The Godfather of Football

The Ajax chairman's office was arranged on the second floor of the west stand of the Arena Stadium by the window.

Van Praag did not go to the second team's home stadium to watch this cup match. Although it only took two or three minutes from here to the second team's home stadium, he still sat in his office, closed the doors and windows, and turned up the volume of the TV.

He was afraid, even he could see that he was afraid!

Originally, he should have gone to support Ye Qiu. He was really optimistic about Ye Qiu, especially in the past few months, Ye Qiu kept showing his eye-catching abilities. He really admired this young man.

But he didn't dare to go because he was afraid!

That night at the Arena Stadium made him feel an unprecedented fear. He even had a feeling at the time that if he could not give the fans a satisfactory answer, those tens of thousands of people would overturn the Arena Stadium. They might rush into the stadium office frantically and tear him, the chairman, into pieces.

On that snowy day in January 1989, after years of turmoil at Ajax, after Cruyff announced that he was leaving the team, and even if the famous coach Michels was invited back, he could not save Ajax, he resolutely responded to the fans' call and followed in the footsteps of his father Jaap van Praag.

At that time, he was regarded as a savior by Ajax fans, and he did not disappoint Ajax fans for too long. In 1991, he resolutely chose Van Gaal to replace Leo Beenhakker who had gone to Madrid, and gave the then 40-year-old youth training coach a lot of power and space.

Van Gaal did not disappoint him, and Ajax ushered in the revival of the dynasty afterwards, until it reached the top of the Europa League.

It can be said that Van Praag was ambitious and ambitious at that time. He hoped to bring Ajax to a new historical height like his father. He even thought about making Ajax the best football club in the world, because Ajax was full of talents at that time.

Unexpectedly, the impact of the Bosman Act completely shattered his career, his dreams, and everything he had!

Players left one after another, the club's finances deteriorated, and the fans' anger and dissatisfaction grew day by day. All of this made him feel overwhelmed, but he still did not give up and still persisted.

After sending Olsen away, he had to make a choice. He decided to gamble like he did when he sent Leo Beenhakker away in 1991!

So, Van Gaal in 1991 became Waters in 1999.

He was lucky that year because he won the bet on Van Gaal, but he was unfortunate in 1999 because he lost the bet on Waters.

Willing to accept the loss is a quality that a gambler must have, so Van Praag has never complained about the world, but losing the biggest bet in his life made him feel as if everything was drained out of him.

Worrying about gains and losses, indecision, uneasiness... all the emotions that he had never experienced when he was young appeared.

Sometimes, Van Praag couldn't help asking himself, what's going on?

No one could answer him, not even himself!

Just like today, sitting in the office, listening to the deafening sound of the TV, he didn't know why he was like this, but he was just afraid!

He was afraid to hear the angry roars and curses of the fans from the stadium not far away; he was afraid that Ye Qiu's team would lose miserably and completely under the iron hoof of PSV Eindhoven; he was even more afraid that Ye Qiu, the only one he could still pin a little hope on, would eventually make him completely desperate.

Sometimes, people escape not because of despair, but because there is still hope!

Van Praag sat in the office, he was not watching TV, because he didn't like watching those boring TV programs. If it was normal, he would rather watch a boring game than watch a minute of this kind of TV.

So, he watched TV absent-mindedly, but from time to time he raised his head and glanced at the wall clock.

"Halftime should be over, right?" Van Praag's heart clenched for no reason.

He didn't dare to think about what happened next, because he was afraid that he had guessed wrong.

Sometimes people are really stupid, just like Van Praag now. He would think that if he knew it later, he could keep this hope in his heart for a little longer, even if it was only a little bit.

At this moment, there was a short silence on the TV, and Van Praag vaguely heard a strong sound coming from outside the closed window. He couldn't hear it clearly, but he could probably guess it.

"Is it booing and cursing?" Van Praag suddenly felt unprecedented frustration.

Because he couldn't even keep the last glimmer of hope!

It was at this time that he heard someone outside the office shouting something and running around in the corridor.

He began to worry again. Could it be that the fans were making trouble again?

As the chairman of the club, he could avoid a lot, but at this critical moment, he still had to take responsibility.

"What's going on?" Van Praag opened the door of the office and stopped an administrative staff member who was about to run to the stairs.

"Mr. Chairman, are you there?" the clerk panted and looked surprised.

"What are you all doing? Why are you running?" Van Praag is still very imposing in front of others.

The man chuckled and said, "We are going to cheer for the second team, all of us are going!"

Van Praag was stunned. They all went to cheer for the second team. What were they doing?

"A colleague called me just now. It was 0:0 in the first half. The second team held on, but it was very hard, so we all have to cheer for them and let those Eindhoven bastards know that we are all Aja "Kes!" After the man said that, he ran directly to the stairwell.

People who work at Ajax don't get high salaries. After all, the team's finances are so difficult now. How can they offer high salaries?

