Chapter Two Hundred and Ninety Nothing

It is rumored from the media that Wansheng may take over the Hong Kong team, and the Hong Kong Football Association held a press conference to announce Wansheng as the head coach of the Hong Kong team. During this period, Wansheng has only been in Hong Kong for a few days and has never seen Hong Kong at all. The team, did not lead the Hong Kong team to do any training, these are not secrets to the media, but now Wansheng said that the goal of leading the team is to win the championship?

He hasn't seen the Hong Kong team, has he?

When many media heard the news, they subconsciously felt incredible.

Hong Kong team... Asian Cup win? This is a bigger myth than the Greek myth of Euro 2004!

But if the myth is bigger, it will become a joke!

Many media felt unbelievable. They even thought they heard it wrong. Otherwise, how could they hear that the Hong Kong team was related to winning the championship? After confirming again and again that Wan Sheng had indeed stated the goal of winning the championship, the media felt that this young man must be crazy!

Hong Kong wins... haha!

This is the best joke of 2007!

It's a pity that April Fool's Day has already passed, and there is no way to explain it with a joke.

Maybe this young man is serious. He led the team very well in England, but he led Manchester City. Manchester City was originally a powerhouse in the Premier League. Coupled with the transfer of the club, he can bring the players he wants. Naturally Possibly to fight for the championship.

Hong Kong team is different.

There are only so many professional players in Hong Kong, and there are no extra players at all. There are even part-time players in the Hong Kong team. It is difficult for them to support themselves just by playing football. How can such a semi-amateur team go to What about competing for the Asian Cup title?

So impractical!

When Wan Sheng said that he won the championship, even the chairman of the Hong Kong Football Association, Leung Kwan Tak, couldn't stop laughing. He didn't know whether to support Wan Sheng or what. Not to mention winning the championship, he thinks it is impossible to qualify for the group stage. After all, the Hong Kong team is too 'amateur', and it is too difficult for the bottom team in Asia to qualify for the Asian Cup finals.

Chinese media reporters have an advantage. They don't refute anything on the spot. They clearly realized that they were only reporters, so after Wan Sheng said the goal of winning the championship, although they thought it was unlikely, no reporters stood up to refute it.

But there will be reports after that.

Many mainstream media in Hong Kong, such as "Oriental Daily" and "Ta Kung Pao", all reported on the goals stated by Wan Sheng at the press conference, and also made some comments.

"Ta Kung Pao" has a stronger tone, they believe that Wansheng is "used to coaching big teams". "He doesn't understand the current situation of the Hong Kong team at all. He subconsciously feels that the goal of leading the team is to win the championship, but this is not practical at all. Maybe after the failure of coaching the Hong Kong team, he will regret taking over the Hong Kong team, because the Hong Kong team has no strength at all. What a good result to win the Asian Cup, it is already an 'unimaginable' good result to qualify!"

"It is undeniable that he is a world-class head coach, but he has no experience in leading a small team. The Hong Kong team should be more practical and play against strong teams. Absorb the experience of other teams and improve the players of the whole team. To improve the overall level of Hong Kong football, this is what the Hong Kong team should do most.”

The article in "Oriental Daily" was written by young Fang Yongsheng. As a young man who is more passionate, he praised the spirit of Wansheng, "He is a passionate coach, which can be seen from his words. You can hear it. He coaching the Hong Kong team will definitely bring something new to Hong Kong football - tactical concepts, game experience, etc. The Hong Kong Football Association has made a good decision."

After affirming Wansheng's ability, Fang Yongsheng wrote, "However, it is unrealistic for Hong Kong to win the championship. Maybe we should remind him to be mentally prepared. It is good to set the goal high and set it far. It is too high and too far, and it is difficult to accept the result when it is easy to fail, and it is most practical for the Hong Kong team to aim for the appearance of the group.”

The mainstream "Oriental Daily" and "Ta Kung Pao" in Hong Kong think so. It is conceivable that the entire Hong Kong media is not optimistic about the "champion slogan" proposed by Wansheng.

The media in mainland China reported a similar situation.

Some mainland media said, "No matter how weak the Chinese team is, it must be stronger than the Chinese Hong Kong team. This Asian Cup, 'Zhu Jiajun' does not dare to set his goal on winning the championship. How can Hong Kong, China have the confidence to win the championship?"

"The 7:0 three years ago is still vivid in my mind. Hong Kong, China is the last player in Asia. It is incredible that they have set their goal to qualify."

"A total of 16 teams participated in the Asian Cup finals, and qualifying from the group means entering the quarterfinals. This is a very proud achievement for the Hong Kong team. The Hong Kong team should be more pragmatic and take advantage of participating in the Asian Cup. The opportunity to gain more competition experience is what they should do.”

