After defeating Eindhoven 2:0, Ajax eliminated the team, which many people call the quasi-European champion, from the Dutch Cup.

Many professionals have commented on this, both good and bad.

The advantage is that Ajax defeated Eindhoven twice in three days at Arena Stadium, which will bring an immeasurable psychological blow to Eindhoven. This may make the Eredivisie giants start to worry about gains and losses in the next game, feel more pressure, and lose some unnecessary games, giving Ajax a chance to reverse.

But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, after Eindhoven was eliminated from the Dutch Cup, they only have one Eredivisie champion to compete for. This will inevitably allow Eindhoven to gather all its strength and resources to compete for this championship trophy. With Eindhoven's strength, as long as there is no psychological problem, Ajax has almost no chance.

Ye Qiu himself understood this very well, but he had no choice but to turn around because the military order was placed there, so he could only move forward.

But Ye Qiu is not completely unthinking. The Dutch Cup final is against Twente. This team's ranking in the Eredivisie this season is not actually high, and the lineup has not changed much, but its overall strength has declined very well. Ye Qiu has sufficient confidence in winning this opponent.

Therefore, he is determined to win the Dutch Cup!

What also made him ambitious was the League Cup. He lost at home in the first round. Ye Qiu reflected on his tactics and the team's problems. He learned from his mistakes. In the second round, he would definitely not be able to keep anything and could only fight back.

And if we can advance, the opponent in the League Cup final is likely to be Barcelona.

After playing two games against Eindhoven, Ajax's outstanding performance won unanimous praise from the Dutch media, but four days later, Ajax had to challenge Roda JC away.

Although there was a second leg of the League Cup semi-final in the middle of the week, this game was not to be missed, so Ye Qiu played with all his strength and defeated Rhoda JC 2:0 away.

Interestingly, Eindhoven challenged Ronald Koeman's Wittes away, and the two sides finally scored 0:0.

As a result, the gap between Ajax and Eindhoven quickly narrowed to 6 points.

With 6 games left in the league, 6 points are no longer a far-reaching gap, which immediately rekinds hope for the entire Amsterdam. However, at this time, Kornar began to hype Ronald Koeman again that Ronald Koeman should take over Ajax's remarks, which was a bit corrupt.

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On April 19, Ajax was a visit to Mendi Zorossa Stadium and challenged Alaves.

Among all teams in the Basque Country, Alaves is far inferior to the veteran Athletic Bilbao, or the La Liga team Real Sociedad, among all teams in the Basque Country. Their best results in history were last season, ranked 6th in La Liga, but this season's results have declined rapidly.

This has led many people to see clearly the quality of this dark horse.

But in the League Cup, Alaves was so dark that he eliminated several teams including Inter Milan, reached the semi-finals, and defeated Ajax 1-0 away.

Some people commented on Alaves and Ajax, believing that Mane and Ye Qiu's teams have many similarities, for example, they both emphasize their physical fitness, which is also an important feature of the Basque Country team. But if Alaves got the League Cup qualification last season with a solid overall defense, then this season, Alaves died on defense.

Alaves conceded only 37 goals in 38 rounds of La Liga last season, making him the team with the strongest defensive ability in La Liga. He conceded 2 goals less than Valencia, who conceded the second fewer goals, and 7 goals less than Super Laco, who won the championship. However, their offense only scored 41 goals, ranking third from the bottom in La Liga, and even fewer than Atletico Madrid and Sevilla who were relegated.

But this season, Alaves' offensive ability was released, but at the same time, their defense became very unstable. Although there were cases of big defeats on their opponents, there were also many typical cases of losing to their opponents, which could be said to have become a typical situation of attack instead of defense.

Ye Qiu learned from the lessons learned from the previous game. He did not continue to play against Alaves, but chose to stabilize the defense, allowing Alaves, who liked and even loved attacks, to fight.

There is a very unique feature of Alaves this season, that is, their offense is more accomplished by Romanian player Contra, the right-back, which also led to Contra winning the same treatment as Robert Carlos after his outstanding performance and performance this season.

Robert Carlos on the left and Contra on the right. These are the two hottest full-backs in La Liga this season.

At this time, Contra's tactics were somewhat similar to Alves' later role in the tactical systems of Sevilla and Barcelona. It was not so much a full-back, but a winger. He just retreated his position so that he could better exert the suddenness and secretness of the back insertion.

But the disadvantages of doing this are also very obvious. One of the important reasons for Alaves' high goal concessions this season is the insolidity of the defense line, because they lack the element of Barcelona's success, that is, strong control.

One of the important reasons why Barcelona dares to show off Alves' excellent back-in ability is that they know very well that their strong midfield and front-field pressure and outstanding ball possession rate can ensure that even if Alves loses the ball, their opponents will not be able to counterattack in the shortest time.

