Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 364 Seal
Pei Wei was still thinking about who this person would be. Marshal Qi, who was looking left and right, had already seen Pei Wei, and hurriedly walked towards Pei Wei with the middle-aged man smiling all over his face. Pei Wei greeted him with a smile and exchanged greetings. Finally, Pei Wei led them to their seats.

"What would you like to drink? Coffee or tea?" Pei Wei asked.

"Coffee." Qi Dashuai replied, and then looked at the middle-aged man beside him with a questioning look. The middle-aged man nodded, and Pei Wei said to the waiter: "Three cups of coffee, thank you."

After the waiter served the coffee, Pei Wei smiled and lit a cigarette, and asked Marshal Qi: "Director Qi, you are well informed... I have only been in BJ for three days, and you can actually find me... ...I can't accept it."

"Hehe, Mr. Pei, don't make fun of me. I called Yunjia Tianyu Club, and the person who answered the phone said that you went to Europe to choose a coach. I visited Zhang Junxiu two days ago, and I learned from his old man. You are also in BJ...just now I called you." Marshal Qi showed a smile on his dark face, originally he and Pei Wei had no friendship, he resigned as the head coach of the national team and Pei Wei reunited in the middle It played a lot of roles, but later Pei Wei urged him to return to the national team as an assistant coach, and the two became more familiar with each other.But after all, they don't have much contact with each other, so Marshal Qi's words are more polite.

"Hey, what are you, yours, I sound so awkward... Director Qi, you are older than me, so I might as well call you Old Qi, and you, don't call me Boss Pei, just Xiao Pei Or just call them by name—let’s talk in private, don’t make it so formal as if you’re meeting the head of state, okay?” Pei Wei said with a smile.

Marshal Qi and the middle-aged man beside him laughed at the same time, and Marshal Qi said straightforwardly, "Okay, then I'll just call you by your name."

Pei Wei turned to the middle-aged man: "This person has a very kind face, but my memory is a little bit bad, I don't know where I met... Old Qi, why don't you introduce him to us?" The more he looked at this person, the more he felt The face is familiar, but I can't remember who it is at the moment.

"Oh, look at my brain, I almost forgot." Marshal Qi patted himself on the forehead, then patted the middle-aged man's shoulder with a smile: "This is a little friend of mine, Pei Wei, you don't know him It shouldn’t be, I remember that you have been watching football since 1980, how could you not remember the famous ‘seal’?”

There was a "boom" in Pei Wei's mind, and the fragments in his memory overlapped with the unattractive middle-aged man in front of him—it turned out to be him! "Seal" Li Huajun!

Speaking of the nickname "Sea Leopard", fans who started watching football in the 90s may not be clear, but when it comes to the name Li Huajun, I believe that as long as fans who have a certain level of understanding of Chinese football will know it!

One of the six hopeful stars of the World Youth Football Championship in 20, he was selected as the best team of the current World Youth Championship. He was on the same level as the famous Dutch genius striker Fan; Basten and Brazil World Cup champion Bebeto. He was selected at the age of [-] The Chinese national team is the youngest international player in the history of the Chinese national team before Sun Chenghai...

But unfortunately, unlike Fan Basten and others, Li Huajun's supposedly brilliant path died prematurely. The conflict with the coaching staff of the national team and the serious injury caused him to leave the green field early Fan Basten retired at the age of 29 at the golden age of this player, which made fans all over the world feel sorry for him, but few people know that his lightning speed in the World Youth Championship was not gorgeous But the extremely practical extraordinary, the Chinese chasing boy who shocked the world with his powerful volley near the penalty area, was basically insulated from football at the age of 25, full of hope, because of a severe knee ligament tear. , Although he played football intermittently for four years, in 1992, Li Huajun, who could not continue to run on the court, completely retired.

Coincidentally, Fan Basten also announced his retirement in 1992, but did he know that in Mexico nine years ago, the Chinese teenager who was familiar to the world with him also officially left the football field in the same year?
Compared with Li Huajun, how lucky are Sun Chenghai and Nie Fei!They went abroad at the age of 21 to practice their football skills in the highest level of the league. However, Li Huajun stayed in China because of the regulations of the national team at that time: "International players under the age of 28 are not allowed to go abroad". At that time, it withered prematurely in the rough environment of the country...

