On a sunny day with clear skies and cloudless skies, Ajax quietly started their pre-season training camp.

In the first class on the first day, everyone at Ajax came to Detokmoste in advance, because it was still this group of people, but a new Van der Sar had been added, but Van der Sar had already communicated privately with Ye Qiu last night, and he was full of gratitude for Ye Qiu appointing him as the captain of the team.

A person who was not welcomed at Juventus, and was even nailed to the pillar of shame of parallel goods, after returning to Ajax, was promoted to the captain of the team by Ye Qiu, just for this kindness, Van der Sar really didn't know what to say, so his mood was always only moved and grateful.

Therefore, on the first day of the training camp, Van der Sar arrived in the dressing room early, changed his clothes and prepared everything.

Check gloves, shin guards, uniforms...... Van der Sar checked everything he was doing as a goalkeeper as if he was waiting for not a training session but a UEFA Champions League final, very serious and very focused.

The locker room was filled with players one after another, and they all noticed Van der Sar's actions and were a little surprised.

"Training sessions are more important than competitions, so if you don't even do a good training session, you must be terrible when it comes to competitions!" Van der Sar looked up at his teammates and grinned when he saw his teammates all looking at him.

Maybe it was because of listening to Van der Sar's words, or maybe he was by his side, and unconsciously, when the other players were ready, they were also very serious, well-organized, and there was no casualness on weekdays.

Gilberto? Silva walked into the dressing room and was immediately greeted by several members of the team.

After Grim's departure, the Brazilian midfielder was seen by many as one of the three favourites for captaincy, the other two being Van der Vaart and Kiv, but the latter two players are younger, only Gilberto? Silva has enough quality, and his age of 24 makes him mature and stable enough.

I believe that at this moment, many people are worried about whether the Brazilian defender, who has lost the captain's armband, will give the new captain Van der Sar a dismount? Or will the two compete?

"Hello, Gilberto, I'm Edwin? Edwin! Van der Sar stood up and reached out from afar.

Gilberto? Silva is not very good at words on weekdays, nodded lightly, and shook hands with Van der Sar, "Hello, Edwin!" ”

"You speak Dutch very well!" Van der Sar laughed.

Gilberto? Silva smiled, "I was forced by the head, and at that time he said that if he didn't learn, he wouldn't be allowed to play, so he could only learn hard!" ”

Van der Saha smiled, "Learning Dutch, living in Amsterdam is more convenient and beneficial, you can come to me at any time for anything in the future, and I also hope to have the opportunity to talk to you!" ”

Ye Qiu returned from vacation the day before yesterday and reported to the team to Gilberto? Silva had spoken, and he had spoken to Gilberto? Silva said that he already had the right person for the captain's armband, that is, Van der Sar, and he also explained the reasons why he chose Van der Sar, and Gilberto? Silva will serve as the team's vice-captain.

This is a way of communication between Ye Qiu and the players.

He could have said it later, for example, after the team's training camp, but he chose to make a statement to Gilberto ahead of the announcement. Players with an interest in the captaincy, such as Silva, Van der Vaart and Kivo, make it clear that this represents his honesty and importance towards the players, and if it is announced later, the effect is completely different.

Of course, Ye Qiu wasn't worried about what would happen to the players, but he still didn't want any unhappiness between himself and the players, as well as between the harmonious locker room, because of this incident.

"Why don't we have a good talk during the lunch break!" Gilberto? Silva suggested.

Van der Sar nodded, "Okay! He was glad in his heart.

Seeing the two talking happily, the players were more or less relieved, no one wanted someone in the locker room to form a gang, forcing them to stand in line one by one, and everyone wanted the locker room to be more harmonious and united.

It didn't take long for Van der Vaart, Kivo, Ibrahimovic and other players to arrive in the dressing room one after another.

Every time a team-mate walks into the dressing room, Van der Sar will take the initiative to greet him, communicate with each other kindly, and have some more superficial conversations, after all, this is the first time they have met.

"Okay, guys, hurry up and get ready, wake up, this is our first appearance in the new season, it's time to play!" When the time was almost up, Van der Sar clapped his hands vigorously and motioned for his teammates to hurry up and prepare.

Not long after, Van der Sar walked ahead, and led this group of first-team players out of the locker room one after another, and came to the comprehensive training area of the first-team team.

Seeing the players walk out of the locker room on time, Ye Qiu nodded with satisfaction, looked at Van der Sar, and was very satisfied with the veteran's performance, at least on the surface, the communication and communication between him and his teammates were very good.

The players stood neatly in three rows in front of Ye Qiu, all looking at the head coach, waiting for the lecture.

