In a beautiful weather with cloudless sky, Ajax quietly started the pre-season training camp.

In the first class on the first day, everyone from Ajax came to DeTok Most early because they were still this group of people, but Van dersar was added. However, Van dersar had a private exchange with Ye Qiu last night and was full of gratitude for Ye Qiu's appointment as the captain of the team.

A person who was unpopular in Juventus and was even nailed to the pillar of shame, after returning to Ajax, was reused and promoted to the team's captain by Ye Qiu. For this kind of kindness, Van der Sar really didn't know what to say, so he was always moved and grateful.

Therefore, on the first day of the training camp, Van der Sar came to the locker room early, changed his clothes, and prepared everything.

Checking gloves, leg guards, team uniforms... Van der Sar checked every thing he had as a goalkeeper very seriously, as if what he was about to wait for was not a training class, but a European Champions League final, very serious and very focused.

Team members arrived one after another in the locker room. They all noticed Van der Sar's actions and were also a little surprised.

"Training classes are more important than competitions, so if you can't even do training classes well, it will definitely be bad when the competition is played!" Van der Sar saw his teammates looking at him, raised his head, and grinned.

Perhaps it was because he heard Van der Sar's words, or if he was there, before he knew it, the other players were very serious when they were ready, and they were very organized, and they were not as casual as they were on weekdays.

Gilberto Silva walked into the locker room and immediately several team members looked at him.

After Grim left the team, Brazil's midfielder was regarded by many as one of the three popular candidates for the captain, the other two were Van der Fate and Kivo, but the latter two players were relatively young, only Gilberto Silva, who had enough strength, and his age at the age of 24 made him mature and steady enough.

I believe that at this moment, many people are worried that Brazilian midfielder who has lost the captain's armband will give the new captain Van der Sar some advice? Or will the two compete?

"Hello, Gilberto, I'm Edwin Van der Sar!" Van der Sar stood up and reached out from a distance.

Gilberto Silva was not very good at speaking on weekdays, nodding lightly and shook hands with Van der Sar, "Hello, Edwin!"

"You speak Dutch well!" Van der Sar smiled.

Gilberto Silva smiled, "I was forced by my head. At that time, he said that if he didn't learn, he would not let him go, so he could only learn hard!"

Van der Sar laughed, "Learn Dutch, it is more convenient and beneficial to live in Amsterdam. You can find me anytime when you have anything in the future, and I hope to have the opportunity to have a good talk with you!"

Ye Qiu returned from vacation the day before yesterday and talked to Gilberto Silva who reported to the team. He said that he had a suitable candidate for the captain's armband, that is Van der Salva. He also explained the reason why he chose Van der Salva and that Gilberto Silva will serve as the team's deputy captain.

This is a way of communication between Ye Qiu and the players.

He can say it later, for example, wait until the team trains, but he chooses to make clear to players who are interested in captains such as Gilberto Silva, Van der Fate and Kivo in advance before the announcement. This represents his confession and importance to the players. If he says it after it is announced, the effect will be completely different.

Of course, Ye Qiu was not worried about what the players would cause, but he still didn't want any unhappiness between himself and the players, or between the harmonious locker room.

"Let's have a good talk during lunch break!" Gilberto Silva suggested.

Van der Sar nodded, "Okay!" He was also happy.

Seeing the two of them having a great time talking, the players were relieved. No one wanted someone to form a clique in the locker room, forcing them to stand on the sidelines one by one. Everyone hoped that the locker room would be more harmonious and united.

Not long after, players such as Van der Fate, Kivo, Ibrahimovic and others arrived in the locker room one after another.

Every time a teammate walks into the locker room, Van der Sar will take the initiative to meet him, communicate with each other kindly, and have some superficial conversations. After all, this is also the first time they meet.

"Okay, friends, hurry up and prepare and wake up your spirits. This is our first appearance on stage in the new season. It's time to play!" When the time is almost over, Van der Sar clapped his hands hard and signaled his teammates to prepare quickly.

Not long after, Van der Sar walked in front and took this group of first-team players out of the locker room one after another and came to the comprehensive training area of ​​the first-team team. Ye Qiu and the coaching team had already arranged the place and were waiting for them.

Seeing the players walking out of the locker room on time, Ye Qiu nodded with satisfaction and looked at Van der Sar. He was very satisfied with the performance of the veteran. At least on the surface, he did a good job in communication and communication with his teammates.

The players stood neatly in front of Ye Qiu, all looking at the head coach, waiting for the lecture.

"The pleasant holiday is over. Everyone, welcome you to return to the devil's purgatory and torture!"

