Qin Xiong was reprimanded by Van Basten!

That was clearly a joke.

He told Qin Xiong: If you want to come to training, go change your clothes, don't train, get out of here, don't disturb other players.

Qin Xiong went to the first-team locker room to change his jersey and then participated in the training of the reserve team.

With Qin Xiong's joining, the training atmosphere of the reserve team has become a lot more active, but Qin Xiong just experienced a big battle last night, and he came to train mainly to recover, and he will not work particularly hard.

During a break in the training session, he learned from his friends in the reserve team about the results of several upsets in the Champions League quarter-finals.

In this regard, Qin Xiong and his teammates didn't care about and understand it at all after last night's game.

Porto knocked out Manchester United.

Deportivo La Coruna knocked out Juventus.

In comparison, Ajax's elimination of Arsenal was not a particularly surprising upset.

Bayern Munich's defeat to Real Madrid must have been considered normal by many before the game.

The quarterfinals of the Champions League are out.

Ajax, Porto, Deportivo La Coruna, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Lyon, Monaco.

When today's football media interprets the probability of the top eight teams winning the title, Ajax is listed as the fourth favorite.

At the top of the list is defending champions AC Milan, followed by Real Madrid, third, and Ajax.

Deportivo La Coruna, Monaco, Porto, Lyon, in terms of fame and heritage, are slightly inferior to the top four.

The results of the draw for the quarter-finals will be held in the evening.

Qin Xiong's mentality is very stable now, and he doesn't care who he draws.

The reserve was led by Van Basten. The Reserve League and Cup go hand in hand. The momentum is unstoppable. Qin Xiong is also happy for his friends who worked hard in the reserves, such as Deridel and Lindgren, and he kept cheering them on at the end of training.

And Lindgren and they agreed with Qin Xiong: see you in the first team!

Qin Xiong doesn't know if this agreement will come true one day, at least this season is unlikely.

When they returned to Ward Street in the evening, the three old men, Lut Manson, De Coyze, and Pister, prepared a sumptuous dinner and entertained Qin Xiong as if they were welcoming the return of a hero. He felt a little flattered.

In De Coize's small restaurant, Qin Xiong met several Chinese journalists from China's major sports media outlets in Europe.

When they saw Qin Xiong, they came up and asked for an interview, and Qin Xiong solemnly told them that he was now declining an interview.

Freddie intervened with the reporters, explaining why Qin Xiong was reluctant to be interviewed, leaving their contact information, promising that Qin Xiong would take the initiative to contact them when the time was right. But if he doesn't cooperate, Qin Xiong won't be interviewed in the future.

Seeing Qin Xiong's resolute attitude. The reporters went home.

Qin Xiong didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble, and God knows if the words that came out of his mouth would be misinterpreted, which might bring trouble to the club and himself.

In particular, he is most afraid of facing the question now: will you still play for Ajax next season?

How to answer that?

Qin Xiong couldn't make a promise, so an ambiguous answer would create a storm.

Having dinner with the three old men and Freddy, the three old men were in high spirits and sang Dutch folk songs.

Qin Xiong was attracted to attention after the quarterfinals draw began on television.

The Champions League quarter-finals were soon revealed, and Ajax had good luck.

AC Milan vs Deportivo La Coruna.

Porto vs Lyon.

Real Madrid vs Monaco.

Ajax v Chelsea.

It's going to be England again, and it's all London!

Compared with the results of the round of 16 after the draw was announced, teammates called one after another to discuss, this time it was very calm, Qin Xiong did not receive text messages or phone calls from his teammates, and it seems that everyone's mentality has quietly changed in the past three months.

Freddie ate and drank to his heart's content, picked up a napkin to wipe his hands, and whispered to Qin Xiong: "Today I received a call from the United Kingdom. ”

"Huh? Don't sell it. ”

"Arsenal vice-president Dane called me and invited me to his house."

