The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 162 The Art of Control

There was just a light rain last night, and Amsterdam was shrouded in a layer of wet mist in the early morning.

Walking out of the hotel, Arteta was a little bit annoyed by the weather, as if he was a little bit against the city, the club.

He is a Basque. Many people like to say that he is a product of Barcelona's youth training. That is wrong. He only stayed in La Masia for a year and a half before being loaned to Paris Saint-Germain by Barcelona.

The former French international Luis Fernandez brought him to Paris from Barcelona and entrusted him with important tasks, making him a teammate of famous European stars such as Ronaldinho and Anelka. Gained some game experience, but in the end he still had to return to Barcelona.

It is ironic to say that he came to Catalonia from the Basque Country, hoping to play for a giant team like Barcelona, ​​but this team never gave him even a chance to return from Paris Saint-Germain After that, they told him unceremoniously, either go to the cold Scotland, or go to the distant Netherlands, you choose.

Scotland, Su Chao, this is indeed too far away for Arteta who has lived on the Europa continent since he was a child, and it is a bit out of reach. Relatively speaking, Amsterdam in the Netherlands makes him feel closer, and Ye Qiu's Ajax successfully reached the Champions League semi-finals last season, which caused huge repercussions throughout Europe.

Of course, joining Ajax will make Arteta's name a little less pleasant. Everyone will say that it was Sedu Keita's addition to Barcelona, ​​but in the end, Arteta still came to Amsterdam.

That's why he resisted a little.

Pulling the Adidas training suit on his body, Arteta pulled up the zipper on the jacket, moved his hands and feet on the spot a few times, and began to run quickly towards the Arenal Stadium not far away.

Today is the first day of the team's training camp, and it is also his first day at Ajax, and he should also meet the long-awaited head coach for the first time on this day, and this meeting is bound to It will determine his future and destiny in Ajax for the next four years, so he is a little nervous and looking forward to it.

From the hotel to the stadium to the training base, Arteta did not stop at all during the whole process, and he always maintained a uniform movement, so when he ran to De Tokmost, his whole body was sweating a little, and his body felt warm , just to complete the warm-up.

"Morning, Mikel!"

When passing by the parking lot, captain Van der Sar just got out of his car, "It's a bit early."

"I got up early in the morning, and it was uncomfortable to stay in the hotel, so I just came here earlier!" Arteta replied with a smile.

He is not the kind of kid who has never been out of the house. On the contrary, he left his hometown and came to Barcelona since he was a child, and was loaned by Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, so he knows and knows how to adapt to a strange place. environment, into an unfamiliar group.

It is undoubtedly not a good way to close yourself. On the contrary, it is serious to be proactive.

"Young people are young people, full of vitality!" Van der Sar praised with a smile.

The two walked side by side into the first-team training ground in De Tokmoster. Because of the summer training, the team will practice three times a day during this period of time. This is also to make the team better Adjust your body and perform better physical reserve training to cope with the upcoming new season.

The captain of Van der Sar is not as public as Van Bommel. He is not a strong personality, but he has an affinity and can talk to everyone. Therefore, the club and the coaching staff fully rely on him when it comes to accepting new players. .

Walking into the gate, Mikel Arteta saw from a distance that in the comprehensive training area, the coaching staff was already busy setting up the training ground. When he came downstairs, he happened to see Ye Qiu and the medical research team Peter Brandt walked out of the medical research room. The two were obviously discussing something, but Ye Qiu was talking and Brandt was listening.

"Morning, head!" Van der Sar greeted casually.

"Morning, Edwin!" Ye Qiu nodded with a smile, and stopped when he swept past Arteta, "Mikel? Arteta?"

The Spaniard knew that this very young man was actually his head coach and the manipulator of his destiny for the next four years, so he straightened up with a little seriousness, "Yes, Mr. Ye Qiu! "

His serious appearance and behavior made the other three laugh.

"Don't be so serious, Mikel, you don't want to do that!" Van der Sar said with a smile.

Arteta blushed a little, looking a little embarrassed standing there.

Ye Qiu waved his hand. Van der Sar and Peter Brandt knew that he wanted to chat with Arteta, so they left with excuses.

"I'm sorry, Mikel, when you came to Amsterdam, I was in Argentina, so I couldn't meet you first, and I have to apologize to you."

Arteta was a little surprised. He had imagined countless scenes of meeting Ye Qiu and the opening remarks, but he never thought that the first sentence the head coach communicated with him in private was an apology. In my heart, I couldn't help but feel a feeling of being valued.

Yes, in Barcelona, ​​he was not valued at all, and even in Paris Saint-Germain, he was just a temporary loan player, and it was impossible for him to be valued by the club. However, now that he has come to Ajax, Ye Qiu gave him this feeling from the first time they met. This was the first time he had a good impression of Ajax and Ye Qiu.

