The weather in England is as unpredictable as a woman's mood.

It was still sunny just now, but in the blink of an eye, it was dark clouds and drizzling, although it added a layer of hazy beauty to the stands at Old Trafford, but in the end it still made people feel oppressive.

finally ushered in a Champions League final, how Ye Qiu wished it was sunny and good weather, but who knew that it was raining.

"Be familiar with the field, especially the width and crosses, practice more" Ye Qiu reminded the players who were familiar with the field.

Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium is designed according to Manchester United's tactical style, and if you look at the field, Ajax will definitely be more suitable for this field than Real Madrid, because Ajax's tactical style is in a way closer to Manchester United, faster, more direct and more impactful, and the wings are sharp.

Strictly speaking, this season's Real Madrid and the Real Madrid team that eliminated Ajax in the semifinals last season have not changed much, but there is one more Ronaldo on the front line, and Ye Qiu can guess Real Madrid's main lineup almost without hesitation.

Goalkeeper Casillas, Robert Carlos, Elguera, Hierro and Salgado in the back, Guti and Makelele in the midfield, Zidane, Raul and Figo in front, Ronaldo in front.

The strengths and weaknesses of Real Madrid's squad are very obvious, the advantage is that the attack is excellent, this team has a shocking attacking ability, mercury is average, and each of them is a star with very outstanding individual ability.

But the flaw is also obvious, that is, their defense is barely only four people, Salgado, Hierro, Elgra and Makellele, this is already the consensus of everyone, and many people also know that Real Madrid's defense is very weak, but it can't stop their attack.

To be honest, Ye Qiu is not very afraid of Real Madrid, because he almost overturned the boat in the gutter last season, and he knows very well that Real Madrid's strength is strong in the attack, and Ajax's strength is strong in the integrity of the team.

In other words, if Ajax wants to beat Real Madrid, they can only hope to play more ensemble.

As long as they can block Real Madrid's attack, with Real Madrid's backline, Ajax's trident can definitely destroy them completely, because this season Hierro has been old, and his performance is becoming less and less ideal, he is a hidden danger in Real Madrid's backline, after all, he is 35 years old, and no matter how good a player is, he will go downhill

Offense is not a problem, Ajax's defense is Ye Qiu's biggest concern, and how to limit Real Madrid's attack is an important key to whether Ajax can win this game.

In this regard, Ye Qiu has been practicing targeted tactical training since he advanced to the final, but now it is an open adaptation field training, of course Ye Qiu will not take it out, but just let the players get familiar with everything at Old Trafford as much as possible, so that the team can enter the game faster.

And this game Ajax is not completely without advantages, because they won the Eredivisie championship two rounds in advance, Ye Qiu has plenty of time to adjust the physical fitness of the players, and Real Madrid is still one point behind Real Sociedad, they have to fight for the championship, so in terms of physical fitness, Ajax will have more advantages.

"Head" Ibrahimovic took advantage of a practice opportunity and secretly ran to Ye Qiu's side.

"Why?" Ye Qiu withdrew from his thoughts.

"Look," the Swedish centre-forward gestured to the second level of the stands, and then quickly ran back to training

Ye Qiu first noticed the snickering expressions of the players, and then turned to look at the stands in the distance, he found that Huang Chu and Eliza led a group of people to watch them train in the stands, including Ye Qiu's parents, Huang Chu's parents and Chen Zhong.

"This group of stinky boys" Ye Qiu of course knew what the players were laughing at, and he also laughed and scolded, and quickly ran to the stands.

Huang Jinsong and his wife have been on vacation in Europe recently, after taking care of the Zhang family's affairs, he now has no worries, although he still has the title of chairman of Huangtian Group, but the leadership has basically transitioned to Chen Zhong's hands, and now his most important task is to accompany his wife Chu Yun to travel everywhere, and he is to marry his daughter in a beautiful way.

When he arrived in Europe, he really felt how much influence Ye Qiu had in this land, whether they went to Greece, Italy, or Sweden, they could hear the people there, the newspapers there were discussing Ajax, discussing the magical and young head coach Ye Qiu.

This made him further convinced that his daughter's choice of Ye Qiu was not wrong, but he was too lacking in foresight at the beginning

"Don't bother you, do you?" Huang Jinsong saw Ye Qiu running over and asked with a smile.

"In-laws, you are really, you came to see him, this kid is going to die of joy, how can he bother?" Zhang Yuxiu said on the side.

Huang Jinsong was very polite to Ye Qiu's parents, smiled and nodded, just looking at Ye Qiu.

Huang Chu, who was standing beside Huang Jinsong, also pounced on Ye Qiu, and his eyes couldn't leave him for half a moment.