Pei Wei has read some information about Li Huajun. After officially retiring in 92, for a long time, everyone who knew Li Huajun knew that he could mention anything in front of him, except the word "football". This time, he even turned his face with a few very good friends-this shows how hard it was for him to be forced to retire.

But obviously, he has come out of that blow now, otherwise he wouldn't have come to meet himself, the owner of the professional football club, with the professional football coach Qi Dashuai.

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"Oh!" Pei Wei yelled in surprise, then stood up, and warmly stretched out his hand to Li Huajun: "I said, why do you look so familiar? It's you! At that time, I liked to look at your side the most. The road was broken! The Asian Cup semi-finals that year... Yes, in [-], when you played against Saudi Arabia, your goal after three players in overtime helped our Chinese team enter the Asian Cup for the first time What about the finals! I haven't seen you for a long time, and I didn't recognize you for a while, it shouldn't be!"

Li Huajun held Pei Wei's hand, with a calm and clear smile on his face: "That's all in the past... The current Chinese football is based on the boss who loves football like you, Only then can we have the current grand occasion! I have always paid close attention to Yunjia Tianyu, and I have also heard about some things about you. A boss like you who sent four absolute main players to Europe one after another is unique in China!"

"Where is there..." Pei Wei kept shaking Li Huajun's hand, and greeted enthusiastically: "Come on, sit down quickly, don't call me 'you, you', just call me by name—can you have a drink? ? Let's have a drink if we can!"

Li Huajun smiled, it was a kind of happy smile: "I am from Shandong, I grew up in Dalian—do you think I can drink alcohol?"

"Have fun!" Pei Wei happily called the waiter: "A bottle of wine! No foreign wine, that stuff is boring... Wuliangye, that's it! Old Qi, would you like some?"

"Forget it, I'll get rid of it." Marshal Qi covered his mouth and said, "I'm getting old and I can't toss about like you guys anymore. I'd better drink some coffee."

The waiter brought the wine, along with a few plates of dried fruit to go with the wine. Pei Wei and Li Huajun drank three glasses in a row. Marshal Qi waited until they were almost drunk before saying: "Pei Wei, this time I will bring Hua Jun is here to ask for your help."

"Whatever, tell me, as long as I can do it." Pei Wei said without hesitation.

"As for Hua Jun, he joined the national team in 92 and retired from the national team in 97. During this time, I was an assistant coach of the national team. I worked successively under Zeng Xuelin and Gao Fengwen, and I knew Hua Jun well It was very early... You know, after he retired in 98, he was away from football for a long time, but I knew him, it was impossible to leave football, he was born for football...so I was always there I advised him not to play football anymore, but his talent in football should not be wasted. Football is not just about having players. Being a coach is also a path. He finally figured it out. In [-], he got the B-level certificate of football coach. In July last year, he passed the final assessment and obtained the certificate of professional football coach in the coach training course held by the AFC. In China, he has already obtained There is no better learning opportunity, so he plans to go to Europe to study, and then return to China to teach, but you also know that this fee is not a small expense. Although I have made some money in the past few years, he also has savings, but It is far from enough, and if there is no other way, I can only ask for help from you."

Speaking of this, Marshal Qi's face was a little red, but he continued: "I use my old face to guarantee that I will lend you as much as I want, and I will return all the principal and interest in the future. The Tianjin team is ready to hire me as a coach. I’ll be back for a while.”

Hearing this, Pei Wei began to seriously examine for the first time this Marshal Qi who was scolded by fans all over the country for nothing in his previous life—maybe he is not a competent national team coach, but after getting to know him deeply, Pei Wei can conclude that , he is an absolute good guy.

In the words of Marshal Qi, Pei Wei also began to understand the level of Li Huajun. After Li Huajun retired in 92, he had no relationship with football for five years. This "seal" on the football field, After retiring, he worked in foreign trade in Liaoning Machinery Import and Export Co., Ltd., ran business, worked as the manager of the "Seal" Food City, and even worked as the vice chairman of the trade union for a while... After doing so many things that have nothing to do with football , He was able to obtain the professional football coach qualification certificate recognized by the AFC in just two years-this is not something ordinary people can do.

Marshal Qi's words are not wrong. This person is indeed a person who was born for football. Even if he can't show his talent on the lawn, he can still create brilliance on another front.

Thinking of this, Pei Wei suddenly had an idea: "Li Huajun, I want to ask you something." Genuine reading!)
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