The Ajax chairman's office was placed next to the window on the second floor of the west stand of the Arena Stadium.

Van Praag did not go to the home of the second team to watch the cup game, although it was only two or three minutes from here to the home of the second team, but he still sat in his office, closed the doors and windows, and the sound of the TV was loud and loud.

He was afraid, even he could see that he was afraid!

Originally, he was supposed to support Ye Qiu, he was really optimistic about Ye Qiu, especially in the past few months, after Ye Qiu kept showing eye-catching abilities, he really admired this young man very much.

But he didn't dare to go, because he was afraid!

The night at the Arena Stadium made him feel an unprecedented fear, and he even had a feeling that if the fans could not give a satisfactory answer, the tens of thousands of people would overthrow the Arena Stadium, and they might rush into the stadium office and tear him to shreds.

On that snowy day in January 1989, after years of turmoil at Ajax, after Cruyff announced that he was leaving the team, even the re-introduction of the meritorious coach Michels could not save Ajax, he resolutely responded to the call of the fans and stepped into the shoes of his father Jaap? Van Praag's footsteps.

At that time, he was seen as a savior by Ajax fans, and he did not disappoint Ajax fans for long, and in 1991, he resolutely chose Louis van Gaal to replace Leao who left Madrid. Ben Hack and gave the 40-year-old academy manager a lot of power and space.

Louis van Gaal did not disappoint him, and then Ajax ushered in a resurgence of the dynasty, all the way to the top of the Europa League.

It can be said that Van Praag was ambitious and ambitious at that time, he hoped to be able to take Ajax to a new height in history like his father, and he was even thinking about building Ajax into the best football club in the world, because Ajax was full of talent at that time.

Unexpectedly, the impact of the Boseman Act completely shattered his career, his dreams, and everything!

One by one, the players left, the club's finances deteriorated, the anger and dissatisfaction of the fans grew, all of which made him feel overwhelmed, but he still didn't give up, he still persevered.

Sending Olsen away, he had to make a choice, he decided to send Leo away like in 1991? Ben Hack was like that, bet!

Thus, Van Gaal in 1991 became Waters in 1999.

He was lucky because he won the bet on Van Gaal, but in 1999 he was unfortunate because he lost the bet on Waters.

Willing to gamble and lose, this is a quality that a gambler must have, so Van Praag has never complained, but losing the biggest bet in his life made him feel as if he had been drained of everything.

Suffering from gains and losses, hesitation, and anxiety...... All the emotions that I didn't have when I was young actually appeared.

Sometimes, Van Praag can't help but ask himself, what the hell is wrong?

No one could give him an answer, not even himself!

It's like today, sitting in the office, listening to the sound of TV that is almost deafening to his ears, he doesn't know why he wants to do this, but he is afraid!

He was afraid to hear the angry roars and curses of the fans from the stadium not far away; He was afraid that Ye Qiu's team would lose miserably under the iron heel of Eindhoven and lose decently; He was even more scared, the only thing he could still pin on Ye Qiu, who had a little hope, finally made him completely desperate.

Sometimes, people run away not because of despair, but because there is hope!

Van Praag sat in his office, he wasn't watching TV, because he didn't like to watch boring TV shows, and if he had the choice, he would rather watch a boring football game than watch it for a minute.

So, he watched the TV absentmindedly, but from time to time he raised his head and glanced at the wall clock on the wall.

"Half should be over, right?" Van Praag's heart tugged at him for no reason.

He didn't dare to think about what happened next, because he was afraid that he had guessed wrong.

Sometimes people are really stupid, like Van Praag is now, he will feel that the later he learns the Tao, the longer he can keep this hope in his heart a little longer, even if it is only a little bit.

At that moment, there was a brief silence on the TV, and Van Praag faintly heard a loud sound coming from outside the closed window, which he couldn't hear clearly, but he could probably guess.

"Is it boos and curses?" Van Praag suddenly felt more frustrated than ever.

Because, even the last glimmer of hope could not be kept!

It was at this moment that he heard people outside the office shouting something and running up and down the hallway.

He began to worry again, could it be that the fans were making trouble again?

As the president of the club, he can escape a lot, but he still has a responsibility in such a critical situation.

"What's going on?" Van Praag opened the office door and stopped an administrative clerk who was about to run to the stairs.

"Mr. President, are you there?" The clerk was panting and looked surprised.

"What are you all doing? What to run? "Van Praag is still very imposing in front of people.

The man smiled, "We're going to cheer for the second team, we're all going to go!" ”

Van Praag was stunned for a moment, and went to cheer for the second team, what are you doing?

"A colleague called just now, and it was 0:0 in the first half, and the second team held on, but it was very hard, so we all have to go and cheer for them, so that those bastards from Eindhoven know that we are all Ajax!" After the man finished speaking, he ran straight to the stairwell.

People who work at Ajax don't have a high salary, after all, the team's finances are so difficult now, how can they offer a high salary?

