There is a belief called football

Chapter 28 The human relationship here is colder than the weather
The car drove to the club's youth training base, and a gate blocked the front of the car. Li Qiao looked up and saw the club's big blue team emblem above the gate, witnessing the club's decades of glory.

Just from the appearance, it is very different from Tianbao. Tianbao actually looks like an ordinary high school or university in China, except that it is more luxurious.

And here it looks more like a secret military base, far away from the urban area, with strict security.

The security inside seemed to be familiar with Lobarov's car, and the gate opened without any inspection.

I saw no luxurious buildings inside, but it was very simple. Lobarov pointed to an inconspicuous three-story building in the distance, "That's the player's dormitory, and you can live there when you learn Ukrainian in the future."

Li Qiao touched his head, as if he wanted to ask something.

"Joe, are you trying to say something"?
"The facilities here seem to be inferior to Tianbao"?
Lobarov laughed, "Yes, that's because Dynamo Kiev invested all their money in lawns and training equipment."

"Although the buildings here are not comparable to Chinese football schools, the equipment inside is far better than Chinese equipment."

Li Qiao thought that she was right. Chinese parents still pay more attention to the appearance when they send their children to choose a school, and they don’t carefully consider the inside. Although many buildings in Tianbao are beautiful, they are not open to players. This is the best example.

Along the way, Lobarov gave Li Qiao a detailed introduction to the basic situation of Dynamo Kiev. The youth training of Dynamo Kiev is divided into 4 systems-U9, U14, U17, and U19.

That is, under the age of 9, under the age of 14, under the age of 17, and under the age of 19, there are a total of 200 people, including 9 people from U100, 14 people from U50, and 25 people from the other two echelons.

Dynamo Kiev is a super giant in the former Soviet Union and the current Ukraine. Their youth training system is very strict, and they are selected layer by layer. When they reach U19, they are the team's reserve team, and they will soon be able to get a professional contract.

Even if you can't get the contract of Dynamo Kiev, these players are very sought-after throughout Europe, and there is no problem with getting an annual salary of one million euros.

It is because of this that Dynamo Kiev youth players compete with each other, and the competition is very serious. After all, if you go up, I have to go down, and if I go up, you have to go.

Li Qiao is now going to the U14 level youth training camp. The coach is "Little Blokhin", the son of the famous former Kyiv Dynamo star "Oleg, Blokhin". The assistant coach is also a player from the former Kyiv Dynamo youth training - Marsh.

In Lobarov's office, Lobarov handed Li Qiao a set of "Dynamo Kiev" jerseys with blue stripes on a white background.

When Li Qiao took over the jersey, he was very excited. This was the first time he wore the jersey of a wealthy team. Of course, he wore the jersey of Marseille in Tianbao, but it was like a child playing house, but this time he felt like a soldier wearing a jersey.

Li Qiao stroked the team emblem on it with a smile on his face.

Lobarov handed Li Qiao another pair of sneakers—red Adidas sneakers.

"It's better for Chinese people to wear Chinese red," said Lobarov.

Li Qiao was grateful for Lobarov's gift.

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On the training field, a group of players were jogging under the leadership of the coach. Suddenly their eyes were attracted by an unremarkable person in the distance.

Those red shoes were too eye-catching on the snow, but what was even more eye-catching was the big man next to him. They knew that he was the No. [-] powerful figure of Dynamo Kiev, besides the club chairman and club sports manager, "Lobarov".

Usually during training, even if a bomb flies by, the players will not be attracted. After all, Blokhin is notoriously strict. Although Blokhin is only the coach of the youth team, his father is too famous.

In Ukraine, the old Blokhin's status is like Maradona's in Argentina, so even the club chairman has to give way to the "little Blokhin". Under his staff, if the players do not train seriously, they will be beaten or even fired.

Although this kind of training is not humane, it can cultivate talents for the club. Yes, with talents, you can exchange for euros. With euros, the position of club chairman can be as stable as Mount Tai.

"Lobarov",
"Blokhin",
"I heard you found a treasure in China"?
Lobarov laughed.

"Let me introduce you to a genius I found in China, Li Qiao."

Li Qiao had practiced "Hello" in Ukrainian N times, just to wait for this moment, but after Li Qiao said hello, Blokhin was very indifferent.

Of course, Li Qiao didn't know that, in fact, there was a big contradiction hidden under the superficial politeness of Blokhin and Lobarov.

The football concepts of Blokhin and Lobarov can be said to be very different. Lobarov’s point of view is that the overall situation of world football has been determined, and the only virgin land is Asia, especially China. If Ukrainian football wants to make a breakthrough, it can only be in Asia.

