The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 49 Champion's Life

In the dimly lit living room, a rough TV video was playing.

In the picture, the young Louis van Gaal is smoking a cigarette. Although the rough image quality makes it difficult to see his specific expression, it is still possible to guess the anxiety in his heart at this moment, because the stalemate on the scene made him Feeling bad and needing nicotine to ease his emotions.

On the pitch, Ajax in red and black was fighting against AC Milan in white.

For nearly an hour and a half, no one was able to break through the opponent's goal and passed the goal countless times. This has greatly consumed the enthusiasm of the players of the two teams, and even the fans in the stands.

Such a game is more like a torment!
But as the winner who already knows the result, Van Prager in the living room is waiting patiently, because he knows that soon there will be an Ajax player bravely stepping out to break this deadlock and Completely sent AC Milan to the guillotine.

His name was Patrick Kluivert, and he was 18 years old that year.

"Kluivert, who came off the bench, took the ball, he took a big step, and the defenders around him were physically running him, which made him a little bit off-balance!"

"Oh shit, Kluivert lost his balance, did he fall?"

But just when everyone thought that Kluivert was going to fall to the ground, they did not expect that this tall Dutch striker used his almost half-kneeling, very awkward way, with his left foot, to The ball went into AC Milan's goal.

At that moment, all the Ajax fans in the audience were stunned, and then there was almost a tsunami of cheers.

The young Kluivert rushed to the sidelines, receiving the cheers and applause from his teammates, from the Ajax staff on the sidelines, and from countless fans. This goal made him forever in Ajax His annals.

The picture freezes on Van Gaal's body!

The cigarette sandwiched between the index finger and the middle finger burned out, but Van Gaal obviously forgot about this, allowing the long ash to break with his movement of standing up because of excitement and excitement, and his The movement of raising his arms and shouting made Van Prager hold down the pause button, and the picture froze.

Van Gaal on TV is very young, but he is also 44 years old.

People's psychology is very strange. The more down and down you are, the more you like to remember the past glories that no longer exist, and the easier it is to bring an unrealistic fantasy to find the past again. of brilliance.

Van Prager has watched this video many times in the past two or three years, and every time he watches it, he can find something different from it.

He also understands that perhaps it is not the video that brings him different stimuli, but his mood.

And what he watched was not the video, but the decision he made in 1991.

The living room suddenly brightened, and Mrs. Van Prager appeared in the living room in her pajamas. She was a very traditional Dutch woman.

"Why don't you turn on the light? Watching TV in the dark is bad for your eyes!"

Van Prager raised his head and looked at his wife. He was old, but he dared to say that there is no second person in this world who can understand himself like her, so he patted the sofa seat beside him and asked his wife to sit down .

"Didn't you take a Dutch cup?" The wife saw the TV picture, and she was too familiar with it.

Van Prager sighed, "Yes, I won the Dutch Cup, but it reminded me of a lot of things."

"Let's hear it!" His wife knew that what he needed at this time was to talk.

"The head coach of the second team, a 25-year-old young man, won the Dutch Cup."

The wife turned her head slightly, "The one you mentioned is called... Ye... Qiu?"

Her Chinese pronunciation was awkward, and Van Prager couldn't help being amused. He smiled and nodded, "It's him."

"So what?" asked the wife again.

Van Prager sighed again, "Earlier, he submitted his resignation letter to me, and now he is free."

"Why? Is the club not treating him well enough?" asked the wife puzzled.

Van Prager shook his head, then explained Ye Qiu's explanation, and then looked at his wife quietly, as if he was waiting for something, or what he needed was support.

"If it was me, I should also consider leaving!" The wife nodded.

"Really?" Van Prager smiled bitterly.

"What did Bobby say?"

Van Prager thought of the day when the second team was parading around the city, they had a secret meeting in their offices at the Arenal Stadium. Bobby Harms didn't give him any advice as he did in the past, because he felt that , I can't understand Ye Qiu.

"Bobby said that he has never seen a player like Ye Qiu improve so fast in his life. He feels that with Ye Qiu's current strength, he is fully capable of coaching alone, and there are already many Eredivisie teams looking forward to it. Invited him to coach and heard that Utrecht and Nijmegen had some contact with him."

After hearing this, the wife was relieved. Looking at her husband, she felt that it was time to say something.

"I remember that the last time I saw Bobby was during the team's centennial celebration. We lost that game. At that time, Bobby said something to me that impressed me deeply. He said, Ajax What is needed is a new chairman!"

A gleam of anger flashed in Van Prager's eyes. Didn't even the people he trusted the most no longer support him?
"I think Bobby's words are not to ask you to step down, but to tell me that what Ajax needs is not a chairman who will always live in the past and dare not bravely accept the reality."

When Van Prager heard this, his anger disappeared, replaced by a look of frustration.

