178 Farewell
Van Gaal's conflict with the club caused a huge stir among the fan base.
Ajax host Roda JC in the 25th round of the Eredivisie.
Most of the main players who played the Champions League in midweek were sitting on the bench, and Qin Xiong was surprised to see many Ajax fans holding up signs in the stands in support of Koeman, in contrast to attacking Van Gaal.
In less than a year, it's no secret that Van Gaal and Koeman have been in the news from time to time over their disagreements over the club.
This time Van Gaal's conflict with the club, Coman was not actually targeted by Van Gaal, but the fans chose to support Coman to target Van Gaal.
It's almost mid-March and it's fair to say that we're in the second half of the season, and it's a regular administrative task for most clubs in Europe to prepare for next season, and it's impossible to wait for the transfer window to open to find a target.
Van Gaal, as the technical director, believes that he has been limited to a lot of power, including the team's recruitment, and he hopes that the team can buy some strong reinforcements to strengthen the team, regardless of the final achievements of Ajax this season, strong team, will they hate to be stronger?
Of course not.
But the club is still the same old way of doing the past, wanting to bring in good seedlings with good quality and low prices, and the 6 million euros brought in Sonk in the transfer market last summer proved that this recruitment was a failure, and secondly, the transfer fee and salary were spent in Song? The cost has not yet been digested, and the board is certainly not willing to shell out any more money to gamble.
Against this backdrop, Van Gaal was disheartened, and a disguised showdown with the club was reasonable.
He's got a lot of talent. But the club did not cooperate. Not supported. So what do you want him to do as a technical director?
A year ago, Ajax proudly announced that they had invited Louis van Gaal back as technical director for life!
Within a season, Louis van Gaal was ordered to leave at the end of the season.
Remember when Van Gaal impassionedly said to the fans when he took office: There is only one greatest club in the Netherlands, and that is Ajax!
He gave an emotional speech about the son-linears he had made, which was sung as a song by the fans.
Now, less than a year later, most fans are behind them. They believe that the team needs to be stable, Koeman is doing a good job, and the manager and technical director of their own club are holding each other back, which is a deformed match in the construction of football clubs, is it necessary to turn Ajax into a club ruled by a dark tyrant like Feyenoord?
Today, most die-hard Ajax fans have woken up to the fact that Cruyff was probably right at the time.
Before Van Gaal was invited back by Ajax, when the scandal began to spread, Cruyff was the first to stand up and speak out against it, arguing in his column that Ajax was making a bad decision.
Ajax's substitutes worked hard and swept Roda JC down 3-0 at home.
In the same round. Since the defeat to Amsterdam in the second half of the league, PSV Eindhoven has been in a big slump in the league.
Following the loss to Ajax. In the 25th round of the league, they lost 0:1 to Feyenoord led by Van Marwijk at the Philips Stadium.
In the second half, the league was played less than 10 rounds, and PSV Eindhoven actually lost four games!
This extends Ajax's lead in the league to 15 points!
While the fans were reveling and the club was starting to put preparations for the championship celebration on the agenda, another piece of news came.
Van Gaal resigned on his own initiative!
Van Gaal, who has a fiery personality and strong self-esteem, will not wait until the end of the season to be kicked out by the club, he voluntarily resigns!
Ajax fans have completely turned their backs and no longer support Van Gaal.
In particular, he was misled by the media into believing that Van Gaal's appearance at Stamford Bridge was a good place to go, and that he would bring the Ajax star to London as a gift to Abu, and some radical fans applauded Van Gaal's departure.
Van Gaal handed in his resignation, packed his things and left the club the next day.
Only one person came to see them off.
Qin Xiong.
In order to bid farewell to Van Gaal, Qin Xiong also took a leave of absence from training.
He's in the club.
Come to Van Gaal's office, help him pack his personal belongings, put them in a box, help Van Gaal pick them up, and then leave with Van Gaal.
Driving to pick up Van Gaal in front of the club was his eldest daughter, who was in her mid-thirties.
