The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 38 We want champions!
"The defender will take the lead in taking the penalty?"

When Van Prager saw Abidal, he was as surprised as all the fans. Why is he a defender?
"Can he?" Van Prager pointed to Abidal and asked Bobby Harms and Leo Benhak.

Leo Benhak was expressionless and nodded indifferently, "When the ball is not in motion, in terms of shooting skills, defenders may not be worse than forwards. On the contrary, because defenders are very powerful, there are many defenders Shooting percentages from a standstill are even better than those of the top shooters."

"Being able to become a professional player, Abidal's shooting is not a big problem, the key still depends on his psychological quality."

Bobby Harms nodded after hearing this, "After 120 minutes of the game, Van der Vaart is exhausted. Even Huntelaar probably lacks strength. If they come again at this time Taking the lead, psychological pressure and lack of fitness, all of these may make them miss the penalty."

"Before, I was a little worried that Ye Qiu lacked experience in handling such occasions, but now it seems that he is very experienced!" Bobby Harms couldn't hide his admiration in his words.

If he knew that for this penalty shootout, Ye Qiu specially read a lot of related books in the godfather training system, and at the same time read many well-known head coaches' discussions and experience on penalty shootouts, then he It won't be surprising.

Van Prager still wanted to speak, but at this moment, he heard a whistle from the referee.

I saw Abidal follow the whistle, without the slightest hesitation, sprinted forward two steps, swung his left foot, and volleyed vigorously, the ball was like a cannonball. shot with his left foot.

Hans Funk was taken aback. He thought that Abidal would at least have to prepare his emotions, but he didn't expect this guy to come directly, and he was so strong, which made him try his best to make a save to the left.

But by the time Hans Funk was in position, the ball had already entered the goal line.

The goal is valid!

Abidal clenched his left fist, both as if he was provoking his opponent, and as if he was cheering up his teammates.

There was a burst of warm applause at the scene, which was also a way to put pressure on the opponent.

Danish midfielder Daniel Jensen was the first to get to the penalty spot.

Stekelenburg knew this person, and he was the number one player on the list given by Ye Qiu. He was Helen Finley's player with the highest percentage of penalty kicks, and he was also the number one free throw shooter.

"Daniel Jensen, right-footed, left-footed free throw, feint right, bottom left corner!"

This is the information given by Ye Qiu. Stekelenburg will not be mistaken, and he has to admire it in his heart. If there is no such information from the head coach, he will definitely be deceived. .

Who could have imagined that Jensen would be so proficient with both left and right feet?

Actually used the right foot of his dominant foot as a feint to attract the goalkeeper's attention, and then used his left foot to exert force?
Seeing this, Stekelenburg took a deep breath and turned to look at Jensen, but focused on his feet, especially his left foot.

The energy of all the fans on the sidelines was concentrated on the goal area guarded by Stekelenburg, and their hearts almost jumped to their voices.

Following the referee's whistle, Jensen took a deep breath and ran forward quickly.

When he entered the range where he could kick the ball, he saw that his speed was deliberately slowed down, and his right foot made a movement as if he was about to kick the ball, but in fact, his right foot stepped on the ball, and his left foot stepped on the ball. With a quick swing, the ball was drawn directly to the lower left corner.

This kind of penalty kick can be said to be tried and tested.

But just when he felt that his left foot had been concealed enough, he suddenly discovered that Stekelenburg flew to the left, and the whole person's jumping movement was extremely stretched.

What happened next stunned everyone present, because just when they thought Jensen's shot was going to the right, it suddenly flew to the left. Everything happened in the blink of an eye, but Just as they realized that Jensen's penalty was going to go in, Stekelenburg dived to the left.

Wow! ! ! ! !

All the Ajax fans in the audience cheered.

Stekelenburg single-handedly saved Jensen's penalty kick into the bottom left corner.

The goalkeeper who came out of the Ajax youth academy made a contribution! !
Incomparably warm applause sounded at the home court of De Tokmoorster, and the extremely enthusiastic cheers were deafening!
Stekelenburg saved the opponent's penalty, which is more shocking than Abidal's first penalty, and even more shocking, because it is tantamount to letting the Ajax second team Got a head start!
What does it mean to be ahead?
Taking the lead means that this Ajax second team will have the opportunity to surpass the historical record set by the Van Gaal era and become the first youth team in history to reach the Dutch Cup final!

Thinking of this, all the Ajax fans in the audience, all the players of the second team of Ajax cheered and roared, each and every one of them seemed like a fanatical lion, wishing they could beat their opponents to the bone , devoured!

On the contrary, after the first round of penalty kicks, the morale of Heerenveen's players was low, because they found that the team's top free thrower missed free throws, and the scene of the 21-year-old Jensen falling in the penalty area hurt everyone The hearts of Heerenveen players.

Even he missed the penalty, can we make it?
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The second player to play is Huntelaar.

