The Godfather of Football

This is a realistic and cruel world!

Therefore, never ask for pity, sympathy and charity casually, unless you are willing to give up your dignity, crawl at the other person's feet, and beg bitterly.

The next day, major newspapers in the Netherlands and some mainstream media in Europe that paid attention to the Eredivisie also reported on the match between Ajax and Eindhoven, but they mostly focused on the winner. boast and praise, and ruthlessly trample and humiliate the losers.

As the headline comment on the front page of the Eindhoven Daily said, "In last night's game, we saw the rise of the PSV dynasty and also witnessed the Ajax dynasty. ’s destruction, we saw the entire city of Amsterdam trembling under the iron heel of Eindhoven, begging for mercy!”

At the end of this comment, they even shouted arrogantly, "The championship already belongs to us PSV, say goodbye to your championship, Ajax!"

It is foreseeable that this report is bound to cause an uproar throughout the Netherlands, and is bound to once again ignite the grudges and anger between the two rival teams Ajax and Eindhoven. Fans of both teams have a war of words with each other, and that's probably the purpose of this article.

Kyodo Daily also made a special report on this game. They believed that Ajax was not as strong as Eindhoven. This is true, but it definitely did not lose so badly. The reason for the disastrous defeat was a very important one. The reason is that Waters' tactics and arrangements are very poor.

"As early as after the battle between Ajax and Feyenoord, I once said that Waters' formation was very poor, and we could even see it from his arrangement. He might He didn't even get to know his opponent in depth. Otherwise, it's hard for me to imagine why he would be so arrogant and casually expose the two full-backs to PSV Eindhoven's two wing killers and let them Wantonly killing and slaughtering?”

Schulde Mosso, the famous reporter of the Kyodo Daily News, still maintained his sharp writing skills and bombarded Waters' formation without any scruples, but what he said was indeed the truth.

"I once said that three consecutive victories made Ajax lose their minds. This caused them to lose 0:2 at home to their arch-rival Feyenoord, but it is obvious that this did not wake them up. Van Praag is still immersed in his outdated fantasy. He is still imagining that he can promote a new Van Gaal from the youth team! "

"Yes, promoting Van Gaal is the greatest choice he has made since he became president of Ajax, but there is only one Van Gaal. Waters is not Van Gaal, and Westhoff will not be Van Gaal either. Now Ajax The environment Jax faces and the current football situation are completely different from those in 1991. Even if Van Gaal comes back now, he will not be able to bring any help to Ajax. "

"Maybe it's time for Van Praag and the top management of Ajax to calm down and think carefully!"

Compared with the criticism and comments from the outside world, the report from the Amsterdam Afton Post was relatively mild.

Their front page headline is also this game, but they are trying hard to let everyone know that this is not the responsibility of one person or anyone, but the changes of the times that have been imposed on Ajax. pain.

"Over the years, we have watched young players emerge one after another, but soon, we sent them away one after another. This is not whose fault it is, but the environment has changed? That group of loyal Ajas in the past The Kex Warriors are no more!"

"On the one hand, we see with our own eyes that the players trained in our own youth training are transferred to other teams one by one with low transfer fees or even no transfer fees. On the other hand, in order to retain the players, we must improve the players' quality. At the same time, in order to ensure the team's combat effectiveness, we need to go all out to recruit people. Coupled with the restrictions of the Eredivisie, Ajax's financial operations are becoming increasingly difficult. Whose fault can this be? "

But Corriere della Sera also mentioned the management's mistake, that is, during the club's transformation process, the club invested in Cape Town Ajax in South Africa, advocating opening up the African market and using cheap African players to fill the Bosman bill. The impact brought by the failure of the entire African plan further exacerbated the crisis in Ajax's operations.

"Many fans say that Ajax has reached a critical moment of life and death, but the more this happens, the more brave we should be, the more united we should be, and the less we should give up. Isn't this the spirit of us Ajax people?"

"Before every dawn, there is always darkness. Before the Michels era and the Van Gaal era, we were also in the same turmoil and sinking, but in the end we all survived. We have absolutely reason to believe that it will be the same this time!"

It can be seen that this comment in Corriere della Sera is more about thinking and looking at the problem from the perspective of an Ajax fan and for the sake of the Ajax club, and this comment It also resonated with many die-hard Ajax fans in Amsterdam.

At the same time, in Detok Most, Van Praag gathered all the first team coaches in the conference room of the first team training building early in the morning for a meeting, mainly to allocate the power of the first team next. Stabilize the team internally.

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Ye Qiu is self-aware. He is only 25 years old this year and has just coached for less than a year. He has nothing to do with the power distribution of Ajax, so for Van Praag to promote Westhoff, he It’s not surprising at all. This was prepared before the season. Westhoff has always been Waters’ vaccination.

