Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 171 History Takes a Turn (End)

The 36-year-old Benitez is in the year of birth according to the Chinese tradition. Maybe it's because he didn't wear red underwear. His luck this year is not very good.

In fact, he had a bad life before. Born in Madrid, the capital of Spain, he may have a chance to become a famous star, because he was lucky enough to enter the famous Real Madrid youth team when he was 14 years old, but the young Beni Tes may have no talent at all in playing football. He was inconspicuous in the Real Madrid youth team. After doing nothing until the age of 21, he finally left Real Madrid and joined a Spanish third-tier team Parla. After staying there for two years, he was promoted to the second division with the Parla team.

Maybe his talent didn't show at a young age, maybe he was going to be a late bloomer - but when he was 25 years old he got hurt badly on the field and was forced to play at the age of 25, the player's golden age. Time to retire.

The only luck is that he found a job in Real Madrid after retiring, responsible for the training of Real Madrid's under-19 team, where he stayed for eight years.

The 34-year-old was his most glorious year. In that year, he led the Real Madrid B team to No.7 in the Second Division. After the end of the season, he got a chance to be promoted and became the assistant of Real Madrid coach Bosque at that time.

However, he is very ambitious and he is unwilling to work as an assistant coach. A year later, he finally got the opportunity to coach a team independently and became the head coach of the La Liga team Valladolid. It is a pity. Yes, the fate of a rookie is always rough. After leading the team to play 23 games, he was fired because the team was at the bottom of the league. Then this year he coached the Osasuna team in the second division. This time it was even worse , He was fired after only leading the team to play nine games.

Judging from his resume, this coach really can't tell what level he is, and looking at his life so far, this guy's luck has really declined to the extreme.

So not only did Li Qiang not understand Pei Wei's desire to hire this coach, even Su Mei wondered if Pei Wei had lost his head after seeing Benitez's resume.

"What's the use of this kind of coach? Why can't it work? Eat it..." Su Mei stopped talking: "I don't believe that there is no better coach than him! You actually want to use him to replace Wenger... I I thought it was an insult to the professor."

Pei Wei stretched out a finger with a mysterious expression on his face: "When did you see that I made a mistake? Don't worry, indeed, there are many better coaches in this world than Benitez, but those are not the ones we can hire... Believe me, I see something different in this down-and-out guy than anyone else?"

"What's different? That's right, it's really a little different..." Su Mei said sarcastically, "His face is too rigid... No matter how you look at it, he is a fool or something."

Pei Wei laughed: "It's wrong to judge people by their appearance... You know, there are very few people in the world who are as good-looking and talented as I am here... What's wrong with you?"

"Ouch..." Su Mei made a sound of vomiting.

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"Rafael Benitez? Hello, my name is Pei Wei, from China's Yunjia Tianyu club team." After seeing Benitez in Madrid, Pei Wei introduced himself as soon as he came up.

"Yunjia Tianyu Club? The club that Arthur Wenger used to stay at?" Benitez's eyes lit up.

This surprised Pei Wei. He didn't expect Wenger to become a household name in Europe after only half a year at Arsenal. Even Benitez, who should be outside the mainstream football circle now, knew: "Yes. ...you know my club?"

"Since the beginning of this season, Arsenal's changes can be seen by anyone with eyes...from being able to pass long passes to having a gorgeous offense...this change is not simple." Benitez's old-fashioned face Even laughing is a bit ugly: "It is said that Wenger likes to show players a game played by Yunjiatianyu at the beginning of this year before the game... I have already watched that video, and the offense is really wonderful. Those players They are all excellent. It seems that the opponent is called Dalian in the East. Although they lost the game, judging from the scene and process, it was only a result of luck."

This time Pei Wei was both surprised and delighted. He didn't expect that Yunjiatianyu would become famous in Europe because of a video tape brought by Wenger, so he decided to get straight to the point: "Straight to the point. Come on... Raphael, are you interested in leading that team to win all the championships?"

"Why are you looking for me? I'm a coach who failed so badly." Benitez spread his hands and said cautiously.

"I have watched your coaching games... Although the results are not very good, I appreciate your gorgeous offense based on a solid defensive foundation... Your tactics are correct, but there are no suitable players." Pei Wei took out a cigarette and asked Benitez, "Is it okay?"

Seeing that Benitez nodded in agreement, Pei Wei lit a cigarette: "You need to have the right players to show your tactical ability...I dare say that you will be absolutely satisfied with my players."

