe you can win an Oscar for acting in a movie. We Chinese haven't won an Oscar for best actor yet!"

Huang Chu smiled again when he saw how vigorously he climbed up the pole. Anyway, as long as he was with Ye Qiu, he would always try his best to make her happy and make her laugh. This made Huang Chu wish that he could be there every day. Everybody saw him.

After leaving his seat, Huang Chu moved forward a short distance and sat opposite Ye Qiu. He stretched out his hand and held Ye Qiu's face, "Although you are neither tall nor rich, let alone The commander-in-chief..."

Hearing this, Ye Qiu almost jumped. He was indeed not too tall or rich, but why wasn't he handsome?

But just when he was about to refute, Huang Chu turned around and half-lyed in Ye Qiu's arms. This intimate gesture immediately made other students and students on kayaks on the Kang River angry. The tourists all looked sideways.

You know, even though he has only been in Cambridge for a few months, Huang Chu's beautiful appearance has already attracted the attention of many male students. Almost every day on his way to school and on his way to get off work, male students will send love letters, but Huang Chu never Accept, this has spread throughout the student circle of Cambridge University, and some people even suspect that she likes women and not men.

But now, they all understand that the famous flower has an owner!

"Ye Qiu!" Huang Chu's face turned red as she leaned into Ye Qiu's arms. This was the first time she had been so bold and proactive.

"Huh?" Ye Qiu pretended to be calm, but he was almost obsessed with this little girl.

"I really love you, really really love you!" Huang Chu said with a slightly tearful tone.

The voice was very soft, only Ye Qiu could hear it.

"Me too!" Ye Qiu simply stopped kayaking and took out his hand to hug Huang Chu.

From the time he met until now, Ye Qiu has done a lot of things for Huang Chu. Some things Huang Chu sees and remembers in his heart, but there are some things Huang Chu may not even know about, but Ye Qiu has done them for her, so She was particularly touched.

For her sake, Ye Qiu had always been tolerant to Huang Jinsong. Huang Chu knew very well that with Ye Qiu's arrogant character, being willing to do this for her was already a huge concession, so she always kept it in mind.

But when her mother Chu Yun called her and mentioned that Ye Qiu gave her Huang Chu's phone number, Huang Chu couldn't help but shed tears, because even after she had fallen out with her father Under such circumstances, Ye Qiu could still do this for her. Apart from loving her, Huang Chu could not think of anything else.

In Ye Qiu's heart, he feels that he is a man, and as a man, he should take responsibility and protect his woman. Moreover, he has always felt that the matter between himself and Huang Jinsong should not be at the expense of Huang Chu and make Huang Chu feel painful. for the price.

Just like what Chen Zhong said, if you love her, you should think more about her. Otherwise, is it still called love?

"My mother called you two days ago. I heard that my father was talking about you after he came home!" Huang Chu leaned in Ye Qiu's arms and whispered the secrets that her mother had secretly revealed to her.

"Oh, really?" Ye Qiu was a little surprised, "You must be scolding me, right?"

Huang Chu glared at him angrily, "Not this time. I heard from Brother Zhong that my dad has changed his mind about you now. My mom also said that my dad wasn't angry when he talked about you. He just said it casually. Asked a few questions about my situation and studies.”

"How did he know?" Ye Qiu was referring to the connection between Huang Chu and his mother Chu Yun.

Huang Chu raised his head and poked his forehead gently with his onion-like fingers, "Do you really think my dad is a fool? He is smarter than anyone else, but he just pretends not to know some things."

Ye Qiu smiled, but he was not surprised. He could guess this kind of thing just by looking at Chu Yun's transformation.

"Don't worry, Ah Chu!" Ye Qiu hugged Huang Chu's slender waist tightly, "I promise you, give me a little more time, I promise to marry you into our Ye family openly!"

Huang Chu smiled happily after hearing this. She usually doubted what others said, but she believed Ye Qiu's words, all of them!