These people did not leave the team mainly because of their feelings for the club.

Looking at the man's back, Van Praag was stunned.

0:0?

He suddenly couldn't believe what he heard, because in his opinion, this was impossible!

PSV have never lost in the Netherlands so far this season. Even when facing the Ajax first team, they were able to completely resolve the battle in the first half. Such a team Will he be shut out by the second team?

Van Praag decided to see what was going on. He even forgot to close the door to his office and walked quickly to the stairwell.

He ran all the way to Detok Most, where the second team was, and saw that there was no one in the security room. Apparently everyone had gone to the home court, so he walked directly into the iron gate and went straight to the stadium. And go.

In the distance, he heard the call from the stadium.

"Come on, boys from the second team, kill them!"

"Kill PSV, the warriors of Ajax!"

"Fight for the honor and dignity of Ajax!"

"Tell them we are brave Ajax!"

"No one can ever try to beat us because we are Ajax who never give up!"

These slogans made Van Praag feel as if his heart was on fire.

Arriving outside the second team's stadium, he found a grand scene.

The stands of two thousand people were already very crowded, but more and more fans entered the stadium. However, they stood around the stadium in an orderly manner, shouting slogans, but did not enter the stadium. They were very orderly.

And the group of fans in the stands, they didn't sit down, but stood up.

At the intersection on the other side of the fan tunnel, you can see many fans entering the venue after hearing the news.

This is the second team, without the comfortable seats of Arenal Stadium and the overwhelming fanatical atmosphere of Arenal Stadium.

But here, this group of Ajax fans can feel the spirit of Ajax again!

This is undoubtedly more valuable than comfortable seats and any modern stadium!

Especially when Van Praag saw the players of the second team walking out of the locker room, all the fans cheered wildly, and he couldn't help but shout along, "Come on, Ajax!"

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"Ye Qiu!"

When Ye Qiu was sending the players out of the locker room and was about to walk to the coaching bench in front of him, Huang Chu called him.

After all, it is the second team and does not have good hardware facilities. Even the players can only enter the stadium in a relatively amateur way.

"Is something wrong?" Ye Qiu forced out a smile.

"It's okay... Uh, no, something happened!" Huang Chu also looked a little nervous.

She has always been sitting in the stands, and she can feel the changes from the fans, and she also knows that sometimes this change of fans may not necessarily be a good thing, and it may cause Ye Qiu to suffer. The pressure becomes greater and heavier.

"Is there something wrong or nothing?" Ye Qiu really laughed at this moment.

Huang Chu glared at him angrily, "I want to say that no matter what the result is, you have already won!"

Ye Qiu knew in his heart that she was trying to comfort himself and nodded, "I'll talk about this after I win the game!"

Seeing Ye Qiu about to leave, Huang Chu called him again, "I did some calculations when I was watching the game. I think their physical fitness should...may only last until about 60-70 minutes in the second half."

"Why?" Ye Qiu was stunned for a moment.

"They have played double matches a week since the national team match in November, and today they took a car from Eindhoven to Amsterdam early in the morning, a two-hour drive, and I have not been able to do it these days. After looking at some of their past game data and physical fitness analysis, I think it is best to only last until 70 minutes. If the pre-match preparations are lax, some players may not have much physical fitness by 60 minutes!”

Physical fitness was something Ye Qiu had considered before the competition, but he had never considered it as carefully as Huang Chu.

For the time being, Ye Qiu couldn't hear how Huang Chu obtained these data, but he thought it made sense.

"I understand, thank you!" Ye Qiu smiled slightly, nodded, and turned to leave.

After taking only two steps, Ye Qiu suddenly turned around and shouted at Huang Chu's back, "Ah Chu."

"Ah?" Huang Chu suddenly looked back, and her heart trembled for no reason. What did Ye Qiu call her just now?

"If I win this game, I will confess my love to you!"

Huang Chu's pretty fair and pink face turned red instantly, and then she clenched her pink fists, pretending to beat him to death, but she didn't say anything, turned around and ran away.

Ye Qiu laughed when he saw her like this, "Is this a rejection? Or tacit consent?"

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To be honest, after returning to the court, Ye Qiu and the players were shocked to see so many people suddenly on the sidelines. Not only them, but also the PSV Eindhoven players were shocked.

There were so many people standing around the court, shouting slogans, which put a lot of pressure on the players on the court.

The Ajax players were better, knowing that the other side was there to support them, but the PSV Eindhoven players were a bit miserable. As soon as they got the ball, the fans on the sidelines booed wildly, almost spitting and drowning them.

The police station, which heard the news, immediately arranged personnel to maintain order, and Ajax immediately gave countermeasures, pulling out a cordon on the sidelines, indicating that fans could not cross the cordon and enter the court to interfere with the game.

The atmosphere of the game was completely different during the 15-minute halftime break.

