World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 260 Chongming Youth Training Base
Asian Cup Champion!
We stand on top of Asia!
On the second day after defeating Saudi Arabia to win the championship, all the domestic media reported the championship feast.

Speaking of it, this is the first international-level championship trophy in the history of the Chinese football men's adult national team.

Unlike last year's World Youth Championship, the championship trophy won by the adult team is more likely to resonate with domestic fans.

On the night of winning the championship, the streets of Shanghai were filled with various parades.

The fans held up the words "New Millennium, New Champion", all showing their expectations for the new century.

The Chinese team won the championship in their own country, so the result is naturally joyful behind closed doors.

No matter how noisy the West Asian teams such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Lebanon are, with the endorsement of the AFC, this Asian Cup is finally a complete success.

According to official statistics after the game, in these 17 games, the average number of people attending each game was as high as 50354.

This is a rather scary number!

In addition to demonstrating the stability of the environment in China, it also represents the support of Chinese fans for this sport.

Whether it is Zhuxie, the venue provider, the host city, or the AFC, they have all gained a considerable amount of income in this successful Asian Cup China.

With these benefits, China has gained huge support in its bid to host the next Asian Cup.

According to the process, the next Asian Cup should have been China's turn.

One of China's requirements for taking over this time is not to affect the campaign to host the next Asian Cup.

These are all agreed in advance.

However, the Chinese team won the championship at home this time, but it caused dissatisfaction among some West Asian countries headed by the Iranian team.

In the just-concluded AFC elections, West Asian countries voted unanimously against it.

Zhang Jilong was also prepared for the layers of obstacles in West Asia.

The fundamental reason why it is said to have received "huge support" is that the Chinese team has pulled Japan, South Korea and some other East Asian countries into their camp.

In this Asian Cup, the three East Asian countries have won three of the top four.

This in itself is a victory for the East Asian community.

Coupled with the support of some hard data such as China's geographical location, venue conditions, and fan support.

The delegation headed by Zhang Jilong finally won the right to host the 2004 Asian Cup three days after the Asian Cup closed.

This is undoubtedly a great joy for Chinese fans and the football community.

You must know that after the Asian Cup, the major media wrote articles such as "The prospect of China's bid is not optimistic", "Are we going to be "reckoned" again? " and the like title.

But Zhang Jilong said in his first appearance after regaining the right to host, "The trump card for successfully winning the right to host this time is the word 'feeling'."

"After 18 members of the delegation struck in full force."

"In the end, each of the 15 AFC executive committee members (not including Zhang himself) verbally agreed to support us."

"That's enough!"

"Although it was later revealed that at least six people had lied, our emotional input undoubtedly played a key role."

In any case, the successful hosting of the Asian Cup this time has completely allowed the Chinese team to pull other East Asian countries into their own community of interests.

Seeing such a result, the "Iranian Sports Daily" issued an article saying: "The Chinese team has hosted the Asian Cup for two consecutive years."

"This means that the Asian football pattern in the next 5 to 10 years will be tilted towards East Asia."

In addition to collective honors, the individual honors of this Asian Cup are almost taken over by Chinese players.

While Yang Chen won the Asian Cup Golden Boot with 10 goals, he also became the single best scorer in the history of the Asian Cup!
Since the first Asian Cup in 1956, the Asian Cup has been held every four years, and it has been held 12 times so far.

From the seventh session in 1980, Fariba of Iran and Choi Sun-ho of South Korea tied for the top scorer with 7 goals in a single session.

The top scorers in 84, 88, and 92 all scored 3 goals. Compared with the European Cup, I don't know whether to say that the Asian Cup is too anxious or pecking at each other.

But no matter what, Fake Xiuquan won the Asian Cup Golden Boot with 84 goals in 3. This is already the best individual honor that Chinese football has ever won in the Asian Cup.

This time, Yang Chen raised the record of the top scorer in the Asian Cup to more than double digits for the first time, which is enough for his name to leave a strong mark in the history of the Asian Cup.

In addition to the Asian Cup Golden Boot, Ou Chuliang also won the honor of the best goalkeeper in the Asian Cup.

