Volume 1 Chapter 191 The Game of the Giants
Perhaps because this Manchester battle is related to whether Ajax can reach the top 8 again, there are many Ajax fans who have followed the team to the away stadium, and Ajax has also won tickets to Old Trafford for these thousands of fans, although the seats will definitely be a little bad.
So, when the team arrived in Manchester, there were a lot of Ajax fans at the airport to pick them up, and not only that, but the media in England and all over Europe also paid attention to the game, and hundreds of people gathered at the scene, and the scene was very lively.
When Ye Qiu pulled the suitcase and walked out with the players one after another, there was a commotion at the scene, and many Ajax fans lined up in two rows outside the gate of the waiting hall, shouting the names of Ye Qiu and the players in unison, while the reporters at the scene were flashing with magnesium lights.
"Mr. Ye Qiu, Mr. Ye Qiu, may I ask you a question!" A local reporter from England rushed out of the restrictions of ground support and security, rushed to Ye Qiu's side, raised the recorder, and followed Ye Qiu who walked briskly, "We have received reliable information, I heard that Mr. Cruyff recommended to the Barcelona board of directors and thinks that you will be the most suitable head coach for Barcelona, what do you personally think about this?" Do you have the idea of owning the Camp Nou? ”
The journalist's question also attracted the attention of many reporters around him, but the Ajax fans booed in unison.
"Fuck off, British, don't beat our head coach's idea!"
"Don't ask questions that don't give you any nutritional questions, our manager will stay at Ajax forever!"
"Ye Qiu belongs to Ajax, no one can take him away!"
The reporter obviously didn't expect that these Ajax fans at the scene would be so excited, and it seemed that if it wasn't for the ground staff and security guards to stop them, they would probably rush up and give him a fat beating.
"Mr. Ye Qiu, can you please answer my question?" The reporter just looked at the group of fans, and chased Ye Qiu unrelentingly to ask, it seemed that he couldn't get rid of him if he didn't answer his questions.
'I don't know where the rumours about you came from, but I can answer you very clearly, I haven't received any news about it, I haven't thought about leaving Ajax, the only thing I want now is to lead my team forward, I don't want anything else. Ye Qiu raised his left hand, wanting to get rid of the reporter.
Ye Qiu's hand was raised, and the engagement ring on the ring finger of his left hand was immediately revealed, which suddenly made the heart of a blocked Qianying in the crowd hot, touching the engagement ring on his left hand, revealing a moving smile full of happiness.
Finally got rid of the reporters, Ye Qiu boarded the bus at the entrance of the waiting hall, the players and coaching staff also got on the bus one after another, and the driver also started immediately, ready to book a hotel before going to the team.
"Ye Qiu, I saw Huang Chu just now." Roland left his seat and came to the front row, laughing.
Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, glanced at the fat man, ignored him, and didn't seem to believe it at all.
"I mean seriously, she's in the crowd just now, wearing a baseball cap." Rowland is stubborn.
"Nonsense, she can now be on her own, and she told me before that she didn't have time to come." Ye Qiu shook his head and smiled, if you want to lie, find a better reason, the two of us have communicated before, and you still come to lie to me?
"I really didn't lie to you, I guess she was going to surprise you." Roland was very serious and competitive this time.
"Really?" Ye Qiu was stunned.
Luo Fatzi couldn't stop nodding, very seriously.
Ye Qiu looked at Luo Fatzi again, and felt that it didn't look like he was lying, so he picked up his mobile phone and pressed Huang Chu's number, while Luo Fatzi kept pointing to his mobile phone on the side, as if to say, you can ask and know that I didn't lie to you.
But this fat man is so miserable in his heart, when is he Roland? Shepas has become synonymous with no credibility in Ye Qiu's mind? How untrustworthy is it? Could it be that I usually tell the truth too much?
"Hey, Achu." As soon as the phone rang, Ye Qiu wanted to ask her.
