Chapter 270 The Trouble of the Chinese Football Association

The Asian Cup football match is held in July.

This is the first time in history that the four countries co-host an international sports event in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

The Asian Cup was originally held every four years, but considering avoiding the conflict with the European Cup of Nations and the Olympic Games, two major international sporting events, the Asian Football Confederation decided to change the tradition and hold the competition one year earlier, and then continue to every year. The competition is held every four years.

The Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to the competition, which is mainly due to the pressure of domestic public opinion.

Since the end of the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, the performance of the Chinese national team has been declining. In the previous Asian Cup held in China, the Chinese team could still make it all the way to the finals, but this year, the Chinese team's performance in the Asian Cup qualifiers , It is really uncomplimentable, almost failed to qualify for the group, and even lost the qualification for the Asian Cup finals.

This made domestic public opinion even more dissatisfied with the Chinese team, and the revelation of some internal problems also doubled the pressure on the Chinese Football Association.

So the Chinese Football Association wants to "do a good job" in the Asian Cup, at least let the results of the Chinese team "say the past".

If you want to 'do it well', you must find a way. The strength of the 'Zhu Jiajun' led by Zhu Guanghu is on the bright side. Even many people inside the Football Association are not optimistic about the team's performance, let alone the outside world.

However, some internal problems involve the interests of many people, and many problems cannot be 'changed', so some people in the Football Association think of Wansheng, this young man has played a lot in Europe, which is quite Famous, then his coaching ability must be very good.

Let him come to coach the Chinese team with Zhu Guanghu, can the results be better?

Some have come up with ideas.

So a simple meeting was held within the Football Association to discuss the matter, and the result was almost a 'unanimous vote'.

It's not that they are optimistic about Wansheng, but the most important thing is that Wansheng is coaching the Chinese team. It will hardly have any impact on them, just adding an 'assistant coach' to the team, not even a salary. If the Chinese team's performance is not good at that time, there will be people who can 'take the blame'. What's a better idea than this?

So the Chinese Football Association contacted Kevin Tagore in Hong Kong. At the same time, an invitation letter was sent to the Manchester City club to explain the situation.

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Wan Sheng was surprised by the invitation from the Chinese Football Association, because there was no news about this before, and he couldn't figure out why he invited him.

The Asian Cup will be held in two months. At this time, let him serve as a 'technical guide' because he believes in his ability and thinks that he can help the Chinese team improve its performance?

Wan Sheng looked at the invitation letter and thought about it for a while and didn't understand.

In fact, Wan Sheng still cares about it. He dared not say that he was a pure patriot. But in terms of what he can do, he still hopes to help the motherland. Now he is a football coach. In the field he is good at, it is actually good to help Chinese football. But thinking about the complicated situation of domestic football, he is a little worried about himself. Will it 'fall into the pit'?

This must be taken care of.

He needs to think things through before making any decisions. Don't let yourself be passive.

So he called Zhu Guanghu directly and asked some related questions.

He knew Zhu Guanghu.

Manchester City played a friendly match against China last year. He had a conversation with Zhu Guanghu and left a phone call with each other. He called directly and asked relevant questions, "If I go, do I have the right to let the players I like be included in the list?"

This is the key question.

Since he is the 'technical guide' of the national team, that is, the assistant coach, he will definitely be able to express some opinions and opinions on the call-up list. Since he has gone, he must hope to make the national team perform better. If he has no rights, he will go. doing what?

Zhu Guanghu was silent for a while, then said, "But some people must be in the team."

Wan Sheng thought about it and asked directly, "Is it possible for me to directly serve as the head coach? I don't want to replace your position, but if I go, during the Asian Cup, I will definitely be the leader, and the ugly words will come first. , I need enough rights to have the confidence to make the team better."

"In addition, I need the team to start training in June, and everything will be arranged according to my plan."

"..."

Wansheng talked about a series of requirements.

To sum it up, in one sentence - I need to include all rights related to the call-up, training, game arrangements, etc.

Zhu Guanghu finally smiled bitterly and said, "If I were myself, I would definitely agree to you, no problem, but I don't have so many rights, and I have to be restricted by the higher level...that is, the Football Association."

Wan Sheng shook his head and said, "Okay, thanks. I know what to do."

Zhu Guanghu didn't understand what Wansheng meant. "I know what to do." What is this for?

But soon he knew.

