The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 73 The Most Disgraceful Today

After two weeks of national team matchdays, the Eredivisie league reignited the flames.

Eindhoven, with many international players, suffered a 2:2 draw at home with Willem II in this round, but Feyenoord, who has been in excellent form recently, swept the newly promoted Rosendahl at home 5:1, and continued to defend their league leadership. Sheep position.

Ajax ushered in NEC Nijmegen at home.

This team, which was close to Ye Qiu before the season, chose Neskens, a former star with a background in Ajax, when Ye Qiu decided to stay in the Ajax first team to coach. Taking over Nijmegen, and this match was dubbed by the local media as a battle between Neskens and Ye Qiu to prove themselves.

As a result, the two sides drew 0:0 at the Arena Stadium.

Although Ajax had the advantage in the game, they still couldn't find a way to break through Nijmegen's goal. Swedish center Ibrahimovic once again squandered a lot of opportunities, and being tied by the opponent at home is already a loss. up.

After this game, the point gap between Ajax and the current league leader Feyenoord quickly widened to 5 points. Many media have even issued predictions that the new season's league title will belong to Feyenoord. Yernold.

On the weekend, the fourth round of the Eredivisie League.

This time, Ajax's performance has picked up. Ye Qiu's team is still fighting at the Arena, and the opponent is replaced by the newly promoted Groningen. As a result, not long after the game started, Robben assisted Huntelaar to break through. The old club's goal opened the scoring for Ajax.

After that, Ajax took a 3-0 lead in the first half with the goals of Van der Vaart and Sneijder.

But in the second half, Lucio and Maicon made a mistake, allowing Groningen to counterattack and attack successfully. In the end, Ajax won Groningen 3:1 at the Arenal Stadium.

In the same round of matches, Eindhoven defeated Fortuna Sittard 3:0 away, Feyenoord defeated Waalwijk 3:1 at home, and the traditional three giants of the Netherlands all won their opponents one after another.

9月14日，阿贾克斯在联盟杯客场2：0击败了斯洛伐克甲级联赛的球队布拉提斯拉瓦，但在回到荷甲联赛之后，阿贾克斯却客场1：2负于了阿尔克马尔。

First of all, after Lucio's forward drive with the ball was interrupted at the beginning of the game, the opponent counterattacked and entered the penalty area. Grimm attacked rashly when Kivu had already retreated to defend, and knocked down the opponent's player. The referee did not hesitate. was shown a yellow card and a penalty was awarded.

After falling behind by a goal, Ajax continued to enter the game tenaciously and evened the score in the 56th minute. This time Van der Vaart assisted Ibrahimovic with a very comfortable ball, and the latter easily scored the ball in front of the goal.

But in the 72nd minute, Ajax's old problem was exposed again. Alkmaar intercepted the ball in midfield and passed it directly behind him. Neither Lucio nor Maicon could return to their positions in time. Take the score out.

After that, no matter how Ajax attacked, they failed to score again in the end.

1：2客场败走，阿贾克斯前5轮联赛2胜1平2负，在荷甲积分榜上排在第6位。

However, both Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven have won their opponents one after another. Among them, Feyenoord has won 5 consecutive victories. Van Marwijk's team is getting better and better, and has even faintly become the champion of the Eredivisie. The most powerful contender, and Eindhoven's recent performance has gradually recovered, and now the ranking is back to the top three.

As many as 8 points behind Feyenoord, many people also believe that Ajax is basically hopeless to compete for the league title.

In this pessimistic atmosphere, after the fifth round of the league, Ajax still took a day off. When Ye Qiu returned to De Tokmost on Monday, he was notified that the board of directors held a temporary meeting to Ask him to attend.

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Since Ajax went public, the size of the board of directors has expanded rapidly.

There are many rich people from all walks of life who have entered the board of directors by holding Ajax shares. They regard it as a kind of honor to enter the Ajax board of directors, so that they can be in front of other businessmen. Raise their proud heads, but the premise is that Ajax is still the strongest team in the Netherlands.

However, since 98, Ajax seems to be farther and farther away from this title.

Especially this season, when a Chinese with no professional coaching experience was appointed as the head coach, this young Ye Qiu sold all the stars in his prime, which undoubtedly surprised everyone.

As Leo Benhak said, Ye Qiu's approach is in line with his transformation of the team, but it is not in line with those old men on the board of directors, because an Ajax without stars is not what they want Yes, and if their grades are good, they won't have any complaints, because they can still be arrogant in front of others, but once their grades are bad, once they receive a little cynicism outside, Ye Qiu will become their outlet for anger.

Also because of seeing this, Leo Benhak resolutely rejected Ajax's invitation at the beginning and did not succeed Waters as coach. In his own opinion, it was very wise.

