February 2, 2003, William II Stadium in Tilburg

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Ko Adriansé on the home team's coach's bench hugged his proud head tightly. The coaches of William II who were sitting around him were confused and at a loss, and at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Yes, they should breathe a sigh of relief. Even if the bright red scoreboard, the bright red score of 0:6 looks so shocking, but they should all be grateful for the end of the game, because if the referee did not blew the whistle, they didn't know if Ajax would score more goals.

6:0, this definitely happened at William II Stadium, a bloody massacre in front of all the fans of William II in Tilburg, and a one-sided massacre. Ajax not only showed his strong attack power, but also allowed everyone to see the team's stable and solid defensive skills.

In this game, both teams played offensive football. Adrians' team played at home without any reservation. Ye Qiu's team had been in a state of concentration for three weeks and was constantly improving the team's offensive and defensive system. Everyone in the entire team was eager to test the team's training effect through a game.

Since both sides fought without reservation, it should be logical that William II should not have no chance.

But, William II lost completely in this game and lost miserably.

Ajax's performance in this game is a sign of a saying that offense is the best defense!

When the game reached the 8th minute, Van der Fate dribbled the ball from the right and shot continuously, and after piercing through William II's goal, Adriansey was not in a hurry at all. He kept calling on the sidelines to keep calm and continue to stick to the pre-match tactics.

It is not uncommon to fall behind when playing Ajax. Even those giant teams are often beaten at the beginning, let alone William II?

But when William II finally stood firm and just wanted to make a plan, Ibrahimovic scored another goal in the 18th minute. This goal put William II in crisis again and his morale was very weak.

Ajax played very active on both sides in this game. Robben and Van der Fate frequently created threats on both wings. In the 33rd minute, when William II had not yet woken up from the last conceding, Ajax took advantage of a corner kick opportunity, Lucio headed the ball and Kivo headed the ball, scoring 3:0.

The first half was 0:3 behind. Adriansey obviously felt signs of the players' emotional collapse during the break. Almost all William II players lost their fighting spirit. They still couldn't figure out why this game was so bad?

In the second half, just as soon as the start of the game, Ajax's first offense made a goal. Ibrahimovic took the ball with his back and passed it back to Sneijder. The latter inserted a long shot and pierced through William II's goal again.

Ajax, who was crazy, could create a threat in almost every attack. William II, who was crippled, seemed to be unable to defend no matter how he defended, and the ball could hardly pass the midfield. Ajax boldly moved the defense line forward to William II's halftime, and Mascherano even moved directly within the 30-meter area.

In the 67th minute, Ibrahimovic scored his fifth goal in the game, and Hunteral, who came on the bench, also won another goal for the team in the 78th minute, and finally locked the score at 6:0!

The fans in the stands of William II were all very angry and used booing and cursing in the stands to criticize the team's head coach and players, suspecting that they did not do their best in the game, and some even raised the cards written temporarily and asked the players if they had collected money and played counterfeit balls?

The fans' irrational emotions were venting, and they could not hide Ajax's nearly perfect performance in this game.

Adrianser knew very well that the team's strength was not as strong as Ajax, which was only one thing. On the other hand, Ye Qiu fully played the ball-handling tactics of high-level defense and 30-meter area. Mascherano's performance in this game was also very steady, and the Ajax players were in excellent condition.

It should be said that through the past three weeks of secret training, Ye Qiu finally found the strongest combination in Ajax midfield.

The people are still Arteta, Mascherano and Sneider, and their tactics are still 433, but there are adjustments in the division of labor and running areas, and the players have improved in terms of cooperation and response. For example, Arteta's position is lower than before and closer to Mascherano.

Sneider's position is closer to the middle, which is to ensure the distance and connection with Arteta and Mascherano, and also to provide space for Van der Fate on the right or Ibrahimovic's retreat.

Did Ajax perform well in this game?

No, not that good!

Adriansey knew very well that if Ajax had not been running smoothly and skillfully enough, and the players were a little unfamiliar with their cooperation with each other, it would not be too much to score 10 goals in this game because they created too many opportunities, and there were as many shots as many as 32 times alone. Most of the shot opportunities were within the 20-meter area. If Ajax seized the opportunity a little higher, how many goals could he score?

Because the midfield runs smoothly, Ye Qiu has enough confidence to boldly press the front line of the defense and boldly adopt high-level defense. Because Arteta's position is slightly retreated, with Mascherano from the side to protect and assist, he dares to boldly control the ball and organize within 30 meters, which makes William II unable to resist.

Just imagine, the ball cannot be played in William II's halftime. Ajax kept pressing William II to play, ground infiltration, breaking through the wing, making a 45-degree cross, and it will come as it threatens... What would the scene look like?

