Football: The immortal legend on the green field

Director Wu shook his head. He knew that there were some bad tendencies in the entire football circle now, but it shouldn't be to the extent of excluding outstanding peers such as Shen Bin and Deng Zhuoxiang, right?

Gao Haiyang continued: "Many Chinese players are blindly arrogant. Before the Korea-Japan World Cup, didn't someone say that it would be no problem to beat Brazil? What was the result?"

Gao Haiyang smiled disdainfully, "What's more, Shen Bin and his team have only played professional football for a year, but they are so highly sought after, which will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction among some players. Then there is the conflict between the two football philosophies. Shen Bin and his team represent advanced Dutch football, while the national youth team, which has been trained under Krauchen for more than two years, still insists on a style of play that relies on physical acceleration."

"It's not that Germany's tactical philosophy is worse than the Netherlands', but forcibly applying Germany's tactics to China may not work. In Europe, the further north a country is, the more physical its football style tends to be, while the further south a country is, the more technical its football style tends to be. That's why we have Britain and Norway. Sweden and Germany represent the physical European school, while Spain, Italy and France represent the Latin school."

"Can the yellow race be physically stronger than France, Italy, and Spain? Even they think they can't gain an advantage over Britain and Germany in physical competition, so where does our confidence come from?"

"In recent years, we have also seen that the progress of Japanese football can be said to be changing with each passing day. They have been holding high the banner of technology since 10 years ago. The Japanese can do it, so why can't we? In addition, the football philosophy learned by Shen Bin and others must be diametrically opposed to Krauchen's philosophy. The conflict between these two philosophies is likely to lead to the division of the national youth team."

Director Wu narrowed his eyes: "Is it that serious?"

"I have been in the Netherlands for a month, what do you think?" Gao Haiyang asked Director Wu with a smile.

"oh, I see."

"The World Youth Championship will open in a month. It's such a short time to rebuild a team..."

"Haha, it took Krauchen more than two years to build the team he had in mind. I also consulted Mr. Arie Haan about this issue. He said that there is an essential difference between Dutch football and German football. The Germans are meticulous in their work. They rely on tenacious will and iron discipline to create brilliance."

"Dutch football emphasizes both the spirituality of South Americans and the rigor of Europeans. The most important thing is that China has Shen Bin. With him, all problems will be infinitely reduced, because Shen Bin is the system. According to the Chinese, he is a figure like Han Xin. He is a talented coach. He will formulate his playing style according to the style of his teammates. He can always inspire the strengths of his teammates."

"Scientific training methods, humane management, and a thorough understanding of the characteristics of each team member. I believe he can do it, because in this year, Mr. Ali Han has conducted a lot of research and investigation. As long as the Football Association gives me full trust." Gao Haiyang has full confidence in Ali Han.

"Yeah, I understand. Go on, tell me your plan."

"He will reshape the team according to his own ideas, and these people..." Gao Haiyang pointed at the list, "are the best clay. Most of the previous players were failed semi-finished products, and they are not worth keeping for him. He can't use such a team to achieve good results in the Netherlands, and neither can Krauchen."

"Yeah." Director Wu picked up the list again, "But how do you plan to explain such a training list to the media and fans?" He looked at Gao Haiyang and said.

When the major media got the list of the new players of the national youth team, they could hardly believe their eyes. Some even doubted the Football Association's work level, wondering if they got the list of the national youth team by mistake.

Otherwise why are more than half of the names on the list never heard of?

What about the players of the national youth team who have been training together for two years? Can these people replace the super platinum players?

Despite the surprise, the list was still released anyway. After all, if you don't release it and other media do, you will lose the initiative in the news war.

"...Here is the news about the National Youth Team. The team leader announced the new training list of the National Youth Team. Surprisingly, almost half of the names on this list are unfamiliar. Here is the list of 46 people for this training camp, eight of whom are from Dalian: Gao Lin, Feng Xiaoting..."

It is easy to imagine the shock this list caused among the media and fans. Many fans even believed that the leaders of the Football Association had something wrong in their brains as they allowed Gao Haiyang, a foreign-educated man, to act recklessly.

"A good player does not equal a good coach!"

"Gao Haiyang dug his own grave!"

"The 'Dutch' coach back from Holland!"

"A retired veteran of a national team: I can't understand the list."

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Throwing the newspaper aside, almost all of it was a verbal attack on him. He had expected this situation, and the media had no lethality to him. At most, he would stop reading newspapers and magazines. But the pressure from the other side made him think carefully. Just this morning, Xia Yalong came to the Xianghe training base with a gloomy face accompanied by Nan Yong.

When he saw Xia Yalong's stone-like face, he knew that accountability was coming.

As soon as he sat down, Xia Yalong questioned the training list directly: "Director Gao Haiyang, I really want to hear your opinion on the training list. Why is it that among the 23 players on the National Youth Team II list, only two have played in the A-League, except for the five who studied abroad, and the other 16 are all amateurs who have never played in a professional league. Is this the player you and Ali Han have concocted to replace the current National Youth Team?"

After all, he is a leader. Gao Haiyang sat upright and answered the full-time vice chairman of the Football Association in a very serious tone: "This is my first training camp for the National Olympic and National Youth Teams. I take it very seriously. We recruited a large number of new players to test their strength."

"The previous players of the national youth team were also very capable. Why should we waste time observing new players? You know, the competition with the World Youth Championship is imminent!" Xia Yalong said with a frown.

Gao Haiyang felt very uncomfortable, thinking that "discussing issues" with an idiot like you was a real waste of time!

The rules were set by Director Wu of the Sports Committee yesterday, and it's been less than a day! The old man is itching to do it. He didn't want to say anything more to Xia Yalong, and it was actually useless to say more, so he said in a resounding voice: "Everything depends on the results. If we lose the match against the National Youth Team in five days, I will automatically resign from the Football Association!"

This was really a statement without any skill, leaving no way out for himself, nor giving face to Xia Yalong. Xia Yalong was also stunned, probably not expecting a young man to dare to speak like this in front of him.

Nan Yong looked at the two of them with a gloating look. For a moment, there was no other sound in the office except the low hum of the air conditioner.

After a while, Xia Yalong frowned a few times, "Okay, the Football Association respects your opinion, and we'll talk about it after the match with the National Youth Team." He stood up and smiled artificially, "The hope of Chinese football is in your hands, come on!"

Gao Haiyang also managed a smile: "Please rest assured, I will not let you down."