The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 78 The Desperate Rival

As the team's performance improved, the atmosphere in De Tok Mostri gradually became more relaxed.

The most obvious thing is that on the training ground, the atmosphere has obviously become much more active. Many players even engage in some mischief in the training ground and locker room. Ye Qiu did not stop this, he regarded this as a player Makes a great present.

After the morning training session, the players all went straight to the locker room, while Ye Qiu walked to the coach's room.

The sports channel of Dutch national television is broadcasting sports news, and the UEFA Cup draw ceremony will be held in Geneva at 12:[-] noon, so Ye Qiu found a seat and sat down.

There have been a lot of news recently, but as always, there are very few news related to the Netherlands. They are basically news from the four major leagues, especially Serie A. The current Serie A is truly the number one league in the world. stare.

In recent weeks, the most eye-catching news in Serie A has undoubtedly been the goalkeeper of Juventus.

Ancelotti was very unhappy with the performance of Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, and Juventus fans also did not like this tall but seemingly unresponsive goalkeeper. They even held up signs at home games calling for their former angel. , but after switching to Inter Milan, he joined Lazio's former goalkeeper this season, Angelo Peruzzi.

Angelo, which means angel in Italian, and Bianconeri fans look to Peruzzi as their guardian angel, especially with Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar performing poorly.

"Poor Van der Sar, he definitely has strength, but why did he perform so badly in Serie A?" Bobby Harms felt a little sorry for the former student.

Van der Sar's performance in Serie A has been up and down, but unfortunately, his performance in recent weeks has been really bad, especially in the latest game, the Champions League away game against Panathinaix, Van der Sar was The opponent scored 3 goals, which directly led to Juventus being eliminated from the Champions League. Even the No.3 group did not qualify for the UEFA Cup, and they were directly eliminated from the bottom.

In Serie A, Van der Sar conceded 6 goals in 6 rounds. Even the veteran of the team, Ferrara, said that he had never been so bad in Juventus. Almost every game was full of fear. Moderate, insecure.

Although neither Ancelotti nor Ferrara said it directly, everyone knew that they were talking about Van der Sar.

Ye Qiu's feeling at this moment is absurd, because Juventus at this time regards Van der Sar as a sinner in history, and the Dutch goalkeeper is also completely listed as a parallel importer, but who would have thought that Van der Sar a few years later To be able to shine in the spring of the old tree at Manchester United?
"Our current problem is a bit similar to that of Juventus!" Ye Qiu smiled wryly and shook his head.

Goalkeeper Fred Grimm is not young and has experience, but the problem is that his strength has declined sharply. He is a bit incompatible with Ajax's set of tactics, especially in terms of communication and exchanges with the defense. Ajax has a lot of problems in this regard.

The biggest hidden danger in the backcourt this season is Lucio, who likes to go forward, and Grimm, who lacks stability.

Ye Qiu wasn't looking for responsibility, but these two players at least caused Ajax to lose a lot of points. The difference is that Lucio is Ye Qiu's favorite, and he is young and has potential, and has enough future to be worthy of Ye Qiu's To cultivate him, but Grimm is already so old, obviously he can't keep up with Ye Qiu's pace.

"We should indeed consider bringing in a capable goalkeeper!" Bobby Harms also agreed with Ye Qiu's opinion.

Ye Qiu has a lot of players to consider in terms of goalkeepers, such as Peter Cech from the Czech Republic, Reina who is still in Barcelona, ​​etc. He has also released scouts to find and investigate these players Players, he wants to know whether these players have the strength to play the main force in Ajax.

Among them, Reina, at a young age, has already played for Barcelona this season, and was also promoted to the main force by Ferrer. Countless Barcelona fans hope to become Barcelona's own Casillas, but his performance is also mixed. , the performance is not stable enough.

If that was the case, then why did Ye Qiu give up on Grimm?
While Ye Qiu and Bobby Harms were exchanging ideas, the UEFA Cup draw ceremony also began.

This season's UEFA Cup can be described as the world of Bundesliga teams. A total of 7 Bundesliga teams have reached the top 32 of the UEFA Cup, 5 teams from La Liga, 3 teams from Serie A, plus Ligue [-] and Premier League. With the Eredivisie League teams, the UEFA Cup can be described as a gathering of strong teams.

For Ajax, no matter who the opponent is, they should not be underestimated, because they have no capital at all.

But in the end, Ajax's opponent was Roma from Serie A!
Feyenoord drew Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, and Eindhoven had the best luck, meeting Greece's Thessaloniki.

Ajax has long since lost the glory of Van Gaal's Champions League win. In recent years, its strength has declined sharply. As a result, Ajax is not highly evaluated by the outside world. Not a strong conversation.

The real strong dialogue should be the one between Inter Milan and Hertha Berlin, the duel between the four major league teams, and what is more, the relatively strong duel between Feyenoord and Stuttgart.

On the other hand, Ajax and Roma have a huge gap in strength. After all, Capello's star-studded lineup is better than Ajax's shabby player list. the whole team.

