World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 322 "I want to go to the Olympics" mode

The moment the referee blew the whistle, Gao Yuan shook his fist excitedly.

He knew that he had won the bet!
Gao Yuan walked towards the coaching bench of the home team, and took the initiative to shake hands with Menezes who was still in a daze.

Menezes is a gentleman. Although he lost the game, he still has a gentlemanly demeanor.

With a bitter face, Menezes and Gao Yuan shook hands tightly.

"Thank you, Mr. Menezes."

"Thank me for what?" Menezes asked puzzled.

"Thank you for your contribution to Taishan team."

Menezes was embarrassed for a while. He led the Tarzan team but almost didn't get relegated.

"Don't get me wrong, I have been a fan of the Taishan team since I was a child. The Taishan team has experienced ups and downs for decades. It has had glory and troughs. I have experienced more than a dozen coaches. Regardless of the results, you have brought new ideas to the Taishan team and contributed to the development of the team. As Taishan fans, we will never forget everyone who has worked hard for the team."

Meneses was thoughtful, he had been brooding over that experience all the time, felt that the Tarzan team owed him, and took it for granted that the Tarzan team fans hated him.

Under the influence of this subconscious, he put himself against the Taishan team and Chinese football.

Gao Yuan's thanks made him suddenly realize that maybe the fans in that distant country didn't hate him, maybe in their hearts, he had also made a contribution to the Taishan team.

"By the way, Coach Li Xiaopeng also asked me to say hello to you. He said that he hoped that one day, you can go to China again and go to the Taishan team to go home and have a look."

Li Xiaopeng?Menezes frowned. To be honest, in his heart, he always attributed his failure in coaching in China to someone messing with him.

And that person, he thought, was probably Li Xiaopeng.

Gao Yuan saw Menezes' displeasure, and smiled:
"There is a saying in China, which is called "meeting, laughing, grievances and enmity". I don't know what kind of story you have, but I can assure you, Director Li told me very sincerely that you are a gentleman, and he also expressed his sincere gratitude to you. Director Li has let go of past grievances, so why should you be persistent?"

After finishing speaking, Gao Yuan smiled slightly, turned his head and walked to the hall of the press conference.

Menezes froze in place, thoughtful blankly.

After walking a few steps, Gao Yuan's cell phone rang. When he opened it, it was a text message.

The sender was the vice chairman of the Football Association.

The content of the text message is very short, only one sentence:

"You won the bet! Announce it to the public!"

The corner of Gao Yuan's mouth turned up. This vice chairman Gao is really an old fox. If he hadn't known the result of the Football Association game, he might have been coaxed into tears of gratitude.

The outside world does not know that the troubles of the DB team have been resolved. In everyone's eyes, although they won the ball, the DB team is still deeply mired in the "rejection of the national name" incident and cannot extricate themselves.

As a result, reporters with various purposes were eager to try and prepared various questions, wanting to hear what answers the team's young head coach would give.

For unknown reasons, CCTV and PP Sports also broadcast the post-match press conference live to domestic audiences.

"Mr. Coach, your players refused to be called up to the national team and even posted a video on the Internet. As the head coach, what do you think?"

Sure enough, the first question was menacing.

The person who asked the question was a blond Brazilian reporter. He couldn't wait to ask this question, and he didn't even pretend to care about the game that just ended.

"I think you don't know the real situation very well, because there are two mistakes in this one question of yours."

Gao Yuan replied unhurriedly.

"what?"

The Brazilian reporter was taken aback.

"First of all, my players are not selected for the national team, but the training team of the national youth team. So, strictly speaking, they did not refuse the call of the country, but just did not want to delay the state league game because of a training camp.

There is no doubt that high-level competition is more important for the growth and improvement of young people than training.We came to Brazil to grow and improve faster so that we can better serve our motherland in the future! "

Gao Yuan's words are neither humble nor overbearing. It not only explains the purpose and significance of his team's going to the ocean, but also puts a high hat on Brazilian football and the state league, which makes the Brazilians who have just lost feel a lot better.

