Football: The immortal legend on the green field

Yuan Weimin finally made up his mind, "Lao Zhang has been working in the AFC and knows more about the internal situation of the AFC than we do. Then we will respond accordingly according to what Lao Zhang said."

"Nan Yong frowned, "I have no objection to preparing in advance to deal with the criticism from the media and fans. However, if we want to clear out experienced veterans from the national team at this sensitive time, the pressure we face will increase exponentially after the results come out. The media will definitely seize this point, and the Football Association will be very passive at that time."

"For a long time, we have always chosen immediate interests in order to shirk our responsibilities. The Party and the people have entrusted this job to us, so don't we have any responsibility? Why should we sacrifice the future for the sake of the present?

If you are worried about this, I will face the media when the time comes." Zhang Jilong said while tapping the table with his hand.

Nan Yong was a little angry and was about to refute, but Yuan Weimin took over the topic, "Old Zhang has taught us all a lesson. Let's adjust the list according to Old Zhang's opinion. I have taken a look and found that there are more than five players over the age of 30. From now on, we should not recruit them into the team. Don't we have a 40-man list? Comrade Wei Shaohui should consult with the national coaching staff and come up with a new list as soon as possible and report it to the AFC.

As for how to face the media, it would be more appropriate for Comrade Yuan Li to be responsible for it.”

Wei Shaohui was secretly delighted and had already begun to think about how to extort more money from these newcomers. Fan Zhiyi, Li Ming, Ma Mingyu and others, considering themselves to be senior people, had long stopped paying tribute to him. He could use this opportunity to make up for the loss of income in the past two years in one go.

"I fully agree with Director Yuan's efforts for the future of Chinese football regardless of personal gains and losses. It has been almost a year since the 40-man list was released! I suggest that in addition to that list, players who have performed well in the past year should also be given a chance. For example, Shen Bin, who has become famous in Europe in recent times, is very qualified to join the national team?" Zhang Jilong finally found the opportunity to state the purpose of his trip.

As the first person in charge of the national team, Wei Shaohui was a little caught off guard by Zhang Jilong's sudden interference in the selection of national football players. This has always been his own private land. Among the several members of the Standing Committee, his income is the lowest. How many times can the national team adjust its personnel in a year! Every personnel adjustment is a rare opportunity for him to make money.

Unlike Yang Yimin, who is in charge of youth training, there are many people who give tribute to him in youth training competitions of all age groups every year. It is estimated that his income is at least five times that of mine. Nan Yong, who is in charge of the league, gets an astronomical figure of benefits.

I have few opportunities to make money, and now someone is trying to get me. This is intolerable. "I fully agree with Chairman Zhang Jilong's suggestion. Qu Bo, who performed well in the last Olympic team, and Dong Fangzhuo, who transferred to Manchester United, are good candidates outside the 40-man list. But whether a player with flawed thinking like Shen Bin is suitable for the national team still needs to be studied. Although the reform and opening up have been going on for more than ten years, no matter how open-minded we are, we still have to stick to the Three Obediences and One Respect. Not only does it need to be investigated whether Shen Bin still loves the motherland that gave birth to him and raised him, but his private life is also extremely chaotic. For someone with such poor public and private morals, I don't recommend recruiting him into the national team."

"Comrade Wei Shaohui, what era is this? Football has been market-oriented for ten years. Why are we still talking about the three obediences and one great principle from ten years ago? Shen Bin is not Wang Zhizhi. Wang Zhizhi is a regular soldier after all. Even Wang Zhizhi was treated coldly by the Sports Commission and the comrades in the army this year, right?

Some time ago, some colleagues from the Basketball Association proposed to recruit Wang Zhizhi back into the national basketball team. Although Wang Zhizhi did not appear on the final list, I dare say that Wang Zhizhi would definitely represent the national team in the 08 Olympics. As an industry that entered the market earlier than basketball, why are we so hesitant in hiring people?

Besides, regarding what you said about whether Shen Bin is willing to serve the country, don’t believe the unscrupulous media’s rumors. Haven’t we suffered enough from them over the years?