And Blokhin believes that Ukrainian football should be based on the homeland and close to Russia. He advocates that Ukrainian strong teams join the Russian Super League. After all, his famous father used to be nicknamed "Soviet Lightning", so it is not surprising that Blokhin has such an idea.

Knowing the deep differences behind this, it is not difficult to understand why Blokhin's first impression of Li Qiao was indifference.

Lobarov felt Blokhin's indifference, and he couldn't believe that Blokhin was so disrespectful in front of him.

The assistant coach "Marsh" is a mild-tempered person. Faced with an embarrassing situation, he called Li Qiao in English and introduced the situation to him.

Now only Blokhin and Lobarov are left in a corner of the training ground.

"Yuri" (Blokhin's name).

"Joe is a genius, I don't want your arrogance to ruin the club's future".

It stands to reason that Lobarov is Blokhin's superior, but we all know Blokhin's status.

"Lobarov, last time you brought a Korean kid back, you also said they were geniuses, but what happened?"
This sentence touched Lobarov's sore spot. Maybe Lobarov has too much affection for Asia. In his eyes, many Asian players are very talented, but to be honest, many people may not be called geniuses.

The Asian players (mainly South Korean and Japanese players) brought back by Lobarov are also very good, but at best they are only excellent, far from the standard of genius.

"Why can't you find talent in Eastern Europe? Why do you have to go to Asia? You don't know the greatness of football in the former Soviet Union. Asian football? Hmph, have they ever been great?"
Indeed, the Soviet team once won the World Cup runner-up and the European Cup champion. Compared with Soviet football, Asian football is indeed nothing.

"Yuri, the world has changed. The future of football is in Asia and China. I have no doubts about this."

Blokhin was silent. For him, silence meant that he still respected the person in front of him. After all, he was the number three person in the club. He didn't look at the face of the monk and looked at the face of the Buddha. If it was someone else, Blokhin would probably be violent.

Over there, Marsh took Li Qiao to get familiar with his teammates, but children of this age group are already very smart and will figure out what they want. They clearly felt Blokhin's attitude just now, although Blokhin didn't say anything.

But they know that whoever takes care of this Chinese kid must be unlucky.

Marsh introduced Li Qiao to get to know them one by one, and Li Qiao felt that the human feelings here are really colder than the weather in Ukraine.

Li Qiao shook hands with them at first, but later Li Qiao was unwilling to extend his hand. Li Qiao is a person with a temper, and he felt a sense of being humiliated.

Until a team member appears.

He leaned very far back, or even hid behind. When it was his turn to introduce, Li Qiao found out that he was the only black player in the team.

Judging from his position, it is obvious that he should also be the object of being squeezed out.

"Hi, my name is Prahimi, from Algeria".

He deliberately raised his voice and introduced himself to Li Qiao in English.

"Hi, my name is Joe".

Others looked at Prahimi with some dissatisfaction, and some looked gloating, which meant that you would look after him later.

It's time to introduce the captain.

"It's Captain Corbin," Marsh said.

Corbin is a native of Kiev and Blokhin's favorite, he is different from others, he is not so dog-legged, his attitude towards Li Qiao and Blokhin is the same, polite and indifferent.

"This is vice-captain Rotan," Marsh went on.

Luo Tan is from Belarus, and he can be regarded as a moderate person. Although he is dissatisfied with the cold violence here, he is a foreigner after all, so he dares not speak out.

"You can come to me if you need something later," Luo Tan said to Li Qiao.

The morning training is over. Although Li Qiao has already put on all the equipment, Li Qiao thought that he would always join the first training session. Even jogging would be a good start.

But Blokhin didn't call Li Qiao during the whole training session.

Li Qiao could only stand aside stupidly.

"Child, don't worry," Lobarov comforted.

Li Qiao nodded.

After the training session, a man ran over suddenly. Li Qiao saw that it was Prahimi. Prahimi said to Li Qiao in English: "People here are a bit racist, please pay attention to it later" (in fact, racism is still very serious in Eastern Europe).

While chatting, Li Qiao learned that Prahimi had immigrated to Ukraine with his parents since he was a child.

"What position do you play?" Li Qiao asked.

"lower back",
Li Qiao looked at the opponent's strong figure, and felt that it was really suitable for playing as a midfielder.

"I play forward".

Brahimi shook his head and said, "Then it's hard for you to have a chance," and then pointed to Corbin, "In the eyes of the coach, he is the only qualified striker."

Li Qiao looked at Corbin and said, "Really? Then let's compare."

　Li Qiao finally arrived at the training base, but the biggest difficulty for a Chinese in a foreign country is that others do not accept you. This is also a common problem that many Chinese who study abroad have had

　　
　
(End of this chapter)