The Dutch striker is known for his calmness. Although there was a lot of pressure on his shoulders this time, he still stood firmly near the penalty kick, retreated methodically, measured his pace, then stood still and stared at the goal. Hans Funk.

For him, shooting is simply an instinct in his blood, so he can shoot the angle he wants without looking at the ball.

The key is the goalkeeper in front of him.

As soon as the referee blew the whistle, Huntelaar sprinted forward quickly, without the slightest sloppy right foot, and shot the ball to the left at a very fast speed. This time Hans Funk guessed the wrong direction and pounced on On the right, the ball goes in!
"Long live!!!!" The Ajax fans in the audience cheered again.

2:0, the second team of Ajax, which took the lead in taking the penalty, has undoubtedly taken the lead.

But this time, Stekelenborg failed to continue the judgment of the first round, and finally announced that the goal was lost. 2:1, the second Ajax team has maintained the lead.

The third player was Sneijder. He still took the lower left corner, and his speed was very fast. Funke made a judgment, but failed to prevent the ball from entering the net. He was so angry that he kept pounding on the turf, 3:1 .

But soon, Heerenveen pulled back another round, 3:2!

"Christian!" Ye Qiu made an adjustment gesture on the sidelines to Kiv, who was fourth on the field.

Just now he paid very careful attention to Hans Funk's movement. He found that the goalkeeper of Heerenveen had already judged it. Because the top three penalty shooters of Ajax all took the penalty on the left side, so he thought that Ajax Jax was trying to make a fuss about his weakness.

Now, he will definitely focus on defending the left side, and even make judgments in advance.

Jifu nodded towards Ye Qiu, walked to the penalty spot, and backed away slowly.

As soon as the whistle sounded, Hans Funk immediately swooped to the left when he saw Kiev rushing forward.

But at this time, Keivu chose to push the ball directly into the middle, and the ball rolled into the goal slowly behind Hans Funk.

"4:2!!!" All the Ajax fans at the scene cheered in unison.

Four penalty kicks and four free throws were made. The penalty kick preparation work of the Ajax second team before the game was not in vain.

Heerenveen's fourth penalty shooter was Finnish winger Mika Nurmera. He knew very well in his heart that only by scoring this penalty kick would his team have the possibility of continuing to take penalty kicks. Otherwise, they declare early failure.

"Come on, fast penalty!" The Ajax fans were harassing Nurmera, especially behind the goal. Many fans even made various threats and tried their best to interfere with him.

Nurmera took a deep breath. At the age of 29, he has a lot of professional experience. He knows that he should be calm and rational at this moment, but for some reason, he just can’t calm down, because he knows that this penalty kick It is related to a heavy hope, and it is related to whether Heerenveen can reach the final.

Sometimes, the more you think about it, the more it may not necessarily be a good thing.

When Nurmera thought about it for a long time and decided to draw the ball to the upper right corner, but in the end he failed to hold the ball, causing the penalty kick to become an anti-aircraft gun. In the restricted area.

At the same time, all the players of the second team of Ajax rushed into the penalty area, and everyone surrounded Stekelenburg, and around them, the cheers of Ajax fans It was like turning into a vast ocean, completely surrounding them.

"Wow!" Ye Qiu let out a strange cry after Nur Mela missed a penalty kick, venting his excitement.

"We're in the finals, guys!" Turning around, Ye Qiu wildly stretched out his arms and threw himself at Rick Link.

Rick Link was also very excited at this time, and tears were falling down, "My God, is this a dream? The final, the Dutch Cup final, I can't believe it!"

"No, no, no, Jan Odd Ricklink!" Ye Qiu punched him heavily on the shoulder, "I'm telling you, we're in the finals, we're in the finals!"

"Yes, we have entered the finals, Ye Qiu, you are our God!!" Rick Link hugged Ye Qiu tightly at this time, and the whole person hugged him by the waist, almost It was thrown out without a hold.

After the players celebrated wildly on the sidelines, they all rushed to Ye Qiu's side, but everyone looked at Ye Qiu.

"Boss, we've entered the final!" Captain Kifu reported solemnly.

Ye Qiu blinked vigorously. He has been with this group of people for half a year. In the past six months, he fought side by side with everyone here. They worked together to defeat one opponent after another. Come to today.

Dutch Cup final!
This was something no one of them dared to hope for half a year ago, but now they have achieved it!

"Boss!" The players shouted in unison, with solemn expressions like soldiers waiting for the leader to review, or like soldiers who have completed a solemn mission and come back to explain the task.

Ye Qiu's eyes were red, but he didn't let himself cry weakly. He wasn't as shallow-sighted as Rick Link, and he wasn't like some big softie named Roland who ran away crying, so he just stood there. In front of the players, looking at them.

"Not enough!" Ye Qiu shouted loudly.

"Reaching the final is not our ultimate goal, we want to win the championship!"

"We want to win the Dutch Cup and let everyone who was not optimistic about us know how wrong they were!"

