Godfather of national football

Chapter 103 Football School
In the end, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 10-3 in the first game of the Top 0 match. Li Guo restrained himself a lot in the post-match press conference and did not stimulate the Koreans too much. It may also be because of the home team's loss that the press conference ended hastily.

Back at the hotel, Chen An approached Li Guo and talked about something. It turned out that a domestic club had a project in South Korea, a football school jointly organized by China and South Korea. He hoped that Li Guo could visit it, which was equivalent to promoting it.

"How much will you pay?"

"No money is given, it is a project under the Chinese Football Association, I hope you can go there."

"Don't go."

Li Guo answered firmly, and Chen An said with a smile: "I heard that there will be popular Korean female stars attending."

Li Guo shrugged, "What looks good about Korean women is all from plastic surgery."

Chen An chuckled, "Don't say that, okay, there are still natural beauties in Korea."

"By the way, why do you want me to go so much? Did you get some benefits?"

Chen An quickly waved his hand, "Heaven and earth conscience, why don't you contact the Football Association directly, and I won't care about your affairs in the future."

Li Guo was also happy, "But the problem is that the national team will return home tomorrow,"

"Don't worry about that. I'll take the team back. The next game is our home court. It's in Shanghai. It's fine for you to return home one day later."

Since it was a project of the Chinese Football Association, Li Guo had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

*****
Li came to the football school the next day.

This is a large-scale football school, and China and South Korea each hold 50% of the shares. In fact, the cooperative football project was first proposed by South Korea.

However, due to the low birth rate in South Korea, these resources are slowly being idled, so it is the best way to cooperate with Chinese football. In addition, domestic clubs are also happy to do such things. After all, it will cost a lot of money to build a football school from scratch in China.

Manager Ma was in charge of receiving Li Guo. Li Guo was overjoyed when he saw him. Manager Ma really had a long face.

"Director Li, you are a distinguished guest,"

Li Guo nodded, "How's the enrollment going?"

"The first phase of 2000 people has been fully recruited, and the second phase is also underway,"'

"How many Chinese players are there?"

"80%,"

"What about tuition?"

"15 a year,"

"What!" Li Guo was speechless.

Li Guo remembered that he once chatted with Gao Lin, and Gao Lin told himself that Gao Lin almost gave up football because of the lack of 1 yuan in tuition fees. Fortunately, Gao Lin's father persisted, and only then did Gao Lin become the international footballer today.

Manager Ma continued: "In fact, even if it is 15 a year, the club will still lose money in the first five years. As you know, football is a sport that burns money. Our coaches are all hired from Europe, and their annual salaries start at hundreds of thousands of euros."

These Li Guo also know that the business model of European clubs is to train players and sell them to make money, while Asian players cannot sell them for a while, so high tuition fees are inevitable.

"Manager Ma, do you know Messi's story?"

This is known to everyone in the football circle, and the story of Barcelona signing Messi on a napkin is already a good story in the football circle.

Manager Ma is very smart, he knows what Li Guo means, "Director Li, maybe you think Messi's story is beautiful, Barcelona not only doesn't want his money, but also pays for his medical treatment, but..."

"Manager Ma, you may be laughing at my naivety, but what I want to say is that football should not be a sport for the rich, 15 a year, how many Chinese Messis are blocked by this threshold."

Li Guo knew that the tuition fee of this school might be considered moderate. The youth training schools of some domestic clubs cost about [-] to [-] yuan a year, but with some other fees, it still costs about [-] yuan.

money!
It is the biggest threshold for many talented Chinese players to embark on the football road.

Manager Ma just laughed, he didn't know how to answer, after all, these were far beyond his ability.

"Manager Ma, do you think this is okay? Set up a scholarship in my name to support 20 talented players a year."

Manager Ma smiled, "Director Li, to be honest, I really admire you for doing this, but to be honest, it's a drop in the bucket."

Li Guo was also happy, "The glass of water is also water, I am willing, you go back and think about it."

"it is good."

One of the most important things in this Luggage is to give a speech in front of all the young players. Li Guo talked about his dream of football and the difficulties on the road to football.

"Do you know Deisler from Germany?"

Many people shook their heads,

Li Guo continued: "Deisler, whose full name is Sebastian Deisler, was in German football back then. Deisler and Ballack were twin stars. Deisler was even more famous than Ballack."

"But in the end Deisler lost to depression and retired at the age of 26,"

At this point, the atmosphere became a bit dull. Li Guo continued: "Let me guess, what attracts you to play football? Beautiful women in Xiangche? A life that attracts everyone's attention? In fact, let me tell you that most of the life of a football player is boring training, day after day of training, football is not easy."

"So I want to tell you, play football for your dreams, for your true love. I remember the former Czech star Pavel Nedved said that he couldn't wait to step on the lawn every day when he opened his eyes. If you have this desire in the future, then you will succeed."

After the speech, there is a Korean translation as usual, and then enter the questioning session.

A slightly fat little player in the front row was the first to ask, "Hi, Director Li. What I want to ask is that Asian football powerhouses have their own styles. For example, Japan has learned from Brazil, and South Korea has learned from the Netherlands. What kind of style do you think we should have in China?"

"Wow, I don't see that you, a little fat man, have a sharp mind and have the potential to be a leader."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and Li Guo said: "Germany, I hope that Chinese football will be as strong as Germany in the end."

The next question is, "Director Li, I don't really like football, but my dad is a football fan. He wants me to become a professional player. Do you think I should tell the truth to my dad?"

The scene laughed even more.

Li Guo replied with a smile: "You can try to persevere. If you are really not suitable for playing football, then you can consider being like me and finally become a coach, which can be regarded as a management team."

The young players applauded, and the event came to an end. After the event, Li Guo declined Manager Ma’s invitation to eat, and left alone. As soon as he left the school, someone bumped into him. Li Guo was just about to say, “You don’t have eyes,” but he swallowed the words again.

(End of this chapter)