"There is one thing I think I must make clear to you, that is, I hope you can understand that the rumors and hype in the outside media about you being Sedu Keita's transfer addition are all non-existent. Never keep players on the team that I don't like, or who don't contribute to the team."

"You are my hand-picked player. I have watched the tapes of you playing in Paris Saint-Germain. I have also seen some tapes of you playing for the Spanish national youth team. I have learned more about you than you can imagine. more deeply.”

Arteta was a little flattered by Ye Qiu's words. He really thought that he was an extension of Seydu Keita's transfer, but he didn't expect Ye Qiu to say no, and from Ye Qiu's words In the words, he once again felt the feeling of being valued and relied on by others.

"I'm sure you've seen some news about us last season, we lost control easily in midfield, everyone said we were very impactful, Robben and van der Vaart were very fast on both sides, Ibrahimovic Rakimovic was great, our offense was tough, but we could be fast but not slow, we could play but we couldn't close."

Arteta has played football himself, and he is a relatively traditional Spanish midfielder, organizing and controlling the rhythm. These are his strengths and his forte. Besides, he is still young and not slow. He is proficient in everything, and he is also good at long and short passes, and he is good at getting rid of the ball with his back.

Therefore, he was able to understand the meaning of Ye Qiu's words.

"We have determined a long time ago that we will introduce a suitable metronome in the summer, and he and Sneijder will form the second echelon of our team's offense, delivering an endless stream of shells to the front Trident. "

After Arteta finished listening, he couldn't help nodding. Ye Qiu's words resolved many doubts in his heart, and also allowed him to see his future in this young team more clearly, "I understand. , Mister Ye Qiu."

"Call me head, they all call me that!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

"Yes...head!" Arteta replied with a smile.

"However, I still have to say some things up front. I have always advocated overall football. Our tactics in the past two years have all emphasized integrity. High defensive system, in this way, the task of the midfielder is very heavy, you have to be mentally prepared."

Ye Qiu's words are polite, but the subtext is very clear, that is, the performance is not good, and I will still let you play as a substitute.

Arteta nodded, "Don't worry, head, I will do my best."

"Not only do you go all out, you also have to dig out all your potential. We must have another fight in the Champions League this year, and we will be able to avenge the humiliation of last year!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

Last year, Ajax reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and became the dark horse of the year. This has surprised the whole of Europe. Now that Ye Qiu has stated his goals for this season, even Arteta has been persuaded. After all, professional players Who doesn't want to make a name for themselves in the Champions League?

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Although Ajax practiced three times a day, the first training session was very early, but to the surprise of the two newcomers, no one was late, and all of them arrived more than ten minutes early, or even half a day early. Hours.

The players came to De Tokmost, changed their clothes, and came to the training ground consciously. Under the guidance and supervision of the coaching staff, they each carried out warm-up activities to prepare for the next first training session. prepare for.

Ye Qiu appeared on the training ground on time, but he was not as serious as Mascherano or Arteta imagined. Instead, when he was speaking, he was joking with the players, talking about homework, and even Make fun of Lucio's marriage.

Originally, Ye Qiu planned to give him a few days of vacation, let him go on vacation, but this kid refused, and came to Amsterdam to report on time. For this reason, Ye Qiu joked that he would not dare to go to his house in the future, otherwise he was afraid that the mistress would retaliate himself, making the players laugh for a while.

But in some links, Ye Qiu and the coaching staff are very strict, that is, the physical examination of the players.

Ye Qiu severely criticized whoever was in excess of the fitness standard, and who didn't pay attention to restraint while on vacation, and then punished them, that is, doubled the training in order to ensure that these players with poorer physical conditions could catch up. The progress of the team.

I don't know if it's because of being too happy to get married, or because of the newlyweds. Lucio, who was originally of amazing physical fitness, had many data exceeding the standard during the physical examination, and finally fell to the middle in the overall ranking. Suddenly became the focus and object of ridicule by everyone in the team.

Don't look at the Brazilian central defender's face, but in fact he is very good at making jokes. Everyone laughs together. The atmosphere on the training ground is very good, so that the two new players who joined the team feel a kind of family style unity.

As for the training items, there are two physical reserve classes, and the morning one is more about some low-intensity but very compact game items, and several of them were bought by Ye Qiu from the godfather training system They are all very strong training with the ball, the focus is on adjusting the players' bodies, cultivating and improving the tacit cooperation between the players.

The second training session is mainly based on high-intensity physical reserve training. In this training session, the players must receive high-intensity physical training, and after learning the experience and lessons of the previous two years, Ah Jax's coaching staff has appropriately improved and adjusted the team's physical reserve training program.

