Chapter 20: Give it a try

I forgot which scholar and expert said that society is the best teacher of talents.

The same principle applies to the football field. The game is the player's best teacher.

Defeating two powerful opponents in a row, especially defeating the Eredivisie Eredivisie forward Eagles in the Dutch Cup, brought a huge boost to the morale of the second team, especially this group of boys. He is very energetic and full of fighting spirit. Even on the training field, when he performs training, he is full of power.

Only Abidal was the only one. This French kid didn't seem to be in good spirits. Although Ye Qiu promised that he would continue to play games and start, he still looked depressed.

But at this moment, Ye Qiu no longer had the energy to pay attention to him, because he was now full of headaches.

The draw for the knockout rounds of the Dutch Cup round of 16 turned out to be PSV. How to play this game?

What team is PSV?

The only team in the Eredivisie to remain undefeated this season, with an average goal rate of 3.088, and has conceded 4 goals in 12 league games so far. In the European group stage, it can compete with Bayern Munich, Valencia and other top European teams are powerful teams that fight to the death. How does such a team exist for the Ajax second team?

Let alone Ajax's second team, even the first team would probably have to keep their tail between their legs when they encounter PSV!

"I'll tell you, how are you going to win this kind of game?" Ye Qiu looked worried.

After finally waiting until the training was over, Ye Qiu relayed the news to Roland and Rick Link. The two guys immediately acted like their dead wives and almost didn't hang themselves.

Three grown men gathered together in Ye Qiu's office. You looked at me and I looked at you, but they were all confused.

"I'm going out to relax!" Ye Qiu didn't like the atmosphere here, so he turned around and left.

Detokmost said it was not a big deal, but he walked around and walked to the medical department.

"Wow, did you see that Dr. Huang is so beautiful?"

"Yes, compared to her, those female celebrities are not even worthy of carrying her shoes!"

"I asked, did you deliberately pretend to be sick to see her?"

"Bah, aren't you the same?"

As soon as he reached the corner, Ye Qiu heard people talking in the distance. Needless to say, they must be a group of perverts.

Walking into the medical department, Ye Qiu saw that Fan Dude and Huang Chu were both busy. Sitting on the sofa in the reception area of ​​the office was a gray-haired old man. He was a little fat, but his face was very rosy. He seemed to be about six years old. More than ten.

"Hello, Mr. Harms!" Ye Qiu walked over and sat down opposite the old man.

"Hello, Ye Qiu!" The old Dutch man raised his head and greeted with a smile.

The man in front of me is called Bobby Haarms, an old man who has dedicated his whole life to Ajax.

He was a player for Ajax when he was young. After retiring, he served as a youth team coach at Ajax. Later, he climbed all the way to the assistant coach of the first team. He also has a nickname within Ajax, which is called Super Bobby.

The reason why he is described like this is because, no matter how the head coach of Ajax changes, he will always be the assistant coach. Many people have even said that Van Gaal can successfully take charge of Ajax for the second time, and Winning a relaxed environment is because his assistant is the Bobby Harms in front of him.

However, Ye Qiu had met Harms several times in Van Dude, and he didn't think there was anything special about this kind old man.

"What? You look like you have something on your mind?" Bobby Harms was a smart man, and he could tell Ye Qiu's concern at a glance.

"Are you worried about the match against PSV?"

"You know?" Ye Qiu was a little surprised. He only heard about it from Van Praage before the training class.

Harms smiled, "This is not a secret, but..." He paused deliberately and looked at Ye Qiu, "Everyone is not optimistic about you. I heard that after the draw, the bookmaker issued a The handicap is PSV with two goals!”

"I'll strangle him, is that okay?" Ye Qiu shook his head, he really had no choice about this matter.

"I don't bet on football, otherwise, I would definitely vote..." Seeing Ye Qiu's eyes paying attention, the Dutch old man laughed loudly, "I will definitely vote for PSV, they will definitely win!"

"Who said we can win for sure?" Ye Qiu glanced at him angrily, "I don't believe it anymore. The game hasn't even started yet, and he won by the ass!"

"Then you looked discouraged just now?" Bobby Harms asked with a smile.

Ye Qiu seemed to argue, but finally gave up, "It's just human nature, but it doesn't mean I will admit defeat!"

Bobby Harms nodded, "Then how are you going to fight?"

From the third round to the fourth round, there was a gap of one month, which was not long or short, and Ye Qiu still had a Youth League game to play, so there was not much real preparation time.

"I don't have any ideas yet, but our Chinese art of war, Sun Tzu, says that if you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. I still have to get to know Eindhoven first!" The first thing Ye Qiu thought of was Fannie.

This guy's scoring rate is too high. He scored 15 goals in 12 league games. Come on, he's just a scoring machine.

"Actually, you don't need to put too much pressure on yourself. You know, sometimes the more a game everyone thinks is lost, the more likely the opponent will be lax and careless, and the more likely the disadvantaged side will be upset. So, you still have hope, it’s just a little bit slimmer!”

Ye Qiu's shoulders were patted by Hames twice, and he looked up at the old man, "Are you comforting me or adding insult to injury?"

