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Chapter 1199
On May 5th, the Chinese team played a World Cup warm-up match with Saudi Arabia. The Chinese team beat Saudi Arabia 27:3. Afterwards, the Chinese team left China and rushed to Sao Paulo, Brazil. There are still two weeks left before the ceremony, and the Chinese team is also the first team to participate in the World Cup in Brazil.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first!The quality of logistics support in large-scale competitions also affects the team's game results to a certain extent. Many teams start to choose their foothold in Brazil after qualifying. This World Cup in Brazil is even more special. The city hosting the World Cup There are as many as 12. In order to allow fans in the 12 host cities of the World Cup in Brazil to see more teams, and at the same time, in order to facilitate the maximum and widest range of commercial promotion and marketing, FIFA also rigidly stipulates that each participating team To play a game, you have to move to a new city. For players, playing this kind of tournament system is already very stressful and exhausting. In addition, the distance between the game cities is not short. Once the game is over, You have to rush to the next match immediately, there is no time to relax and adjust, and you have to arrive at the match within 24 or 48 hours stipulated by FIFA.More importantly, the domestic traffic situation in Brazil is not optimistic. It is still unknown whether it can cope with the transportation pressure of the World Cup, whether it is air passenger transportation or road transportation.

Because Li Huan refused the Football Association to intervene in the affairs of the national team, and at the same time refused to hand over the preparation expenses to the Football Association for management, he and the staff of the national team must be responsible for this logistical work.

In order to play well in this World Cup, Li Huan also took great pains. After qualifying, Li Huan recruited a group of staff to go to Brazil, and booked three five-star teams in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and Porto Alegre, where the Chinese team played. The star hotel also reserved a good training ground on the grass near the hotel.

After the Chinese team arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, they went directly to the Massoud Hotel they booked, because the Chinese team was delayed for four hours in Europe, and there were no fans to pick them up at Guaroluis Airport in Sao Paulo until the Chinese team came to the hotel. At that time, well-informed reporters and fans finally arrived at the hotel in time. Among these fans were not only Chinese and overseas Chinese, but also many local Brazilians. There is only one reason for fans to come to cheer, and that is because of Li Huan.

As a six-time Ballon d'Or winner, the world's strongest defender, and a superstar who is likely to surpass Pele and Maradona, Li Huan also has a large number of fans in Brazil, which is proud of football.Of course, the degree of fanaticism cannot be compared with fans in Asia and Europe. If it is in Asia and Europe, even if the Chinese team is delayed for four days, there will still be many fans waiting at the airport to meet Li Huan, while the Brazilian fans will stay for four hours. Neither are willing to wait.

Li Huan patiently and enthusiastically signed photos for more than 100 fans, and simply accepted the reporter's interview request. Later, he found that the fans were still arriving in an endless stream, so Li Huan hurriedly left the lobby and returned to his room, but he still let His bodyguard sent a pre-signed photo to the fans who came to the hotel.This is also Li Huan's trick to win people's hearts. This is the World Cup held in Brazil, and the relationship with the fans and the media has been handled well. As long as they don't fight Brazil, these fans will go to the scene to cheer for the Chinese team.

Massaud Hotel has 62 suites, including 56 standard rooms and 4 presidential suites. The players, staff and coaching staff all have a single room for each person. In addition to the latest fitness equipment, the hotel has all kinds of services such as hot springs and saunas. In addition, Massoud is only 15 minutes away from the domestic airport of Congonhas, and only 8 minutes away from the training ground by car, which is very convenient for the Chinese team to travel, so Li Huan made the final decision here.

However, the cost of a hotel with such a superior location and environmental conditions will not be low. The Chinese team only stayed here for more than two weeks and left after the first game against Turkey, but the cost was as high as 100 million U.S. dollars. FIFA gave the Chinese team all the expenses for their preparations.Li Huan paid for the two hotels in Brasilia and Porto Alegre out of his own pocket.But this is also the reason why the Chinese Football Association readily agreed not to intervene in the affairs of the national team. According to Li Huan's standards, the Chinese Football Association not only does not make money, but also pays a lot of money.

Because there is still a long time before the start of the World Cup, the Chinese team is not in a hurry to train. Li Huan called the players and all the staff to have lunch in the restaurant, and then rested for three hours. After a routine short meeting, Li Huan Give the players a day and a half off, let the players have a good experience of Brazil's South American style.

