Chapter 10: Exceptional Promotion

The two sides tied 0:0 in the first half, and everyone thought that B1 would definitely win this game.

When Rui scored the first goal for B2 in the 57th minute of the second half, most people were still thinking that Westerhof's team still had a chance to equalize and reverse the game.

However, when Sneijder's long shot penetrated Stekelenburg's goal again in the 63rd minute, most people immediately changed their camps and began to think that it was difficult for Westerhof's team to equalize the score, and it was even more difficult to reverse the game.

In the 67th minute, Maduro assisted Sneijder to break into the penalty area and broke through the goal of B1 again, changing the score to 3:0. Even Van der Vaart, the core player of B1, began to lose the will to continue to resist.

Lost! We lost! We actually lost!

Such a desperate emotion seemed to spread rapidly like a computer virus at the moment of the goal.

In the 79th minute, De Jong scored another goal for B2, 4:0!

Everyone, including Westhoff, had completely despaired of the game.

But Ye Qiu seemed not ready to stop. He rushed to the sidelines and shouted at the players of Team B2, asking them to continue to put pressure on the enemy, to continue to pursue the victory, and never let them go.

In this way, in the 83rd and 86th minutes, Team B2 scored again with Rui, and finally locked the score at 6:0!

The youth team's game is like this. They are all young people, and they are seriously affected by emotions and morale. Once they lose their fighting spirit and the will to play, slaughtering them is like slaughtering a group of children, so the youth team's games often have some incredible scores.

The current situation is like this. The strength of Team B1 is absolutely unquestionable, but the first two goals came from the head coach's tactical mistakes, which led to the team being passive everywhere. In addition, the long-term inability to open the situation after the game has worn away the spirit, and finally led to such a tragic defeat for Team B1.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the manual scoreboard on the sidelines read 0:6, with the score of Team B1 in front and the victory of Team B2 in the back. This immediately made all the players of Team B2 hug each other excitedly to celebrate.

Roland rushed to Ye Qiu at the first time, hugged Ye Qiu tightly, and celebrated such a hard-won victory, while Ye Qiu looked at Westhoff. He was not going to give the other party a chance to escape from the scene.

In the end, Ye Qiu, who had finally gotten rid of Roland, finally blocked Westhoff before he left.

"Hello, Mr. Westhoff!" Ye Qiu walked forward with a smile.

This time he made his attitude clear. I'm here to add insult to injury. You bite me?

Ye Qiu is just an ordinary citizen. If you respect me, I will respect you. But if you touch me, I will definitely find ways to get revenge. Now he is here to retaliate against Westhoff.

Westhoff was so angry that his face turned blue, his whole body was shaking with anger, and his fists were clenched. He had never suffered such humiliation in his life. This was simply a lifelong shame for him, which made the proud him completely lose face.

"The game is over. Mr. Westhoff said that it would be a decisive match. You predicted it very accurately. It really was a decisive match. It's just a pity that you lost and I won!"

After a pause, Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head, "Someone in China said this: I guessed the beginning of the story, but I couldn't guess the end of the story. This sentence is really very interesting now. I believe Mr. Westhoff should not be a person who doesn't keep his word, right? You should know what to do, right?"

Faced with Ye Qiu's sarcasm and taking advantage of his misfortune, Westhoff turned around angrily, staring at him with wide eyes. If Westhoff had high blood pressure at this moment, his blood vessels must have burst and he would have died.

But in the end, he said nothing, snorted heavily, and turned away.

"Does this count as a promise to keep the promise? Or a promise not to?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile behind him.

But he didn't get a reply. It was good enough that Westhoff didn't beat him now, so why would he care about him?

"Why are you doing this?" Roland followed Ye Qiu here, so he heard the conversation between the two. He was more worried that the two would fight in anger.

"Why?" Ye Qiu shook his head and sneered, "Roland, you must know that if I were the one who lost now, he would definitely deal with me a thousand times, and the reason why I can stand here well is because I won. Otherwise, I would be worse than him. I would be driven out of Detokmost like a dog!"

"So, I'm not wrong at all for treating him like this!" Ye Qiu defended himself righteously.

Was he wrong?

No!

In the past two months, he felt the gloating and indifference and contempt from all levels of Detokmost. Did anyone think about him at that time? Did anyone defend him at that time?

No! Not even one!

Even Roland Shepas and Chairman Van Praag, who Ye Qiu was grateful for, gave Ye Qiu support and encouragement in private, but everyone else, including Waters, never gave him any encouragement, and all this was because of Westhoff's suppression of him and the so-called killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

"This world has never changed. It has always been about respecting the strong!" After this incident, Ye Qiu had a deeper understanding of many things, "If we don't want to be looked down upon or bullied, we can only choose to be a strong man!"

