A month after the National Olympic Team qualified successfully, Qiu Suhui recovered from his busy schedule. He went home to visit his parents and fulfill his filial piety. Then he successfully stopped the Football Association from recruiting Yang Pan into the national team to play in the Asian Cup. Then there was the National Olympic Team training camp, but not long after the training camp, the players found that only Hu Li was leading the team on the training ground, and Qiu Zhi disappeared.

Hu Li told everyone that Qiu Zhi went to Europe to watch the highest level of football match this summer - the 2004 Portugal European Championship.

However, many team members privately believed that Qiu Zhi must have taken this opportunity to travel to Portugal for public travel.

After enjoying the two weeks of vacation, the teenagers of the National Olympic Team gathered again and worked hard for the Athens Olympics with the hope of hundreds of millions of fans across the country.

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Yang Pan's return to China can almost be regarded as a return home. TV, newspapers and magazines have reported that as the first Chinese player to play in the Serie A, the first Chinese player to score goals in Serie A, and the first Chinese player to join the giant AC Milan, his influence in China is no longer limited to football.

CCTV5 once again invited Yang Pan to participate in the interview program. This time the person sitting next to him has changed to Li Yongle, who has quickly become popular with the excellent performance of the National Olympic Games in the qualifiers, rather than Zhang Jun.

"Li Yongle was your opponent of Zhang Jun before!" Liu Hongmin smiled. The audience was always interested in the past of celebrities, especially when the past of the two celebrities was still intertwined.

"It's the same now." Yang Pan corrected the host's statement.

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Xiang Tao sat in front of the TV, watching Yang Pan and Li Yongle on the TV and murmured to himself. "Even Lao Hu was invited to the scene, why didn't I have the luck?"

Wang Yu knocked on him: "Let's talk about it when you become famous like them."

"Am I not famous enough?" Indeed, compared to being selected for the National Olympic Team, Xiang Tao can be considered very famous, but...

"Idiot! Your fame is already very proud of your face without letting you get on the news!" Wang Yu cursed behind him. Now many people know that Xiang Tao is the funny king of the National Olympic Games. If Qiu Suhui had not had enough prestige, Xiang Tao might have been fired from the National Olympic Team long ago.

"Hey, girl! Have you ever thought about it? What should we do after the Olympics?" Xiang Tao asked suddenly.

"What should I do?" Wang Yu was stunned. He had never considered this issue. "...I think I'm going back to the club."

"Well, you should have no problem going back. But I...hehe!" Xiang Tao smiled, "You know that in the club, both the youth team and the first team coach, don't like me very much. Even if I perform well here, they won't look at me with a look."

Wang Yu looked at his good friend: "Then what are you going to do?"

"I..." Xiang Tao held his chin and looked at the TV. The host was asking Li Yongle about his future plans. "...I want to go out to play football. No matter where I go, I can't be in China."

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"So you plan to go abroad to develop directly?" Liu Hongmin asked back at Li Yongle.

Li Yongle nodded: "My agent is already doing this with all his might. I think there should be more accurate news after the Asian Cup."

"So is there any club you prefer?" This is a question with a small trap. Liu Hongmin actually asked Li Yongle more tactfully which club he wants to go to now. But when Li Yongle answered truthfully, Liu Hongmin felt that he had asked in vain.

Li Yongle replied: "I am an Inter Milan fan."

Liu Hongmin thought it was impossible to let you go to Inter Milan now, and Inter Milan would not leave you with one of the first team spots. It would be better to be realistic. Because this answer was completely beyond Liu Hongmin's expectations, he prepared all the questions he asked in advance and was invalid, so he had to laugh: "Ha! There are indeed many Inter Milan fans in China, ha!"

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"Ha! Inter Milan! His ambition is really lofty!" Xiang Tao laughed in front of the TV.

But Wang Yu interrupted Xiang Tao's laughter: "Go to any one? Do you think it's so easy to play football abroad? Leave if you want?"

"I have already talked with Lao Qiu, and he promised to recommend it to foreign clubs. With his relationship abroad, it is not difficult. As for the club, I will also go to the low-level teams. As for the club, they all want me to leave." Xiang Tao still looked at the TV and said.

"Impossible, with your current strength, the club has no reason to let you go..." Wang Yu was a little excited.

"Girl, don't know. During the holiday period, I went to the team and met some old acquaintances." Xiang Tao ignored Wang Yu's sudden excitement, but said to himself. "I just suddenly remembered that there was something I forgot in the team, so I went back to get it. What do you think of those people? They said I came back to show off. They said that I, a person who couldn't even play the main players of the youth team, could actually play football in the National Olympic Team, and my family must have given him a lot of money... I'm the god of his ancestors! I'll show it to them? Those turtle sons don't have the qualifications to let me do this!"

