Chapter 137 Are You Afraid?
As Ajax's performance becomes more and more outstanding, the impact of national team game day is also increasing.
The current Ajax first team players are either participating in the national team training camp or participating in the national youth team competition. Although the Netherlands has lost the qualification to participate in the Korean and Japanese World Cup, Van Gaal will also leave the position of national team head coach, the training camp is still continuing.
Although the Dutch Football Association has not yet selected Van Gaal's successor, it is obvious that the Dutch national team will undergo a complete reform of youth. Therefore, in the new round of national team training roster, many young players in the Ajax team were selected.
Van der Sar, van der Fat and Robben are already regular visitors of the national team, and Van der Mede has also been selected, but now even Sneider and Heatingga have been selected for this Dutch national team. It can be seen that the new Dutch national team will inevitably set off a trend of youth. Moreover, as Ajax's performance becomes more and more outstanding, this group of players will take the lead earlier than Ye Qiu's previous life.
In addition, players like Lucio, Gilberto Silva, Ibrahimovic, Keita, Toure brothers, Kivo and other players have been selected for their national team lineups, which directly led to Ajax being in the training suspension period for more than a week.
After finally waiting for the players to return from the national team to DeTok Most, Ye Qiu immediately asked Peter Brandt to conduct physical examination on them. As a result, only 6 of the 20 first-team players were in a qualified state. Among them, the most outstanding one was Abidal, who had no national team competition tasks.
Ye Qiuzhen should thank Lizarazu and Candela. If they hadn't performed so well on the left side of the French national team, Abidal might have a chance to be selected for the national team.
When he got the physical fitness report, Ye Qiu had the intention to kill people.
"There are almost all tough battles next!" Ye Qiu breathed, not thinking of a solution to the problem yet.
After returning from the national team, the league will be ushered in immediately. Boavista will be challenged away from home in the middle of the week. The weekend will be a key showdown with Eindhoven, and the middle of next week will be a key game against Bayern Munich at home. In order to shorten the schedule and provide more preparation time for the Korean and Japanese World Cup, the Eredivisie League was also compressed before the winter break.
From November 17 to December 22, seven league rounds were arranged in just one month. Ajax had to play two more Champions League games and one Dutch Cup, which means 10 games. On average, one game every 4 days. Such a game density is almost shocking.
Bobby Hams nodded constantly after hearing this, "It's very important to win the championship now. We are indeed very hard, but our competitors are not easy. Whoever can hold on and last until the end will be able to gain a favorable advantage before the second half. This schedule is very important to us."
Ye Qiu sat on an office chair, facing the large window obliquely, looking at the second team football field in the distance, and the finger on his right hand was gently flicking on the desk, as if it had a certain rhythm. At this time, Ye Qiu was thinking about something.
There is no doubt that this schedule is very difficult for Ajax, Eindhoven, and Feyenoord. The key is to see who can be more willful and more fighting spirit. This is a real test for the three teams. Whoever falls behind will undoubtedly fall out of the league championship battle.
You should know that winning the championship is not just about strength, but also about morale. Leaving behind at critical moments will be extremely painful to morale, so Ye Qiu attaches so much importance to the next schedule.
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In the afternoon, an hour before training, the players suddenly received a request and came to the tactical preparation room of the training building.
As soon as they walked in, they noticed that all the coaches of the first team had arrived. The incident surprised them all. Those who didn't know thought something big had happened. They all sat upright, dared not speak, and even became cautious in breathing, for fear that they would ignite the powder barrel by accident.
When everyone was here and sat down, Ye Qiu walked to the top main podium.
All the players raised their heads, their eyes and attention fell on their head coach. They were all very surprised. What was the purpose of the head coach asking them to have a meeting at this time? Is something big happened?
"Who do you still remember how we lost the championship last season?" Ye Qiu asked with both hands on the podium.
The players immediately started to talk, and they were a little confused. The head coach asked them to come at this time, but asked such an inexplicable question. What was going on?
"I'll ask you again, do you know why Eindhoven won the championship last season?"
The players were in a bad mood this time, and they all started to talk, thinking that the head coach's problem was a bit strange.
Ye Qiu deliberately made them discuss for more than ten seconds before coughing heavily at the microphone. Soon, the conference room suddenly became quiet again, leaving only breathing sounds and the echo of the microphone.
"Think about it, everyone!" Ye Qiu pointed to his temples, "Think about the last round of the league last season, after we beat Alkmaar at Arena Stadium, we originally thought we were sure to win, and thought we were determined to win the championship, but at the last moment, we suddenly lost everything and became nothing."
