Fame with a ball

Lin Zhigao's Champions League debut not only amazed the world media and Chinese fans, but also surprised a person.

This person is Juventus coach Capello.

Although he had predicted that Lin Zhigao had the potential to become a "big game player" before the game, even he himself did not expect that this risky experiment would achieve such a success: not only the only second player in the game, The goals were all dedicated by Lin Zhigao, and he personally intercepted a very threatening shot from Messi, and also performed an amazing stunt, which broke the morale of the Barcelona team.

This made Capello's heart itch all of a sudden, and he couldn't wait to polish Lin Zhigao's "rough stone that will definitely shine more brilliantly after careful carving".

However, considering that Lin Zhigao will be called up by the Chinese team to play a World Cup qualifier on November 11, Capello's tentative training plan for Lin Zhigao is to strengthen his overall view and strengthen Lin Zhigao's relationship with his teammates. Their tacit cooperation, if it is really not good, you can also give him two or three insignificant league games to practice.Anyway, now that the whole world knows that Juventus has such a shining new star, it is meaningless to hide it.

But no matter how good Capello's calculations were, he still failed to make a perfect plan, and the accident came soon—the Chinese team decided to recruit Lin Zhigao to return to the team ten days in advance.

Originally, the Juventus club negotiated with the Chinese national team on the condition that whenever the Chinese national team has a game (of course the prerequisite is a relatively important game, if it is just a friendly match or something, sorry, Juventus will return it to Lin Zhigao. We will not let people go for this kind of competition), Juventus will give Lin Zhigao a week or so of vacation for him to return to China, compete, and then return to Turin.

In fact, every time a national team recruits players, the club vomits blood. The bigger the star, the more they vomit blood. Stop paying players salaries, which will be punished by FIFA.

The stars have returned to China to play games, and what has the club gained?They lost their money and their name.The players recruited for the club's games will definitely not be able to play, and the team lineup will have to be changed.In the unlikely event that the player is injured in the national team game or his condition has been sluggish since then, the club has to bear the bitter fruit.

So when Capello learned from his secretary that the Chinese national team called him to ask Lin Zhigao to return home early, his first thought was: no!Then I remembered to ask the other party: "Why do you want to summon Lin to return to China early? Isn't a week enough for him to play a game?"

China’s answer to this is: “Our next game against Iran is very important, and it is related to whether the Chinese team can qualify. Therefore, the Chinese national team decided to go to Tehran, the capital of Iran, for training half a month in advance. A very important member with extraordinary responsibilities, his existence plays a vital role in the tactics of head coach Camacho, so we strongly request the Juventus club to release him in advance."

Capello was so angry that he almost fell to the opponent and said, "No matter how important your training is, anyway, I will release people according to the original plan, ahead of time? Impossible!"

You know, he is ready to let Lin Zhigao start the game in the next round of the league!And on November 11nd, there is still a group match between Juventus and Pilsen. It is just right for Lin Zhigao to return to China after finishing the European competition. If he returns to China early, who will play in the European competition?

In fact, when it comes to this, Capello and the Chinese national team are calculating each other.Because everyone knows that under normal circumstances, after a high-intensity game, professional players have a few days of rest as a buffer period. Capello wants Lin Zhigao to finish the European group stage on November 11. When he returns to China, it has nothing to do with Capello whether he is in good condition when the national team plays against Iran.As for the Chinese national team, it was precisely because they were worried that Lin Zhigao would spend too much effort in the European competition, so that after returning to China, the poor state of the Iran game would affect the result, so they came up with the idea of ​​​​applying for Lin Zhigao to return to China early.

It can be said that both sides are scheming, and what they are fighting for is Lin Zhigao's sweet pastry, and the purpose of the scheming is not very fair, and they are all aimed at squeezing Lin Zhigao's best labor force!

