Chapter 74 The Most Disgraceful Today
After two weeks of national team match day, the Eredivisie rekindled.
Eindhoven, who has many international players, was tied by William II at home 2:2 in this round, but Feyenoord, who has been in great shape recently, swept the newly promoted Rosendal 5:1 at home and continued to defend his position as the league leader.
Ajax welcomed NEC Nijmegen at home.
This team, which had been very close to Ye Qiu before the season, chose Neskens, a former legend with Ajax background, to take over Nijmegen when Ye Qiu decided to stay in the first team of Ajax. This game was also nicknamed by local media as a battle between Neskens and Ye Qiu to prove themselves.
As a result, both sides tied a 0:0 draw at Arena Stadium.
Although Ajax had an advantage in the game, he never found a way to break through Nijmegen's goal. Swedish center Ibrahimovic once again squandered a lot of opportunities and was tied by his opponent at home, which was already a loss.
After this game, the points gap between Ajax and current league leader Feyenoord quickly widened to 5 points. Many media have even issued predictions that the league champion in the new season will belong to Feyenoord.
On the weekend, the 4th round of the Eredivisie League.
This time, Ajax's performance rebounded. Ye Qiu's team was still fighting at Arena Stadium, and his opponent was replaced by a newly promoted Groningen. As a result, not long after the game began, Robben assisted Hunteral to break through the goal of his old club and opened the first record for Ajax.
Afterwards, Ajax took the lead 3-0 in the first half with goals from Van der Fatt and Sneider.
But in the second half, Lucio and Mecon made a mistake in cooperation, allowing Groningen to counterattack and sneak attack. In the end, Ajax won Groningen 3:1 at Arena Stadium.
In the same round of matches, Eindhoven defeated Fortunasitad 3:0 away, Feyenoord defeated Valvek 3:1 at home, and the three traditional Dutch giants all defeated their opponents one after another.
On September 14, Ajax defeated Slovak First League team Bratislava 2:0 away in the League Cup, but after returning to the Eredivisie League, Ajax lost 1:2 away to Alkmaar.
First of all, after the opening, Lucio dribbled the ball and was cut off after the ball. The opponent counterattacked and rushed into the penalty area. Grim took off rashly when Kifu had retreated to defend, and threw down the opponent's player. The referee showed a yellow card without hesitation and awarded a penalty.
After falling behind by one goal, Ajax continued to stubbornly enter the game and equalized the score in the 56th minute. This time, Van der Fate assisted the ball to Ibrahimovic very comfortably, and the latter easily scored the ball in front of the goal.
But in the 72nd minute, Ajax's old problem was exposed again. Alkmaar intercepted the ball and passed it straight behind him. Neither Lucio nor Macon could return to the position in time. In the end, the opponent succeeded in the counterattack and surpassed the score again.
After that, no matter how Ajax attacked, he failed to score again.
Ajax lost 1:2 away, with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in the first five rounds of the league, ranking 6th in the Eredivisie standings.
However, Feyenoord and Eindhoven both won the opponents one after another, among which Feyenoord won five consecutive victories. Van Marvik's team is getting better and has even become the most powerful contender for the Eredivisie championship. Eindhoven's recent performance has gradually recovered, and now the ranking has returned to the top three.
Being 8 points behind Feyenoord, many people also believe that Ajax is basically hopeless in competing for the league championship.
In this pessimistic atmosphere, after the fifth round of the league, Ajax still had a day off. When Ye Qiu returned to DeTok Most on Monday, he was notified that the board of directors held an extraordinary meeting and specifically asked him to attend.
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Since Ajax went public, the size of the board of directors has expanded rapidly.
Many wealthy people from all walks of life have entered the board of directors by holding Ajax stocks. They regard entering the Ajax board as a kind of honor of respect, allowing them to lift their proud heads in front of other businessmen, but only if Ajax is still the strongest team in the Netherlands.
However, since 1998, Ajax seems to be getting further and further away from the title.
Especially this season, appointing a Chinese who has never had professional coaching experience as the head coach. As soon as this young Ye Qiu came up, he sold all the stars who were in the game, which undoubtedly surprised everyone.
As Leo Benhack said, Ye Qiu's approach is in line with his transformation of the team, but not with the big men on the board, because Ajax without stars is not what they want, and if the results are good, they will not have any objection because they can still be arrogant in front of others. But once the results are bad and they are sneered outside, Ye Qiu will become their anger.
Because of this, Leo Benhack refused Ajax's invitation very firmly and did not take over as the head coach of Waters. In his own opinion, he was very wise.
So, now he is sitting on the side of the chairman Van Prager on the oval conference table in the conference room. When he saw Ye Qiu walk into the conference room, he felt regretful for the young man. He did a good job, but he encountered some problems that cannot be solved for the time being, but he had to bear much more pressure and harshness than he should have.
This is the tragedy of coaching the turbulent Ajax!
As soon as he saw Ye Qiu walk in, the originally crowded conference room suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at him, with several directors angry, and a few sneered and disdainful. Of course, some indifference was indispensable.
Van Prager is the club chairman, but his prestige in Ajax is no longer as high as that of Van Gaal's era.
At that time, he and Van Gaal were both courageous and fierce characters, one in competition and the other in management. The two complemented each other, which led to the brilliant revival of Ajax. But now, he is no longer the Van Prag of the past. At least, since Ajax went public, his power has been much diluted.
This is natural. If you are greedy for money in other people's pockets, you will naturally have to pay your rights!
"Ye Qiu, you are here!" Van Prager was a little afraid to see Ye Qiu, and he felt guilty.
