The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 115 Create our era!

In a clear sky with no clouds, Ajax quietly started the pre-season training.

In the first class on the first day, everyone in Ajax came to De Tokmorst ahead of time, because it was still the same group of people, but a new Van der Sar was added, but Van der Sar had already joined the class last night. He had communicated with Ye Qiu in private, and he was very kind to Ye Qiu for appointing him as the captain of the team.

A person who was not well received in Juventus, and was even nailed to the pillar of shame for parallel imports, was reused by Ye Qiu and promoted to the captain of the team after returning to Ajax. For this kindness, Fan De Sar really didn't know what to say, so his mood was always touched and grateful.

Therefore, on the first day of the training camp, Van der Sar came to the locker room early, changed his clothes, and prepared everything.

Checking gloves, shin pads, uniforms...Van der Sar carefully checked everything he had as a goalkeeper, as if what he was about to wait for was not a training session, but a European Champions Cup final. Be serious and very focused.

Players came one after another in the locker room. They all noticed Van der Sar's actions and were a little surprised.

"Training sessions are more important than competitions, so if you can't even do well in training sessions, it must be a bad game!" Van der Sar saw his teammates looking at him, raised his head, and grinned.

Perhaps it was because of Van der Sar's words, or because he was by his side. Unknowingly, when the other players got ready, they were also very serious, meticulous and orderly, not as casual as usual.

Gilberto Silva walked into the locker room, and immediately several players looked at him.

After Grim left the team, the Brazilian midfielder was regarded by many as one of the three favorite candidates for the captain. The other two were Van der Vaart and Kivu, but the latter two players were relatively young, only Gilberto ? Silva, has enough strength, and his 24-year-old age makes him mature enough.

I believe that at this moment, many people are worried in their hearts. Will the Brazilian midfielder who has lost the captain's armband give the new captain Edwin van der Sar a blow?Or will the two compete?

"Hello, Gilberto, I'm Edwin? Van der Sar!" Van der Sar stood up and stretched out his hand far away.

Gilberto Silva is usually not very eloquent. He nodded lightly and shook hands with Van der Sar, "Hello, Edwin!"

"You speak Dutch very well!" Van der Sar laughed.

Gilberto Silva smiled, "I was forced by the head. At that time, he said that he would not let him play if he didn't learn, so he had to learn hard!"

Van der Sar laughed loudly, "Learning Dutch, living in Amsterdam is more convenient and beneficial. In the future, you can always come to me for anything, and I hope to have the opportunity to have a good talk with you!"

Ye Qiu came back from vacation the day before yesterday, and had a conversation with Gilberto Silva, who reported to the team. He thoroughly discussed with Gilberto Silva and said that he already has a suitable candidate for the captain's armband, that is Van der Sar, and he also explained why he chose Van der Sar, and Gilberto Silva will serve as the team's vice-captain.

This is a way of communication between Ye Qiu and the players.

He can say it later, for example, after the team training camp, but he chose to make it clear to Gilberto Silva, van der Vaart and Kivu and other players who are interested in the captain before the announcement. If the confession and importance to the players are waited until after the announcement, the effect will be completely different.

Of course, Ye Qiu wasn't worried that the players would cause trouble, but he still didn't want any unhappiness to arise between himself and the players, or between the harmonious locker room, because of this incident.

"Why don't we have a good talk during the lunch break!" Gilberto Silva suggested.

Van der Sar nodded, "Okay!" He was also happy in his heart.

Seeing that the two had a happy conversation, the players were more or less relieved. No one wanted to be ganged up in the locker room and force them to stand in line. Everyone hoped that there would be more people in the locker room. Harmony and unity.

Not long after, Van der Vaart, Kivu, Ibrahimovic and other players arrived in the locker room one after another.

Every time a teammate walks into the locker room, Van der Sar will take the initiative to greet him, communicate with the other party kindly, and have some superficial conversations. After all, this is also the first meeting between them.

"Okay, everyone, hurry up and get ready, wake up your spirits, this is our first appearance in the new season, it's time to play!" When the time was almost up, Van der Sar clapped his hands vigorously, signaling to his teammates Hurry up and get ready.

Not long after, Van der Sar led the group of first-team players out of the locker room one after another, and arrived at the comprehensive training area of ​​the first-team. wait for them.

Seeing the players walk out of the locker room on time, Ye Qiu nodded in satisfaction, looked at Van der Sar, and was very satisfied with the performance of this veteran player. At least on the surface, he communicated well with his teammates. very nice.

The players stood neatly in three rows in front of Ye Qiu, all looking at the head coach, waiting for a lecture.

"The happy holiday is over, everyone, welcome to return to the devil's purgatory to suffer!"