In the afternoon, after a break, the last training session was ushered in. It mainly focused on tactical drills and training with the ball. However, because it was the early stage of the training camp, Ye Qiu mainly focused on some small-scale cooperative training and new training methods. Training items, among which the new training method is temporarily based on the primary level.

Both Arteta and Mascherano are the first to come into contact with this novel training program of Ajax. Whether it is a game like hitting the wall or a new elementary training method, on the one hand, it has high demands on the players, and on the other hand It can improve player strength and teamwork very well, but at the same time, it is very interesting.

At present, these two sets of training methods have been popularized by the Ajax youth training camp, but the low-age group is basically based on beginners. As the age increases, it will continue to be strengthened. I believe that with time, Ye Qiu This new set of training methods will completely change the entire Ajax.

In fact, Ye Qiu has changed many people. For example, van der Vaart, the Dutch golden boy was not injured as he was in his previous life. Today, he is still very fast and sharp. Both are his forte, and his technique, creativity and vision make him have a strong final pass even if he is on the wing.

And Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Swede in his previous life has always been criticized for his last shot, and his scoring rate in key games also made many people dissatisfied, but under Ye Qiu's command, Ibrahimovic Movic's shooting skills may not be comparable to skillful shooters like Ruud van Nistelrooy and Huntelaar, but they are definitely not bad, and they have improved a lot.

Ye Qiu redistributed the duties and powers of the reorganized midfielder.

Purely from the point of view of position, the three midfielders are positioned in an oblique triangle, keeping a close distance from each other. Sneijder's position is center-right, in order to echo Van der Vaart, and Van der Vaart is inside the right. After the cut, Maicon's back jump is also an important offensive method for Ajax.

Arteta's position is slightly behind Sneijder and to the left. Although he is right-footed, his left foot is very flexible. Like Sneijder, he is a player with very flexible left and right feet, but the characteristics of the two different.

The Spaniard has some shortcomings in the link of discovering the opponent's loopholes and exploiting the opponent's loopholes, that is, the so-called pass lacks creativity and threat, but he is very good at long and short passes, with balanced left and right feet, ball control ability and rhythm. The ability to control is very strong, and the ability to read the game and the overall situation are excellent.

Sneijder is a very interesting player. If everyone pays attention to watching him pass the ball, it is not difficult to find that in fact, he seldom lets the ball stick to his feet. He runs and receives the pass very quickly. Some people may even suspect that this The kid knows where the ball is going without looking.

In fact, he doesn't use his eyes to see, but when he runs to catch the ball, or before, he has already thought about where he will pass the ball after catching the ball, so he will hardly let the ball stop in his own At the foot, and such a player should be positioned more forward, so as to give full play to his strengths and his ability to attack from behind.

In other words, in terms of division of labor, Arteta focuses on ball possession and rhythm control, and is responsible for scheduling and distributing the ball. He is more like a military strategist sitting in the midfield, specializing in controlling the overall situation, while Sneijder is responsible for threading the needle in front. And passing the threatening ball, van der Vaart on the right can also pass the threatening ball, and his passing and creativity are also very good.

Undoubtedly, Mascherano or De Jong are the last ones. The latter has been in the Eredivisie for two years and his strength has improved rapidly. Although he is very young, as a versatile player, he is very good in Ye Qiu's hands An important card.

In Ye Qiu's heart, he knows very well that if the midfielder can have stronger control and a higher ball possession rate, then the conversion will mean that the team has the ball in hand for a longer time, then he dares to let Mai Kong was more involved in the attack, allowing Sneijder and van der Vaart to create more threats in the midfield.

And to do this, Arteta is very important.

In the past, Ajax was in a hurry. Although they could play a lot of magnificent offenses and carry out a series of quicksilver infiltration and cooperation, there was always an urge to swallow their opponents in one bite. This was more reflected in the team's offense. In fact, although this is very beautiful and passionate, it is also very dangerous, and it feels a little like risking your life.

Ye Qiu believes that every fan in the world likes to see this kind of passionate offensive football, because it looks good; but he also believes that there is no head coach in the world who is willing to take this kind of risk for his team Sexual style of play, because the risk is too high, and tactics, fundamentally, is to control the risk of the team winning.

Ye Qiu wanted to introduce a metronome because he hoped that he could control the team through the metronome. When the situation was dominant, the team could play a hearty and fast-paced attack and completely cripple the opponent; When the situation is unfavorable, speed needs to be sacrificed for stability.

Between relaxation and relaxation, there is the art of control.

Ye Qiu doesn't know whether Arteta can help his Ajax achieve the level and performance he wants, but he believes that, at least so far, Arteta is one of the players he can introduce , which best meets this requirement.

Therefore, he is willing to take a risk for this!

(End of this chapter)