"I'm sorry, Ye Qiu, I'm very busy now, I don't have time to talk to you on the phone, I'll call you later, that's all!"
Listening to the beeping sound coming from the mobile phone, Ye Qiu was a little puzzled, Huang Chu actually hung up on him?
Roland wanted to laugh on the side, but he couldn't help laughing, because he knew very well that as soon as this laugh came out, Ye Qiu would definitely not be finished with him.
Ye Qiu smiled when he saw Luo Fatzi like this, turned his head and looked out of the car window, and he was stunned for a moment.
From the rolled down window, he could clearly see Huang Chu's flower-like smile, with long hair tied back and a baseball cap, waving the mobile phone in his hand through the window.
"Eh, head, Achu!" The players by the window also saw Huang Chu.
"Head, look, it's really Miss Huang!"
Many of the players were very familiar with Huang Chu, and immediately greeted Huang Chu through the car window.
Huang Chu was a little shy, his face was flushed, but he waved politely to the players.
"Ahem, what to see, what to see, what to see, give me the rules!" Ye Qiu saw that the players were all messed up, and immediately spoke out, and after the players all sat back in their positions, he said again, "It's windy, close the windows!" ”
This group of players were all stunned, thinking that Tou had quarreled with his fiancée recently, and then saw Roland's expression of squeezing his eyebrows, and suddenly vaguely guessed that he must be having trouble with his fiancée, so they all snickered and closed the windows, looking for something to do for themselves, some pretending to sleep, some listening to headphones, but in fact, they were all staring at Ye Qiu.
The window on Ye Qiu's side was also closed, and he pretended to be normal and didn't look out the window.
The phone rang quickly.
"Ye Qiu, what are you doing?" Huang Chu on the phone thought that Ye Qiu was angry, and his voice was a little coquettish.
"I'm sorry, Achu, I'm very busy now, I don't have time to talk to you on the phone, I'll call you later, that's all!"
After speaking, Ye Qiu hung up the phone directly, but he couldn't help but laugh hard over there.
Although the players couldn't understand Chinese, they could look at the expressions on their heads, and they were all snickering behind them, but they didn't dare to make a sound.
Everyone knows that whoever speaks out at this time will die!
Huang Chu almost didn't laugh in the taxi, this damn guy is so cautious, and he still learns to hold grudges?
But through the car window, when she saw Ye Qiu who was secretly looking at the taxi from time to time, she couldn't hate it in her heart, on the contrary, she had an indescribable pride, because just now at the airport, she saw with her own eyes how favored Ye Qiu was.
What woman doesn't want her man to be the best and the best?
What woman doesn't want her man to remember her anytime and anywhere? Remembering her?
The bus arrived at the hotel, and Ye Qiu and the players got off one after another.
"Roland, you take the players to settle down, let's go to Old Trafford later to get used to the venue, I have something to do, go out for a while!" Ye Qiu didn't even enter the hotel door, and directly stuffed the suitcase into Roland's hand.
"Don't worry, I know it, leave it to me, you go!" Roland's expression that seemed to be smiling almost hit Ye Qiu.
After sending off the players, Ye Qiu saw Huang Chu already standing there before he reached the gate of the hotel.
The early spring in London is still very cold, Huang Chu is wearing a dark gray cashmere coat, accompanied by a white low-cut round-neck T-shirt, a black warm scarf covering the pink neck and chest, and a pair of yellow slim cotton pants underneath, standing there, with his hands in the pockets of his cashmere coat, looking at Ye Qiu with a smile.
"Didn't you say you weren't available?" Ye Qiu walked over with a smile and came to Huang Chu, with a posture of settling an account.
Huang Chu grinned, put his hands on his chest, pulled the collar of the casual suit on his body for him, and raised his head slightly, "Originally, yes, but for me, what is more important than looking at my fiancé?" ”
Ye Qiu listened, his heart was useful, and with a smile, he grabbed her hand, "Look at you so well-behaved, forget it." ”
Huang Chu also held Ye Qiu's hand tightly, there is a good sentence, Xiao Biesheng is newly married, they haven't seen each other for several days.
