Chapter 446 The Battle of Yang Yang

With Yang Yang's goal, the Chinese team defeated Angola 1-0 and won the first victory in the history of the World Cup!

This quickly became the key news of major media around the world that night and even the next morning.

Even FIFA congratulated the Chinese team on its official website, believing that it was a memorable day and a gratifying achievement, which represented a brand new history for Chinese football.

In an interview with the media, FIFA President Blatter publicly stated that Yang Yang will definitely go down in football history because of his outstanding performance in this World Cup. The Chinese team, Asian football, and even world football will make more outstanding contributions.

With four goals, Yang Yang caught up with German center Klose, who had scored twice the day before and counterattacked on the scorer list. The two led the World Cup scorer list neck and neck.

But unlike Germany's promotion to the knockout rounds, the Chinese team regretted leaving due to a one-to-one draw between Portugal and Mexico.

This also made countless media and fans feel sorry for Yang Yang, because everyone believed that he could have achieved better results and even competed for the World Cup Golden Boot, but the weakness of the national team dragged him down.

But in an interview with the media, Yang Yang said with confidence that this World Cup has gained a lot.

"We have seen the level of the world's top teams. Portugal, Mexico and Angola are all very good teams. To be able to compete with such teams, whether we win or lose, is a valuable asset for us."

And being able to lead the team to the first World Cup victory in Chinese football history as the captain of the team, Yang Yang said it was his pride, and he also thanked all the fans in the country for their support.

"There is no doubt that Chinese football is still very weak, and there are many problems, which requires all of us to work together, especially the support from the fans, we are working tirelessly on the field, just to prevent the billions of compatriots They are disappointed."

"Here, I just want to say to them that you are the hope of Chinese football!"

Regarding his regret being eliminated from the World Cup, Yang Yang is very calm, saying that this is normal.

"Complaining about the opponent playing the tacit ball? No, it's useless at all. It is very normal and understandable to maximize one's own interests within the scope of reasonable rules."

"If you really want to complain, I don't think we played well in the first round of the group stage. We could have not lost, but there is no regret medicine in this world."

"But it doesn't matter, this session is a painful lesson for us, but the next time we come back, we will be stronger than we are now. I believe that the next time we will not just have zero breakthroughs, but It's to get out of the group."

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Yang Yang's remarks spread back to China, which greatly aroused the enthusiasm of domestic fans and caused heated discussions on the Internet.

At the same time, foreign media are also scrambling to report Yang Yang's game.

As a European supernova, Yang Yang's every move has attracted the attention of the media and fans around the world, especially now that he is still in the suspense period of his transfer, and he scored four goals in three group matches in the World Cup, and Klose Tied for the top scorer list, which surprised and admired countless fans.

The Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, who claims to be competing with him, scored one goal, and it was Figo who gave him a penalty, and Yang Yang's four goals were all scored.

Barcelona's talented Lionel Messi also scored just one goal in Argentina's 6-0 win over Serbia and Montenegro.

It can be said that Yang Yang is worse than these two competitors of the same age in terms of scoring quality and difficulty, at least considering that the overall strength of the Chinese team is far inferior to Portugal and Argentina.

In the media hype, the World Cup also ended all group matches.

The Chinese team returned to Beijing from Germany the day after they beat Angola.

With prior information, thousands of fans gathered at Beijing Capital Airport to welcome the triumphant return of the national team like a hero.

In particular, Yang Yang, who scored four goals, has become a hero in the eyes of all fans.

The reception of the fans was huge, and the scene was even a little chaotic for a while, but in the end, the order was maintained.

The national team also announced its disbandment on the spot after returning to the Xianghe base.

Yang Yang quietly returned to Beijing, and secretly flew to his hometown of Quanzhou with Su Ye the next day.

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When Yang Yang got on the flight home, an emergency video conference about him was going on at Nike headquarters in the United States, including Mark Parker, who had just become Nike CEO in January.

In addition to several core executives from Nike headquarters, there were also several other regional directors and core executives in the video who attended this meeting.

There is only one reason to initiate this long-distance video conference, and that is Yang Yang!

"I admit that our team made a bad decision ahead of the World Cup and it took a heavy toll."

Charles Danson, president of Nike's global brand marketing, looked a little dignified, obviously the problem was not small.