But the problem is that Alaves doesn't have such ability at all!

Ye Qiu's game clearly showed that Alves attacked, but Mane was not a fool. He was already in hand 1:0 and wanted to play more securely, so he did not boldly press forward.

But he thinks so, and don’t the players think so?

When the game reached the 12th minute, Contra chose to dribble the ball as usual, but this time he encountered the difficult Keita. After Mali entangled Contra in the midfield, he intercepted the ball successfully and passed it straight to find Robben.

The Dutch winger quickly dribbled the ball and made a cross from the left. Ibrahimovic leaned against the opponent's central defender Carmona with his body, stopped the ball and turned around to protect the ball, and then knocked back to Van der Fate. The latter kicked in the penalty area and pierced through Alaves' goal, 1:0!

After equalizing the score, Ajax seemed to be full of morale, but Ye Qiu kept calling on the players to calm down and continue to adopt stable tactics, and first seek to strengthen their own defense.

Ye Qiu himself wanted to use full-back forward to participate in the offense, so he introduced Maicon. However, after the experiment, he found that the team's control had not reached a certain level, and the tactical risk of full-back forward to attack was too high, and the gain was not worth the loss, so he chose to put it aside for the time being.

Because of this, he knew very clearly what the disadvantages of Alaves' tactics were.

Seeing that the opponent equalized the score, Mane kept calling on the players to calm down.

For the next period, both sides had a slower pace and neither of them were fast in advance, which was a bit dull, but Ajax's defense was obviously stronger because they focused on attacking this side of Contra.

The Romanian right-back has a weak defensive ability. Facing Robben one-on-one, the Dutch firmly has a certain advantage, which directly leads to Alaves' left defense against Ajax, and Contra's contribution to the offensive end is greatly reduced, especially when attacking, he does not dare to push up, for fear of being beaten behind again.

In the 31st minute, after getting the ball, Gilberto Silva cleverly passed behind him. Ibrahimovic used his body to force the Alaves defense line, and quickly advanced after getting the ball. After attracting the defense's attention, he passed the diagonally to Robben, who was rushing on the left side. The Dutch winger made a push shot with his left foot, 2:0!

Reversing the score, Ajax has already won half of the ticket to the finals, but Ye Qiu doesn't dare to be careless at all.

During the halftime break, Ye Qiu kept reminding all the players that Alaves would definitely fight hard in the second half.

"They like to press them out, so let them press them, and we will continue to defend and counterattack in the second half!"

Ye Qiu is clear now. I don’t want the process, I just want the result!

After changing sides in the second half, Alaves, who was behind, was indeed unwilling to lose the game, and began to pull out the offensive tactics they were good at this season and took a crazy round of attacks against Ajax. However, Alaves' offense lacked impact. Faced with a solid defense, they lacked the necessary attack methods, especially players with excellent personal abilities.

Even Xavi Moreno, who ranked first in the La Liga scorer list this season, cannot be regarded as a strong center in terms of height, weight, technical characteristics, or style. He can only be regarded as a reduced version of Morientes. Such a player can make a difference under the loose defensive system of La Liga, but it is not very effective against Ajax's strict defense.

On the contrary, in the 72nd minute, Sneider passed the ball behind the right side, Van der Fate drove straight in, facing the opponent's goalkeeper Herrera, and passed the ball behind the goal. Ibrahimovic took the lead before everyone and stabbed the ball into the goal, 3:0!

This score was finally maintained until the end of the game. Ajax finally withstood the pressure when he lost 0:1 at home, and counterattacked away from home, defeating Alaves 3:0, and then eliminated Alaves from the League Cup with a total score of 3:1.

The final of the League Cup this season will be held in Dortmund, Germany.

Faced with this defeat, Alaves' head coach Mane helplessly stated that the team's strength was not as strong as Ajax.

"We tried our best to win games and make history, but unfortunately, we lost to a team that is better than us. Ajax played more targeted and efficiently in this game, and this game also allowed us to completely reflect on the team's tactics."

It is obvious that what Mane refers to is how to solve the defense problem under this offensive football style. This is not only an important reason for Alaves' poor performance this season, but also a problem that Mane must focus on solving next season.

But Ye Qiu was not optimistic about Mane and his Alaves at all. This is the sadness of the small team.

Because if he remembers correctly, after the end of this season, Xavi Moreno and Contra will leave Alaves and transfer to AC Milan. You should know that Moreno's goals this season account for more than half of Alaves' total goals, and Contra is a crucial offensive method for the team. If you lose these two players, Alaves' strength will be difficult for him to stand out from the La Liga team again.

Of course, Ye Qiu hid this worry in his heart. On the surface, he still expressed his wishes to Mane and his Alaves, and said that Mane's team gave him a great reminder this season.

