ball at foot

"Sometimes I find it strange that if a person has something wrong, nothing can stop him."

Looking at Zhao Yaning in front of him, Zhang Yuan sighed after a while.He really didn't know why this guy was always in such a good mood.

This place is also known as the football training base of "China's Clairefontaine".This place has been built for ten years. When I facilitated the establishment of this place, why didn't I realize that these old-style buildings are so attractive that Zhao Yaning can linger until now?

Zhao Yaning is really boring.After playing the World Cup and then the Asian Cup, he also chose to retire. He retired at the age of 39. This guy has exhausted his fame. By the time he retires, he has been away from the European arena for 3 years. It's all because I miss the idol who grew up with me at the beginning, without much attention, he is far inferior to those who are smart and quick to retire.Although, he also recruited a lot of old friends from back then to play a retired exhibition game, but those old friends of his all had a man's belly, watching this old monster play football At that time, there was nothing they could do except curse.

However, this is also his own choice-for him, even with the retirement scene like Ronaldo and the others, it may really be more interesting than playing for two more years.Zhang Yuan knew his temper and never argued with him about it.

But after retiring, why is he still like this... I'm already a coach. Isn't it good to put on a suit and stand on the sidelines to direct those big names?At any rate, he was a midfield commander of the generation, a coach who was expected by countless people, but after retiring, he had to wear sportswear and play football with little kids on the court. This is really...

How should I put it, should I say that I don't know what building fame is, or should I say that this is called life?

Looking at Zhao Yaning who walked to his side, he couldn't help but speak.

"You say you look like this now, is it reasonable? You have been retired for almost two years, and you don't do anything serious. You just play with such a bunch of little kids every day-is it interesting?"

"This is called youth training. Do you think it's interesting? In the final analysis, isn't football supported by youth training? If there are no children, how can there be big stars?" Zhao Yaning pointed at the field. Qing... This year's national youth team played well, much better than before. I still have to practice, and I can't see such a big gap on the back line. I just can't just blindly run stupidly. Our country In two years, the physique has improved, and the players can play well, but the consciousness needs to be cultivated. The position of commander is not available all the time. We still have to think about how to improve the overall performance. Only the awareness of movement is needed. Don’t think that we are strong enough, now, we are still far behind.”

Zhang Yuan looked at him and sighed helplessly.

"To teach them how to play football, you can just find someone. Do you need to stay here every day? Is it interesting to teach children here without doing a lot of serious work?"

"The serious work you are talking about is not the work of the Football Association? As the technical director, I did it. I gave a report and improved the youth training system. They didn't listen at all. I also wrote a book for them. , summed up the experience of playing football all his life, and compiled it into a booklet. What else can I do? I can’t do anything else.”

The devil needs those reports from you.

Zhang Yuan rolled his eyes.He still remembers that after Zhao Yaning retired, he immediately started preparing to write his autobiography.At that time, the media was still very excited, thinking that this was a good story-who knows, where is the autobiography written by this guy? The boards and a large number of human figures make it a headache for professionals to read. Basically, none of the fans bought home can finish reading.

This guy isn't writing a story for fans at all, he's writing his own memoir.In his life, he was most concerned about those things, and what he wrote down were all those things.

The Football Association saw his high status and gave him the status of vice chairman, and the AFC had to give him an official title as well.It stands to reason that it would be great for such a person to be an image ambassador, but he is unwilling to go.Zhang Yuan knew that he hated being a bureaucrat, so he gave him the position of technical director of the national team, and he wrote a lot of reports in this position, which continued to make people laugh and cry.

Who needs him to do practical things!

"What the Football Association needs you to do is a vase, a vase that represents the image of Chinese football! Not only the Football Association, but also the AFC and FIFA, all have this idea. Everyone is waiting for you to learn from Pele, move a little bit, go out and walk around , to promote football everywhere. Also, Real Madrid, Monaco, and Liverpool hired you as an image ambassador, but you moved around anyway. Some people gave you money to travel around, but you didn’t even want to go, you are so good boring."

"Those are not serious jobs. Speeches, friendly matches, public performances, I can't do it. I'd better be a coach."

"Then go to be a coach! If you want to be a coach, I will be able to connect you with the team immediately! Where do you say you want to coach? Domestic, France, Spain, England, you have the final say. Being a coach is also a good thing Ah, Alonso, Guti, Kaka, aren’t they all coaches now? Go ahead, who won’t let you go! Even being a coach is better than teaching children to play football here?”

