With a 2-0 win over PSV Eindhoven, Ajax knocked out the Dutch Cup, which many have dubbed the would-be Eredivisie champions.

Many professionals have mixed reviews on this.

The good thing is that Ajax beat PSV Eindhoven twice in three days at the Arena Stadium, which will bring immeasurable psychological blows to PSV Eindhoven, which may make the Eredivisie giants start to suffer from gains and losses in the next games, feel more pressure, and lose some unnecessary games, giving Ajax a chance to turn around.

But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, after Eindhoven was eliminated from the Dutch Cup, they only had one Eredivisie title left to fight for, which is bound to make Eindhoven gather all the strength and resources to compete for this championship trophy, and with Eindhoven's strength, as long as there are no psychological problems, Ajax has almost no chance.

Ye Qiu himself was very aware of this, but he didn't have to look back, because the military order was there, and he could only move forward.

But Ye Qiu is not completely without ideas, the Dutch Cup final against Twente, this team's ranking in the Eredivisie this season is actually not high, the lineup has not changed much, but the overall strength has declined very much, Ye Qiu has full confidence in winning this opponent.

Therefore, to defend the Dutch Cup, he is determined to win!

What also made him ambitious was the League Cup, losing at home in the first leg, Ye Qiu reflected on his tactics, and also reflected on the team's problems, and learned from the pain, in the second leg of the game, he will definitely not have any reservations, and can only fight with his back.

And if they can qualify, the opponent in the League Cup final is likely to be Barcelona.

After playing two games against PSV Eindhoven, Ajax won unanimous praise from the Dutch media for their performances, but four days later, Ajax had to take on JC Roda away.

Although there was a League Cup semi-final second leg match in midweek, this game could not be lost, so Ye Qiu played with all his might and defeated Roda JC 2-0 away.

Interestingly, PSV Eindhoven away to Ronald? Koeman's Vitesse ended up tied 0-0.

As a result, the gap between Ajax and PSV Eindhoven quickly narrowed to six points.

With six league games remaining, six points is no longer out of reach, which suddenly rekindled the hope of the whole of Amsterdam, but at this time, Kearner began to hype Ronald again? Koeman's remarks that he should take the helm of Ajax were a bit of a spoiler.

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On April 19, Ajax visited Mendizorosa to challenge Alaves.

Alaves is far inferior to the old powerhouse of Athletic Bilbao or Real Sociedad in La Liga in terms of status and influence among all the teams in the Basque Country, and their best result in history was 6th in La Liga last season, but this season's results have declined rapidly.

This has led many people to see the color of this dark horse clearly.

However, in the UEFA Cup, Alaves was terrifyingly dark, knocking out many teams, including Inter Milan, all the way to the semi-finals, and defeated Ajax 1-0 away.

Some people commented on Alaves and Ajax, thinking that Mane and Ye Qiu's teams have a lot in common, such as their great emphasis on wholeness, which is also an important feature of the Basque Country team, but if last season's Alaves relied on a solid overall defense to qualify for the League Cup, then this season, Alaves is dead on defense.

Last season, Alaves conceded only 37 goals in 38 matches in La Liga, the strongest defensive team in La Liga, conceded two fewer goals than Valencia, who conceded the second fewest goals, and seven fewer than Super Laco, who won the title, but their attack only scored 41 goals, the third lowest in La Liga, even less than relegated Atletico Madrid and Sevilla.

But this season, Alaves' offensive ability has been unleashed, but at the same time, their defense has become very unstable, although there are cases of big wins over opponents, there are also many typical losses to opponents, it can be said that it has become a typical situation of attacking instead of defending.

Ye Qiu learned the lessons of the previous game in this game, he did not continue to play against Alaves, but chose to defend solidly, and let Alaves, who likes or even loves to attack, press out to play.

One of the unique features of Alaves this season is that their attack is more done by Romanian player Contra at right-back, which has also led to Contra's excellent performance and performance this season, winning a contract with Robert? Carlos is treated with the same name.

Left with Robert? Carlos, with Contra on the right, are the two hottest full-backs in La Liga this season.

At this time, Contra's tactics in Alaves were somewhat similar to Alves's role in the tactical system of Sevilla and Barcelona later, not so much as a full-back, but a winger, just to withdraw his position, so that he could play more suddenly and stealthily in the back.

One of the main reasons for Alaves' high goal conceded rate this season is the lack of solidity at the back, as they lack the key to Barcelona's success, which is strong control.

A very important reason why Barcelona dared to play Alves's excellent back-cutting ability is that they know very well that their strong pressing in the midfield and outstanding possession can ensure that even if Alves concedes the ball, the opponent will not be able to play a counterattack in the shortest possible time.