Ye Qiu's first words made all the players present smile, because the season is indeed a purgatory for them.

During the ten-month period, they could not relax in the slightest. In addition to the game and training every day, everything must be based on the premise of ensuring the team's performance and game performance. Whoever performs poorly will sit on the bench, or even It is leaving the team after the season, which brings huge competitive pressure to every player.

"First of all, I have to give everyone affirmation that I was quite satisfied with your performance last season!"

Speaking of this, Ye Qiu also noticed the expressions of several players, nodded and smiled, "Yes, I'm just satisfied, the reason why I can't be more satisfied is because we didn't win the Eredivisie championship!"

This is the pain in the hearts of all Ajax players, especially for this group of young players. It was the first time that they were so close to a professional league title, but they were only short of the last step. In the end, but watching the opponent snatch it away from him in the end, the feeling is as painful as gouging out their flesh.

"I believe that everyone will not be willing to accept such a failure, so I also believe that everyone must feel the same as me. They are not satisfied with the results of last season. Even though we won the UEFA Cup, we also lost the Netherlands. Champion, the former is our glory, but the latter is our shame!"

The more Ye Qiu spoke, the more serious he became, and the players became more and more angry.

"As I said, the disgrace of last season, we must clean it up in the new season, I want you to kick Eindhoven off the Eredivisie championship, I want you to completely end Eindhoven's domination of Eredivisie , I want you to join hands together to create a new dynasty for Ajax, and let the Eredivisie start this season and enter the era of your rule!"

Ye Qiu's words made all the players on the field raise their heads and chests up, looking swollen and high-spirited.

"I have summed up the reasons for last season's failure. There are several reasons. The first is that we lost too many points. The league is a long contest. We must always remain strong during this long confrontation. Therefore, all of your players are crucial and indispensable to us at Ajax!"

"So I want all of you to have an awareness in your minds that in our team, over the course of a long season, no one is indispensable, because everyone is indispensable. Yes, and no one can put the individual above the whole, because only by the whole can we go to the end."

"There are no main players and substitutes. Everyone is a main player and may become a substitute. As long as you work hard enough and perform enough, you will definitely have the opportunity to play the main team. This is what I want before the season. I said it to you guys, and I'm going to pick players on that basis over the course of this long season."

After a pause, Ye Qiu scanned the players one by one, "What I want to build is a team that is hungry for games, victories, and championships, and everyone who makes up this team Players must have these spirits, otherwise, he will not deserve to stay at Ajax, no matter who he is!"

All the players at the scene heard Ye Qiu's serious lecture, and knew in their hearts that the head coach's emphasis on discipline was to remind them once again that none of them was indispensable to the team.

This is necessary, because after the team's outstanding performance last season, several players are clearly regarded as future stars of hope, and they are generally recorded by the European media, and they have already become stars Well, once such players don't re-impose the curse of discipline on them, they will easily become lax and affect the team.

After hitting the player with a big stick, Ye Qiu also wanted to ease the atmosphere.

"Next, let me talk about the training arrangement for a while!"

"Wait a minute before warming up, each of you go to that room over there." Ye Qiu pointed to a room next to the gymnasium downstairs in the first team training building, "From today onwards, you have to go to that room every day, Let the fitness coach Mr. Peter Brandt conduct a physical examination for you."

"This kind of physical examination is a bit more troublesome, but it can help you avoid injuries as much as possible!"

When the players heard this, their eyes immediately lit up. Even a young man like Van der Vaart welcomed Ye Qiu's request very much, because Van der Vaart himself lost his main position due to injury.

Moreover, as a professional player, everyone knows that injury is the worst enemy of any professional player.

In order to introduce such a system, Ye Qiu spent more than 100 million euros to import it from the United States. I heard that there are many clubs in the NBA, rugby, baseball and other American professional leagues that use this type of system. The difference is that each has its own characteristics. Each specialization, such as Ajax, has more young players and needs to detect some data that other players with more adult players do not need to detect. This will be a little troublesome, but it can protect the players in a targeted manner.

"One more thing is that the captain of our team in the new season will be Edwin van der Sar, and Gilberto Silva will be the team's vice-captain!" Ye Qiu announced this new appointment, "I hope, Both the captain and the vice-captain can set an example to better lead and unite the team. I believe that under the leadership of the captain and vice-captain, Ajax's locker room will be more united!"

Gilberto Silva, van der Vaart and Keivu, the three most promising contenders for the captaincy, especially Gilberto Silva, was regarded as the number one favorite for the captaincy. After being settled by Ye Qiu After approval, this appointment was passed directly without any embarrassment.