"Run to intrigue with others and become a coach... After two years, when I can't play anymore and can't give them sideline guidance, I'll go again."

Zhao Yaning pointed to the lawn, looked at the lawn, Zhang Yuan stopped talking, "I still can't let go of the green field, right?"

"Yeah. How could it be easy to let go?" Zhao Yaning sighed, "Even if I can't play now, I still like to watch football sometimes. Football has long been a part of my life, and I can play as much as I can. Time, why don't you kick more?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yaning pondered for a while, "Do you still remember that when I just retired, I was in Europe and went all the places where I used to play? Once, I met Zi in Milan. Ratan. At that time, the two of us went to drink. He said that since he retired, he no longer watched football. He didn’t even want to think about it. , Milan Derby, I sneaked into the stands of San Siro to watch the game, and I saw him hiding in the corner to watch the game. When he saw me, he cried, crying very hard. At that time, we were crying in the stands , he pointed to the field and said that he really wanted to be young again and play a few more kicks..."

"It was reported in the news at the time. Two idiots could cry watching someone else's team play." Zhang Yuan nodded.

"We cry because we love football. Remember 12 years? How happy was Cristiano when he won the Ballon d'Or for his performance in the European Cup? And 13 years, how old was Messi? 26 years old? It was the first time I won the Golden Globe, and I was crying. We love this sport, we hope that we can be recognized, and we hope that we can make enough contributions to this sport.”

Zhang Yuan didn't say a word, of course he still remembered all of this.During the initial period of the Golden Globes restructuring, Zhao Yaning won the award for three consecutive years, and almost changed the trophy to Zhao.In 12, the Champions League was lost, plus the European Cup, Ronaldo finally shook up, performed well once, won the recognition of all, and won the Golden Globe Award.It was not the first time he won the Golden Globe, but he was still very excited.In Zhang Yuan's impression, that was the only time he took the initiative to hug Zhao Yaning. On the podium, he hugged Zhao Yaning, completely disregarding his image, like a child.

And 12 years later, in order to play big, Florentino bought Ronaldo to Real Madrid taking advantage of Barcelona's financial crisis, but this gave Messi a chance to prove his ability to lead the team alone. He was turbulent and won the Golden Globe for himself-he has been dubbed a genius since he was 17 years old, but he, who was suppressed for ten years before reaching the highest podium, was also crying with joy at the time.

They love this sport, they are willing to give everything for this sport, and they are willing to enjoy the fun of this sport itself.The joy of football is greater than winning, greater than those things that are added, which in itself is the most satisfying game.

There will always be a day when people will grow old. At that time, victory or defeat, fame and fame will all be fleeting.What they left behind was only their deep love for football and good memories.These things are memories that they will never erase for a lifetime.

"But I really think that you can try to lead the team. It is really meaningless to always coach here alone. Your influence is far more important than your own coaching ability. You go Going out can make more people fall in love with football."

"Football doesn't lack people who love it, what it lacks is people who work hard." Zhao Yaning shook his head, "Besides, I am not thinking about career anymore. I am already 40 years old and have retired. Why start a business again? I I don’t lack money, I don’t lack fame, and I don’t want to fight with others all the time. What I want to do now is to enjoy life and enjoy football. The coaching thing, let’s talk.”

Zhao Yaning took a look at him, "Stop talking so much, come and play with us for a while. By the way, the better you are in FIFA, the better your stomach is getting bigger and bigger. Take time to exercise. Come on, play for a while, Nothing better than playing football for a while?"

Looking at Zhang Yuan who didn't want to move, Zhao Yaning directly grabbed him, "Go, you were also a player who played football at the beginning, why is this like this now? You kicked the ball twice. If you haven't played football for a long time, naturally you won't realize it. It’s time for the fun of playing football, and you can love this sport even more if you play more. Come on, play football.”

Zhang Yuan watched him for a while, and finally agreed.

Yes, after all, isn’t the purpose of doing these things to make more people fall in love with football?Maybe I haven't done much by myself, but I have already made efforts.The charm of football will make more people fall in love with this sport, and my work can be regarded as done well. So, the rest is to enjoy football?

That being the case, then let yourself play two more kicks!

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