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Chapter 328 Good News and Bad News

A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone. Long Bisheng was dumbfounded when he heard it, and said weakly, "It's Coach Ding. I'm sorry, because many boring reporters have called me to harass me recently. So I can only lie."

"Haha, I see. Did a reporter take pictures of Ning Xi seeing you off once when you were going out? This matter has become a bit hot recently." Ding Yu laughed twice on the other end of the phone, and then comforted him and said, "It doesn't matter, these media are all hot for 3 minutes. Besides, this is your personal privacy, and it will be fine after a while at most."

"I hope so." Long Bisheng sighed, and then asked Ding Yu: "Coach, can you call me?"

"Of course I have something to call you." Ding Yu said angrily, "You haven't been online during this time, have you? A new national team has been formed, and I, your teacher, will be the head coach of the new national team."

"Really?" Long Bisheng shouted excitedly. He really didn't go online for the past few days. As soon as he went online, he saw some frivolous news related to himself, which made him upset, so he didn't go online: "Congratulations, coach."

"I have to congratulate you." Ding Yu said weakly: "You have been selected for the new training list of the national team, and you will gather in Haigeng on January [-]th. Can you go?"

Although Ding Yu's words were weak, when they reached Long Bisheng's ears, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, shaking Long Bisheng immobile.

"You...you...you mean that I am now a member of the national team?" Long Bisheng asked Ding Yu with difficulty: "Aren't you joking?"

"Why am I joking with you?" Ding Yu sighed: "Tomorrow night at the latest, the list of the new national team will be out. You can go online and check it yourself."

"Really? Wahaha, great, this is my first time to be selected for the national team!" Long Bisheng shouted excitedly.

Ding Yu couldn't help laughing on the other end of the phone: "I have seen your performance this season. If you can't be selected for the national team based on your performance, then our national team's level is too high... In fact, your performance in the first two seasons was also very good, but you didn't get enough attention in the British Championship. Even if you are selected for the national team, you will not be able to convince the public."

"Is it the day after tomorrow? I'll go back to China tomorrow!" Long Bisheng doesn't care about the past at this time. Although this time is just a training camp, it is the first time his name appears in the national team roster, the first time, and the first time again!

"Don't get too complacent." Ding Yu had to remind Long Bisheng who was a little overexcited: "This is just a training camp. After last year's World Cup, the national team has entered a period of renewal. The old players are basically determined to quit the national team. So my job now is to select players from across the country. There are a lot of people in this training camp. There are nearly [-] players including old players.

Hearing Ding Yu's words, Long Bisheng calmed down. Indeed, when a generation of outstanding players is about to fade out of the national team, the head coach of the new national team will definitely re-select players to join the national team. Therefore, there will definitely be a lot of players selected, because although the player's state can be checked in the usual league, the coach also needs to observe whether the players meet their tactical requirements through the performance of the training camp. Many people will have a chance before the new national team lineup stabilizes. It is not so easy to choose the national team.

Thinking of this, Long Bisheng's sense of pride dropped a lot, and then he heard that Ding Yu's voice was a little weak, so he asked strangely: "Coach, are you sick? Why do you seem very unhappy?"

"I'm really upset." Ding Yu sighed and said, "Why I'm upset, I don't want to say, you can read the news online, and you'll know after reading it."

Speaking of this, Ding Yu told Long Bisheng not to be late, and then hung up the phone. Long Bisheng was so curious that he didn't even go for a run, and went directly to the room to turn on the computer.

After browsing the recent domestic and foreign football events in detail, Long Bisheng found the reason why Ding Yu was in such a downturn. When he saw the news, Long Bisheng couldn't help cursing like the gangster in the crazy stone: "I'll give you a lung!"

If being selected for the national team list is good news for Long Bisheng, then this news is definitely bad news that couldn't be worse!

