World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 369 Epilogue

In the blink of an eye, one month has passed since the World Cup.

Facing the Chinese team that was fully defensive, the German team also won a penalty kick in a not so glorious and decent way after paying a "Barak".

With this penalty kick, the German team finally reached the finals, and then lost in the finals to Trick, who had a strong 3R combination.

As for the Chinese team, although they lost one goal, the fans gave great recognition to the players and coaching staff.

Encouraged by the fans, the Chinese team, which played most of the main players, defeated Portugal led by Figo 4-1 in the third-place knockout round and won the third place in the World Cup.

Such results have completely put Chinese football on the top of Asia.

Although the Golden Boot, Golden Glove and MVP ultimately missed out on the Chinese team, Yang Chen, Zhao Junzhe and General Fan were selected for the best eleven.

This is also the highest achievement achieved by a Chinese player in the international arena so far.

After the World Cup, the new season is about to begin.

Of course, this new season does not refer to domestic leagues, but European leagues.

"Coach Xiao Han, the Chinese players you want to buy have already arrived at the door of the club."

Han Tao, who was typing in front of the computer, was stunned for a moment, then immediately stood up and walked out of the office.

Outside the Nottingham Forest training base, three Chinese players carrying luggage were pointing at the football facilities here.

"If I look at it, this is not as good as our domestic stadium!"

"Who says it's not the case? The turf used in the football field invested by Mr. Zeng is the best in the world. FIFA is rushing to join and buy it!"

"Okay, okay, Boss Zeng said that when the children are older next year, he will personally come to England and renovate this place from top to bottom."

"If anyone doesn't perform well then, he won't be able to enjoy the blessings!"

While several people were chattering, they saw Han Tao, who was wearing glasses, walking over led by a beautiful secretary with blond hair and blue eyes.

"Kelly, it's enough here. You can go and do your own business."

"OK, coach, everything is at your command."

After saying that, in front of the three team members, Kelly kissed Han Tao hard on the face and turned around to leave.

This operation stunned the three of them.

"Damn it, Coach Han, you're so lucky!"

"Brother Han, no wonder Boss Zeng said you don't want to return to China. I'm not happy about it either!"

Han Tao wiped the lipstick on his face and said haha.

"Okay, Xiao Zheng, plus one, Genwei, you three, please stop making fun of me."

These three Chinese players are Zheng Zhi, Shao Jiayi and Yu Genwei who just performed brilliantly in the World Cup!

Including Han Tao, who has just recovered from a serious illness, all four of them were personally selected by Zeng Zheng and sent to "support" Nottingham Forest's return to the Premier League.

After the World Cup, the Chinese team's 23 players were almost all divided up by major European and American teams.

Except for Zhao Junzhe who still stayed in Liaozu, the other 22 people chose to study abroad.

For a time, there was an instant shortage of local talents in Class A.

However, this did not trouble Xu Fang.

Under the intensive leadership of Bamboo Shoes, domestic clubs have signed friendly cooperation treaties with several teams in the Eredivisie, Portuguese Super League, Russian Super League, Ukrainian Super League, Belgium, Ligue 1, La Liga, La Liga, Serie A, and Bundesliga.

Almost every first-division club in China has one to three exchange students from European clubs.

In such a general environment, Liaoning Football Club is the only one who stands out and vows to be the "Athletic Bilbao of China."

Regarding Liaozu's behavior, Xu and Wang gave extremely high support despite the objections of their colleagues.

In the words of Xu and Wang, "The Chinese Super League can become the European league's new retirement league, but the Chinese Super League must not lose the space to cultivate local talents!"

"Seek common ground while reserving differences" is always more worthy of promotion than the label of "maverick".

It is precisely because of Liaoning Football Club's persistence that 03 years after the establishment of the Chinese Super League in 20, although Liaoning Football Club has never won the Chinese Super League championship, it has never fallen into the relegation zone.

In fact, after the World Cup, a large number of European scouts poured into China.

If we find a good talent, we will send it to Europe for training as much as possible.

In addition to being outside the country, these small players have not actually been squeezed out of their living space by foreign stars.

On the contrary, these young Chinese players who have been familiar with traditional culture since childhood have greatly reduced the living environment of young foreign players.

So much so that the Premier League even invented the term "child labor certificate" to prevent the entry of young Chinese players.

However, since this World Cup, it has become a "customary" thing for major clubs to train Chinese players.

After all, China's population base is there. It is very common for a club's youth training camp to have several young Chinese players.

Chinese football’s “going out” is taking root in this way.

As for Zeng Zheng, he resigned as the head coach of the national team directly after the World Cup, which saddened countless fans who did not react.

But in fact, some insiders know that Zeng Zheng has greater "ambitions."

After returning from playing in the World Cup, Zhang Jilong's phone kept ringing.

Zeng Zheng came every day to urge him to apply for the right to host the next Asian World Cup.

Although according to the current domestic football environment in China and the qualifications of the Chinese team, hosting the World Cup is basically a certainty.

But after all, the World Cup comes only once every four years. If you want to return to Asia, you have to wait for at least a long time.

In Zhang Jilong's words, "This matter cannot be rushed. It will be done in 2014 at the earliest. Maybe it will be in 2018 or 2022!"

