As Ajax's performances go from strength to strength, so does the impact of the international break.

The current Ajax first-team players are either participating in the national team training camp or the national youth team, although the Netherlands have lost the qualification to participate in the Korea-Japan World Cup and Van Gaal will also leave the position of national team manager, but the training camp is still continuing.

Although the Dutch Football Association has not yet selected Van Gaal's successor, it is obvious that the next Dutch national team will be completely rejuvenated, so in the new round of national team training squad, Ajax has a number of young players selected.

Van der Sar, Van der Vaart and Robben are already regulars in the national team, and Van der Meyde has also been selected, but now even Sneijder and Heitinga have been selected for this year's Dutch national team, which shows that the new Dutch national team is bound to set off a wave of youth, and as Ajax's performance gets better and better, this group of players will play the main role earlier than Ye Qiu's previous life.

Also like Lucio, Gilberto? Silva, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Keita, the Toure brothers, Kiv and other players have all been selected for their national team, which directly caused Ajax to be in a training break for more than a week.

Finally waited for the player to return to Detokmoste from the national team, Ye Qiu immediately let Peter? Brandt conducted a physical examination on them, and the results showed that only 6 of the 20 first-team players were in a qualified state, and the most physical fitness was Abidal, who did not have the task of playing for the national team.

Ye Qiuzhen should really thank Lizarazu and Candela, if it weren't for their excellent performance on the left side of the French national team, maybe Abidal really has a chance to be selected for the national team.

When he got the physical fitness report, Ye Qiu had the heart to kill.

"It's almost all a tough battle next!" Ye Qiu let out a sigh, and he hadn't thought of a solution to the problem for the time being.

After returning from the national team, the league is immediately ushered in, with a midweek away to Boavista, a key clash with PSV Eindhoven at the weekend, and a crucial home game against Bayern Munich next week, and in order to compress the schedule and provide more preparation time for the Korea-Japan World Cup, the Eredivisie has also been compressed before the winter break.

From November 17th to December 22nd, in just over a month, 7 rounds of league games were arranged, and Ajax had to play two Champions League games and a Dutch Cup, that is, 10 games to play, on average, one every 4 days, such a game intensity can almost be said to be staggering.

Bobby? Harms also nodded his head when he heard this, "If you want to win the championship, it's crucial now, we are really hard, but our competitors are not having a good time, whoever can hold on, hold on to the bottom of the last, who can fight for a favorable advantage before the second half, this period of the race is very important for us." ”

Ye Qiu sat on the office chair, facing the large window obliquely, looking at the second-team football field in the distance, and the fingers of his right hand were gently flicking on the desk, as if with some kind of rhythm, at this time Ye Qiu was thinking about something.

There is no doubt that this period of the schedule is very difficult for Ajax, for PSV Eindhoven and for Feyenoord, and the key is to see who can have more will and fighting spirit, which is a real test for the three teams, who falls behind, who will undoubtedly fall out of the battle for the league title.

You must know that winning the championship depends not only on strength, but also on morale, and falling behind at a critical moment is an extremely painful blow to morale, so Ye Qiu will attach so much importance to the next part of the schedule.

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In the afternoon, an hour before the training session, 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 the coaches of the entire first team had all arrived, and the battle surprised them all, and they all thought that something was wrong, and suddenly they all sat upright, not daring to speak, and even became cautious in their breathing, for fear that one accidentally ignited the powder keg.

After everyone had arrived and sat down, Ye Qiu walked to the top of the main podium.

All the players raised their heads, their eyes and attention fell on their own manager, they were all very strange, what was the purpose of the manager asking them to come to the meeting at this time? Is something wrong?

"Do any of you remember how we lost the title last season?" Ye Qiu put both hands on the podium and asked.

The players immediately buzzed and discussed, they were a little confused, the manager asked them to come at this time, but asked such an inexplicable question, what is going on?

"Let me ask you again, do you know what Eindhoven was able to win last season?"

The players were fried this time, and they all started to talk about it, thinking that the manager's problem was a bit strange.

Ye Qiu deliberately let them talk for more than ten seconds before coughing heavily into the microphone twice, and soon, the conference room became quiet again, so quiet that only the sound of breathing and the echo of the microphone remained.

"Think about it, guys!" Ye Qiu pointed to his temple, "Think about the last round of the league last season, after we beat AZ Alkmaar at the Arena Stadium, we thought that we had the chance to win, and we thought that we were determined to win the championship, but at the last moment, we suddenly lost everything and became nothing. ”

"Guys, please think about it, at that time, did your heart hurt? Sad? Unwilling? Resentment? ”

Listening to 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 it is often easy to forget the unforgettable pain of not long ago, because no one will live in the past forever.

