Gao Hongbo really didn’t expect that the warm-up match opponents arranged for him by Chang Sheng would be opponents like the German team and Spain...
He originally thought it would be good to find some second- or third-rate European teams.
"This... as a warm-up match, will the opponent be too strong?"
He was a little worried.
"What are you afraid of in the warm-up match? It's normal for you to lose to Spain and Germany. Are you worried that losing to these two teams will demoralize you? Then when the real Asian Cup is about to start, you will arrange another underdog match to gain confidence.
Well." Chang Sheng said.
"The key is the quality of the warm-up matches, and finding ways to use your own technical and tactical characteristics in matches against strong teams. None of the opponents you encountered in the Asian Cup can be called an 'underdog'. Neither did the opponent.
Maybe like in a friendly match, if you are allowed to pass the ball at will in the midfield and frontcourt, they will definitely press and defend at a high position. What should you do? You have to compete with strong teams to accumulate such surprises, otherwise you will play against those colorful teams.
It’s useless no matter how much you play in the warm-up match.”
Gao Hongbo was persuaded by Chang Sheng and accepted his arrangement.
He is indeed worried about this issue.
The friendly matches were played beautifully, but what about actual combat?
The qualifiers and the finals are two completely different games. Fortunately, the Chinese team is divided into a group with the host Qatar. Westerners like Urine the most and are good at match-fixing. If the match between Qatar and the Chinese team
If something doesn't happen, it's really hard to say.
In order to cope with various situations, he does need some high-level competition.
"And if you come here in December, you can play a few teaching games with my Lazio, and you will gain more than if you played with domestic clubs in Hainan."
Gao Hongbo nodded: "Okay, but the warm-up matches and training sessions are not up to me. I have to report to the Football Association..."
"Go ahead. Just say this is a request from Lazio Club."
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After Gao Hongbo hung up the phone, he did not report it to the Football Association immediately. Instead, he first asked his wife. As the deputy director of the Football Association Press Office, she should have a more sensitive sense of smell for these things than him.
He wanted to ask his wife if there would be any problems if he had agreed with Chang Sheng in private before asking the Football Association.
After listening to his words, his wife pondered for a while and then said: "You can speak more tactfully and pay attention to the way you speak. I think the only problem in this matter is money. The money spent on the training camps in Hainan and Guangzhou is not at all what I spent on going to Italy."
There are so many flowers…”
Just as his wife mentioned this issue, Gao Hongbo's phone rang, and it was Chang Sheng calling again.
Gao Hongbo picked it up in front of his wife: "Is there anything else, Lao Chang?"
"I forgot to mention it, Lao Gao. I guess the Football Association should be more sensitive to money. If their annual salary is too high, you tell them that the club will cover all accommodation and dining expenses at the Vermelo training base.
You don’t need to pay a penny!”
After Gao Hongbo heard this, he looked at his wife and smiled.
After thanking Chang Sheng, he hung up the phone and said to his wife: "I really thought about going together. Chang Sheng called and said that Lazio Club will also cover the accommodation and food expenses."
Then my wife also laughed: "Then the resistance will be much smaller. You know that the Football Association is a fan of foreigners. If it can be related to a club like Lazio, I think they will be willing to do so."
So Gao Hongbo called the chairman of the Football Association and told the chairman of the Football Association about the news about the training warm-up that he and Chang Sheng had on the phone.
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While Gao Hongbo was on the phone with the Football Association, Chang Sheng was also calling Lotito and told Lotito about the conversation between himself and Gao Hongbo.
The main thing is to ask Lotito about lending the club's training base to the Chinese national team for free.
Lotito was hesitant about providing free accommodation and meals, but Chang Sheng laughed at him: "The Chinese national team comes here for training. How much coverage from the Chinese media and attention from Chinese fans will it attract, Mr. Chairman? This is all invisible and free.
Publicity and advertising. And..."
Chang Sheng laughed evilly: "We can train in a closed environment. If the media wants to film the joint training between the Chinese team and Lazio, they have to pay! Isn't the money coming?"
Lotito's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This is a good idea!"
That's it, Lazio Club has no problem.
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At the same time, the Football Association also agreed to Gao Hongbo's proposal to train at the Lazio club's training base in Rome, Italy.
The other party agreed without hesitation. The success surprised Gao Hongbo.
How did Gao Hongbo know that just one day ago, the head of Wanda Group, a well-known Chinese real estate company, approached the Chinese Football Association and proposed that they were willing to spend a lot of money to sponsor Chinese football and support the development of Chinese football.
This plan makes the Chinese Football Association very excited.