But then Capello thought of another thing: the team's general manager Marotta once told him that because Juventus's global influence has gradually declined in recent years, the club has repeatedly considered cooperation with other countries. The club plays friendly matches or something to improve its image.

And because of Lin Zhigao's joining this season, the Chinese market has a huge share of the cake, and the club's survey shows that Lin Zhigao does have a huge influence in his home country, so the Juventus executives have made their future trip to China After making a plan and conducting discussions, if the proposal is passed, then within the contract period of Lin Zhigao at most, the Juventus club may conduct two trips to China, at least once.

What a magical country China is, Capello has long understood that if he wants to do things in this country, he cannot do without the support of officials.What Capello wants to think about now is, if he breaks up with the Chinese Football Association officials because he doesn't want to let Lin Zhigao return to China early, will it affect the club's future plans?

For the sake of caution, Capello did not immediately reject the Football Association official who called, but told the other party that he would think about it first.Later, he went to Marotta's office to inquire about the matter in detail. Marotta's reply was: "The club is already planning a trip to China. At present, we have more fans in China than Inter Milan and AC Milan. At least, the top management is somewhat dissatisfied with this. This time, it is just time to use Lin’s influence in China and his trip to China to win back some supporters.”

Regarding the Chinese Football Association's request for Lin Zhigao to return to China early, Marotta hesitated for a while, and then suggested: "The Chinese Football Association's request this time, it is best to meet them, then they will not be so cheeky next time. Has Lin returned to China early? Anyway, in this game against Pilsen, even without Lin, I believe the team can play well. But if we don’t meet the requirements of the Chinese officials, we want to compete in the Chinese market in the future. To do something, you will not get their support, and that will be very bad for the club's plans."

Capello is still a little dissatisfied.It's not that he hates Lin Zhigao, nor does he feel that the team can't do without Lin Zhigao, he just hates others breaking his plan.

"Think about the interests of the club, Fabio." Marotta advised him in this way: "Besides, we all know that the Chinese team is not a strong team in the world. The Asian Cup was held just last year—except for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. They only have friendly matches left to play! And with the strength of the Chinese team, even if they are shortlisted for the World Cup, they will not need Lin for a few games. There are only a few games in the qualifiers, you have to bear with it a little bit, and wait until the Chinese team plays After these games, you can design your tactics for Lin as you like. Isn’t this more convenient than using other European players? European Cups, World Cups, better European players are called up several times a year, or even a dozen times , Our team’s international players are recruited more times than Lin Duo every year, you can’t favor one over another.” (Half of the Italian national team’s international players come from Juventus club)

"Okay." Capello reluctantly agreed, but he still babbled: "Those hateful bureaucrats!"

Marotta watched him go out with a smile, and began to think about how to report the good news to Mr. Elkann: It's a good thing that guy Fabio values ​​young Lin, isn't it?

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When it comes to Iran, the first words that pop up in most people's heads are: nuclear weapons, terrorists, Muslims, women who dress too cool will be arrested (-_-|||)...

Iran The name Iran has been called so many times that few people have forgotten that the original name of this country was Persia.And this country not only has nuclear weapons and women who cover their heads with black cloths, but also has a long history and culture not inferior to China, roses blooming all over the country, mosques, beautiful natural scenery, prosperous heavy industry, and The entire Asia is definitely ranked in the top five football.

In fact, it is different from the embarrassing situation where the Chinese Football Association always tries to support Chinese football, but turns Chinese football into a muddy mess. Iranian officials do not support the national football very much.During the Iran-Iraq War, there was even a saying that the government banned the nationals from playing football. Until the 90s, football gradually revived in Iran. In the 98 World Cup, the Iranian national team even defeated the "evil American emperor" in the game. At that time, the Iranian government's support for football became stronger.

The Iranian national team has now become a "difficult bone". Whether it is for ordinary Asian teams or traditional strong teams such as Japan and South Korea, it is unrealistic to easily defeat Iran. The team is still very strong now.

