The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 40

"I didn't expect it to be the second team of Ajax!"

In the head coach's office at the Feyenoord training base in Rotterdam, Bert van Marwijk is smiling helplessly.

This season's Eredivisie league can be described as PSV Eindhoven thriving. Although Feyenoord performed well, they were still unable to shake PSV's leading position. Even in the league runner-up battle with Heerenveen, Feyenoord Yernold is also at a disadvantage, which has something to do with their fluctuating performance in the game.

With the expansion of the UEFA Champions League this season, the Eredivisie currently has three places to participate in the Champions League. The first and second in the league can directly participate in the group stage, while the third in the league will participate in the third qualifying round.

Feyenoord currently occupies the third place in the league, but is 2 points away from Heerenveen, who is second in the league, and 1 point behind Vitesse, who is fourth in the league, and Twente, who is fifth. If you are not careful, you may be kicked out of the Champions League qualification zone anytime, anywhere.

Not being able to participate in the Champions League is a great loss for any club.

In the absence of the Eredivisie, Feyenoord put all their energy into the Dutch Cup while doing their best to qualify for the Champions League. A consolation for fans.

"Who would have thought of that?" assistant coach Mario Bean shook his head and sighed, "When PSV was killed, everyone thought it was an accident, but who would have thought that Utrecht, Heerenveen, one by one How ironic is it that the Eredivisie teams all fell to this little-known second team?"

In Mario Bean's view, it is definitely a big upset for a Eredivisie team to be eliminated by the second team, but if such upsets appear again and again, it is not an upset, but a shame , It is a disgrace to the Eredivisie.

"Ye Qiu..." Van Marwijk came up with the awkward name of the head coach of the second team of Ajax, and he came from China, a country with a weak football country. It can be said that he was completely unfamiliar and unfamiliar people.

"According to the intelligence sent by the scouts, this season is his first season in charge, but he has been continuously promoted by Ajax, from U10 at the beginning of the season to U15 later, and then to Ajax II. team, his improvement speed is very fast, even surpassing that of Louis van Gaal!" Mario Bean said.

"You mean, he is Van Gaal II?" Van Marwijk asked with a smile.

Bean curled his lips, "At least many Ajax fans think so, and some say he is Michels II."

"Ignorance!" Van Marwijk sighed helplessly, "But this person should be very capable. At least he can bring the second team to the Dutch Cup final. This ability must not be underestimated."

"I know!" Mario Bean nodded, "I have arranged for the club's scouts to track the matches of the Ajax second team. According to the information returned by the scouts, they have basically won the championship in the second team's league. At that time, I will definitely use this vigor to hit the Dutch Cup championship in one go."

Once a weak team performs well, its spirit is often stronger and more publicized than that of a strong team.

"I heard that after defeating Heerenveen, Ye Qiu called out to win the championship, right?" Van Marwijk asked.

"Yes, all the Ajax fans cheered for them!"

Van Marwijk laughed instead.

"What?" Mario Bean was surprised. Isn't Van Marwijk afraid?
"Remember last year's Dutch Cup final?"

Mario? In the final, they lost 0:2 to Ajax led by Olsen in the final, which also made Van Marwijk miss the first championship trophy of his career.

"One year has passed, and it's the Dutch Cup final again. It's still us and Ajax, but the situation seems to have changed now!" Van Marwijk smiled coldly, he couldn't forget that one year ago lost.

At that time, he led a professional team for the first time. He reached the final with a breath of breath along the way, and met Ajax who was better than himself. They were not afraid, but when they planned to When they killed their opponents in one go, the sophisticated Ajax turned them around and completely defeated them.

Even now, Van Marwijk still can't forget the scene of the army being defeated like a mountain.

From Fortuna Sittard to Feyenoord, Van Marwijk is no longer the stunned young man he was a year ago, and what he leads is not the underdog with the aura of nouveau riche, but Zonghenghe. Feyenoord, one of the traditional top three in the A-League.

"A year ago, we lost because we were too aggressive, we were too sharp, so that in the final, we still couldn't get rid of the bottleneck of all the dark horses. It's a bit like a sports car that starts too fast. Hurry up, I want to brake, but I can't stop!"

"At that time, Ajax, who played steadily at the time, took advantage of our shortcomings and weaknesses, and slowly wore away our spirit. At the same time, they took advantage of this and accumulated enough physical energy. In the second half, they counterattacked vigorously and scored two goals in a row. Defeat us!" When he said this, Van Marwijk looked at his assistant and smiled.

"Don't you think that the Ajax second team is more sharp and younger than last year's Fortuna Sittard?"

When he said that, Mario Bean felt that it was true.

