The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 155 Double Crown King

After returning from the defeat in the European Champions Cup, everyone began to worry a little, worried that Ajax would not be able to withstand the defeat in the Champions League. The league title was eventually lost to Eindhoven.

But obviously, such worries are indeed unnecessary.

The home team did cause a lot of trouble for Ajax at the end of the league game at the Nijmegen de Gefet Stadium. The tenacious defense made Ajax a little bit unable to open the situation, and even Many people, even the on-site commentator, feel that Ajax may play very, very difficult in this game.

But after more than half an hour of the game, Ajax took the lead in breaking Nijmegen's goal in the 38th minute, opening the scoring for Ajax. After the cooperation of the tower, he used his personal strength to sway the goal scored by the defensive player in the penalty area.

But after only 5 minutes, Huntelaar's goal successfully expanded the score.

Because Zlatan Ibrahimovic brutally abused Ye Qiu in a live football game, the Ajax head coach avenged himself and put the Swede on the bench. Huntelaar started instead. The Dutch center also lived up to expectations and scored another goal for Ajax before the end of the first half.

Of course, this is an anecdote published on Ajax's official website. The real reason is that Zlatan Ibrahimovic lacks physical fitness, while Huntelaar has more physical fitness. Ye Qiu is considering rotation.

To be honest, the mentality is relaxed, and Nijmegen is not Ajax's opponent at all, even if it is an away game.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, but Ajax sounded the offensive horn against NEC Nijmegen from the very beginning. Huntelaar scored twice in the 50th minute to help Ajax expand the score It is 3:0.

In the 56th minute, Hleb, who came off the bench, dribbled the ball in from the left and then passed it diagonally to the right. Van der Meyde shot in and scored.

In the 83rd minute, Yaya Toure stepped in from behind, Van der Meyde knocked back after breaking through from the right, and the Ivorian volleyed vigorously from the penalty area, breaking through the goal of NEC Nijmegen again, 5:0.

So far, Ajax ended the last game of the season with a score of 5:0.

Graf Sharp's championship rival Eindhoven, who was a guest in this round, fell behind in the crucial battle.

Before the game, Eindhoven was exposed by the media that Gretz would be dismissed from get out of class. This obviously affected the morale and fighting spirit of the Eindhoven players. After the opening, Graf Sharp launched a continuous attack on Eindhoven. And in the 10th and 29th minutes, scored two goals in a row and took the lead.

During the intermission, Gretz adjusted the team's tactics. Romedal and Kežman scored two goals in the 59th and 63rd minutes of the second half to equalize the score, but neither side scored again after that. Indhoven ended up with a draw away.

This also caused Gretz to be criticized by many Dutch media after the game. They believed that in such a crucial game, Gretz obviously did not show the determination to break the boat. , and after equalizing the score, they lost momentum because Ajax was far ahead.

"The poor performance in the last game made it difficult for Eindhoven to win sympathy points in the second half of the season. Although they were only 8 points behind from 2 points behind, they could still win in the most critical last game. However, they lost the determination and courage to win."

"This is Gretz's third season in charge of Eindhoven. We have to say that it has been a very disappointing season. Gretz's team can be said to be getting worse every year. In contrast, Ajax is in Yendhoven. In the past two years of Qiu's coaching, the results have been rising steadily. Although they lost the league title at the last minute last season, Ajax won the respect of everyone."

"Win the UEFA Cup in the first year, and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in the second year. We have every reason to believe that under the leadership of Ye Qiu, this Ajax team will perform better and better. Jax has also reached the final of the Dutch Cup and is very hopeful to win the double crown, and if he wins again, this will also be Ajax's third consecutive championship in the Dutch Cup!"

The three consecutive championships mentioned in the comment obviously count the Dutch Cup of the Ajax second team as Ajax, but according to the records of the Dutch Football Association, the Dutch Cup is counted as Ajax With the second team, this has also become a unique landscape in the history of the Dutch Cup and the history of Dutch football.

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May 2002, 5, Rotterdam De Kuyp Stadium.

Ajax, who just successfully won the league championship trophy in Nijmegen a week ago, still showed strong strength in this Dutch Cup final, but Utrecht was in this game. Out of the general defensive formation of iron barrels.

Obviously, Utrecht is very clear about their own situation. They can't beat Ajax head-on, so they adopt defensive counterattack tactics, hoping to take advantage of Ajax's impetuous mood of being unable to attack for a long time. It was able to hold the cup smoothly.

According to the regulations of the Dutch Football Association, because Ajax has already won the league championship and successfully entered the UEFA Champions League group stage next season, so regardless of the outcome of this final, Utrecht will be able to qualify for the final. Dutch Cup final to qualify for the next season's UEFA Cup.

