The Godfather of Football

"Have you... heard about it?"

In the lounge of the player area of ​​the Detok Most first team training building, some players are playing video games, some are playing table tennis or table tennis, but Van der Vaart and Sneijder are sitting there. On the sofa, the TV was not turned on. He looked worried and troubled.

"I heard that they are going to make a U-turn!" Kivu said in a very stiff tone. Once the Romanians get tough, they also have an irritable temperament.

Sneijder looked at Van der Vaart and then at Kivu, with an angry expression on his face, "Why did we turn around? Even in the first 5 rounds, our ranking was higher than last season. Didn't they see the ball?" Is the team making progress?”

"That's right, before the season they said we were going to avoid relegation, but now we are ranked 6th. Isn't that good enough?" De Jong was also very unwilling. He and Sneijder were both Ye Qiu's core players. U15 started following him.

"We don't know anything about the board of directors. Do we want to find out more about the situation?" Robben was a little worried.

"You know nothing about it!" Abidal stood up immediately. The Frenchman was the most wild-tempered among them. "If you guys do this slowly, the leader will have been killed a long time ago." When the time comes, we all have to go back to the second team."

Speaking of this, many of the people here are full of worries, just like Sneijder, De Jong, Maduro and others. They are all young, only about 16 years old. Even Van der Vaart and If Robben is in other teams, he is usually in the second team, and occasionally makes an appearance in the first team.

But in Ye Qiu's team, they got the main position and got more opportunities.

"I don't support the coaching change. I think the boss has done a good job and many of the team's problems have been solved. It's just us...but I believe that if the boss and us are given more time, we will be able to do a good job." "Gilberto Silva is the most mature of their group and the player Ye Qiu relies on most in the defensive midfield position.

All professional players hope that their team can have a thoughtful and capable head coach, and that they can patiently follow his wishes and let him create his own tactical system. No one wants the team to change coaches frequently. .

Why?

The reason is very simple. Every head coach has his own understanding of football. Some focus on the center, some focus on the wing, some like to attack aggressively, and some like to defend and counterattack. They coach the team, They will forcefully instill their understanding of football into the players, and the players can only passively accept it.

There is no doubt that Ye Qiu is a very thoughtful head coach, and he also has good abilities. This can be seen from his tactical preparation meetings, where he constantly instills every detail of his tactical system into the players. He is also ambitious and wants to create his own set of tactical ideas.

In order to achieve this, he introduced a group of players that fit his tactics. He constantly explored the potential of these players, refined their technical details and playing habits, and vigorously promoted young players. All of these are for Realize his tactical ideas and accomplish his goals.

After a few months, this group of Ajax players have adapted to Ye Qiu's tactical ideas and have integrated into this tactical system. What they need is running-in and time to improve this set of tactics. A hole in the system.

But if Ye Qiu is replaced and a new head coach is ushered in, what will they do?

People are not blackboards. The tactical concepts that Ye Qiu instilled in them cannot be like the chalk words written on the blackboard. They can be erased and disappear. If the coach is changed, it will take some time for them to forget what Ye Qiu instilled in them. , it will take some time to understand and understand the new head coach.

They are all young rookies, and they care more than anyone else. Before them, there were countless talented seniors who could have achieved success or even shine, but because of the early stage of their careers, maybe it was just a coaching change. Their inability to adapt led them to eventually be annihilated by everyone.

They are all young and full of confidence and hope for the future, especially when Ye Qiu vigorously promotes young players to the first team and gives them opportunities and game experience. They have already established themselves as outstanding professional players. desire.

"Is there any way I can help the boss?" Lucio stopped playing pool and walked over with Maicon.

This group of people may each have their own agenda on a daily basis, but at this moment, they have a common goal.

Everyone was silent because they were all still young and had never experienced anything like this.

"Why are we thinking so much? Go directly to the Arena Stadium office and express our thoughts. Are you afraid of being a bird?" Ibrahimovic glanced at the group of teammates coldly, not understanding their hesitation. What.

"Zlatan's idea is good!" Abidal was the first to agree.

More and more people agree, especially the Dutch gang headed by Van der Vaart, Heitinga, etc. They are from the Ajax youth training and are the backbone of the team. They also agree with Ibrahimovic. Strange suggestion.

The young man did what he said, and a group of people walked out of the training building and went straight to the Arena Stadium.

"Zlatan, aren't you the most unhappy boss on weekdays? I'm worried that you're holding us back!"

On the way to the Arena Stadium, Lucio, who had a good relationship with Ibrahimovic, approached and said that the two of them were both tall and strong. They had quarreled on the training ground, but as the saying goes, there is no acquaintance without fighting, so they became friends.