The Chinese national team arrived in Tehran, the capital of Iran, by special plane at the end of October and stayed in a hotel very close to the Chinese embassy.Although China and Iran have always been friendly, it is an indisputable fact that the Middle East has always been at war. For security reasons, the person in charge of the Chinese side informed the Chinese embassy in Iraq early and asked them to assist the Chinese Football Association in taking charge of the security work of the national team in Iran. .

Different from the treatment they received in the Korean game, both the Iranian government and the Iranian nationals were very friendly to the Chinese team players. They even lent the Iranian stadium, the venue of the Sino-Iranian battle, to the Chinese team for training. With, of course, the Iranian national pair has its own training ground.

The Iran Stadium is located in the center of Tehran. It is an open-air stadium that can accommodate nearly 10 spectators to watch the game, and there is no ticket fee. No matter what game, as long as the citizens are willing, they can come to watch, which also caused Games played at this stadium are often overcrowded.

When the Chinese team trains here, they can attract at least hundreds of meters of Iranian fans to watch. Camacho once worried that the tactics he used in the game would be leaked by the fans during training, or that the presence of fans would affect the team. The training progress, so I want to close the stadium, but this request has not been approved by the above-because of the friendship between China and Iran.

But until the game started, everything was very harmonious, even the game was played in a very friendly state.

The match finally came to an end with China's 2:1 victory over Iran.

Of course, there is nothing tricky in this. The Chinese team did perform very well in this game. This is not only due to Camacho’s proper tactical arrangements, but also due to the current weather conditions in Tehran—the spring and summer in Tehran The weather is very close to that of Beijing, only a little drier.

Lin Zhigao contributed a goal and an assist in this game. With his assist, it was Huang Bowen who successfully shot the goal, that is, the young midfielder currently playing for Jeonbuk Hyundai in South Korea. Coincidentally, Huang Bowen was in The number worn by the national team is also No. 16, which is the same jersey number worn by Lin Zhigao in the Juventus club.

In the Iranian national team, the only player who created their goal was the striker Ansarifade born in 90.To be honest, this is a very good player with good physical strength and good technique. He even knows how to create shooting opportunities for himself. The key is that he is very young and has great potential for future growth.If it weren't for most of Iran's professional players playing in the domestic league for life, he would make the scouts of many European clubs feel bright and even amazing.

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Lin Zhigao's life in the national team is actually quite comfortable.

Although you can feel that there are all kinds of open and secret struggles in this group of only about 20 people with your eyes closed, several bosses unite with players who have a good relationship with them, and do not pass the ball to others. Performance in front of the team leader, but it has nothing to do with Lin Zhigao!

The contradictions within the national team are more caused by the region, the struggle with various clubs in the Chinese Super League, or the nepotism directly formed by the high-level football association.

Before these players entered the national team, they were actually divided by forces.The basis for the classification is generally the following: players from the same province are closer, those who play for the same Chinese Super League club are closer, or a few players who have a very good relationship with a certain official are also a small group .

Lin Zhigao was airborne to the national team, and he was the absolute main force when he came.We don't know if the person who took the main striker position by him resents him, but in the locker room of the Chinese team, all forces are very friendly to Lin Zhigao, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are deliberately wooing Lin Zhigao.

If someone wants to ask why these national team players win over Lin Zhigao instead of partnering to exclude him?Because only when their brains twitch completely will they have trouble with Lin Zhigao.

If Lin Zhigao is just an unknown player at this time, with no strength, no fame, and no background, he actually breaks into the national team with complicated divisions of power... Well, then he has either been killed, or he is in the middle of nowhere. in the process of being killed.But now Lin Zhigao has become popular, and the range of red is not 01:30, but the whole world. The degree of red is close to purple and black in China.