After talking with Zhu Guanghu, Wan Sheng knew that even if he joined the national team, he would not have any rights. .

What's the point of going like this?

But it would not work if he directly refused the invitation of the Football Association, because the Football Association's invitation to him, and what he and Zhu Guanghu had said, were all 'secret'. Until now, the outside world does not know. If he declined the invitation, who knows the Football Association. Say something?

Wan Sheng is already very experienced now, and he is very clear that he can't give some people a chance, otherwise it will definitely affect his reputation.

Then just say it publicly!

Wansheng opens the Xinlang blog page and logs in directly with the account name he applied for. This Xinlang blog is authenticated, but because he rarely logs in, not many people follow him, but there are also tens of thousands of netizens, because he is sure True identities, many of them are domestic media reporters.

Wansheng published an article on his blog, explaining his invitation from the Football Association and his requirements.

"I really want to contribute to Chinese football, but if I want to lead the Chinese team to go further in the Asian Cup, I need some relevant rights."

"If the Chinese Football Association can agree to my request, then I am willing to give up my vacation time and do my best to lead the Chinese team to the Asian Cup!"

At the same time, Wansheng also emphasized the points that may be 'criticized'. One is that 'salary' is not a problem, which means that even if the Football Association does not give salary, he is willing to be the interim head coach. The second is that he is not 'Battle for power', because after the Asian Cup, he will return to Manchester City to prepare for next season.

After all these questions were explained, he also asked Kevin Tagore to give the same answer to the Chinese Football Association.

This is where the problem is made public.

All the problems are stated on the surface. If you don’t give other people the opportunity to “slander” yourself, you just tell everyone that I have these conditions. If you agree, I will go. If you don’t agree, it’s not my problem.

Then the problem came back to the Chinese Football Association.

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Some people in the Chinese Football Association don't know the situation at all. They just got an answer from Kevin Tagore and think it's "completely unacceptable"!

What a joke!

Stealing Zhu Guanghu’s rights is actually nothing, it’s a temporary change of coaches. Besides, Wansheng didn’t ask for a salary, but asked for issues such as ‘recruitment of players’, which involved a lot of things.

This is simply impossible to promise.

Doesn't the other party mean that everything for the national team is up to him, no one else can interfere, everything is obeyed by him, this... is absolutely impossible!

Then some people thought about how to 'push responsibility' and tell the media about it. The crux of the problem was naturally 'Wansheng refused to play for the national team', but soon they lost their minds because the media had already It's all clear.

The blog articles published by Wansheng are very influential!

After the article was published, the managers of Xinlang Blog saw the updated content of Wansheng's blog. Almost immediately, they put the blog link on the homepage of Xinlang's official website, and also marked the most conspicuous one with a picture. Location.

In just three hours, the blog post had already surpassed 1 million visits.

1 million people!

There are still many people who continue to reprint, and the number of reprints quickly exceeds 10,000. Among the number of visits, it is not known how many media there are, and they also report the content one after another, so--

The whole of China, and even the whole world, knows it!

When the officials of the Chinese Football Association responded, the media reporters had already 'questioned' the relevant questions, so the external press officers of the Chinese Football Association did not know how to answer.

Do you answer according to what was agreed before?

Certainly not!

The media and domestic fans already know that Wansheng is not unwilling, but there are several conditions. Normally, for a head coach of a European club, having these rights is not too much. At least everyone knows that Wansheng is in Manchester City. They definitely have these rights. Let's look at Manchester City's performance. They have won the Premier League championship for two consecutive seasons. As a new team in the Champions League, they have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League in their first season. What else is there to say?

So before the Chinese Football Association, it becomes a choice - to agree, or not to agree?

They no longer have the right to defend themselves.

Then some people in the Football Association were annoyed at the guy who came up with this 'bad idea', "How can you think of provoke that 'thorn head'? That guy can give Europeans headaches, let alone domestic ones! He is not an ordinary 30 Sui Xiaoyoun, it's not that easy to deceive!"

"Look, we're in trouble now!"

"What do you say? Yes? Impossible! Eighty percent of the people will not agree! No? How do you explain it to the domestic media and fans?"

Then someone thought of a good way - drag.

It has been delayed without explanation, saying that the two sides are still negotiating, discussing and discussing, and when it is delayed until June, the matter will be resolved, because the national team has already begun to prepare for the war, and it is impossible to temporarily change the coach. (To be continued ~^~)