The first round of the 00/01 Eredivisie season at the Arena in Amsterdam was not only the first professional league game of the 25-year-old Ye Qiu's coaching career, but also the 36-year-old Genk? Dutt's first official professional game in his coaching career.

Genk, who played for Feyenoord and Fortuna Sittard? Dutt has not had a brilliant career, but as the local media has said, in the Netherlands, quite a few managers have had lackluster careers, but their coaching resumes have been very successful.

Dutt has been working directly in Fortuna's academy and coaching staff since announcing his retirement in '92 and has taken charge of the first team this summer with ambitions to lead Fortuna Sittard to a halt to the decline of the past two years.

Gone main central defender Kevin? Although Hovland did not receive even a penny of transfer fees, Dutt received the support of the board of directors and vigorously brought in a number of good and experienced players, including 31-year-old midfielder Van Haast from Ajax.

The veteran, who was swept away by Ye Qiu, has been fully trusted and affirmed by Dutt, who believes that Van Haast will play a key role in Fortuna's away game against Ajax, and his team is bound to take advantage of the momentum of outstanding performance in the warm-up game to defeat Ajax in one go.

But it was clear that Ye Qiu's team gave him a slap in the face from the start.

Lost Kevin? Hovland, Fortuna Sittard's backline is missing the most important piece of the puzzle.

When the game began, Ajax launched an attack from the right, Van der Vaart and McCone played a one-two, and when the Brazilian right-back picked up a cross into the box, Ibrahimovic used his body to suppress Fortuna's central defender, stopped the ball and turned and volleyed, the ball went just wide, almost through Fortuna's goal.

The shot also sent Fortuna Sittard into a cold sweat.

But this was only the beginning, after which Ajax successfully pushed the defensive line forward, resolutely implemented the defensive strategy of Ye Qiu's siege and reinforcements, and then took advantage of the offensive convenience brought by the high defense, and launched a fierce attack on Fortuna Sittard.

In the 8th minute, after Sneijder got the ball in the midfield, he saw Van der Vaart running inside from the right side, and immediately plugged the ball straight to his feet, and the latter stopped the ball on the right side of the arc of the penalty area, and then entered the penalty area. Goalkeeper of Hesper, 1:0!

Van der Vaart's goal completely ignited the passion of the game up and down Ajax, especially the Ajax fans who came to the scene in the stands, they were even more stimulated by Van der Vaart's goal, and they all shouted loudly.

After breaking the deadlock on the field, Ajax began to slow down the offensive appropriately, but Ye Qiu's team still launched a strong pressure on Fortuna Sittard with a high defense, and in the 26th minute, Robben on the left side quickly broke through one-on-one to the bottom line and then stopped and knocked back, Keita hit a heavy shot at the edge of the penalty area, once again penetrated Fortuna Sittard's goal, and rewrote the score to 2:0!

The two-goal lead boosted Ajax's morale, but the visitors were never able to find an effective way to contain Ajax, so they could only adopt a defensive counterattack strategy, first stabilizing the back line, and then slowly trying to counterattack.

After Fortuna Sittard locked on the 30-metre area, Ajax still created a lot of chances, but they were still a little behind, especially with Swedish striker Ibrahimovic missing a couple of good chances to score.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, Ye Qiu saw that Ibrahimovic still failed to improve, and in the 55th minute, he replaced Ibrahimovic with Van der Meyde, and Van der Meyde played the right winger position.

This adjustment has completely revitalized Ajax's front trident.

First in the 61st minute, Van der Vaart knocked the ball back and assisted Robben to hit a low shot after entering the box on the left side, and then Van der Vaart himself got a cross from Van der Meyde on the 74th minute, shook off the opposing central defender and broke through Hesp's goal again, and finally McCone assisted Van der Meyde to score the team's fifth goal of the game.

At 5:0, Ajax's new season debut at the Arenal Stadium completely suppressed Fortuna Sittard and won a hearty victory, which made all the more than 30,000 Ajax fans who came to watch the game completely crazy and boiling.

Beating PSV Eindhoven, winning the Dutch Super Cup, beating Fortuna Sittard 5-0 in the first round of the new season, and Ajax's performance in two consecutive games has left everyone who loves this team in disbelief and full of praise.

No one would have imagined that the team with the youngest average age in the Eredivisie would be able to perform so well.

At the same time, PSV Eindhoven, who had just been beaten 2-0 by Ajax in the Dutch Super Cup, were unexpectedly sniped by Graafschap in their opening league game and suffered a 2-0 defeat, and it was clear that Greez's side had not been able to recover from the defeat in the Dutch Super Cup.

Although Feyenoord defeated AZ Alkmaar 2-0, it did not prevent Ajax, who won 5-0 in the first round, from successfully becoming the leader of the Eredivisie, and almost all the media and newspapers in the Netherlands praised and praised Ajax's performance in the first round.