Ning Xi ran over when she heard the noise, and asked Long Bisheng what was the matter. Long Bisheng pointed to the computer screen and said, "You can tell by looking at it. No wonder Coach Ding Yu looks very disappointed. I am also very disappointed!"

"FIFA and the IOC reached an agreement to reduce the age of players participating in the Olympic football competition to 21 years old!"

After reading the headline, Ning Xi understood that there had been such rumors two years ago that the age limit for Olympic football games would be lowered from 23 to 21. Long Bisheng and the others were worried when this rumor came out, because if it didn't change, their 89-year-old players would just be able to participate in the 2012 Olympics.

Afterwards, the news was passed around, and Long Bisheng and the others didn’t pay attention to it. After all, there are a lot of news every year, and FIFA is also an organization that does not have high efficiency.

Unexpectedly, on the eve of the start of the Olympic qualifiers on all continents, FIFA and the International Olympic Committee reached an agreement to revise the age limit for players participating in the Olympic football competition!

This means that Ding Yu's preparations for the Olympics a few years ago have been in vain, and it also means that the Chinese youth team that won the World Cup under the age of 20 for the first time will miss the Olympics!
Long Bisheng and Ning Xi didn't go online these days. In fact, in China, the fans are already arguing. Because the Chinese Olympic team won the championship in the last Olympic Games, and the Chinese youth team composed of players who can participate in the 2012 Olympic Games also won the World Youth Championship. Therefore, Chinese fans have great hopes for next year's Olympic Games.Now that this news came out, it was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the fans. You must know that although the foundation of Chinese football is already very good, the tradition of Olympic-age players who are easy to produce good players is still preserved. If the first batch of players cannot appear in the Olympic Games, the Olympic team with the theme of young players in the 77-year-old group should not have a big problem qualifying from the Asian region, but it is basically impossible to defend the title. It is very good to be able to enter the quarterfinals.

Because the outstanding young players who are beginning to make their mark in the domestic league are basically in the 89-year-old group, and there are very few players in the 91-year-old group who can emerge. It is difficult to send such a team with no professional league experience to participate in the Olympics. It is difficult to get good results.

It is no wonder that Ding Yu looks so frustrated. He has been preparing for the 2012 Olympics since a few years ago. After leading the Chinese youth team to win the World Youth Championship, it is logical that he can become the head coach of the National Olympic team and lead the team to continue participating in the Olympic Games. With such a statement from FIFA and the International Olympic Committee, the entire Football Association was speechless. The task of forming the Olympic team was handed over to the head coach of the 91-year-old youth team. After all, the Olympic qualifiers will start in only half a year. It is impossible for Ding Yu to quickly familiarize himself with all the outstanding players of this age group in such a short period of time, so Ding Yu became the head coach of the national team ahead of schedule.

Although he still achieved his highest goal - the head coach of the national team, more than half of the years of hard work have been in vain. How could Ding Yu not be dejected.

Even Long Bisheng was very depressed. If a professional player can participate in these three competitions and achieve good results in the World Youth Championships, the Olympics, and the World Cup, it means that the player’s career in the national team is very successful.

After being depressed for a while, Long Bisheng became happy again. The joy of being selected for the national team diluted the regret of not being able to participate in the Olympics. What made him even more happy was that because the Chinese websites were full of hype over the past few days about the lowering age of Olympic players, his affairs with Ning Xi were left alone, which meant that he would be much cleaner.

After a while, Li Jie also came to the door. He was a little unwell these days and didn't pay attention to the things on the website. Ding Yu also called him just now. After knowing that he could not participate in the Olympics, Li Jie was also very depressed, so he came to Long Bisheng and planned to go back to China with him.

Both Long Bisheng and Li Jie left, and Ning Xi certainly wouldn't stay in Germany alone, so Ning Xi went to book a flight from Berlin to Hong Kong that night.

After a one-night trip, the three of them arrived in Hong Kong and parted ways. Long Bisheng and Li Jie flew to Kunming together, while Ning Xi returned to BJ.

(End of this chapter)