The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 137 Please Call Me Jack!
"We will completely block Ajax's offense in this game!"

On the occasion of this Dutch derby, Eindhoven head coach Gretz, who led the team to Amsterdam, vowed to express his confidence in this game when he was interviewed by the media.

If it was a week ago, many people would definitely think that he was deliberately exaggerating to boost the morale of the team, but now no one thinks so, because Ajax has suffered a serious reduction in personnel in this game.

In the game against Boavista, the two main players, Sneijder and Arjen Robben, have been confirmed by the club and will be sidelined for at least two weeks. Among them, Sneijder's injury is more serious. Zhou Du may not be able to come back.

Ye Qiu can only entrust Yaya Toure with a heavy responsibility in this game, but the Ivorian teenager's performance is not as stable as Sneijder's. Can he fill the gap left by Sneijder well? One of everyone's doubts, and Robben's position is assumed by Hleb.

After the Belarusian player joined Ajax, although he performed well from time to time, he could not be compared with the talented winger Arjen Robben, and he repeatedly talked with Ye Qiu and interviewed the media. Said that he was still unable to adapt to Ajax's tactical system.

This undoubtedly makes many people not very reassuring about him, and once Ajax's trident loses the threat from the left and loses the shock from the center, how much power can be left, this is Gretz The reason for being so swearing.

Ye Qiu did not refute Gretz's remarks, because he knew very well that it was not the time.

Now he is sitting in the office, having an in-depth conversation with Yaya Toure, the most important of which is talking about the upcoming match. Ye Qiu told him unabashedly that in this match he will win Starting qualification, with Keita and Gilberto Silva in midfield.

"I never doubted your potential and talent, that's why I brought you from Côte d'Ivoire to Amsterdam, I believe you can become a top midfielder in Europe and the world, but you have to prove to me that in the key Moment, I can absolutely trust you, and you also have such strength!"

"Tell me, can I trust you?"

Facing Ye Qiu's serious inquiry, Yaya Toure nodded heavily, "Please trust me, I will not let you down!"

Ye Qiu nodded, "Remember what I told you, a good player must keep calm at all times, have an overall view and strategic awareness, and at the same time trust his teammates, pass the ball well, and you will be able to dominate a match!"

Yaya Toure knows what the head coach means. Ye Qiu and other coaches have told him many times. He himself is aware of this problem and is working hard to improve it. Habitual things are not something that can be changed just by changing it.

"I promise you, head, I will work harder to restrain myself in this game!"

Yaya Toure knows better than anyone that the opponent in this game is PSV Eindhoven. Now the gap between the two teams is 4 points. If they lose, Ajax still has a 1-point lead, but it has already The morale has been greatly weakened by the opponent, which will inevitably lead to a heavy blow to the morale of Ajax.

For Ye Qiu to trust him in such a critical match, it was tantamount to pinning his hopes of winning the championship on him.

In such an important game, if Yaya Toure can't ensure that he can control himself hard, how can he be worthy of starting?
"Go, don't put too much pressure on yourself, and don't pay attention to the suspicion of the outside world, you have to remember, you don't play for them, you are only responsible for me, only I can judge your performance, understand ?”

Yaya Toure nodded and stood up, said goodbye to Ye Qiu politely, and left Ye Qiu's office.

After watching Yaya Toure leave, Ye Qiu let out a deep breath. He is really under a lot of pressure now, but the trouble is not small. Yaya Toure is just one of them, and Hleb, the shy A shy and low-key Belarusian.

Ever since he joined Ajax, although his performance has been good and bad, he still seems to be a bit unable to integrate into the team. Ye Qiu once communicated with him and asked him the reason and crux. Hleb did not hide it, telling him Ye Qiu's own question.

"Your tactical rhythm is too fast, and you keep asking me to run, which makes me not have enough time to think. Without thinking, it is difficult for me to find the goal."