"I remember very well that I wanted to go crazy at that moment!" Ye Qiu's voice sounded in the conference room with a somewhat magnetic voice, as if he was saying in the ears of the players, "If there is really a god at that moment, I will definitely pull him down from heaven, punch him hard, and then ask him, why do you want to play me like this?" ”

"If at that moment, someone tells me that this world is fair, I will not hesitate to beat him, and then give him a mouthful of spit, telling him that this world is not fucking fair!"

This is indeed a portrayal of Ye Qiu's mood at that time, even if half a year has passed, he still firmly remembers his emotions at that moment, he has never been so cowardly in his life, and what he has obviously received was snatched away by someone who turned around and snatched it, which is definitely a shame for him, an unacceptable shame!

And at this moment, his emotions are also obviously infectious to the players present.

"I'm very calm and rational, why are we going to lose?" After Ye Qiu mobilized the emotions of the players, he began to slow down his tone, "If we don't understand what we are fighting for, then we will never know how to win." ”

'We lost not because PSV Eindhoven were lucky, but because they really deserved the title, they lost two or three games all season and what about us? We've dropped too many points, we've lost points in games where we didn't have to, points that should have been our bargaining chips. ”

"Who can blame? Eindhoven? Our opponents? Ye Qiu shook his head, "No, if you want to complain, you can only blame ourselves!" ”

"It's because we lost those points, and we lost some games that we shouldn't lose, and we drew some games that shouldn't be drawn, is that because we are not strong?" Ye Qiu swept over the group of players and asked again: "Answer me, guys, answer my question, is it because you are not strong enough to win against your opponent?" ”

"It's not!" Lucio was the first to stand up, he was one of the two major culprits in the media summary of Ajax's mistakes last season, which made him feel the deepest after listening to Ye Qiu's words now, "Absolutely not!" ”

"Yes, even Bayern Munich, we can knock them down, who are we afraid of in the Eredivisie?" Abidal also stood up, and he also looked indignant.

"Those who say that we are not strong have all been killed by us!" Ibrahimovic also shouted from his seat.

"Who dares to say that we are not strong?"

"Say we can't do it, just do it with real guns, fuck it!"

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Ye Qiu spread his hands, he ignited the anger of the players, and this is what he wanted.

The next period of the devil's schedule is definitely a torture for Ajax, whether it is physical or mental, it is a kind of torture, only by getting through it, Ajax is qualified to talk about winning the championship, and if it can't get through, it will repeat the tragedy of last season, that's all.

"It's useless to sit here and talk to me, it's useless to grin at me, there's only one way to prove our strength, and that's to beat our opponents on the pitch, to kill them in the league title race, or even on the European stage!"

The emotions of the players have been mobilized by Ye Qiu, after listening to Ye Qiu's words at this moment, they all nodded heavily, maybe they will quickly calm down the passion in their hearts, but with today's meeting, once they encounter difficulties and setbacks, they will remember everything today.

Everyone has an invincible mental power, and the key depends on how you motivate him.

"The next part of the schedule is going to be tough, because we have to play one game every three days on average, and we have to give our all in every game to fight to the bottom of the game, so I need all 20 of you here to answer my question seriously!" Ye Qiu raised his index finger, extremely serious.

"Are you afraid?"

The players looked at each other for a while, and then saw the captain Van der Sar stand up first, and Ha Luha smiled, "As a professional player, what is there to be afraid of when you regard the fight for honor as your life?" What's so scary? ”

"Isn't it just a few games together? Whoever is afraid is a fucking bastard! ”

"Yes, we have to play so many games, and our opponents have to play these games as well, what are we afraid of?"

"Who's afraid of whom? If we are afraid, we are also afraid of our opponents, what are we afraid of? ”

"The proud Ajax players are never afraid!"

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Whether the mobilization meeting will be effective, Ye Qiu doesn't know what to say, and he doesn't know the bottom of his heart, but it is obvious that after announcing it through the official website, Ye Qiu was interviewed in the Amsterdam Evening Post, saying that he and the players are confident enough to survive this most intensive devil's schedule.

Ajax fans are reassured and satisfied with the assurances from the manager.

And on the evening of the same day, at the Arenal Stadium, Ajax slaughtered the visiting Breda 6:0, this time starting in place of Ibrahimovic, the more physical Huntelaar scored twice, and the Belarusian teenager Hleb also performed well on the left side, plus Van der Meyer, who also scored a brace on the right side, Ajax's trident showed a strong attack.