But the problem is that Alaves simply does not have such capabilities!

Ye Qiu's game made it clear that the carriage and horse let Alves attack, but Mane was not stupid, he was already 1:0 in hand, and he also wanted to play more securely, so he didn't boldly press up.

But he thinks so, and the players don't think that way?

In the 12th minute of the game, Contra chose to dribble and press as always, but this time he met the difficult Keita, and after the Mali midfielder entangled Contra, he broke the ball successfully and found Robben with a straight pass.

The Dutch winger quickly dribbled the ball forward, crossed from the left, Ibrahimovic leaned on the opponent's central defender Carmona with his body, stopped the ball and turned his back to protect the ball, and then knocked it back to Van der Vaart, who got up in the penalty area and pierced the goal of Alaves, 1:0!

After equalizing the score, Ajax looked like a rainbow of morale, but Ye Qiu kept calling on the players on the sidelines to be calm, continue to adopt steady tactics, and seek to strengthen their own defense first.

Ye Qiu himself wanted to use fullbacks to participate in the attack, so he introduced McConn, but after the trial, he found that the team's control did not reach a certain level, and the tactical risk of the fullbacks attacking forward was too risky, and the gains outweighed the losses, so he chose to put it on hold for the time being.

Because of this, he knows very well where the shortcomings of the Alaves tactics are.

Seeing that the opponent equalised, Mane kept urging his players to be calm.

The pace of play was slower and less fast-paced for the rest of the game, but Ajax's defence was noticeably more solid as they focused on Conter's flank.

The Romanian right-back's defensive ability is not strong, and in the face of Robben one-on-one, the Dutch has a certain advantage, which directly leads to Alaves being very passive on the left side of Ajax's defense, and Contela's contribution to the offensive end is greatly reduced, especially when attacking, he does not dare to press carelessly, for fear of being beaten again.

In the 31st minute, Gilberto? After Silva got the ball, he cleverly plugged behind him, Ibrahimovic used his body to force through the Alaves defense, and after winning the ball, he advanced quickly, attracted the attention of the defense, and passed diagonally to Robben who rushed in on the left, and the Dutch winger hit with his left foot, 2:0!

Reversing the score, Ajax had already won half of the tickets to the finals, but Ye Qiu didn't dare to be careless at all.

At halftime, Ye Qiu kept reminding all the players that Alaves would definitely work hard in the second half.

"They like to press out, just let them press, and we will continue to defend and counterattack in the second half!"

Ye Qiu is now clear, I don't want the process, I just want the result!

In the second half, Alaves was unwilling to lose, and began to pull out the offensive tactics they are good at this season, and adopted a crazy attack on Ajax, but Alaves's attack lacked impact, and in the face of a solid defense, they lacked the necessary offensive means, especially the players with excellent individual ability.

Even Xavi, who is the top scorer in La Liga this season? Moreno, whether in terms of height, weight, technical characteristics, or style, can not be regarded as a strong center, can only be regarded as a miniature version of Morientes, such a player can make a difference in the sparse defensive system of La Liga, but in the face of Ajax's tight defense, the effect is not great.

On the contrary, in the 72nd minute, after Sneijder picked up a pass on the right side, Van der Vaart drove straight in, facing the opponent's goalkeeper Herrera, picking a pass to the back of the goal, Ibrahimovic grabbed before everyone and stabbed the ball into the goal, 3:0!

This score was also maintained until the end of the game, Ajax lost 0:1 at home, and finally withstood the pressure, the away defense counterattacked, 3:0 against Alaves, and then eliminated Alaves from the League Cup with an aggregate score of 3:1.

This season's UEFA Cup final will be held in Dortmund, Germany.

In the face of this defeat, Alaves coach Mane had no choice but to say that the team was not as strong as Ajax.

'We tried our best to win the game and make history, but unfortunately we lost to a team that was better than us, Ajax played with more focus and efficiency in this game and it made us rethink the tactics of the team.

Obviously, what Mane is referring to is how to solve the team's defensive problems under this attacking style of football, which is not only an important reason for Alaves' poor performance this season, but also an issue that Mane must focus on next season.

But Ye Qiu is not optimistic about Mane and his Alaves at all, this is the sadness of the small team.

Because if he's not mistaken, after the end of the season, Xavi? Moreno and Conterra will leave Alaves and move to AC Milan, you know, Moreno has scored more than half of Alaves' total goals this season, and Conterra is a vital offensive tool for the team, without these two players, Alaves will be difficult to stand out from the La Liga team.

Of course, Ye Qiu hid this worry in his heart, and on the surface, he still expressed his wishes to Mane and his Alaves, and said that Mane's team has given him a great reminder this season.