He even thought that if it weren't for Westhoff, Van Praag would find someone from outside temporarily.

After the redistribution of power, Westhoff served as the head coach of the first team. Although there is still an agent in front of him, everyone knows that if there are no big surprises, he will work until the end of the season. If he performs well, he will Will most likely stay.

The youth team is still Westerhoff's territory. He also has the transfer rights up and down Ajax. With the addition of the first team, Westerhoff's power has suddenly increased a lot. His position during the meeting He also sat opposite Leo Benhak.

"The most important thing for the club now is the centenary celebration!" Van Praag looked as if he had aged more than ten years after last night's forced uterus, and he seemed to have more white hair. , but with a firm look on his face.

"Hans, what do you think?"

Westerhoff puffed up his chest. The most glorious moment in his life is today. Although he had been the head coach at Eindhoven before, he did not have as much power as he does now, and he did not work for long. He fell down, and now he is the number one powerhouse in the Ajax Athletic Department.

"I think that for this game against Eindhoven, apart from the most important issue of the head coach's formation, another very important reason lies in the team's lineup, especially the lack of impact on the forward line. If our front line has enough impact, it is entirely possible for us to create a murderous attack at the beginning!”

After a pause, Westerhoff nodded again, "Of course, there are also problems in the defense, so signings are definitely needed!"

Van Praag turned to the director of finance sitting next to Bobby Harms. The latter also spoke and said that the club's finances were not very ideal, but they could do their best to support the first team signings. The best they could do during the winter break was Come up with a transfer budget of $5 million.

"Hans!" After listening to the report from the Ministry of Finance, Van Praag looked at Westhoff.

"Harris Huizinger, I hope to introduce this center from Heerenveen, and then I hope to make appropriate signings on the back line!" Westhoff expressed his thoughts.

"But Harris Huizinger's price is not cheap!" Bobby Harms reminded.

As a veteran of the club, Super Bobby's influence in Ajax is extraordinary, and his words are to the point.

Huizinger has performed well in Heerenveen this season. If Ajax wants to introduce this center, it will be impossible for Heerenveen to release him without spending millions of dollars. Once all the transfer budget is allocated to If Huizinge is eliminated, how will the defense be recruited? How to arrange it?

"Currently, we have two forwards, Mahras and Aviladze, which are barely enough. We also have two substitutes, Australian forwards Kulina and Hoekstra. The signings on the front can be temporarily put on hold. Once released, there are many problems in the defense! "Leo Benhak also gave his own opinion at this critical moment.

He is an old fox. Originally, what Van Praag wanted most was to see him take over the first team as the head coach, but he also saw that Ajax was a mess and refused to agree, ultimately giving Westerho an advantage. husband.

Without Waters, the Westhoff family is the only one in power, and there is no way anyone can listen to what Leo Benhak says.

"I heard that Kevin Hovland, the main central defender of Fortuna in Sita, has been making noises about transferring recently. If he can be introduced, he will form a strong central defender combination with Virat and Kivu. ." Ye Qiu also felt that he should make some contribution.

As the saying goes, people who love boats are those who work at Ajax. Even though Ye Qiu was unhappy with Westerhoff, he didn't want Ajax to suffer, so he gave his own advice. .

Hovland is not a very well-known player at the moment. Although he has performed very well in Sittard Fortuna this season, the price will not be too high. If he transfers in the winter, he can get it for two million US dollars. You know, this player later became famous in Europe. He was once regarded as the most potential and powerful central defender in Europe. Even Ferguson and others favored him.

Of course, it's hard to say how good a person is. Hovland later failed to become a top-notch central defender in Europe due to injuries and a series of reasons. But at the very least, from this point of view, he is definitely a powerful central defender worth introducing.

"I've also learned about Hovland. The price is too high, and although the youngster Kifu has some potential, I'm not very optimistic about him. Just let him stay in your second team to practice!" Wei Stethoff looked at Ye Qiu with a sad smile.

It can be seen from his eyes that he will look for opportunities to attack Ye Qiu anytime and anywhere.

"Whatever!" Ye Qiu shrugged, he tried his best.

No one else is a time traveler like Ye Qiu. Of course, they don't know the future of Hovlan and Kifu. Hovland is just in his early years, and Kifu is a 19-year-old youngster. In the Jax team, players like this will not attract much attention, unless they are talents like Van der Vaart.

At the end of the first-team meeting, Westhoff insisted on bringing in Huizinger. Van Praag could only express his willingness to consider trying to contact him, and then the meeting was hastily adjourned.