"It's nothing, it's just general training." Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head, "When did you guys come?" ”

"Not long after I arrived, I went to the hotel to see the room, and after putting down my luggage, I heard that you were here, so we followed." Huang Jinsong said with a smile, Ye Qiu is still very respectful of the elderly, knowing that they are coming, he specially fought for two more rooms for them through the relationship of the club, otherwise, with the current tight housing in Manchester, he doesn't want to have a room to live in, even in the suburbs, which shows how influential this final is.

"How's the preparation?" Chen Zhong on the side asked Ye Qiu with a smile, he is also a fan, not to mention how excited he is to be able to watch such a final in person, one of which is his friend and future brother-in-law.

"Everything that should be prepared is ready, just wait for the whistle to blow for the game," Ye Qiu said with a confident smile.

"Then I wish you a successful start" Huang Jinsong gave Ye Qiu a thumbs up and congratulated.

"Xie Lu Xie" Ye Qiu politely thanked and turned to Huang Chu, "I'll go to the press conference later, and I guess I won't be able to go back until later." ”

Huang Chu knew what he meant, "I know what he meant, you go, I will deal with it."

After Ye Qiu waved goodbye to them, he didn't stay long, turned around and ran towards the court, his players and assistants were still waiting for him.

Looking at Ye Qiu on the field from afar, he was seriously directing the assistants and players, arranging the training and the layout of the training program, and although he was only familiar with the field training, there were still many reporters and fans who came to the Old Trafford stadium, which made Huang Jinsong and Ye Changming feel proud and proud

"You have an amazing son," Huang Jinsong smiled at Ye Changming.

"He's also your son-in-law," Ye Changming also said with a smile.

After the two looked at each other, they all laughed in unison, only Huang Chu was teased by them, and with a little shyness, he took his mother Chu Yun's hand and looked at Ye Qiu in the distance, and his heart was also full of satisfaction and pride.

According to UEFA rules, the head coach of both sides has to hold a press conference before the game, and there is also a press conference after the game, which is the duty of the head coach, and failure to participate will be punished by UEFA.

Although it was a final, the two sides had already staggered the time and held a press conference each.

And in the eyes of media people, this is another invisible war.

Don't underestimate this kind of pre-match press conference, because every word and action of the head coach here may be infinitely amplified by the media, and even if the head coach accidentally says the wrong word, it may be amplified and deliberately misunderstood by the media, which will lead to damage to the team's morale.

There are countless such cases, so the press conference before the game, especially the press conference for the Champions League final, is more serious, and Ye Qiu communicated with the press officer of Ajax before to determine the process of the press conference.

As soon as he came up, Ye Qiu took the lead in introducing Ajax's preparations, including the team's current situation of injured players.

Since Ajax took charge of the team in Ye Qiu, he has attached great importance to the prevention and detection of injuries, especially in the past two years, in cooperation with Adidas, the introduction of some advanced testing equipment, and the injuries of players have been effectively prevented.

Of course, no one would be stupid enough to really reveal all their family backgrounds, Ye Qiu only briefly introduced, and the press conference automatically entered the questioning process, and the first to ask questions was of course the Amsterdam Evening Post, which is close to Ajax, which is a newspaper that supports Ajax.

"What do you think of the opponent in this match?" Ye Qiu smiled and repeated the question of the Amsterdam Evening Post reporter, "I think Real Madrid is a very, very good team, in this team, there is a group of top superstars, they all have outstanding strength, so, in the face of such a team, we can only arrange our best players, and strive to play our best level." ”

"Mr. Ye Qiu, in the semi-finals last season, Ajax's opponent was also Real Madrid, do you think that if you meet again in the final this year, will the loss last season affect your team?" The Kyodo Daily reporter then asked questions.

Ye Qiu shook his head, "No, you also said that it was last season, a year ago, my team has made a lot of progress in the past year, and each of us is full of confidence, because we are very well prepared." ”

"Those two semi-finals last season gave us a certain understanding of Real Madrid, and even though this is the final and the pressure will be greater, we are not worried at all because we came to Old Trafford with only one purpose, which is to bring the St. Bolder Cup back to Amsterdam and this is my mission"

The reporters at the scene did not have much reaction to Ye Qiu's words, because this is what all the head coaches will say before the game, is it difficult for them to say that we are not here to win the championship, but to participate?

Don't be stupid, they all reached the finals, but it's still important to participate?

"Mr. Ye Qiu" A reporter stood up and introduced himself as the Spanish newspaper As, "Everyone says that Ajax is the best team in the Champions League this season, and you have the strongest attacking ability, but I want to ask, against the star-studded Real Madrid, will you and your team still adopt the very offensive tactics of the past?" ”

Ye Qiu motioned for the reporter to sit down, there were many reporters and TV organizations from all over the world, he knew very well that his every word and deed, every move would be filmed, and it would become an important section and cover of the TV stations of various countries tonight and the newspapers of various countries tomorrow, so he was a little cautious today, and even the clothes he was wearing were specially selected by Eliza.