"Michael, I think what Ye Qiu said is right. It will be very painful to scrape off the rotten flesh, but after the pain is over, new flesh will grow quickly and heal quickly. Diffusion will slowly devour the body, and it will be too late if the day is too late."

Van Prager heard Ye Qiu say this at the beginning, and later relayed it to his wife. Now, his wife uses this sentence to persuade him.

Sometimes, the reason why a person hesitates is not because he is not clear about right and wrong, but because he is not firm enough. Therefore, if someone comes to help him at this time, the situation may be completely different.

After hearing this, Van Prager patted his wife's hand and nodded, "I know what to do!"

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Early the next morning, as soon as Bobby Harms arrived in De Tokmost, a staff member told him that the chairman had just arrived.

This made Bobby Harms stunned for a moment, and then went directly to the administrative office at the Arena Stadium.

"Bobby!" Van Prager sat behind the desk, and as soon as he saw Bobby Harms coming in, he called him over.

Bobby Harms could feel some changes in Van Prager's brows, which was a bit strange.

"I heard that there are several players from the second team who are ready to transfer, is that true?" Van Prager asked with concern.

Westerhoff has resigned. Judging from his coaching performance at Ajax, I am afraid that he will not have any chance to coach alone, and the Harris Huizinger he brought was also sent by the club. In the transfer market, there are currently many teams interested in buying back, including Heerenveen, but the price must be discounted.

With the departure of Waters and Westerhoff, there is a power vacuum in De Tokmorst, coupled with the fact that the current first-team coach is pending, and Leo Benhak continues to play soy sauce, so many things have to be taken Delay tactics, or leave it to Bobby Harms to take care of it.

"Yes, Krul has confirmed that he will submit a written application. He seems very dissatisfied with being replaced by Ye Qiu in the final, and Van der Rohe also faintly revealed that he will not be reused in Ajax."

"There is no sense of teamwork!" Van Prager shook his head.

After a pause, Van Prager looked at Bobby Harms, "Bobby, I have something to discuss with you!"

"Say it!" Bobby Harms was very sincere.

"If, I mean if, I let you choose, Ke? Adriance, or Ye Qiu?"

After hearing this, Bobby Harms raised his head and looked at Van Prager.

"Don't worry, I have no other meaning, I just want to hear your answer." Van Prager laughed.

Bobby Harms smiled, "It depends on what your goal is. In my opinion, what Ko Adrianse is best at is cultivating young players. He was in De Tokmoster back then. , Van Gaal is in the first team, and the two cooperated tacitly, which created Ajax's revival. I believe that the reason why you have always wanted to invite him is also because of this reason?"

Van Prager did not deny that his favor for Adrianse was indeed a bit influenced by the Van Gaal era.

It can be said that the reason why the Van Gaal era was able to produce a large number of talents is inseparable from Adrianse's excellence in De Tokmoster. It's just that everyone remembers Van Gaal, but no one pays attention to Adrianse.

"Since Adriance has coached alone these years, I think he lacks the leadership qualities to lead the team to the championship, and also lacks the ability to bring changes to the team at critical moments, so look at his William II, Improving very fast, but so what? Have you won the title?"

"From the perspective of a head coach's ability, Ye Qiu has no advantages in any aspect. He lacks experience, lacks experience, and even lacks the ability to guide players to improve, but Ye Qiu is just a coach who can lead the ball. The leader of the team that won the championship, look at the boys in the second team, without Ye Qiu, they are a mess, but with Ye Qiu, Eindhoven and Feyenoord can be killed, this is the difference!"

What Bobby Harms said did not clearly say who should be chosen, but analyzed the abilities and characteristics of the two.

Of course, Adrianse's coaching ability and qualifications need not be said, but he lacks the life of a champion. It's not that there are no such head coaches. On the contrary, there are many, just like Ranieri who is called a tinker , is this kind of tragic fate.

But Ye Qiu, at first glance, everything is bad, nothing is as good as Adrianse, but don't forget that coaching ability and coaching experience can be continuously improved with accumulation, but if you want to start from a quasi A champion coach transforms into a champion coach, but that is a huge threshold. How many people can pass it?

Van Prager was thinking silently in his heart, while Bobby Harms sat silently opposite him, the two of them had no words to say.

"Yesterday, Van der Vaart, Sneijder and other players from the second team came to meet with me in the office, and they talked about Ye Qiu. They all expressed the hope that the club could retain Ye Qiu."

Without waiting for Bobby Harms to answer, Van Prager continued: "Also in the past few days, some members of the board of directors have started secret negotiations. They all feel that the current status of the club makes the fans very dissatisfied. If the team's performance doesn't improve any more, they may even impeach me!"

With Van Prager's status in Dutch football, the board of directors may not impeach him, but it may take the initiative to persuade him to quit, and then let him serve as the honorary chairman of Ajax and re-select someone who is capable and courageous To be the chairman of Ajax.

