The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 112 The Scavenger Goalkeeper

In the Ajax team that swept Europa brought out by Van Gaal, there are many outstanding talents.

For example, Edgar Davis, Seedorf, the De Boer brothers, Overmars, Reziger, Kluivert, etc., this group of players are all in the Ajax team that spans Europa The mainstay, and everyone feels that they will be the club's greatest asset.

Unexpectedly, in this Ajax team that has attracted the attention of the whole of Europe, there is a low-key star who has created a higher value than them, that is Edwin van der Sar .

Anyone who knows Edwin van der Sar will feel that he is not so easy to get along with because he has the aloofness that many Dutch people have, but if he is someone who knows Edwin van der Sar well, he will definitely Let me tell you, van der Sar's aloofness is just the appearance, but inside he is a very affectionate person.

When the Ajax team fell apart that year, Van der Sar was the last group of players to leave, and his departure also brought Ajax 1000 million in transfer income, which competed with some other players. There are two completely different ways to make a fuss to leave, and Van der Sar joined Juventus in Serie A at the time.

In terms of fame and influence, Juventus far surpassed Barcelona at the time.

Therefore, when Van der Sar was underestimated and questioned at Juventus, many Ajax fans were actively appealing, hoping that the club could bring Van der Sar back to the Arenal Stadium. The state of mind of your own children.

For Van der Sar, the Juventus experience was more like a nightmare.

From the familiar Amsterdam in the Netherlands to the unfamiliar Turin in Italy, from the open offensive Ajax to the solid defensive Juventus, whether it is the overall tactical style of the team or the way of training off the court, Van der Sardou could not adapt to the style of Italian football.

He has said more than once that the way Juventus trains the goalkeeper makes him feel difficult to adapt, but the reason given by Juventus is that Peruzzi also trained in this way when he was in Juventus, and he became He became the most famous goalkeeper in the world.

This made Van der Sar sound a little uncomfortable. The arrogance in his heart made him dislike someone comparing himself with Peruzzi, because he was Van der Sar, and Peruzzi was Peruzzi.

Today's Ancelotti is not the Italian Bosque later, he has the title of 1:0 doctrine in Parma. After switching to Juventus, his style has undergone certain changes, but he still insists on defense first, which leads to Juventus Tus did not perform well in the league, and with a luxurious attack line like Zidane, Del Piero and Inzaghi, Ancelotti's team has always scored 1:0 repeatedly.

This season Juventus has 21 wins, 10 draws and 3 losses, but among these 21 wins, there are as many as 1 games in which they only scored 10 goal more than their opponents. In the 34 rounds of the season, only 1 goal was scored or no goals were scored. Up to 14 games, not to mention the fans are dissatisfied with such a report card, even the general manager Moji is very dissatisfied.

Regarding the reason for the team's poor performance, Ancelotti finally boiled it down to the problem of one front and one back. In the front was Inzaghi. Dissatisfied, thinking that Del Piero is their treasure, and Inzaghi is really the culprit of the team's weak offense.

As a time traveler, Ye Qiu thinks the funniest thing is that one of the crimes Juventus fans have listed against Inzaghi this season is that he has fallen into the opponent's offside trap again and again, wasting scoring opportunities again and again .

From this point of view, Inzaghi's keen sense of offside in the next few years is not innate, but a set of offside lines that he will finally comprehend by himself through continuous training and accumulation. rules of survival.

Another scapegoat is Van der Sar. He even gave up the position of the main goalkeeper to Uruguay goalkeeper Carlini this season. zoom in.

Just after the season ended, Moggi found Van der Sar's agent and revealed that the club would consider selling Van der Sar because he wanted to introduce a more stable goalkeeper for Juventus. The two objects he is currently considering , One is Bayern Munich's Lion King Kahn, which is Moggi's first choice, and the other is Parma's young goalkeeper Buffon.

Originally, Van der Sar thought that with the resignation of Ancelotti, he would have a brand new future at Juventus, but the club report submitted by the new head coach Lippi has clearly told Moggi that Van der Sar Sa is not in his plan, he hopes to sell Van der Sar.

After all, the lonely Dutchman is not someone who can stand his temper and sit on the bench waiting for an opportunity.

Therefore, Moggi also issued an ultimatum to Van der Sar's agent, contact the team to leave immediately, otherwise after the new season's training camp, go directly to the second team for training!

With the halo of the main goalkeeper of the European champion team, he came to Turin with great ambitions, and wanted to express himself on the top stage of world football in Italy, but he did not expect that two years later, what awaited Van der Sar was so gray A slippery fate.

Even looking at the whole of Europe, almost no team is willing to be interested in Van der Sar, because more people think that Van der Sar is just a special product of Van Gaal's tactical system, and it is difficult for him to adapt to other teams.