Conceding only 6 goals in 3 games, Ou Chuliang defeated Dia Yaya directly at the age of 32, and won the title of the best goalkeeper in Asia.

In addition, Yang Chen, Ou Chuliang, Li Weifeng, Ma Mingyu and Li Tie were also selected as the best team for the Asian Cup.

11 accounted for 5, which basically accounted for half of the Asian football.

To sum up, this Asian Cup is close to perfect for Chinese football.

The national team won the highest honor, the players won the championship title and generous rewards, the bamboo shoes improved their reputation, the host cities also received tourism income, and the fans also gained great pride and satisfaction.
For Zeng Zheng, the only regret may be the unhappiness with his girlfriend during the Asian Cup.

After the quarrel that day, Ms. Qian left the Zhuxie Group and put all her experiences on her career.

Even if Zeng Zheng called to announce the good news after winning the best coach, he was rejected by the other party.

In desperation, Zeng Zheng had no choice but to call the official Mr. Qian.

Only then did I know that Ms. Qian actually went to the frontier during this period of time, while traveling, while looking for a suitable venue in WLMQ to raise funds to build the venue.

This is what the two had discussed in advance.

Before the opening of A-A at the beginning of the year, Zhuxie mentioned a plan about "revitalizing western football".

At that time, they only named the three teams of Chongqing Loncin, Sichuan Quanxing and Shaanxi Guoli, and gave them some basic policy support.

Other than that, there isn't much action.

He does not mean that.

The territory of the motherland is so large, football should not only develop in these eastern provinces.

Anyway, the maintenance and management of Zeng Zheng's turf facilities is basically zero cost, and it doesn't cost much.

Going to the border to build more football fields can actually improve local stability and unity.

Zeng Zheng originally planned to send Han Tao back to his hometown to do this after the Asian Cup, but Miss Qian was so angry that she went to the frontier to discuss business by herself.

After telling Mr. Qian to protect the safety of his girlfriend, Zeng Zheng once again put himself into endless work.

"Xiao Zeng, I didn't mean you."

"Miss is not young anymore."

"Men can wait, but women can't wait!"

"As someone who has experienced it, I can remind you that it is a good thing to be busy with your career."

"But if you miss your whole life because of your career, there is no regret medicine in this world!"

After hearing this, Zeng Zheng nodded repeatedly.

"Uncle Qian, you are right, I didn't think carefully this time."

"When I'm busy with this time, I'll go to her in person at the end of the year and talk about it."

"During this time, she will trouble you to take care of her."

After hanging up the phone thankfully, Zeng Zheng said, "Please come in."

Han Tao, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, came in with two plane tickets in his hand.

"Boss Zeng, the ticket to Wuhan at night has been picked up. Let's go now."

Zeng Zheng opened the itinerary and glanced at it briefly, then immediately got up and said, "Xiao Tao, pack all your luggage."

"Let's go to the CM area first, and then go to the airport."

An hour later, the commercial vehicle specially assigned to Zeng Zheng by Zhuxie of Shanghai Park stopped at the south end of Chongming Dongping National Forest Park.

After getting out of the car, Zeng Zheng did not go to the lush forest, but to the park opposite the forest park.

As soon as he entered the gate, a Lingbi stone caught Zeng Zheng's attention.

"Look, Boss Zeng, who created China's Manchester United?!"

"Huh!"

"What a big tone!" Han Tao said in a low voice.

Zeng Zheng shook his head and corrected him: "It's not loud, it's ambition!"

"Football can't be done by me alone."

"I hope that the more people with such a tone in the country, the better."

Before he could finish speaking, an elderly man in his mid-century with a mid-length comb and square myopia glasses hurried out of the garden.

As soon as they met, they reached out and grabbed Zeng Zheng's hands.

"Ahhh, Coach Zeng took time out of his busy schedule to come to the humble house, and it was a bit of a surprise, a bit of a surprise!"

The other party is being polite to himself.

But Zeng Zheng wouldn't really use the power to play an official role.

"Coach Xu, where are you talking?"

"After receiving your call last night, I immediately changed my itinerary."

"Didn't you come here early in the morning?"

