Chapter 155 Double Champion

After the defeat in the European Champions League, everyone began to worry that Ajax would not be able to bear the defeat in the Champions League, and finally lost the league championship that had been in their arms to Eindhoven at the last minute of the league.

But it is obvious that such worries are indeed redundant.

In this league finale at the De Gefet Stadium in Nijmegen, the home team did cause a lot of trouble for Ajax. The tenacious defense made Ajax a little difficult to open up the situation. Even many people, even the on-site commentator, felt that Ajax might have a very, very difficult game in this game.

But more than half an hour after the game, Ajax, in the 38th minute, Robben took the lead in breaking through the goal of Nijmegen, opening the record for Ajax. This was a goal scored by Robben after cooperating with Keita on the left and shaking off the defender in the penalty area with his personal strength.

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

Because Ibrahimovic brutally abused Ye Qiu in the live football game, the Ajax head coach took revenge and directly put the Swede on the bench. Huntelaar started instead, and the Dutch center did not disappoint everyone. Before the end of the first half, he scored another goal for Ajax.

Of course, this is an interesting story posted on the official website of Ajax. The real reason is that Ibrahimovic is not physically fit, while Huntelaar is more physically fit, so Ye Qiu considered rotating.

To be honest, the mentality is relaxed. 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 horn of attack against NEC Nijmegen from the beginning. Huntelaar scored twice in the 50th minute, helping Ajax expand the score to 3:0.

In the 56th minute, Hleb, who came on as a substitute, dribbled the ball inside from the left and passed it diagonally to the right. Van der Meyde inserted a powerful shot and scored.

In the 83rd minute, Yaya Toure made a late run, Van der Meyde broke through on the right and knocked back, and the Ivorian volleyed hard in the penalty area and broke through NEC Nijmegen's goal again, 5:0.

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

PSV Eindhoven, Grafschap's championship rival in this round, fell behind in the crucial battle.

Before the game, the media broke the news that Gretz would be fired, which obviously affected the morale and fighting spirit of the PSV players to some extent. After the opening, Grafschap launched a series of attacks on PSV Eindhoven, and scored two goals in the 10th and 29th minutes to take the lead.

During the halftime break, Gretz adjusted the team's tactics. Romedal and Kezman scored two goals in the 59th and 63rd minutes of the second half to equalize the score, but neither side was able to score again afterwards, and PSV Eindhoven finally encountered a draw away from home.

This also led to Gretz being criticized by many Dutch media after the game. They believed that in such a crucial game, Gretz obviously did not show the determination to fight to the death. PSV Eindhoven was distracted, which led to the team falling behind in the first half. After equalizing the score, they lost motivation because Ajax was far ahead.

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

"This is Gretz's third season as PSV Eindhoven coach. We have to say that it is a very disappointing season. Gretz's team can be said to be worse year by year. In contrast, Ajax has been improving in the past two years under Ye Qiu's coaching. Although they lost the league championship at the last minute last season, Ajax has won the respect of everyone."

"Won the UEFA Cup in the first year and entered the Champions League in the second year The top four, we have every reason to believe that under the leadership of Ye Qiu, this Ajax team will perform better and better, and this season Ajax has also reached the Dutch Cup final, and is very likely to win the double crown. If they win again, it will be Ajax's third consecutive Dutch Cup title! "

The three consecutive titles mentioned in the comment obviously include the Dutch Cup won by Ajax's second team, but according to the records of the Dutch Football Association, that Dutch Cup was counted by Ajax's second team, which has become a unique landscape in the history of the Dutch Cup and the history of Dutch football. It can almost be said that there is no one before and there will be no one after.

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May 12, 2002, De Kuip Stadium, Rotterdam.

Ajax, who had just won the league championship trophy in Nijmegen a week ago, still showed a strong and unstoppable strength in this Dutch Cup final, but Utrecht played an iron barrel-like defensive formation in this game.

Obviously, Utrecht is very clear about their situation. They cannot defeat Ajax head-on, so they adopt a defensive counterattack tactic, hoping to take advantage of Ajax's impetuous mood after a long period of attack, and sneak attack successfully, and preferably win the cup smoothly.

According to the regulations of the Dutch Football Association, because Ajax has won the league championship and successfully entered the group stage of the European Champions League next season, no matter the outcome of this final, Utrecht can qualify for the next season's UEFA Cup by reaching the Dutch Cup final.

So, purely from the perspective of interests, this final is not very important, but it is related to a championship trophy.

Utrecht's defense is very solid, but Ye Qiu's Ajax is also not ambiguous. 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 on the side, which makes Utrecht's defense on the side very difficult.

Utrecht's head coach Frans Adrar was once a brilliant professional player. He was a teammate of the Dutch Three Musketeers and Koeman and other players who won the European Cup in 1988. Later, he once served as the leader of Ajax and accumulated a certain amount of coaching experience. Later, he went to coach alone. This season, his performance leading Utrecht can only be considered okay.

Perhaps seeing the frequent tension on the wing, Frans Adrar asked midfielder Jan Paul de Jong to provide more support on the wing, but this player was brave. He first fouled when defending Van der Vaart's cut-in and got a yellow card. Then, after being thrown away by Sneijder, he pulled the player from behind and got another card.

The referee was indeed courageous. He sent Paul de Jong off the field with two consecutive yellow cards in the first half, which made the Utrecht fans at De Kuip Stadium very dissatisfied. They thought that the referee was deliberately biased towards Ajax, but from the slow motion, Paul de Jong's foul was very obvious, and the two yellow cards were not wronged at all.