Since they have been separated from each other, they have always gathered less and left more, even after they got engaged, they could stay together openly, but Ye Qiu has not been able to take a holiday since the winter break, and the games are one after another, that is, when Huang Chu is on vacation every weekend, he goes to Amsterdam to see him.
Recently, there has been a lot of schoolwork and the hospital is busy, so she hasn't come, and now when they meet, their hearts are hot, and when they look at each other's eyes, they hate each other and can't melt into each other's bodies.
"Where do you live?" Ye Qiu asked with concern.
"That's it." Huang Chu smiled and pointed to the hotel, "Eliza told me, so I specially went to book a room in this hotel......" When she said this, she was already so blushing that she didn't dare to look at Ye Qiu, and quickly looked away.
Ye Qiu is asking about the string song and knows the elegant meaning, and this guy is thick-skinned, anyway, there is no one around, so he got closer, "Then I will come to you secretly at night." "The voice is as low as being a thief.
Huang Chu glared at him coquettishly, but nodded slightly shyly.
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The away game against Manchester United was nowhere near as good as the one at the Arena.
The reason is simple, both sides want to win.
Ajax is currently three points ahead of Manchester United, and if they lose this game, the two sides will return to the same running line, so Ye Qiu attaches great importance to this game at Old Trafford and asks the team to win it with all their might.
Manchester United were already behind and finally got a chance to play at home, and of course they didn't want to lose, so neither side was able to play at Old Trafford as they did at Arena.
Ajax's start is still an attack, and Ye Qiu's strategy is also very clear, using the attack after the opening to frustrate Manchester United's sharpness first, and the Red Devils' midfielder lost Roy? Keane, and although Ajax is missing Abidal and Kifu, Ye Qiu still wants to make Manchester United suffer first.
From Ferguson to replace Roy with Bart? Keane, it is not difficult to see that Veron has been refrigerated by Ferguson, not to say that he has entered the cold palace, but at the very least, Ferguson knows very well in his heart that Veron at this moment is not able to adapt and integrate into Manchester United's system, and he is determined to win this game against Ajax.
But it was Bart's mistake that gave Sneijder a chance, who passed the ball to Van der Vaart, Van der Vaart cut inside and went straight behind him, Ibrahimovic cut past Ferdinand in the penalty area, and volleyed with his right foot, penetrating Butters' goal, 1:0.
That scoreline lasted until half-time and in the second half, United finally showed their strong side, with Alex Ferguson making adjustments at half-time and launching a fierce attack on Ajax at the start of the second half.
In the 53rd minute, Gary? Neville cut in quickly down the right and set up Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the edge of the box, who pulled to the right and knocked it back to David Beckham, who fired a cross into the Ajax six-yard box.
Ruud van Nistelrooy headed in but Van der Sar could have saved the ball and could not have followed Gary? Neville followed up with a missed shot, and the ball went straight to the bottom of the net, 1:1.
After that, the two sides made substitutions one after another, although Ajax was playing away, Ye Qiu had already grasped the weakness of Manchester United, and knew that Bart could not replace Roy? Keane, in the 65th minute, used Yaya? Toure replaced Frenkie de Jong at left-back, strengthening the midfield and attack to put more pressure on United.
United faced Ajax's high defence, Ruud van Nistelrooy was far away from the box, the threat was greatly reduced, and Ferguson also made a series of substitutions to further strengthen the backline.
In the last 20 minutes, Old Trafford became a paradise for Ajax fans, who were smaller but generated more and more noise than Manchester United fans.
But in the end, Ajax still failed to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford, and the 1-1 draw remained until half-time.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the whole Old Trafford stadium was cheered by Ajax fans, although it was only 1-1 away, but Ajax were able to force Manchester United so embarrassed in the last 20 minutes, it was not much different from winning.