Ye Qiu's first words made all the players present smile, because the season is indeed purgatory for them.

For ten months, they cannot relax at all. Every day, except for games and training, everything must be based on ensuring team performance and game performance. Whoever performs poorly will sit on the bench, or even leave the team after the season, which brings huge competitive pressure to every player.

"First of all, I must give everyone a positive affirmation. I was quite satisfied with your performance last season!"

Speaking of this, Ye Qiu also noticed the expressions of several players and nodded and smiled, "Yes, I'm just quite satisfied. The reason why I can't be more satisfied is mainly because we didn't win the Eredivisie championship!"

This is the pain in the hearts of all Ajax players, especially for this group of young players. It was the first time they were so close to a professional league championship, but they were just one last step away from being able to grab it in their hands. In the end, they watched their opponents snatch them away from their hands. The feeling was as painful as snatching their flesh.

"I believe that no one will accept such failures, so I also believe that everyone's feelings must be the same as me and are not satisfied with the results of last season. Even if we won the League Cup, we also lost the Eredivisie championship. The former is our glory, but the latter is our shame!"

The more Ye Qiu said, the more serious the players became, the more angry they became.

"I said that the shame of last season is that we must completely clean up the new season. I want you to kick Eindhoven off the Eredivisie championship throne. I want you to completely end Eindhoven's rule over Eredivisie. I want you to work together to create a new dynasty of Ajax, and let the Eredivisie enter the era you rule from this season!"

Ye Qiu's words made all the players present look up and their chests, looking bulging, and they looked very energetic.

"I summarized the reasons for the failure of last season. There are several reasons, among which, we lost too many points. The league is a long battle. We must always maintain strong combat effectiveness during this long confrontation. Therefore, all your players are crucial and indispensable to us Ajax!"

"So, I hope all of you have a sense in your mind. In our team, in the long season, no one is indispensable for the team, because everyone is indispensable, and no one can put individuals above the whole, because only by relying on the whole can we reach the end."

"Without the main force and the substitute, everyone is the main force and may become the substitute. As long as you put in enough effort and perform enough, you will definitely have a chance to play the main force. This is what I wanted to say to you before the season, and in this long season, I will also select players according to this standard."

After a pause, Ye Qiu swept over the players one by one, "What I want to build is a team that is hungry for the game, victory, and championships. Every player who makes this team must have these spirits, otherwise he will not be worthy of staying in Ajax, no matter who he is!"

All the players on the scene heard Ye Qiu's solemn speech, and knew in their hearts that the head coach's emphasis on discipline was to remind them once again that none of them was an indispensable part of the team.

This is necessary, because after the team's outstanding performance last season, several players have been clearly regarded as stars of hope for the future, and have been widely regarded as stars by European media. If such players do not re-tie the spell of discipline, they will easily become distracted and affect the team.

After knocking a big stick on the player's head, Ye Qiu also wanted to ease the atmosphere.

"Next, let me talk about the training arrangements for a while!"

"Before warm-up, each of you will go to that room there." Ye Qiu pointed to a room next to the gym downstairs of the first team training building. "From today on, you must go to that room every day to let physical coach Mr. Peter Brandt perform physical tests for you."

"This kind of physical test is a little more troublesome, but it can help you avoid injuries as much as possible!"

When the players heard this, their eyes immediately shone. Even young people like Van der Fate were very welcome to Ye Qiu's request, because Van der Fate himself lost his main position due to injury.

Moreover, as a professional player, everyone knows that injuries are the biggest enemy of any professional player.

In order to introduce such a system, Ye Qiu spent more than one million euros to introduce it from the United States. I heard that many clubs in the NBA, rugby and baseball have used this type of system. The difference is that each has its own specialization. For example, Ajax has more young players and needs to detect data that other players with more adult players do not need to be tested. This will be a little more troublesome, but it can protect players in a targeted manner.

"The other is that the captain of our team in the new season will be Edwin Van der Sar and Gilberto Silva are the deputy captain of the team!" Ye Qiu announced this new appointment, "I hope that the captain and the deputy captain can lead and unite the team better. I believe that under the leadership of the chief and deputy captain, Ajax's locker room will be more united!"

Gilberto Silva, Van der Fate and Kivo, the three most promising candidates for captains, especially Gilberto Silva, are regarded as the number one favorites of the captain. After being dealt with by Ye Qiu, this appointment was not in the slightest embarrassment and passed directly.

Besides, Van der Sar's fame is there. Even if he performs in Juventus, his status and influence are obviously higher than that in all players. If he doesn't become the captain, who can convince him?

