Chapter 181 The Standard of a Good Man

When Ajax reversed Bayer Leverkusen 3:1 in an away game in Germany and got a good start in the group stage, Manchester United retreated in the ice and snow in Moscow. What is interesting is that both games were reverses. .

Manchester United obviously could not adapt to the frightening weather in Moscow at all. They were scored by Lokomotiv Moscow at the beginning. The goalkeeper crisis has become two major troubles for the Red Devils and Manchester United in the midfield and backcourt. One is the central defender and the other is the goalkeeper.

Although Ruud van Nistelrooy and Solskjaer's goals later helped Manchester United reverse, the Red Devils played poorly throughout the game.

But no matter what, 3 points were obtained, so Ferguson was still in a good mood.

Because Ajax defeated Leverkusen 3:1, it is currently at the top of the group. Manchester United ranked second in the group, Lokomotiv Moscow and Leverkusen were third and fourth respectively.

This ranking is somewhat unexpected, and it has also caused gambling companies such as William Hill to begin to adjust Ajax's qualifying odds for the second round of the group stage. From being unfavorable before, to now qualifying The popular team, after all, Leverkusen's performance in this game at home was indeed very unsatisfactory.

By the way, it is worth mentioning that Ye Qiu finally received the most important honor in his career.

He was selected as the best head coach in Europe by UEFA in November. This is something that has never happened in the Eredivisie in recent years. In the past, it was almost dominated by the four major leagues. Ye Qiu was able to win this award this time. , relying on Ajax's two wonderful games in November, that is, the 3:0 victory over AC Milan and the 3:1 reversal of Leverkusen.

It can be said that most of these two games are due to the head coach, and because of these two games, Ye Qiu won the recognition of the entire European football world, and even the world football world. He once again became famous and was elected to the UEFA Champions League. Ye Qiu became the league's best coach of the month in November, which also made Ye Qiu the cover star of major newspapers, magazines and media in Europe.

The agency run by Eliza is also adding fuel to the fire behind the scenes. Taking advantage of this momentum, it launched a round of publicity and promotion for Ye Qiu, striving to make Ye Qiu an iconic figure under her company. Even French football has dedicated Went to Amsterdam and conducted an exclusive interview with Ye Qiu, which will be included in the special issue of the Golden Globe Awards.

In this interview, Ye Qiu directly answered all the questions raised by reporters from French Football Magazine, including team management, team tactics, etc. He did not even hide the team's goals for this season.

"I know that last season when we reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, many people felt that Ajax was lucky, a dark horse, relying on luck and so on. This made me and my players feel very uncomfortable, so this We are all holding our breath this season, and we must use our strength to prove to everyone that last season was not an accident!”

In the end, it is inevitable that we will have to talk about some personal topics.

"Mr. Ye Qiu, there have been many rumors about your private life. For example, the media once exposed photos of you and your girlfriend attending events. It was later confirmed that she is your agent, so we all want to Want to know, do you have a girlfriend? "

"Of course!" Ye Qiu nodded and smiled, "I have a girlfriend. Many people know it. It's not a secret."

"It's just a bit low-key!" The reporter from French Football Magazine was very happy. After all, this piece of news was probably the first one dug up by French Football. "Can you reveal more?"

"We met in Amsterdam. She is also Chinese and studied in Europe. She is relatively low-key and doesn't like to be interviewed or harassed, so she has almost never appeared in front of the camera."

After hearing this, the French reporter smiled: "Is she also a fan? Will she come to watch your game?"

"Occasionally, she doesn't like football very much. Her ideal is to be an excellent surgeon, and she is working hard in this direction, so the two of us don't live together, but as long as it's my game, she Basically I watch the live broadcast.”

The French football magazine reporter sitting in front of Ye Qiu is named Dessole. He is a senior reporter for the French football magazine. He also has a certain influence in European football. He has deep friendships with superstars such as Zidane and Ronaldo. And when he saw Ye Qiu's expression when he mentioned his girlfriend, he wrote an adjective in his notebook, happy!

Eliza stayed by her side during the entire interview. It was already known to everyone that she was Ye Qiu's agent. Even the two of them lived in the same house. This was not a secret, everyone knew it.

Sometimes things in the world are like this. The more sneaky and suspicious you are, the easier it is to cause misunderstandings. Like Ye Qiu and the others, they have lived together since they were not famous before, and they still live together now, openly and openly. Admit it, what are you afraid of? Who could misunderstand?

After watching Eliza send Dessol away, Ye Qiu picked up the mobile phone on the table and dialed a number.

"I have to apologize to you first, Ah Chu!" Ye Qiu said with a smile as soon as the phone call came through. If his guess was correct, Huang Chu should have finished taking a bath at this time, lying on the bed reading a book, and taking the opportunity to Waiting for Ye Qiu's call.

"Why are you apologizing? Could it be that...you have done something to make me sorry?" Huang Chu said with a smile.

Ye Qiu deliberately looked surprised, "How do you know? I just came back from Dewalen District!"