Wanda Group proposed that they are willing to help the Football Association pay for a world-class coach to coach the Chinese team for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
In addition, they have a package of other plans, such as sending several groups of young players to foreign clubs for training every year, all of which are funded by Wanda Group...
The investment in the first year alone is 135 million yuan!
This part of the money includes sponsorship of the Chinese Super League, expenses for the Chinese team, referee funds, U-series youth leagues and youth overseas programs.
According to the cooperation plan provided by Wanda Group, the cooperation period between the two parties will be more than ten years, and the investment in the five Chinese football projects will increase year by year, with the annual increase rate not exceeding 20%. If the annual increase is 2%
Calculated in ten increments, it is estimated that when the ten-year contract expires, the contract value will be approximately 3.5 billion yuan.
Of course, this amount does not constitute a burden for Wanda Group. Wanda Group currently has five major industries: commercial real estate, high-end hotels, cultural industries, chain department stores, and tourism and vacation. It plans to open 70 Wanda Plazas by 2012. Holding
The rental property area is 13 million square meters, with an annual rental income of more than 7 billion yuan. Investing more than 100 million yuan a year in Chinese football can be said to be a drop in the bucket.
Just when the Chinese Football Association was so excited that Wanda Group, the financial backer, came to the door, they heard that Lazio Club had also taken the initiative to extend an olive branch... They really wondered if the spring of Chinese football was coming.
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The reason why the Football Association happily supports Gao Hongbo's proposal is because they realize that this is an important way to establish a relationship with Lazio Club and Changsheng.
Isn’t Wanda Group looking for a world-class coach?
Then there is no need for any global coaching selection, there is a world-class Chinese local coach in front of him who always wins!
If Chang Sheng can be persuaded to coach the national team, it will look good both in terms of results and their reputation.
Before, they had hoped that Chang Sheng would coach the Chinese Olympic team, but he was rejected without hesitation. The Football Association believed that the level of the Olympic team was too low. If they invite Chang Sheng to coach the Chinese national team this time, Chang Sheng would definitely not be able to do so.
Will refuse.
If that doesn't work, they can also agree to win part-time and coach Lazio and the national team at the same time...
I just suffer from the inability to establish a trusting and friendly relationship with Chang Sheng.
I feel so sleepy that someone gives me a pillow.
Isn't now a perfect opportunity?
People have already extended an olive branch. If the Football Association refuses, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? Then how can we talk about future cooperation?
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After hanging up the phone, Gao Hongbo shook his head and said to his wife: "It went so smoothly that it's unbelievable. I thought the Football Association would make things difficult..."
The wife smiled: "As long as everything goes well. Let's play well in the Asian Cup this time. Just because you became the head coach of the national team, my dad started watching the national team games again. He hadn't watched them for a long time before.
"
Gao Hongbo smiled a little shyly: "Try not to disappoint the old man."
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The next thing is to enter the official level.
Lazio Club officially sent a letter to the Chinese Football Association, inviting them to the Formello training base to train in preparation for the Asian Cup.
Of course the Chinese Football Association accepted it.
Subsequently, the Chinese Football Association, the German Football Association, and the Spanish Football Association respectively sent letters to apply to play warm-up matches with these two national teams.
And because the football federations of both countries had been greeted by the national team head coaches in advance, they naturally had nothing to refuse and they all agreed.
In this way, half a month before the start of the training camp, the Chinese Football Association has finalized all training matters.
It happened that Indonesia was going to participate in the Southeast Asian Football Championship and could not participate in the warm-up match on the 26th, so the game was cancelled. The Chinese team now has no time to fly back to China from Rome, Italy, to play such a game.
The opponents they warmed up with were all world-class teams, and they were not shy about playing against a team like Indonesia!
Soon the Chinese Football Association, the Spanish Football Association, the German Football Association and the Lazio Club officially announced this series of news.
The Chinese Football Association announced that the Chinese national team will go to Rome, Italy, for training in preparation for the Asian Cup, and will play a warm-up match with the Spanish national team and the German national team!
When the news was announced, Chinese fans and their friends were shocked!
At first, everyone thought this was fake news and rumors, and scolded the media for having no bottom line and only spreading rumors.
But when Lazio Club, the Spanish Football Association and the German Football Association all confirmed the news, Chinese fans were shocked again.
Someone exclaimed: "The Chinese team is so bad that it can make Germany and Spain compete to warm up... Is this the sun coming out in the west?"
"Go to Lazio for training? Then warm up with Germany and Spain... The Chinese team's preparations for the Asian Cup are a bit luxurious!"
"What kind of rhythm is this? Why has the Chinese team suddenly become the hot cake that everyone is vying for? Is it really that sensitive words are about to become popular?"
There was a lot of discussion on the Internet! (To be continued...)
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