Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 90 Superstar Effect
The captain of the Brazilian national team and the former Stuttgart midfielder Dunga terminated the contract with the Stuttgart club after the end of the 94-95 Bundesliga. He joined the Chinese A-B team Yunjia Tianyu as a free agent and signed a three-year contract.

This shocking news was immediately spread throughout China, and all the sports newspapers published the next day used the best pages to report on this incident. I believe that under such intensive bombing, I am afraid that Even most people who are not fans know that there is a dude from Brazil called Dunga who joined a team called Yunjia Tianyu - strange, is that surprising?
Yes, it is indeed amazing.

As the reporter at the press conference asked, after the termination of the contract with Stuttgart, Dunga, who is already a free agent, is over [-] years old, but he is far from dying. The position is not difficult at all, but he just came to Asia, to China, where football professionalization started less than two years ago, and he joined a second-tier team!

There is nothing more unbelievable than this. Even major European sports newspapers such as Marca in Spain and Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy have published this news in a prominent position.

And after that day, the number of reporters stationed around the Yunjia Tianyu Club to obtain first-hand news surged, which also increased Tianyu Club’s income slightly—the hotels closest to Beiwan Stadium They are all the property of Tianyu Club.

Every day, the club receives countless requests to interview Dunga. After all, there are not many opportunities to meet such a world superstar face to face. What makes Yunjiatianyu fans even more happy is that they will have the opportunity every year in the next three years. See Dunga in action up close and personal and have the chance to get a world champion's autograph.

In the end, even CCTV was alarmed. They sent people to negotiate with Yunjiatianyu Club, hoping to interview Dunga. Unfortunately, after the signing was completed, the world champion captain flew back to Brazil to deal with some affairs. empty.

Under such circumstances, even the news that Yunjiatianyu set off to Guangdong to play the second round of the FA Cup was ignored by most people, and Yunjiatianyu's players were almost ignored by no one. The situation came to Guangzhou.

Faced with this situation, the players were very upset: Yes, Dunga is indeed a world-class superstar and the captain of the world champion, but he is only one person after all. Without the cooperation of these teammates, how can he still be alone? win the game?It's all right now, no one cares about us, only cares about that rookie who is far away in Brazil and hasn't even had a joint practice!

Everyone will be jealous, not to mention these young, high-minded boys, they don't care how famous you are, if you don't come up with something that convinces them, even if you are the best player in the World Cup It may not convince them either.

Especially when they saw the situation of the head coach of Guangdong Hongda in the interview, they were all very angry. The head coach said: "I am very fortunate that Dunga has not joined the team yet. Go to Yunjia Tianyu team, if he can play now, it will bring trouble to our promotion... Now, we have drawn the opponent in the away game and scored two away goals, I want to enter the Football Association We will definitely be in the semi-finals of the Cup, so even if Dunga can play in the next game, it has nothing to do with us, even if there is, it will be next year."

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"Are you angry?"

The night before the game, Pei Wei called all the players into Wenger's room, pointed to the head coach of Guangdong Hongda who was being interviewed on TV, and asked them.

"I just want to beat that guy up now, even though he's a bit old." Zhu Guosheng squeezed his finger bones a few times, and said viciously, the faces of the others were not much better, this guy's words were all about Yun Jia Tianyu's other players are not enough to watch.

"He is underestimating you! He thinks that without Dunga, we will definitely be eliminated in the away game! He seems to have forgotten that before Dunga announced his joining, it was our group who created eleven unbeatable games in A-B. The record of losing is the highest in the A-B standings! At the same time, we also eliminated the Guangzhou Sun, which is not inferior to them, and entered the quarter-finals of the FA Cup! Although we drew at home and were scored two away goals by the opponent, but we I firmly believe that we will be able to kill our opponents in the away game, and our goal this year is not only to get to A, but also to win the FA Cup!"