Qin Xiong's face was thoughtful.

Obviously, such a guest invitation will not be to talk about the wind and snow, but definitely to talk about the transfer of players.

Qin Xiong asked, "Did you agree?" ”

Freddie shook his head with a solemn expression and said seriously: "You have an agreement with Ajax in the past, and although this kind of thing of playing side kicks in the transfer market and bypassing the club's early negotiations is commonplace in European football and belongs to the unspoken rules, you, as an outsider, should still be cautious in this regard and not make mistakes." The most important point is that Arsenal wants you, you want to go to Arsenal or not, I don't know yet, of course I can't say yes to him. ”

Qin Xiong nodded, this is indeed the truth.

Freddie was thoughtful.

He pondered for a moment and then shook his head and said, "Now is not the time to think about these things, the more you think about it, the more distracted you will become." ”

Freddie patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "Well, you don't have to think about it, I'll just tell you some important information, other things, you don't have to worry about it for the time being, concentrate on the game, Ajax has reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and if you go further, I guarantee that you can go to a more ideal club than Ajax in the summer." ”

There is bad news from the Ajax hierarchy.

The protagonist is Louis van Gaal.

After his team reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, he announced in a high-profile manner: Ajax will reach the Champions League semi-finals every five years on average!

This is already a very low standard compared to Ajax ten years ago.

But it is more in line with the positioning of Ajax today.

As the strategic architect of the club, Van Gaal's statement and goals have not been recognized by the top.

Even Koeman was not on Van Gaal's side.

The players don't know what's going on at the top, and they even have to learn about the story at the top of the club from the media coverage.

The board has been portrayed as short-sighted and uninterested in Van Gaal's "grandiose" goals.

Obviously, to reach the Champions League semi-finals every 5 years on average, the requirements for the team's strength will be higher, and the Champions League stage, it is not that you have the strength, you will definitely be able to reach the semi-finals.

It takes your long-term stability and strong strength as a backing to make it possible.

In other words, ask for money!

If you don't have money, you can't buy good players, and you can't keep good players with high salaries.

The reason why Van Gaal threw out such a statement at this time.

Because he sees the potential of this group of Ajax players, he is actually reminding the club that by spending money to keep players and strengthen the squad, Ajax may be able to recreate the glory of ten years ago.

It's a pity that the club's hierarchy can understand Van Gaal's subtext, but they can't risk going crazy with him.

This frustrated Louis van Gaal, who travelled to England at the weekend to watch Chelsea play.

Nominally inspecting the opponent, but Fleet Street revealed that Chelsea owner Abnieri was not very interested in Ranieri and had already thought of changing the coach, and it was not Van Gaal who took the initiative to go to Stamford Bridge to watch the game, but was invited by Abu, and it is clear that Van Gaal is a member of Chelsea's selection range.

In fact, last summer, when Chelsea owner Abramova took over Stamford Bridge, there was a scandal between Chelsea and Ajax.

Abou revolutionised football at Stamford Bridge after buying Chelsea, throwing money at it and listing a lengthy list of acquisitions.

On that, naturally, there are Ajax geniuses, such as Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart.

However, Chelsea have committed public anger in European football, they lure players with high salaries, and at the same time make a lot of offers, not forced buys, but better than forced buys, which have caused panic and anger among the major European giants, including Ajax, many teams are hostile and wary of Chelsea.

Louis van Gaal's visit to Stamford Bridge became the trigger for an irreparable feud between him and the club's hierarchy.

What the Ajax hierarchy is worried about is: whether Van Gaal will surrender to Chelsea, and the accompanying name is the star of Ajax!

Van Gaal could not tolerate the ignorance and short-sightedness of the Ajax hierarchy.

Things are moving so quickly that when Ajax took on Roda JC on Sunday, the day after Louis van Gaal went to Stamford Bridge to watch the game, the official Ajax website announced: Van Gaal will leave at the end of the season! (To be continued......)