"With your old friend's personal invitation, I have to come here no matter what!"

The half-hundred old man in front of him is the famous coach Xu Hebao Xu.

At the beginning of the year, Coach Xu, who resigned from his position as the head coach of Wanda, returned to Shanghai and founded the Hebao Football Youth Training Base.

This year is almost over, and the entire park has been basically completed.

The supplier of the turf, drainage and follow-up maintenance facilities of Xu Hebao's football base is Zeng Zheng.

The entire park covers an area of ​​[-] mu, with four standard fields and an indoor football field.

Although it has not yet been fully opened, there are already many children who have been recruited in advance to train and play football in the venue.

This time Xu Hebao asked Zeng Zheng to come to see these children.

Xu Hebao: "Coach Zeng, with your turf supply and technical support, the base will be able to open to the public around February next year. At that time, I have to trouble you to come over and cut the ribbon!"

Zeng Zheng: "Where is Coach Xu talking about, just call me when the time comes, and I will come over when I receive the call!"

Xu Hebao: "Don't, don't, the ribbon-cutting in the park is a small matter, but the national team's game is a big one! Coach Zeng, don't delay the national team's game because of my trivial matter!"

Zeng Zheng: "Ha! Coach Xu is at ease. Now the national team is basically on the right track. As long as the logistics can keep up, there will be a steady stream of talented young people entering the national team. It's hard to lose in this game. !"

"Hahahaha"

The two looked at each other and laughed loudly.

It is undeniable that Xu Hebao had the idea of ​​making money by investing 3000 million to set up this football youth training base by taking advantage of the momentum of football prosperity in the millennium.

But this does not conflict with cultivating young talents!
Most people in this world are not saints.

Being able to cultivate youth football talents while making money is such a good deal that kills two birds with one stone, and neither of them will miss it.

Now some capable big clubs in A-A have begun to use the club as a unit to cultivate youth echelons in various places.

It was the first one other than Zeng Zheng to open such a large-scale youth training base in the name of Xu Hebao.

The market has not yet been filled, and everyone naturally focuses on cooperation.

In fact, the advertising benefits brought by this Asian Cup to Zeng Zheng are also great.

Although Zeng Zheng's Jianglong team has conflicts with other major clubs in the competition for young talents; but in terms of venue infrastructure, many clubs have already approached Zeng Zheng for negotiation.

If there is no accident, by the end of next year, all A-A home courts will be able to use the turf provided by Zeng Zheng.

While chatting and laughing, Zeng Zheng followed Xu Hebao and others to the training ground.

"Currently, there are two batches of trainees in the Chongming Training Base: 13-15 years old and 15-18 years old."

"For those who are too young, we will recruit them after the opening ceremony next year."

Zeng Zheng nodded after listening.

It is indeed the first choice for this kind of youth training base to recruit and train players of the right age who will be able to play in the second division after a few years.

After arriving at the training ground, Zeng Zheng and his team did not disturb the students and coaches on the field, but went straight to the rostrum, found a seat and sat down.

Xu Hebao is 55 years old this year, and people like Gao Hongbo, General Fan, Cheng Yaodong, Xie Hui, Wu Chengying, Qi Hong, and Shen Si are all his favorite students.

Among these people, there are also many connections with Zeng Zheng.

For example, Gao Hongbo is still leading the Jianglong team, and General Fan, Xie Hui, Wu Chengying, Qi Hong, and Shen Si are currently playing under Zeng Zheng's command.

But when it comes to the Chongming training base, the most famous one is Wu Lei, who was born in 91.

But that kid's father is a thief.

When my Huayuankou summer camp first started, I sent my children to play there.

As a result, by virtue of this relationship, Wu Lei and Li Huajun's son have officially entered the youth team of the Jianglong team.

The Chongming base has just been built.

Under such circumstances, Xu told Bao that there were good seedlings, but Zeng Zheng was really not optimistic about them.

Zeng Zheng didn't know whether the coaches and players on the court knew about his arrival.

After these players underwent simple training, they began to engage in red-yellow confrontation under the coach's grouping.

"Coach Zeng, the current training methods of these students are all in accordance with the standards issued by Zhuxie."