"I don't like him, but who made him my landlord?" Ibrahimovic smiled coldly and didn't say much, but his pace quickened, as if he was afraid that Lucio would continue to pester him on this issue.

"This kid, hard on the mouth but soft on the heart, is he concerned about our boss!" Abidal came over from the side and said to Lucio.

Except for the old goalkeeper Fred Grimm who didn't get along well with this group of young people, all 19 players of the first team, including Stekelenburg, rushed to the Arena Stadium together. This quickly caught the attention of Ajax fans who were playing outside the Arena Stadium and De Tokmost, and they immediately realized that something big had happened.

I have never seen so many players act together, and they are all from the first team. Are they going to negotiate with the club chairman? What exactly is wrong with Ajax?

The players came to the second floor of the west stand of Arena Stadium. The administrative staff in the office who had heard the news a long time ago stopped their work and paid attention to it. They were all wondering why this group of first-team players suddenly came here? What happened?

"We are not here to make trouble. We want to meet with the chairman, Mr. Van Praag!" Van der Vaart is the vice captain of the team and also the rising star of Ajax. He is familiar with the administration and he will come forward.

Van Praag was in the office. When he heard the news, he came out. Seeing that all the first-team players had come, his face sank. "What's going on? What are you doing here? Are you making trouble?"

After all, he is the chairman of the club. His words are very important and he calmed down the group of players at once.

"Mr. Chairman, we are not here to cause trouble. We are just here to express our players' opinions. We hope that the club can retain Mr. Ye Qiu, because we all trust and believe that he is capable of leading the team. If the team does not perform well in the new season, we players are also responsible!" Kifu came out and said loudly.

So he came to plead for Ye Qiu!

Van Praag couldn't help but value Ye Qiu even more in his heart, at least he still has such a status in the minds of the players.

It's not surprising, because this group of players were either introduced by him, or they were the team that defeated strong teams with him last season and finally won the Dutch Cup. If even they don't support Ye Qiu, then Ye Qiu can really be said to be deserted by everyone in Ajax.

"The directors are in the meeting room on the third floor. Let's go there and talk. Don't make trouble here. If you are caught by reporters, it will have a bad impact!" Van Praag pointed to the roof.

The players were not stupid either. They all knew that Van Praag supported Ye Qiu because he was the one who promoted Ye Qiu to the first team. The directors were the ones who really wanted Ye Qiu to step down. Therefore, they all knew that Van Praag was reminding them to go to the third floor to trouble the directors.

These guys were like tigers out of the cage, rushing to the third floor meeting room.

Korner was chatting with several directors who had a good relationship with him. He also mentioned who would be the head coach of the team if Ye Qiu was fired. The candidates included Van Gaal, who had been fired from Barcelona and turned to coach the Dutch national team, and several famous Dutch coaches such as Hiddink.

When they were discussing excitedly, this group of wolf-like players rushed into the meeting room.

"Who said we were going to fire our boss?" Abidal was not short, but very strong and dark. He clenched his fists, bared his teeth, and looked ferocious. He was really scary.

Ibrahimovic, Lucio, Gilberto Silva, Huntelaar... all of them were tall and strong. They all rushed into the meeting room, which immediately silenced all the directors and stared at them in amazement. Especially Korner, who was talking just now, couldn't help shaking his hands and feet at this time. He sat on the chair with a pale face and didn't move.

The players didn't do anything. After entering the meeting room, they glared at the group of self-proclaimed gentlemen directors, and frightened them. Then Van Praag came on stage, comforted the players, and assured that Ye Qiu's position as head coach was absolutely fine. He used both kindness and force, and finally calmed the group of players.

Not long after, Ye Qiu also heard the news. He was touched and helpless. This group of brats was too much of a riot. Now there were reporters outside. People who didn't know thought Ajax was in chaos.

It must be said that Van Praag was naturally outstanding in the fight for power. With the help of the players' collision with the directors, he immediately dealt with the players and calmed down the directors. He also successfully weakened part of the board's authority. The reason was that the mistakes of Korner and others led to the dissatisfaction of the players, which led to this incident.

While Van Praag calmed down the directors, took back some power and restored some prestige, Ye Qiu took the players into the Arena Stadium and quickly opened the stadium to all reporters to watch them conduct a familiar training session at the Arena Stadium.

This was not in Ajax's original training plan, but the reason given by Ye Qiu was also very sufficient, that is, there was no need to follow the training plan exactly. This blocked the reporters, but there were still some captures. Reporters who saw some clues began to report and exaggerate the matter.

