From the 9:0 slaughter of Sparta Rotterdam at home, Ye Qiu became the savior and revival hero talked about by Ajax fans and the media, but when he lost 0:1 to NEC Nijmegen, the aura on Ye Qiu gradually lost its shine.

For Alaves' first-leg home game, Ye Qiu asked himself to pay more attention than any game, so he even did not hesitate to affect this game in NEC Nijmegen, which directly led to the away defeat, hoping to win Alaves at home and reach the final of the League Cup.

But there is a way that the heavens do not follow people's wishes.

Ye Qiu calculated everything, but he didn't calculate that Alaves would adopt a 541 stubborn formation at the Arena Stadium.

And what he didn't expect was that after a long time of attacking, Alaves had a very ordinary counterattack, right-back Contra made a simple, purposeless cross, and the attacking Grim would make a mistake, and then passed the ball to Alaves striker Moreno with a wonderful assist.

Ye Qiu was betting, he was betting that the team would be able to make a difference in the League Cup, but it was obvious that this time he lost the bet!

first lost to Nijmegen, at that time Ye Qiu could be said to be preparing for this game of Alaves, but now, he even lost Alaves, which directly led to the opponent winning 1:0 in the first leg, which can even be said to have pushed Ajax to the cliff.

League, Dutch Cup, League Cup, Ajax has always maintained a momentum of going hand in hand on three fronts so far this season, and they have performed very well, but the more critical the moment, the more obvious the shortcomings of the third-line battle are exposed.

Although the loss of the first leg was a very important reason for Grim's mistakes, but in this game, Ajax couldn't attack for a long time, and there was no way to take the defensive system composed of 8 players on the other side, which would definitely make Ye Qiu the target of everyone's bombardment.

Because professional football has never been merciful, you gamble, if you win, you are a hero, if you lose, then you have to bear the price of losing!

On the way back from the Arena to De Tokmost, the players who had played the whole game looked very excited, all with their heads drooped and dejected, like defeated roosters.

The 9:0 victory over Sparta Rotterdam, the praise and praise from the outside world more or less made this group of young players a little fluttery, and even Ye Qiu himself was a little arrogant in his heart, thinking that his team was strong enough.

But two consecutive defeats have caused Ajax to suffer huge setbacks on both fronts, which undoubtedly reminds them that when it comes to professional leagues and European competitions, you are so tender and tender!

Back in the dressing room of the first-team training building in De Tokmost, the players showered and changed clothes, and there was no one to speak, only movement and sound.

Wait until they have all showered and changed their clothes, and they all sit in the locker room one by one.

"Let's all go back!" Ye Qiu looked at this group of young players and squeezed out a smile.

"If you lose, you lose, it's just the first leg, we still have away!"

Everyone knows how difficult it is for Alaves to play away from home, especially for the young and inexperienced Ajax, it is very difficult to win away from home, because La Liga teams have no other competitions to compete for this season, and they have now even abandoned the league to put all their energy and resources into the League Cup.

When it comes to the home field, how will they play?

"Go back, remember not to read the newspaper tomorrow, so that you may be in a better mood!" Ye Qiu said a joke a little sourly.

Some of the players had a sad smile on their faces, because they didn't want to lose, they didn't like to lose.

But in the professional league, there are wins and losses, and since you have entered the professional league, you have to be mentally prepared to lose.

Watching the players walk out of the locker room one by one, Ye Qiu left one by one, turned off the lights, and closed the door.

The night was dark, and the first team training ground under the dark curtain was a bit like a dark beast that devoured people, especially on a chilly night.

He was thinking about a question, a question that might not be difficult to understand, but that had been bothering him for a long time.

That's what does it take to be successful as a manager?

He couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure it out all the time.

When he was a fan in his previous life, he looked at the managers in Europe and learned more about them from the media and the games, which is very one-sided, because there are many, many things that cannot be conveyed through the media and the game.

For the fans, they only look at a manager through the media and the game, so they don't care what you do, whether you've tried or not, they care about one thing, is the game won? Or the slightly more picky ones will pay attention to whether the game is good or not, and they don't care about anything else.

So, every manager wants to be a permanent winner, but how many can really do it?

"Is it really that hard to succeed?" Ye Qiu sighed deeply and asked in a muttered voice.

"It's hard to say, it's hard, it's easy to say, but it's also easy!" Bobby? Harms's voice sounded beside Ye Qiu.

"Bobby!" Ye Qiu turned his head sideways and smiled at the kind old man.

Bobby? It was not easy for Hams's fat body to sit on the grass like Ye Qiu, so he simply sat down with his buttocks, and almost fell down, but fortunately Ye Qiu helped him, otherwise he would really fall down.

