greenery is king

Chapter 70 Summary of Fan Haidong
"If we win the championship tonight, then we will regain the pinnacle of Asian youth after 24 years. In [-], the national youth team led by Zhang Zhicheng won the Asian championship. I still remember that there was Gong Lei in the lineup at that time. , under the guidance of Fu Bo and Gao Hongbo, and now they are the mainstay of our domestic coaches, I did not expect that after so many years, we will stand at this crossroad again.” Zhang Dao is really a know-it-all, when talking about these History can be talked about immediately without feeling unfamiliar at all, and it is worthy of being called the football encyclopedia.

However, Fan Haidong was very disapproving. "First of all, I think we will win tonight. We will definitely go farther than the UAE in this 24-year date."

"Why are you so confident?" Liu Jianguo asked with interest.

"It's very simple. After the last victory, these players have confidence. Once this kind of thing is formed, it is easy to continue to win, especially when we have a superior player like Ai Jue. It is not difficult to win trophies. , as long as Lao Su fixes his tactics and his thinking, everything will be fine."

"Is it that simple?"

"It's that simple!" Fan Haidong said resolutely, without hesitation at all. "In fact, everyone can see clearly in the last game. This Ai Huan is more than one level higher than all Korean players. That is to say, he is now competing with these Korean players. Young people playing football together is like bullying. And the most important thing is that the UAE is characterized by fast speed. Their two forwards are very fast players, but what is their speed compared to Ai Huan? What? When we play basketball with Yao Ming, we don’t want to dunk one on his head, right? Now it’s like a basketball team with two players who are around 1.9 meters wants to fight us with Yao Ming. They will What tactics to use? It must not be a center forward, right?"

"There seems to be something wrong with this metaphor?" Liu Jianguo couldn't understand Fan Haidong's meaning for a while, so he couldn't help frowning.

Fan Haidong waved his hand, "It doesn't matter. I'm talking about it simply. I won't talk about Yao Ming. What do you think if you replace him with any one of the legendary nine-meter-high four heavenly kings?" The two laughed together. After getting up, they finally understood this metaphor a little bit.

"But what I want to say is the second point of view." Fan Haidong didn't finish his sentence, and he wanted to continue his words, "That is, even if we win this championship, we may not necessarily embark on a broad road. After all, in [-] Whether it was that year, the later Jianlibao, or even the Platinum Generation, no matter what kind of results each of them achieved in the youth competition, they did not bring us back any good results in the international competition. Myself, so many things are irrelevant, football cannot rely on a dozen players to go to the sky, it needs a large group of good players to show up, unless there is a real genius, otherwise it is too difficult!"

"Didn't you say that Ai Huan is a genius?"

"There are too many talented players in the world. They can't bring their country to the World Cup by themselves. It's not that they are bad, but their teammates are really bad. I dare not say that after three years, this person will become What does it look like, do you dare to say?"

The other two were silent for a while and fell into deep thought. They had indeed seen too many Zhongyongs, and there were many examples of Zhongyong being young and not necessarily good, so they didn't say anything.

Fan Haidong sighed softly and continued, "This incident of Ai Huan's nationality has reminded many of us. Before, we always said that it is better to find a few planning players. As long as they are Chinese, we can accept it with peace of mind! But From the publication of the nonsense article to the time when the Spanish Zhu Xie came forward to clarify, within two days, the domestic public opinion seemed to be boiling, and everyone immediately divided into two factions. It has to be said that our The receptivity is far from where there should be planning players."

Liu Jianguo nodded in agreement, but he still asked, "Haidong, do you agree or disagree with planning players?"

"Me?" Fan Haidong thought for a while, "I neither agree nor disagree. But I think it is difficult for a person born in a foreign country to be exactly the same as us, no matter whether he is yellow-skinned or not. People say bananas. For them, the sense of belonging is not strong, and even if they are recruited back, it will not play a fundamental role. What's more, if they play really well, they will be there before we know it. It will be used by other countries, and no one else is willing to find someone. How high can the level be? Instead of this, it is better to be more direct and recruit some foreigners with real strength and level into the national team, such as Andilsen or many foreign players from the Chinese Super League, they have no chance to enter their national team, so it is still very tempting to play in the World Cup."

"But if even the Chinese fans are unwilling to accept it, it will be even more difficult for pure foreigners." Zhang Dao suddenly said thoughtfully.

"Yeah!" Fan Haidong nodded, "So I think it's better to be like this, at least so far our goal is not to win the World Cup, but to enter the World Cup. Facts have proved that this goal can be achieved as long as we work hard. "

"Is it still necessary to use the situation of dispatching?"

"At present, there is no better way." Fan Haidong said very truthfully, "And haven't we already paid off now? Hasn't a player like Ai Huan already appeared?"

"Yes, there are not only Ai Huan, but also children like Xu Luyang, Bai Peng, and Hu Fan. They have all stayed abroad for a long time. At least from now, it seems that their level is higher than that of domestic players." Zhang Dao immediately agreed. .

"But I heard that Bai Peng and Hu Fan have returned to China, and Xu Luyang is not very happy in the Sevilla B team. There are also rumors that he will return to China to develop."

"Then according to what you mean, these people will disappear with everyone when they return to the country? Just look at our domestic players who have been cultivated by ourselves. For example, aren't you an example?" Liu Jianguo is not very satisfied with Fan Haidong's statement. So immediately retorted.

Fan Haidong looked very serious, "It was different at that time and now, and everything has changed. And I also have the experience of going abroad to play football. Although I went out very late, I have seen it after all. If I had If I go out in [-], maybe I can achieve more results, of course, there may be nothing, but the environment of playing football in foreign countries is still better than that in China. This is recognized by everyone, and I hope more people can persevere. , Only when there are more people like Yang Chen and Ji Hai, can we have more hope."

(End of this chapter)