Therefore, purely from the point of view of interests, this final does not have much to do with it, but it does have to do with a championship trophy.

Utrecht's defense is very solid, but Ye Qiu's Ajax is also unambiguous. Robben is on the left and van der Vaart is on the right. The two sides are very active, especially the team frequently creates One-on-one opportunities, which caused Utrecht's defense on the wing to be very difficult.

The head coach of Utrecht, Frans Adlar, was once a brilliant professional player. He was the teammate of the Dutch Three Musketeers and Koeman and other players who won the European Cup in 88. Kex served as the team leader and accumulated a certain amount of coaching experience. Later, he went to coach alone. This season's performance in leading Utrecht can only be regarded as okay.

Perhaps seeing the frequent tightness on the wing, Frans Adlar asked the defensive midfielder Jane Paul de Jong to give more support to the wing, but this player has a brave style and first defended Van der Vaart's inside cut At that time, he got a yellow card for a foul, and after being thrown away by Sneijder, he pulled someone from behind for a foul and got another card.

The referee did have the courage to send off Paul de Jong with two consecutive yellow cards in the first half. It is biased towards Ajax, but from the perspective of slow motion, Paul De Jong's foul is very obvious, and the two yellow cards are not wronged at all.

After losing one person, Utrecht began to lose its ability to resist.

Before the end of the first half, Van der Vaart dribbled the ball in from the right, and cooperated with Ibrahimovic in a two-to-one manner. He entered the penalty area, pushed a shot from a small angle with his left foot, and pierced Utrecht's goal. Sri Lanka opened the record for the first time.

Returning to the locker room with a score of 1:0, Ye Qiu asked all players to continue to put pressure on Utrecht in the second half. With one more player, Ajax can definitely adopt a more proactive and aggressive approach. style of play.

But Ye Qiu also reminded the players that Utrecht will play more conservatively without one player.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, Utrecht almost placed the iron bucket formation at their own door. Facing Ajax's attack, they refused to press it out and blindly put the iron bucket in front of the goal. Formation, let Ajax attack.

In the 70th minute, after a long attack, Ajax finally opened Utrecht's goal again.

After the high center Zlatan Ibrahimovic stopped the ball in the penalty area, he leaned on the defender with his back, turned around and volleyed, and the ball hit the bottom of the net. The whole process was hearty and indescribably happy, 2:0 !

After that, Ajax continued to launch a round of fierce attack on Utrecht.

As the on-site commentator said, Ajax obviously vented the series of depression and uselessness he suffered in the Champions League on the unlucky Dutch team, which was NEC Nijmegen before. Now it's Utrecht, and both teams have collided with each other in Ajax's frustrating time.

In the 83rd minute, Sneijder received a return pass from Ibrahimovic and sent a through ball to the left. Robben penetrated into the penalty area and once again expanded the lead for Ajax, 3: 0.

In stoppage time in the 91st minute, Van der Vaart was on the right side of the penalty area. Using his personal ability and speed, he continuously dribbled the ball to break through the arc ball after the inside cut and shot the goal, expanding the score to 4:0. It was announced that Ajax became the double champion of the Eredivisie in the 01/02 season.

The players were very excited after the game. Although they were eliminated by Real Madrid in the Champions League, they won the Eredivisie and the Dutch Cup. For them, it is more or less a kind of compensate.

When the head coach Ye Qiu was interviewed by Dutch media and Chinese media in the comprehensive interview area after the game, he said that all the honors of the team are due to the hard work of the players.

"I'm very proud of having such an exceptional group of players, in my mind, the best and best players in the world, and I've always believed that we can be successful, and in fact, we have always been. On the road to success, I believe we will become stronger and stronger!"

A Dutch reporter asked with a smile, "Mr. Ye Qiu, won the Dutch Cup for three consecutive years. Does this make you less interested in winning the championship?"

Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head, "For me, every championship is worthy of joy. Although many people think that the Holland Cup is tasteless, I don't think so at all, because every game in this cup is full of joy. In order to face unknowns and challenges, we need to be more involved than ever in this kind of decisive game."

"To be able to win three years in a row in this challenging and contingent cup competition, I don't think it's an accident, it just proves what I just said, we have a group of outstanding players, I feel for them pride!"

Ye Qiu has always given all the credit to the players. This is because he knows very well in his heart that as the team's head coach, any honor of the team must have Ye Qiu's indelible credit in it. Since this is the case, why should he fight for it?Wouldn't it be better to push it directly and generously to the players?

"Mr. Ye Qiu, Eindhoven has not performed well this season. The general manager Frank Arnesen announced that the head coach Gretz will be dismissed from get out of class. According to outside speculation, the most likely person to take over Eindhoven is Edvor. Carter and Hiddink, what do you think of this?" Another Dutch reporter asked.