In terms of strength, no one in the national team can match him.In terms of background, although Lin Zhigao has no official support, he has a mass base. As the only Chinese player in China who has the potential to become a world-class star, he can be said to be highly praised by the whole people.If the reporter spread the news today that some ball bully bullied Lin Zhigao in the locker room, maybe someone would throw bricks and glass at his house tomorrow.

With such a dazzling person, it is definitely impossible to compete with him, so the only way to win is to sell him.

As for having a good relationship with Lin Zhigao, what are the benefits of even pulling him into your side?In fact, there are many benefits. You can gain fame (for example, being on the headlines with Lin Zhigao) and gain benefits (being assisted by him on the court). The key is to establish yourself as the king in the national team's locker room. , the most attractive thing is this latter point.

Becoming a brother in the national team locker room means that you have more opportunities to be deliberately fed by your teammates on the field, sacrificing other people's labor to achieve your own brilliance.It also means that you have more opportunities to get in touch with "senior officials". Once you get the support of senior officials, you will have the confidence to challenge the head coach. Suggestion: "My hometown, XXX is very good, very capable and nice, has the coach considered calling him into the national team?"

The most attractive thing is that if you have established a good relationship with the higher-ups, won the unanimous "recognition and support" of your teammates, and if the head coach evaluates you well, then you are very likely to be promoted to a higher level after retirement The organization - the State Sports General Administration!

Entering this place is the dream of all domestic athletes!This means that you may change from a person who works hard, is squeezed, must obey the leadership of the organization, and is likely to become a jobless person after retiring, to an official, squeezes people, and all kinds of things that make others obey you · A promising person who may become a member of the National People's Congress of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference!

With a future, there is money.So basically all domestic athletes, whether they play football, basketball, or badminton and table tennis, except for those who are criticized as "unorganized and undisciplined", everyone is striving towards this ultimate goal. .Because in front of them, some senior athletes have come to this point gloriously, and have gained both fame and fortune (representative Sister Deng), the success of these people inspires the latecomers to persevere in "struggle" tirelessly!

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After the match against Iran, Lin Zhigao didn't even have time to return home to rest. He said goodbye to his teammates in the national team in Tehran, and directly flew to Europe.Because the fifth match of the UEFA Champions League group stage will be held in ten days, Lin Zhigao has already received a call from Capello and learned that he will appear on the starting list against Marseille, so the sooner he returns to the club to participate in training, the better he will be. The more favorable it is to the Champions League.

Marseille is a traditional giant team in Ligue [-], and it is even the only Ligue [-] team that has won the European Champions Cup so far. The current star players include Gonzalez, the Ayew brothers and others.

Lin Zhigao fell asleep immediately after getting on the plane. He doesn't usually sleep during the flight, but this time he was really tired.Three long-distance flights within half a month, coupled with high-intensity training and competitions, have greatly squeezed his energy and physical strength. If it is an ordinary player, he will be depressed for several days, in poor condition, and even suffer from illness. Minor illnesses are possible, but Lin Zhigao surpassed ordinary people because of his youth and energy. He slept for a few hours on the plane, and gradually became active again after getting off the plane.

That mental state even made the club driver who came to pick him up to return to the team very suspicious: Did this guy go back to China to play a game or go on vacation?

Not to mention the jealousy of the middle-aged fat uncle driver, Lin Zhigao, who was sitting in the back seat, began to worry about another matter that had nothing to do with the competition-how could he help Huang Bowen's request to him?

Huang Bowen can be regarded as one of the few teammates in the national team who are friendly to him from the beginning to the end, except for the two fellow villagers of Lin Zhigao (not counting the group of snobs who suddenly changed their attitude in the later period).In training, he always partnered with Lin Zhigao, and he often passed the ball to him on the field. When no one spoke to Lin Zhigao in private, he also came to warm up the field. Of course, Lin Zhigao never took the initiative to talk to him. Yuan's people treated each other coldly, and the assist he gave Huang Bowen in the match against Iran this time was also his repayment.