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

Before the end of the first half, Van der Vaart dribbled the ball from the right and cut in. He played a two-on-one match with Ibrahimovic, broke into the penalty area, and pushed the ball with his left foot at a small angle, penetrating the goal of Utrecht and opening the scoring for Ajax.

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 could adopt a more proactive and aggressive style of play.

But Ye Qiu also reminded the players that Utrecht, which lost one player, would definitely play more conservatively.

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

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

After the center forward Ibrahimovic stopped the ball in the penalty area, he leaned on the defensive player with his back, turned around and shot flexibly, and the ball went straight to the bottom of the net. The whole process was hearty and exciting, and it was indescribably happy, 2:0!

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

As the commentator said, Ajax obviously vented the frustration and humiliation it suffered in the Champions League on the unlucky Dutch team. It was NEC Nijmegen before and Utrecht now. Both teams ran into the gun when Ajax was depressed.

In the 83rd minute, Sneijder received a pass from Ibrahimovic and passed the ball to the left. Robben entered the penalty area and once again expanded Ajax's lead to 3:0.

In the 91st minute of stoppage time, Van der Vaart used his personal ability and speed to break through the inside and shoot a curved ball on the right side of the penalty area, expanding the score to 4:0. This goal also announced that Ajax became the double champion of the 01/02 Eredivisie.

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. This is more or less a compensation for them.

Head coach Ye Qiu was interviewed by Dutch and Chinese media in the comprehensive interview area after the game, and said that all the honors of the team were the result of the hard work of the players.

"I am proud of having such a group of outstanding players. In my heart, they are the best and most outstanding players in the world. I have always believed that we can succeed. 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, winning the Dutch Cup for three consecutive years, will this make you lack the fun of winning the championship?"

Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head, "For me, every championship is worth being happy about. Although many people think that the Dutch Cup is useless, I don't think so at all, because every game in this cup is full of unknowns and challenges. In such a decisive game, we need to be more committed than ever."

"Being able to win the championship for three consecutive years in such a challenging and accidental cup, I don't think it's accidental. This just proves what I said just now. We have a group of outstanding players, and I am proud of them!"

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

"Mr. Ye Qiu, PSV Eindhoven has not performed well this season. General Manager Frank Arnesen announced that head coach Gretz will be fired. According to outside speculation, the most likely candidates to take over PSV Eindhoven are Advocaat and Hiddink. What do you think of this?" Another Dutch reporter asked.

Advocaat currently serves as a club manager in the Scottish Premiership, while Hiddink serves as the national team coach in South Korea. There is definite news that PSV Eindhoven's current number one coach candidate is Hiddink because the Dutchman The famous coach has made it clear that he will not renew his contract with South Korea after the World Cup, and if Hiddink cannot reach an agreement, Advocaat will be a 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 head coach of PSV is, they are the most competitive team in the Eredivisie to win the championship, but I also always believe that whether it is Hiddink or Advocaat, they will let PSV are getting stronger, but that won’t stop us from continuing our push for the league title next season!”

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

Ajax's performance in the Champions League this season has made the entire European football world truly aware of Ye Qiu. Therefore, there are indeed several teams paying attention to Ye Qiu, and some teams have called Eliza to inquire. Ye Qiu was interested in coaching in La Liga, Bundesliga and Premier League, but Ye Qiu declined all of them.

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

Under this situation, Ye Qiu does not plan to leave Ajax because he firmly believes that, for the time being, no place is more suitable for him than Ajax. He will leave, but he will definitely choose the most suitable place. The time that is most conducive to your own development.

That must not be now!

"I will not clarify these rumors because there are too many similar rumors and I cannot explain and clarify them one by one, but I can ask all Ajax fans to rest assured that next season, Arena will It must still be me sitting in front of the home team's coaching bench at the stadium!" Ye Qiu replied with a smile.

The reporters at the scene were very interested in this young commander. They asked questions one after another. In the end, Ye Qiu had to give some privileges to his compatriots, allowing two domestic media to ask questions. One of them was that he was more Familiar Chen Jun.

"Congratulations on winning the double crown. All of us 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 have been asked by our 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 and said, "Go home!"

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

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

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

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

It was like this in the past, it is like this now, and it will be like this 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 at BJ. I hope you will definitely take the time!" Chen Jun finally extended 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 Kuip Stadium. The more than 30,000 Ajax fans who came to Rotterdam were very excited. They drove with the team bus all the way from Rotterdam along the A4 Highway, all the way to Amsterdam.

When the team turned into Amstelveen from Hoofddorp, thousands of Ajax fans in Amsterdam had gathered outside the Olympic Stadium, Ajax’s former stadium. As soon as I saw the team bus, I immediately followed it like crazy. The whole formation was huge and very lively.

Ajax officials were well prepared for this. When they won the league title a week ago, the team did not hold a celebration. But now that they have won the double crown, they immediately arranged a celebration in Detok Most. A warm celebration ceremony also allowed the players to board the uncovered bus that had been prepared long ago and parade around Amsterdam with the two championship trophies, which made all Ajax fans in the whole city excited. Feel the joy and excitement after winning the championship.

The parade around the city lasted for more than two hours and did not return to Arena Stadium until midnight. Here, the club held an all-night celebration ceremony so that all fans could share with the team. The joy after winning the championship.

Ye Qiu still did not participate in the team's parade around the city. Firstly, he did not like to participate in such activities. Secondly, he was in the conference room of Arena Stadium with Bobby Harms and club chairman Van Praag. , and technical director Leo Benhak had a meeting.

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