"I'm telling the truth!" Hames laughed.

Ye Qiu had no choice but to let him do what he wanted.

"In my opinion, we still have to play defensive counterattacks, or even defensive counterattacks!" Ye Qiu thought about it and felt that there was really not much chance of taking the initiative to attack. Not to mention that PSV's three lines are all strong and talented, just talking about the offense of this team, with the strength of Ajax II, it is estimated that they will be shot down as soon as they show up.

"Defending is not good either, PSV's midfield is very threatening, especially Van Bommel and Vogel!" Hames reminded.

Ye Qiu also felt that this was the real difficulty, because they have many offensive points and the offensive threat is too great.

"Oh, by the way, it seems that your first team will also face PSV?" Ye Qiu thought of the schedule.

Hams nodded, but said nothing. He was obviously not willing to discuss the upcoming heavyweight match between the first team and PSV Eindhoven. However, many people now think that Ajax has the strength to challenge PSV Eindhoven.

"Think about it yourself, but I can tell you that every team, no matter how strong it is, will have loopholes and weaknesses. The key is whether you have the ability to find out its loopholes and weaknesses and use them!"

Ye Qiu nodded to Hams, and the latter left directly.

He and Van Dude are both former stars and staff who have played for Ajax for many years, so the two are close friends.

"I'm leaving too!" After Hams left, Ye Qiu also left.

Huang Chu just stopped and was about to walk over to say a few words to Ye Qiu, but he greeted Ye Qiu's leaving back.

Just now, Van Dude said that this was a game that everyone was sure to lose, so she could more or less understand how depressed Ye Qiu was at this moment.

But she couldn't help him, so she could only sigh softly.

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Lying in his room, Ye Qiu browsed and searched around in the Godfather Development System store.

He had decided to defend against PSV Eindhoven, but how to defend was a matter of taste.

In his memory, the best defense was of course the Serie A team, but the problem was that the classic Serie A match reviews and tactical analyses listed in the store were all based on similar or close strength, at least the lower Serie A vs. the upper Serie A level.

Then he found the match in 2010 when Mourinho led Inter Milan to face Van Gaal's Bayern Munich in the Champions League final, but he also felt it was not suitable. Strictly speaking, this was a match of equal strength to some extent, but Mourinho was on the defensive.

As for the match between Inter Milan and Barcelona, ​​it was also not good. PSV Eindhoven was not a ball-controlling team like Barcelona, ​​and Inter Milan's tactics were designed to target Barcelona's arrangements.

To put it simply, the real threat of Barcelona's ball-controlling 433 is the ball control in front of the 30-meter area. Inter Milan is targeting this point, but PSV Eindhoven does not have so much ball control and threat. It is useless to continue to use Inter Milan's set, and it may lose even more miserably.

There are not many precedents in the history of European leagues for the second team to challenge the semi-champion team, right?

Ye Qiu specially collected some video and information of PSV Eindhoven's games this season from the Ajax archives. He felt that the current PSV Eindhoven was really balanced, and it could almost be said that there were no obvious loopholes.

For example, their front line has three forwards, not to mention Van Nistelrooy, Nellis is the former top scorer of the Netherlands, and Bruggink is also very strong in scoring. These three players form an effective rotation, ensuring that PSV Eindhoven can maintain strong competitiveness on multiple fronts.

In the middle of the midfield, there is Van Bommel, and there is Vogel. This midfielder was introduced by AC Milan in the summer of 2005 because of his outstanding performance in PSV Eindhoven. He just didn't play well in the Rossoneri. But from this point, it is not difficult to see how good this player's ability is, and he is also the source of creativity in PSV Eindhoven's midfield.

If PSV Eindhoven's midfield is very strong, then PSV Eindhoven's wingers in the Eredivisie are definitely the devil's wings. Korka and Rommedal are two players with excellent speed. One is good at one-on-one breakthroughs, and the other is good at finding opportunities to cut into the penalty area. One on the left and the other on the right are terrifying.

The back line has famous players such as Heintzer, Nikiforov, Faber, Van der Weyden, Oye, and Bouma, and the defensive strength is unquestionable. With Watrous on the goal line, PSV Eindhoven's lineup is definitely the strongest in the Netherlands.

In Ye Qiu's opinion, Ajax cannot compete with such a strong opponent as PSV Eindhoven in terms of strength, morale, confidence, etc. The only bargaining chip they can offer is to make a fuss at the tactical level.

After all, PSV Eindhoven is the strongest contender for the Eredivisie championship, and Ajax II is seen as a weak team that is bound to lose. If Ye Qiu finds the right opportunity, arranges targeted tactics, and then gives it a try, there may still be a chance.

This is why Ye Qiu is looking for ways to strengthen the defensive formation. Only by stabilizing the defense can there be a chance.

But after searching in the store, he still couldn't find anything that could help.

Just when Ye Qiu was a little discouraged, he suddenly saw a book.

Not just a myth!

The subtitle is: On the defense of Greece, the champion of the 2004 European Cup!

The appearance of this book made Ye Qiu's eyes light up.