Adriansse himself has a preference for offensive football, so he can see that Ye Qiu's team has been well-done, especially on the offensive end, after introducing Arteta, the offensive potential of the entire team was completely tapped out.

The reason why he did not perform in the first half was more due to the lack of defensive end. During the winter break, Ye Qiu spent three weeks to craft the team's defense. Once the defense is firm, the offensive threat will be completely reflected.

Although Adriance has the pride of a typical Dutch, he had to admit in his heart that he not only lost in this game, but also lost completely, and it is unlikely that he will have a chance to turn things around again.

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Ajax beat William II away 6:0, which made Ajax fans so excited that Christmas was not over yet. At the same time, it also made the entire Dutch media get rid of blood. Some media even joked that Ye Qiu's engagement means maturity after he became involved, which also made the young Ajax mature.

William II only had three pitiful shots in the whole game, but not one shot at the right time. This shows that Ajax is not only excellent in offense, but also very strong in defense. He really achieved a certain balance between offense and defense.

But this also puts pressure on many competitors. Eindhoven's performance in this round was also excellent, but now it has been completely suppressed by Ajax. In an interview with the media, Hiddink had to admit that with the strength shown in Ajax in this game, it is very difficult for Eindhoven to reverse.

Whether it is tactical, in order to paralyze the opponent, or in sincerity, at least, can make Hiddink, who is proud before the season, who has won the Eredivisie championship without having to play, and Ye Qiu and Ajax have already won.

But Ye Qiu was not proud of it at all. In an interview with the media, he said that Eindhoven is still Ajax's strongest competitor to win the Eredivisie. Ajax only leads by 4 points, which is not enough to ensure the championship. Everyone in the team must be cautious and play games one by one.

Three days later, the Dutch Cup round of 16 knockout match was ushered in. Ajax defeated Roda JC 2-0 at home. This time, Ye Qiu boldly adopted most of the substitute players, and the goals of Hunterlaer and Van der Mede helped the team win and advance.

The next round of the game was in March, with Ajax's opponent being Groningen.

Returning to the Dutch Eredivisie, Ajax welcomed Feyenoord from Van Marvik at Arena Stadium.

For this team, which is known as the mortal enemy of Ajax, Ye Qiu can only describe it in one sentence: sailing against the current, and if he does not advance, he will retreat.

Although Eindhoven seems to be frugal in the past two years, there are many powerful players who can make up for it. Korean double stars, Kezhmann, Hofland, and several other rookies who have been abandoned after being introduced. These are signals that Eindhoven has strengthened its strength.

And let alone, Eindhoven in 2000 had a hand covering the sky in the Dutch Eredivisie, and his strength was very strong.

In the past few years, Eindhoven has suffered little loss of strength except for selling one Van Nie, but has steadily improved.

But Feyenoord sells people almost every year, from Cruise to Dudek to Van Gastel and Thomasen. When Feyenoord sold these players, the players introduced failed to meet the original expectations. The full plan meant that Japanese international Shinji Ono made some improvements to the midfield.

On the other hand, in order to challenge Eindhoven, Ye Qiu built a powerful star lineup. Perhaps many of these stars are not mature enough now, but their strength and talent need not be doubted. When they are combined into a team, the strength they can exert is amazing enough.

Because he saw through Feyenoord's current situation of his regression in strength, Ye Qiu was not worried about this game, and still adopted a home attack tactic to launch a fierce attack against Feyenoord from the beginning.

Van Marvik was very aware of Ajax and Ye Qiu's tactical characteristics, so he started to play very steadily and defended Ajax's offense. However, as the first half was approaching the end of the first half, Ajax launched another round of attacks, and Feyenoord's goal was declared lost.

After changing sides in the second half, Ajax defeated Feyenoord 2-0 with Ibrahimovic's goal.

A week later, Ajax welcomed Groningen at home.

Ajax, who was in a state of energy, knocked on Groningen's goal in the first minute with Sneijder's goal at Arena Stadium, and in the third and 9th minutes, Ibrahimovic scored twice, helping the team to take a 3:0 lead.

In the 12th minute, Robben's goal further expanded the score. In the 25th minute, Ibrahimovic scored a hat trick. At this point, the game had completely lost its suspense, and Ajax also ended with a 5-0 lead in the first half.

Yaya, who came on the bench in the second half, won another goal, and the final score was locked at 6:0.

This time, the entire Eredivisie went crazy and all the competitors couldn't sit still.

