The Godfather of Football

When Ye Qiu directed Sneijder, Maduro and other young players on the training ground of the Detok Most B2 team with unprecedented concentration and attention, he was conducting his new training method. , Westhoff is also not idle.

The old man suspected that Ye Qiu would spy on his training, so he shamelessly moved the B1 team's training ground that was supposed to be next door to a corner temporarily, which made B1 The two teams, B2 and B2, are at the easternmost and westernmost sides of the high-age training area respectively.

But what was even more shameless was that he didn't want Ye Qiu to peek at his training, but he arranged for someone to peek at Ye Qiu's training.

Ye Qiu couldn't tell that those sneaky guys peeping outside the training ground were James Bond, but there was nothing secret about his training. He only had this little information on hand now, and he couldn't show it off no matter how much he wanted to. , so I just let them watch, and pretended to be a gentleman who flicked his balls, and a villain who was always feeling sad.

"Aren't you going to practice something?"

Ajax's youth team has two people assigned to each age group. One is a full-time coach and the other is team management. They are usually called the team leader. The person who is talking to Ye Qiu now is the team leader of the B2 team. They met in the morning. The name is Roland Shepas, a native of Detokmost.

The reason why he is called Detok Most instead of Ajax is because the most proud thing about this 32-year-old guy is that he spent time with Detok Most from the age of 7 to 20. However, He retired after graduating from Detok Most at the age of 20 because he could not meet the requirements of the first team and no professional teams were interested in him.

Sometimes Ye Qiu secretly thinks, with Ajax's graduate employment rate of over 95%, how bad Roland Schepas must be to become one of the 5% who cannot play in the professional league. Woolen cloth?

Of course, he would not dare to ask this, otherwise Roland would probably fight him tooth and nail.

"Don't worry, I'm measured!" Ye Qiu put on a confident and confident attitude. This is necessary. He must not show weakness now. He needs to use confidence to infect the people around him. "We Chinese often say, You have to eat the meal one bite at a time and do things step by step. Don’t be anxious. You won’t be able to eat hot tofu in a hurry!”

Roland shook his head, there was nothing he could do, "How about I sneak over and help you take a look!"

Westerhoff had arranged for several groups of spies to come over to spy on the military situation, but there was no movement from Ye Qiu's side.

Now Roland and Ye Qiu are in the same boat. If Ye Qiu loses, although he does not have to resign, he is also worried that it will affect his end-of-season assessment results.

In addition to conducting strict assessments on players every year, Detok Most also conducts assessments on coaches, involving all aspects. If they fail to pass the standards, they will be directly dismissed by the club and a new batch of new people will be hired.

"No need, they don't have the guts and confidence, let's not be as knowledgeable as them!" Ye Qiu still looked confident.

In the B1 team, except for Van der Vaart and Heitinga, Ye Qiu has never even heard of the names of the others. Moreover, he has seen some evaluations before. The outstanding performance of this team is mainly due to the overall performance. tactics.

This is a bit similar to Ye Qiu's national team in his previous life. When he was young, he relied on tactics and physical skills to achieve outstanding results. However, once he reached the adult team, he could not take advantage of this aspect and suffered a loss.

Seeing Ye Qiu's relaxed expression of winning, Roland was very worried, but after looking at Ye Qiu's expression, he seemed to feel relieved. In short, he felt extremely tangled.

Not only him, but also Westhoff who received the information.

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"Are you still doing the same training today?"

In the director's office of the Detok Most training building, Westhoff asked the spies he sent out with a sullen face.

"Yes, it's very strange. He has been doing the same training for several days in a row, usually in a 10 by 10 area for players to do running, passing and receiving training. The rest of the time, they are doing 4-on-4 or 8-on-8 training. Practical training on a small field for 8.”

There is nothing special about the 4-on-4 and 8-on-8 training, because this is Ajax’s traditional youth training program. All coaches who enter the Ajax youth training camp will know these two sets of tricks. The purpose is Train players to pass and run from different angles.

"However, there is something very strange!" The spy brother said with a deep frown.

"What's weird?" Westhoff asked concernedly.

"He usually doesn't talk during training. He just runs aside when the training is scheduled and leaves everything to Roland. He just watches from the side, occasionally shouting a few times to ask the players to run more, and other things. Keep the ball at your feet, take one more touch, be decisive in one-on-one situations, and try to get past people when you have the chance.”

If these requirements were placed in 2013, any fan who knows a little bit about football will know that there is nothing special, but the key problem is that Ajax's youth training requirements are different from those in 2013.

Many people have said that Ajax is the talent pool of the Netherlands, and Ajax's youth training is the benchmark for Dutch football talents.

After Van der Vaart, Sneijder, Robben and other players grew up, everyone discovered that there was a very interesting flaw in that Dutch team. In a one-on-one situation, except for one Robben, or barely even Van Persie, no one has enough certainty and confidence to fight alone.

And Robben is not a typical Dutch youth training. He has grown and improved under the guidance of his father since he was a child.