Advocaat is currently serving as the club management in the Soviet Super League, while Hiddink is serving as the head coach of the national team in South Korea. There is definite news that Eindhoven's current number one coach candidate is Guus Hiddink, because the Dutch The famous coach has made it clear that he will not renew his contract with South Korea after the World Cup, and if Hiddink fails to agree, Advocaat is an alternate candidate.

Ye Qiu didn't have a clear impression of these two head coaches, so he didn't talk much about them.

"I have always felt that no matter who the coach is, PSV Eindhoven are the most competitive team in the Eredivisie, but I also always believe that whether it is Guus Hiddink or Advocaat, they will make the team more competitive. PSV are getting stronger, but that won't stop us from going on to the league title next season!"

"Mr. Ye Qiu!" Another reporter handed over the microphone, "It is reported that teams from the four major European leagues are currently interested in you. What do you think about this?"

The performance of Ajax in the Champions League this season has made the entire European football world truly recognize Ye Qiu. Therefore, several teams have paid attention to Ye Qiu, and some teams have called Elisa to ask Whether Ye Qiu is interested in coaching, including La Liga, Bundesliga and Premier League, but Ye Qiu has refused.

In today's Ajax team, he has built a strong framework and team. If he is asked to give up now, isn't that equivalent to giving up halfway?He is absolutely confident that he can lead the team to move forward, because he has found a way to further strengthen the team and help the team overcome the bottleneck.

Under such circumstances, Ye Qiu does not intend to leave Ajax, because he firmly believes that for the time being, there is no place that suits him better than Ajax. The time that is most conducive to self-development.

That must not be now!
"I will not clarify these rumors, because there are too many similar rumors, and I have no way to explain and clarify them one by one, but I can ask all Ajax fans to rest assured that next season, Arena I must be the one sitting in front of the home team coach's bench at the stadium!" Ye Qiu replied with a smile.

The reporters at the scene were very interested in this young marshal, and the questions came one after another, and Ye Qiu finally had to give some privileges to his compatriots, so that two media from China could ask questions, one of which was his comparison The familiar Chen Jun.

"Congratulations on winning the double crown, all of us Chinese and Chinese are proud of you!" Chen Jun's opening remarks were very official, which is also his usual style, a bit serious.

"All the questions we wanted to ask before were asked by colleagues in the Netherlands and Europe. I won't repeat them here. I just want to ask Ye Qiu, what do you want to do most after winning the championship?"

Ye Qiu thought for a while, and suddenly remembered a movie he had seen in his previous life. He grinned, "Go home!"

"Go home?" Chen Jun and the reporters present were a little surprised.

"I haven't been home for a year, and I hope to go back and see my parents soon."

Chen Jun couldn't help laughing, nodded and said: "I believe there will be many fans who will go to Xiamen to look for you because of your words."

Ye Qiu chuckled and didn't say much. He didn't feel that being a professional coach was such a great thing or something to be proud of. Because he liked football and coaching, he was never satisfied with what he had achieved. grades.

It was so in the past, it is so now, and it will be so in the future.

"Finally, we all know that Ajax will go to China this summer. We hope to have the opportunity to conduct a face-to-face interview with you in BJ. I hope you will take the time!" Chen Jun finally proposed the invitation .

Ye Qiu nodded in agreement, saying that even if he didn't have time, he would definitely make time.

Ajax won the Dutch Cup at the De Kuyp Stadium. More than 3 Ajax fans who came to Rotterdam were very excited. They drove the team's bus along the way from Rotterdam along the A4 Highway, all the way straight to Amsterdam.

When the team turned from Hoofddorp to Amstelveen, thousands of Ajax fans in Amsterdam had already gathered outside Ajax's old stadium, the Olympiastadion. As soon as they saw the team's bus, they immediately followed up frantically. The whole formation was mighty and very, very lively.

Ajax officials have also been prepared for this. When they won the league championship a week ago, the team did not hold a celebration. Now that the double crown is in hand, they immediately arranged a game in De Tokmoorster. A warm celebration ceremony, and at the same time let the players board the open-topped bus that had been prepared long ago, carrying two championship trophies, and parade around the city in Amsterdam, so that all Ajax fans in the whole city Feel the joy and excitement after winning the championship.

After more than two hours of parade, the parade around the city did not return to the Arena Stadium until midnight. Here, the club held an all-night celebration ceremony, allowing all fans to share with the team. The joy of winning.

Ye Qiu still did not participate in the team's parade around the city. First, he didn't like to participate in such activities. Second, he was in the conference room of the Arena Stadium, talking to Bobby Harms and club chairman Van Prager , and Technical Director Leo Benhak held a meeting.

The main discussion is about the summer trip to China and the team's summer transfer strategy.

(End of this chapter)