Chapter 67 An Overseas Phone Call

After the home game against Freiburg, the Bundesliga entered the winter break.

The next round of the league will have to wait until January 22 next year.

Originally, Mark's parents planned to invite Zhou Yi to their home for Christmas, but before they called Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi received an overseas call.

When Zhou Yi saw that it was an unfamiliar call from 086, he was a little surprised.

086 is the area code of a Chinese phone number. As long as there is this number in front of the number, it means that the call is from China.

But the only people who can call him overseas from China... are his parents, and his parents' phone numbers, including the home landline number, are stored in Zhou Yi's phone, so it cannot be an unfamiliar number.

Zhou Yi hesitated for a moment, but still connected - even if it was a scam call, it wasn't his own phone bill that was wasted.

After the call was connected, a man's voice came to mind: "Excuse me, is this Zhou Yi's call?"

"Yes, I am Zhou Yi, who are you?" Zhou Yi asked.

"Hello, Zhou Yi. I'm Gao Hongbo."

Hearing this sentence, Zhou Yi was taken aback for a moment.

Gao Hongbo?

Although he is far away from China, Zhou Yi, who is not far away from Chinese football, naturally cannot not know who Gao Hongbo is.

What made him stunned was, what did the head coach of the national team call him for?

"Hello, Director Gao..." He even greeted Gao Hongbo with doubts in his voice.

Gao Hongbo also heard Zhou Yi's doubts, so he smiled and said, "It's a bit abrupt to call you suddenly. Sorry, I asked for the phone number through some media relations. There is no contact information for you in the Football Association... Yes In this way, the national team will start a training session in Shanghai on December 22, and I plan to recruit you into this training list, so now I want to hear your opinion."

In fact, after the initial astonishment, Zhou Yi already understood why Gao Hongbo called him suddenly.

Definitely not here to chat with him about the weather in Dortmund.

Then there is only one explanation.

I'm going into the national team!

As a teenager who loved football since childhood,

The Chinese national team is indeed the goal he has always dreamed of, even in the worst years of Chinese football image. He also fantasized about being part of the national team. Then lead the team to victory.

Doesn't he know about those shady scenes?

He knew, but he didn't care, or didn't think about it. Wearing a national team jersey with the national flag on the chest is more like a child's vanity.

Zhou Yi has this kind of vanity.

Just as a student. He was just fantasizing about it.

Unexpectedly, now the childhood fantasy has become a reality.

He is really going to become..."National Footballer"!

How many Chinese football teenagers will refuse this invitation?

Unless there is a "favor fee" of 300,000 behind this invitation...

However, 2009 was a stormy year for Chinese football to crack down on gangsters. Many senior officials of the Football Association have been sacked one after another, and the former well-known Golden Whistle has also been imprisoned. The domestic football environment is indeed better than before.

After Zhou Yi came back to his senses, he said, "I have no objection, I listen to Director Gao."

He answered very simply.

Gao Hongbo saw Zhou Yi answering so quickly. Instead, he explained a bit more: "It's better to make some things clear in advance. This time it's just a training camp for the national team. We will play three games. Two teaching games against local teams in Shanghai, one against Jordan. Warm-up match. It's just an opportunity to get to know each other better, it doesn't represent the future. Do you understand, Zhou Yi?"

Zhou Yi nodded: "Of course I know this. I didn't expect to become the main force of the team in one training camp. Don't worry, Gao Gui, my mentality has always been very good."

I heard Zhou Yi say that. Gao Hongbo smiled: "That's right, you don't have to worry if you can't play a game in Dortmund's first team for three months, and you really have a good attitude."

Zhou Yi scratched his head, he really didn't know whether Gao Hongbo was praising him or teasing him.

"Okay then, if you agree, I'll put your name in. Our training camp registration time is the 21st, and you can arrive one day later because you are the farthest away."

"Hey, am I the only overseas player?" Zhou Yi asked.

"Yes, only you."

Zhou Yi thought of He Ying, Sun Pan, Yang Muge and Guo Nu.

They haven't come out yet...

Maybe in the future, I can get together with the four of them in the national team?

That was... so much fun!

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After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi didn't have time to inform his parents that he was selected for the national team, but immediately booked a ticket from Germany to Shanghai.

At this time he received a call from Mark. On the phone, Mark invited Zhou Yi to his house for Christmas.

But Zhou Yi could only decline.

"You were selected for the national team?!" Mark exclaimed when he heard Zhou Yi's reason.

"yes……"

"It's great! It's amazing, Zhou Yi! You're amazing!" Mark cheered on the phone, as if he himself had been selected for the national team. "Mom, Dad! Zhou Yi was selected for the national team! The Chinese national team!"