Everyone was unwilling to lose in that battle last year, but after analysis, they all felt that the defeat in Fortuna Sittard was too aggressive, which is also the disadvantage of all dark polo teams.

Today's Ajax second team is more aggressive than Fortuna Sittard, because their players are too young, basically around 16 years old, and the head coach Ye Qiu is a man who has never had any problems. People who coach and have a career, at least Van Marwijk has many years of career, so the current Ajax second team is more like a dark horse among dark horses.

"However they deal with us, we will deal with them. It's fair!" Van Marwijk narrowed his eyes and became very cold.

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Reached the final of the Dutch Cup, the second team of Ajax immediately became the darling of the entire Amsterdam.

Almost every day, fans come to De Tokmoorster's training ground to cheer for the team. Almost every day, some reporters come here to conduct interviews. Almost every day, a group of fans stand outside the training ground, waiting for the players. They sign autographs.

This kind of treatment has never been seen before in the history of De Tokmost, which immediately made everyone in the entire training base feel flattered.

Especially after the team defeated several opponents one after another in the league and won the Youth League Championship, everyone is full of expectations for the upcoming Dutch Cup final. The training ground is also in full swing, and everyone hates it. Can't use 200% energy and strength.

But in the view of Bobby Harms, this is not a good thing.

As night fell, all the players had left De Tokmorst, and only a few office lights were still on.

Bobby Harms walked into the medical department. As he expected, he saw Fan Dude and Huang Chu who were busy with their work, and he also saw that they were waiting for Huang Chu to get off work, sitting in the reception room and reading a book carefully. Ye Qiu from a scouting report.

"Ha, Bobby!" Seeing Bobby Harms, Ye Qiu immediately closed the report.

"How is it? The first team scouting report, how do you feel?" Bobby Harms pointed to the report in Ye Qiu's hand.

This is a report specially drawn up by the scouting department according to the standards of the first team. It even includes a few of Ye Qiu's own requirements. This is a Feyenoord report specially tailored for Ye Qiu. Some game footage.

"I'm a little flattered!" Ye Qiu laughed, patting his chest.

Bobby Harms laughed, and sat down directly opposite Ye Qiu, "How is it? I heard that you have been studying every day recently. Do you have any experience?"

Ye Qiu smiled, "What do you think of Bert Van Marwijk?"

He has read many works of football greats, and many of them have mentioned one point, that is, the character of the head coach often represents the character and style of a team, and the formation of a game is very important. To a certain extent, it is a contest between the two head coaches.

The closer the strength is, the greater the decisive effect of the relationship between the head coaches on the game will be.

"How should I put it?" Bobby Harms hissed, as if thinking very hard, "Van Marwijk doesn't get much attention from the media, and I don't have much contact with him, but give me What impressed me most was last year's Dutch Cup final."

"Yes, he was leading Fortuna Sittard back then, and we met Ajax in the final!" Ye Qiu also noticed this.

With the experience of last year's finals, Van Marwijk will have some advantages to some extent.

"He is relatively low-key and pragmatic. The team he coaches is also like his personality. It is relatively balanced, with good offense and defense. Feyenoord's defense did have some problems this season, especially in the center back. A lot of problems were exposed in the selection of their partners, which caused them to lose a few games."

"But no matter what, his first season in charge of Feyenoord was relatively successful, and he has a great hope of staying!"

Ye Qiu's evaluation of Van Marwijk was similar to that of Bobby Harms, but not as deep as the latter.

"Actually, your current situation is a bit similar to his last year!"

When Ye Qiu heard this, he looked at Bobby Harms suspiciously. He felt that the eyes of this Dutch old man were full of profound wisdom.

"Fortuna Sittard's strength has never been strong, but last season, after eliminating many teams with better strength than itself, it reached the final. I remember that Olsen wanted to give up the initiative. A lot of people on the coaching staff objected because we were better than each other, but I think Olsen made the right choice."

After a pause, Bobby Harms smiled, "Many people like dark horses, but it's rare to see a dark horse that can be black to the end. Do you know why?"

Ye Qiu was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, "Bottleneck!"

"That's right!" Bobby Hams praised. He felt that Ye Qiu's ability to answer this question proved that his strength had improved. At least it had exceeded Bobby Harms' expectations for him. up.

Sometimes when I think about it, Bobby Hams has to admit that Ye Qiu is really talented in coaching. His progress in the past year can be described as a rocket, which is incredible, Bobby Hamms Si can say that he has never seen a head coach in his life who can improve so fast like Ye Qiu.

But this is because Bobby Harms doesn't know that Ye Qiu spends almost every night in the study room reading all kinds of football books, often studying the writings and football experience of some football greats, all of which make him The progress is very obvious.

