Volume 1: When Heroes Appear, People Pay Attention. Chapter 16 How Should This Game Be Played? (Fourth Update, Asking for Monthly Votes at the Top of My Lungs!)
Chapter 16 How should this game be played? (Fourth update, asking for monthly votes at the top of my lungs!)
"Hey, hero." In the hotel room, Scott was bored and pressed the remote control one channel after another. He couldn't understand many programs on TV. He finally found a channel with familiar content, and it was still in Chinese - CCTV Sports Channel was broadcasting the evening sports world. The highlight of today's sports world was the upcoming Liverpool vs. Warm-up match for the Chinese national team.
"What's the matter?"
"Translate for me." Skrtel pointed to the TV screen: "What are they talking about?"
Chen Yingxiong put down the mobile phone in his hand and was equally bored as he was playing mobile games.
He glanced at the TV screen: "Oh, let's talk about our game against the Chinese team."
"Really?" Upon hearing this, Skrtel became interested. "What exactly did you say?"
"Well... the Chinese team is ready. At the same time, this is the last warm-up match led by head coach Gao Hongbo... Do you know that the Chinese team has a nickname, Martin?"
Skrtel shook his head.
"'King of warm-up matches', haha! They once tied with Germany and beat France in warm-up matches."
"That's amazing!" Skrtel whistled. "Then the Chinese team's combat effectiveness is still very strong. The game the day after tomorrow may not be easy to play..."
Chen Yingxiong snorted: "You think if we win a big victory, wouldn't it be too disrespectful to them?"
Skrtel was stunned for a moment: "Are you asking me this question? I'm not Chinese. You know best, right?"
Chen Yingxiong fell silent.
In fact, he is not sure about the attitude of Chinese fans towards the Chinese team. I usually look at what many people on the Internet are saying: "If I watch the national team's games, I will be like a puppy!" "There are still people these days who are stupid enough to watch the Chinese team's games?" "Watching porn movies at home and masturbating is better than watching China." The team’s game was glorious!”
But when the Chinese team plays, there are still many fans in the stands. I don’t know if those people who are scolding on the Internet are among them...
He tried to put himself in someone else's shoes and pretend to be a fan. When he was playing football as a child, his biggest dream was to one day play for the country. He must watch every Chinese team game. He can be considered a fan of the Chinese team, right?
When he could understand the ball, the Chinese team entered the World Cup. At that time, people all over the country were so happy...TV, newspapers, cash registers, and the Internet reported this incident in endless articles, just like the Chinese New Year. He was very impressed.
Later, the Chinese team failed to score a single goal or score a single point in the World Cup. They fell into disgrace and returned home in despair. The enthusiasm for football that was still very strong before suddenly disappeared.
At first, many people criticized Chinese football, but there are still many people who watch Chinese football. Many people said, "I will never watch the Chinese team's games again." When the Chinese team actually played, they all stayed in front of the TV...
The Chinese team was very happy when they won, but they cursed when they lost.
If you are happy after losing, why would there be so many people scolding you? Shouldn't we set off firecrackers to celebrate, just like the Chinese team did when they entered the World Cup? That would be considered "happy to see losing", right?
He feels that if he is really a fan of Chinese football, he probably still hopes that the Chinese team will win, right?
If the Chinese team loses to Liverpool by a large score in the game, I am afraid many people will still feel sad and painful.
Is it right or wrong to do this?
While hesitating, he suddenly thought of what he heard that day, and an unknown fire rushed up from his heart.
Oh shit!
Nothing can be broken, nothing can be established! It's uncomfortable for anyone to be hung up like this all the time. I might as well have a good time and tear off the Football Association's fig leaf! Even if you scold me, I will admit it!
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Chen Yingxiong was considering whether if he won too much, it would be disrespectful to the home fans and the Chinese team.
There are also people considering this issue.
"Should we just give it up?" Niang was talking to Chen Xing and the team's head coach Dalglish about the issue that had just occurred to him.
Winning against the Chinese team is not a problem for these two players. The question is how many goals to win and how to win. If the score difference is too big, will it embarrass the Chinese team and the Chinese Football Association, and will it make Chinese fans feel that they are too disrespectful? Both of them are Chinese. Although neither of them can speak Chinese, Chinese people pay attention to face, and they still know the characteristics of face.
In this case, it may affect Liverpool's image in the Chinese market, thereby affecting their interests here...
So how to play this game is not just a question of football.
Therefore, Chen Xingcai called the club's general manager and the team's head coach together to discuss this issue.
Dalglish disagreed with showing mercy. Because he doesn't think the Chinese team is really that easy to deal with. After all, it is also the national team of a country. Since China has players like Chen Yingxiong, then I believe their national team will not be too weak, right?