"The pleasant holiday is over, everyone, welcome back to the devil's purgatory!"

Ye Qiu's first sentence made all the players present can't help but laugh, because the season is indeed purgatory for them.

For up to 10 months, they can't afford to slack off, every day except for games and training, everything has to be on the premise of ensuring team results and performances, and whoever performs badly will be on the bench or even leave the team after the season, which puts a lot of competitive pressure on every player.

"First of all, I have to give everyone a positive thing, I was quite happy with your performance last season!"

Speaking of this, Ye Qiu also noticed the expressions of several players, nodded and smiled, "Yes, it's just quite satisfied, the reason why we can't be more satisfied is mainly because we didn't win the Eredivisie championship!" ”

It's a pain in the hearts of all Ajax players, especially for this group of young players, it was the first time they were so close to a professional league title, but they were just one step away from being able to grab it in their hands, and the feeling of watching their opponents snatch it from their hands was as painful as ripping their flesh.

"I'm sure everyone won't be willing to accept that kind of defeat, so I also believe that everyone must feel the same as me, not satisfied with last season's results, even if we won the League Cup, but we also lost the Eredivisie title, the former is our glory, but the latter is our shame!"

The more Ye Qiu spoke, the more serious he became, and the players became more and more angry.

"I said that the shame of last season, we must completely wash away the new season, I want you to kick PSV Eindhoven off the Eredivisie championship, I want you to completely end Eindhoven's domination of the Eredivisie, I want you to work together to create a new dynasty of Ajax, so that the Eredivisie will start this season and enter the era of your rule!"

Ye Qiu's words made all the players present raise their heads and chests one by one, and they looked like they were full of fighting spirit.

"I have summing up the reasons for the failure last season, there are several, the first of them is that we have conceded too many points, the league is a long battle, we have to maintain a strong fighting force in this long confrontation process, so all your players are vital and indispensable for us at Ajax!"

"So I want all of you to have a sense in your mind that in our team, in a long season, no one is indispensable to the team, because everyone is indispensable, and no one can put the individual above the whole, because only by the whole can we go to the bottom."

'There's no main player and no substitutes, everybody is the main player, everyone can be a substitute, and as long as you put in enough effort and enough performance, then you will have a chance to play the main team, and that's what I wanted to say to you before the season, and in this long season, I will also select players according to that standard.

After a pause, Ye Qiu swept past the players one by one, "What I want to build is a team that is hungry for games, victories, and championships, and every player who makes up this team must have these spirits, otherwise, he will not deserve to stay at Ajax, no matter who he is!" ”

All the players on the scene heard Ye Qiu's solemn reprimand, and they all knew in their hearts that the head coach's emphasis on discipline was to remind them once again that none of them were indispensable to the team.

This is necessary because after the excellent performance of the team last season, there are already several players who are clearly regarded as future hopefuls, and have been widely recorded by the European media, and they are already considered stars, and such players can easily become loose and affect the team if they are not re-imposed on them.

After slapping a big stick on the player's head, Ye Qiu also wanted to ease the atmosphere.

"Next, I'll talk about the training schedule in a minute!"

"Wait until you warm up, each of you go to that room over there." Ye Qiu pointed to a room next to the gym downstairs in the first team training building, "From today onwards, you must go to that room every day to let the physical trainer Peter?" Mr. Brandt will conduct a physical examination for you. ”

"This kind of physical examination is a bit more troublesome, but it can help you avoid injuries as much as possible!"

As soon as the players heard this, their eyes immediately lit up, even young people like Van der Vaart welcomed Ye Qiu's request very much, because Van der Vaart himself lost his main position due to injury.

And, as a professional footballer, everyone knows that injuries are the biggest enemy of any professional footballer.

In order to introduce such a system, Ye Qiu spent more than one million euros to introduce from the United States, I heard that there are many clubs in the NBA, football and baseball and other American professional leagues that use this type of system, the difference is only that each has its own specialization, such as Ajax, there are more young players, and it is necessary to detect some data that other players with more adult players do not need to detect, which will be more troublesome, but it can protect players in a targeted manner.

"The other thing is, will our captain be Edwin in the new season? Van der Sar, Gilberto? Silva is the vice-captain of the team! Ye Qiu announced this new appointment, "I hope that the captain and vice captain can lead by example and better lead and unite the team, I believe that under the leadership of the captain and vice captain, the dressing room of Ajax will be more united!" ”

Gilberto? Silva, Van der Vaart and Kifu are the three most promising contenders for the captaincy, especially Gilberto? Silva is regarded as the number one favorite for the captain, and after being handled by Ye Qiu, this appointment was not embarrassed in the slightest, and passed directly.