"At that time, the European region reported to us the situation of the negotiation, but we believe that with the current level of Yang Yang's performance, it is far from the standard of top players. Even with the bonus of the Chinese market, we can only do it at most. At around 8 million euros, that's about the same as Beckham, far higher than Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi."

When Charles Danson said this, the conversation changed, "but the agent of the other party opened his mouth and directly shouted the sky-high price of 15 million euros, which is absolutely unacceptable, and it has even exceeded NBA players."

Everyone attending the meeting nodded, apparently agreeing with this statement.

Although Nike has a lot of money, it is definitely not a good child, and it is impossible to invest a lot of money in a player.

"The mistake we made was to underestimate Adidas' interest in Yang Yang. After stealing Messi from us, Adidas is also determined to win Yang Yang, and they have decided to increase their investment in football, this time sponsoring Liverpool, That's £10 million a year."

"Ajax's sponsor is Adidas, and in order to avoid Yang Yang's loss, Adidas offered to let many teams including Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich participate in the competition, hoping to keep Yang Yang in their In the camp, they even hesitate to express their willingness to pay part of Yang Yang's salary for this team through sponsorship."

"In addition, we have received reliable information. During the World Cup, Adidas has sent people to contact Yang Yang many times. They are the sponsors of the Chinese team, justifiably, and their negotiators have had a lot of experience with Yang Yang's agent. Frequent contacts, which also made Raiola's negotiating attitude change very quickly during this period."

Nike's original strategy was to cool Yang Yang for a while and let Raiola take the initiative, but they obviously miscalculated the situation.

Adidas is obviously more interested in Yang Yang than they expected.

"Although the Chinese team was eliminated from the World Cup, Yang Yang shined with four goals, and his reputation has not been damaged in the slightest, but has risen to a higher level, especially in China, his reputation has reached the highest level in history. At its peak, the impact is amazing, and we only have one year left on his contract."

This is also the most unfavorable place for Nike at present, because with the support of Adidas, Yang Yang may terminate the contract early. Although he compensated Nike for a sum of money, it was paid by Adidas, and Yang Yang did not suffer any damage.

"Wonan, what do you think?" CEO Mark Parker asked one of the executives in the video.

Woonan McLaughlin, an Irishman, joined Nike in 1998. He first served as the sales director for Africa, and in 2001 he became the vice president of the Asia-Pacific region, which enabled Nike to develop rapidly in the Asia-Pacific region. And the vice president of Africa, can be described as a prince of Nike.

What is even more rare is that he is very familiar with the Asian and European markets.

"In the Chinese market, we have had a very painful experience." Wu Nan McLaughlin said lightly.

Many people present nodded. It was an unspoken thing within Nike's senior management, that is, Yao Giant's switch from Nike to Reebok, which caused a huge loss to Nike, so that there is no chance to make up for it now. .

And now, Yao Giant has also moved from the Reebok camp to the Adidas camp, making this German company even more powerful.

"We made serious mistakes before, we should stabilize Yang Yang and his agent, but we took a cold-handed attitude, which is obviously repeating Yao Juren's previous mistakes, and now, our opponents are following They are getting closer, and even I received news that Yang Yang is likely to switch to a team under Adidas."

Everyone present looked solemn and worried.

Adidas is a veteran in the football industry. It has close cooperation with FIFA and many giant teams. Nike has always wanted to surpass its opponents in the field of football.

"According to the current market research, Yang Yang not only has amazing popularity in China, but also has very high popularity and influence in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia in Asia, and even has a very high degree of attention in Europe and the United States. Shows amazing market value and potential.”

"I can even say that he is an important factor in whether we can achieve our sales targets and rapid growth in China and Asia in the next few years. As for whether to fight for it again, we still need to discuss and decide."

Although Wunan McLaughlin did not say it clearly, he clearly told everyone that Yang Yang will become the core weapon for Nike and Adidas to compete for the Asian market, and the success or failure of the Asian market, especially the Chinese market, will undoubtedly determine who will be Nike and Adidas in the future. Will be the key to a brother.

This is no longer an estimate, but a fact.

There is only one Yang Yang, and it is unique. It depends on who has a better chance of getting him between Nike and Adidas.

This is also a war without gunpowder!

Mark Parker, who had only been in office for half a year, had a grim look on his face, and he began to realize that this would be a major decision.

It may even affect his status at Nike.