Only Ye Qiu, in an interview with reporters and media after the game, said that the team's performance was not as good as the outside world portrayed, and it was a little lucky to get such a victory, but he also admitted that the players worked hard to show their best side.

A week later, Ajax travelled to Sparta Rotterdam at home.

After a big win in their opening game, Ajax lost 1-0 away to Donny van Hanegen's side.

The head coach, who was once familiar with Ye Qiu because of his entry into the national team selection list, also had a special communication with Ye Qiu before the game, talking about Ajax's outstanding performance in the first round, but in the game, his team made Ajax suffer thoroughly and was defeated by a counterattack by the opponent.

After the game, the Dutch Daily Telegraph published a commentary that Ajax had died on their old problems.

"In the field of professional coaching, Ye Qiu is a complete newcomer, he led the second team to win the Dutch Cup magically, but he never paid attention to the guarantee that he led the team to win the championship is a steely defense, and after taking charge of the first team of Ajax, he is obviously ambitious, he wants more, not only victory, but also praise."

"In order to win, he always blindly presses the defense forward, but once the attack is contained and resisted, the high risk behind them after the defense is pressed forward will become more lethal than ever, and the goal conceded in this game against Sparta Rotterdam was born in this situation."

"The 5-0 win over Fortuna Sittard in the first round covered up a lot of problems, and also made Ye Qiu and his Ajax a little lost, some blindly arrogant thinking that their strength was enough to challenge everything, and this defeat in Rotterdam undoubtedly gave him a wake-up call and told him a cruel truth: you are still very young, young Chinese!"

In a program about the Eredivisie recorded by Rotterdam regional television, Ye Qiu, the head coach who led the team to defeat Feyenoord and win the Dutch Cup last season, also had a very bad impression, and in this program, they even made a short film.

In the short film, Ye Qiu was blowing balloons, but Van Hanehen walked over, picked up a golf club, and waved it hard, directly bursting the ball, and knocking Ye Qiu's face crooked, while the host of the show was laughing and teasing Ye Qiu.

"Maybe you're very ambitious and know how to blow up balloons, but it's useless, after coming to Rotterdam, bang, burst!"

"But we have to congratulate Ye Qiu, because he is the best footballer in China's history, because he once occupied the top spot in the Eredivisie standings, even if it was only for seven days, but it was already a miracle!"

"And we can tell him that you won't have the same chance again!"

Because, after the end of the second round of the league, Ajax, with one win and one loss, quickly slipped to 6th place, while Feyenoord of Rotterdam won two consecutive games and firmly occupied the league leader.

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"They...... It's too much! ”

When Huang Chu saw the newspaper report and saw the TV program on the TV station dedicated to sarcastically and mocking Ye Qiu, he was very angry for Ye Qiu, and Eindhoven TV even selected Ye Qiu as the most miserable person in the second round of the league, on the grounds that he lost the position of the league leader.

These are all a bit of the unscrupulous banter and entertainment that the Western media are good at, but what is deeper is their sarcasm and disdain for Ye Qiu, because they never believed that a 25-year-old Chinese could lead Ajax to make a difference.

Prejudice and discrimination, that's obvious.

When he came to the Netherlands, Huang Chu knew in his heart that there are many people here, who seem to be kind, without prejudice and discrimination, but in their bones, they still carry their European arrogance, as well as discrimination and disdain for people of color, especially in the field of sports and football.

Just take a look at this, how many managers of color coach in European football will know!

"I expected it!" On the contrary, it was Ye Qiu, who looked very plain, and did not feel angry or angry at all because of this.

Huang Chu was a little worried about him, but seeing that he was so calm, as if he was fine, he didn't know what to do for a while, "Aren't you angry at all?" ”

"Angry?" Ye Qiu nodded, "Of course, I'm angry, but I know what they want to do." ”

After a pause, Ye Qiu smiled slightly, "They even use Allochtoon and Atuochtoon to treat outsiders and pure Dutch people differently, as long as you and your ancestors have even one side of the blood relationship that does not belong to the Netherlands, you belong to Allochtoon, and then those Atuochtoons will always be able to look down on you with a high eye!" ”

"They rightfully think they're the best, and all the Allochtoons are inferior to them, it's a deep-rooted prejudice that can't be eradicated, so there's a lot of people who propose to ask the government to abolish these two terms, but what about after the abolition? Would they have found other words with the same derogatory connotations in its place, would it be useful? ”

Huang Chu was silent, although many people feel that studying and living in the Netherlands did not encounter too much discrimination or prejudice, but it was based on the fact that you did not touch the interests and pain points of some people, but once you have this ability, they will not hesitate to attack you.

Just like Ye Qiu, beat Eindhoven, defeated Feyenoord, won the Dutch Cup and the Dutch Super Cup, if it is replaced by a Dutch white, this will not have any problems, and may even be praised as a star of hope, but Ye Qiu is a Chinese, this is not good, many people can not accept.