"Secondly, my players did not reject the recruitment of the National Youth Team. They have been playing for the national team for the past two months."

???

Not only the local Brazilian media, but also the Chinese media who came to interview, as well as the audience watching the press conference on the Internet and in front of the TV, were all full of question marks.

What nonsense is Gao Yuan talking about?Are you too excited to win, too happy to be silly?
"Mr. Coach, I don't understand what you mean"

Sure enough, the reporter asked inexplicably.

Gao Yuan smiled slightly, "I mean, we are the selection team for the national youth team below U21! The Chinese players of the DB team are all members of the national youth selection team!"

As soon as this statement came out, the audience was in an uproar.

What's the situation? Isn't DB a Chinese-Pakistan juvenile mixed team sponsored by Taishan Club?When did it become the national youth selection team?

The Brazilian reporter Zhanger Monk was puzzled, but the Chinese reporters present seemed to realize something, and without raising their hands, they hurriedly stood up and asked:
"Director Gao, please tell us in detail about the situation of the national youth selection team. How was it formed? Has this team been officially certified by the Football Association? What is the relationship between it and the national youth training team led by Shen Fu?"

Gao Yuan was unhurried, and only said one sentence, which made the Chinese reporters present and the domestic audience thousands of miles away suddenly realize.

"This team was built with reference to the model that I want to go to the Olympics..."

I want to go to the Olympics is a brand-new talent selection model launched by the General Administration of Sport of China in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in various sports.

In 2017, the Chinese Football Association issued a notice requiring each Chinese Super League, Chinese Premier League professional clubs, and some amateur clubs to form a team of Olympic age for qualifying matches.After a fierce competition, the top three teams were finally determined: Ludong Taishan Team, Shanghai SIPG Team, and Kyoto Renhe Team, which were qualified to compete with the Olympic selection team formed by the Football Association.

The Football Association invested in financial and technical support for these four teams, but these four teams remained independent and practiced their own way until a year later, that is, in June 2018, the finals were held. In the end, with the determined champion as the team, supplemented by individual outstanding players from other teams, the National Olympic Team was formed to compete in the 6 Tokyo Olympic Games Asian Trials.

Although, in the final result, the Chinese Olympic team fell into the sand again, and the "I want to go to the Olympics" model was also nailed to the pillar of shame along with other decisions made by the Football Association, and became a laughing stock in the history of Chinese football.But it does not prevent Gao Yuan from offering this model at the moment and becoming the talisman of the DB team.

"... of course, we are the official recognition of the National Youth Election team officially recognized by the Chinese Football Association, and the Football Association has learned the previous lessons. In addition to the national youth college training team led by Shen Fu, we only set up our national youth selection team. In fact, you can see the two teams of our team as the red team and blue team of the Chinese men's basketball team. What is taken is a mode of training in overseas high -level league. This is also a confrontation between two different modes. "

"So, will there be a match between the two teams, and will it be finally decided to use that team as the team to form the U21 National Youth Team?"

"Of course, the Yuandu Cup half a year later will be the battlefield for our two teams to compete, and the results of the Yuandu Cup will be the touchstone for measuring our two teams!"

"Fuck!"

Thousands of miles away in China, several bigwigs in the industry burst out with foul language at the same time.

Vice-Chairman Gao: "Why did this kid just open his mouth? I just asked him to disclose the identity of the DB team. When did he promise to compete publicly in the Yuandu Cup?"

Shen Fu: "What the hell! Why has no one ever told me that there will be a match in half a year?! Also, didn't they say that they are a club selection team? How did they make it equal to my team? Am I still the head coach of the National Youth Team? Damn, if my team loses in half a year, will my head coach also have to change..."

Li Xiaopeng: "I'm a bitch! This guy Gao Yuan will feel uncomfortable if he doesn't make trouble! It's enough to explain the matter clearly, why is he openly making an appointment in front of the media all over the world? Doesn't this make the Football Association have no way out? Well, there is another wave of unrest! However, this trick is cut first and played later, and the game is really good. Now the identity is confirmed. As for the follow-up troubles, let the Football Association and Shen Fu have a headache!"

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