Wenger continued: "All of you are very important members of the team. In a football team, there will always be main players and substitutes. Even if my men are all world superstars, I It is also impossible to use only eleven people to play all games, right? So everyone can rest assured that although Dunga is famous and strong, I will not let him be the main force just because of his reputation. From my point of view Since the first day I became your head coach, I have been emphasizing a point of view. In the team, there will never be an absolute main force and a substitute. Whoever is in better condition in training can play a greater role on the court , I will use whoever is the main force, and Dunga must abide by my rules when he comes!"

"There is one more thing, everyone may think that Dunga got a higher salary than you, I admit it." Pei Wei said: "I don't want to deceive you, the highest salary among you may be Barack and Tony, the annual salary The equivalent of RMB is close to 100 million. This is because of the different prices. You are all from Europe. The price level in Europe is much higher than that in China, so everyone can understand it. Now I hope you can understand it. Dunga is here. Before our team, his annual salary in Stuttgart was 80 U.S. dollars, and it was after tax. This is determined by his value. There's no need to come to Asia... and he doesn't get paid for nothing, he can show on the pitch that he can earn that salary, and bring a huge amount of fame to the club through his name, that's all he has to offer. Yes, of course, if you can reach or exceed his height in the future, I will give you the same salary! Now, do you understand?"

The players nodded in twos and threes. Indeed, in the football world, ability and influence are the only criteria that determine income. Deng Jia is worth the price.

"So, tomorrow's game will be the best chance to prove yourself. Get rid of Guangdong Hongda and let all the fans know that Yunjia Tianyu not only has a Dunga, but also you who are equally powerful!"

"Kill Hongda! Kill Hongda!"

The players raised their arms and yelled, venting all their unhappiness on Guangdong Hongda. It can be expected that when this group of almost red-eyed guys set foot on the field tomorrow, Guangdong Hongda's players will definitely be in big trouble.

Wenger and Pei Wei looked at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

If the players' dissatisfaction with Dunga's reputation and income cannot be suppressed before the game, tomorrow's game will definitely be difficult. Even if they win, it will definitely cause other players to be uncomfortable with Dunga in the future. Infighting, now the players' attention has turned to the game, and after Dunga returns to the team, as long as Dunga shows his level in training and games, the hidden dangers will be much smaller.

They have to deal with it carefully, which can be regarded as another superstar effect brought about by Dunga's joining.

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On the second day of the game, everyone who watched the game was overwhelmed by the madness displayed by Yunjiatianyu. The defensive midfielder Wang Yingjie ran all over the field and smashed Guangdong's grand attack to pieces. , although he was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards before the end of the game, he also made Guangdong Yuanda's offense basically dumb. Li Bing was closely watched by Zhu Guosheng, who was about the same height as him, although he had an absolute advantage in experience and technology. The upper hand, but failed to take advantage of physical strength and collision.

Although Yunjiatianyu defended very tenaciously, Guangdong Hongda still scored two goals by relying on one goal from the two main players of the national team, but in defense, they were beaten by Yunjiatianyu.

The main goalkeeper of their national team picked the ball from the goal five times in the whole game!Yunjia Tianyu stabbed Guangdong Hongda five times with a hearty attack. Tony scored two consecutive headers as soon as he came up. Ailin scored the third goal of the team with a supplementary shot in the 309th minute of the game. In the second half, Wan Peng, who was replaced in the second half, scored the fourth goal with a wonderful long-range shot. Wu Jiying's long-distance attack after stealing the ball in the backcourt before the end of the game put a stop to the goal battle.

Five to two!With a total score of [-] to [-], Yunjiatianyu reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup with convincing results, and then contacted them to introduce the captain of the Brazilian national team Dunga. Eyes began to examine this strong and rising club.

"See? This is the superstar effect." Pei Wei proudly said to Xiao Zhao in the office: "If we hadn't announced the news of signing Dunga before this game, even if we eliminated Guangdong Hongda with such a score and entered the In the semi-finals, even if there are interested people who have started to pay attention to us, the fans all over the country will not care too much, they will only think that we are just an occasional explosion... Now, everyone is starting to pay attention to us, all the fans are Paying attention to us, even if we use 100 million dollars to advertise, it may not have such an effect! This is the superstar effect!"

(End of this chapter)