Volume 1: Males Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 15 Everyone Has Different Thoughts (Third Update, Please Vote for Me!)
Chapter 15: Everyone has different thoughts (Third update, please vote for me!)
Liverpool arrived in Changsha in the early morning. They received a very warm welcome at Changsha Airport. However, the Liverpool players who were tired from the journey quickly got on the bus and went to the hotel to rest.
The next day, the media in Guangzhou was still full of concerns about Liverpool. Yesterday's wonderful game was the focus of discussion in the streets. Especially Chen Yingxiong's turn and volley in the game.
But Guangzhou's reaction has nothing to do with Chen Yingxiong.
He is so looking forward to playing with the Chinese national team.
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Because they arrived in Changsha relatively late, Dalgliesh allowed everyone to sleep in until noon.
While Chen Yingxiong and their opponents were still dreaming, Zhong Chusheng, the full-time vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, arrived in Changsha by plane. Along with him were several directors of the Football Association office, as well as Camacho, the head coach of the national team who is about to take up his post.
When they came to Changsha, they naturally attracted the attention of reporters. At the airport, they were blocked by reporters who wanted to interview them.
The topic is naturally inseparable from Chen Yingxiong and the national team...
"Chairman Zhong, is there any conclusion or progress regarding the hero joining the national team?"
"Chairman Zhong, did you watch the match between Liverpool and Evergrande last night? What is your opinion of Chen Yingxiong's performance?"
As soon as Zhong Chusheng heard the name "Chen Yingxiong", he had a headache. But in front of reporters, he can't be too obvious yet - the Football Association's internal decisions must never be told to the outside world, otherwise it will cause an uproar...
"Ah, I happened to be busy yesterday, so I didn't see the game. Did Evergrande win?"
"Of course not, but we lost by one goal." The reporter replied, as if he was afraid that Zhong Chusheng would not know Chen Yingxiong's performance. He added: "The hero scored a very popular goal in the game!"
"Oh, hehe... give in, give in, give in..." Zhong Chusheng forced a smile on his face, squeezed out, and just changed the topic.
But how could reporters let him go so easily: "Chen Yingxiong performed so well, what does the Football Association think?"
"Ah, well, his performance is very good. This is a good thing. It shows that we Chinese can also occupy a place in football, the world's number one sport... I am proud of him and hope that he will continue to work hard. …”
Reporters can hear this kind of official tone, so of course they won't be fooled by him like this. Someone simply asked directly: "Will the Chinese national team recruit Chen Yingxiong? After passing the Laos level, it will be the top 20..."
"This... depends on the head coach..." Of course it is impossible for Zhong Chusheng to say that our Football Association has conducted internal research and decided not to recruit Chen Yingxiong to participate in the top 20 competition! He kicked the football to Camacho and ran away.
He didn't care how Camacho responded. Even if Camacho really wants to recruit people, it still depends on whether we agree...
Camacho was also surrounded by reporters. In addition to the Chinese national team, the topic was also related to Chen Yingxiong.
"He is a very good player, one of the top players in Europe. Liverpool made a good deal and £70 million is not expensive for him...China team? I am not the head coach of the national team yet. "
The Spaniard was also cunning enough. Although no one from the Football Association told him about the conflict between them and Chen Yingxiong, Camacho had guessed something just by guessing. He decided not to go into this muddy water for the time being and wait and see what happens...
So he kicked the football to Gao Hongbo's side.
Of course, reporters couldn't ask Gao Hongbo, because Gao Hongbo was about to resign after leading the team in the game against Laos.
At this time, many people still find it difficult to understand why the Football Association chose to change coaches at such a critical moment. Don't they know that changing coaches on the battlefield has been a taboo for military strategists since ancient times? Even if Camacho is really much more capable than Gao Hongbo, Gao Hongbo simply cannot lead the team to the Brazil World Cup finals with his own ability, so he should be replaced as early as possible. There is still one month left before the top 20. After the coaching change, what can Camacho do to get familiar with the players and make them accept his football concepts and tactics? He still has to use the tactics and lineup left by Gao Hongbo. That being the case, wouldn't Gao Hongbo, who is more familiar with his lineup and football tactics, be more suitable than Camacho?
What is the purpose of all this fussing and fussing? By the time of the top 20, Gao Hongbo, who was most familiar with the team, was gone, and a foreign coach who had a disdain for Chinese football came. If the Chinese team could still make it all the way to the top ten, or even qualify. That's really a miracle.
So no reporters asked Gao Hongbo. They all shook their heads after watching the Football Association people leave with Camacho.
"Sometimes it's really hard for me to understand what those people are thinking about all day long..."
"I'm afraid it's full of shit--!"
"Chinese football lets these ignorant people mess around. If it were me, I might have broken out of Asia and gone global!"
"Hey, just blow it! Haha!"