As for Barcelona after receiving Van Gaal's transformation, the new head coach Rexach is already feeling a headache for too many Dutchmen, not to mention that the Barcelona team is currently working hard to cultivate their own Iker Casillas, where is Van Gaal needed? Desa?

Just when Van der Sar was distressed, news came from the outside world that Ajax's main goalkeeper Fred Grimm announced his retirement, and Ajax was also actively looking for the main goalkeeper after Grimm. Van der Sar couldn't help but ignited a wave of hope, because he would never forget the scene of playing together and being united and friendly with that group of teammates who were equally young but full of energy in Ajax.

"I heard that the new head coach of Ajax is a young Chinese man named Ye Qiu. The Ajax team he leads is also young, with a group of rookies in their twenties, but last season they won UEFA Cup, maybe you should consider having a good talk with him, at least I think returning to Ajax would be a very good choice!"

In front of Van der Sar, agent Jansen made no secret of his affection for the young Ajax team. Although he was unable to intervene in Ajax's player business as an agent, he still felt that Van der Sar It would be a good choice for Sa to return to the Arena.

"But..." Van der Sar hesitated, "He's only 26 years old!"

There is a saying that is good, the meritorious service is the master, Van der Sar is the famous player of Ajax in the past, and he is also an old courtier of Ajax. If he returns to the Arena, with his qualifications and his experience With his age and status, can Ye Qiu accept him?

You know, it is not difficult for a young head coach to manage a young team, but the difficulty is that it is undoubtedly very difficult to manage a team with famous stars.

Van der Sar is very clear that there are many young coaches who don't like old courtiers like him at all.

"Call Ajax and talk about it, if you can't do it!" Jenson thought.

Now for Van der Sar, there are not many choices. There are almost no teams interested in him. If this continues, then Van der Sar can only go to the second team for training. At this time, which team is willing to want him?
In fact, in Ye Qiu's previous life, Van der Sar really went to the second team for training for a period of time. There was really no other way, and finally he switched to the newly promoted Fulham in the Premier League. Identity, will he go to the newly promoted Premier League who was faintly at the end of the four major leagues at that time?
Encouraged by Jenson, Van der Sar finally picked up his mobile phone and quickly found the number of Bobby Harms in the address book. Van der Sar admired this oldest assistant coach very much. , always in touch.

Call it, it will be through soon.

"Hello, Bobby!" Van der Sar was a little embarrassed, "I'm Edwin!"

"Oh, it's you, Edwin!" Bobby Harms quickly recognized Van der Sar's voice.

"It's me, Bobby, how are you doing lately?" Van der Sar smiled, hiding his embarrassment.

"Very well, thank you!" Bobby Harms replied with a smile, "But I heard that your situation is not very good, Edwin, have you encountered any difficulties?"

Van der Sar's nose was sore. After all, he was one of his own people. He didn't need to speak up, but he took the initiative to mention that he had a different attitude from the way Juventus treated him. This made him feel very moved.

"Don't be sad, Edwin, I always believe that you are a very capable goalkeeper, you are one of the strongest goalkeepers in the world, I never doubt this, the Italians don't know how to use you, so You don't need to be sad at all!" Bobby Harms encouraged and comforted me on the phone.

He was still the same, Van der Sar on the phone listened and smiled warmly.

Taking a deep breath, Van der Sar plucked up his courage, "Bobby, I want to ask, is Ajax looking for a goalkeeper? Is there any suitable candidate?"

Bobby Harms on the phone heard this, and immediately understood the purpose of Van der Sar's call, and nodded, "Edwin, you know, this is business, what I can tell you is that Aja Keith really needs a goalkeeper, if it were me, I think you are very suitable, but now the team's signings and everything else are in charge of our head coach!"

After hearing this, Van der Sar hummed, he understood the situation of Bobby Harms.

"Edwin, maybe I can mention it for you and arrange for you to meet with our head coach!"

"Really?" Van der Sar was a little surprised.

"Of course, but I don't guarantee success!" Bobby Harms laughed. "However, I have to remind you of one thing."

"Say it!" Van der Sar nodded.

"He is a very assertive head coach, and sometimes, very tough!"

Bobby Harms didn't speak much, but Van der Sar could understand him.

For so many years in Ajax, Bobby Hames has met all kinds of people and experienced all kinds of things. For example, when Rijkaard returned to Ajax, Van Gaal was very upset about it. Distressed, he later completely suppressed the veterans including Rijkaard and Blind, which led to the later revival of Ajax.

Now, in Bobby Harms' view, the relationship between Van der Sar and Ye Qiu will undoubtedly be the relationship between Rijkaard and Van Gaal back then, so he was a little worried that Van der Sar would not accept Ye Qiu, so he decided to advance the relationship. A vaccination was given.

"I see, thank you, Bobby!" Van der Sar understood in his heart.