So much so that Van Basten, the later head coach of the national team, once complained about this. In 2005, he even tried his best to get Kalou to become a Dutch citizen. What he valued was his personal ability. This incident caused an uproar at the time. , and Van Basten's reason is also very good, that is, except for Robben, no one among the Dutch players can fight alone.

This is actually a flaw in youth training that has existed since the days of Michels and Cruyff. It was only covered up later when the Dutch talent flourished. Now that the Dutch talent has fallen short, it has naturally been fully exposed.

The youth training philosophy of Michels and Cruyff is a simple and coordinated tactical school. The Dutch Football Association with them as the core also advocates the same set of tactics. This is especially true for Ajax's youth training. When it comes to training movement, even slightly fancy techniques are regarded as violating simple principles and are killed.

Of course, they also value technology, but they do not value guidance. Their traditional approach to technical training is to let players explore on their own. The most famous sentence in their philosophy is, throw the ball to him and let the players learn to pass by themselves!

Although it later turned out that this set was flawed and the entire Dutch football suffered losses, but now in 1999, this set is still the Bible and an unchallengeable authority, especially when Louis van Gaal achieved a new round of success. after.

"What kind of trick is he playing?" Westerhoff couldn't guess. "It's been a few days, is he not worried about the next game at all? Or is he really that confident? "

Ye Qiu was studying football knowledge and reading football theories day and night in a place where no one could see him. Naturally, Westhoff would not know about it, nor would he know that Ye Qiu’s training method relies on practice making perfect. There will be such speculation.

"By the way, who is Team B2's opponent tomorrow?" Westhoff asked again.

"Graf Sharp!"

Grafschap is a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Eredivisie. It lacks combat effectiveness in the Eredivisie and does not have any good products in youth training. The only thing that can make people remember this club is that two people have left the team. Among the celebrities, one is Hiddink and the other is German coach Korbach.

Among them, the head coach Tenkat, who is well-known in the Netherlands, was Kolbach's assistant coach.

"With the strength of the team, it's not a big problem to beat this team. What about the next game?"

"Groningen!"

"Damn, you're so lucky!" Westhoff cursed angrily.

He has been in Groningen, so he naturally knows the situation in Groningen. The first team of this team is still in the Dutch second league, and the results are relatively good. However, the youth team is relatively average in the Netherlands and cannot compete with the AFC. Compared with a strong youth training team like Jax.

In Westerhoff's view, with the strength of Ajax's B2 team, it is not a big problem to surpass these two teams in one fell swoop.

"It's better to be careful. In the next few games, you should keep an eye on him and give me a report every day!"

"I understand!" The spy brother nodded in agreement without hesitation.

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After the third round of the Eredivisie, the Eredivisie began to enter a two-week truce period, but the youth team's league did not stop, but continued to proceed at the pace of one game a week.

Saturday 4th September, Duttinghem

Ajax B2's away game against Grafshap B2 was played in a simple stadium at the Grafshap youth training camp. This was also the first game that Ye Qiu led the team, even though it was only a youth team game. .

Ajax B2 still arranged a 433 lineup. Ye Qiu pushed all the three core midfield players Sneijder, Maduro and De Jong up, and then asked the players to perform in the same way as they usually do in training. Contest.

"Quick and decisive, one touch of the ball!"

This was the only request Ye Qiu gave, but it was obvious that the players did a terrible job on the court.

There was only one week left. In training, whether it was one-on-one or one-on-one passing and receiving, they were full of mistakes. Once they got to the official game field, they faced this group and fought as soon as they saw the Ajax logo. For a chicken-blooded opponent, one can imagine the outcome.

It's no wonder that they grew up under the indoctrination of Ajax's traditional youth training. This has made them develop a kind of inertia, which is to rely on Ajax's traditional passing and receiving method. Now it would be very difficult for Ye Qiu to change some details that were already deeply ingrained for them, and it would also take a long time.

Reform requires pain, because reform will bring turbulence and confusion.

Ye Qiu had already been mentally prepared for this situation, so when the game was over, he was not angry at the loss at all. He was just angry at the tall center in Graf Sharp's team.

Because he scored a lot more goals!

On the Ajax side, Sneijder and the team's forward Rui each scored one goal, but on the Graf Sharp side, the tall center scored five goals in one go. This made Ye Qiu almost vomit blood. , scolding this fellow for leaving no escape route.

"Roland, go back and investigate to find out who this kid is. He's as skinny as a monkey, but he can score goals so well. I'll choke him!" Ye Qiu looked like he was very angry.

Roland looked sad. He felt that Ye Qiu didn't care about losing, but was competing with the opponent's striker. Isn't this very frustrating?

But thinking this way, he decided to do it anyway. Who told him to listen to Ye Qiu now?

"Okay, everyone!" Ye Qiu ignored Roland's thoughts behind him and walked directly towards the players, "Don't look sad. If you lose, you lose. The key is that we need to know how to lose and why."