Seeing that no one had any objections, Ye Qiu waved his hand and everyone went to the test room to find Peter Brandt.

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The goalkeeper changed from Fred Grim to Edwin Van dersar, and the changes to Ajax's defensive system are obvious, especially the interaction and cooperation between the goalkeeper and the back line.

Van der Sar is a scavenger goalkeeper and has strong ball control ability. Therefore, his technical skills and pass-and-receive ability ensure that he can become the first choice for defenders to knock back after being pressed. This can be seen from the high success rate when he played the wall role in the Ajax first team's wall-to-wave game.

If you analyze carefully, the wall makers in the game of hitting the wall cannot stick to the ball and must touch the ball with one foot, which is very similar to the situation of the goalkeeper when pressed in the frontcourt, and Van der Sar has a good ability to touch the ball with one foot.

In the past, Ajax's central defender combinations, Kivo and Lucio, both players had strong technical skills.

The characteristic of Jifu is that he has excellent ball play and has certain organizational skills, which is related to his playing in the midfield. However, he is short and fast, and likes to grab. He is also relatively young now and is undergoing rapid progress in training and accumulating experience, so he occasionally makes some mistakes.

Lucio is a fusion between the angels and the devil. He can bring qualitative leap improvements to the team's offense and defense, but his mistakes often lead to the team to hell. However, after a season of training in the Eredivisie and the UEFA Cup, Lucio's progress is obvious.

It is impossible to transform the two players in one year, so Ye Qiu wanted to try to let Van der Sar control the team's defense line, because he is at the back and his vision is the best in the team.

And Ye Qiu was also thinking that Kivo, Lucio and Van der Sar are all players with excellent ball-taking ability. Kivo and Van der Sar have very solid long pass skills. In the tactical system, can Ajax revolve around them to form a backcourt ball control and long pass counterattack mechanism?

Of course, Ye Qiu does not want to transfer the core of the ball to the backcourt, that is impossible, because a very important part of high-level defense is that once the team presses, the ball control area should maintain a direct threat to the opponent's 30-meter area, that is, control the ball in the 30-meter area. If the central defender presses so much, it does not mean that the goal is directly exposed to the opponent's gun?

Ye Qiu's idea is that when the team's offense is frustrated, there will be a stable contact point behind him. After re-censoring the central defender and goalkeeper, the ball will be sent forward, which will ensure Ajax's possession rate and second attack. At the same time, when counterattacking defensively, the long passes of Kivo and Van der Sar can definitely create a threat.

However, to do this, it undoubtedly requires running-in and time.

Fusion is based on understanding each other. If you don’t understand each other, what kind of fusion is talking about?

When Ye Qiu communicated his ideas with other members of the coaching staff, they also felt that this would be a bold but might have an unexpected effect, because in this way, Ajax has a stable ball control point on all three lines, which can bring a huge improvement to the team's overall control.

After the League Cup final, Ye Qiu trusted Maicon more. He decided to use Maicon at the right-back position in the new season to promote the Brazilian to serve as the main force. Ye Qiu is also looking forward to it. Whether it is Maicon + Van der Fate, or Maicon + Van der Mede, Ajax's right will become a highlight of the team's offense in the new season.

If the right side is the area where the team has the most offensive momentum, then the situation on the left side is more special.

The winger on the left is Robben. Robben has a very strong ability to fight alone. He can't find a second person to compete in the Eredivisie to compete. However, the full-back Abidal has excellent one-on-one defense, and his sense of position has also improved significantly in the past two years, but his contribution on the offensive end is very small. He has more support when inserting and passing more for short passes.

In this case, it is very important to arrange a player like Keita who can go up and down, offense and defense on the left side, because he can connect the gap between Abidal and Robben well, covering the space between the left half of the space from the penalty area to the penalty area. Whether it is offense or defense, he has enough ability to complete the task.

If the right side is storm, lightning and thunder, then the left side is as stable as a rock and as solid as a rock; if the right side is the main attack, then the left side is the main suppression.

As for the middle, Ibrahimovic, Sneider, Gilberto Silva, Lucio, Kivo and Van der Sar, this central axis will connect more the tactical system of Ajax's entire team. Whether it is on the left or right, it needs to be integrated into the advance and retreat of the middle to exert its maximum power.

Ye Qiu has undoubtedly successfully created a new framework for Ajax, and what he needs to do now is to constantly adjust and improve a series of details under this framework, and thus stimulate the team's stronger combat effectiveness.
Chapter completed!