The fans were very happy with the team's performance in this game, and not only that, but long before the game started, they pulled up various banners at the Arena Stadium, chanting all kinds of slogans to support the team, hoping that the manager and all the players can work together to win the league title.

Ye Qiu told the media after the game that he was very satisfied with this game, and believed that the team had made a good start to the devil's schedule through this game, and he was also convinced that the team had enough ability to tide over this difficulty.

'Yes, a lot of people think we're young and worried that we won't be able to handle the pressure, but I think it's completely unnecessary, our opponents PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord are human beings, they can take responsibility, they can withstand the pressure, I'm sure my players can do it too, they can do it better!'

"We have no way out now, even if there is a dangerous mountain in front of us, we have to cross it, we will definitely defeat all the enemies in front of us, and reach the end of victory!"

But just three days later, the team travelled to Portugal to take on Boavista away.

At the Bessa Stadium, Ajax started the game against the visitors, sounding the horn of an aggressive attack, and in the 17th minute, Sneijder assisted Ibrahimovic to score the first goal to break the deadlock on the field.

Trailing at home, Boavista began a frantic comeback.

Jaime? Pacheco's team has always been known for their ferocious defense, their defense is very solid and fierce, so when they fell behind Ajax after the start, Boavista went up to the manager, down to the players, and everyone was very angry, all of them were like chickens, and the defensive action against Ajax was getting bigger and bigger.

Ye Qiu and Ajax's players frequently put pressure on the referee for Boavista's ferocious actions, but this is Boavista's home stadium, Ajax is playing away, here, with tens of thousands of fans at home to help exert pressure, the referee's law enforcement will inevitably be a little biased.

Towards the end of the first half, Sneijder had a meeting with the opposing midfielder Armando? Petit fell to the ground in a scramble, and the team doctor confirmed that it was a sprained right leg and could no longer continue the game, and Ye Qiu immediately replaced Sneijder with De Jong on the bench.

In the second half, Boavista still broke through Ajax's goal, but it was Keita, with De Jong and Gilberto? Silva was behind and Keita was even higher, taking advantage of a long-range shot in the second half to get past Boavista again.

But soon, in a wide defense, Robben was tripped by the opponent's right-wing player Bosingwa and limped off the pitch, although Bosingwa received a yellow card for this, but Ajax had to suffer a loss of attrition.

Fortunately, after the worst, Ajax still maintained the score of 1:0 and retreated from the Besa Stadium.

In the post-match press conference, Ye Qiu was angry at Boavista's rough autumn wind.

'I've reminded the fourth official of the tournament that I'm sure UEFA will be able to do justice to what happened in this game, because we have two players who have had to leave the pitch for a while, and I'm sure UEFA doesn't want to make brutality a big part of a competition of this calibre in the Champions League!"

For the rebuke from Ye Qiu, Boavista's head coach Jaime? Pacheco denied it.

"I don't understand why Mr. Ye Qiu has this sense of abuse, maybe it's his own problem, I always tell my players that they should win the game like a man, and we do it, maybe in the process, there will inevitably be some collisions, and some people will suffer some injuries that could have been avoided because of this, but this can't be a reason to accuse us of violence, right?"

Whether it's intentional or not, there's no way to say about this kind of thing, anyway, every manager knows what is going on.

But the day after the end of this game, the Portuguese media published the Portuguese Super League Leiria head coach Jose? Mourinho vs Jaime? Pacheco's fall into the well.

The Portuguese coach has suffered repeated defeats to Jaime in the league before? Pacheco, the two sides have a deep grudge, this time he stood up publicly, affirmed Ajax's performance in this game, and thought that Ye Qiu's team played more tactical and technical, but Pacheco's team was far inferior to Ajax.

"When you're always thinking about fouls in the game, it's hard for me to imagine how a player can still play well!"

Jaime? Pacheco quickly fought back, arguing that Jose? Mourinho is attacking himself because he can't afford to lose, and Boavista will soon face Leiria in the Portuguese Cup, so he believes that Mourinho is now actively causing a war of words to distract himself.

Many people may not know the way, Jose? Jose Mourinho, the manager who will be a big hit on the continent for the next few years, is now known for his attacking football in Leiria, including a 3-0 win over his opponent and a 7-0 win before.

You know, Leiria is not a strong team in the Portuguese Super League.

But just like Ye Qiu's previous life, this Jose? Mourinho is also known for his penchant for verbal warfare and provoking opponents.

Therefore, when Ye Qiu saw this news, he was more embarrassed, how could he never have thought that he would be with Jose? The first intersection between Mourinho will be because of Jaime? Pacheco!