"I can't guarantee anything else."

"The YOYO physical test is a thing, and no one will fall off the chain!"

Xu and Bao were also vaccinating Zeng Zheng.

He also knows that Zeng Zheng likes players with good physical ability to run back and forth.

With the whistle of the coach, the players of the red and yellow teams fought together.

The two sides fought back and forth, and it could be seen that the coach deliberately balanced the strength of the two sides.

Seeing that Zeng Zheng didn't take it very seriously, Xu Hebao asked in a low voice:

"Coach Zeng, after the Asian Cup, where do you think the national team is lacking?"

Xu Hebao's question was a bit blatant, but his true intentions were very concealed.

Zeng Zheng had been in the bamboo shoe circle for so long, and he could immediately hear what the other party was asking.

After a brief pondering.

Zeng Zheng felt that there was no need to hide this from the other party, so he told the truth:
"There is no shortage of forwards in the national team at this stage."

"At present, there are German forwards like Yang Chen and Xie Hui, and local forwards like Qu Shengqing, Su Maozhen, and Zhang Yuxie."

"Li Jinyu and Shao Jiayi not only play well as front midfielders, but they can also step up at critical moments."

"Among the younger generation, Li Yi and Qu Bo are also very distinctive."

"In the substitute team, Sun Zhi, Shen Han, Shang Yi, Li Bing, and Wang Tao are more than sufficient."

"As for the goalkeeper, Ou Chuliang is now in the golden period. There is no problem in playing for three to five years. Maybe he can last until the next Asian Cup."

"Gao Jianbin, Fu Bing, Liu Yunfei, and Li Leilei of the younger generation also performed well in their respective fields."

"Especially Liu Yunfei was born in 79 and is only 21 years old this year."

"That is to say, the position of our goalkeeper in the next 10 years is actually not bad."

"And I am also very optimistic about Angel of the National Youth League recently. His size, reaction ability and golf intelligence are very in line with my expectations for goalkeepers."

As Zeng Zheng said, Xu and Bao nodded.

He is getting older, and his mind is not as fast as when he was young.

Right now, he was trying his best to memorize what Zeng Zheng said, so he didn't have time to react or ask questions.

After talking about the front and the back, Zeng Zheng paused for a while, leaving some time for the other party to react and process.

Just then, the red team scored a goal.

The goal is a striker with a height of at least 185.

From a distance, it stands like a hemp stick among the crowd.

Zeng Zheng thought, if this child is really higher than 190, and if his physical coordination and stamina have passed, he might be a malleable talent.

But Zeng Zheng's gaze only stayed on him for a few seconds before shifting to another person.

The boy's size and figure are not prominent on the field, but his skin color is fairer than others.

Not only that, but there is also a bushy beard growing under the nose.

Does this kid look anxious?

At this moment, Xu Hebao's brain PU just happened to be in place, and he asked earnestly:
"That is to say, the national team needs midfield talents?"

"Coach Zeng, I know you have always paid attention to the control of the midfield."

"Look at the number 10 of the red team and the number 10 of the yellow team. These two children have very good footwork, vision and passing accuracy."

To Xu Hebao's disappointment, Zeng Zheng shook his head.

"Coach Xu, to tell you the truth, I've seen both No. 10s, and they don't quite meet my expectations."

"how could be?"

Xu and Bao hurriedly said, "Look, Coach Zeng, the yellow No. 10's foot skills are no worse than Zhang Xiaorui's, and the red No. 10's passing vision can be on par with Shao Jia. You don't want to."

Xu and Bao were obviously worried that their love would not be favored by Zeng Zheng.

But selecting people is not about choosing carrots and cabbage. It is not only about selecting real talents, but also adapting to Zeng Zheng's team building policy.

"Coach Xu, to tell you the truth, the midfielder is the most prevalent in the national team."

"Although Ma Mingyu is in his 30s, we can't collapse in midfield with him."

"This Asian Cup has proved this very well."

"Combined with Qi Hong, Shen Si, Shao Jiayi, Li Jinyu, Zhang Xiaorui and Li Xiaopeng, the competition for the front midfielder position is actually the fiercest."

