The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 2
Since Ajax moved their home stadium from the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam to the current Arena Stadium, they have begun to build a training ground, De Tokmoster, which is across the road to the west of the stadium.

Like the characteristics of the entire city of Amsterdam, De Tokmoster introduced river water from the Amstel River and divided the entire training ground into three areas in the shape of a character, of which the largest one in the north is the training ground for the first team and the training ground for the first team. The training building, and a stadium with simple stands are used by the Ajax second team.

The south is divided into left and right areas. The left side is the training ground for the two senior age groups A and B. The other youth training echelons are on the right side. The two training areas are separated by a river.

The two-storey training building in De Tokmost is located at the junction of the two training grounds.

When Ye Qiu almost stepped into the meeting room on the second floor of the training building, he found that it was already full of people.

At the top of the oval conference table were all the management of the club. To Ye Qiu's surprise, the chairman of the club, Michael van Prager, was also there, which surprised him a little. The first team coach, former Ajax star Jan Waters, and now the club's technical director, Leo Benhak.

Leo Benhak has a high status in today's football. He has been in charge of Real Madrid twice and Ajax twice, and each time he took charge of Ajax, he won the championship in the first year. The second year was empty-handed. Among them, when he coached Ajax for the second time in the 90-91 season, he switched to Real Madrid halfway, which made Ajax fans feel betrayed.

However, after Louis van Gaal switched to Barcelona, ​​under the impact of the Bosman Act, Kluivert, Litmanen, Overmars and other stars left the team successively. Ajax once again fell into turmoil. Under pressure, Prager once again invited Leo Benhak to Ajax as technical director.

Ye Qiu just glanced at the few people above, and probably knew the situation.

This season, the Ajax first team ushered in a three-game winning streak at the beginning. First, they defeated Heerenveen 3:2 at home, and then defeated Maastricht 6:2 away. Just yesterday, Waters' team He also defeated Leeuwarden 3-0 in the away game. He is in the limelight in the Eredivisie, so he looks quite high-spirited, and when he saw Ye Qiu, he nodded with a smile, obviously Now I have a good impression of the coach who personally recruited into the club.

After Ye Qiu sat down, the meeting began.

To put it bluntly, this is a discussion about the redistribution of power. Waters is now nominally the head coach of the first team and the director of the youth team, but in fact his authority is mainly in the first team. He wanted to gain some power while he was in the limelight.

However, Leo Benhak and Westerhof refused to delegate power quickly, so the two parties seemed to be in harmony at the meeting, but secretly they were at war. This made Ye Qiu sigh inwardly. Under such circumstances, Ah No wonder Jax didn't sink!
"Today, I went to inspect the training ground of the low-age group. I found that some of our youth training coaches changed the team's youth training program without the permission of the club." Westhof suddenly stood up. Get up and speak righteously.

When Ye Qiu heard it, he immediately understood that Westhoff was talking about himself?

Looking at the immediate boss who looked at him with contempt, Ye Qiu immediately understood in his heart that they had no choice but to deal with Waters now, and they were unwilling to let Waters' reputation in the club soar, so they used himself as the knife. , Breaking down the prestige of Waters, how can I say that I was also hired by Waters.

"We don't deny that there are many youth training ideas out there that keep pace with the times, as well as advanced training methods. However, two months ago, the club hired a number of external youth training coaches with a lot of money, hoping to help improve De Tok. The level of Most’s youth training, but everyone has seen the results, two months have passed, and there is no effect at all, but it has made De Tok Most a mess and made the coaching team panic!”

Westerhof was talking eloquently, while Leo Benhakke on the side remained silent from the beginning to the end, but this gray-haired but hale and hearty Dutch old man gave people a feeling of incomprehensibility. No wonder, after decades of wandering coaching, Leo Benhak has long been a genius, and this kind of thing is nothing to him today.

"Please remember that we are Ajax, we have our own youth training system that has created countless brilliance and attracted the attention of the whole world. Disciplined man, disturbing the atmosphere in De Tokmorst!"

Speaking of this, Westerhoff raised his right hand, "So here, I propose that Ye Qiu, the head coach of the E1 youth team, be fired on the spot for violating the rules of De Tokmoster, as an example to others! "

As soon as the words came out, everyone in the entire conference room was in an uproar, including Waters.