Batistuta, Totti, Emerson, Cafu, Cande LS Muel, Montella...

This season, Roma has achieved an impressive record of 6 wins and 5 loss in the first 1 rounds of Serie A in the world's first league, which shows its strength.

"It's unlucky to meet Rome!" Roland shook his head and sighed.

This kind of lottery is purely bad luck, because the strength of Roma, not to mention Ajax, is incomparable even to Eindhoven, so there is no suspense problem of intentionally creating a strong dialogue.

After being drawn to Rome, many people in the coaching office were silent, because no one was willing to accept the fate of certain death in the future.

On the contrary, Ye Qiu saw that no one was talking, so he stood up with a smile.

"I think it's quite enjoyable to draw in Rome!"

Ye Qiu gave the feeling that he was eager to try, "I'm starting to get back the passion and excitement I had when we played in the Dutch Cup last year. When we led the second team, wasn't the gap even bigger than the gap with Roma now? But the result Woolen cloth?"

What he said actually lifted Rick Link and Roland a little bit.

Yes, last year when leading the second team, the gap was even bigger, but in the end Ajax still had the last laugh.

"The fun of life lies in constantly challenging the strong. Even if it is Rome, even if it is Capello, I am not afraid of him!"

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Roma was drawn in the UEFA Cup knockout round, which somewhat affected some of the team's atmosphere. Everyone was in awe of Roma and Capello, because the former is a lineup composed of a group of top players in the world, while the latter is One of the best coaches on the planet.

But the game still has to go on.

In the 12th round of the league, Ajax played against Graf Sharp at home.

After Ye Qiu adjusted, the players gradually adapted to his tactics, whether it was offensive or defensive, the power gradually appeared, just like this game against Graf Sharp, Ajax played in Arena The court played a round of offensive feast.

Van der Meyde scored twice, Ibrahimovic scored the first goal for the team, and came off the bench in the second half, and Van der Vaart, who returned from injury, also assisted Robben to make another victory. Finally, Ajax scored in the Arena The stadium beat Graf Sharp 4:1.

The only regret is that after reuniting with his old club, Huntelaar failed to score after coming off the bench.

A week later, Ajax played away to newly promoted Breda.

If Rosendahl is a typical example of a newly promoted Mali who is poorly mixed, then Breda is a case of well mixed.

An obvious feature of Breda is the home dragon. This team has lost one game at home this season, and it was the first game of the new season against Waalwijk. Only 6 home games have won 5 wins and 1 draw. Proud record, but the away game is mediocre, in which they just lost 0:4 to Twente in the last round.

Defensive counterattack is Breda's best weapon, and it is also Ajax's weakness.

But in this match, Ye Qiu still chose to push forward, adopting a high defensive strategy, and launched an attack on Breda.

In Ye Qiu's view, Ajax is a strong team, and they will definitely encounter teams that defend and counterattack, so sooner or later, they must find an offensive strategy for tough battles, and Breda is not as strong as Ajax in terms of strength, so Ye Qiu Qiu decided to continue to adopt a high-position defensive strategy, and let's see the situation first.

Van der Meyde's recent performance is very good, especially after Van der Vaart's injury, his performance on the right is impressive.

His speed is excellent, the placement of the cross is well placed, coupled with his good personal ability, which makes him appear on the court, and he can play a very good role in the assault on the right. In addition, Robben on the left, Ah Jax's wings were very active.

Because of this, even though Van der Vaart returned from injury, Ye Qiu still used the combination of Robben and Van der Meyde to sit on the bench for this game. After all, no head coach is willing to disrupt the team. Good game momentum.

Van der Meyde did not disappoint Ye Qiu's trust in him. After the start of the game, he was very active on the right side. He took the ball several times and created threats. Especially in the 16th minute, he broke through the opponent's goal after taking the ball from the right side. The defensive line, a low pass to the penalty area, Ibrahimovic stopped the ball and suppressed the opponent's central defender with his body, turned around and volleyed, piercing Breda's goal, 1:0!

After the goal, Ajax began to consciously slow down the offensive and rhythm, hoping to lure Breda out to play.

The first half was spent 1:0, but at the beginning of the second half, Ajax suddenly stepped up the offensive again and launched a fierce attack on Breda, especially Van der Meyde on the right, who was more active. Let Breda's defense heavily lean to his side.

In the 63rd minute, Maicon moved his big foot from the right. After stopping the ball from the left, Abidal quickly inserted and passed a low pass to Robben in front. The latter entered the penalty area and was tripped by the opponent's central defender. The referee Knowing the details and awarding a penalty kick, Robben made it overnight, expanding the score for Ajax, 2:0!

After scoring two goals in a row, Breda had no choice but to press and play.

But Ajax did not give him such a chance. In the 87th minute, Ajax played head-to-head with Breda for 10 minutes. Huntelaar, who came on as a substitute, received a pass from Yaya Touré , A shot from a small angle in the penalty area broke through Breda's goal again, rewriting the score to 3:0.