Mark even called his father and mother, as if he was afraid that not enough people knew about it.

Mrs. Wagner and Old Wagner also answered the phone to congratulate Zhou Yi.

Finally, Mrs. Wagner said to Zhou Yi: "Playing for the country is indeed more important than celebrating Christmas. I wish you good luck in the national team, Zhou Yi!"

"Come on Zhou Yi, I will work hard with your goal!" Mark shouted on the phone.

"Then I'll wait for you, Mark!"

After finishing the call with Mark's family, Zhou Yi continued to book tickets.

After the ticket was booked, he took the initiative to make two phone calls. The first call was to my parents to tell them that I was selected for the Chinese national team.

Mom didn't react to the news, but Dad was thrilled.

As a senior Chinese fan, Zhou Jianliang can be said to have been heartbroken by Chinese football, but his love for Chinese football has not changed. Now that his son has also entered the national team, this is naturally his wish. Besides, with his son in, maybe the results of the national team can be expected?

On the second call, Zhou Yi called his agent Schulze.

I must inform my agent about such a big thing as being selected for the national team. One is to facilitate Schulze's work. After all, the commercial value of national football and non-national football is completely different. Zhou Yi is still very clear about this. On the other hand, it is related to the trust of players and agents. If your agent doesn't know about this kind of thing. What about trust and cooperation?

Schulze is very happy that Zhou Yi can be selected for the national team.

As an agent, he is naturally more aware of the importance of the international label.

Especially the players of the Chinese national team.

You must know that behind Zhouyi is the huge Chinese market, and this huge market potential is what all brands care about. So how to explain Zhouyi's appeal and influence in China to the brands of Western companies?

Say how many people pay attention to him in every game, and say that he scores every goal. How much repercussion did it cause on the Internet in China?

None of these are as simple and effective as saying "he is a national footballer of the Chinese national team".

When Zhou Yi is a player of the Chinese national team, his business promotion in Europe will become much easier.

"How many games are there for the national team?" Schulze asked.

"It's three games. Two teaching games and one warm-up match..."

"Will the warm-up match be broadcast live?"

"have no idea……"

"Will you make an appearance?"

"have no idea……"

"Okay. In short, it is a very happy thing to be selected for the national team. Congratulations, Zhou Yi!"

"Thank you Tino."

Not long after hanging up the phone, Schulze called back: "Zhouyi. I checked just now. Doesn't your national team have an Asian Cup qualifier on January 6 next year? That's not a warm-up match."

"Huh. Is there any? Director Gao didn't tell me. I don't know very well..."

"Can you make it to that game?"

"How do I know that..." Zhou Yi spread his hands.

"Uh, well... Anyway, I will pay attention, and you don't have to worry about things other than football." After finishing. Schulze hung up the phone in a hurry again, it can be seen that he is really busy now...

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When Zhou Yi's plane was still in the sky. In China, the media has announced the list of Gao Hongbo's national team training for this period.

This time, the training camp was followed by two Asian Cup qualifiers. So much attention.

In fact, Gao Hongbo has been controversial since he took office in May this year. Although he led the national team to a 1:1 draw with the world champion Germany in his first game. However, in the opinion of many experts, the gold content of the friendly match is too low, and even a draw with Germany cannot explain any problems.

On the contrary, many fans like the pass-and-control football played by Gao Hongbo's national team.

But in August, Gao Jiajun ushered in two unexpected draws. It was also a friendly match. The Chinese team tied Singapore and Malaysia 1:1 and 0:0.

In the eyes of Chinese fans and the media, these two teams are well-deserved underdogs. Let alone winning, the Chinese team may not perform well if they win less than four goals.

As a result, Gao Hongbo's team failed to win.

In these two games, the weakness of the Chinese team's weak attack was exposed.

In the ensuing Asian Cup qualifiers, facing the Lebanese team composed of many amateur players, the Chinese team's technical football almost disappeared under the high-intensity pressing of the opponent. considered controversial.

Next, in November, the Chinese team returned to Hangzhou and only scored a small victory over Lebanon at home.

This kind of performance caused the headline of "Gao Hongbo dismissed from get out of class" to appear again in the media.

Therefore, it can be said that Gao Hongbo is under tremendous pressure now.

The next Asian Cup qualifier will be against Syria at home. If the Chinese team fails to win, they will be under the pressure of Syria and will not be able to win the first place in the group.

Before such a critical game, Gao Hongbo's training list naturally attracted much attention.

As soon as the training list came out, everyone discovered a remarkable thing!

Zhouyi's name is impressively listed! (To be continued.) Enable new URL