Huang Chu on the other end of the phone was amused by Ye Qiu's tone. De Wallen is a famous red-light district in Amsterdam. Strictly speaking, Ye Qiu passed by it several times during the day, but never at night because he was afraid of misunderstanding.

Imagine if the newspaper published a front-page headline that the Ajax coach hired a prostitute in the middle of the night...

"Come on, what's the matter?" Huang Chu asked after she stopped laughing.

"Just now, French Football Magazine did an exclusive interview with me and asked about my private affairs. I sold you out!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

Huang Chu smiled gently on the other end of the phone. She could hear that Ye Qiu was a little impatient to share the good news with her. As a football coach, it is not an easy thing to be on the French Football Magazine's Golden Ball Award special issue and get an exclusive interview.

For those top coaches, such as Ferguson, Wenger and others, it may be just a piece of cake, but for Ye Qiu, it is really a rare opportunity, because the French Football Magazine can be said to be the Times Weekly of European football, and their Golden Ball Award is known as more authoritative than the World Footballer of the Year, which shows how great the influence is.

"Sell it if you sell it, I can't do anything to you anyway." Huang Chu said with a smile on the other end of the phone, but soon put away his smile.

In football, and even in the European entertainment industry, no matter whether it is men or women, they have become popular in the media by relying on the relationship between boyfriends and girlfriends. Even in the football field known as the male world, the girlfriends or wives of the stars are the darlings of the media. The most famous one is Victoria, the wife of the English star Beckham.

Huang Chu is in the UK. She has heard some things about the Beckham couple. In her opinion, Victoria is almost always by Beckham's side, attending a series of events together, and becoming a fairy couple in everyone's eyes.

But she rarely accompanies Ye Qiu like this. There have been several times when Ye Qiu invited her to attend some events, but she refused.

As Ye Qiu's status and influence have been rising over the past few years, he has participated in more and more similar events. Needless to say, there are countless cocktail parties and award ceremonies held by the Dutch Football Association, UEFA, and FIFA, and Ye Qiu can't refuse any of them.

In the end, Ye Qiu had no choice but to ask Eliza to be his female companion to attend, and even had a scandal because of this.

"Why are you not talking? Are you asleep?" Ye Qiu didn't hear any sound for a long time, and felt a little strange.

"Nothing, just wondering if you'll be angry?"

"What are you angry about?"

Huang Chu was a little timid, but still spoke, "I know I'm a little willful, which may cause you some trouble."

Ye Qiu was also a smart man, he understood immediately, guessed what she meant, and laughed, "You know, there's a saying in our place, that if you marry a beautiful wife, you have to share half with others, but I'm different from others, I want to marry a beautiful wife, but I don't like to share half with others, so I can only hide at home and not let her out to see people."

Huang Chu couldn't help laughing and scolding him again, but she felt much better in her heart, she knew that Ye Qiu said these things on purpose to comfort her and persuade her, so she was relieved.

"I always think that marrying a wife is not just buying a vase for the family. Women, in this era, of course, must have their own opinions, their own careers, their own pursuits, and their own ideals. I don't like women who have no opinions on anything and rely on men."

"So, don't think too much, just do what you like, I will always support you!"

Ye Qiu's words made Huang Chu's eyes red, and she gritted her teeth and refused to speak.

Sometimes women's ideas are very simple. What they want is just a man who knows how to understand them, respect them, and love them on the basis of understanding and respect. That is a good man.

"By the way, I called my dad and my mom. They said that they are going to pick a good day after Christmas to come to Shanghai to meet your parents and hold the engagement ceremony." Seeing that Huang Chu didn't say anything, Ye Qiu continued to speak.

"Well!" The voice was a little small, with a little girl's reserve and shyness.

"The customs in our hometown are very troublesome. Even for engagement, there are a lot of red tape. My father and mother want to keep it simple and not be too extravagant. You know, our family is poor, not as rich as you. Don't be too ruthless." Ye Qiu said with a laugh.

"Go, are you still poor?" Huang Chu laughed and scolded, "But I also told my father not to be too extravagant, but he is handling these things, and I don't know what he thinks specifically."

"That's simple, just tell him directly that I have no money, no house, and no car. I am a pauper. It's up to you whether your daughter marries or not." Ye Qiu said this with a gangster-like momentum.

Huang Chu knew he was joking, so he was not angry at all, but laughed non-stop.

In fact, Huang Chu knew about the dowries that Huang Jinsong and his wife were preparing for their engagement and wedding, because her mother Chu Yun had mentioned it to her. Just for the engagement, they would get a luxurious villa with the highest value in Shanghai, two luxury cars, and even more jewelry and other things.

Originally, Huang Jinsong had prepared a sum of 88888888 in cash, but was persuaded by Huang Chu to go back. The company's capital turnover has just eased, and it should not withdraw money for such meaningless things.

Huang Chu never mentioned these things to Ye Qiu, because she knew that Ye Qiu didn't care, and there was no need to mention it, as if the relationship between the two was vulgar and materialistic. For engagement and marriage, the most important thing is that the two are happy, that's all.