People are always forgetful. Although Ye Qiu has watched football for many years, he really couldn't tell the specific situation of the game in 2004 at once. But when he saw this book, he had an impression.

In the 2004 European Cup, the Greek team led by Rehhagel was dark all the way and became the darkest dark horse in the history of the European Cup. They defeated the host Portugal twice, tied Spain and the Czech Republic, and beat France by 1 goal.

It can be said that in that European Cup, Greece's performance was a typical miracle of the weak defeating the strong. Not only that, the overall defensive concept presented by the Greek team in this European Cup has profoundly influenced countless professional head coaches.

Rehhagel's team was also at a disadvantage and disadvantage when they played against France, Portugal and Spain, but they relied on their own tenacity and integrity to build the team into an iron plate, making it impossible for the opponent to start.

This is also very consistent with Ye Qiu's current situation!

If you want to play against a team like Eindhoven, you only have one choice, that is to reduce your mistakes as much as possible, and then wait for the opponent to make mistakes, otherwise you will never have a chance!

"Emperor Otto, it's up to you!" Ye Qiu decided to give it a try.

He spent 10 reward points directly to buy Rehhagel's book, which not only contains Rehhagel's own construction of overall football, defense system and counterattack system, but also his analysis of the gains and losses of each game after coaching the Greek team, and the summary and comments of each process.

It can be said that Ye Qiu did not lose money by buying these with 10 reward points. The most important thing is to be able to fully digest the contents of this book, otherwise, it is useless.

Therefore, in the following days, apart from presiding over the team's training, Ye Qiu spent the rest of his time studying Rehhagel's masterpiece day and night. He studied it very carefully and seriously. When he encountered something he didn't understand, he would either discuss it with Ricklink and Roland or read the relevant books himself until he understood it.

Huang Chu saw that Ye Qiu was working so hard, and he knew that he couldn't help much, so he prepared three meals a day for him, so that he had no worries and could devote himself to the preparations for this game.

Time passed day by day, very quickly.

After Ye Qiu's second team defeated Nijmegen II and Go Forward Eagles successively, their morale was high. In the Youth A League, they won three consecutive victories in one go, winning four consecutive victories, shortening the points gap between themselves and the leader to 4 points, and the league ranking was also promoted to third place, finally seeing the hope of winning the championship again.

But compared with the high morale and consecutive victories of the second team led by Ye Qiu, Waters's first team encountered trouble.

After two weeks of national team matches, in the 13th round of the Eredivisie, Ajax played against Roda JC at home. Ajax was too arrogant at home, and Waters' team seemed to want to swallow Roda JC in one go. Unexpectedly, Roda JC, playing away, was not much behind, and took the initiative and caught Ajax off guard.

Just 25 minutes into the game, Roda JC completely stunned Ajax with two goals.

Although Waters actively adjusted the team afterwards, and even played four forwards, Brian Laudrup, Grunkhar, Mahlas and Arveraz, in one go, trying to turn the situation back, but in the end, they lost 1:2 at the Arena Stadium, gradually widening the gap with PSV Eindhoven in front.

For this game, Waters explained that it was an accident. He believed that the national team game seriously affected Ajax's deployment, which was the main reason for his loss of this game, but he felt that it was just an accident and there would not be a next time.

But before Waters' words completely disappeared, a week later, the first team challenged Alkmaar away.

Mahlas's goal in the first half helped Ajax take the lead, but after the second half, Alkmaar launched a counterattack and frequently launched effective offensives, causing considerable trouble for Ajax's defense.

With the defense in danger, Waters did not make the necessary adjustments, but was eager to win. He wanted to take advantage of Alkmaar's mentality and catch the opponent off guard. When he made substitutions, he chose to continue to strengthen the offense.

The problems on the defense line were completely exposed afterwards. Two mistakes by Romanian central defender Kivu allowed Alkmaar to score two goals in a row, successfully reversed Ajax at home, and won a difficult victory of 2:1.

After two consecutive defeats, Ajax's ranking quickly dropped to fifth place.

Meanwhile, in the UEFA Cup, Ajax advanced to the UEFA Cup round of 32 after defeating Slovakian team Bistrica and Israeli team Haifa Workers, but suffered two complete defeats in the two rounds against Real Mallorca, 0:1 and 0:2.

Ajax fans in Amsterdam were furious, and they all needed Watters to explain the recent losing streak.

Waters also gave a seemingly reasonable explanation the next day, that is, he demoted the Romanian central defender Kivu, who made several mistakes in the game, to the youth team, explaining that his condition was very bad and he should be adjusted in the youth team.

However, everyone, including the first-team players, knew that the 19-year-old Romanian young central defender became Waters' scapegoat, and the first-team players began to feel insecure. Who would be the next scapegoat?

Many Dutch newspapers also blamed Waters for his actions. Even the Amsterdam Evening Post felt that if Waters could not beat the opponent in the first game against Eindhoven in December, or stop the team's two-game losing streak, then he would leave the position of Ajax head coach.

In response to the comments from the outside world, Chairman Van Praag stood up to support the head coach. He said that the team would continue to support Waters' coaching and he would continue to trust Waters.

But how many people would believe such a scene?