At four o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the Chinese team started their first training session in Brazil. Their training base was in a second-rate university in Sao Paulo. It was a holiday at the moment, and the school rented the stadium to the Chinese team to earn money. As an extra bonus, although this school is very pheasant, the stadium is good, even better than the regular stadiums in China. Li Huan can't help but sigh that Brazil is called the kingdom of football.

The training of the Chinese team also attracted a lot of fans and reporters. Even the Chinese fans in Brazil are very shy. They look down on the skills of the Chinese players and laugh from time to time. He also pointed out that the Chinese team's players made mistakes in technical movements and tactical choices. Many times, their opinions were different from those of the coaching staff, which made the Chinese team's players look at the Brazilian fans with admiration.

After the training, Li Huan accepted an interview from the "St. Paul Folha" on the stadium. In the interview, Li Huan told the reporter that he was very satisfied with the environment and food in Sao Paulo. The quality of the training ground was beyond his expectations. Helped the Chinese team's game.

When a reporter from "Folha Sao Paulo" asked Li Huan why he came to Brazil so early, Li Huan told the reporter that the climate and environment gap between China and Brazil was too great, and he hoped that he and the players could adapt in advance, and they came to Brazil two weeks in advance , and the first game of the Chinese team is still five days away from the opening ceremony, and 20 days is enough for the Chinese team to adapt to life in Brazil.

When asked by Folha de Sao Paulo about the goal of the Chinese team in the World Cup in Brazil, Li Huan gave a very pragmatic and ingenious answer. Li Huan said: "Of course our goal is not to compete with Brazil for the championship. Our goal is to break through the previous one. Zero goals, zero points, zero wins at the World Cup and of course it would be better to reach the knockout rounds."

Two days later, in order to get used to the playing field, Li Huan played a friendly match at Morumbi Stadium after contacting Sao Paulo through his Brazilian teammate Diego. As a result, the Chinese team, which was aiming for training, drew with Sao Paulo 2:2.

Sao Paulo is a strong team in Brazil. They beat Barcelona, ​​Spain 1992:2 in 1, AC Milan, Italy 1993:3 in 2, and won the Toyota Cup twice. Although the scenery is not as good as before, the strength is not trivial. The performance of the Chinese team It still attracted the attention of the local media. Brazil's "Global Sports", "Folha Sao Paulo" and "Lance News" all said that the Chinese team has the strength to qualify for the group stage. Paraguay must be careful, they have a strong opponent.

After the friendly match against Sao Paulo, the Chinese team was training at the training ground. Li Huan and Chu Fu went to Brasilia and Porto Alegre to inspect the team’s accommodation and the environment of the training ground. I am very satisfied with the choice, a five-star hotel, and it is not far from the training ground and the competition venue.The only thing that worries Li Huan is that Brasilia is the capital of Brazil, and it is troublesome to fly by plane, and I am afraid of traffic jams by bus.After much deliberation, Li Huan decided to rent a small plane for the team to use during the World Cup. Although Li Huan did not have confidence in what kind of results the Chinese team could achieve, Li Huan did not want to affect the Chinese team's record because of these material conditions. Teams can earn up to millions of dollars in bonuses for every extra step.

As the Brazilian media reported more and more details on the Chinese team, the luxury life of the Chinese team in Brazil has also attracted the attention of the world, especially in China. Many fans heard that the Chinese team lived in five-star hotels and rented planes. A month spent close to 7 million US dollars, can not help but uproar.

"Beijing Times" commented: "The Chinese team doesn't know what kind of results they can achieve, but they enjoy the same treatment as the president. Isn't it a bit too extravagant for us?"

"Weekly" also said: "The bonuses given by FIFA are better spent on youth training, rather than spending money in Brazil. Although this is not taxpayer's money, the Chinese team is too ostentatious."

But soon, Jia Lei, a reporter from "Ball News", who is known as the most intimate beauty reporter with Li Huan, sent back a report from Brazil, saying that the luxury life of the Chinese team in Brazil, except for the first 20 days, was spent. Li Huan paid the rest of FIFA's US$100 million preparation fund in advance, that is to say, Li Huan contributed US$600 million to invest in the national team.These are Li Huan's personal money.

Although Li Huan has now risen to the top 600 of the Forbes rankings, the [-] million US dollars is not a small figure. Li Huan's image in China has immediately grown. The team can achieve good results in the World Cup, these investments are worthwhile.

(End of this chapter)