"The reason why dark horses are dark horses is because they lacked attention before, and everyone thought they were weak. This is not a disadvantage for them, but an advantage, because their opponents don't know them well. To win by surprise, but the question is, if you are a dark horse in one or two games, and beat several powerful opponents in a row, when everyone starts to pay attention to you, are you still a dark horse? Can you still win by surprise?"

"The reason why many dark polo teams can't be black to the end is partly because of their own strength, but there are two more important reasons!"

Ye Qiu listened silently, but remembered very carefully in his heart, almost remembering every word clearly.

"One is the bottleneck you mentioned. When they have changed from a dark horse that no one pays attention to to a team that has attracted much attention and can no longer win by surprise, what do they rely on to defeat their opponents? What do they rely on to win a game? This is one point! "

"Another point is their psychology, because they have defeated many powerful opponents along the way, which makes the dark polo team full of self-confidence before every game, even over-inflated self-confidence, so once they arrive at the game In the middle, once they find out that the game is not as they imagined, they will completely panic."

"So, if you look at all the dark polo teams, the ones that are black to the end basically deal with these two problems very well, and among all the teams that compete with the dark polo teams and win, almost all of them The battle situation is arranged around these two points."

Ye Qiu nodded heavily, "I see, Bobby, the first team probably used this method to defeat Fortuna Sittard last year, right?"

Bobby Harms chuckled and did not deny it, "I always thought it was a stupid decision to fire Olsen. He did a good job here, but his performance plummeted in the second season, so he couldn't take all the responsibilities Put it on the coach."

"Anyway, thank you, Bobby!" Ye Qiu saw Huang Chu waving, obviously she was done.

Bobby Harms also turned his head and saw Huang Chu who was smiling like a flower, and he was very knowledgeable, "I wish you good luck!"

Ye Qiu smiled and patted Bobby Harms' chubby shoulder, and walked out with Huang Chu.

In summer, the temperature starts to warm up.

Ye Qiu accompanied Huang Chu to walk westward from De Tokmost in silence, and only when vehicles passed by would they break the tranquility in their hearts.

"Bobby is really an amazing person!" Ye Qiu remembered the conversation with Bobby Harms just now as he walked, which really benefited him a lot, especially when he thought of this conversation with Heerenveen. He knows how difficult a game is.

"That's why everyone in De Tok Mostri enshrines him like a treasure!" Huang Chu said with a smile.

"Does this count...an old man in a family is like a treasure?" Ye Qiu chuckled, "However, our treasure is too fat!"

Huang Chu giggled non-stop, "Be careful that Bobby will overhear you and tear your mouth apart."

"If you dare to inform me, I'll stop you first!" Ye Qiu also threatened.

Huang Chu's voice was silenced by these words, her pink face was hot, she must be thinking wrong.

But the light is dim, so someone can't see it.

Emotions are a strange thing.

Just like Ye Qiu and Huang Chu, maybe they both have some strange feelings for each other in their hearts, and they are both guessing each other's psychology, but they dare not say it directly, so they can only borrow some ambiguity in their daily life ambiguity to tease and stimulate each other.

No one is willing to take the initiative to break this situation, because no one is willing to bear the painful consequences that if they guess wrong, they may not even be able to make friends, so they can only continue to maintain the status quo and continue to wait. to change the situation.

Perhaps, this is cowardice in the eyes of many people, but is it really cowardice?
When you really, really care about someone, are you willing to take risks and bear the consequences?
For Ye Qiu, his first love may not be brave, but it is very sweet and enjoyable, because he can accompany Huang Chu on this three-kilometer journey home every day.

For Huang Chu, her first love is also very romantic, because she likes to go home like this, with the warm feeling of being protected, cared for, and accompanied by others.

Maybe it's stupid, stupid, but they're having fun.

"Achu!" Ye Qiu said suddenly when he was almost at the door.

"Huh?" Huang Chu looked at Ye Qiu, her beautiful eyes shining brightly under the light.

"If I lose the game, you will be my female partner, okay?" Ye Qiu looked at her and asked.

Huang Chu blushed, but asked back, "Why did you lose..."

"Hey, if that's the case, I think I can at least win something!" Ye Qiu smiled sarcastically.

Huang Chu glared at him angrily, "I refuse!"

"Huh?" Ye Qiu was taken aback.

"I say, I refuse!" Huang Chu said decisively, every word, and walked forward directly after speaking.

Ye Qiu stayed there alone in a daze, wondering in his heart, did his words make Huang Chu angry?
When I think about it, I really feel like looking for a substitute, and anyone will be angry if I change it.

"However..." Huang Chu, who was walking in front, stopped suddenly, looked back and smiled, "If you win, I'll be your girlfriend, but it's agreed, just this time!" After finishing speaking, she flew away Also ran to the house.

(End of this chapter)