Sometimes it is very easy to spread rumors. One does not need to make up lies. All one needs to do is cut off the beginning and end of the truth and select certain content, and the meaning will often be completely opposite.

I compared the content reported by Xin Jin Bao with Shen Bin's contract. Xin Jin Bao was just spreading rumors for the sake of spreading rumors. It is not easy for us to produce a talent. We cannot accuse a rising star because of an irresponsible and biased report.

I have a recording here of an interview with Shen Bin commissioned by Li Yan of Sports Weekly. You can listen to it. "

Wait until the recording is finished.

"Haha, Chairman Zhang, please calm down. I think we are discussing this work here out of public interest and our sense of responsibility as first-level leaders. There is no personal emotion involved. It seems that you have misunderstood Minister Wei's meaning. As the leader in charge of the national team, you are also cautious!"

Yuan Weimin, Yan Shiduo and Yuan Li were all touched by Shen Bin's words. In particular, the strength of several national teams has been widening the gap between their two neighbors in Asia and East Asia since the 02 World Cup. Many people feel the same way. Nan Yong knows that if he doesn't say anything, Wei Shaohui will reveal some flaws, and he has to step in to ease the confrontation between the two sides.

"Two years ago, after Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai transferred to Crystal Palace in the Premier League, the transfers of Yang Chen, Xie Hui and Shao Jiayi did not strictly comply with the Football Association's regulations on registered players playing overseas, and Shen Bin's transfer contract was not reported to the Football Association for review in advance. Comrades, we must be highly vigilant against these unorganized and undisciplined phenomena that have appeared again and again.

Just as Chairman Zhang said, the incident involving Wang Zhizhi must not happen in our Football Association. The three-foot-thick ice does not form overnight. Politics and culture and sports have always been inseparable and cannot be separated.

Some inappropriate remarks made by some overseas table tennis groups in foreign countries have put our comrades in the Sports Commission in a passive position. No matter how much we reform, we are a socialist country after all, and this major policy will not change. I think that leaders at the first level really need to think about it. "

Nan Yong spoke slowly and seriously. "Before the Shen Bin incident is clarified, I do not recommend recruiting him into the national team. This is not just a player issue, but a question of whether the players we train are mature in terms of ideology and politics. It is not wrong for us to focus on professionalization, but we are different from the football associations of Western European countries after all. We cannot completely copy the Western system. I believe that everyone usually reads newspapers and TV. The central government has also made a clear statement on this issue, that is, reform cannot be based on changing the socialist nature of our country."

Every word of Nan Yong's words carried a weight of more than a thousand pounds.

Finally came.

Eventually, the issue will be escalated into a debate. Although Zhang Jilong does not want to dwell on it, it seems unavoidable.

Zhang Jilong glanced at Yuan Weimin who still looked calm. This guy was really steady. So he would have to go into battle shirtless.

"I still hold the same view that we cannot condemn all players playing overseas just because of the behavior of a few players. Shen Bin's personal problem just shows that our policies are no longer suitable for the current situation. I remember that the regulations on playing overseas have been in place for nearly eight years. There are many unreasonable aspects in this document. The premise of our policy making is to improve the overall level of Chinese football, not to hold on to power. Besides, Shen Bin's experience once again reminds us that our superior authorities do not understand and care about the players enough. Is it understandable that he has opinions about some of our comrades?

After all, it is they who are playing on the field, not us. We should not regard us as the center and everything should revolve around us. Haven't we got our positions reversed? We should be a service department, and the policies we formulate should first be based on improving the overall development of Chinese football, rather than hindering the development of Chinese football.

There is one point in Comrade Yan Shiduo's reform plan that I strongly agree with. We cannot allow speculators like Liao Sheng Tianlun who harm players to continue to harm the players we have worked so hard to train in the football world. Shen Bin's recording just now said it very clearly, "The definition of a country is the land and the people", not us officials who are just sitting in office and doing nothing.