A group of reporters grumbled helplessly and dispersed.
No matter how hot they make this topic, they are not the ones who make the final decision. This matter is really helpless. These reporters who are exposed to Chinese football all day long will really feel discouraged sometimes, because what they know makes them feel that at least for a long time, Chinese football may not be the best. There is no hope...
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The national team players are training on the court, where they will face Liverpool the day after tomorrow.
Gao Hongbo watched quietly from the sidelines with his hands folded across his chest without shouting, reminding the players what they should do. He has led this team for two years and knows this team very well. How can this team not know him very well? So sometimes he doesn't need to do everything during training.
The problem was that wasn't the reason for his silence.
As the head coach of the national team, he led the national team to play many warm-up matches, friendly matches, etc. In the warm-up matches, the Chinese team always performed well, so much so that he even won the title of "King of Warm-Up Matches" .
But when it comes to the official competition, the team's performance is inevitably unsatisfactory. Especially in the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, this may be the reason why he was replaced by Camacho... In the Asian Cup, the Chinese team's performance was really unsatisfactory and they did not qualify in the group stage.
After the Asian Cup, he actually knew that his time in the Chinese team was running out.
But so what?
If he had Chen Yingxiong in the Asian Cup, he would be confident of winning back the championship, let alone qualifying for the group stage. Although he has to adapt to the tactical style of coordination with his feet, and the football mainly moves on the ground, this does not mean that his team will not make crosses from the wing. He believes that the Chinese team's problem lies in the lack of a strong scoring arrow on the forward line.
Yes, the Chinese team lacks a center who can score goals.
Chinese fans from ten years ago would have laughed out loud if they heard this - the Chinese team, which has the most outstanding forward group in Asia, would be short of a center!
But this is the truth. Back then, Chinese football had such outstanding forwards as Su Maozhen, Li Bing, Hao Haidong, Gao Feng, Li Jinyu, and Gao Hongbo. Su Maozhen and Li Bing were among the most powerful centers in Asia. Such a forward is the envy of neighboring countries.
At that time, ***'s advantage was its excellent midfield, but its biggest headache was the lack of forwards who could score goals.
What's the result now? ***There is no shortage of forwards, but the Chinese team cannot find a stable source of scoring. Whether it's Han Peng, Chen Guofeng, Yang Xu, or Qu Bo, their scoring abilities are actually not very good - especially in national team games, the number of goals scored is pitiful. The current midfielder of the Chinese team has improved greatly under the training of Gao Hongbo. It can make many excellent cooperations and can also deliver cannonballs to the forwards. However, the forwards have begun to learn to waste opportunities, which makes people really speechless...
Let’s look at Chen Yingxiong’s growth in the past few years. At first, he was a player who knew nothing but heading the ball. What about now? His header is still sharp, long-range shots are his signature, and he also has a way of grabbing points in front of the goal. Such a center is in the Chinese team, and there are midfielders and backcourts constantly feeding him bombs. How can he still worry about not being able to score?
He privately asked the Football Association about Chen Yingxiong's entry into the national team. The Football Association gritted its teeth and refused to let go. Of course he knew that this was because the Football Association believed that Chen Yingxiong was disobedient and difficult to manage, so it was unwilling to recruit him into the national team.
But do they care about the results of the national team? The results of the Asian Cup are not good, and the responsibility lies with me as a coach, but I don’t want to think about what your Football Association has done.
To be honest, Gao Hongbo was unjustly accused of forcing Camacho down like this.
Now this game is the last warm-up match for him to lead the Chinese team. Can the Chinese team, which has always performed well in warm-up matches, bring a perfect end to its warm-up match journey?
Gao Hongbo didn't know.
He only knows that the top 20 competition is a very difficult hurdle for the Chinese team.
Does Camacho have the ability to lead the Chinese team out?
I worked hard for more than two years, but in the end it was to make wedding clothes for others. To say that there is no emotion would be a lie.
But to curse the Chinese team for not being able to pass the top 20 seems to be a bit too much...
He now only hopes that the Chinese Football Association can repair the relationship with Chen Yingxiong and recruit Chen Yingxiong to the team before the top 20 games. In this way, even if Camacho, who does not know much about the team, leads the team, as long as Chen Yingxiong is there, , it’s no problem to break into the top ten games.
He didn't have any resistance to this warm-up match. Because he felt that this might be a key step in repairing the relationship between the Chinese Football Association and Chen Yingxiong. Otherwise, why would they suddenly insert a game when there was no warm-up match at all? And also with Liverpool with Chen Yingxiong?
There were things Gao Hongbo didn't know, so he could only guess.
If Chen Yingxiong can successfully enter the Chinese team, this warm-up match will be meaningful.
If Gao Hongbo knew that Chen Yingxiong and the Football Association had fallen out again... he would probably vomit blood, right?