Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 632 The Big Turtle of the Football Association

Liverpool did not stay in England for half a month, mainly for physical training, to store up their energy for the new season, and then played two warm-up matches with the local teams.

In these two games, Chen Yingxiong got the chance to play, once as a starter, and once as a substitute in the second half.

He scored one goal in each of the two games. When the cooperation with his teammates was still very unfamiliar, these two goals were all scored by virtue of his super personal ability.One of the balls was not even a chance at all, but he used his body to knock the defender away, grabbed the spot, and then scored with a header.

Thanks to the joining of Chen Yingxiong, these two warm-up matches attracted a large number of fans. Seeing that Chen Yingxiong scored a goal in his first game on behalf of Liverpool, the fans gave out huge cheers.

At the same time, this is also the first time that Chen Yingxiong has appeared on the court wearing the No. [-] jersey of the Red Army. Although it is not an official game, it is also a memorable moment.

After two warm-up games, Liverpool set off to officially start their commercial game tour this summer. Destination: China!
On July [-]th, Liverpool will play Guangzhou Evergrande, the most popular team in Chinese football today, in Guangzhou.Then came the main event - a warm-up match with the Chinese national team in Changsha.This will be the last warm-up match of the Chinese national team before the Asian Cup qualifier play-off with Laos. After this game, they will play against Laos at home.Only by defeating their opponents in two rounds can they qualify for the top [-] of the Asian qualifiers.

If they can't even make it through Laos...

For Liverpool, these two warm-up matches are very high standards. You must know that Liverpool is not the most popular team in China. If it is a team like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Inter Milan and AC Milan If you come to China, you might be able to get such treatment.

Evergrande is the number one team in China today, known as "China's Real Madrid", not to mention the Chinese national team, no matter how strong the players are, it is still a team representing a country.

In fact, when Chen Xing was going to visit China at the very beginning, he didn't look for warm-up opponents like these.

At that time, no one in Liverpool except Chen Xing himself and Niang knew that Chen Yingxiong was going to join the team in the summer.

Therefore, when the business department arranges the schedule of the visit to China, the opponent of one game is Guangzhou Rizhiquan, and the other game is not in China at all, and the game will no longer be played in China, but at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Malaysia. , the opponent is the Malaysian star team.

At that time, Liverpool wanted to play against Evergrande, but because of the schedule problem, there was a Chinese Super League match on July [-]th, and the Chinese national team had the task of qualifying for the World Cup at the end of July. Evergrande's international players had to report to the national team. At the same time, we must also take into account the Chinese Super League.So Evergrande has little interest in this game.

In fact, the above are all excuses. The fundamental reason is that Liverpool have not achieved good results in recent years, and their popularity has declined year by year.Evergrande is now known as "China's Real Madrid", and it seems that it really has the same vision as Real Madrid. It is a bit contemptuous of Liverpool...

Since Evergrande is not interested, Liverpool can only change their opponent, which is Rizhiquan, also in Guangzhou, but Rizhiquan is a Chinese team, and its level is one level lower than Evergrande.

But there is no way, who made Liverpool's reputation less obvious now?
As a result, the situation changed suddenly, and the media suddenly broke the news that Chen Yingxiong had an affair with Liverpool, and what was even worse was that Chen Yingxiong even admitted it!

Now, Liverpool has suddenly become a favorite in the Chinese market.

Countless teams are vying to play against Liverpool and play a warm-up match.Because everyone knows that if they can play against Liverpool, it will definitely attract the attention of fans all over China. The ticket revenue for that day alone is astronomical, not to mention the advertising effect of media hype...

Even Evergrande suddenly became enthusiastic this time.

Before Liverpool could talk to Rizhiquan, he cut off halfway and pulled Liverpool over.The game time was changed to July [-]th, only two days before the end of Evergrande's league.But this time, what kind of league schedule is tight, what kind of international players will be transferred to the national team to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers... none of these are problems!
Although I feel that Evergrande is a bit snobbish, this is exactly what Liverpool needs-if possible, who would like to play against a team like Ri Zhiquan?Liverpool is here to open up the Chinese market. Of course, they have to play against the best and most well-known teams in China to have a sensational effect, fully promote their image, enhance brand value, and win more attention in China, which will help them Then expand to a wider market.

Playing against Evergrande is definitely more beneficial to Liverpool than playing against Rizhiquan.

