Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 295 Selecting the Olympic Head Coach
1998 was undoubtedly a bumper year for the Chinese Football Association. The national league maintained its momentum of continuous development. Good results... This also made the Chinese Football Association highly commended by the General Administration of Sports in the year-end summary.

Although in the Bangkok Asian Games at the end of the year, the second Chinese team, which lacked all European players and most of the main players, was eliminated by the Iranian team in the semi-finals and only achieved No. Among them, the achievements of Chinese football can be described as brilliant.

Competitions are held every year, and this year is no exception. For the Chinese Football Association, the biggest task in 1999 is undoubtedly the Olympic qualifiers. The selection of this year's Olympic team is very wide. The Chinese youth team that entered the quarter-finals, the Qianglibao youth team who returned from Brazil, including Nie Fei, Sun Chenghai, and Li Gang, the three main players of the national team, and five or six of the Qianglibao youth team have signed with European and South American clubs. The young players who signed the contract should be the strongest combination ever in terms of personal ability and overall strength.

But the problem now is that this theoretically extremely powerful team has not yet been formed. Most importantly, they do not have a head coach, and there is only half a year left before the Asian group stage of the Olympic qualifiers.

It's not that the Football Association's work efficiency is low. In fact, their work efficiency is much higher than in history. This is of course the credit of Xu Bing, an outstanding and prestigious chairman. Many young people who know football and understand the market conditions have joined the Football Association. With the injection of these fresh blood, the Chinese Football Association has become more and more professional and efficient.

The reason why the head coach of the Olympic team has not been determined until now is because this position is too difficult to choose.

Tang Pengju was the head coach who led the China Youth Team to the quarter-finals of the World Youth Championship, while Chu Guanghu led the Qianglibao Youth Team to spend five years in Brazil. Chu Guanghu is not familiar with the former Qianglibao players who are sure to become the main force, and the Chinese team sent in last year's Asian Games was composed of players of the right age except for a few European players. The national team, let these two coaches jointly coach at the same time, and the result of No.3 in the end is quite satisfactory.

It is precisely because of this that the Football Association has made a difficult case-who will be allowed to play and who will not be allowed to play?These two people are equal in fame, ability, and qualifications, and both of them have made great contributions in the past. No matter who has not become the head coach of the Olympic team, he will definitely not be convinced.

In desperation, the staff of the Football Association had no choice but to hand in the work upwards, so this problem fell into the hands of Xu Bing.

As Xu Bing, who has become the well-deserved leader of the Football Association both in fact and in name, when he gains more power to do what he thinks he should do, he also has to take on greater responsibilities accordingly.

The current Football Association is different from before. In the past, the chairman didn’t care about things. The vice-chairmen were really responsible for doing things. If there were any mistakes, the chairman above would take care of them. But now, as the chairman, Xu Bing started to take care of things. , but the responsibility all fell on his head.

Now the General Administration of Sports is trying to make the various sports associations below have more independence and autonomy. In recent years, the Football Association, which has done quite well in terms of work and income, has become the first pilot. The chairman of the Football Association has the highest Power, the General Administration of Sports will not interfere. The term of the chairman of the Football Association is four years. Whether to be re-elected is determined through the evaluation of the organization, colleagues and all walks of life. Of course, hard indicators are indispensable. The hard target is that the Olympic Games and the World Cup will enter the final round, the Chinese women's football team will enter the semi-finals in this year's Women's World Cup, and the Olympic Games will strive to win a medal-this is the task of the national team.

So when this question was handed over to Xu Bing, Xu Bing also had a difficult time. Where did he go to find a good coach all of a sudden?Although a lot of coaches were hired after the World Cup, the big names couldn't be invited, and the average Xu Bing didn't like it—after feeling Benitez's unpredictable rotation skills and accurate understanding of the situation on the spot After the judgment, Xu Bing's vision was much higher.

Thinking for a while and having no idea, Xu Brem thought of Pei Wei again. Simply asking Pei Wei to ask Benitez to stay on the Olympic team for a while seemed like a good choice.

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USA, California.

After signing the two contracts, Pei Wei closed the contract with a "snap", and then shook hands with a middle-aged American opposite with a smile on his face.

Pei Wei smiled happily, and the middle-aged American man Page opposite him also smiled happily - in the contract just now, Pei Wei's Tianyu Fund injected a risk of 4000 million US dollars into Page's Google (Google) At the same time, he became the major shareholder who owns 30.00% of the five shares of the company, which was established less than half a year ago.