He once promised to give Ye Qiu a stable and stable coaching environment, but now the league has only been held for 5 rounds and the team's performance is not too bad, but he has to be escorted by this group of directors to convene this so-called emergency meeting and call Ye Qiu over to accept their criticism.
He overestimated his influence in the club and was overly optimistic about Ye Qiu's coaching environment and pressure.
Ye Qiu could feel Van Pragg's guilt. He knew in his heart that Van Pragg absolutely supported and trusted him, but some things, even Van Pragg, as the club chairman, may not be able to change.
"Hello, Mr. Head Coach!"
After Van Prag and Ye Qiu said hello, a middle-aged man in his forties stood up.
"I am a member of the club's board of directors and legal counsel. I am a lawyer. My name is Corner!" When introducing himself, the director held his head high and he was proud of his profession.
Ye Qiu nodded, and just listened without saying anything.
"We are very dissatisfied with the team's recent performance. All the board members and I think, should you give an explanation for the team's performance in recent games? You should know that when Waters led the team last year, the results we achieved were better than now, and you are worse than that Waters, who was called incompetent waste by the media!"
The lawyer's words caused a burst of laughter from the directors, and several people even responded.
Leo Benhack frowned when he heard this. This is a typical out of context.
Waters' early coaching performance was good, but Ye Qiu's first five rounds were not as good as Waters, but this definitely does not mean that Ye Qiu's team's performance was not as good as Waters' Ajax. The conclusion that Ye Qiu was not as good as Waters's Ajax was extended from the same period was a typical conclusion made by people who didn't understand the ball, or they knew the ball, but did this on purpose.
"I have nothing to explain, and I don't think my team is inferior to Waters. We have encountered problems that need to be solved, that's all, I believe Ajax will adjust quickly because I've found a solution."
"Really?" the lawyer shook his head and laughed. "You mean, we should continue to give you time and trust?"
Suddenly, several people burst into laughter, and one of them even shouted, "Ajax is a giant Dutch football club, and you are just a new debut rookie. Why do you need Ajax to give you time?"
After hearing this, Ye Qiu was also angry and stood up directly, "You can use your choice and fire me. This is your power, isn't it?"
"Since you have decided that I am not good, why should I ask me hypocritically? Just hold a press conference, fire me up, and then use your professional level to find a head coach who is better than me, famous than me, and able to lead Ajax to the championship. Isn't this a very simple thing?"
For some reason, because Ye Qiu asked this, these directors could not speak.
They are rich, but they absolutely do not have the so-called professional ability. They know how to make fun of each other and find scapegoats. They will not really analyze and think carefully about how to solve the problems encountered by the team at present.
Or, it is easy to fire Ye Qiu now, but who should I find as the head coach? Do they understand?
Van Prager was angry when he saw Ye Qiu, coughed and stood up, "I still said the same thing. I believe Ye Qiu, I also believe that he can resolve the problems encountered by the team at present. I believe even more that he can bring hope for revival to the team. Therefore, as the chairman of Ajax, I will never allow anyone to cross me and fire the head coach I appointed, unless you choose another chairman to implement your wishes!"
Seeing that Van Prager wanted to defend himself, Ye Qiu pulled Van Prager and stood up, "I agree!"
Kornar was stunned after hearing this, and the directors were also in an uproar, especially those neutral parties.
Currently, the team is 8 points behind Feyenoord in the Eredivisie standings. Although the season has just begun, it is very difficult to recover it. Before Ajax, there is an Eindhoven who is stronger than last season.
Under such circumstances, Ye Qiu dares to accept such a challenge?
Looking at Kornar, Ye Qiu smiled coldly. He saw through Kornar's thoughts, "You are a lawyer. You want me to surrender, you want me to be obedient, you want me to shake my tail and beg for mercy, right?"
Corner twitched, it was indeed his trick and abacus.
"I have made an agreement here that I will win the Eredivisie this season. Otherwise, I will write a resignation letter. You don't need to pay any termination fees for me at all. This is your purpose, right?"
In this contract Eliza won for Ye Qiu, if Ajax terminates Ye Qiu's contract within three years, he will continue to pay Ye Qiu's salary, and at the same time, he will not be able to prevent Ye Qiu from coaching other teams.
This fee is not small, and Korner obviously has the intention to force Ye Qiu, because if Ye Qiu resigns on his own initiative, Ajax will not need to pay any more fees.
But for Ye Qiu, he can tolerate other people's sarcasm, and he can tolerate other people's humiliation and disdain, but he can't do it if he wants him to shake his tail and beg for mercy, kneel down and beg for mercy. I'm sorry, he can't do it, especially when facing these guys that make him disgusted.
"Is it okay?" Ye Qiu's eyes sharply swept over the Ajax directors who had been corrupted by money, and smiled coldly. Now he looked down on these people, "If you don't have anything to do, don't disturb me!"
After saying that, he turned around and left the conference room.
The directors were stunned to look at the Chinese who originally planned to play with it, but now they walked out of the conference room like the old man, fearlessly, feeling angry and ashamed.
"I'm leaving too!" Leo Benhack stood up, followed Ye Qiu and walked out of the conference room.
Van Prager sat in front of him and looked at the group of people in front of him, and suddenly he felt very strange.
He agreed to let Ajax go public. The team at that time had no choice. The Boseman Act made Ajax almost go bankrupt. If it didn't go public, the team would go bankrupt sooner or later.
But after listing, these directors were introduced, which made him, the chairman, wonder whether the decision to go public was right or wrong?
"I believe!" Van Prag's eyes glanced at him, and no director dared to look at the Chairman, including Kornar.
"Ajax fans will definitely remember that the most shameful today in club history!"
After saying that, Van Prag also walked out of the conference room, leaving all the stunned directors behind.
Chapter completed!