"We will use a champion to let everyone remember us!"

"We want the champion!!"

"We want the championship!!" The players shouted in unison in response to Ye Qiu's call.

If it was said before the season, everyone would regard them as lunatics. If it was said before they beat Eindhoven, no one would have hope for them. Derecht said at the time that no one would be optimistic about them, but now that they speak out, everyone has to pay attention.

In the finals, whoever wins the championship has a chance, it is possible!
"Champion! Champion!!! Champion!!!"

Hearing the shouts of the players, the Ajax fans also cheered together, shouting the championship in unison.

This situation infected almost everyone present, including Chairman Van Prager.

He really needed Ye Qiu and the second team, but he was never optimistic about the second team.

But today, looking at this extremely young team, watching them come step by step, defeating powerful opponents one after another, Van Prager has to admit that this team is indeed tenacious and brave. Ajax spirit.

"Win the championship? This kid is crazy!" Bobby Harms scolded Ye Qiu's publicity with a smile, but there was no anger at all from his eyebrows, but more appreciation.

It is the first time in the history of Dutch football that it can lead a second team to the Dutch Cup final.

Back then, Van Gaal led the team to the semi-finals, but they stopped in the semi-finals. Now Ye Qiu has created the best cup result for the Ajax second team in history. I don't know what to worry about.

You know, the Dutch Cup champion will represent the Netherlands in the UEFA Cup next season. If the second team of Ajax wins the championship, how will this confused account be calculated?
What's even more ironic is that Ajax's first team can't play European competitions, but the second team can participate in the UEFA Cup. What's going on?

Is it possible that Ajax will use the second team as the main force next season?
Bobby Harms naturally wouldn't feel a headache for this happy trouble, but he felt that it was necessary to remind Van Prager that at least at this time, the club needed to come forward and go to the Dutch Football Association to deal with it, and at least give the second team a Level playing field, right?
"Ye Qiu...it's not easy!" Leo Benhak felt that he had really misjudged.

When Ye Qiu first joined De Tokmoster, he didn't perform too well at all. That's why Leo Benhak supported Westerhoff to use him to attack Waters, but he didn't Thinking that a year later, this Chinese kid has improved so fast.

The second team of Ajax adopts two completely different tactics in the league and the cup. The league relies on its own strength and overall advantages to aggressively press the offense and can always play hearty offensive football. All he met were enemies who were stronger than himself, so he adopted the tactics of shrinking back and defending.

In Leo Benhak's view, such a head coach is worthy of being an outstanding head coach by adapting to the enemy's conditions, and Ye Qiu has undoubtedly found the threshold.

Of course, he still has a lot to improve, but this no longer prevents Ye Qiu from being on his own.

Hearing Leo Benhak's words, Van Prager felt very uncomfortable, because he still hid Ye Qiu's resignation letter when no one knew about it. Now, the second team The better he performed and the better results Ye Qiu led the team, the more embarrassing and regretful he felt.

It has to be said that it is a great pity that such outstanding talents cannot be retained.

Naturally, Ye Qiu didn't know what the group of bigwigs in the stands were thinking. Now that he had won the ball, he brought the players back to the locker room. After another big celebration, he slipped out the door, and just as he turned a corner, he almost hit On Huang Chu.

"If I had known it was you, I might as well have stopped hiding and ran into you, maybe I could..." Ye Qiu teased Huang Chu with a smile.

"You are the only one who is not serious!" Huang Chu was also used to it and didn't think it was disobedient.

Just when Ye Qiu had a lot of things to say in his mind, a group of reporters suddenly rushed over from nowhere, at least eight or nine of them pointed their cameras at Ye Qiu and took a burst of snapping shots.

"Excuse me, Mr. Ye Qiu, as the first head coach in Dutch history to lead a youth team to the Dutch Cup final, do you have anything to say?"

"Mr. Ye Qiu, the team has reached the final. You just shouted that you want to win the championship. Is this what you really think?"

"Mr. Ye Qiu, many old Ajax fans feel that your team has inherited the tradition and spirit of Ajax, but the style of play is slightly conservative. What do you personally think about this?"

"Ajax's first team has a poor record this season, but the second team has performed very well. Just now Ajax fans called for you to lead the first team. Do you personally have such an idea? Or, you Will he continue to lead the youth team at Ajax next season?"

The reporters almost didn't put the microphone into Ye Qiu's mouth, which made Ye Qiu feel a little at a loss after experiencing this kind of battle for the first time. Huang Chu seemed to be afraid that someone would expose her relationship with Ye Qiu. , quickly hide away.

Just when Ye Qiu didn't know how to answer, he saw Elisa in a fashionable dress like Moonlight Sailor Moon, appearing beside Ye Qiu at a difficult moment, facing the camera with a smile.

"I'm sorry, I trouble you to ask one by one, Mr. Ye will try to answer all your questions, but if you continue to ask questions like this, we won't answer a single question!"

(End of this chapter)