Hleb didn't say it, but Ye Qiu understood that without a goal, it's easy to be blind, blind to running, blind to dribbling, once oppressed and forced by the opponent, it's easy to fall into a hard fight, and Hleb is a bit melancholy, sometimes The timing is not decisive enough, and the desire to shoot is not strong enough. He prefers to choose to pass the ball instead of hitting the goal himself.

Ye Qiu didn't give up on Hleb because of this at all, that's not his style, because he always believed that no player is perfect, and every player will have problems of one kind or another. If you don't solve it, but choose to give up, you are definitely not a qualified head coach.

So he gave Hleb a lot of time. In the past year and a half, Hleb has always been Robben's substitute, but once he performs well, assists or scores goals, Ye Qiu will give him special support. Rewards, encourage him to become more confident, and once he makes a mistake, Ye Qiu will take all the responsibilities and give him shelter.

"You know, head, when we were in Belarus, we all loved the snow."

Sitting in the office chair, turning around, with his back to the desk, facing the stadium of the second team, Ye Qiu couldn't help but think of last winter, when it snowed in Amsterdam, Hleb was in a hot state, Ye Qiu asked He told him why, and he talked about his past full of vicissitudes.

"My mates and I came from poor kids. My father was a tanker driver, and my mother was a construction site worker. My football career started on concrete, and it was always worn out. I even hurt my feet, and sometimes fell to a bloody mess."

"It wasn't until I was 12 that I got a pair of sneakers, cheap cheap ones, and I thought of them as treasures, so I like snow, because it makes the ground soft, even though it will It's slippery and easy to get injured, but the sneakers are not easy to break, and in the summer, our sneakers always wear out very fast."

From Hleb's words, Ye Qiu could imagine how hard his life was, and he could also imagine that an Eastern European who had lived in a slum since he was a child, suddenly came to a place full of flowers. In Western Europe, in the face of such a colorful world, with Hleb's sentimental character, inferiority complex is inevitable.

And often, low self-esteem can easily lead to lack of self-confidence.

In the past year or so, Ye Qiu has always been good at protecting him, but Hleb doesn't seem to have made much progress. This undoubtedly makes Ye Qiu feel a little disappointed, and he has to re-reflect on his own feelings towards him. Is Hleb's approach correct.

But I have to admit that Ye Qiu is really not a person who can be hard-hearted, especially when facing his own players.

When he saw Hleb walking into his office timidly, sitting in front of him, and lowering his face full of vicissitudes, he couldn't say many hard words.

"You will start this game." Ye Qiu announced.

Hleb nodded and hummed, he was not surprised by this, as Robben usually starts the game without Robben.

"Our offense in this game will focus on building two wings. We have to start well according to the usual practice. To attack, I will use the midfield to firmly suppress Eindhoven's midfield and completely integrate the game. In the rhythm we do best."

Hleb still nodded, this time he didn't answer, but he raised his head, looked at Ye Qiu seriously, and listened to him.

Seeing Hleb like this, Ye Qiu secretly sighed in his heart, "Alexander, you have been in Amsterdam for more than a year, and you have experienced a lot in the Eredivisie League. I believe you are very clear about the impact of this game. The importance of the team!"

"I see, head!" Hleb finally said.

"That's good!" Ye Qiu was quite satisfied, "Just coming to a team, it is inevitable that there will always be some transition and adaptation period. Zidane went to Real Madrid, Pires went to Arsenal, and they both performed well at the beginning. It’s not ideal, but the key is to let go of your mentality, to adapt, integrate and trust the teammates around you.”

"I believe you can do it, and you will be able to do it well. Never doubt yourself, understand?"

Hleb was moved by Ye Qiu's encouragement, and this was the first time, but every time, Ye Qiu still gave him encouragement and even defended him tirelessly, which made Hleb nod heavily, At the same time, I kept reminding myself in my heart that I must not let my head down again.