In the second half, Gretz's opening tactics obviously wanted to return to the old routine in the first half.

During the halftime break, he began to reflect on his tactical strategy, and he had to find that he had made a mistake.

That is, he allowed the game to go the way and rhythm that Ye Qiu wanted.

What does Ye Qiu's team like?

Of course, PSV's offense is concentrated in the middle, because the middle has the most people and is the easiest to defend.

Gretz let Romedal cut in, which actually gave up the wing and let Korka retreat, which also weakened the wing attack.

This was a change he made according to the situation of the game, but it completely disrupted PSV's usual offensive routine.

PSV's biggest bargaining chip is to attack at multiple points, disperse the enemy's defensive layout, and then use the absolute advantage of the players' personal strength to completely defeat the opponent.

However, Ye Qiu is creating a situation, that is, to concentrate the offensive points that PSV could have dispersed, preferably in the middle, and then his defense is focused on the middle, which is very beneficial to the defense and the disadvantaged side.

Of course, Gretz feels that Ye Qiu may not have such a plan, but his team is indeed doing so.

Therefore, during the halftime break, Gretz reorganized and returned to the strategy of attacking from the wing.

Ye Qiu also saw that after the start of the second half, Korka and Romedal began to return to the wing, and PSV's attack also began to go to the wing more, and then the middle and back-up.

In the 51st minute, PSV finally exerted its strength after the adjustment.

After Korka got the ball on the left, he wanted to try to break through Heitinga, but failed to form an effective breakthrough. However, before being blocked by the Ajax II players, he suddenly changed direction from the left to the middle and passed the ball low into the penalty area.

Van Nistelrooy had been waiting for the ball to be sent into the penalty area. He suddenly pulled to the left, and without any pause after getting the ball, he kicked directly and shot a shot about 10 meters away from the goal.

Wow! !

The hearts of the Ajax fans on the sidelines were about to jump out of their throats!

But just when Van Nistelrooy thought that his shot was sure to win, he didn't notice that Kivu failed to block Van Nistelrooy's shot, but used his body to block Van Nistelrooy's shot, and he let the shot hit him directly.

With a bang, the ball hit Kivu and bounced back.

Just when Van Nistelrooy was about to continue to shoot, Kivu ignored the pain in his body and took the lead to poke the ball out of the penalty area, which barely resolved PSV's fierce attack.

But just one minute later, PSV sent the ball into the penalty area again. Nilis was closely guarded by Van Duyn. Without the opportunity to shoot, he chose to knock the ball back to Van Bommel who came in from behind. The latter swung his right foot directly at the front of the penalty area and fired a heavy shot.

But perhaps because he was eager to score, Van Bommel's shot was very powerful, but he failed to grasp the corner kick and missed.

Soon, PSV Eindhoven, who had regained possession of the ball, organized another offensive. This time, they launched an attack from the right. After Romedal shook off Abidal from the right, he pulled to the middle to receive the ball. Without waiting for Abidal to block, he shot directly.

But this shot was taken by Stekelenburg, who stood in position first and caught the ball firmly.

PSV Eindhoven's offensive in the second half was obviously more fierce than in the first half. Gretz obviously realized that his players' physical fitness was not very ideal. It was undoubtedly a very stupid tactic for PSV Eindhoven to continue such a war of attrition with Ajax II. They should use their own strong strength to fight quickly.

Ye Qiu was also frightened on the sidelines. He almost thought he was going to be scored again and again, but he escaped again and again.

He came to the sidelines and made a complaining gesture to the players because the players did not do some of his arrangements well.

Only the players themselves knew that Ye Qiu's request to them was to use all means to disrupt PSV's offensive rhythm and not let them maintain their fast and fierce offensive momentum. Otherwise, no matter how strong Ajax II was, they would be defeated.

De Jong, Maduro, Sneijder and others noticed Ye Qiu's mouth shape. He had already said it very clearly, and he almost shouted it out loud. That was a foul!

During the halftime break, Ye Qiu mentioned that when necessary, fouls should be committed directly and decisively when the opponent enters the 30-meter zone, but the actions should be small, secretive, and not easy to get a card.

Fouling is also a tactic in football games.

When the opponent's offensive is about to improve and the rhythm is well controlled, some minor fouls can be taken, which can interrupt the opponent's rhythm and offensive without getting a card. This is a tactic that any team will adopt.

As for this, Ajax II did very poorly in the second half, and was obviously frightened by the opponent's fierce offensive.

After Ye Qiu's reminder, the players also began to pay attention.

When Vogel took the ball and prepared to organize an offensive, De Jong gently pulled his jersey in a secret place, forcing him to slow down his feet and directly steal the ball.

In this regard, Vogel was helpless, because when it comes to minor actions and fouls, the professional players of Eindhoven use them more and more skillfully than the players of Ajax II.

So, who can be blamed?

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