However, the game against the Chinese national team was a bit beyond Liverpool's expectations-if they could play against the Chinese team, it would certainly be better than playing against Evergrande.But Liverpool hadn't even thought about this before...

Who would have thought that at this time, a fax was sent from the Chinese Football Association, hoping to contact a warm-up match around July [-]th.

It was only later that Liverpool found out that the match was due to the upcoming Chinese team coach Camacho who made a request, hoping that the Chinese team could play a warm-up match with Liverpool so that he could observe the current level and personnel composition of the Chinese team. ...

Camacho is the newly elected national team coach by the Chinese Football Association. He is the candidate to replace Gao Hongbo after the match against Laos. He has just signed a contract. Naturally, it is inconvenient for the Chinese Football Association to refuse his request.Moreover, they proposed it through Dalian Wanda Group, the current big sponsor and sponsor of the Chinese Football Association. They have just signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese Football Association to fund the selection of coaches and the selection of young players to study abroad... The Chinese Football Association naturally dare not excuse me.

So there was an invitation to such a game.

Being able to compete with the Chinese national team naturally made the Liverpool club overjoyed.For other European teams, it should not be a big deal to play against the Chinese team, but for the Liverpool club, which wants to make money from the Chinese market, the match with the Chinese team is simply the best way to promote them.

How could such an invitation be refused?
Agree immediately!

In fact, what they didn't know was that Camacho's request made the Chinese Football Association mutter for a while.It's very simple, they can use their buttocks to imagine how embarrassing the Football Association will be in this game...

A player who has been relentlessly complaining about the Chinese Football Association and the General Administration of Sports, has never been selected for the Chinese national team, but has to fight in a business friendly match... How will the media and fans view this matter, based on their experience Think very simple.

By that time, the game has not yet been played, and there will be overwhelming criticism-such a terrific person, why don't you recruit into the national team?

What can the Football Association say, it can't be said to be the opinion of the top, right?This is really looking for death...

So I can only pretend to be a turtle, shrinking my head and not answering.

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The officials of the Football Association really had the foresight, because after the announcement of this opponent, various domestic voices about Chen Yingxiong and the Chinese team spread all over the country.Among these voices, there was no surprise, no suspense, no doubt, even callousness... The Chinese Football Association became the villain.

"... Chinese football is cracking down on gangsters, Wanda Group is spending money to build momentum, and inviting the famous coach Camacho, etc., but these are all fake! Chen Yingxiong is not as good as the Chinese national team every day, and Chinese football is not good every day. It’s not bottoming out!”

"Don't tell me that the league is the foundation. Pursuing the results of the national team is eager for quick success! As a Chinese fan, I have endured it for so many years. Our national team failed to make it to the top ten in the Asian region for two consecutive World Cups! The league is Long-term project, that may take a long time to see results. So before that, do we have to endure endless winter in vain? Maybe we may not be able to see the benefits brought by the league reform until we die. We know whether the national team's performance is good It’s good to represent Chinese football, but is it not enough for us Chinese fans to huddle together in this difficult winter and have a little hope? Calling Chen Yingxiong to the national team may not make the national team enter the Brazil World Cup finals , but at least we can win a few more games in the qualifiers and score a few more beautiful goals, right? Could it be that such a small request can't satisfy us!"

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All kinds of voices merged into one sentence - let Chen Yingxiong enter the national team!We want to see him play in the national team jersey!

The Chinese Football Association continues to remain silent in the face of these calls.

Until Liverpool was about to set foot on the land of China, Chen Yingxiong received a call from Dracula: "There is something, hero...a person from my side found me through our sponsor and wanted to talk to you .”

"Is it about signing endorsements?" Chen Yingxiong asked.

"No. He just said that he hopes to have an interview with you, and it's a private communication, and he doesn't want it to be spread... Oh, by the way, he is a Chinese, your compatriot."

"Didn't he say what exactly he wanted me for?"

"No."

Chen Yingxiong frowned after hearing this answer.He couldn't figure out why something needs to be so mysterious.If it’s because of the signing of the endorsement, I’m afraid that the opponent will find out and obstruct it. It can barely be regarded as a commercial secret, but when Nike asked me to sign a contract, it didn’t work like an underground worker’s joint. Finding my agent was more twists and turns than the Yellow River.

What is this about?
(End of this chapter)