Since the start of the second half, Ajax played 4 games, scoring 16 goals in total and conceded zero goals. Such an amazing record can almost be said to have transformed the entire team. What surprised everyone was that in these four games, the combination of Arteta, Sneider and Mascherano had three games, including those two 6:0.

Everyone began to be surprised by Ajax's performance in the second half, which also attracted the attention of the Champions League opponents. In this game against Groningen, Manchester United head coach Ferguson's assistant, Carlos Queros, sat in the stands at Arena Stadium and watched the game throughout.

But no one knows whether the Portuguese saw any clues in this game.

Ye Qiu was also not polite to his opponent. While the whole of the Netherlands was hyping Ajax's amazing record since the second half, he brought his assistant Roland to the Old Trafford Stadium in a low-key manner to watch Manchester United's FA Cup round of 16 knockout match against Arsenal on the spot.

The FA Cup match is a decisive victory and the opponent is a mortal enemy like Arsenal. Ye Qiu is not worried that Ferguson will hold back.

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"It's been a long time since I saw Perron!"

Sitting in the stands at Old Trafford Stadium, Roland held Manchester United's starting lineup and said teasingly.

Ye Qiu glanced at the fat Dutchman with a malicious look on his face and couldn't help but smile. Sometimes he would be angry to death by Roland, but sometimes he would be laughed to death by him, just as if now, he suddenly mentioned Bellon for no reason.

The Argentine's situation at Manchester United is really getting worse. Many fans in his previous life thought he performed poorly at Manchester United. In fact, it is not. He has never been scolded by Red Devils fans in unison during his two years at Manchester United. At best, a small number of fans accused him, and the club's management and head coach have never blamed him.

The combination of Manchester United and Perron was originally a perfect match for a pair of talented and beautiful women, but sometimes the timing was wrong, which led to the perfect couple becoming enemies.

Perron's performance in the first half of the Champions League was quite good, remarkable, but after being injured, Ferguson re-adjusted his tactics back to Manchester United's traditional 442, and the same was true for this game against Arsenal.

Sitting in the stands at Old Trafford Stadium, Ye Qiu listened to the deafening shouts of the fans after the players entered the field. He had to say that the atmosphere at Old Trafford Stadium was still good, at least when playing Arsenal.

There is also Beckham, who still looks very energetic. After this game, it is estimated that he will not only have a scar on his eyebrows, but his departure will completely lead to the Manchester United midfielder falling sharply and unable to return to his former strength for several years.

Ferguson probably knows what Beckham can do on the right side, I believe that Beckham can do it too. The Argentine is from a right forward, and letting Beckon play on the right side can also minimize the ball conflict between Beckon and Keane and Scholes in the middle. This is the reason why he decided to let Beckham go.

Of course, these decisions were all after the flying shoes incident.

However, Ferguson miscalculated again this time, the reason was the same as letting Stam go before.

Selling Stam and selling Beckham is not true in itself. Ye Qiu always believes that no team can sell players, and it is unacceptable to let players surpass the head coach.

But the key is that you must also sell with skills. Of course, treating Beckham as an item on supermarket shelves and putting a price tag for sale is not something Ferguson can decide, but Ferguson's mistake is that he has never understood Beron's wishes in advance.

When selling Beckham was a foregone conclusion, Perron refused to go to the wing and even transferred to Chelsea for this reason. This undoubtedly put Manchester United in a great passive state. Ferguson's prestige at Manchester United was too high. He naturally believed that he could convince Perron, but he forgot that Perron was not Beckham.

When Beckham wanted to play in the middle, Ferguson was able to convince him to stay on the right with his prestige, but Beron couldn't.

Sometimes when I think about it, Ye Qiu really feels that an overly tough personality is still a double-edged sword after all.

This is Ferguson, Adrians, and Van Gaal.

The match between Manchester United and Arsenal ended in 0:2. Both sides played very well, but Manchester United finally lost at home. Even if Ferguson tried his best, he still lost.

Ye Qiu could only smile bitterly at this. It seems that some things cannot be changed by themselves, and what should happen will still happen.

However, this game was not completely unreal. At least he saw through Manchester United's weaknesses.

If Arsenal's first goal was a direct free kick, it would not explain the problem, then the second goal would definitely be a problem for two central defenders. The two could not even stop one Vertod, and when they were face to face, this could only be said to be a problem for the defensive players themselves.

"Let's go, Roland!" After the whistle rang at the end of the game, Ye Qiu also felt that there was no need to continue sitting down. Anyway, I couldn't see the flying shoes incident, so it would be better to go back to Amsterdam early.

One by one, one by one, slowly walked towards the exit of Old Trafford Stadium.

Just as they approached the exit passage, someone gently patted Ye Qiu on the shoulder from behind.
Chapter completed!