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Chapter 186 Is It Worth It

Successful promotion one round ahead of schedule does not mean that Naples can have a holiday - after all, the league is not over yet, and Naples' last round of games is not over yet - an away game against Genoa, which is considered to be the most important game for Naples' promotion in the middle of the season, who knows that after hard work, Naples has already been promoted one round ahead of schedule, so the Naples players who were considered to be the most important game before will play lightly.

Genoa has also advanced one round ahead of schedule, so they also played weakly in this game. Players from both sides tacitly walked on the field for 10 minutes, and finally drew [-]-[-].

Juventus is back, Genoa is back, and Naples is back—these three teams have won a total of 38 Serie A championships in history (27 for Juventus, nine for Genoa, and two for Naples).

And when Juventus and Genoa return to Serie A, there will be four major derbies in Serie A next season-in addition to the Milan Derby and Rome Derby, the Turin Derby and the Genoa Derby will also be added.

After the last round of the league, the players in Naples went their separate ways after receiving their salaries and bonuses, and started their own happy vacations. There were no big games in the summer of 2007. The players had plenty of vacations, with only two exceptions—two Chinese exceptions.

In order to avoid the decline in ratings caused by the collision with the European Championship and the America's Cup, the AFC decided to adjust the holding time of the Asian Cup. Since 07, the Asian Cup will be held in odd-numbered years. As the two-time defending champion, the Chinese team will participate in this competition in July. In the new Chinese national team training list, there is Chu Ran's name.

Another one with a relatively short holiday is Long Bisheng-he was naturally not selected for the national team. The current Chinese national team is full of talents. Although Long Bisheng won the Serie B Silver Boot this season, he still cannot be recognized by the national team coach Hiddink when Adriano, who ranks second in the Premier League scorer list, and Messi, who ranks fifth, occupy the main striker positions of the national team.

He was selected for the Chinese U-17 Junior Team - this team won the championship in the Asian Minor Championship last year, and naturally obtained the qualification to participate in the No.12 World Junior Football Championship held in South Korea this summer.

The head coach of this team is Ding Yu—in the National Club Echelon Championships in the past few years, Ding Yu’s performance in leading the team is the best in this age group, so he naturally became the head coach of this group of players—Now the Chinese Football Association pays much less attention to the World Youth Championship than before.

Ding Yu may still be lacking in leading the adult team, but he is very good at leading the youth team. In last year’s Asian Junior Championships, he did not call back all the players who played in Europe with great fanfare. Instead, he only called in domestic young players who he had observed in the past few years. It took only one month from the formation to the game. This is such a temporarily formed team. After winning the Asian championship, the Football Association began to really attach importance to this national youth team and allocated a considerable amount of budget. , and facing the elites in the 89-year-old age group in the world, Ding Yu naturally did not dare to neglect. He transferred all ten players of the right age who played in Europe to the squad, and added 22 players who participated in the Asian Junior Championships to form a squad of more than 30 people. He prepared a month-long training camp and prepared to make his reputation in the World Junior Championships.

The World Junior Championships will be held from August 02th to September [-]th, so the training camp will be held in Qingdao on July [-]th—Qingdao was chosen because the climate and environment there are relatively close to South Korea, and the Chinese national team also trained there before the [-] World Cup.

Long Bisheng was very excited when he was called up by the national team for the first time. After the team holiday, he returned to China immediately and met his parents. After resting for a few days, Long Bisheng started to call the young national team players he knew, such as Dai Guangming, but no one was as active as him, and they were all still on vacation in Europe.

"The National Youth Team called us! Why aren't you excited at all?" Long Bisheng asked Dai Guangming on the phone in bewilderment.

Dai Guangming laughed: "The World Junior Championship is not the World Youth Championship... No matter which country, it doesn't pay much attention to the World Junior Championship, because this kind of competition is not very meaningful, and few world superstars can come out of the World Junior Championship, because the fluctuation of young players is too great. Only the World Youth Championship is considered to be the 'cradle of future superstars'... Besides, we have only played for one season, and our physical fitness is almost exhausted. We must take a good rest. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages."

"What do you mean?" Long Bisheng was stunned.

"August is the preparation period before the European club in the new season ... As a young player, in the competition, it will be in a certain disadvantage. If you cannot participate in the team's pre -season training, then this downwind is even more powerful. This is not a good thing ... We are good for us. The surrounding Wu Fanzhangyi Hu Guang was similar. Although Li Jie's Hoffenheim has risen to Yiyi, their lineup will not change much, and the influence is relatively small. The most affected thing is probably you ... Serie A and Yi Yi are two completely different worlds. Your chairman of Lawrences is an ambitious person. He will not be relegated in the new season. Sri Lanka's current lineup is completely ease, but if you want to have good results in Serie A, you must introduce better players. Lawrence is a person who does not lack money ... In the fierce competition, you have lagd behind in the beginning. "

Long Bisheng really didn't think about this issue. After hearing what Dai Guangming said, he froze for a moment, then shook his head immediately: "I believe Coach Ding Yu will definitely not harm us."

Dai Guangming laughed: "Of course it won't hurt us! It's a good thing for us to be selected for the national team. At least in the future, we have experience with the national team, and it will definitely be useful at some point...For example, if we want to play in England in the future, as long as the other party wants us, even if we have not reached the standard in the number of games represented by the national team in the past two years, we can get around through the special talent clause.

"That's okay, people always have to look at the long-term, don't they?" Long Bisheng felt relieved: "After all, we are only 17 years old, it will be beneficial to think more about the future."

"Yeah, we are both 17 years old... When I was young, I used to watch TV, and I always said that 17 years old is in the blooming season. 17 years old should be a time from being ignorant to becoming sensible, and at this time, we have already passed it when we were seven years old." Dai Guangming sighed, and suddenly said sadly: "17 years old, someone else, it should have not graduated from high school, maybe still playing first love, what about us? We have started to earn a lot of money... Aaron, from last year to this year I have passed it." Earning 30 euros in China, as long as it is not too extravagant, is enough to spend for a lifetime...Look at our peers, they are all spending their parents’ money now, and we have begun to earn money that most people can’t imagine, but this is what we sacrificed in exchange for the joy and carefree childhood, adolescence and youth, do you think it’s worth it?”

Long Bisheng was silent for a while: "I earned no less than you from last year to this year, and I paid no less than you."

"We're all the same, we're all like this." Dai Guangming sighed: "Don't talk! It will affect my vacation... In fact, I can only talk to you about these things. You don't talk much, but you think more than ordinary people. What's valuable is that you think a lot and do the same thing, but it doesn't affect you. In this regard, I am not as good as you, far worse."

"Am I that good?" Long Bisheng was delighted: "Others have called me an idiot since I was young, and my reaction is slower than others. If I don't think too much, then my brain will become a mess? Then my life is meaningless."

"The people who can say this are limited to being stupid." Dai Guangming didn't laugh: "After I came back, I will introduce a TV series to you. The protagonist is really just like you. He was called a fool by others. In the end, his achievements surpassed most smart people. Aaron, I believe you can also stand on the top through your own efforts like him."

After hanging up the phone, Long Bisheng didn't care about the TV series that Dai Guangming said he would recommend to him. Instead, it was Dai Guangming's words that made him think deeply.

The hard work and sacrifices of youth, the current scenery and high income in exchange, should be worth it no matter from which point of view, but is it really worth it?Maybe professional athletes, no matter how beautiful they are, their childhood will be flawed compared with other people. This flaw may be a regret that they can never make up for in their lives, because just like time never turns back, childhood will never come back once it passes.

(End of this chapter)