So, now he is sitting on the oval conference table in the conference room at the side of Chairman Van Prager. When he sees Ye Qiu walk into the conference room, he feels sorry for this young man. He has done a good job indeed. He just encountered some temporarily unsolvable problems, but he had to bear much more pressure and criticism than he should have.

This is the tragedy of coaching the turbulent Ajax!
As soon as Ye Qiu came in, the crowded meeting room suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at him, including several directors with anger, and some with sneer and anger. Disdain, of course, and ultimately some indifference.

Van Prager is the chairman of the club, but his prestige in Ajax is no longer as prosperous as it was during Van Gaal's time.

At that time, he and Van Gaal were both courageous and ruthless characters. One was in sports and the other was in management. Van Prager, at least, since Ajax went public, his power has been diluted a lot.

This is a matter of course. If you are greedy for money in other people's pockets, you will naturally have to give up your rights!

"Ye Qiu, you're here!" Van Prager was a little afraid to see Ye Qiu, he felt guilty.

He once promised that he would give Ye Qiu a stable and stable coaching environment, but now, the league has only played 5 rounds, and the team's performance is not too bad, but he has to be held by this group of directors to hold this meeting. The so-called emergency meeting, and called Ye Qiu over to accept their criticism.

He overestimated his influence in the club, and was overly optimistic about Ye Qiu's coaching environment and pressure.

Ye Qiu could feel Van Prager's guilt. He knew in his heart that Van Prager absolutely supported and trusted him, but there were some things that even Van Prager, the chairman of the club, could not change. .

"Hello, Mr. Coach!"

After Van Prager and Ye Qiu finished greeting, a middle-aged man in his forties stood up.

"I am a member of the club's board of directors and a legal adviser. I am a lawyer. My name is Korner!" When introducing himself, the director held his head high, and he was proud of his profession.

Ye Qiu nodded and listened without saying anything.

"We are very dissatisfied with the team's recent performance. All the board members and I feel that you should give an explanation for the team's performance in the last few games? You know, last year Waters led When we were on the team, we achieved better results than now, and you are worse than that Waters who was called incompetent waste by the media!"

The lawyer's words drew laughter from the directors, while several even responded with words.

Leo Benhak heard this, and frowned, which is a typical out of context.

Waters' early results in coaching were good, while Ye Qiu's results in the first 5 rounds were not as good as Waters', but this definitely does not mean that Ye Qiu's team performed worse than Waters' Ajax team, And the conclusion derived from the results of the same period, Ye Qiu is not as good as Waters' conclusion, and it is the conclusion made by a typical person who does not understand football, or someone who understands football but does it on purpose.

"I don't have anything to explain, I don't think my team is inferior to Waters, we have problems that need to be solved, that's all, I believe, Ajax will adjust quickly because I have found Solutions to the problem."

"Really?" The lawyer shook his head and laughed, "You mean, we should continue to give you time and trust?"

Immediately, several people burst into laughter, and one of them even shouted, "Ajax is a giant in Dutch football, and you are just a rookie who just debuted. Why should Ajax give you time?" ?”

After hearing this, Ye Qiu became angry and stood up directly, "You can use your right to choose, you can fire me, this is your right, isn't it?"

"Since you have already determined that I am not good enough, why bother to ask me hypocritically? Just hold a press conference, fire me, and then go through your professional level to find someone who is better than me, more famous than me, who can lead Ah Isn't it easy for Jax to win the championship as the head coach?"

I don't know why, but being scolded by Ye Qiu, this group of directors were all speechless.

They are rich, but they absolutely don't have the so-called professional ability. They know how to boo and find scapegoats, and they don't really analyze and think about how to solve the problems encountered by the current team.

In other words, it is easy to fire Ye Qiu now, but who will be the head coach? Do they understand?
Seeing that Ye Qiu was angry, Van Prager coughed and stood up, "I still say the same thing, I believe in Ye Qiu, and I also believe that he can resolve the current problems the team is facing. I believe even more , He can bring hope of revival to the team, so, as the chairman of Ajax, I will absolutely not allow anyone to pass me and fire the head coach I appointed, unless you choose another chairman to execute Your wishes!"

Van Prager's words stunned everyone present. What he said was the utmost trust and support for Ye Qiu.

The directors hesitated. The Van Prager family has an outstanding position in the history of Ajax. Since Van Prager took charge of Ajax, the team has loved him. He always Lead the team to glory.

Although, in the past two years, the team has encountered problems, and last season there were many fans calling for him to dismiss get out of class, but behind this, there are people from the board of directors who are fueling the flames, and there are fans who are radical. Prager still has a lot of trust, which is why this group of people on the board of directors still dare not touch Van Prager.

If Ye Qiu is fired and Van Prager is toppled now, Ajax will collapse completely, and no one will benefit!

Just when the directors were in trouble, Leo Benhak coughed and also stood up.