According to many reporters, this matter eventually turned into Ye Qiu inciting the players to attack the board of directors. As a result, some fans who did not know the truth began to attack Ye Qiu, believing that the Chinese had poor coaching performance but was playing games. But the method is clever.

In this regard, Van Praag also held a press conference to provide clarification, but many fans still did not believe it, thinking that this was the club's compromise policy, and Ye Qiu had nothing to do about it, because he knew very well that he wanted to change. The prejudice some people have against themselves is impossible.

"No one can get everyone's support and affirmation, so I don't care what others think of me. I only care about me and my team, but no matter what, I believe that I can coach Ajak." We are proud to have such a group of players!”

In an exclusive interview with the Amsterdam Aftenposten, Ye Qiu expressed his attitude towards the fan rebuke incident.

"This season is the first season after the team's reorganization, but I am very confident in the team and the players. We have only one goal this season, the league championship, and my players and I will work hard for this goal. , I firmly believe that by the end of the season, we will have a satisfactory result!”

Since he had already signed a military order with the board of directors, Ye Qiu didn't care about shouting out his ambitions.

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In the 6th round of the league, Ajax welcomed newly promoted team Rosendaal at home.

Someone is right to say that generally speaking, the performance of newly promoted teams in the first season is either very good or very poor.

Unfortunately, Rosendahl falls into the latter category.

In this game at the Arena Stadium, although Rosendahl adopted a defensive stance, unfortunately, they encountered an Ajax team with high morale, especially after just experiencing the previous After the conflict with the director, the players were extremely united.

In the end, Ye Qiu led his Ajax to a 4-0 victory over Rosendal at the Arena Stadium.

This victory was also interpreted by many media as Ye Qiu's self-salvation under pressure. They believed that this victory against Rosendaal was like a timely rain that resolved Ye Qiu's crisis of confidence and allowed him to play in Ajax. The position of head coach can continue to linger.

Among them, the Rotterdam Daily News made a prediction. In a fan questionnaire, Ye Qiu ranked first among the first head coaches to be sacked in the Eredivisie this season. The reason is that the Chinese have not given the Eredivisie Jax brings the change and progress that fans have come to expect.

The Eindhoven Daily even directly eliminated Ajax from the competition for the Eredivisie title.

"Although there are only 6 rounds of the 34-round league in total, Ajax is already 8 points behind Feyenoord. This is an immeasurable gap. We have absolutely reason to believe that the Eredivisie champion in the new season will be The battle between Feyenoord and PSV! ”

PSV head coach Gretz also announced after PSV defeated Vitesse 2:0, "The strongest PSV has arrived, and I am full of confidence in the team's next game. We will defeat all opponents and win all the victories, and the final championship will belong to us PSV!”

Four days later, Ajax welcomed Bratislava of Slovakia at home. In the end, with goals from Robben, Sneijder and Huntelaar, Ajax defeated Bratislava 3:0. Tislava eliminated the Slovakian team from the UEFA Cup with a total score of 5:0 and successfully reached the second round of the UEFA Cup knockout round.

Today's UEFA Cup competition system adopts a full knockout competition system. From the first round to the sixth round semi-finals, they all adopt a two-round knockout system, and the seventh round is the final.

Unlike Ye Qiu's time in 2013, when the UEFA Cup was transformed into the Europa League and was regarded as useless, today's UEFA Cup is a very important cup in European competitions, second only to the UEFA Champions League, and the competition can be said to be the same. Very intense.

In the past few years, all the well-known teams in Europe have competed for the UEFA Cup championship, including Juventus, Inter Milan, Parma, Bayern Munich and other European powerhouses. Last season's UEFA Cup final was held by Galatasaray. Ray played against Arsenal, and the Premier League giants were humiliated 1:4 by the Turkish powerhouse.

Ye Qiu's strategy for the UEFA Cup competition is to participate and accumulate experience. His main battlefield is still in the Eredivisie.

But after finishing the UEFA Cup, Ajax went to an away game to challenge Heerenveen.

Although Ajax fell behind twice and equalized the score twice, they could only score 1 point in the away game.

On the other hand, Feyenoord and Eindhoven also played away games, but they both won a victory. As a result, the point gap between Ajax and Feyenoord quickly expanded to 10 points. The goal of winning the Eredivisie league is getting further and further away.

After finishing the seventh round of the Eredivisie, another two-week national team match day ushered in.

This is undoubtedly a timely adjustment period for Ye Qiu. Even the Romanian international Kivu has stayed at the club because he has no national team competition duties. All Ajax personnel have gathered together and continue to stay at Detocmo. Ste is training as usual.

Ye Qiu finally found time to adjust his tactics and, through training, let the players implement his adjustments and prepare for the next all-out sprint.