Sometimes thinking about it, Ye Qiuzhen felt that without Eliza, he would definitely not be able to cope with this kind of scene.

'First of all, I think the performance in the Champions League in the last year is completely different from tomorrow night's final, there is no need to mix them up, and as for the tactics we will adopt tomorrow night, I am sure that we will not give up the style that the team has built up over the last three years, and that is the guarantee that we will win.

'Real Madrid are really good, they have a lot of superstars, but they are not invincible, they have Ronaldo, we have Ibrahimovic, they have Zidane, we have Sneijder, they have Figo, we have Arjen Robben, they have captain Raul, we have Van der Vaart, so I don't think there's anything different about Real Madrid and the big opponents we've faced in the past.

When Ye Qiu said this, there was incomparable confidence in his expression, so that people couldn't see even a little cowardice in his eyes, and people could easily feel his firm confidence in his players.

'In the Champions League, we beat one big opponent after another and we finally got to Old Trafford, Real Madrid will be our next opponent to beat, I never doubt that'

Ye Qiu's words immediately caused an uproar among reporters and the media, he was too confident, and it sounded a bit loud.

But that's understandable, as Ajax have really done really well in the Champions League this season.

"Mr. Ye Qiu, can you tell me more specifically, why are you so confident that your team will definitely be able to beat Real Madrid?" Another reporter stood up

Ye Qiu smiled again after hearing this, and thought for a moment, "You know, Real Madrid's team emblem has a crown on it, which represents their glory, they are royal canonized, with an aristocratic temperament admired by thousands of people, and we are Ajax, a barbarian hero from Homer's epic." ”

"They represent elegant and unhurried gentlemen, they advocate artistic football that can be framed into a perfect oil painting and hung on the wall, while we represent tenacity and fighting spirit, we have no elegance, no calm, only hard work and blood, and this is our most powerful weapon to defeat Real Madrid."

Ye Qiu's words immediately received applause from a large group of reporters at the scene, because these words neither belittled Real Madrid, nor did they make Ajax look inferior, because from his words, everyone could hear that this was not about strength and status, but about the difference in the concept of pursuit.

Of course, there is no way to tell others why he thinks he can beat Real Madrid, but everyone has to admit that what Real Madrid lacks is hard work and blood, and many of their games seem to be even a little lazy, because they have won enough honors, but Ajax has not won the slightest honor, and everyone is full of hunger for the Champions League.

"Mr. Ye Qiu" Another reporter stood up, "A newspaper close to Real Madrid revealed that I heard that you have been included in the shortlist for Real Madrid's manager next season, and Florentino intends to invite you to take charge of Real Madrid, what do you personally think about this?" With that, the reporter sat down.

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, "I heard that Real Madrid has always only introduced the best ones."

These words immediately made everyone present laugh again, Ye Qiu was laughing at himself, he was not the best head coach.

'I think Mr. Bosque has done a pretty good job, he's the best manager for Real Madrid and I really admire what he's achieved with Real Madrid over the last few years, it's not easy, it's hard for anyone to do that.

After a pause, Ye Qiu's words changed, "I haven't received any news and invitations related to Real Madrid for the time being, and I haven't met Mr. Florentino, for me now, the most important thing is this game tomorrow night, no one or anything can affect my determination and fighting spirit to win this championship."

In this way, Ajax's press officer was just right to announce the end of the press conference after answering the question.

This also made Ye Qiu secretly pinch a cold sweat, dealing with this group of reporters made him feel more uncomfortable than letting him command the last game, because this group of guys was almost pervasive, as long as a little flaw was exposed, he could dig to the death.

But even if Ye Qiu had done a good job, this group of reporters still published all kinds of eye-catching news the next day, such as what Ye Qiu satirized Real Madrid, Ye Qiu vowed to defeat Real Madrid, and so on.

Ajax officials did not give clarification on this, because any explanation now may weaken the morale of their own team, so Ye Qiu announced that everyone was forbidden to be interviewed by reporters without permission from the moment he arrived in Manchester, even the closest media.

Sometimes, he had to admire a sentence that the Ajax press officer had said to him.

"In Europe, journalists are very good at using the means to create the right war, at the right time"

The so-called war, in fact, refers to the press conference or the face of reporters and the media, known as the invisible war, which seems to have nothing to do with the team's combat effectiveness, but in fact it is closely related.

Sometimes Ye Qiu thinks about it, he is still a little tender, a little humble and unique to Orientals, unlike Mourinho in his previous life, sometimes he wishes he had Mourinho's eloquence.

Oh, by the way, I heard that Mourinho led Porto to win the UEFA Cup, the Portuguese Super League, and the Portuguese Cup this year, creating the so-called miniature version of the treble.

As for whether he will meet this opponent in the future, Ye Qiu really has some expectations