This is really true. After the game, he had an informal private exchange with Mane and talked about Mane's use of Contra. After a season of full-back attack, the latter accumulated a lot of experience, and through this kind of exchange, Ye Qiu gained a lot.

Because his attitude is also very clear. When Ajax's overall control reaches a certain level, he will definitely try every means to release the offensive power of the defender, especially the right back. Otherwise, it would be a pity for Macon to hit the right back.

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Two weeks ago, Ye Qiu was still the target of criticism from the media, but two weeks later, Ye Qiu became the focus of praise for the Dutch media, and all of this was because of his team's outstanding performance in the past two weeks.

Ajax's performance in the past two weeks was perfect after defeating Eindhoven to reverse Alaves.

Returning to Amsterdam from Spain, Ajax soon welcomed Ronald Koeman's Wits.

Ajax, who fought continuously and was exhausted for a long time, but Vites adjusted better, which led to Ajax's performance not being as good as his opponent in this game.

But at the critical moment, Hleb broke through the left and assisted Hunteral to score the first record for Ajax.

Then Witts equalized the score in the second half and almost reversed Ajax.

Finally, Yaya, who came on the bench, played in the bench. Toure dribbled the ball into the penalty area and shot hard, which allowed Ajax to surpass the score again.

Although Koeman's team performed better afterwards and suppressed Ajax throughout the game, he never broke through Ajax's goal again. Ajax finally defeated Vitus 2:1 at home.

In the same round, Eindhoven defeated Valvek 3-1 at home, successfully got out of the shadow of defeat, and continued to keep the gap between himself and Ajax at 6 points, while Feyenoord defeated NEC Nijmegen 3-0.

But everyone can see that the battle for the Dutch Eredivisie this season is no longer Van Marvik's.

Feyenoord himself seemed to know this very clearly, so they lost to their opponents a week later in the away game against Roda JC. On the contrary, Ajax, after a week of renovation, although Sneider was absent due to injury, the team still slaughtered Breda 4:0 at Arena Stadium.

Eindhoven's game was one day later than Ajax, and this time they faced Adrians' William II.

The two sides finally reached 1:1, and Adriansey helped Ajax at his home court.

It was shortened to 4 points, and with 4 games left in the league, this is no longer an out of reach.

After Ye Qiu heard that Eindhoven was tied by William II away, he happily expressed his gratitude to Adrians at the first time, "If we can win the Eredivisie championship this season, I will invite you to drink!"

Adriansey agreed with a smile, and in an interview with the media, he highly praised Ye Qiu's Ajax.

"Many people think he is young and his team is the lowest average age in the Eredivisie, but I can see that this is a team full of geniuses, and Ye Qiu is also a very thoughtful and personalized head coach. I believe he will be the most suitable head coach for Ajax, and no one can replace his status and influence in this Ajax team."

When reporters mentioned that when Ajax's board of directors listed himself as Ajax's head coach candidate for next season, Adrianser expressed his confusion.

"I don't deny that Ajax's head coach is full of temptation for anyone. I am from Ajax, and I also hope to take over the position of Ajax head coach one day, but I still want to remind all Ajax directors that Ye Qiu has done a very good job this season, especially in the second half, which has completely reflected his ability."

"In the first season, I led the team to the League Cup final and reached the Dutch Cup final, and now it has pushed Eindhoven into a desperate situation. I don't think such a result is a failure. On the contrary, even if Ajax cannot win the championship this season, I think it is a great and excellent season."

Finally, Adriansey also smiled and said, "Of course, what I'm talking about is just assumptions. I'm very optimistic about Ye Qiu and his Ajax. I think Ajax should adjust his goal to the four-champion now!"

It is obvious that the four-time champions also include the Dutch Super Cup champion at the beginning of the season!

Soon, Ajax reversed Valvek 4:1 away in the 31st round of the Eredivisie, but Eindhoven defeated Helenfin 3:0 at home, and the two teams still advanced together in the Eredivisie.

But Feyenoord lost 2:3 to Fortuna Sitade at home, and Van Marvik's team no longer had the championship in the second half of the season, which also led to their unexpected defeat of 4:0 to the morale Ajax at Arena Stadium in the 32nd round of the Eredivisie.

The shame of last season was completely washed away this season, and Ajax fans were completely conquered by Ye Qiu's team's recent performance!

But Eindhoven reversed Rosendal 2:1 away. They were led by Rosendal for a long time and finally reversed, which also made many people feel regretful.

In the penultimate round of the Eredivisie, Eindhoven was tied 2:2 at home by Gravsharp, but Ajax defeated Twente 3:1 away, which caused the points gap between the two teams to be shortened from the original 4 points to 2 points.
Chapter completed!