What's more, Van der Sar's reputation is there. Even if his performance in Juventus is sluggish, his status and influence are obviously higher than all the players. If he is not the captain, who can convince him?

Seeing that no one had any objections, Ye Qiu waved his hand, and everyone went to the testing room to find Peter Brandt.

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The goalkeeper changed from Fred Grimm to Edwin van der Sar, and the changes to Ajax's defensive system were obvious, especially in the interaction and coordination between the goalkeeper and the defense.

Van der Sar is a scavenger goalkeeper and has a strong ability to control the ball. Therefore, his technical skills and ability to pass and receive the ball ensure that he can become the first choice for defenders to knock back after being pressed. It can be seen from his high success rate when playing the wall role in the Ajax first team's wall-hitting game.

If you analyze carefully, the wall player in the game of hitting the wall cannot stick to the ball and must touch the ball with one kick. This is very similar to the situation of the goalkeeper when he is under pressure from the frontcourt, and Van der Sar's one-touch ball ability is very good. good.

In the past, Ajax's central defender combination Kivu and Lucio, both players have strong technical skills.

Keivu is characterized by his excellent ability to play the ball and certain organizational skills. This has something to do with him playing in the midfield. However, he is short in stature, fast in speed, and likes to grab the ball. He is also relatively young and is undergoing training. Practice, the stage of rapid progress in accumulating experience, so occasionally there will be some mistakes.

Lucio is a combination of an angel and a devil. He can bring a qualitative leap to the team's offense and defense, but his mistakes often send the team into hell, but after a season After honing in the Eredivisie and the UEFA Cup, Lucio's progress is obvious.

In a year's time, it is impossible for the two players to change, so Ye Qiu wants to try to let Van der Sar command the team's defense, because his position is at the back and his field of vision is also the center of the team. the best.

And Ye Qiu is still thinking that Kivu, Lucio and Van der Sar are all players with excellent ball ability. Kivu and Van der Sar's long pass skills are very solid. In the tactical system, is it possible to form a backcourt ball control and long pass counterattack mechanism around them?

Of course, Ye Qiu didn't want to transfer the core of ball control to the backcourt. That's impossible, because a very important aspect of high-post defense is that once the team presses up, the ball-holding area should remain 30 meters away from the opponent. The direct threat, that is, to control the ball in the 30-meter area, if the central defender presses so high, doesn't it mean that the goal is directly exposed to the opponent's muzzle?
Ye Qiu's idea is that when the team's offense is frustrated, there can be a stable support point behind them. After the central defender and goalkeeper reorganize, they can send the ball forward, so as to ensure Ajax's ball possession rate. And the second attack, and at the same time when defending and counterattacking, the long passes of Kivu and Van der Sar can definitely create threats.

However, in order to achieve this, it will undoubtedly take time and effort.

Integration is based on mutual understanding. If you don't understand each other, what integration are you talking about?
When Ye Qiu communicated his thoughts with other members of the coaching staff, they also felt that this would be a very bold move, but it might have an unexpected effect, because in this way, Ajax's There are solid ball control points on the three lines, which can bring a huge improvement to the team's overall control.

After the UEFA Cup final, Ye Qiu trusted Maicon even more. He decided to use Maicon as the right back in the new season and promote the Brazilian as the main force. Ye Qiu also looked forward to it, whether it was Maicon+ Van der Vaart, or Maicon + Van der Meyde, Ajax's right will become a highlight of the team's attack in the new season.

If the right side is the area with the most offensive momentum of the team, then the situation on the left side is quite special.

The winger on the left is Robben. Robben is a player who is very capable of fighting alone. There is no second player in the Eredivisie to compete with his personal assault ability, but the full-back Abidal has excellent one-on-one defense. The sense of position has also improved significantly in the past two years, but the contribution on the offensive end is very small. The insertion is more supportive, and the passing is more short-passing teammates.

In this case, it is very important to arrange Keita, a player who can go up and down, attack and defend, on the left, because he can bridge the gap between Abidal and Robben very well. , Covering the left half from the penalty area to the penalty area, whether it is offense or defense, he has enough ability to complete the task.

If the right side is full of wind and rain, lightning and thunder, then the left side is as stable as a rock, impregnable as gold; if the right side is the main attack, then the left side is the main suppression.

As for the center, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sneijder, Gilberto Silva, Lucio, Kivu and Van der Sar, this central axis will connect more of the entire Ajax team. A team's tactical system, whether it is left or right, needs to be integrated into the advance and retreat of the center to be able to exert its greatest power.

Ye Qiu has undoubtedly successfully created a brand new framework for Ajax, and what he needs to do now is to constantly adjust and improve a series of details under this framework, so as to inspire the team to be more powerful. Strong combat effectiveness.

(End of this chapter)