However, on the night before the trip, Huang Bowen, who had been sharing the same room with Lin Zhigao, always looked at Lin Zhigao hesitantly and hesitated to speak, and would be dazed from time to time, waiting for Lin Zhigao to ask him what was wrong Finally, Huang Bowen finally gave Lin Zhigao the answer hesitantly: he wanted Lin Zhigao to help him introduce a European club, any level would do, and he didn't want to stay in South Korea any longer.

It turns out that since the Sino-South Korean war in September, a wave of hostility towards China has also ignited in South Korea.The arrogant and conceited Korean people couldn't accept the fact that their proud Korean national team lost to the always weak Chinese team, so they kept looking for reasons for their failure.

They first said that the Chinese team must have bribed the head coach, but after studying the video of the game through various media, they found that there was no sufficient evidence to support this guess.Then they said that the South Korean team must have been in poor form at the time, and this reason was obviously not convincing (the Chinese team who came to Korea for the away game were all in poor form!).

The original "Hero of the Republic of Korea" Park Joo-young was disliked in South Korea because he scored the own goal in the game and caused South Korea to lose. Finally, he could not bear the pressure and resigned as the captain of the South Korean national team. He also returned to Arsenal early accept.The South Korean people couldn’t find a scapegoat, and they couldn’t bear to be too harsh on the national team players, so there was a small trend that went wrong: Several newspapers wrote news that it must be the Chinese player Huang Bowen of Jeonbuk Hyundai who revealed to the Chinese team The tactical information of the South Korean players led to the success of the Chinese team's surprise attack on the South Korean team.

This speculation was simply nonsense, but it put a lot of pressure on Huang Bowen.

Originally, Huang Bowen was favored by the head coach of the club, and he had been allowed to start in the Korean K-League. He was excluded by the local Korean players in the team. Li scolded him behind the head coach's back: "The Chinese should go where they came from!" Huang Bowen endured it all the time.

When some unfounded speculations were published by the newspaper media, although the team did not put more pressure and hostility on Huang Bowen because of these messy things, the club's head coach also comforted him and said, "The newspapers are all nonsense, you just play with peace of mind." The ball is fine", but this can't change the fans of Jeonbuk Hyundai to start to feel disgusted with Huang Bowen.

The national pride of the Koreans has always been particularly sensitive and fragile, and it cannot be easily hurt, but this time it was severely cut by the Chinese team. The Korean fans became restless, and the fans of Jeonbuk Hyundai became impulsive.When they played a home league game in Jeonbuk Hyundai, they put up a slogan in the stadium, asking the club to "drive out the Chinese in the team!"

Whether this was deliberately planned by someone with a heart is unknown, but it is an indisputable fact that it has caused a huge impact on the parties.Huang Bowen's life in South Korea is extremely difficult. This does not refer to the economic situation, but to the psychology.Even the state of the game became ups and downs due to the influence of mood.

He has been worrying about whether he should continue to stay in Jeonbuk Hyundai, or simply return to Beijing Guoan.Until seeing Lin Zhigao in China, Huang Bowen suddenly had a flash of inspiration: There are many places in the world where you can play football. He is not staying in Asia, he can go to Europe!Moreover, the level of the European League is definitely a few blocks away from the Korean K-League. Why does he have to worry about China or South Korea?Go directly to other countries!

But things are easier said than done. Huang Bowen is not well-known, his family is not very powerful, and even his agent's network is not very wide.What kind of good club can he find on his own?Don't look for an Armenian Super League...

After thinking for a long time, Huang Bowen still had the cheek to ask Lin Zhigao, because he knew the other party, and it was the best choice he could make.

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Lin Zhigao agreed to Huang Bowen's request. Although he also felt that he couldn't help the other party, he couldn't just watch this young man who was about his own age forced to return to China by Jeonbuk Hyundai!What a blow that would be to his future!

So Lin Zhigao gave the Holy Mother a hand, and promised to help the other party ask how to recommend him to Europe.

