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Chapter 713 The Self-Strengthening Pig Association

It's no wonder that Pellegrini was shocked. He had never heard of such a thing, but it was really placed in front of him.

Sanchez told Pellegrini that due to the recent downturn in Chinese domestic football, there is an urgent need to improve morale and restore the image. Therefore, the Chinese Football Association hopes that Real Madrid can help.

'help? 'Even an idiot knows what it means. This is the Chinese Football Association's hope that Real Madrid can play tacitly with the Chinese men's football team.

Pellegrini frowned. He couldn't believe that such a statement came from a high-level official of the Football Association of a country, and it was solemnly raised.

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"They want Real Madrid to lose?" asked Pellegrini.

"No, it's just a draw." Sanchez said, thinking that the Chinese Football Association is also a little self-aware, knowing that if they win, it would be too 'shocking'.

Pellegrini did not speak, obviously, he was unwilling to accept the arrangement of 'scheduling the result of the game'.Pellegrini originally thought that the match against the Chinese team was also a training opportunity, but he didn't expect that it would end up like this.

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Seeing that Pellegrini didn't speak, Sanchez had no choice but to continue, "We can deploy all the main players in the first half of the game, score two more goals, and rotate in the second half to replace the main players. Try a new lineup and examine new players. Players, as long as the result is a draw, that's fine, and that's acceptable."

"Accept what?" Pellegrini stood up all of a sudden, looking very angry, "I will not agree with my team's behavior, how do you ask me to tell the players, do I tell them to Let the water go and let the Chinese team score? Okay, let’s investigate the new players, then Li Rui and Kaka are new players, I let them come off the bench, and the French kid.”

Sanchez was about to say something when he saw Pellegrini's angry words, but Pellegrini then asked, "Does the Chinese team know that this game will be a tacit match?"

Sanchez shook his head, "Their coach knows, but the players shouldn't know. It is said that the Football Association gave them a huge bonus for scoring... Manuel, I know this. For a coach, It's very difficult, but I hope you can cooperate once, which is very important for us to develop the Chinese market. You don't know this country. In China, no matter who you cooperate with, you can't get around the official..."

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"Business development, this is your business, I don't care, I am the head coach of the team, whether I will do such a thing." Pellegrini said, "I must agree to this approach." , unless the head coach of this game is not me!"

Sanchez didn't look too high that Pellegrini would refuse so thoroughly, and threatened to resign, just kidding, how could Pellegrini resign, he is the new head coach of the team, and he has been in office for less than a year Month, besides, if Pellegrini resigns, how will he explain it to the media?Said that the Chileans were forced to resign because they refused to play tacit football?
And to be honest, Sanchez doesn't quite agree with the "tacit ball". Even when Florentino asked him to talk to Pellegrini about this matter, his tone was not certain. I am also dissatisfied with this matter, but reluctantly agreed because of the need for commercial development. From Florentino's attitude, Sanchez also knows that if the team's head coach refuses, no matter how strong Florentino is, Nor will Pellegrini be forced in this matter.

"Well, this is the end of the matter." Sanchez said, "I think Mr. Chairman will respect your opinion. Personally, I admire your professional ethics."

"Thank you." Pellegrini did not feel the joy of being praised. He sighed, "If Chinese football is like this, it is impossible for them to enter the World Cup again."

Sanchez shook his head. The life and death of Chinese football has nothing to do with them. What he has to consider now is how to answer the people of the Chinese Football Association. They probably think that Real Madrid will agree.How would they know that a wealthy family has its own dignity.

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Neither Pellegrini, Sanchez, nor even Florentino knew that Chinese football had a glorious era more than ten years ago.

It started with Sampdoria's visit to China in 1994.Until the end of Maradona's visit to China led by Boca Juniors in 1997, Chinese football experienced a dreamlike era. "Undefeated Gongti" was considered a great legend at the time.

Sampdoria, AC Milan, Arsenal, Gremio and other European and American powerhouses all lost to the Chinese team at the Workers' Stadium.During this period of time, the victories against strong foreign teams greatly enhanced the confidence and enthusiasm of Chinese fans, which directly detonated the fiery League A in 1994 and 1995.The direct result of this self-confidence is that many people, not only fans, but even the self-absorbed Chinese Football Association and teams at all levels, are immersed in the joy of defeating world-class teams.I even believe that the level of Chinese football has reached the level of the world's top teams.

The person who unveiled this 'mysterious veil' was a stubborn Brazilian man named Scalari. Yes, he was the same Scarari who led Brazil to win the World Cup in 2002.

In 1996, Scarari, who was still the head coach of Gremio at the time, led Gremio to visit China. After losing to the A team Guoan, Scarari bombarded the referee of that game, thinking that the referee of this game was The most blatantly partial to the home team he has ever seen, and said angrily, "I finally understand why so many strong teams lose here. If you can only watch the referee win, then I believe you will never have a chance to win." The right to the World Cup finals, never!"