Besides, Van der Sar's reputation is there, even if his performance at Juventus is sluggish, but his status and influence are obviously higher than all the players, if he is not the captain, who can convince him?

Seeing that no one had an opinion, Ye Qiu waved his hand, and everyone went to the testing room to find Peter? Brandt went.

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Goalkeeper from Fred? Grim for Edwin? Van der Sar, the changes to Ajax's defensive system are obvious, especially the interaction between the goalkeeper and the backline.

Van der Sar is a scavenger goalkeeper with a strong possession of the ball, so his skill and passing ability ensure that he can be the first target of defenders when they are pressed, as evidenced by his high success rate when he plays a wall role in the Ajax first team.

If you analyze it carefully, the wall-maker in the wall game can't stick to the ball, and must touch the ball with one foot, which is very similar to the situation of the goalkeeper when he is forced by the front, and Van der Sar's one-touch ability is very good.

In the past, Ajax's central defender combination of Kifu and Lucio, both players have strong technical skills.

Kifu is characterized by his excellent ability to play the ball and a certain amount of organization, which has something to do with the fact that he has played in midfield, but he is shorter, fast, likes to grab, and is also relatively young now, and is in the stage of rapid progress of training and experience, so there are occasionally some mistakes.

Lucio, on the other hand, is a combination of angels and devils, and he can bring qualitative leaps to the team's attack and defense, but his mistakes often send the team to hell, but after a season of training in the Eredivisie and UEFA Cup, Lucio's improvement is obvious.

In a year's time, it is impossible to make two players transform, so Ye Qiu wants to try to let Van der Sar command the team's backline defense, because his position is the deepest, and his vision is also the best in the team.

And Ye Qiu is still thinking that Kiv, Lucio and Van der Sar are all the kind of players who have excellent ball ability, and Kiv and Van der Sar's long passing skills are very solid, Ajax is in the tactical system, can it form a backcourt ball control and long pass counterattack mechanism around them?

Of course, Ye Qiu does not want to transfer the core of ball control to the backfield, it is impossible, because a very important part of high defense is that once the team presses, the ball control area should maintain a direct threat to the opponent's 30-meter area, that is, to control the ball in the 30-meter area.

Ye Qiu's idea is that when the team's attack is frustrated, there can be a stable receiving point behind him, and after the central defender and goalkeeper reorganize, then send the ball forward, which can ensure Ajax's possession and secondary attack, and at the same time, when defending the counterattack, Kifu and Van der Sar's long passes must be able to create a threat.

However, in order to do this, it will undoubtedly take time and practice.

Integration is based on mutual understanding, if you don't understand, what kind of integration can we talk about?

When Ye Qiu shared his thoughts with the rest of the coaching staff, they all felt that this would be a very bold but potentially unexpected effect, because in this way, Ajax have solid possession points on all three lines, which can bring a huge improvement to the team's overall control.

After the final of the League Cup, Ye Qiu has more trust in McConn, he decided to use McCone in the right-back position in the new season, and promote the Brazilian to be the main force, and Ye Qiu is also looking forward to it, whether it is McCone + Van der Vaart, or McCone + Van der Meyde, Ajax's right side will become a highlight of the team's attack in the new season.

If the right side is the area where the team has the most attacking momentum, then the left side is a special one.

The winger on the left side is Robben, Robben is a player who has a very strong ability to fight alone, and his individual assault ability cannot find a second person to compete in the Eredivisie, but the full-back Abidal has an excellent one-on-one defense, and the sense of position has improved significantly in the past two years, but the contribution on the offensive side is very small, inserting more is a strategy, and passing the ball is more of a short pass to teammates.

In this case, it is important to have a player like Keita who can go up and down, attack and defend on the left side, because he can connect the gap between Abidal and Robben very well, covering the space between the left half from the penalty area to the penalty area, whether it is attacking or defending, he has enough ability to complete the task.

If the right side is stormy, lightning and thunder, then the left side is as steady as a rock and solid as gold; If the right side is the main attack, then the left side is the main press.

As for the middle, Ibrahimovic, Sneijjder, Gilberto? Silva, Lucio, Kivor and Van der Sar, this central axis will connect more of the tactical system of the entire Ajax team, whether it is left or right, it needs to be integrated into the middle to play the most powerful.

Ye Qiu has undoubtedly successfully created a new framework for Ajax, and now what he needs to do is to constantly adjust and improve a series of details under this framework, so as to stimulate the team's stronger combat effectiveness.