Football: The immortal legend on the green field

At the entrance of the Xianghe training base in Hebei Province, in addition to the three or four vans picking up and dropping off the team members, there are also a large number of media reporters from all over the country.

The media has been very excited these days. Almost all newspapers and online media have criticized the Chinese Football Association. The opening ceremony of the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands will be held on July 7. The Chinese National Youth Team has been preparing for this for nearly two years. However, under such circumstances, these Chinese people have created a so-called second national youth team at such a critical moment. What are they trying to do? Xuanwu Gate Incident?

This obviously exceeds people's perception that the Football Association has no bottom line. There is nothing the Football Association cannot do, only things you can't think of.

Watching Ali Han walk out of the conference room and the door being gently closed by the waiter outside, Xia Yalong vented his suppressed anger. He slammed the documents on the table onto the mahogany table: "How can this be called negotiation? This is clearly blackmail! He wants absolute power, he wants to be in control of everything, he wants to reorganize the national youth team, he wants to reorganize the national Olympic team. How can we explain this to Krauchen? Krauchen is the head coach of the national youth team, and everything is based on his opinions. What do we need the Football Association to do then? This is not allowed, and that is not allowed! What is the General Administration of Sports set up for?" Seeing Xia Yalong's rage, everyone else dared not utter a word and sat quietly in their seats.

"Gao Haiyang, if you weren't involved here, no one would believe it. Without your support, how could a Dutchman like him be so bold?"

"And you, you raised your hands to approve hiring him to coach in China! What kind of person did you find? He is disorganized and undisciplined! What do you want to do? You even call the leader's concern interference! As the chief consultant of the national team, he wants to set up a second national youth team. Did he give Krauchen autonomy? I don't agree with his conditions or his approach. If it affects the national youth team's game next month, let the person responsible be held accountable!"

Liu Ran opened the file in his hand. "Chairman Xia has prepared all the documents and materials for the appeal to FIFA. He just said that from September last year to now, the Chinese Football Association has not allowed him to reorganize the national team, and he clearly stated the detailed reasons for the unpaid salaries. If he does not give a clear answer at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, he will return to Europe to hold a press conference and submit the materials to FIFA at the same time... In addition, if we do not transfer the outstanding amount in one go, our Football Association will become a deadbeat and be laughed at by the whole world..."

Xia Yalong smiled bitterly in his heart. The person who supported him in the beginning was Tan Jing. Now all the responsibilities and problems were pushed onto him. He had no choice but to bear the pressure. His family had already received a large amount of bribes and had already boarded Yang Yimin's pirate ship. Besides, he was still in the right in this matter. No matter what, under China's current system, the other party's actions would not be recognized by the officialdom.

"I'm going to report this matter to the State Sports Commission. Chairman Nan, Director Liu, the three of us will go to the State Sports Commission and report this matter to Director Wu. And Director Liu, please report my opinions to Secretary Tan. I think we should end the meeting here! We have to seize the time to deal with this matter. The Dutchman doesn't give us much time." After saying that, Xia Yalong stood up, packed up the materials on the table, pushed the door and walked out.

Nan Yong walked to the door, turned back and exchanged glances with Yang Yiming, who nodded slightly.

After the smoke cleared, Yang Yiming returned to his office, picked up his cell phone from the drawer, and called Sina Sports.

That evening, almost all evening newspapers in the country reported the "mutiny" in the national youth team in their sports sections, and online media such as Sina, Sohu, and NetEase reported Ali Han's attempt to seize power in the national youth team earlier than them.

This super bomb had a similar impact on the Chinese sports world as the "Little Boy" dropped by the United States on Hiroshima. The storm it caused spread rapidly from the football circle to the entire sports world, and then to other industries at an alarming speed. Media from all over the country were rushing to the Xianghe base.

When Director Wu of the Sports Committee was mediating between the two parties, he suddenly received a text message from his secretary, in which he learned that the news had been known by the media. He immediately flew into a rage, "Don't you have any organizational principles in the Football Association? Who leaked the news to the media? Check it out for me."

This is just putting myself in the spotlight! Although I am not the first person responsible, I am the supervisor after all, and the blame will still fall on me.

Just as he was getting angry, the secretary sent another message. Director Wu looked down and saw that it was an instruction from a senior leader. "I don't care who is right or wrong. Everything is based on strength. Today is the 5th. I give you a week. The two teams will hold a teaching match. If one team wins, make that Dutchman shut up. If the second team wins, agree to his conditions..."

"Director Wu, Team One has been established for two years. Football is a team sport that requires tacit understanding. Team Two is only given a few days, and I'm afraid we won't be able to gather all the players..." Tan Jing argued.

"In this way, a tie will count as the second team's victory. If the first team picks the players first and has two more years of integration and still can't win, then there is really something wrong with the team. Xiao Tan's dissatisfaction with the national youth team is understandable. So let's leave it at that! Xiao Gao can stay for a while, and the others can go back first to tell the two foreign coaches the decision of the Sports Committee. The meeting is adjourned."

Gao Haiyang followed Director Wu to the office: "Xiao Gao! Are you going to hide it from me too?" He stared at Gao Haiyang, "Tell me the truth, what are you up to?"

Gao Haiyang replied: "Since Director Wu asked, I will tell you everything I know. What do you think is the biggest problem of the current national youth team, national Olympic team, and even the national team?"

"Before, you mean the national teams in previous years?"

"Yes, including the current national youth and Olympic teams."

"I can't say anything about the national team in the past, but as for the current national youth team, they are the best team and have always been highly expected by people. What problems can there be?"

"The *** National Youth Team has been established for nearly two years. They are indeed talented and have been praised by the media as the "golden generation." Without personal experience and understanding, and without knowing the specific internal situation, they no longer have the original passion. All we see in training camps are old faces. Most of them have played in their respective clubs, and the worst are rotation players. But this is not an advantage, but a disadvantage in my opinion. They have not learned anything else, but have been infected with the bad habits of current domestic players, smoking, drinking, gambling, betting on football, and they are not seriously improving their skills and tactics."

"Director Wu, you know Shen Bin, who has made a great name for himself in Europe!"

Director Wu smiled on his serious face. "Of course I know this. An Eastern magician?"

"Well, Shen Bin's talent has even attracted competition from many giants including Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, etc. It's not like Dong Fangzhuo, where Manchester United is looking at China's rapid economic development and wants to reap benefits from the country. Instead, it's a real core import. I have had contact with Shen Bin and others, including Deng Zhuoxiang, Chen Tao, etc. The environment they are in is very different from that in China. They all work hard with football as the core, without mixing in other messy negative things."

"If the national youth team or the national Olympic team wants to go to the next level based on their previous foundation, they must recruit them into the team and build the team with them as the core, so that they can be competitive in Asia or the world. However, the existing national youth team or the national Olympic team have formed their own circle, and it is difficult for others to integrate into them. They will not tolerate a few outsiders taking the lead in forming a new team."

"They will definitely exclude Shen Bin and his group, because Shen Bin and his group, who have advanced football concepts, are completely different from these people. The only way for Shen Bin to fit in is to be assimilated by them, which is something I don't want to see."

"Shen Bin just came back, and I had a discussion with him. They agreed with me. He said that if this is the case, he might as well change his nationality and play for the Netherlands or France. He doesn't want his efforts to be invaded by the "virus" and affect his ideal of climbing to the top of football."