Last season, Ajax won the league runner-up and the UEFA Cup championship. Judging from Ye Qiu's coaching performance in the past two years, this is a very thoughtful, thoughtful, and capable head coach. People often don't like the players under their hands to be disobedient, so if Van der Sar wants to return to Ajax, he must have such psychological preparation.

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One day later, Ye Qiu met Edwin van der Sar at the Golden Slender Man Chinese Restaurant in the Arena Stadium.

Regarding Van der Sar's performance in Serie A this season, fans have many controversies. One of the very interesting controversies is that Van der Sar has the tallest goalkeeper in Serie A, but he has the worst ability to catch high balls.

Ye Qiu felt that this was mainly because Van der Sar encountered two different styles in Ajax and Juventus.

Strictly speaking, Van der Sar has never been a goalkeeper in the small penalty area. If you observe Van der Sar carefully, it is not difficult to find that whether he is in Ajax, Fulham, or even Manchester United, he is a big goalkeeper. A goalkeeper in the penalty area, with excellent ball control and accurate long passes, this allows Van der Sar to become an offensive initiator in front of the goal.

This is why, when Van der Sar was in the Premier League, he was hailed by the media as an important reason for the scavenger goalkeeper. He would not stick to the small penalty area. Become an important link in the team's game control system.

But also because of his style, he has been challenged a lot in Juventus, and even often scored high goals.

In fact, to put it very interestingly, how many of Van Gaal's Ajax team performed well after going to Serie A?After understanding this point, it is not difficult to see that Van der Sar's problem is a problem of incompatibility of styles, not a problem of personal ability.

Unfortunately, Ye Qiu also needs a goalkeeper of this type now, because he plays high defense.

"Edwin, you are a goalkeeper I admire very much. Regarding your experience at Juventus, I always believe that it was a little joke made by God with you. It is not suitable for you there, in my opinion. , your style is either in the Eredivisie or in the Premier League, only these two places can allow you to prove your strength!"

After the meeting, Ye Qiu left Van der Sar with the impression that he was approachable, without the arrogance of young people, and was good at communicating.

"Thank you!" Van der Sar said little.

"We at Ajax are a young team with a group of very young but talented players, but that doesn't mean we're going to turn away veteran players, especially players like you, the club's former heroes, and that certainly will. Give the team a morale boost!" Ye Qiu said almost all polite words.

Van der Sar is asking for something now, listening carefully, he feels that what Ye Qiu wants to say should be more than just these.

"I am a person who likes to put ugly words first. I hope you can use your experience and ability to lead this group of young teammates on the team and set them a role model. I also hope that you can become such a Rijkaard and Blind in the new Ajax team!"

In Van Gaal's Ajax team, both Rijkaard and Blind played a pivotal role.

Ye Qiu's words undoubtedly meant that he had no objection to Van der Sar joining Ajax, but that was based on the premise that Van der Sar was willing to obey the tactics and rules formulated by Ye Qiu. If he wants to return to Ajax and think that he can rely on his old age and enjoy privileges, then he is very wrong.

Having said this, everyone knew Ye Qiu's attitude, but Ye Qiu stopped talking and looked at Van der Sar.

"Tell me, Edwin, can I trust you?"

Very direct, but very straightforward, if you can accept my request, then you say yes, otherwise you say no.

Van der Sar has a lot of affection for Ajax. He also often reads news about Ajax in the newspapers, and knows Ye Qiu to some extent. From what Ye Qiu said to him just now, Fan der Sar Desa also knew that Ye Qiu was the one who really understood him.

At the very least, Ye Qiu could see that Van der Sar was not suitable for Serie A.

"I promise, Mr. Ye Qiu!" Van der Sar nodded solemnly.

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, but didn't stand up, stretched out his hand across the dishes on the table, and held Van der Sar tightly, "Congratulations, Edwin, welcome back to Ajax, Be part of us again!"

Van der Sar also nodded with a smile, "Thank you, head!" His title also changed.

"Believe me, Edwin, returning to PSV will be the best choice for you, because me and my players, your teammates, will once again send you to the top of your career, I promise!" Ye Qiu said confidently.

Van der Sar kept nodding, he felt that Ye Qiu's words were very attractive to him.

"I'll get in touch with Juventus tomorrow and I'll talk to them about your transfer fee, but I'm sure it won't be a problem and I can assure you that when you go back to Turin you can bring your family back. Amsterdam."

Ye Qiu's words warmed Van der Sar's heart again, because it meant that no matter how much Juventus offered, Ajax would definitely bring Van der Sar back to Amsterdam.

If Van der Sar had some doubts about Ye Qiu's promise before, now he believes that what Ye Qiu said to him before is true, and he also began to look forward to returning to Ajax. this new journey.

(End of this chapter)