They haven't left the team, mainly because of their affection for the club.

Looking at the man's back, Van Praag was stunned.

0：0？

Suddenly, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, because it seemed to him that it couldn't be!

PSV Eindhoven have never lost on Dutch soil so far this season, even against Ajax's first team, who were able to settle the battle in the first half, and such a team will be kept clean by the second team?

Van Praag decided to take a look, and he forgot to close the office door and walked briskly to the stairwell.

Running all the way to Detokmost, where the second team was located, he saw that there was no one in the security room, obviously all the people went to the home stadium, so he also walked directly into the iron gate and went straight to the stadium.

In the distance, he heard a call from the pitch.

"Come on, boys from Team 2, kill them!"

"Kill Eindhoven, Ajax warriors!"

"Fight for the honor and dignity of Ajax!"

"Tell them that we are brave Ajax!"

"No one should ever try to beat us, because we are the Ajax who never gives up!"

Listening to these slogans, Van Praag's heart felt as if it had been ignited.

When he came to the outside of the second team's court, he found a pomp and circumstance.

Originally, the stands of 2,000 people were already crowded, but more and more fans entered the stadium, but they stood around the stadium in an orderly manner, shouting slogans, but did not enter the stadium, very orderly.

And the group of fans in the stands, they didn't sit down, they all stood up.

At the intersection on the other side of the fan tunnel, you can see that there are still many fans who have heard the news and entered the stadium.

This is the second team, without the comfortable seats of the Arena Stadium, without the overwhelming frenetic atmosphere of the Arena Stadium.

But here is a group of Ajax fans who feel the spirit of Ajax again!

This is undoubtedly more valuable than comfortable seats, more valuable than any modern stadium!

Especially when Van Praag saw the players of the second team walking out of the dressing room, all the fans on the scene cheered wildly, and he couldn't help but shout, "Come on, Ajax!" ”

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"Ye Qiu!"

When Ye Qiu sent the players out of the locker room and was about to walk to the coach's seat in front, Huang Chu called out to him.

In the end, it is the second team, there are no good hardware facilities, and even the players can only enter in a relatively amateur way.

"Something?" Ye Qiu squeezed out a smile.

"It's okay...... Uh, no, something! Huang Chu also looked a little nervous.

She has always been sitting in the stands, she can feel the change from the fans, and she also knows that this change of fans sometimes does not necessarily bring good things, and it is likely to make the pressure on Ye Qiu even greater and heavier.

"Is there something wrong, or is there nothing wrong?" Ye Qiu really laughed out loud this time.

Huang Chu glared at him with disgust, "I want to say, no matter what the result is, you have already won!" ”

Ye Qiu understood in her heart that she was comforting herself, and nodded, "I'll talk about this until I win the game!" ”

Seeing that Ye Qiu was leaving, Huang Chu shouted to him again, "I calculated it when I watched the game just now, I think their physical fitness should be ...... It may only last until about 60-70 minutes into the second half. ”

"For what?" Ye Qiu was stunned for a moment.

"They have been playing twice a week since the national team in November, and today it was a two-hour drive from PSV Eindhoven to Amsterdam by car, and I have also looked at some of their past game data and fitness analysis in the past few days, I think it is best to only last until 70 minutes, if the pre-game preparation is lax, some players estimate that there is not much fitness by 60 minutes!"

Physical fitness, this is also a level that Ye Qiu considered before the game, but it has never been as fine as Huang Chu.

For the time being, Ye Qiu couldn't listen to how Huang Chu got these data, but he felt that it made sense.

"I know what I said, thank you!" Ye Qiu smiled slightly, nodded, and turned around to leave.

After only taking two steps, Ye Qiu suddenly turned around and shouted at Huang Chu's back, "Ah Chu." ”

"Huh?" Huang Chu looked back suddenly, her heart shook for no reason, what did Ye Qiu call her just now?

"If I win this game, I'll confess to you!"

Huang Chu's fair and pink face became red as soon as he brushed it, and then he clenched his pink fist and made a gesture to beat him to death, but he didn't say anything, turned around and ran.

Seeing her like this, Ye Qiu laughed, "Is this a refusal?" Or acquiescence? ”

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Frankly speaking, after returning to the field, Ye Qiu and the players were all shocked when they saw that there were suddenly so many more people on the sidelines, not only them, but even the players of PSV Eindhoven.

There were so many people standing around the pitch and shouting slogans, which put a lot of pressure on the players in the stadium.

The Ajax players are better, knowing that the other side is here to support them, but PSV Eindhoven's players are a bit miserable, as soon as they get the ball, the fans on the sidelines are a burst of boos, almost drowning them without spitting.

The police station that heard the news also immediately arranged for people to come over to maintain order, and Ajax also immediately gave countermeasures, pulling a cordon on the sidelines, signaling that fans could not cross the cordon and could not enter the stadium to interfere in the game.

In the 15 minutes of the break, the atmosphere of the game changed completely.