Ye Qiu didn't want to be controlled by others everywhere, and he didn't want the same experience to happen to him a second time, so he wanted to be a strong man. He would go wherever he could become a strong man, and he would help whoever could give him the opportunity to become a strong man!

Roland has been with Ye Qiu for the past two months. He naturally understands the huge pressure Ye Qiu is under. Therefore, he can also understand Ye Qiu's revenge and kicking Westerhoff when he is down, and he doesn't say anything.

"Thank you, Roland!" Ye Qiu walked over and hugged Roland.

Without Roland's support and help, Ye Qiu doesn't know if he can get to where he is today.

Another one is Van Praag. He is the only person who has encouraged Ye Qiu besides Roland. Even if Ye Qiu thinks that kind of encouragement is a bit redundant, this heart is still worth affirming.

In the stands, Leo Benhak's face is very ugly because he finally realized a mistake he made.

He has always seen the tactical problems of Ajax, but he underestimated Ye Qiu too much. He felt that with Ye Qiu's ability, it would be impossible to see this loophole, so he didn't pay attention to it and didn't give Westerhoff any reminder.

But from this game, Leo Benhakker had to admit that Ye Qiu's understanding and analysis of tactics were far beyond his expectations, especially his choice of timing for tactical adjustments, which was very clever.

Although this loophole is fatal, it depends on when and to whom.

If it was during the heyday of Louis van Gaal, Ajax relied on sharp double forwards and a strong lineup, such loopholes would be covered to the maximum extent; and if it was when the morale of the B1 team was high and the physical fitness was good, such loopholes were not completely impossible to avoid and prevent.

In this case, Ye Qiu chose to endure and took a weak stance at the beginning. The purpose was actually to make the B1 team numb and careless, and then press forward to attack, and then through solid defense, grind away the sharpness of the B1 team, avoid its edge, and wait until its morale is loose and its physical fitness is slack, and then suddenly hit it by surprise.

From this level, judging from the competition of this game alone, Westhoff lost completely!

"This Ye Qiu is really a talent!" Van Praag praised with a smile.

Although it was a bit of a coincidence that he could lead the weak B2 team to slaughter Westerhof's B1 team 6:0, and it would be impossible to play like this again, at least Ye Qiu's tactical application, competition ability, and his ability to lead the team are worthy of recognition, especially after seeing the play of the B2 team after leading by two goals.

At that time, the B1 team lacked morale, while the B2 team was full of morale and began to get into the state. They frequently played some one-kick passes and received the ball, and the advancement speed was very fast, making it difficult for the B1 team to keep up with the rhythm and pace, and completely led the B1 team by the nose.

This scene also gave Van Praag a glimmer of hope. He felt that this should be the effect of the new training promoted by Ye Qiu, which would make Ajax's offense faster, sharper, and more offensive.

"Hans is also a talent that should not be easily missed!" Leo Benhakker also smiled casually.

Van Praag was stunned. According to the bet between Ye Qiu and Westerhoff, whoever loses must resign.

Van Praag had originally prepared a trick for Ye Qiu, which was Ye Qiu resigning, but he rejected it, so that Ye Qiu could continue to stay in the team and continue his youth training reform.

But now it seems that Ye Qiu is the winner, and this trick has a chance to be used on the famous Westerhoff.

Westerhoff has a good coaching record. There is a certain degree of accidental loss in this game. Carelessness is one aspect, and Ye Qiu's new concept is another aspect. However, Westerhoff's own ability is unquestionable, and he is a famous Dutch coach, and Van Praag personally called him into Ajax.

Even if Ye Qiu won the game, Van Praag didn't want Westerhoff to leave in his heart.

Looking at Waters again, if this first-team head coach falls again at this time, Van Praag will not be too embarrassed.

But just when Leo Beenhakker felt that something was wrong and that Waters might take the opportunity to get rid of Westerhof, Waters unbelievably agreed with Leo Beenhakker's words.

"I also think that Hans is an outstanding talent and we should try our best to keep him."

Waters' words not only surprised Leo Beenhakker, but also Van Praag.

After these few months, Van Praag has fully realized the mistakes he made in choosing the position. He is also thinking whether to take advantage of this opportunity to weaken Leo Beenhakker's power so that Waters can really grasp more power and get a more relaxed coaching environment.

After all, although Waters' team lost miserably to Feyenoord, they performed well in other games and deserve recognition.

But Waters now actively hopes that Westerhoff will stay, which surprised Van Praag a little, but in addition to being surprised, he also felt embarrassed about the arrangement of the position.

"Michael, do you think there are some troubles in the personnel arrangement?" Leo Beenhakker asked with a smile.

Van Praag nodded. Westerhoff lost the bet, and Ye Qiu won so beautifully. If he didn't give Ye Qiu some tangible benefits, then all the grievances he had suffered in the past period of time would be in vain.