The media in mainland China also analyzed the intensity of this Asian Cup from the perspective of each team, and believed that Hong Kong's "wanting to qualify is unrealistic", because the Hong Kong team is divided into Group A.

In Group A, the seeded team is Australia, which is completely above the Asian level. In addition, Iraq and Thailand are also in the group. Iraq is also a strong team and is the favorite to qualify for Group A. In contrast, Thailand's strength is a little worse, but compared with the Hong Kong team, Thailand can be considered a strong team.

Therefore, it is very unrealistic for Hong Kong, China to appear from Group A.

"If he wants to say the 'champion' slogan, it should also be after the group has qualified." "Football Weekly" said so.

At the same time, some netizens on the Internet also commented on this. As a result, almost everyone is not optimistic that the Hong Kong team has a chance to win the championship, or even that the Hong Kong team has a chance to qualify. Even the supporters of Wansheng are not optimistic. The explanation for this is, "Wan Sheng is just shouting a slogan to boost morale. He doesn't really want to win the championship. The slogan of the championship will make the Hong Kong team full of fighting spirit and more likely to achieve good results."

This statement was unanimously approved.

Wansheng is still very popular in China. He is the highest-achieving head coach in China. Therefore, even if the media and fans question his words, they will not slander him, but only doubt the slogan. Doubts are mainly concentrated on the strength of the Hong Kong team.

In short, strength is everything, and it is meaningless to call champions without strength.

After Wan Sheng shouted the "champion slogan", almost no one responded to him, including the Hong Kong Football Association, everyone felt that it was impossible.

In the atmosphere of negative public opinion all over the world, Wansheng doesn't care at all. He doesn't need any approval from the media and fans. All he needs to do is work hard towards the goal.

On the second day of the press conference, Wansheng officially took over the Hong Kong team.

He came to Mong Kok Stadium, ready to meet the players and have the first day of training.

Mong Kok Stadium, commonly known as Mong Kok Stadium by Hong Kong citizens, was originally named Hua Hui Municipal Stadium, formerly known as Army Stadium, located on Flower Market Road, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is an outdoor multi-purpose recreation and sports venue in Hong Kong. The number was eight thousand five hundred.

Compared with the large stadiums in England, this stadium is much smaller, but it is also enough as a training ground for Hong Kong to prepare for the Asian Cup, so the Hong Kong Football Association chose it as a training ground for the team.

The entire Hong Kong team had assembled yesterday, and today is their first day of training. Every player came early, perhaps because they all wanted to meet Wan Sheng, the 'legendary best coach in China'.

Wan Sheng met Fan Zhiyi after he came to the stadium.

At the welcome banquet, Wan Sheng asked about Fan Zhiyi's situation. After learning that he was only staying in Hong Kong and had no job for the time being, he invited Fan Zhiyi to be his assistant coach when he led the team in Hong Kong. Fan Zhiyi only thought about it and agreed. Now, he has always wanted to become a football coach, but he was unsuccessful in leading the team before. It is very difficult to be an assistant to a world-class coach like Wansheng, so he cheered up early this morning and came to Mong Kok Stadium. Do some pre-training work.

On the training ground, Fan Zhiyi assembled the team, and Wan Sheng also met the members of the Hong Kong team.

He stood solemnly in front of all the players.

There are several famous players in Hong Kong players, the most outstanding is Wu Weichao who plays for Shanghai Shenhua.

These players are not famous at all. Some famous players in the world are big stars in their eyes. First-class coaches like Wansheng are definitely high in their eyes. They can't think of one day. To be able to play under this level of manager, so many players are very excited and excited.

At the same time, many people also think that they must perform well. If Wansheng takes a fancy to them and brings them to the Premier League, then they can also become a big star.

There is more than one player who thinks this way. In fact, including those veterans, almost everyone thinks this way more or less, so they are looking forward to seeing Wansheng.

However, seeing and expecting is a little different.

They have seen Wan Sheng in TV reports, but after seeing him, many people think that there is a real young man in front of them, and even looks younger than some of them.

30 years old?

Probably less than thirty years old!

How did he achieve so much in the Premier League at such a young age? Especially since he's a football coach... just thinking about it is incredible.

So some people's thinking has changed.

Do you just want to win the admiration of your peers? This feels weird, the other party is really too young!

Wan Sheng doesn't care what they think.

He stood in front of the team solemnly, his eyes swept over everyone, then he suddenly sighed and said, "I said in front of reporters before that the goal of leading the team is to win the championship, almost no one believes me, some people think I was crazy, but I ignored them because I thought there was nothing difficult in the world...but now, I found out I was wrong. Because the Hong Kong team I saw...it was nothing!"

Wansheng pointed hard at everyone, and emphasized loudly, "Yes, I'm just talking about you, you are absolutely worthless!" (To be continued ~^~)