That's right, he had an informal private exchange with Mane after the game, talking about Mane's use of Contra, who has accumulated a lot of experience after a season of full-back attack, and through this exchange, Ye Qiu has gained a lot.

Because his attitude is also very clear, when Ajax's overall control reaches a certain level, he will definitely find ways to release the attacking power of the defenders, especially the right-back, otherwise, it will be a pity for McCone to play right-back.

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Two weeks ago, Ye Qiu was the target of media criticism, but two weeks later, Ye Qiu has completely become the focus of Dutch media praise, and all of this is because of his team's outstanding performance in the past two weeks.

With two wins over PSV Eindhoven and a win over Alaves, Ajax's performances over the past two weeks have been nothing short of perfect.

Returning to Amsterdam from Spain, Ajax soon welcomed Ronald? Vitesse of Coman.

Ajax was tired from playing on multiple fronts for a long time, but Vitesse adjusted better, which led to Ajax not performing as well as their opponents in this game.

But at the crucial moment, Hleb broke through on the left and assisted Huntelaar to open the scoring for Ajax.

Vitesse then equalised in the second half and came close to a comeback from Ajax.

Yaya who came on as a substitute for Keita? Toure dribbled into the box and fired a powerful shot to put Ajax ahead again.

Although Koeman's side were better and dominated Ajax throughout the game, they were never able to find the back of the net again, and Ajax eventually beat Vitesse 2-1 at home.

In the same round, PSV Eindhoven beat Waalwijk 3-1 at home to overcome the shadow of defeat and continue to keep the gap between themselves and Ajax at six points, while Feyenoord beat NEC Nijmegen 3-0.

But everyone can see that there is nothing more about Van Marwijk in the race for the Eredivisie title this season.

Feyenoord themselves seem to know this very well, so a week later, in the away game against Roda JC, they lost to their opponents very badly, but it was Ajax, after a week of repairs, despite Sneijder's absence due to injury, the team still slaughtered Breda 4-0 at the Arena Stadium.

PSV Eindhoven play a day later than Ajax, and this time they face Adrianse's Willem II.

The two sides ended up playing 1-1, with Adrianse helping Ajax on their home turf.

It's down to four points, which is no longer out of reach with four league games remaining.

After hearing that PSV Eindhoven was drawn by Willem II, Ye Qiu immediately expressed his gratitude to Adrianse, "If we can win the Eredivisie championship this season, I invite you to drink!" ”

Adrianse agreed with a smile, and in an interview with the media, he highly praised Ye Qiu's Ajax.

"Many people think that he is young, and his team is also the lowest average age in the Eredivisie, but I can see that this is a team full of talents, and Ye Qiu is also a manager with a lot of ideas and personality, I believe he will be the most suitable manager for Ajax, and no one can replace his position and influence in this Ajax team."

As for the reporter's mention that the Ajax board listed itself as a candidate for Ajax's head coach next season, Adrianse expressed his confusion.

"I don't deny that the head coach of Ajax is full of temptation for anyone, I am from Ajax, and I hope to take over the position of head coach of Ajax one day, but I still want to remind all Ajax directors that Ye Qiu has done a very good job this season, especially in the second half, which completely reflects his ability."

"I don't think it's a failure to lead the team to the UEFA Cup final in the first season, to the Dutch Cup final, and now to the brink of Eindhoven, on the contrary, even if Ajax doesn't win the title this season, I think it's a great and good season."

At the end, Adrianse also smiled and said, "Of course, what I said is just hypothetical, I am very optimistic about Ye Qiu and his Ajax, I think that now Ajax should adjust their goal to the quadruple crown!" ”

Obviously, the quadruple also includes the Dutch Super Cup winner at the beginning of the season!

Soon, Ajax reversed Waalwijk 4-1 away in the 31st round of the Eredivisie, but PSV Eindhoven beat Heerenveen 3-0 at home, and the two teams are still going hand in hand in the Eredivisie.

However, Feyenoord lost 2-3 at home to Fortuna Sittard, and Van Marwijk's side did not have the title of the first half of the season in the second half of the season, which led to a surprise 4-0 defeat at the Arenal Stadium in the 32nd round of the Eredivisie to the morale-boosting Ajax side.

The shame of last season has been completely washed away this season, and Ajax fans have been completely conquered by Ye Qiu's team's recent performance!

However, PSV Eindhoven reversed Roosendaal 2-1 away, and they were led by Rosendaal for a long time, and they only reversed it after the last one, which also made many people regret.

In the penultimate round of the Eredivisie, PSV Eindhoven were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Graafschap, but Ajax beat FC Twente 3-1 away, which immediately shortened the gap between the two teams from four points to two points.

With the last round of the Eredivisie remaining, the difference of 2 points is worrying!