"People, please think about it. At that time, did your heart hurt? Are you sad? Are you unwilling to accept it? Are you resentful?"
After hearing Ye Qiu's words, many people present couldn't help but express their thoughts.
Time is the best medicine to heal wounds. Everyone is forgetful and often easily forget the unforgettable pain not long ago, because no one will live in the past forever.
"I remember very clearly that I wanted to go crazy at that moment!" Ye Qiu rang in the conference room with a magnetic voice, as if he was saying in the ears of the players, "If there was really God at that moment, I would definitely pull him out of heaven, punch him hard, and then ask him, why do you want to fool me like this?"
"If someone told me at that moment that the world was fair, I would beat him up without hesitation, then spit him and tell him that there would be no fucking fairness in this world!"
This is indeed a portrayal of Ye Qiu's mood at that time. Even after half a year, he still firmly remembered his emotions at that moment. He has never been so cowardly in his life. What he had already obtained was actually snatched away by someone. This was definitely a shame for him, and an unacceptable shame!
At this moment, his emotions also obviously infected the players present.
"I thought very calmly and rationally, why do we lose?" Ye Qiu started to slow down his tone after mobilizing the players' emotions. "If you don't understand why you lose, then we will never know how to win."
"We lost not because Eindhoven is lucky, but because they really deserve the championship. They lost two or three games throughout the season, and what about us? We lost too many points, and in some games where there is no need to lose points, we lost the points that were supposed to be our chips to win the championship."
"Who can you blame? Eindhoven? Our opponent?" Ye Qiu shook his head, "No, if you want to blame, you can only blame ourselves!"
"We lost those points ourselves, and we lost some games that shouldn't be lost, and some games that shouldn't be tied. Is that our strength not good?" Ye Qiu swept over the group of players and asked again in a verbal voice: "Answer me, guys, answer my question, are you not strong enough and can't win the opponent?"
"No!" Lucio stood up first. He was one of the two major sinners in the media summarizing Ajax's mistakes last season. This made him feel the most deeply after listening to Ye Qiu's words, "Absolutely not!"
"Yes, even Bayern Munich, we can beat them down. Who have we ever been afraid of in the Dutch Eredivisie?" Abidal also stood up, and he looked very indignant.
"We have killed all those who say we are not strong!" Ibrahimovic also shouted in his seat.
"Who dares to say that we are not strong enough?"
"If you say we can't do it, just do it with real swords and fuck it!"
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Ye Qiu spread his hands and ignited the players' anger. This is the effect he wanted.
The next devil schedule is definitely a torture for Ajax. Whether it is physical or mental, it is a torture. Only by enduring can Ajax be qualified to talk about winning the championship. If you can't get through, that is, repeating the tragedy of last season, that's all.
"It's useless to sit here and be careless, and it's useless to grin at me. If you want to prove our strength, there is only one way, which is to defeat our opponents on the court, kill our opponents in the league championship battle, and even kill our opponents on the stage of the European arena!"
The players' emotions have been mobilized by Ye Qiu. After hearing Ye Qiu's words, they all nodded heavily. Perhaps they will quickly calm down their passion. But with today's meeting, once they encounter difficulties and setbacks, they will remember everything today.
Everyone has invincible spiritual power, the key is how you inspire him.
"The next period of the competition will be very difficult, because we have to play one game every three days on average, and we have to do our best in every game to the end. So, I need the 20 people present to answer my question seriously!" Ye Qiu raised his index finger, extremely serious.
"Are you afraid?"
The players all looked at each other for a while, and then they saw Captain Van der Sar stand up first and laughed, "As a professional player, what's there to be afraid of when competing for honor as life? What's there to be scary?"
"Isn't it just a few games to make up? Whoever is afraid of is a fucking coward!"
"Yes, we have to play so many games, and our opponents also have to play these games. What are we afraid of?"
"Who is afraid of who? If you are afraid of it, it is also the opponent who is afraid of it. What are we afraid of?"
"The proud Ajax players never feel scared!"
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Ye Qiu didn't know whether the mobilization meeting would be effective, and he was not sure, but it was obvious that after announcing it through the official website, Ye Qiu was interviewed in the Amsterdam Evening Post, saying that he and the players had enough confidence to survive this most intensive devil schedule.
Ajax fans were relieved and satisfied with the assurances from the head coach.
On that night, Ajax slaughtered Breda, who was visiting at Arena Stadium 6:0. This time, he replaced Ibrahimovic and started. Hunteral, who was more physically strong, scored twice. Belarusian young player Hleb also performed well on the left. In addition, Van der Meer, who also scored twice on the right, Ajax's trident showed strong attack power.