No wonder Xiang Tao is so excited. His family, from grandfather to father, were all workers. Although they were not rich and still had some difficulties, they were all upright. In the eyes of those smooth and secular people, their family had a strange temper and was inhumane. To Xiang Tao said in front of Xiang Tao that his family gave money to him for the National Olympic Games, it could be said that it was insulting Xiang Tao's family. This is something that Xiang Tao could never tolerate. Wang Yu knew Xiang Tao's temper well. If he said such words, if he was not beaten by Xiang Tao and his relatives would be disregarded, he would have accumulated good deeds for eight lifetimes.

“How many people went to the hospital?”

"No, there is not one." Xiang Tao shook his head. "I didn't do anything at all."

"Why?" Wang Yu was a little surprised.

"I don't want to be fired from the National Olympic Team because of a moment of pleasure." Xiang Tao's emotions were calm when his blood surged, which made Wang Yu look at him with admiration. But this was actually Qiu Suhui's credit. Qiu Suhui always told Xiang Tao that if he wanted to make great progress, then his irritable temper must be restrained, especially in China. "Besides, I am the main force of the National Olympic Team now, what about them? I don't even know if the first team can enter, I'm afraid that the move will lower my identity. Hehe!"

"My God! Forget it like that? I'll go back and get rid of those turtle sons for you! I'm still a little prestige in the team."

"No need to do it." Xiang Tao shook his head again.

"Then I'll go and ask the coach for mercy..."

"Haha! If this is the case, the coach will definitely look at you with a weird look, which makes you feel terrified, and then ask you: 'Wang Yu, you won't be with that Xiang Tao for a long time and your mind has become stupid, right?' Although you are the main force in the team, in this case, you'd better not make a fuss, otherwise you won't even be able to protect your position."

Wang Yu shut up.

"Okay, thank you both for accepting our visit! Looking forward to your wonderful performance at the Athens Olympics!"

"Pi!" Xiang Tao turned off the TV and said to Wang Yu: "Do you want to go out and have fun?"

Wang Yu shook his head weakly: "No, I... have some headaches. You can go by yourself."

Xiang Tao smiled, then opened the door and beat it out.

Girl, you are not capable or qualified to worry about me now! But don’t think too much, it will be good for you and me.

Xiang Tao went out for a walk, but did not meet anyone. He stood in the corridor and shouted with a boring voice: "Everything is out! It's open! It's open! The opening match of the European Championship, Portugal vs. Greece, now accept betting!"

Suddenly, the closed door opened and the crowd jumped out of the door: "I have been waiting for Brother Tao to open the market. I bought Portugal for ten yuan!"

"Damn! You're so stingy! I'll buy Portugal for twelve dollars!"

"Day, you're not much better!"

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"Hey! They are all stars, so the bet is so small? The highest is fifty yuan, the smallest one... who puts this one yuan?" Xiang Tao looked at the account book in his hand and shouted. "Mom, one is more stingy than the other! The materialism of the National Olympic Games is not ordinary and serious!"

Wang Yu sighed at Xiang Tao who was screaming. Will teammates who had been 8 years finally be separated?

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The most important event this summer, the 2004 European Championships in Portugal officially kicked off at 4:30 pm local time on June 12, at Porto's home court, Dragon Stadium.

After the wonderful opening ceremony, the match between Portugal and Greece began, and no one thought what role this game would play in this European Championship.

Portugal lost, and lost neatly in front of 50,000 hometown elders in the game.

Before the game, people were talking about the final masterpiece of Portugal's Golden Generation, the strength of the French Legion, the boys of England, the handsome guys of Italy, Raul of Spain, the Netherlands, Germany... They were all known as ones. But the facts once again proved that the European Championships were the hotbed of dark horses. Denmark in 1992, the Czech Republic in 1996, and then this year's Greece.

After defeating the host Portugal, many people still think that it was just because the host underestimated the enemy and became more nervous that the Greeks' first goal in the international competition in the past 20 years and their first victory.

People generally have superstitious authority and worship the strong. Football is no exception. However, the Greeks used their tenacious defense and efficient counterattack to advance all the way. After qualifying from Group A, they eliminated the defending champion France with two 1:0 in a row, and the favorite Czech Republic, and finally stood in the final of this European Championship - the Light Stadium in Lisbon. From the beginning to the end, it was already very telling. However, most people still think that the Greeks have lost their luck, and two 1:0 are just despicable negative tactics. They will not be able to defeat the Portuguese team with time, place, and people.