After sending Hleb away, Ye Qiu fell into deep thought again. He had no doubt that the biggest weaknesses in Ajax's lineup against PSV would be Hleb and Yaya Toure. If he doesn't perform well, then this game will be more or less bad for Ajax, because he can feel that Gretz came prepared this time and came aggressively.

The importance of this game can be seen from Ye Qiu sending all the main players to play. Even if it affects Ajax's match against Bayern Munich in the middle of the week, he doesn't care at all.

The league has always been the battlefield that Ye Qiu attaches the most importance to.

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When the roar of Ferrari sounded outside the gate, Eliza had just hung up the phone with Huang Chu.

This silly girl learned about the recent situation of Ajax from the newspaper, and also guessed that Ye Qiu must be under a lot of pressure, so she specially called from England to inquire about Eliza Ye Qiu's situation, and asked Eliza to pay more attention. Help Ye Qiu.

There is a saying that is true, smart people use their brains, Eliza's agency company is getting bigger and bigger, but she doesn't see how busy she is, and her mantra is that she can't be affected by her work rest, because the most important thing for a woman is to maintain her body through sleep and rest.

But Ye Qiu, the head coach of Ajax, seems to have endless things to do every day.

"I'm back!" Seeing Ye Qiu open the door and come in, Eliza just turned her head and continued to watch her TV.

God knows why a very smart and stupid girl likes to watch those sitcoms that are so vulgar to the end, and she still enjoys watching them, and she likes the vulgar plots and disgusting emotional scenes in them.

"Please, it's this drama again, Wheat Cake's!" Ye Qiu kept shaking his head.

This drama is called [Good Times, Bad Times]. It is the most popular drama in the Netherlands. From 1990 to the present, it has broadcast thousands of episodes. It seems that there is no sign of ending , God knows how they made it up?

But I have to say, I heard that this drama has almost everything in it, love, conspiracy... the most important thing is the high ratings.

Eliza was holding a box of potato chips in her hand, and she was eating them without turning her head. She just stared at the TV, "You don't know how to watch, so don't always interfere with me watching TV. Pack the dinner, put it on the dining room table, and eat it by yourself."

Since Huang Chu left, Ye Qiu and Eliza's three meals a day are basically packed, or directly in the club restaurant.

Hastily eating these foods that are obviously incomparable to Huang Chu's craftsmanship, Ye Qiu listened to the bombardment of soap operas in his ears, and he was surprised. With Eliza's IQ, why would she like to watch such TV dramas? Woolen cloth?
"Eliza, don't watch TV shows that lower your IQ, go out for a walk!"

"I saw it just right!" Eliza immediately refused, but soon, she thought of something. Huang Chu asked her to help look at Ye Qiu, and turned around, "Where are you going?"

"Go for a ride!"

It's really a drive, and it's an express drive!

In the middle of the night, when no one was around, a Ferrari speeded over 200 hours per hour, almost lightning-fast on the A1 highway, and went south quickly, passed Naarden, came to Hilversum, and then went from A1 turned to the A27 highway, bypassed Lake Hoy, came to Almere, took the A6 to Lelystad, then entered the Ring Road, and came to the shore of the IJsselmeer.

There is a road across Lake Ijssel from Lelystad. This embankment, like the famous Afsludijk embankment, cuts Lake Ijssel with a road built on it, and in the middle of the embankment, An area similar to the mooring pier was opened up, which is not only a monitoring station for the embankment and the lake gate, but also a cafe called Charlie.

Ye Qiu drove very fast along the way, and Eliza was holding the handle above the car door vigorously along the way, for fear that if she was not careful, she would be thrown out of the car door directly, and every time the car crossed, she would endure it. I couldn't help screaming.

So, when Ye Qiu turned into Charlie's Cafe and parked in the parking lot outside, her towering chest heaved rapidly, as if carrying some kind of moving rhythm, but her complexion was very ugly.

"I swear, Ye Qiu, I will never dare to ride in your car again!" Eliza opened the door and went out, and found that her legs were a little weak, and immediately looked at Ye Qiu angrily, "You crazy!"