Having said this, Ye Qiu pointed at Sneijder, "Wesley, tell me!"

Sneijder is still a young lady now, with half an inch of hair required by Detok Most. It hinders the discipline of the youth training camp. He dare not raise any resistance to Ye Qiu, but he is not convinced in his heart. , after all, he has been receiving a different education.

"I think the reason why we lost is that your requirements are very different from the club's normal requirements!" The boy spoke frankly, but after he finished speaking, he raised his head a little worriedly and took a secret look. Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu was not unhappy as expected, but nodded and pointed at Maduro, "What about you?"

"I think Wesley is right. The opponent is not strong. If we play as usual, we will not be in chaos and we will not lose. Instead, in order to meet your requirements, we will be in chaos!" Ma Du Luo's tone was slightly better, but apparently they all felt that the reason for the loss was Ye Qiu's overly demanding requirements.

Youdao is one general who is incompetent and exhausts the three armies. Ye Qiu's mandatory requirement does bear a great responsibility.

Of course, this is the youth team now, and scores of 2:5 are common in youth team games. The only thing that can be said is that he lost to an opponent who shouldn't lose, but Ye Qiu is also mentally prepared for this, so I don’t care anymore.

"Everything you say makes sense, but I also want you to understand one thing. If you continue to play the way you did before, even if you win today, even if you enter the first team in the future, you will still It’s difficult to be competitive in the European leagues because you are going in the wrong direction!”

In fact, in the history of Ajax, after Waters stepped down, Michael van Praag invited Co Adrianse, although the famous Dutch coach did not achieve anything in Ajax. However, he carried out a series of innovations on Ajax, which profoundly affected Ajax in the future and laid the foundation for future generations.

Sometimes the reformists are like this. The predecessors plant trees and the descendants enjoy the shade!

Of course, Ye Qiu doesn't want to become the predecessor who planted trees. He also hopes that he can become the descendant of enjoying the cool weather.

"The club has reached a consensus on this, so it asked me to coach the B2 team. I also believe that as long as you follow the method I told you, you will be able to achieve success. At that time, the club will promote the entire youth training Reform, even including innovation of the first team, by then you will be more adaptable to the new style of the first team than anyone else!"

This is a big cake, a big cake drawn by Ye Qiu.

If he wins, the first team will definitely change, and what he said will be fulfilled. But what if he loses and everyone leaves?

But it's obvious that the first team has an inexplicable attraction for this group of 15-year-olds, and Ye Qiu is right. If the club doesn't believe in him, how can it let him coach the B2 team?

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After returning to Amsterdam from Duttinghem, the first person Ye Qiu saw was Waters.

"What's going on with you? We are better than our opponents, how could we lose 2:5?" Waters' tone even sounded a bit reproachful, because Ye Qiu lost, and he also lost face.

More importantly, just now, Westerhof's team defeated their opponent 2:0 at home, and Van der Vaart scored twice alone. This is tantamount to a slap in the face of the reformists. Even Fanpu Lager's face didn't even look very good.

"Winning or losing on the football field is a common thing for military personnel. Moreover, the B2 team has just made adjustments and needs to adapt to many things. I have said before that it is understandable that the early results were poor. Didn't you have objections before?"

Ye Qiu was also a little dissatisfied. After all, Waters was still too restless.

Ye Qiu had been angry with Waters and Van Praag before. There was definitely no way to guarantee results in the early stage of the reform. Both of them also affirmed Ye Qiu. Van Praag even promised that even after two months, , if Ye Qiu loses, he will also find a way to keep Ye Qiu. Of course, it will be difficult to reuse him.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Waters became anxious just because Westhoff's team won.

A newcomer is a newcomer after all. He is greedy for credit and has no composure. These are all big drawbacks, especially for a football head coach. This kind of character of Waters is absolutely unacceptable.

But now, for the time being, Ye Qiu couldn't defend himself anymore, and he wasn't going to persuade Waters any more.

This guy has the same temperament as when he was playing football. After his team won three consecutive victories, he began to think that it was not difficult to coach a team and lead the team to win. He also began to feel that others were losing. The ball is unforgivable.

Trying to persuade him at this time will only be counterproductive in the end.

On the other hand, look at Leo Benhak and Westerhoff. Although they are rivals, Ye Qiu has to admit that these two people are indeed much higher than Waters in terms of character and demeanor. In the end, especially Leo Benhak, this person is definitely an old fox, and Waters is not enough for him.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu felt annoyance for no reason. He didn't like this kind of intrigue. He liked to have a relaxed environment, so he also made up his mind. After two months, if he loses, he will No more Ajax.

If he wins, he will also choose to leave after this season.

The water in this pool is too deep and muddy, not suitable for him!

Just as he was making up his mind, Roland came over from behind.

"The striker you asked me to check was found. This is his information!" Roland directly handed him the report in his hand.

Ye Qiu took it casually, opened it and looked at it, his eyes lit up, "I'll choke it, it's him!"