Chapter 713 Attending the State Banquet
Fan Zhiyi continued: "Having Su Yiming, we have ten years of fault tolerance."
"But if we just have this time and do nothing, wouldn't we waste Su Yiming in vain?"
"I'll give you a knowledge point."
"Ten years ago, the number of professional players registered in our country was 5,000."
"Yes, you heard it right. We have a population of 1.3 billion, but the number of professional players registered in our country is 5,000."
"Would you feel a little unbelievable when you hear this number?"
"But this is indeed true."
"Before the Football Association was dissolved, do you know how many staff members there were in the Football Association?"
"The entire Longguo Football Association has 30 people in the main department, 90 people in the deputy department, 300 people in the main department, 1,000 people in the deputy department, plus ordinary staff, logistics, and cleaning, the entire Football Association has about 10,000 people."
"Is it ridiculous?"
"Is it sad?"
"The Football Association is twice as many as professional football players!"
"Why can the Dragon Team play so well after the Football Association is disbanded?"
"I really moved away the mountains pressing on my body!"
Fan Zhiyi said sadly: "Ten years ago, our professional players had 5,000. So, today ten years later, how many professional players are there? Have you made any progress?"
"Some." Fan Zhiyi said in a deep voice: "Ten years later, the number of registered professional players in our country is 7,000, 2,000 more than before."
"Ten years!"
Fan Zhiyi's voice was a little hoarse and old, "Both generations of stars are about to retire. Our country with a population of 1.3 billion has only 2,000 more professional players! And this is already a great development!"
"Our Dragon Kingdom is the only country in the world with the largest number of fans in the world and the smallest proportion of professional players in the world!"
"Nothing else, do you know how many people there are in Iceland?"
"Iceland, a place where birds don't like to shit! There are only 300,000 people in the country of Iceland."
"One Tiantongyuan community has a population of 700,000! The entire country of Iceland is not as large as that of our community."
"But do you know how many registered players are in Iceland?"
Fan Zhiyi paused for a moment and said almost even more: "The registered population of professional football in Iceland is 21,500."
The whole commentary room was quiet.
Not only the commentary room, but also in front of the TV sets of each company, and on the online platform, all the sounds were quiet.
"This is the most real situation of Longguo football."
Fan Zhiyi said: "The Long Kingdom has no football population."
"There are not more and more people playing football, but fewer and fewer people."
"Why? Why are there so few people playing football in our country with such a large population?"
"Is there a lack of youth training facilities? Is there a lack of turf? Is there a lack of court?"
“Yes, but that’s not the main reason.”
"The real main reason is that there is no way for children to rise."
"The country is blindly emphasizing learning cultural courses, and education is taking exams. All schools are using score lines to evaluate whether a child is excellent."
"Parents also believe that only by studying hard can there be a way out."
"So, now only parents who have good family conditions and don't worry about their future livelihood will send their children to play football."
"Every parent wants their children to get into college and find a good job after graduation."
"But does Longguo really need so many college students?"
"I haven't been to college, I don't know."
"But I know that college shouldn't be the only way out."
"Today, our Dragons team won the Australian team, but we actually lost."
"If we don't pay attention to it anymore, when the older generation of players grows old and when Su Yiming retires, the football in Longguo will be immediately beaten back to its original form."
"Fortunately, we still have time - this is a critical time to determine whether our Longguo football and other sports can rise."
After saying that, Fan Zhiyi sipped backward and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Andy nodded slightly, "Although Teacher Gary and I are not from Long Guo, our feelings for Long Guo team are sincere. We really hope that Long Guo football can rise with the momentum of Su Yiming. Okay, the commentary of today's game has come to an end for the time being. Let's see you again later in the match between Iran and Baiguo."
After the game,
The entire Long Guo team took a bus back to the training base.
Along the way, the Dragon Team was caught up by Long Team fans and Qatar fans to celebrate.
Su Yiming sat by the bus window and waved to the fans throughout the journey.
After returning to the training base, Camacho was about to summarize the tactics after the game, Sun Wen hurried over.
Following Sun Wen were the staff of the embassy and the guards of the Doha royal family.
"Yiming," Sun Wen said with a smile: "Queen Mozha held a state banquet at the Doha Palace and asked you to attend."
Su Yiming smiled bitterly and said, "State Banquet? This... I'll forget it?"
The embassy counselor next to him smiled and said, "Mr. Su, you now not only represent yourself, but also represent our Long Kingdom. This important diplomatic matter is the key to enhancing friendly cooperation between our two countries, so please be sure to participate."
Su Yiming hurriedly said, "Okay, it's up to you to serve the country, but... our tactical summary class has not been completed yet. Can you wait until the tactical class is finished before leaving?"
Sun Wen smiled and said, "Of course, but we have to do it as soon as possible-oh by the way, Su, have you brought a suit? Today's dinner is a state banquet, so you must attend in formal wear."
Su Yiming smiled helplessly and said, "When I came, I didn't prepare so much."
The embassy counselor said: "It doesn't matter, we will prepare this for you. We will set off in half an hour."
Su Yiming looked at Camacho, and Camacho nodded slightly, "Half an hour, no problem."
Sun Wen and others left immediately to prepare for the state banquet.
Camacho began to teach the Dragon Team tactical summary class.
This victory was of course a big win across the board, but the problems exposed by the Dragon Team are becoming more and more obvious.
The main problem is physical fitness, but physical fitness problems are no longer solved in this competition.
The second problem is the defensive formation.
The individual defense of the Long Guo team is reasonable, but when the opponent uses penetration cooperation, the disadvantage of the Long Guo team's defensive position is very obvious.
If Su Yiming hadn't retreated many times to participate in the defense, at least three goals would have been recovered by Australia in the second half.
The lack of physical fitness and defensive disadvantages are the biggest problem facing the Dragon Team at present.
The post-match summary class ended, and it took just half an hour.
Chapter completed!