"As for the position of the midfielder, the performance of Li Tie, Zheng Zhi, and Zhang Ran has always satisfied me, and these three have the ability to fight alone, even if they play alone as a midfielder, they can handle it. live."

"Not to mention there are young juniors like Zhao Junzhe and Xu Yunlong."

Hearing this, Xu Hebao sighed.

He couldn't be more clear about the capabilities of Qi Hong and Shen Si.

Neither of them can play the absolute main force in Zeng Zheng's team, let alone the other "following the cat and drawing the tiger".

"Coach Zeng, isn't there a shortage of people in the national team?"

"Lack! Not only lack, but a lot!" Zeng Zheng insisted.

"What the national team lacks most now is defenders."

"Defender?"

"That's right!" Zeng Zheng nodded fiercely.

"Fan's general situation is the same as that of Ma Mingyu. Age is a problem."

"He will play for another two years at most!"

"After the World Cup, if people like Li Weifeng can't replace him, our defense will always be a hidden danger."

"I am very satisfied with Zhang Yanhua's personal ability, but the team can't control it."

"Shu Chang, Tao Wei, Zhou Ning, Yang Pu, Xu Yunlong are either too young, or their personal abilities are not good enough, or they don't meet my team building requirements."

"Wu Chengying is also your apprentice, right?"

"Letting him play left back at the moment is also a helpless move."

"Maybe I am too demanding of the full-backs."

"Compared to Sun Jihai on the other side, Wu Chengying's assist ability is still a little bit worse. And although he fights hard, his physical fitness is still a little behind. Am I right?"

Wu Chengying is also Xu Hebao's disciple, so of course he knows the real situation of the third prince.

"That is to say."

"Eh?"

Speaking of this, Zeng Zheng suddenly frowned, pointing to a red team player on the pitch and asked.

"Coach Xu, who is that?"

"Which one?"

"It's the right back of the red team, the one with the beard."

"Ah, it's him! His name is Eric, he's from the frontier!"

"frontier?"

"That's right, since last year, children from the frontier have been applying to me one after another. I think they have good qualifications, so I accepted a few."

Speaking of these frontier boys, Xu and Bao talked eloquently.

"The red team's full-back, the yellow team's central defender and defensive midfielder, and the goalkeeper on the red team's bench are all from the frontier."

Seeing Zeng Zheng ask about this, Xu and Bao couldn't help joking: "What's the matter, Coach Zeng, are you planning to respond to the call of the country?"

Zeng Zheng ignored Xu and Bao's teasing, but asked seriously: "How long has that Eric Mu been playing with Coach Xu?"

"Uh, it's been almost a year, I came here at the beginning of the year."

"Yeah." Zeng Zheng nodded after hearing this, but didn't say anything.

Seeing Zeng Zheng's serious expression, Xu Hebao couldn't help but said, "Coach Zeng, don't tell me, do you really like that kid?"

"Coach Zeng, when it comes to full-backs, did you see the two brothers Sun Ji and Sun Xiang of the Modu 2 team?"

"Both of them are pretty good."

Zeng Zheng waved his hand, "I know they are quite capable, and they are both within the scope of my investigation."

"But aren't we looking at these kids on the field now?"

"Look at these first, first at these."

Seeing that Zeng Zheng didn't want to say anything else, Xu and Bao stopped talking.

Soon, 40 minutes passed, the score on the field was 2 to 1, and the red team led by one point.

After a simple rest and adjustment, the second half started quickly.

But until the end of the game, the substitutes of both sides rotated again, and the old boy named Eric Mu still stuck to his position.

"This kid has good physical ability."

"That's right, that's right!" Hearing Zeng Zheng's muttering, Xu Hebao, who had already looked away, immediately nodded and said, "Among these young people, Eric's physical reserve ranks in the top three."

"Don't talk about the 80-minute practice match, even if you play the 120-minute main match, you can persist."

"This is something other than him."

"Coach Xu, you don't need to look at anything else." Zeng Zheng stood up after interrupting the opponent and said proactively, "Let's go to the sidelines to have a look first."

(End of this chapter)