Besides, Ye Qiu defeated Westerhoff, and this matter will be spread sooner or later, and the news that he is going to promote reforms in Ajax will definitely not be covered up. Will other clubs be tempted by then? Will they want to poach him?

The Netherlands has always been a country that attaches great importance to youth training. Here, sometimes an outstanding youth training expert is more popular than an outstanding player, because poaching a player can only bring short-term benefits, but poaching a youth training expert will drive long-term benefits.

In the past few years, Ajax has suffered a serious loss of talent, especially after Van Gaal moved to Barcelona. Although he kept his promise and did not secretly poach any star from Ajax, he secretly poached many youth training experts, which is why Van Praag invited Westerhoff in 1998.

Being poached has left a shadow, and Van Praag also knows that without sufficient sincerity, it is difficult for Ye Qiu to stay with peace of mind.

"In my opinion, it is not appropriate to entrust Ye Qiu with important tasks for the time being. It is better to let him continue to lead a team and see the results first. After all, he was able to beat Hans in this game, and at least 80% of it was due to luck!"

Waters' words seemed reasonable, but in fact they were a bit sour. Leo Benhakker and Van Praag couldn't help but frowned after hearing them, and they all guessed Waters's thoughts.

After all, he was promoted directly from the youth team to the first team as the head coach, and Ajax has always had a similar tradition, so he now regards Ye Qiu as another person who threatens his position besides Westhoff.

No wonder, Ye Qiu defeated Westhoff in this game. There was a certain amount of luck, but it was definitely not as much as 80% as Waters said, probably about 30%, but his own use of tactics and grasp of the timing of the game played the most critical role.

In other words, Ye Qiu relied on real strength to defeat Westhoff!

Even Waters himself was not sure enough to do this.

After listening to Waters' words, Leo Benhakker couldn't help but smile, "I think Yang's proposal is worth considering, but in order to show our attention to Ye Qiu, I think the selected team should have a certain weight. Why not let him lead the second team to participate in the league, while Hans will continue to be responsible for other teams in the youth training camp."

Ajax's second team is actually U21. According to the distribution of Ajax's youth training system, there is a team for each age from U9 to U21, but the real youth training system ends with A1, which is U18. After the age of 18, they will either be directly promoted to the second team or leave De Tokmost.

You know, Ajax's De Tokmost has a total of only about 200 people. If you divide it evenly, there are only a dozen people in each team, and there are more people in the lower age group, and fewer people in the higher age group, and even less than 10 people, so the boundaries between U17 and U18 in the A group with a small number of people are not very clear, and after the age of 18, they are directly mixed into 2 teams.

Ajax's first team has always had a tradition of promoting youth team coaches. Let's not talk about the distant past. The more recent one is Louis van Gaal. After retiring in 1987, Van Gaal, who was at best a second-rate player in his career, performed well in 1988 and was promoted to the A1 team. After the resignation of head coach Kurt Lind, he served as a fire-fighting coach for a period of time, but was soon replaced by Pitz Cohen.

After stepping down from the position of head coach, Van Gaal took charge of Ajax's second team, promoted and introduced many new stars, and in 1991, after Leo Beenhakker suddenly transferred to Real Madrid, he was promoted to the first team as the second team coach again. But this time Van Praag gave him enough confidence, and he also led Ajax to create a golden age.

It can be said that in this regard, as long as the performance is good enough, Ajax's promotion efforts are still very strong.

The position of the head coach of the second team was originally held by Westhoff. Now that Westhoff lost, Ye Qiu was allowed to take charge of the second team. This reward was generous to Ye Qiu, who was only 25 years old, and he should be satisfied.

Van Praag did intend to reuse Ye Qiu, but his original idea was to enter the first team and become Waters' assistant coach to accumulate more experience. However, after seeing Waters' reaction just now, he gave up the idea and was a little disappointed with Waters' reaction.

In the final analysis, what Waters did was still a lack of confidence in his own abilities, so he wanted to seize power and suppress the newcomers.

"How about this, let Hans still be in charge of the youth training camp and be in charge of the other youth teams except the second team. Leo, this matter will be handed over to you!"

Leo Benhakker immediately nodded in agreement to Van Praag's personal appointment. He didn't want Westerhoff to leave like this. After all, this man was his right-hand man in Ajax. And looking at Waters' reaction just now, Leo Benhakker had thought of the bargaining chip to persuade Westerhoff to stay. He was confident that Westerhoff would agree once this bargaining chip was put out.

As for Ye Qiu, Leo Benhakker didn't think it was important now, because Waters was obviously afraid of him. If that was the case, why should he deliberately suppress him?

Maybe, there would be a chance to make friends!

In this way, the new round of power distribution in the Ajax competitive department was negotiated on this simple stand of the youth team.