The fans were very satisfied with the team's performance in this game. Not only that, they pulled out various banners at Arena Stadium and shouted various slogans to support the team. They hoped that the head coach and all the players could work together to win the league championship.
After the game, Ye Qiu told the media that he was very satisfied with this game and believed that the team had a good start for the Devil's schedule through this game, and he also firmly believed that the team had enough ability to overcome this difficulty.
"Yes, many people think we are young and worried that we can't stand the pressure, but I think such worries are completely unnecessary. Our opponents Eindhoven and Feyenoord are all human beings. The responsibilities they can bear and the pressure they can bear, I believe that my players can do it, and even do it better than them!"
"We have no way out now. Even if there is a dangerous mountain in front of us, we must cross it. We will definitely defeat all the enemies standing in front of us and reach the end of victory!"
But just three days later, the team went to Portugal to challenge Boa Vista away.
At Besa Stadium, Ajax took the lead in the away game from the beginning and set off a clarion call for an active attack. In the 17th minute of the game, Sneijder assisted Ibrahimovic to score first, breaking the deadlock on the court.
Behind the home court, Boavesta began a crazy counterattack.
Jaime Pacheco's team has always been known for their fierce defense. Their defense is very strong and fierce, so when they start, they lag behind Ajax, making Boavesta feel very angry from the head coach and the players. They all feel like they are infuriated, and their defensive actions against Ajax are getting bigger and bigger.
Ye Qiu and Ajax's players frequently put pressure on the referee for Boavesta's fierce actions, but this is Boavesta's home court, and Ajax is playing away. Here, with tens of thousands of fans at home helping to put pressure on the referee's law enforcement will inevitably be a bit biased.
Before the first half was about to end, Sneider fell to the ground in a fight with the opponent's midfielder Armando Petit. The team doctor confirmed that it was a sprained right leg and could no longer continue the game. Ye Qiu immediately replaced Sneider with De Jong on the bench.
In the second half, Boavesta still broke through Ajax's goal. On the contrary, Keita, with De Jong and Gilberto Silva behind him, Keita's position was even higher. He took advantage of a long shot in the second half and almost pierced through Boavesta's goal again.
But soon, in a wing defense, Robben tripped by the opponent's right player Bosingwa and walked off the court one by one. Although Bosingwa received a yellow card, Ajax had to suffer losses due to his loss.
Fortunately, in the end, Ajax still retained the score of 1:0 and escaped from Besa Stadium.
At the post-match press conference, Ye Qiu was angry at the rough autumn wind in Boa Vista.
"I have reminded the fourth official of the game. I believe UEFA can look at what happened in this game fairly, because we have two players who have to leave the stadium for a while. I believe UEFA certainly doesn't want to make roughness a big highlight of the Champions League level!"
Boavesta's head coach Jaime Pacheco denied the rebuke from Ye Qiu.
"I don't understand why Mr. Ye Qiu has this sense of abuse. Maybe it's his own problem. I have always told my players that they should win the game openly like a man. We do this. Perhaps in this process, there will inevitably be some collisions, and some people will suffer some harm that could have been avoided, but this cannot be a reason to accuse us of violence, right?"
Is it intentional? This kind of thing can't be said. Anyway, every head coach knows what's going on.
But the day after the end of this game, Portuguese media featured the Portuguese Super League coach Jose Mourinho's lead injustice against Jaime Pacheco.
The Portuguese head coach has lost to Jaime Pacheco many times in the league, and the two sides have a deep grudge. This time he stood up publicly to affirm Ajax's performance in this game. He believes that Ye Qiu's team plays more tactical and technically, but Pacheco's team is far inferior to Ajax.
"When you always think about fouls in the game, it's hard for me to imagine how players can still play well!"
Jaime Pacheco quickly counterattacked, believing that Jose Mourinho attacked himself because he couldn't afford to lose. And Boavista would soon encounter Leria in the Portuguese Cup, so he believed that Mourinho is now taking the initiative to cause a war of words to be distracted.
Many people may not know that Jose Mourinho, the head coach who is so popular in the European continent in the next few years, is now known for his strong offensive football in Leiria. He just had a 3-0 victory over his opponent, and had a record of 7-0 victory before.
You know, Leria is not a strong team in the Portuguese Super League.
But like Ye Qiu's previous life, Jose Mourinho is also known for his liking to fight verbally and provoke opponents.
Chapter completed!