It seems that everything about domestic football is developing in the direction Zeng Zheng expected.

Xu and Wang also gave the green light to realize the suggestions put forward by Zeng Zheng on the basis of making money as much as possible based on the "World Cup Third Place" result.

However, they still underestimated Zeng Zheng. "What? This guy isn't coming? What's going on?"

Hearing the helplessness on the other end of the phone, Xu Fang was so angry that he almost had another heart attack.

"There's nothing I can do about it. As you know, that kid always has a lot of clever ideas."

"This time, as a 'representative', he directly bypassed us and made suggestions. There is nothing I can do to him!"

"But the higher-ups are very interested in his outrageous suggestion. Do you think it's strange?"

"Oh, maybe we are really old! We can't keep up with the thinking of young people."

After Wang Junsheng poured out his frustrations, Xu Fang asked: "Can't even the director of the bamboo shoes national team office satisfy him? What on earth does he want to do? Does he want to be bamboo shoes and bamboo mats? Okay, then I will give up my position directly to him. He and I will just take a back seat!"

"Old Wang, just tell me what that kid said to the higher-ups!"

"Don't worry, I know what's going on. Even if he wants to poke a hole in the sky, I can accept it."

Wang Junsheng shook his head and sighed, "Old Xu, I have a meeting today."

"I'll tell you secretly."

"Maybe it won't be long before we have a second bamboo shoe!"

"What the hell??? What did you say???" Xu Fang, an elegant man, finally couldn't stand it after hearing this.

Two bamboo shoes?

You are trying to cause division! ?

"Who says it's not the case!" Wang Junsheng smiled bitterly, "As soon as this proposal came out, someone at the meeting immediately took their hat off."

"But what do you think the people above said?"

"How do you say that?" Xu Fang asked curiously.

"People say that football, to put it bluntly, is just an entertainment project. It is not as good as chips, medicine, manufacturing and so on. It is not worthy of attention at all, as long as it can make money."

"So, it doesn't matter whether it's division or unity."

"The important thing is whether we can use football as a gadget to accomplish more important things."

"For example, northwest and southwest"

Xu Fang looked confused, "Old Wang, please explain it clearly to me."

Wang Junsheng sighed, "I can't explain this thing clearly. If I explain it clearly, the book will be gone."

"Anyway, that kid Zeng Zheng proposed that there should be a league in the southwest and northwest, and then name it the Western District League, and it would be managed by a separate organization on the same level as Bamboo Shoes."

"But this Bamboo Shoe, like us, is controlled by the bureau, so it cannot participate in international leagues like HG and Macau."

"In other words, players trained by Western District Bamboo Shoes will compete with the Chinese Super League for the national team."

"As for the league, cup competitions, etc., those are all details."

"As soon as this Western Conference League is established, the administrative level will be equal to ours."

"In Xiao Zeng's words. On the upper side, use 'competition' to select talents for the national team; on the middle side, make rational use of resources and contribute to economic development; on the other side, use the attributes of football to unite the people of the Western District."

"Think about it, once his slogan comes out, what does your label of 'separatism' mean?"

Xu Fang was stunned when he heard Wang Junsheng's words.

But when I think about it carefully, I can't refute it.

If Zeng Zheng can really realize these three slogans, if he were the leader of the bureau, he would definitely support it with both hands.

"The most important thing is, as you know, that kid is very rich."

"The stadium, personnel, equipment, etc. don't need to be funded by the state, they are all covered."

"Then they pay dividends every year, and they only take a small part."

"You won't lose a dime even if it doesn't happen. Can you tell me whether the higher-ups will agree to it?"

Xu Fang was completely speechless.

After a long while, he asked tremblingly, "That means that boy wants it."

"That's right, he wants to be the first honorary bamboo mat of the West District Bamboo Shoes."

"It is said that every year we, HG and the Four Bamboo Shoes of Macau will join forces to hold a cup competition like the 'China Four Shoes Cup' or something like that!"

"Tell me, what does that kid have in mind every day?"

Xu Fang swallowed and said, "Old Wang, please estimate when this matter will be implemented?"

"Let's see when he gets the list of venues, clubs and personnel together!" Wang Jun rolled his eyes, "It is said that the guy didn't even care about his wife and children, and flew directly to the northwest, looking for places to build stadiums and soliciting sponsorships every day. Build a club.”

"This thing just happened naturally."

"I estimate that maybe as soon as the Chinese Super League ends next year, their Western Conference league will be started."

Xu Fang: "Fuck, so fast?"

Wang Junsheng: "If you are rich, you must be fast!"

Xu Fang: "Okay, let's do that."

Wang Junsheng: "Let's just work honestly in this position. Let me tell you, even if his side is established in name, there are still a large number of swallows who will cause trouble."

"We'd better retire a few years later, and help him as much as we can."

Xu Fang nodded and sat back on the chair.

"Old Wang, are you free tonight? Come to my house, I'll ask Shufen to make delicious food for the table, and we can chat while eating?"

"Okay, but there will be too many people up there lately, so I guess I'll have to arrive later."

"No problem, just come! Haha, I will see when the time comes to see if the players from the Western Region trained by his kid are better, or the players from our Chinese Super League!"

(End of this chapter)