Today's weather is a bit cool, cold and windy.
After putting all his personal belongings in the car, Van Gaal asked his daughter to wait for a while, and he walked side by side with Qin Xiong along the road outside the club.
Qin Xiong didn't know what to say, he wasn't in a good mood today.
He didn't understand, so he didn't understand.
What is the struggle for power in the club?
More wealth? More fame? Or something else.
He couldn't understand it.
He also doesn't understand why Ajax can't tolerate Louis van Gaal, a man who broke his heart for the club ten years ago and led the team to the top of Europe step by step, bringing Ajax back to the top of Europe after the 70s!
He probably doesn't know as much about Ajax's history as a die-hard Ajax fan, and he doesn't have the same special affection for the club as many fans who follow in Ajax's footsteps, and he doesn't know the full picture of Ajax as a critic who writes a lot of opinions in his newspaper columns.
He's simple, simple, and he's here to play, for victory, for life, for the future.
Van Gaal is a Bole in his heart, from watching him try out to teaching him football skills and tactics countless days, Van Gaal has nurtured him with care at least without asking for anything in return from him personally.
Qin Xiong didn't know what his expression was now, a little stubborn, a little depressed, or perhaps, a little hideous or sad.
After walking for about twenty minutes, Van Gaal stopped, turned around and faced Qin Xiong with that somewhat arrogant smile.
Until this moment, he still did not show the slightest wolf bรจi expression of a lost dog.
He said to Qin Xiong: "Don't put on that look of sympathy or pity, or feel unworthy for me, at this time, what I sue myself is that it is not that I was kicked out, but that this club is no longer worthy of me." Got it? โ
Qin Xiong's facial muscles trembled slightly, and he nodded fiercely.
Louis van Gaal has told him before that Ajax has changed and the orange kingdom is no longer shining on the map of European football.
If Ajax were to survive in Spain, Germany, Italy, England, perhaps Ajax would have to have someone like Louis van Gaal with big goals and ambitions to stay competitive.
But alas, Ajax is in the Netherlands.
Even if it is constantly thrown away by the European elite group, as long as it can still put on an arrogant posture on the orange land, Ajax seems to have no sense of crisis, and there is no motivation to move forward, the former adventurous spirit has been gradually lost, and practical interests have begun to override ideals, Ajax seems to have begun to degenerate in decay and memory.
Van Gaal's right hand pressed Qin Xiong's shoulder hard, and said with a stern expression: "If you plan to stay in the Netherlands for a long time, Ajax is still your best choice, but if you want to leave the Netherlands, you must choose carefully, at your age, if you take a wrong step, it is likely to ruin the entire future!" โ
Qin Xiong nodded vigorously, for some reason, he still couldn't say a word, but his sadness became heavier and heavier.
"This season has been a success for you, but don't be satisfied, stepping into the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the opportunity is already in front of you, there are many players, stars, superstars, poor careers, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve something on the Champions League stage, when you have the opportunity, you must not use youth as a retreat, don't think that this time you missed it, you still have five, ten, fifteen years or even longer to fight for it, no, the opportunity, come once, just pay a price to seize it once, otherwise, maybe you will regret it!"
Qin Xiong still nodded vigorously, his eyes a little moist.
Seeing Qin Xiong's sad appearance, Van Gaal stretched out his hand and slapped him on the head with a smile, then turned around and walked to the side of the road, got into his eldest daughter's car, didn't say anything more, and left!
He sat in the passenger seat, looked at Qin Xiong in the rearview mirror and stopped to see him leave, and suddenly smiled and said to himself: "Another betrayal of relatives." โ
He has twice been defeated in Barcelona, and he can calmly accept today's ending.
For people with strong personalities, they will either rule, or be overthrown, or stand on the highest and overlook all beings, or be spurned by all people.
Van Gaal saw the figure in the rearview mirror blurring, he closed his eyes, and thought distractedly, as if there was such a person in Catalonia to see him off.
The man's name was Harvey.
"Where will the next meeting be?" (To be continued......) R1292