Lin Zhigao first told Jiang Shupeng about this, but Jiang Shupeng scolded him... He thought Lin Zhigao agreed to recommend Huang Bowen to Juventus!

Lin Zhigao quickly stated that he didn't think he was that stupid, Huang Bowen just wanted to come to Europe, he didn't care where he went, as long as it was not worse than the Korean K-League, and he didn't promise that the other party would definitely be able to do it, he just asked first.

After Jiang Shupeng heard about the ins and outs, he thought about it for a while, and told Lin Zhigao that this matter is actually not that difficult—Huang Bowen’s skills and physique are actually pretty good, as long as he has a few games and training videos of him, as well as physical examination data, Send it to any number of clubs, and the managers of those clubs will consider signing him, but the premise is that it cannot be those first-tier clubs.

Most of the rich and powerful teams have special scouting teams to find good seedlings for them around the world, and the clubs that will receive self-recommended unknown young players are mostly those teams that are mixed in the second and third tier leagues.

At that time, Lin Zhigao was able to enter the Queen's Park Rangers. In fact, it was a piece of shit luck - Premier League teams generally would not accept young players who came to the door by themselves. , is still a newly promoted horse, whether he will sign Lin Zhigao is also unknown.

After telling Jiang Shupeng that he would ask Huang Bowen for his videos, Lin Zhigao hung up the phone and sent John a text message.

Has Juventus ever signed a player who came forward? --Forest.

It didn't take 1 minute before the reply came.

Are you referring to the stars who were introduced by agents, or the unknown rookie players? — John.

Of course it refers to the novice. --Forest.

As far as I know, no.Even for the youth team, we have a team scout to select talents from various countries for the club.But why ask this? — John.

I have a friend from the national team who was rejected in Asia and hoped to come to Europe with my recommendation. --Forest.

How is his technique and physical fitness? —John.

As far as I know, it's not bad, he plays the main force in the strong teams in the K-League in Korea. --Forest.

Well, maybe I can talk to Marotta about it?But if your friends want to come to Juventus, they can only play in the second-tier team. Although I am the boss, I can't break the rules of the club too much. — John.

no no no!That was not what I meant!I didn't want you to help me! --Forest.

Maybe I misspoken, John, I'm only talking to you about this because you're in it and know the rules, not to imply that you're doing something for me.In fact, I also talked about this with my agent just now, but he almost scolded me... He said that I am a soft-spoken person and still stretching out help everywhere. /(ㄒoㄒ)/——Lin.

I know you mean nothing else.Lin, I just want to help a friend of a friend. —John.

I ask it this way, John.If the two of us didn’t know each other, I would still be the kid who first came to Europe two years ago and wanted to make money by playing football, and then I came to Juventus to recommend myself, even if you saw that scene, would you choose to keep me? ? --Forest.

It took about 5 minutes before Lin Zhigao received a reply text message.

To be honest, the chances of you being chased away by security are a little higher.However, Lin, you are different from others, you are a diamond, no matter where you polish it, you will shine. —John.

Got it!If you praise me again, I will float to the sky! --Forest.

So we reached an agreement: what will I complain to you in the future, and it will definitely not imply that you are helping me?If you agree, you will be rewarded. --Forest.

... what reward? —John.

My car is almost at the club. After I finish talking with Mr. Capello, can I treat you to dinner? --Forest.

Did you cook by yourself? —John.

If you don't want to be poisoned... - Lin.

Well, maybe we can compromise.You go back to the club now, I'm going to your house to buy ingredients on the way, don't you mind if I borrow your kitchen. — John.

John, you are so sweet! ! !But, do you know where I keep my spare key? --Forest.

Under the potted plant in front of the door, obviously. —John.

... Next time I'll put it somewhere else. --Forest.

Unless you bury it, I'll find it wherever it's hidden. :-) - John.

Forest:……