What's more, the game against Evergrande allowed him to see the strength of Chinese clubs, so he didn't dare to underestimate it too much.
In fact, there is another most important reason why he does not agree with showing mercy. That is the news of Liverpool's narrow victory over Evergrande 4:3 in the first game has spread back to the UK. There is obviously more criticism of the team in Liverpool. Many people sarcastically said that Liverpool played a newly promoted Chinese team - Evergrande was still in the Chinese Premier League last season and has just been promoted to the Chinese Super League this season. In those cases, For British reporters who don’t know much about Chinese football, or who just researched the information, Evergrande is a newly promoted team, no different from teams promoted this season such as Queens Park Rangers and Norwich City - they can all receive three goals. , this kind of defense is too bad. If the quality of defense is not improved, Liverpool's performance in the new season may be worrying...
The criticism put a lot of pressure on Dalglish. If he loses to the Chinese team in the second game, or is tied by the opponent, he may have to bear even greater pressure.
This is a situation he doesn't want to see.
However, it is impossible for him to directly tell the boss that I am not confident about the team's performance, and he will inevitably have to say something about the situation.
"Hmm... But this is a business competition after all. If we are too slack, will the other party think that we are not doing our best? Wouldn't that be worse?"
As soon as he said these words, Niang was speechless.
Failure to work hard will also harm Liverpool's image in China...
Chen Xing tilted his head: "Let's see, let's all have the main team in the first half. Then they can't say that we are not working hard enough? They actually just want to see the stars, and it's okay if the stars are all on the court..."
In this case, Dalglish had no objection. Anyway, he planned to start all the main players. He established a sufficient advantage in the first half and made adjustments in the second half, which would give him more room for maneuver.
This game must not only win, but also win with less suspense. He doesn't want his team's defense to concede two goals in a row in the last ten minutes...
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Before the game with the national team, various topics related to the national team are naturally very popular. The most popular topic is naturally whether Chen Yingxiong can enter the national team.
There was a heated debate online about this.
Many people felt that this sudden warm-up match might pave the way for Chen Yingxiong to enter the national team.
Because there was no warm-up match during this time, and this game was not an international A-level event recognized by FIFA. No matter whether you win or lose, no points will be included in the ranking statistics. The Chinese team also has to bear the risk of injuring a player in the warm-up match when the match against Laos is imminent.
That being the case, why even arrange this match?
Naturally, I hope to use this game to connect Chen Yingxiong with the national team. A more optimistic view is that in the game with Laos, maybe you can see Chen Yingxiong wearing the national team jersey. A more cautious view is that Chen Yingxiong should be able to represent the Chinese national team in the top 20 games starting in early September.
Chen Yingxiong remained silent when faced with such inquiries from reporters.
However, his silence was interpreted as "caution before things are about to succeed." Some media said in their own one-third acre of land that Chen Yingxiong had reached an agreement with the Football Association and that he would definitely join Kama. Joe's national team. And he joined because Camacho appointed him - it makes sense for him to say this, because everyone knows that Camacho was the middleman for this warm-up match - Camacho was hired by Dalian Wanda, and Dalian Wanda paid for it. Now he is the sponsor of the Chinese Football Association. Camacho means what Dalian Wanda means. The Football Association does not dare to offend the sponsor. No matter how many conflicts it has with Chen Yingxiong, it must agree to the request of the sponsor.
It sounds like that, so many fans have begun to look forward to Chen Yingxiong's games after joining the national team.
Even Chen Yingxiong's father was deceived. He called Chen Yingxiong specifically to ask: "Are you really going to join the national team?"
Chen Yingxiong can remain silent or even lie to others, but to his father, he can only tell the truth. So he told his father everything about his contact with Wan Zongquan.
"Hey!" Chen Tao was very happy on the other end of the phone at the request made by the Football Association. "Then what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to slap them in the face." Chen Yingxiong answered simply, but as the person who knew his son best, Chen Tao could still hear some murderous intent.
"Do you want to be in this game..."
Chen Yingxiong snapped his fingers: "Yes, that's what you think, Dad!"
"This... won't make things too tense, right?"
"Afraid of them!" Chen Yingxiong looked disdainful. "Anyway, Dad, just wait and see the good show!"
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After hanging up the phone, the mother asked Chen Tao with great concern: "How is it?"
"My son said he won't join the national team."
"Why? Isn't it good to serve the country?"
Chen Tao was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't know how to explain it to his wife. This issue was too complicated, and his wife was not interested in football at all, so many deep-seated topics were completely impossible to discuss, explain or explain clearly. It was troublesome to start with, but in the end he simply stamped his feet and showed the majesty of the head of the family: "Oh, you are a woman, what do you know! Anyway...it's okay! If someone asks you about the hero joining the national team Just say you don’t know about things!”
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