Anyone could see that Westhoff would reconsider any team left by Waters.

This was normal. A new emperor has new ministers. This has always been the case in European football!

After the meeting, Van Praag left Ye Qiu alone. This also made Westhoff look at Ye Qiu with a somewhat strange look when he left, as if he was jealous and thought that Ye Qiu would tell him about his secrets behind his back.

This person, how could he be so petty?

Or was it that he was blinded by power?

"I suddenly feel very tired!"

In the locker room where no one else was, Van Praag sighed without coming to a deep place and said tiredly.

Ye Qiu knew what was going on in his heart, but wasn't it Van Praag himself who really planted the root of this disaster?

"It's a turbulent time now!" Van Praag still has some hope for Ye Qiu, perhaps because in his heart, Ye Qiu is very similar to that person in many ways, very similar, "Three days later, in the match against PSV Eindhoven, we must try our best to preserve the dignity of the club!"

It can be foreseen that even the first team was slaughtered by PSV Eindhoven 4:0, and the second team played, who would still have hope for Ye Qiu's team? From the club's perspective, as long as they don't lose too badly, they will be very satisfied.

"I know what to do!" Ye Qiu nodded. He has been preparing for this game wholeheartedly in the past month, and even arranged the team's training for this game.

Kivu was demoted to the second team, which, in Ye Qiu's view, further enhanced the strength of the second team.

Although this Romanian central defender is only 19 years old, he already has a lot of professional game experience and is very strong, so Ajax will not hesitate to bring him in for $2.5 million this summer.

With him, Ye Qiu's plan has one more chip.

Van Praag looked at Ye Qiu, patted his shoulder, smiled and shook his head, "It's a pity, you are too young!"

This sentence revealed a lot of things.

Before this year, Ye Qiu had no coaching experience, and his 25-year-old age made people feel uneasy about him.

But Van Praag felt that someone was right. Ye Qiu's progress was too fast. He was like a sponge that was madly absorbing nutrients from professional football, constantly expanding his professional knowledge, constantly creating surprises and bringing surprises to people around him.

At the beginning, no one thought he could beat Westerhof, but he did it in two months.

At the beginning, no one could imagine that Ajax II could beat the professional team Go Forward Eagles, but he did it unexpectedly, and even did it well.

But Van Praag was a very pragmatic person. He felt that Ye Qiu was a rare talent, but he still needed time, training, and accumulation of more and richer experience.

If he could accumulate a few more years of coaching experience like Van Gaal did; or if he could have a brilliant career like Waters, then he would be the head coach candidate that Van Praag had high hopes for.

After listening to Van Praag's words, Ye Qiu remained calm. He also knew that European football was actually very particular about seniority. Imagine that Van Basten and Rijkaard, who had no decent coaching experience, suddenly became the head coach of the national team and Barcelona. What did they rely on?

Isn't it a brilliant career?

Although everyone knows that an excellent professional player may not be an excellent head coach, everyone would rather choose a professional player than a non-professional player under similar conditions. This is a kind of seniority.

"There is one thing I don't know whether I should say?" Ye Qiu hesitated for a while, and finally decided to speak.

Van Praag laughed, "It's okay, just say it!"

"In my country, there is a saying that if the rotten flesh is not dug out, it will only spread continuously, and eventually even the body will rot. Only by digging out the rotten flesh can new flesh grow!"

When he said this, Ye Qiu smiled, "It may be painful to dig out the rotten flesh, but that is temporary. If you let it rot, the pain will be long-lasting. Therefore, when necessary, you should be ruthless and be ruthless!"

After listening to Ye Qiu's words, Van Praag was a little surprised, because Ye Qiu's words without a beginning or an end were not talking about the current situation of Ajax?

There are many so-called rotten flesh, including the former veterans of the first team, who are taking a lot of salary to retire, and the intrigues between the club management and the first team management. Aren't these all the rotten flesh on Ajax?

"Thank you for your advice!" Van Praag understood what Ye Qiu meant.

"If it's okay, I'll leave first!" Ye Qiu nodded, turned around and walked out of the meeting room.

Watching his leaving back, Van Praag suddenly felt that although he looked very young, he was not the kind of person who was completely ignorant. At least his words just now began to tilt the balance of indecision in Van Praag's heart.

Of course he didn't know that Ye Qiu said this mainly because in his memory, one of the important reasons why Ajax was able to rise in the previous life was that it began to vigorously promote young stars and re-established a vigorous Ajax Youth Guard.

Because of this, and Ye Qiu's understanding of Ajax in the past six months, he made such a suggestion to Van Praag.

In Ye Qiu's view, he tried his best, and whether he accepted it or not was none of his business.