If you look at the two-legged match, Ajax beat Manchester United 4-2.
Ye Qiu didn't know what to say, and he didn't pay attention to the fact that in the chairman's stand at Old Trafford, Manchester United's senior management accompanied UEFA President Johansson and Marketing Director Olsen, who watched the game in full view.
Seeing Manchester United being forced so embarrassed by Ajax at their home stadium, Manchester United's management looked embarrassed one by one, and Chairman Edwards smiled embarrassedly at the moment he heard the end whistle, "I didn't expect that this Ajax team is not only outstanding, but also very courageous, no wonder it was able to reach the semi-finals last year." ”
To say that in last year's semi-finals, Ajax played Real Madrid, although Real Madrid entered the final and won the championship, but the whole process was also very dangerous, Ajax almost killed Real Madrid, but the most ruthless Zidane flew out of the sky, like a stroke of genius, helping Real Madrid narrowly defeat Ajax.
That game also made UEFA's heart beat faster, because it was already scary to run a Leverkusen, if there was another Ajax, let the Bundesliga's Leverkusen and the Eredivisie's Ajax gather in the Champions League final, then this starless final, what to rely on to attract the attention of fans?
Listening to Edwards's words, Johnsson and Olsen glanced at each other, and the latter also noticed that Johnsson's eyes were a little different, and waited until Edwards and the others turned around before Johnsson got closer.
"This Ajax team is too young, and the limelight has been too strong lately, so it should be paid proper attention!"
In the final analysis, the Champions League is a game of giants, without Real Madrid, without Bayern Munich, without Manchester United, without these top giants, who else will pay attention to the Champions League? What other sponsors would like to support? How can live broadcasters give so many live broadcast resources?
According to current estimates, the valuation of the Champions League is climbing rapidly, and all of this depends on the stars and giants.
In order to stabilize these giants, UEFA has made non-stop concessions, from the expansion of the Champions League to the reform of the group stage into a knockout round, they are accommodating the giants step by step, because everyone in UEFA knows in their hearts that without the giants, the Champions League will not be able to play at all.
Why is the World Cup getting sluggish and sluggish?
It's because the disparity between strength and weakness is too large, resulting in a game that is not good at all!
But the question is, how do fans and sponsors predict whether the game will look good or not before the game? On what basis?
The number of stars!
Don't blame the reality of this world, and don't blame the cruelty of this world, because this is the rule!
Olsen knows Johansson's strategy very well, in fact, the Champions League is carried forward in the hands of Johansson, especially since 2000, Olsen was introduced to UEFA by his hometown Johansson and took charge of the marketing department, the Champions League has been rising in his hands every year, not only UEFA has benefited very much, but even the club has also eaten and drunk.
Today, UEFA's current CEO, Jihard? Aigner is about to retire, Olsen has been hailed as the most promising successor, and Johansson is undoubtedly the most likely to influence the real power of the chief executive candidate.
Yes, UEFA will do everything possible to take care of the interests of small and medium-sized teams, but that doesn't mean they can affect UEFA's core interests.
After Johansson saw Olsen hear it, he smiled and said to Edwards and others: "This team has a very good head coach, Ye Qiu defeated many giants back then, and finally won the League Cup, is the youngest champion coach in the history of European football, it's not easy!" ”
Edwards also couldn't stop nodding, "It's really not easy, this team is very good both in terms of integrity and the individual strength of the players, and what is even more commendable is that their average age is not high, and they are still improving rapidly." ”
Speaking of which, Edwards sighed, before the season in the Amsterdam Cup, Manchester United had encountered Ajax, but now that he has encountered it again, even if he does not know much about football, he can see that this team has improved a lot compared to the one at the beginning of the season, and the strength has also reached a higher level.
"Maybe this year's Ajax will be last year's Bayer Leverkusen!"
Johansson laughed when he heard this, "Isn't that good?" ”