"The league and the Champions League are both defeated! Ajax's change of manager is imminent! ”

"Five wins streak ended! Van Basten is out in five days! ”

"Even if Cruyff is here, he will not be able to return to the sky!"

"Where is Ajax Road? Young people can't take the lead after all! ”

After all the Ajax players had assembled at the training base, their first training session was held today...... It's to listen to assistant coach Witzger read the newspaper. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After reading each headline, Witzger also deliberately showed the newspaper to the players to admire, to prove that they did not make it up by himself.

Van Basten stood there, his hands slightly clasped in front of his chest, coldly observing the expressions of his disciples.

When Witzger had read all the mainstream Dutch newspapers in front of him, the manager finally spoke:

“2-1…… It's just an all-too-common score in soccer, isn't it? Why would anyone think it's the end of the world? ”

Van Basten shrugged:

"Do you need me to educate you about the world of football?

Let's take AC Milan, which I know best, as an example.

In the 2004 Champions League quarter-finals, they defeated La Liga's third-tier side Deportivo La Coruna 4-1, and everyone thought that Laco had lost his fighting spirit, and the Italians could celebrate promotion, and the second round was just a formality, or another repeat of the tragedy, but ...... The result?

Deportivo La Coruna also gave the Milanese a bloody 4-0 in the second leg! ”

His eyes were bright, rippling with light: "As for the 2005 Champions League final, the more famous Istanbul night, I don't think there is any need to talk about it again, and I am not a primary school teacher who only reads from textbooks. ”

"I don't like to talk nonsense, today I just want to tell you that it's not terrible to be 2-1 down, it's even less important to have Fiorentina get two away goals!"

"Is there a difference in quality between us and Fiorentina as big as it was five years ago between Milan and Laco? No, no, absolutely not.

We have countless young talents in our squad, and you are worth enough to compete with them, and of course, your manager is also not an unknown figure, so why should you be afraid? ”

Van Basten is still in the mood to blow himself up - compared to Fiorentina coach Prandelli, who didn't even find the door to the national team when he was a player, the Dutchman's resume is indeed much better.

"Some people think...... Is this just my rhetoric to keep my job?

I can't completely deny it, but I hope he doesn't forget that even if I lose my job, Marco van Basten's name still shines brightly in the history of world football! Lao Tzu's life is glamorous enough, and no amount of honor is just icing on the cake!

But you're different, and if you can't beat your opponent in three days to get to the Champions League, it means you're going to have to fight in the Eredivisie for a year, and you'll have to fight for at least another season if you want to get on that high-profile stage! ”

Van Basten snorted coldly: "The future you want is to do your best to win a competition, and then embark on the glorious road to fame and a high-paying mansion...... Or rolling around in the dark lower leagues and dreaming? ”

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The power of words can really stir people's hearts, and at least after Van Basten's ideological mobilization lesson, most of the players have regained some motivation in the following training sessions.

But if words alone can unite players and even defeat strong opponents, it is a fantasy.

In order to finally qualify, it also requires highly targeted tactical planning and training, the resolute execution of the tactics and a flash of inspiration from the players in the game, and a lot of luck.

Inspiration and luck are beyond control, so Van Basten can only lead the coaching staff to make drastic changes to the tactics that have been formulated before.

There was no way, the knife and axe that cut off the head were about to fall, and he had to change it.

Through the first leg, he had already thoroughly appreciated the characteristics of his opponent: the attacking combination of Gilardino and Mutu was quite powerful, and the two sides combined to score more than 40 goals for the Purple Lilies last season.

But in midfield, Fiorentina lost a midfielder who was among the best in Serie A as the Brazilian Felipe Titans moved to Juventus for €25 million in the summer window, and the team's attack and defense were affected at both ends.

Especially defensively, everyone knows that Melo is an out-and-out beast, he only played for the Purple Lily for one year, and he slashed 17 yellow cards and 3 red cards, so that the shocking record is in front of everyone, even the toughest players will tremble after seeing this terrible report card.

However, now that the madman is gone, and there is no one in the Fiorentina squad who can take his place, and the team as a whole has not fully adapted to the departure of key players, Van Basten must certainly make the most of this gap.

In addition to this, Prandelli has a huge characteristic.

He may be more of a Dutchman than an Italian.

Although Serie A teams all have their own defensive genes, as a manager, he ...... But I prefer beautiful attacking football.

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When the team starts to prepare for the game, time flies, and three days seem to pass in the blink of an eye.

On August 25, all Ajax members boarded a flight to Italy.

The journey from the Netherlands to Italy may sound like a journey of several countries, including Germany, but the distance in a straight line is only 1,000 kilometers, and even the slowest plane can be a two-hour journey.

Although the race was a day later, the pre-race preparations had already begun.

The players were led into tomorrow's pitch by assistant coaches for acclimatisation, while the head coach brought the youngest players in the squad to the pre-match press conference.

No matter how Van Basten advertises in the team that "the difference in strength between the two sides is almost non-existent", for the Italians, the representative of the dignified European third league must be at least three grades of the European eighth league, not to mention that Ajax has proved this with facts, they lost their armor at their home stadium, ceded the land and paid compensation, and also gave Fiorentina two away goals.

So the Italian media has long announced that the Ajax players are only here for tourism.

The coach of the Purple Lily, Cesare Prandelli, did not show a hint of optimism, and he was still very cautious in the face of local reporters with whom he has a very good relationship: "I have been telling the players these days to forget about the score of the first leg and to play every game as if it were a final. We don't have any advantage, we have pressure because tens of thousands of fans want us to put in as good a game as possible. ”

"If my Italian has not regressed, I am sure I have just heard the word 'wonderful' from Mr. Prandelli's speech."

Van Basten took the microphone with a smile, and he is no stranger to Italian after many years of playing for AC Milan:

'Of course my lads will attack with all their might, but if the other side chooses to defend, it is not going to be exciting in any way.

If Van Basten spoke his native Dutch or English as a lingua franca, Prandelli would not have paid any attention to him, but White Swan used Italian, which both were good at, to stimulate the other.

Then Prandley lifted his chin.

He said something that represented his style of coaching career:

"Neither a shrunken defense nor a beautiful attacking football can guarantee a 100 per cent win for a game, so why not choose the latter? At least my fans can enjoy the process of attacking. ”

Van Basten smiled.

And then...... Prandley laughed too.