Since 1998, I have been the godfather of football

12 month 12 day.

The draw ceremony for the first Club World Cup in 1999 was held as scheduled in the conference hall of Shanghai Peace Hotel.

Witnessed by representatives of all 12 participating teams, leaders of the Longguo Football Management Department, and reporters from all over the world.

Club World Cup groupings confirmed.

group a.

European Champions Cup winner, Manchester United.

Copa Libertadores champion, Vasco da Gama.

Concacaf Champions League champion, Necaxa.

Asian Cup Winners' Cup champions, Jeddah United.

Group b.

Intercontinental Cup champion, Real Madrid.

South American Cup Winners' Cup winner, Cruzeiro.

African Champions League winner, Casablanca.

Second place in Longguo League A, Taishan of Shandong Province.

Group c.

UEFA Cup winner, Parma.

European Cup Winners' Cup winner, Lazio.

Asian Club Cup champion, Liaodong.

Oceania Champions Cup winner, South Melbourne.

Grouped with two strong teams, Parma and Lazio.

The qualifying situation of the Liaodong team has cast a shadow.

Qin Feng sat in the audience, staring at Johansson and gritting his teeth.

No matter what.

I forgot to ask Johansson if he had any red underwear!

Or maybe this guy's right hand who drew lots did some shameful exercise this morning!

or……

Was it because he made a wish not to encounter Manchester United and Real Madrid in the group stage, and it came true?

Sure enough, feudal superstition is unreliable!

The drawing ceremony is over.

Qin Feng rushed back to Shengjing with Lao Shuai Shang Yin and Qian Zhisong without stopping.

And with the announcement of the Club World Cup group results.

The Dragon Kingdom fans howled.

Let’s not talk about the group of Shandong Taishan and Real Madrid.

After all, the fans themselves don't have too many expectations for Taishan's results in the Club World Cup.

But the Liaodong team is completely different.

Everyone hopes.

The new overlord of Dragon Kingdom football, the king of Asia, Liaodong.

Can make a name for himself in the Club World Cup.

After all, Liaodong is a team that can compete with the German national team, Bayern, and Barcelona.

Everyone believes it too.

No matter how strong Manchester United is.

As long as they are not assigned to the "Group of Death", qualifying for the Liaodong Group is a piece of cake.

But look at it now.

Liaodong has to survive between two strong Serie A teams, Lazio and Parma, and its chances of qualifying are pitifully small.

All Dragon Country fans even if they don’t say it.

But in my heart I can only wish the Liaodong team good luck...

Wait for Qin Feng to return to the Liaodong training base.

The competition groupings have already spread throughout the base.

To Qin Feng's surprise.

Not only were everyone not overwhelmed by the bad qualifying situation, but they had strong morale.

Even Uncle Wang in the security room at the door.

When they saw Qin Feng coming back, they all waved their old fists and shouted to defeat the foreigner.

On the training ground.

All players in Liaodong train extremely seriously.

Everyone is holding back their energy, wanting to prove themselves and prove that the Liaodong team is no worse than any wealthy team.

Return to base for the second day.

12 month 14 number.

Qin Feng hit Cruyff on the sidelines of the training ground.

"John, the team is in good shape."

Cruyff has been formulating tactics for the Club World Cup these days.

According to Grosso.

Two days in a row after returning from Shanghai.

Cruyff kept himself locked in his room.

Qin Feng was a little worried, "Pay attention to rest and don't be too nervous."

"I don't want the players to be fighting life and death on the field, while our head coach is lying on the hospital bed, holding a lollipop in his mouth and winking at the nurse."

"Young Master Qin is here."

Cruyff laughed and punched him, "You are the most nervous person in the team right now."

"Tell it yourself, it will take two hours."

"How many times have you traveled from the office to the training ground, back and forth?"

"If you ask me, the aunt in the cafeteria has more confidence in the team than you."