But unfortunately, in the face of myth, all the advantages are insignificant. Another 1:0!

Charlesteas, the tall center who was only 22 years old, made the hosts cry after ending France.

Greece can no longer be described as a "dark horse". They are "Trojan horse virus".

Many fans are still sighing for Portugal and speaking out for the "golden generation". However, Qiu Suhui only focuses on Greek coach Otto Rehager. What kind of magic did he bring the Greek team, which was still a standard bear, to the podium of the European Championships championship?

Qiu Suhui feels that understanding Rehagel's style is very useful to the current Chinese national team. Isn't anyone already comparing the Chinese team in the Asian Cup with the Greek team? However, it seems that the Chinese team is not qualified to compare with the Greek team, and they are not inferior to the same level.

Speaking of the Asian Cup, although Ali Han likes Yang Pan very much and hopes that he can participate in the Asian Cup. However, Qiu Suhui has already rejected the Football Association's request to draw Yang Pan to the national team with a very tough attitude.

Yang Pan is not an iron man. He just finished a season of Serie A and had to participate in the Olympics in August. He had no time to rest when he was allowed to participate in the Asian Cup. This would be extremely unfavorable for him next season, especially if he had to compete with a group of world superstars in AC Milan.

The Football Association's approach is tantamount to killing chickens and getting eggs, and it is completely eager for quick success and instant benefits. Therefore, Qiu Suhui did not hesitate to make Luo Wenqiang and the General Administration of Sports very unhappy with him, and also wanted to ensure Yang Pan's rest time.

Ali Han is a reasonable person. After communicating with Qiu Suhui, he announced that he would no longer ask Yang Pan to come back to play the Asian Cup. The Football Association had no excuses at this moment, and the matter finally subsided and no longer mentioned it.

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When Zhang Jun was still undergoing rehabilitation treatment under the careful care of Feng Qing and Sophie, the entire National Olympic Team had already finished a brief training camp in China. Under the leadership of Qiu Suhui, he flew to the Netherlands to conduct adaptive training camp at the training base in Ajax.

Because it is now in the holiday stage, there is only one user of the National Olympic Team in such a large base. Qingjing means purity, but Qiu Suhui feels that there are no Dutch people, and the National Olympic Team lacks a good teacher and reference.

After settling down those excited boys, Qiu Suhui went out to wander around alone. He used to be very familiar with this place. After all, he had worked here for more than a year and had created the third brilliant start of Ajax with Van Gaal. However, now this place has made him a little overwhelmed. It seems that the base has been renovated and expanded. Qiu Suhui walked with his heart, turned left and right and got lost.

"Uh, this is... east? Then there should be west? But I was clearly heading north just now?" Qiu Suhui stood at a small fork in the road and scratched his head and muttered to himself.

"You seem to be in some trouble. Do you need my help?" someone behind him asked in English.

"Ah, thank you so much. I want to go to Building 3, Area A, may I ask..." Qiu Suhui turned around but was shocked, "Marco?"

The visitor was none other than the powerful Dutch striker Marco van Basten.

"Hi! Qiu, long time no see!" Basten raised his hand and greeted him.

The two were selected into the best team in the same World Youth Championship and compared. Coupled with Qiu Suhui's experience of studying in the Netherlands, their friendship has continued from the beginning of the World Youth Championship.

Unfortunately, due to the different environments, one became a superstar who became famous in the world football world in the future. His premature departure made countless people reluctant to leave. The other was hang out in his domestic league and was eventually ruined and retired earlier than the former, but not many people still remember his glorious past.

Qiu Suhui's talent back then made Basten a little envious, but the endings of the two were so different. Is this fate?

"Ah, yes. We haven't met for a long time." Qiu Suhui replied, really didn't expect to meet him here today.

"I heard Ronald (Keman) say that a Chinese team will come here to train during this period, but I didn't expect you to be the head coach. Tsk, look, you are the head coach of the Chinese National Olympic Team, and I am just the coach of the club's youth team."

"I heard that the Dutch Football Association is looking for you to be the head coach of the Dutch national team?" Qiu Suhui asked back.

"Haha! Stop talking about this. We finally met each other and how would it look like standing here and chatting? Go have a cup of coffee and I'll treat you." Basten said with a smile.

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"This is a cafe in the club, how about it? Not bad, right?" Basten said with a smile.

Qiu Suhui turned his head and looked around the cafe. Whether it was decoration or service, it reminded people of the cafe outside. After he left, Ajax had changed a lot, and even the cafe was built. "It's really good... When I wanted to drink coffee here, I could only make it, or buy instant brews myself. The conditions are much better now..."
To be continued...