Sit down side by side with Ye Qiu, Bobby? Hams looked at the dark front, and then at Ye Qiu, he understood Ye Qiu's mood at this moment, because Ye Qiu's mood was Michels in the early years, Cruyff had it, and Van Gaal also had it.

It's fair to say that every manager must have gone through such a process, and it is a kind of grinding.

"Would you be interested in hearing Van Gaal's story?" Bobby? Harms asked with a smile.

Ye Qiu didn't care, shrugged his shoulders and nodded.

"Actually, Van Gaal almost left Ajax that year, before he took charge of the first team in '91, he used to be the team's firefighting manager, but he stepped down not long after, because he lacked qualifications at that time, so he returned to the youth team, and his results in the youth team were very good, and the team began to throw an olive branch to him."

At that time, Van Gaal was very ambitious, he thought he had everything in place and he was going to succeed, so he wanted to go outside and give it a try, but the club decided to keep him and gave him a promise in private. After Ben Haque, Ajax's manager must be him! ”

When Ye Qiu heard this, he was stunned, he had always thought that Van Gaal was the temporary firefighter to replace Leao? Ben Hack, I didn't expect it to be not, it turned out to be such a promise for a long time, but no one should have thought of it, Leo? Ben Hack will be gone at the start of the league.

"Guess what, how did Louis van Gaal's start to the league season?" Bobby? Harms asked with a smile.

This requires a lot of information to be able to answer, Ye Qiu naturally didn't know what to say, and shook his head.

"Having lost two of three games, the fans were very angry that this was not a team that was aiming to win the league when there were a lot of players in the team who were already famous, such as Waters, Aaron? Winter and so on, they didn't like Van Gaal and thought he was too strong. ”

After a smile, Bobby? Harms continued: "At that time, there were almost daily fights in the dressing room at Ajax, the players didn't like Van Gaal's tactics and arrangements, and they even rose up together against the tyrant, yes, tyrant, that's what they called Van Gaal. ”

"I remember that there was a TV show on Dutch TV that invited this group of Ajax players to be guests, and then there was a lot of complaints on the show, and the players attacked their manager like crazy, and the host was happy to use this way to win ratings, and Van Gaal also realized that it was a very serious problem, so he also went."

"The result can be imagined, Van Gaal was refuted on the spot and almost didn't screw his head off!"

Bobby? Hams Ha Da Lu shook his head with a smile and said.

Ye Qiu could imagine how bad Van Gaal's situation was at that time, and how much pressure he was under.

Being expected by the management, the players and the fans, but not performing well when they come to the stage, can be a huge psychological pressure for any responsible person.

"I asked him, and I said, Luis, you're crazy, why are you going to be on that show?"

"Guess what Van Gaal said to me at the time? He said, Bobby, I have to let them know about my football, my football is right, it's them who are wrong, they need to give me time, they need to give me more patience, so that I can definitely bring them the best football! ”

Speaking of which, Bobby? Harms let out a hint of amusement, "I asked him, what was the result?" What do you get? ”

"It's an even more intensified attack!"

Ye Qiu was silent, because he knew that Van Gaal's situation at that time was similar to his current situation?

The difference is that Van Gaal was facing a group of veteran big names in the team, while he was now facing directors who were high-minded and didn't know how to play football, but were commanding.

"I told him, Luis, everybody has a different idea about football, you can't make everybody like you, you can't make everybody like you and your football, because that's impossible!"

"It's like some people like Pele, some people like Maradona, but people who like Pele can never prove to those who like Maradona that Pele is better than Maradona, because there is no comparison at all, they are two great stars in different times and different circumstances, but both have success."

"In the same way, some people like to attack, some people like to defend, and no one can prove that offense is necessarily better than defense!"

"So, Van Gaal will never be able to convince the players who reject his tactics, and those who like Pele will never be able to prove that Pele is better than Maradona, so they can only choose I like me and you like yours."

"The charm of football is that there are no absolutes, only relatives!"

"The same set of tactics, the same set of lineups, you can win the championship last season, but you may be relegated next season, who can say what is going on? Who can figure out what's going on here? ”

"I've seen a lot of managers in my decades in football, and I've tried to summarize the reasons why successful managers have been successful, and I think they all have their own ideas and can stick to their ideas consistently, even if they quit because of this, they never give up!"

"You can never make all the teams and all the fans like your style of play and the way you coach, so as a manager, you will always have only one choice, and that is to choose what you are best at, stick to what you think is right, and let the people who like you continue to like it, and the people who don't like you continue to dislike, it doesn't matter or it doesn't matter!"