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After returning from Germany, Ajax soon welcomed Twente.

This game was very difficult to play, because Ajax's players were obviously not in very good physical condition, resulting in average competitive state. Facing Twente, who was more prepared, Ajax encountered stubborn resistance.

Van der Vaart took the lead in breaking Twente's goal in the 18th minute, opening the scoring for Ajax. The recent performance of this Dutch new Cruyff is indeed getting more and more eye-catching, and the competition between him and Van der Meyde is getting more and more fierce, which also makes Robben and Hleb on the left feel the pressure.

But Ajax's lead lasted only 20 minutes. Twente's counterattack near the end of the first half successfully equalized the score, which dealt a heavy blow to Ajax.

During the halftime break, although Ye Qiu was in a good mood recently, he still scolded all the players, especially De Jong, who was the main midfielder in this game. A large part of the goal lost was due to this kid.

Although he scolded, he still had to make adjustments in the second half, and he still had to continue to trust those who should be trusted.

Ronald Koeman obviously had a deep understanding of Ajax's tactics, so he also made targeted arrangements. Throughout the second half, Ajax's attack was almost firmly blocked outside the goal. No matter how many dangerous situations Ajax created, they could not break Twente's goal.

Finally, in the 86th minute, Van der Vaart dribbled past two players on the right and scored another goal for Ajax, which helped Ajax beat the visiting Twente 2:1.

Although this game was won, the outside media severely criticized De Jong for his mistakes in the game, but Ye Qiu took the initiative to defend his players and said that he was satisfied with the performance of De Jong and Mascherano this season.

As for young players, it is the first time for them to take the lead. It is impossible to ask them to maintain a stable state and performance for a season like Gilberto Silva, who has entered maturity, and never make mistakes. That is impossible.

From the current situation, Mascherano has made obvious progress, especially after adapting to Ajax's tactics, the style and environment of the Eredivisie and European football, his performance is becoming more and more stable, and it is definitely not as bad as some media have said.

The position of the defensive midfielder is a bit thankless. Either it is not outstanding, and if it is outstanding, it is basically either a foul or a mistake. In most of the other time when it is not outstanding, the media and reporters will not pay attention to how the players perform.

If the head coach wants to measure his players, he should clearly judge how much the players contribute to his tactics.

In recent games, Ajax has frequently lost goals, which is related to the decline of the team's overall control. After all, they play high defense. Once the control declines, the entire defense system will also decline.

The reason for the decline in control is related to the physical fitness of the players.

At this point in the league, which team dares to say that their players have good physical fitness?

There will definitely be problems of this or that kind, but some problems are picked up by the media, and some people are not interested.

But sometimes, the pressure caused by the media will more or less have some impact on the players.

A week later, Ajax will challenge Grafschap away.

Because they will face Moscow Lokomotiv in the middle of the week, Ye Qiu will continue to arrange a half-main and half-substitute lineup in this game. De Jong will still be in the back midfielder, but the performance of this player in this game makes people clearly feel that his mentality is unbalanced.

Ajax took the lead in the first half, and Huntelaar's goal helped Ajax open the scoring.

But in the second half, De Jong had already received a yellow card warning, but he committed an unnecessary foul, which resulted in two yellow cards shortly after the second half began, and he was sent off with a red card.

Grafchaap, who was in a 11-on-10 situation for a long time in the second half, finally scored a goal in the 83rd minute, and tied Ajax 1:1 at home, which made the home team excited as if they had picked up gold on the road.

This time Ye Qiu was no longer polite. He gave De Jong a warning internally and also said externally that he was disappointed with De Jong's foul and hoped that De Jong could sum up the experience and lessons, but also said that this would not affect De Jong's position in the team.

The 1:1 draw with Grafchaap did not cause Ajax to be criticized too much, because the second round of the second group stage of the Champions League was about to begin in the middle of the week.

This time, Ajax, who had been accumulating energy for a long time, finally launched a killer move, hitting the target with one shot, and blasted the visiting Moscow Lokomotiv. In the third minute of the game, Ibrahimovic opened the scoring for Ajax.

In the 34th minute, Lucio's goal extended the score, and just 8 minutes later, Sneijder scored another goal for Ajax, 3:0.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and Robben's goal in the 51st minute completely locked the score at 4:0!

In another match in the same group, Manchester United narrowly defeated Leverkusen 3:2 at Old Trafford, which allowed Ajax to continue to occupy the leading position smoothly. Manchester United had the same points and followed closely behind. Leverkusen and Lokomotiv Moscow ranked third and fourth respectively.

The third round of the group stage will not be until February, and the Dutch Cup schedule has also been adjusted compared to the past. Ajax will start from the round of 16 knockouts, which will not be held until early February. Therefore, after playing this game, Ajax will only have the Eredivisie before the winter break.

But it is still not careless, because three days later, on December 14, in the 16th round of the Eredivisie, Ajax will welcome Hiddink's Eindhoven at home.