Huntelaar's shot amazed Ye Qiu on the sidelines. Under Van Basten's training, this kid's shooting skills have improved a lot, especially his confidence in front of the goal. It's a pity that his body Always a weakness, and his skills are not as good as Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The progress of the Swede is also obvious. After all, in the past four months, he has insisted on practicing shooting for half an hour every day, which has made him a lot of progress, but it will undoubtedly take a longer time to change his playing habits. For a while, only slowly.

"If Klaas's shooting skills are transferred to Zlatan, then this striker will be perfect!" Ye Qiu said after seeing Huntelaar's goal.

Bobby Harms on the side also laughed a lot after hearing this. How can there be such a good thing in this world?

Ajax won Breda 3:0 in the away game, and Ajax's league ranking finally recovered to third place, only behind PSV and Feyenoord, but only 2 points away from PSV. Feyenoord also narrowed the gap to seven points.

Because Feyenoord lost 0:1 to PSV Eindhoven in the last round away game.

After playing Breda, Ajax took a rest in De Tokmoster and began to prepare to go to Rome to challenge the team of gold medal coach Fabio Capello away.

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Arriving in Rome, Ajax did not attract the slightest attention.

There were only three or four Italian and Dutch media reporters who came to meet Ajax at Da Vinci Airport.

It is not like what was often reported in the newspapers in the previous life. Fans gathered in the waiting hall just to see their idols; or hostile fans besieged the bus just to interfere with their opponents, because they were just Ajax Autumn.

In the whole of Europe, I am afraid that the vast majority of fans will not know Ye Qiu, because the head coach is not well-known in this year, and in Europe, almost no one will be optimistic about Ajax's ability to retreat from the city of Rome, because they The opponent is Rome, it is Capello.

The odds offered by William Hill for this game is that Roma will handicap a goal, and the odds given by several other bookmakers are almost the same. Since the fans of Rome City have always had the habit and tradition of attacking fans of the visiting team, Ajax did not arrange and organize fans to come to the away game to watch the game this time.

Therefore, at that time, except for some Ajax fans who came to Rome independently, the scene will completely become the Romans' world.

Ye Qiu was also mentally prepared for this, but he still made himself look calm and confident in front of everyone, because this was the only thing he could do. Could it be that before the game was played, he had to put on a look of me The dead fish face that has already lost?
That's definitely not Ye Qiu's style, nor is it a wise approach.

"I came to Rome with only one purpose, and that is to win an away game!"

This is what Ye Qiu said when he walked out of the gate and was interviewed by a reporter from the Amsterdam Evening Post.

"Capello is a very respectable senior, I've watched him a lot and I know he's a very good, very experienced manager, but I don't think it should be a must for him to beat Ajax. On the contrary, my team and I have always had the tradition and tenacity of defeating the strong with the weak!"

What Ye Qiu said was undoubtedly to cheer for tomorrow's game.

"Yes, I don't deny that we are inferior to our opponents in terms of strength, but we are not a weak team. On the contrary, we are very strong. We have a group of brave and strong fighters who are not afraid of sacrifice. , explain our Ajax football style to everyone, and we will make everyone who underestimate us pay the worst price!"

Ye Qiu only accepts interviews from the Amsterdam Corriere della Sera, and he refuses interviews from some Italian newspaper reporters, because he doesn't like the Italian media very much, and they are best at cheating. For example, Corriere dello Sport published an article today According to the news, Van der Vaart was dissatisfied with Ye Qiu's arrangement of him as a substitute.

But in fact, when Van der Vaart was interviewed by Corriere dello Sport, he only expressed his desire to play the main force, and before making these remarks, he also said that Van der Meyde's recent performance is indeed very good, worthy of the main force Position, all he wants is to adjust his state after returning from injury and regain the main position.

These words, which were supposed to represent healthy competition, turned into van der Vaart's complaints in the newspapers.

Ye Qiu's rejection of Italian newspapers made these newspapers a little angry, and they published some pessimistic remarks on Ajax. On the contrary, Roma coach Fabio Capello said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that Ajax Si is not as weak as the outside world imagines.

"They are undoubtedly a young team, but this is definitely not a team that lacks combat effectiveness. They have extraordinary competitiveness and we must pay attention to it. So I told my players that in this Olympic Stadium In a game, we must be careful and careful, because our opponent is a very tough and resilient team."

Capello also mentioned Ye Qiu in the interview, but he gave a more polite evaluation to the 26-year-old Chinese, because he himself admitted that he did not watch the Eredivisie game, but only paid attention to it. Looking at the videos of Ajax's recent games, he felt that Ye Qiu had a lot of thoughts and ideas.

"Being able to lead Ajax at the age of 26 and win another Dutch Cup, he is undoubtedly a super rookie in the field of head coaches. I am looking forward to meeting him!"

Regarding Capello's kindness, Ye Qiu also said, "In this game, my team and I came to Rome with a learning mentality, but we hope to go all out and understand ourselves. The difference in strength between the best team in Serie A!"

(End of this chapter)