"So..." Van Prager smiled, "If there is no accident, the head coach of the new season will probably be the last head coach I have selected, and everyone will win and everyone will lose!"

The words are very serious, but they are said in a relaxed and freehand tone.

The more this was the case, the more Bobby Harms felt in his heart. The ambitious Van Prager had finally returned. After so many things, he finally decided to take this step and make a bold bet. It's time!

"Let's go, accompany me to meet Ye Qiu!"

Bobby Harms laughed when he heard this, "Then I'll give Van Dude a call!"

"What are you calling him for?" Van Prager was taken aback.

Bobby Harms laughed, "We made an appointment to have dinner at Ye Qiu's!"

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Sometimes, this man is a bunch of foodies.

Ye Qiu just occasionally boasted in front of them, saying that Huang Chu's cooking is delicious, but this group of guys didn't get the chance in normal times, and now that it's a holiday, they all started trying to find ways to come over for a meal .

He said he was eating Chinese food, but Rick Link brought a bottle of red wine, what the hell, red wine for Chinese food?

This kid Roland is even worse, he simply didn't bring anything with his hands, and he just brought a mouth when he said yes, how shameless!
There are only two or three people in Ye Qiu's family on weekdays, and Roland occasionally comes over for dinner. In the past few days, Eliza Moon has also moved in, but it is still a bit deserted. It became lively.

Two women were busy in the kitchen, and three men were chatting in the living room.

"Hey, why haven't Bobby and Van Dude arrived yet?" Ye Qiu gently nudged Roland with his elbow.

"How do I know?" Roland, a foodie, was drooling as he smelled the aroma wafting from the kitchen.

Rick Link, on the other hand, salivated, "I ate Huang Chu's dishes last time, and my wife's made them when I went home, and they didn't taste good. You are really lucky." The guy raised his eyebrows, "How is it? Did you get her done?"

"Damn it, who do you think I am?" Ye Qiu said with an expression that you should get the hell out of me.

"Aren't I thinking of you?" Rick Link said, more wronged than him, "The girl is so nice, and she is alone in Amsterdam. If you leave, I tell you, there must be a lot of them at that time." People chased after the door, and you were not there at that time, what should you do?"

"I trust her!" Ye Qiu replied.

"You believe there's a shit, you have to be obsessed with chasing girls, understand?" Not to mention, Rick Link looks a bit like Dr. Love, I didn't expect this guy to be cool on weekdays, but now But he pretended to be a lover.

"Hey, didn't your wife say that someone else introduced you? Have you ever been in a relationship?" Roland was not convinced.

"I've never been in love, have you?"

Seeing these two old men in front of them exposing each other's secrets, Ye Qiu finally understood that these two guys are probably love idiots, no wonder their wives are not good-looking, how do they know about chasing girls?
Just as Rick Link and Roland were arguing, the doorbell rang.

Ye Qiu ran directly to open the door, but saw Van Prager standing outside the door. Standing beside him were Bobby Harms and Van Doud, who had big bags and small bags. Looking at them like this, I guess it might take the whole thing away. Supermarkets have moved here.

"Why? Not welcome?" Van Prager asked with a smile.

"Oh, no, no, welcome, of course welcome!" Ye Qiu immediately let them in.

Both Huang Chu and Eliza came out of the kitchen. The former was the chef, while the latter was purely a soy sauce maker. When they saw so many things, they were shocked. How could they eat so much?

"I think, I haven't had a chance to get together with you all the time. Since everyone is here today, I invite you to have a dinner together, so I called Vander Vaart and Sneijder, and they should be here soon." Van Prager said with a smile.

Of course Ye Qiu was happy, but the house he was renting was not big, so there were so many people suddenly, what happened?
"How about, let's go to the yard to have a barbecue!" Huang Chu had an idea and suggested.

Anyway, Van Prager and the others bought a lot of meat, which happened to be used for barbecue.

"Okay, let's eat barbecue!"

The group of people had no objections, and immediately they all started to roll up their sleeves to help.

When he came to Amsterdam, Ye Qiu was alone at first, and later shared the rent with Huang Chu, basically two people, where there are so many people like today, especially after Van der Vaart and the others came one after another, the people are even more More, the yard is full and spreads directly to the road under the shade of trees.

Even later, the police, the security guards of the community, and the neighbors all knew the Ajax group, and another group of people joined in. In the end, it seemed to become a food carnival.

Among so many foods, Huang Chu's handicraft is the most popular.

Several Chinese dishes, together with several authentic Shanghai snacks prepared by her, made this group of foreigners who had never tasted real Chinese food so hungry that they couldn't swallow their tongues and were full of praise.

But among so many excited crowds, Eliza secretly raised her eyebrows at Ye Qiu, who knew it well.

There is a saying that if you have nothing to go to the Three Treasures Hall, Van Prager will come to the door in person, and it will definitely not be as simple as just having a dinner.

　Released on time, I don't know how the effect will be, everyone, is it on time?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)