Page is very satisfied, through this investment they have raised enough funds to do what they want to do, and Pei Wei's generosity also makes him and his partner Brin very satisfied-you know the first tranche they got The investment is only 20 US dollars, and the price paid is [-]% of the shares.

Pei Wei is more satisfied than them - no one knows how much Google's future assets will be like him - he only knows that Google's market value exceeded 2006 billion US dollars in 1000 before his reincarnation, and the 4000 million US dollars doubled A thousand times is not a problem - owning 30.00% of Google's shares is probably equivalent to having an extra gold mine around you - or the kind that can't be exhausted.

Originally, Page and Brin were a little worried that the major shareholder would interfere with their operations after the investment, but Pei Wei's words dispelled their doubts: "I don't care about the business, I just wait for the annual It’s just a dividend...my interest is not in it.”

After politely declining Page and Brin's invitation, Pei Wei left Google with Su Mei and returned to the hotel where he was staying.

However, Pei Wei is a little at a loss—he is making too much money now—not to mention the nearly 300 million Hong Kong dollars he gained in the defense of Hong Kong last year, and it goes without saying that his shares in Cerent are about to gain nearly With 30 billion US dollars in cash, just the shares in Google can allow him to comfortably receive nearly [-] billion US dollars in dividends every year... What kind of concept is this?
If the money was used to play football, it would be enough to buy all the giant clubs in continental Europe--Gretz only spent a few hundred million dollars to take over Manchester United. How many Manchester United are there in continental Europe?

"Forget it, don't think about other things, the most important thing is to spend every day happily." Thinking of this, Pei Wei smiled slightly, turned to look at Su Mei, and made a decision in his heart.

"What do you see me doing?" Su Mei felt a little hairy when he looked at her, and a dangerous feeling came to her heart.

"Hmm..." Pei Wei was about to speak when the phone rang without warning, interrupting his words.

"Damn it, which bastard is so short-sighted." Pei Wei cursed in his stomach, and took out his mobile phone angrily: "Who is it?"

"I, Old Xu." Xu Bing's thick voice came over the phone.

Pei Wei became less angry, and said, "Oh, it's Lao Xu... What's the matter? Don't waste your phone bill. I'm in the United States now. International long-distance calls are not cheap. Don't let your Football Association My phone bill is overrun..."

"How can I care about this..." Xu Bing smiled bitterly and said, "I want to ask you for help..."

"What's the matter? It's so serious, tell me, I'll help as much as I can."

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"You want Rafael to be the head coach of the Olympic team?" Pei Wei asked in surprise.

"Yes, don't worry, our Football Association will not treat him badly in terms of remuneration, and it is the same as when leading the national team. He is still Yunjia Tianyu's head coach at ordinary times. At the same time, we give him absolute power to select players. Our Football Association will never interfere." Xu Bing explained.

Pei Wei shook his head: "That's not the problem. The key is what he himself means. We only have one year left in his contract, and he is not going to renew it anymore. He is going to Italy after finishing his contract with us. England went to study for half a year, and then returned to European clubs to be a coach...Because his goal is still in Europe, I have persuaded him many times but he couldn't persuade him. Think about it, he doesn't even want to be the head coach of Yunjiatianyu , let alone the head coach of the Olympic team."

"Then what should I do?" Xu Bing said anxiously, "Then give me an idea. The group stage of the Olympic qualifiers will start in less than half a year. Do you want Tang Pengju or Chu Guanghu?"

"If you want me to say, neither of them is suitable." Pei Wei shook his head and said: "It's not that I look down on them, in fact they don't have the qualifications to become real professional coaches... They can still lead the team for training, but directing the game No, many coaches in China are like this. Marshal Qi is also a good coach, but you have also seen his achievements in leading the national team. He has not received special coaching training, and it is not enough to rely on what he has accumulated while playing football. Those who may become good professional coaches... How many real world-class coaches are good at playing football? Jacques, Lippi, Sacchi, Ferguson, Wenger...including Benitez, their playing careers are very good. It’s not good, so it’s not enough to be a good coach if you can play well... If you want to find a head coach, you must first understand that what the Olympic team needs now is not a coach who trains players to improve them, but a coach who can The coach who led the team to victory, so those two people you mentioned are unqualified!" read!)
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