Therefore, when Ye Qiu and Ajax behave well, they will be silent, but once they behave badly, or if they encounter problems, then they will jump out like bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods, and do everything possible to disgust you and attack you with words.

Of course, this is not the case for all Dutch people, but at least there are many people who appear in the newspapers who have such discrimination.

"In my opinion, they like to say what they like, let them say it, they like to do it, let them do it, and if they have the ability, they will come to Amstelveen to make trouble, and I will call the police and let the police arrest them."

"A person's strength is limited, so it is useless for you to reason and justify with them, because they have the so-called freedom of speech, and the best way to fight back against these people is to use absolute strength and iron facts to defeat them, so that they can thoroughly reflect and regret what they have done today."

When he said this, Ye Qiu put on a naughty expression, "I still remember that our ancestor Mencius said that people will humiliate themselves and others will humiliate them, so if you want to stop being looked down upon, you have to strive for self-improvement!" ”

Huang Chu saw that this nasty ghost still had the heart to drop his book bag, and couldn't help but glare at him fiercely, but after only a few seconds, he couldn't help but giggle, and he felt strange in his heart, how could such serious words fall into Ye Qiu's mouth, but they became so unserious?

However, Huang Chu still admires and trusts Ye Qiu's self-improvement, she believes that Ye Qiu must have a way to solve the current predicament, and she herself can't tell what confidence comes from.

Seeing Huang Chu away, Ye Qiu's smile gradually converged, and he sighed deeply.

He did make a very serious mistake before, and that was that he underestimated the ability of the professional leagues and those professional coaches.

The defeat to Sparta Rotterdam exposed Ajax's problems are not new, still the team's attacking disadvantage, the midfield coverage is too large, the control is slipping, and then the gap behind the forward defense is exploited by the opponent.

Ye Qiu and Bobby? Harms and others studied for a long time, but they never found an effective solution to the problem, and after playing PSV Eindhoven, he played Fortuna Sittard, but in that game Dutt's team played against Ajax in a big way, resulting in a big victory.

This made Ye Qiu a little paralyzed, thinking that this problem of the team was covered up.

But who would have thought that against Sparta Rotterdam, Van Hanehen, an old guy who looked good, would cleverly take advantage of Ajax's problem and use it to arrange defensive counterattacks, which led to Ajax's defeat.

"Professional coaches rely on this to eat, and all their energy is studying their opponents, how can they not find out?"

Ye Qiu laughed at himself with a wry smile, the problem was discovered by the opponent, but he still failed to find an effective solution to the problem, which is indeed a bit sad, and now he has only lost one game, relying on the Super Cup championship before the season to be able to hold on for a while, if he can't find a way after a while, then the pressure he is under will be ten times greater than now.

In the past period, Ye Qiu has read a lot of professional books, and also read a lot of works by past and future coaches, many of which are about high-level defense, but none of them are suitable for the current situation of Ajax.

In other words, the problems that Ajax is currently facing, throughout the history of football, are the only one!

However, it is not difficult to guess that the different technical characteristics of the players, the different football backgrounds, the different tactical systems of the teams, coupled with the different staffing and responsibility distribution, naturally cause the problems and solutions encountered by other teams, and it is difficult to adapt to the current problems of Ajax.

And Ye Qiu finally figured out that those football theories that are routine, everyone will, learn these, it is only the basis for becoming a head coach, and there is no guarantee that you will become a qualified professional head coach, especially if you want to gain a foothold in the European League, you need to have your own football knowledge and understanding.

Only then will the managers who have their own understanding of football and tactics be able to come up with effective solutions when the team is confronted with a problem similar to the one that Ajax is currently facing, and it must be timely.

Once the league starts, the game after game is not likely to give you a relaxed adjustment time, nor can it give you to think slowly and solve the problem slowly, and if you can't find the most effective solution in the shortest possible time, the team's performance will inevitably be affected, and you are likely to be fired before you think of a solution.

In his previous life, when Ye Qiu was a fan, he thought of the head coach too simply, and when he saw that some head coaches were fired because of poor results, he naturally thought that it was a parallel commodity and his ability was bad, but in fact, he may not be incompetent, he may just have encountered a problem that cannot be solved in a short time.

This also explains why there are so many head coaches who change teams and have very different coaching results.

And at the same time, this also made Ye Qiu re-examine the role of the godfather cultivation system, which is more of an auxiliary, and cannot help a head coach start from scratch to become a famous coach in the world, if you want to get to this point, the key is to rely on yourself.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu didn't care about how the outside world ridiculed and humiliated him, and threw himself into the study room.

He decided not to read the books of those famous coaches, not to learn the methods of those famous coaches, but to seriously sort out Ajax's 433 high-post defensive system from beginning to end, hoping to find an effective solution to the problem.

In the words of **, do it yourself, have enough food and clothing!