"Perhaps, you will be out of class at Ajax, but you will definitely win the opportunity to coach and prove yourself again in another team, because you must believe that in this world, there will be people who appreciate and affirm you!"

Ye Qiu is really young, so young that he doesn't even understand such a truth!

A 26-year-old young man, in his previous life, was just a very ordinary and ordinary fan, how could he understand?

Can Bobby? Harms's words reminded Ye Qiu of Leo? What Ben Hack said to him at the beginning, in fact, they emphasized the same thing, and that was to insist on oneself!

Always blindly accommodating, always blindly forbearing, constantly changing oneself, catering to others, can we achieve real success?

"Today's media environment, fan environment, coaching environment are more difficult than in the Van Gaal era, the media is more developed, the fans are more demanding, and the club has so many people who point fingers, but I always believe that whether you are at Ajax or not, you will be able to succeed!"

Bobby? Harms looked at Ye Qiu, and in his old eyes, what was projected was trust and affirmation.

Sometimes Ye Qiu wondered in his heart, why did he believe in himself so much? And Van Praag, what do they all believe in themselves? Could it be that because they once said that they are similar to Van Gaal and Cruyff in some way?

He doesn't feel like anyone, because he never felt like anyone!

"Let's go, don't let Xiao Huang Chu worry about you!" Bobby? Harms struggled to his feet from the ground with his hands on the turf.

For an obese person like him, a simple action to stand up is not easy, and it is full of hardships.

After Ye Qiu helped him up, he turned his head, only to find that Huang Chu didn't know when he was standing silently behind him.

At this moment, Ye Qiu's whole heart warmed up, because he was not alone!

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'I'm happy with the current state of the team, my players are doing well, it's just a bit of a bad result, but that shouldn't be a reason for us to doubt ourselves and deny ourselves because in the last year we've made really good progress, we've gone hand in hand on three fronts, we've reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup and I believe ......'

Ye Qiu's press conference at the Arena Stadium, facing reporters, talked about tomorrow's match with PSV Eindhoven, he looked very confident and very sure.

"We will reach the final and win the UEFA Cup, and I always believe that the league has not yet reached the last moment, who will win the championship, it is not yet certain, I and my team have enough strength, enough confidence, enough fighting spirit, continue to fight with PSV Eindhoven to carry this championship battle to the bottom!"

In the next few days, Ajax will face PSV Eindhoven twice, one at home to PSV Eindhoven in the 27th round of the Eredivisie and the other at home to PSV Eindhoven in the semi-finals of the Dutch Cup, with only three days separating the two games.

Many people also see these two games as the last two highlights of the season, as Feyenoord has begun to show signs of falling out, and Van Marwijk's side were really crazy at the beginning of the season, but they have been sluggish and completely hit the slump around the winter break, and even now, they have not been able to find a way out of the slump.

Of course, with Feyenoord's strength, the third place in the league is stable, but if you want to hit the league championship, I am afraid it will be a little worse.

Almost everyone thinks that this season's Eredivisie championship belongs to PSV Eindhoven, and even the Dutch Cup, PSV Eindhoven are the favorites to win the championship, but Ye Qiu and his Ajax just don't believe in this evil and insist on continuing to fight.

Not only did the head coach Ye Qiu re-sound the clarion call to impact the league championship at the press conference, but the players of Ajax also expressed their support for the coach and their fighting spirit to continue to compete for the league championship when they were interviewed.

"There are still seven rounds of the league but we are only eight points behind PSV Eindhoven because of the three points from this game at the Arena Stadium, we have decided that we will start this game and sound the horn of the Jedi counterattack!" The team's number one midfielder, Brazilian defender Gilberto? Silva said with a high spirit.

The team's main winger, Robben, also shouted the slogan in an interview with the media: "PSV Eindhoven, come and die!" ”

As if infected by the head coach and players, many Ajax fans have chosen to cheer for the team, perhaps the media and some professionals are generally not optimistic about Ye Qiu and his Ajax, but as Ajax fans, following this team with their own eyes, step by step to today, this group of fans knows the progress of this team better than anyone else.

Perhaps, in terms of results, Ajax's season will be a failure, but in terms of football, Ajax's season has been a success, and it has been a huge success.

This also led some veteran fans to the door of the Arena Stadium and pull out their own handwritten banners.

"Get out of Ajax with that group of directors who only have money and interests in their eyes!"

"We need Ye Qiu and his football, we don't need you, rich directors!"

"Let the rotten capital get out of the Arena Stadium and let Ajax return to glorious football!"

It was in this turbulent and tense atmosphere that Ajax welcomed PSV Eindhoven at the Arena Stadium.

This game is not only 3 points, but also a battle for Ye Qiu to justify himself!