Feeling the cold wind blowing from the Ijsselmeer in winter, Ye Qiu felt refreshed.

The waves of the lake under the feet are not big, but they beat the pebbles on the embankment one after another. The entire embankment separates the Ijsselmeer. The lake water naturally wants to erode this long and narrow embankment, but almost Ten years have passed, and the place is as stable as Mount Tai.

Ye Qiu stretched out his arms with all his strength, kept twisting his sore neck, and walked slowly to the end of the embankment, opened his arms, and let the wind blowing from the lake beat him. It's a great feeling.

"Crazy!" Eliza knew he was under a lot of pressure and was venting, "Come back a little bit, it's too dangerous to stand there, if you fall, I don't know how to use water, and I'll drown you!"

Ye Qiu laughed, "I don't know how to swim either, and I'm planning to learn, but you should come over and have a try. Standing here to see the Ijsselmeer is completely different from standing inside!"

The surrounding area was pitch black, only the lighthouse in the distance was still flashing frequently, guiding the boats on the lake, but looking around, the other side of the Ijsselmeer could not be seen at a glance. This lake is too big, too big!
You can step into the IJsselmeer just by lifting your feet, but Ye Qiu is standing at the end of the embankment, facing the lake without any light, and when he comes, it sounds like a ghost roaring in Eliza's ears. vent.

"You have a try too, it's very enjoyable!" Ye Qiu suggested with a smile.

Eliza shook her head vigorously, "I'm not crazy!"

"What are you afraid of?" Ye Qiu laughed, "Do you remember James Cameron's [Titanic]? You just learn from Ruth and imagine yourself standing on the bow of the Titanic, and I am the handsome Jack. It's time for me to hold you!"

"Uh!" Eliza made a playful vomiting movement, "I don't think you look like Jack, but you are handsome, are you as handsome as Leonardo?"

Ye Qiu shook his head, "Can't you have some imagination?"

Eliza shook her head like a rattle, "What amazing imagination does it take to imagine you as Leonardo?" After finishing speaking, she couldn't help laughing, obviously for He was happy to be able to hit Ye Qiu.

But when she was talking, she still slowly moved closer to Ye Qiu. For some reason, she felt that Ye Qiu was very happy standing like this, but as soon as she got close to Ye Qiu, the latter pulled hard, frightened She screamed, but Ye Qiu pulled her to the end of the embankment.

"Step here, yes, step firmly, don't move, otherwise it's not Ruth, but a drowned ghost." Ye Qiu shouted with a laugh.

Eliza was so frightened that she grabbed Ye Qiu's hand with both hands, her eyes were closed in fright, and she dared not open them, but when Ye Qiu called out, she didn't dare to move, and could only let Ye Qiu hold her soft and tender body. Boneless waist.

At this moment, she felt that her entire body, heart, and life were in Ye Qiu's hands. As long as he let go, she would be dead, but Ye Qiu's arms around her waist couldn't tell. Kong Wu is strong, it seems that he can't let go even with a knife.

"Open your eyes!" Ye Qiu said with a big laugh beside her ear, "Come on, don't be afraid, open your eyes and take a look at the IJsselmeer, you will find that it is the same as what you saw before. The Ijsselmeer is totally different!"

I don't know if she felt relieved about Ye Qiu, but Eliza slowly opened her eyes, she was really shocked.

At this moment, she felt that the entire IJsselmeer seemed to be stepped under her feet, and those lake waves seemed to be coming towards her.

As long as she went a little higher, or she went a little further, she would be swallowed by the waves of the lake, but Ye Qiu's hands around her waist pulled her so strongly that she wasn't afraid at all.

"Wow!" Eliza opened her arms excitedly, looking like Ruth in the Titanic.

"Hey, be careful, don't twist your waist, damn it, I won't be able to catch it!"

(End of this chapter)