After all, Waters was too young and too inexperienced.

Although he is in the limelight now, fans and management are optimistic about him, but the problem is that he lacks the most basic prestige.

This year is the first time he has coached a professional team, and it is a team like Ajax. Prager, otherwise why would he have invited Leo Benhak to help?
Under such circumstances, he was anxious to attack the youth team, which would naturally cause resistance.

Westerhof's warning to others was actually killing others, killing Ye Qiu, breaking Waters' prestige, and at the same time frightening the group of youth training coaches in the youth training camp, making them all watch Be aware of the current situation.

Just when everyone was talking, Leo Benhak finally spoke, but he said it to Van Prager.

"Michael, I think reform is a good thing, but there must be a limit. We can't reform for the sake of reform. We need to know the direction and purpose. The club's entire youth training system has been going on for so many years. There must be some good things about him. These should be kept. !"

If the previous words are still persuasive, then Leo Benhak will change the subject next.

"However, it is absolutely impossible to ignore discipline. Ajax has always valued discipline the most. This trend must be suppressed, otherwise it will be difficult for people to gather together once the hearts of the people are scattered!"

Leo Benhak's words convinced Van Prager and nodded.

This time even Waters felt bad for Ye Qiu, because if even Van Prager nodded, then he would be completely finished.

But before Van Prager could speak, Ye Qiu who was sitting at the end of the conference room suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "You are holding a trial court, but you don't allow the prisoner to make an excuse. Is this fair to me?"

Although there are different levels in the club's power structure, in this kind of meeting, everyone has the right to raise their hands to speak, but generally speaking, low-status coaches are generally more responsible, at least not like Ye Qiu is now so.

But it is also understandable, since it is to judge a person guilty, shouldn't he listen to his defense?

"What else do you have to say? Did I say something wrong? I wronged you?" Westhoff didn't expect that this Chinese, who usually doesn't seem to talk much, would dare to resist, and he was furious.

You know, before coming to Ajax, Westhoff was considered the No. [-] figure in the Dutch football circle. Otherwise, how could Van Praag poach him to take charge of De Tokomos? What about Te?
Coupled with the character developed by being a head coach for a long time, he always wanted to maintain his authority, and even used all his power and resources for it. The staff arrangement at the club's competitive level really made a fatal mistake.

First of all, Waters is a rookie. He has no previous first-team coaching experience. He has a good career, but he is not big enough. His coaching experience is more in charge of the Ajax youth team; secondly, Leo Benhak He and Westhoff are both accomplished head coaches, and such people are often difficult to be inferior to others.

In this case, let the no prestige Waters manage the big names Leo Benhak and Westerhoff, the result is not difficult to guess.

"In arranging the training program, I didn't say you were wrong, and you didn't wrong me!" Ye Qiu didn't care about Westerhoff's anger, he was about to be fired, and he didn't care if he was angry or not. This guy deserves it when he is pissed off.

"It's just that you say that I don't abide by discipline, and I don't agree with it. If I was kicked out of Ajax by you like this, wouldn't I be wronged? This is related to my personal style of conduct, and of course I have to give an excuse !"

Ye Qiu's words also made some sense.

Many people say that the Germans are stubborn and rigid, but in fact, to a certain extent, the Dutch, especially the Dutch footballers, are not rigid and dogmatic, sticking to what was established in the era of Michels and Cruyff decades ago. The things left behind are self-sufficient, do not seek to make progress, and have even reached a point of stubbornness?
What do Michels and Cruyff value most?
Discipline, this is the first commandment of the Ajax club, and it is also the first commandment of most Dutch clubs!
So Ye Qiu said that he wanted to make an excuse, and it was also agreed by many people present. Even the chairman Van Prager nodded, "Well, tell me, what is your excuse for Hans's things?"

The Van Prager family plays a pivotal role in the history of Ajax. Michael Van Prager's father, Jaap Van Prager, was Ajax's most glorious club chairman in the 70s. He later left Ajax , The club entered turmoil until the 80s, when Michael van Prager was in charge of Ajax again, and directly brought about the revival of the Van Gaal period.

(End of this chapter)