"Uh……"

Qin Feng smiled awkwardly, then frowned and said: "The grouping situation is not good for us!"

"That's true." Cruyff shrugged, "But Qin, we are determined to win the championship, and it really doesn't matter which team we are in a group with."

"That's what a cup match is like, no matter how strong or weak you are, you defeat all your opponents, and then..."

"Hold up that dazzling golden cup!"

Hear this.

Qin Feng's brows relaxed slightly, but his voice was still deep, "John, I should learn from you."

"Nonsense, you should have said that earlier!" Cruyff raised his eyebrows, put his hands in his pockets, turned around and walked onto the training ground.

On the training ground

Ibrahimovic fired a heavy shot from 30 meters and blasted away the goal guarded by Ma Dongbo, causing cheers.

I stood on the sidelines and watched for a while.

Qin Feng followed Cruyff's example, raised his eyebrows, put his hands in his pockets, and walked slowly towards the office building.

1999 12 Month 16 Day.

Shengjing.

The Wulihe Stadium, which completed all renovations three days ago, has a completely new look.

The six-story grandstand has 60000 seats. The middle two floors are white and the upper and lower floors are red.

In the white area in the center of the South Stand.

The big red font of "Liaodong·New World" is conspicuous.

The grass on the field is green.

The newly installed floor heating equipment was operating at full capacity according to the set temperature, and hot steam even came out of the drainage ditch on the side of the field.

12 o'clock noon.

There are still two and a half hours before the Liaodong team's first match against UEFA Cup champion Parma.

All 60000 seats in the stands were packed.

The vast majority of fans wore the Liaodong team's red home jersey over their down jackets.

There are also some fans wearing Parma's yellow and blue horizontal striped jerseys.

After all, LongTV started broadcasting the Italian Serie A as early as 1989. Many people fell in love with football because of watching Serie A.

Parma is Italy's top team and one of the "Seven Sisters of Serie A".

There are many fans in Dragon Country.

Qin Feng took a brief look in the players' tunnel.

There were between 3,000 and 2,000 fans supporting Parma on site.

"Director Qin, I asked the stadium staff."

Qian Zhisong came over and said: "Some Japanese and Korean fans support Parma, some are die-hard Parma fans who came from Italy specially, and a very small part..."

"They are our Dragon Country fans."

"Are there really any Dragon Kingdom fans?"

Qin Feng pursed his lips.

Although it is completely the freedom of the fans to decide which team they like or if they like a certain star.

I can't control myself at all.

But in games held in Dragon Country, domestic fans do not support their domestic teams.

This made Qin Feng feel uncomfortable.

In the stands.

Li Wenkang and other die-hard Liaodong fans are not as generous as Qin Feng.

The Liaodong team is in the "Group of Death".

This is the time when fans are most needed to encourage and cheer.

And this is the Dragon Kingdom team, playing in the Dragon Kingdom itself!

How come there are people from the Dragon Kingdom cheering for foreign teams?

A group of people were so angry that they kept shouting "traitors and traitors".

until the end of the brief opening ceremony

The Liaodong team came out to warm up.

This phenomenon has been alleviated.

Back to the locker room.

Liaodong players excitedly discussed the floor heating. They all said that they could even feel the heat coming from the soles of their feet when they stepped on the turf.

"All right!"

Cruyff stood in front of the tactical board and clapped his hands, "In this game, we will use our best pass-and-control style to destroy our opponents!"

"Is the stadium turf hot for your feet?"

"That's just right!"

"Don't let the football stay at your feet for more than 3 seconds!"

"..."

The Liaodong players laughed loudly and clamored to make Parma look good.

Cruyff also smiled and pressed his hands down, arranged some more details, looked at Qin Feng and said: "Qin, do you have anything to say?"

In the corner of the locker room.

Qin Feng walked to Cruyff and slowly glanced at all the Liaodong players.

"I'm curious, you're not afraid!?"

……