"I'm sorry, I think I need to think about it." It seems that Benitez is extremely cautious, probably because the previous two disastrous failures in coaching made him start to become more cautious.

"No problem, after all, the tape doesn't explain the problem. The Indian team can play the same gorgeous attack as Brazil against the Maldives...After the new year, my club will conduct a series of training in London, including A few warm-up matches, then you can take a look and see if these players can make your heart beat." Pei Wei stood up: "Farewell."

After walking out of Benitez's house, Su Mei asked puzzledly: "You just left like this? Don't you want this coach? I've never seen a corporal like you..."

"Don't worry, he's already moved... After all, for a football coach, it's very painful to be idle at home, unless he has already achieved great success. Unfortunately, Benitez does not belong to this category. Yun Jia Tianyu has a Wenger, and Europeans will also pay attention to whether our team will produce another Wenger...Even if it is a springboard, Benitez will not let go of this opportunity easily."

"You are so happy to be a springboard? So willing?" Su Mei asked in surprise.

"The Brazilian League and the Argentine League have always been treasure troves for European teams to tap talents. The springboard for Brazilian and Argentine players to land in the European League... But what about their national team? What about the overall level of their national football?" Pei Wei took a deep breath: " I'd rather the Chinese league be such a springboard..."

"Okay, don't talk about this, our work has been completed." Looking at Su Mei who was lost in thought, Pei Wei laughed: "Beautiful and charming Miss Su Mei, are you interested in spending time with me in Europe? A merry Christmas? Feel the atmosphere of European Christmas?"

"I think you are looking for a free translator?" Su Mei laughed: "No problem, as long as you pay for everything."

"Can the AA system work? This is Europe, we have to do as the Romans do."

"No! Even in Europe, as the new socialist youth, we must maintain Chinese characteristics!"

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1996 was a major turning point in the history of the Chinese Football League from prosperity to decline.

This year, Xu Bing, the chairman of the Football Association with the best reputation, passed away. This year, a large number of controversial penalties began to appear in the League A, which directly hurt the enthusiasm of the fans for the league. This year, the Chinese Football Association failed to bid for the Asian Cup. This year, the Chinese national team lost even their pants in the Asian Cup...

Fortunately, due to the appearance of Pei Wei, history has turned a corner smoothly this year.

Xu Bing, who had already passed away, was still alive and well. He debated with representatives of West Asia at the AFC meeting, and because the Chinese Football Association stepped up its work on referees before the season, there were few controversies and penalties in the league. In addition, the referee's law enforcement is generally fair.

On Christmas Eve, Pei Wei, who was far away in the UK, received a piece of news from China. In the process of bidding to host the Asian Cup, China and Lebanon received eight votes: eight, although the poaching operations against Iran and Syria were not successful. , but the countries in Southeast Asia and East Asia are all on the side of China. The two sides drew a tie. In the end, Prince Shah, the chairman of the AFC, exercised one vote and voted for China, which has obviously better hardware facilities. Finally successfully won the right to host the 2000 Asian Cup, the first successful bid for the Asian Cup in history.

Then in the Asian Cup, although the Chinese national team also stopped in the quarter-finals, they drew two and one win in the group stage. They drew with Uzbekistan and Japan respectively, and won against Syria, qualifying as the second place in the group.

It is also second in the group, but this result does not make the fans feel ashamed.Although they were also eliminated by Saudi Arabia, who later won the championship, in the eight-to-four competition, the top three in East Asia were eliminated at the same time, and it was not only the Chinese team that lost face.

After hearing the news, Pei Wei let out a sigh of relief.

History has really changed, and my own efforts have not been in vain. The big ship of Chinese football has not deviated from its proper course. Although it is still faltering, at least the general direction is right.

1996 is about to pass, and 1997 is about to welcome Pei Wei.

For Chinese football, 1997 will be a year to test the results of the three-year league - World Cup Asian qualifiers, Qianglibao youth team is about to return home, how the league will be carried out in the new year... Something fans have been waiting for.

PS: The third volume will be finished in 1996, please look forward to the fourth volume in 1997.

Will the Chinese national team's road to the World Cup still be bumpy?What will be the fate of Qianglibao Youth Team?How much shock will Yunjiatianyu's new home stadium bring to the fans?Who will be the first Chinese player to study abroad?Stay tuned for Volume Four: 1997! (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please visit www.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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