"I also support Ye Qiu's re-election. As the club's technical director, I think he is the most suitable head coach for Ajax at the moment. I also agreed to let him take over the first team. If someone thinks he is not suitable If he is to resign after he has only been in charge of the team for more than two months, from the perspective of accountability, I will also be responsible, and I will take the initiative to resign!"

Ye Qiu looked at Leo Benhak in disbelief. Van Prager's support for him was understandable and expected, but Leo Benhak's support was far beyond his expectations. Unexpectedly, isn't this old fox never taking sides?
But at this time, swords were tense in the conference room, and Ye Qiu had no time to care about Leo Benhak's thoughts.

To fry, or not to fry?

For the directors, this is just a matter of one sentence.

Ye Qiu also dislikes the feeling that his fate is controlled by others, but now he has no fame, status, or strength, so he can only choose to compromise, so he can only endure it.

"We... didn't say we were going to dismiss him, right?" Kerner said with an embarrassed smile.

"Yeah, we didn't say anything either!"

Some of the directors began to speak up.

Since Ye Qiu was not asked to dismiss get out of class, then the matter still needs to be discussed.

Van Prager patted Ye Qiu on the shoulder, signaling him to hold back, and pulled him down.

It can be said that Ye Qiu spent a lot of effort in building this Ajax team, and he didn't want to give up all the hard work of the past few months just like this, so he sat down.

"Although we don't doubt your coaching ability, we still hope to give you and the team some motivation. After all, we are Ajax, so we set a goal for the team this season, the Eredivisie champion! "

Van Prager was taken aback when he heard this, and was about to object, because he had promised to give Ye Qiu three years.

"Mr. Chairman!" Korner is a lawyer after all, he is good at observing words and deeds, and making strong words, "I believe that all Ajax fans hope that the team is a team with goals and fighting spirit. The championship is not an unattainable dream for us, and even if Ye Qiu can't win the Eredivisie championship, we can still discuss it, can't we?"

discuss?

This is a nice way of saying it. If the board of directors has set out the conditions and still can't win the championship, they can only resign after the end of the season.

Seeing that Van Prager still wanted to defend himself, Ye Qiu pulled Van Prager and stood up, "I promise!"

Kerner was taken aback when he heard this, and the directors were also in an uproar, especially those who were neutral.

At present, the team is 8 points behind Feyenoord in the Eredivisie league standings. Although the season has just started, it is very difficult to recover, and before Ajax, there is still a team that is stronger than the previous one. Season stronger Eindhoven.

Under such circumstances, how dare Ye Qiu accept such a challenge?

Looking at Keerna, Ye Qiu smiled coldly. He saw through Keerner's mind, "You are a lawyer, you want me to be soft, you want me to be obedient, you want me to beg for mercy, right?"

The corner of Kerner's mouth twitched, this was indeed his trick and calculation.

"I made an agreement here that I will win the Eredivisie championship this season. Otherwise, I will write a resignation letter. You don't need to pay any termination fees for me. Is this your purpose?"

In the contract that Eliza won for Ye Qiu, if Ajax terminates Ye Qiu's contract within three years, they will continue to pay Ye Qiu's salary, and at the same time, they cannot prevent Ye Qiu from coaching. other teams.

This fee is not small, and Korner obviously intends to force Ye Qiu, because if Ye Qiu resigns on his own initiative, then Ajax will not need to pay any more fees.

But for Ye Qiu, he can bear other people's cynicism, he can also bear other people's humiliation and disdain, but if you want him to beg for mercy, beg for mercy on his knees, I'm sorry, he can't do it, especially in the face of this group of embarrassing people. to the guy he's disgusted with.

"Are you all right?" Ye Qiu glanced sharply at the group of Ajax directors who have been corrupted by money, and smiled coldly, now he is the one who looks down on this group of people, "If you have nothing to do, don't bother me! "

After speaking, he turned and left the meeting room.

This group of directors just stared dumbfounded at this Chinese who they originally planned to play with, but now, like the uncle, he walked out of the conference room confidently, feeling annoyed and ashamed in his heart.

"I'm leaving too!" Leo Benhak stood up, followed Ye Qiu, and walked out of the conference room.

Van Prager sat at the top, looking at the group of people in front of him, he suddenly felt very strange.

He also agreed to the decision to let Ajax go public. The team at that time really had no choice. The Bosman Act hit Ajax and almost went bankrupt. If they don’t go public, the team will go bankrupt sooner or later. .

But after the listing, this group of directors was brought in, which made the chairman doubt in his heart whether the decision to go public was right or wrong?
"I believe it!" Van Prager glanced at him, and none of the directors dared to look at the chairman, including Korner.

"Ajax fans will definitely remember this most humiliating day in the history of the club!"

After finishing speaking, Van Prager also walked out of the meeting room, leaving behind all the stunned directors.

Some people understood Van Prager's words, but some did not.

(End of this chapter)