In the second half, Gretz's opening tactics were clearly a return to the old ways of the first half.

At half-time, he began to reflect on his tactical strategy, and he had to realize that he had made a mistake.

That is to let the game go to the path and rhythm that Ye Qiu wants.

What does Ye Qiu's team like?

Of course, PSV Eindhoven's attack is concentrated in the middle, because the middle is the most numerous, and it is the easiest to defend.

Gretz's letting Romaida cut down the ball was actually giving up the wing and allowing Kolka to retreat, which was also a weakening of the wing attack.

It was a change he made to suit the situation of the game, but it completely disrupted PSV Eindhoven's usual attacking routine.

PSV Eindhoven's biggest bargaining chip is to attack from multiple points, distract the enemy's defensive layout, and then use the absolute advantage of the player's individual strength to completely crush the opponent.

However, Ye Qiu is creating a situation, that is, to concentrate the attack points that Eindhoven could have scattered, preferably in the middle, and then his defense will focus on the middle, which is very beneficial to the defense and the underdog.

Of course, Gretz felt that Ye Qiu might not have such a premeditated plan, but his team did do it.

Therefore, at half-time, Gretz rearranged and returned to the strategy of attacking from the wing.

Of course, Ye Qiu also saw that after the start of the second half, Kolka and Romedal began to return to the wing, and Eindhoven's attack also began to go to the side, and then received and inserted in the middle.

In the 51st minute, the adjusted PSV Eindhoven finally made a force.

Kolka tried to break through Heitinga after winning the ball on the left, but couldn't make an effective breakthrough, but before he was blocked by the Ajax second team, he suddenly changed direction and cut from the left to the middle and crossed low into the box.

Ruud van Nistelrooy had been waiting for the ball into the box for a long time, and he suddenly pulled to the left, and without the slightest pause after winning the ball, he got up and fired a shot about 10 meters from the goal.

Wow!!

The hearts of the Ajax fans on the sidelines are about to jump out of their voices!

But just when Vanney thought that his shot was inevitable, he didn't notice that Kifu failed to block Vanney's kick, but he used his body to resist Vanney's shot, and he let the shot hit directly on himself.

With a bang, the ball hit Kivu and bounced back.

Just as Ruud van Nistelrooy was about to continue to shoot with his feet, Kifu took the first step to poke the ball out of the penalty area, despite the pain on his body, which was able to defuse Eindhoven's fierce attack.

However, just one minute later, PSV Eindhoven sent the ball into the box again, and Neelis was closely marked by Van Duyne, and when he had no chance to get up, he chose to knock the ball back to Van Bommel who was cut in behind, and the latter picked up his right foot directly at the edge of the penalty area to be a heavy shot.

But perhaps because of his eagerness to score, Van Bommel had a very strong shot on goal, but he couldn't grasp the corner kick and flew away.

Soon, PSV Eindhoven, who regained possession of the ball, organized another attack, this time they attacked from the right, and after Romerdal shook off Abidal from the right, he pulled to the middle to receive the ball, and did not wait for Abidal to block, and went straight to the feet.

However, this shot was first saved by Stekelenberg, who saved the ball firmly.

PSV Eindhoven's attack in the second half was obviously more fierce than in the first half, and Gretz obviously realized that the fitness of his players was not ideal, and it was undoubtedly a very stupid tactic for PSV Eindhoven to continue to play such a war of attrition with Ajax II, and they should use their strong strength to make a quick decision.

Ye Qiu was also shocked on the sidelines, he almost thought he was going to be broken again and again, but he escaped again and again.

He came to the sidelines and made a complaining gesture at the players because some of their set-ups were not in place.

Only the players themselves know in their hearts that Ye Qiu's request to them is to use all means to disrupt Eindhoven's offensive rhythm, and they must not be allowed to maintain a fast and ferocious offensive momentum, otherwise, no matter how strong the Ajax second team is, it will be broken.

De Jong, Maduro, Sneijder and others all noticed Ye Qiu's mouth shape, he had already said it obviously, and he almost didn't shout, that was a foul!

At halftime, Ye Qiu mentioned that when necessary, when the opponent entered the 30-meter area, he would directly and decisively foul, but try to take some smaller, more secretive, and not easy to get cards.

Fouls are also a tactic in football.

When the opponent's offense is about to improve and the rhythm is skillfully controlled, take some small fouls, which can interrupt the opponent's rhythm and offense, and will not win cards, which is a tactic that any team will use.

And for this, the Ajax second team did a poor job in the second half, obviously frightened by the opponent's fierce attack.

got Ye Qiu's reminder, and the players also began to pay attention.

When Vogel took the ball and was about to organize an attack, De Jong gently tugged on his jersey in a hidden place, forcing him to slow down and break the ball directly.

In this regard, Vogel is also helpless, because when it comes to small actions and fouls, Eindhoven's group of professional players is more used than the players of the second team of Ajax, and they are more skilled.

So, who can be blamed?