In addition, the agency that Shen Bin works for has filed a lawsuit in the European Union against the rumor-mongering "Xin Jin Bao" and some big Vs on its network. The European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has begun to inquire about this matter. China Youth Daily has also cleared out Dong Lu, the author of the rumor-mongering article in advance. Do we really have to wait for the foreign affairs department to send an official letter before we passively deal with all this?

We in the Football Association must also conduct an internal self-examination to find out how Shen Bin and the contract were leaked. Shen Bin himself would not take the initiative to disclose this contract that may cause controversy. The problem must be with Haarlem Athletic Club or our Football Association. It is easy to imagine that the problem is likely to be with us because there are relevant confidentiality clauses in the contract, and the contract was known to the outside world. The club that suffered the greatest loss is Haarlem Athletic Club, and they have no reason to disclose the people in the contract to the outside world.

Sometimes, we tend to lock ourselves in our own vicious circle and cannot extricate ourselves. Our football team does not have good basic conditions or hardware and software, but we are complacent with some small achievements in the past and do not open the window to see the outside world. If Shen Bin was an extremely ordinary player, would he attract so much criticism?

If he was an untalented player, the Netherlands would not have mobilized all resources to fight for his ownership. I don't need to explain to you what level the Netherlands is!

As long as we recruit him into the team, everything will be settled, and most of the rumors surrounding Shen Bin will disappear."

"You mean, most of the rumors during this period are conspiracies by the Dutch in order to naturalize Shen Bin?" Although Yuan Weimin trusted Zhang Jilong, it was still a little hard to believe that the Dutch would be so deliberate in order to seize the ownership of Shen Bin. "How is this possible! This is too exaggerated!"

Yuan Weimin has seen too many so-called geniuses who were praised by the media but forgotten by the public. Back then, Li Huajun of the Yanjing team was touted by foreign media as a genius on par with Maradona! Everyone knows what the result was.

But no matter what, let's give it a try first, just in case!

Seeing Yuan Weimin's expression, Yang Yimin knew his boss too well, "The question of whether Shen Bin should join the national team is not as urgent as Lao Zhang said.

This is what I think. Before the truth comes out, we still have to treat this issue with caution. If we announce the list and Shen Bin gets a result that we cannot accept, it will put the Football Association in an extremely passive situation.

In addition, the crucial match of the 06 World Cup qualifiers will be held in a few days. As Chairman Zhang said, we cannot be lucky. Since there is no hope at all, we must be prepared for the criticism from the media and fans. At this time, I think it is better to be stable. No more amputations or blood transfusions can be done. We can't care about this game. My suggestion is that we should make a decision after this game is over. At that time, we should terminate the contract with the Englishman Horton and disband the national team resolutely and thoroughly. This will also relieve some of the pressure on the Football Association. Director Yuan, my suggestion is to be stable at this critical time. "

Yang Yimin's words obviously had two meanings, and Yuan Weimin understood. He would be leaving this position in a dozen days. Although he had to support his successor, it could not affect himself. If this fire burned too strongly and affected his own future, it would be a loss.

Zhang Jilong's face looked a little ugly. What on earth were these people thinking? They didn't focus on how to revitalize Chinese football, but instead used their cleverness to guess the leader's inner thoughts. He no longer had much energy to care about Yuan Weimin's successor. He seemed to be able to handle such a situation with ease. He easily made the rhythm and pace of the meeting according to his intentions, and the direction of the agenda was firmly in his hands.

"Since Chinese football has reached this point, it shows that there are indeed problems in our previous work. Since there are problems, let's change them! If we want to change, we must dare to break through and innovate in our thinking, seize the opportunity, and take the lead. Only by seizing the opportunity can we not fall behind in future work and lay a good foundation for future development.

But every reform should not be carried out rashly. Rashness will only lead to detours and backtracking. If we want to be one step ahead and move forward steadily, we must do more verification in advance and fully solicit the opinions of comrades.

Comrade Shiduo's reform plan allows everyone to express their opinions. I think the atmosphere of a hundred schools of thought in our Football Association is very good. The more controversial the issue, the more it needs to be explained clearly so that everyone can have a deeper and clearer understanding of the issue. This will be of great benefit to our future work. We need to be more cautious about such an important issue. "