It can be said that Scalari, a South American predecessor, made a good start for Pellegrini, a Chilean...

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After all, the world's top teams come to China to visit for money. Who would really compete with a team from a football backward country?What's more, players playing on the court have to worry that they may be injured due to the opponent's fierce actions, and their strength will naturally be greatly reduced.

Real Madrid will also not work hard in the game.This is the usual practice in business competitions.

Of course, not paying attention to the game, not working hard, and predicting the result of the game are two different things.So it's no surprise that Pellegrini and Real Madrid turned down the offer.

As for the officials of the Chinese Football Association, they don't understand football, and they don't know how terrible such behavior is for competitive sports. However, for them, they don't care about it. What they want to hear is Applause is the sound of praise, and it is the result of promotion and fortune.

When they think about it, they are happy, the fans are happy, and everyone is happy to be able to draw with the mighty Real Madrid. Why not do it.A bunch of pigs entertaining themselves, they really think the fans all over the country are idiots.

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The next morning, when Li Rui got up, most of his teammates hadn’t woken up yet, and the club didn’t come to call them. Yesterday, he flew to China after a long flight and attended the dinner and press conference. He also knew that the players were exhausted. .

After Li Rui had a simple breakfast, he went to Tiananmen Square for a walk. The BJ Hotel is not far from Tiananmen Square, and it is only a few minutes' walk away.Despite wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap, he was recognized by fans.

This almost caused a riot. Fortunately, everyone knew that the place was Tiananmen Square, and they all restrained themselves. After signing autographs for dozens of fans, Li Rui felt overwhelmed. Finally, with the help of the Tiananmen special forces, he was able to leave. .He took a photo with Secret Service, signed his thanks, and hurried back to the BJ Hotel.

At this time, the team members got up, Li Rui saw Pepe and Kaka talking there, saw Li Rui coming, Pepe looked a little weird, said hello, and left.

After waiting for Pepe to leave, Kaka greeted Li Rui into the room, and closed the door carefully.

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"What's the matter? So mysterious?" Li Rui was surprised.

"I heard from Pepe that the Chinese Football Association found the club yesterday and wanted to book a draw for the game, but Mr. Pellegrini refused."

"What?" Li Rui almost doubted his ears, "Say it again."

Kaka said it again, and Li Rui understood it now. He couldn't hide his shocked expression, so he asked Pepe how he knew.

"Last night, after Pepe came back, he went to Mr. Pellegrini to talk about the endorsement of the roast duck restaurant (Quanjude). The door of Mr. Pellegrini's room was not closed properly. Mr. Sanchez and Pellegrini The gentleman was talking about this, and Pepe heard it."

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Li Rui scratched his head. He didn't continue to ask how such a thing could happen. Hearing this, Li Rui felt that the matter was almost inseparable. He knew how stupid and stupid the Chinese Football Association was. It is also conceivable that such a thing happened, the pig association is invincible.

Li Rui's first feeling was embarrassment. Of course, it wasn't the Chinese Football Association's embarrassment.
This is the face lost to Chinese football.The shame was thrown on Spain, on Brazil, on Portugal.

"Who else knows about this?" Li Rui's first thought was that this matter must be controlled. If Real Madrid players know about this matter and get it out, it will be a lot of fun.

"Pepe just told me, and I have already told him not to tell anyone anymore." Li Rui was relieved when Kaka said this. You can ignore this matter.

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Li Rui was still not at ease, so he asked Kaka to call Pepe to tell the Portuguese defender that this matter is over, don't spread it, Pepe naturally agreed, don't look at Pepe being easily agitated on the field, he It's not a big fool, knowing that this matter is a scandal, you can't talk nonsense. Moreover, Pepe and Kaka talked about this matter because Kaka and Li Rui have a good relationship. This guy also feels that this matter is directly related to Li Rui. Rui said, something is not the case.

Pepe is also very smart. He is selling Li Rui's face and wants to be friends with Li Rui. He knows that Li Rui, who is a Chinese star, will not sit idly by.

Who said that Pepe's mind is easily confused, excited, and a reckless man?
Li Rui thanked Pepe, and his good mood suddenly disappeared.Li Rui stopped the spread of this matter, not to cover up the Football Association's ugliness. If he said something harsh, Li Rui wished that this would completely expose the stupidity of the Chinese Football Association.It's just that this matter is really embarrassing. He is worthless and sad for the joyous fans who came to the Bird's Nest from all over the country. If this matter is spread, these fans will be the most injured. In addition, Real Madrid's visit to China It will also be affected by this incident, which is something no one wants to see.

Then again, it was the first time that Li Rui had a good impression of the head coach Pellegrini. Although the Chilean head coach had a small conflict with Li Rui on the first day of the training session, but in this matter On the upside, Pellegrini still showed the professional ethics that a football head coach should have.

Based on this alone, Pellegrini is worthy of Li Rui's respect.

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Li Rui paid attention to it. That incident was indeed not reported. It seems that no one except Pepe and Kaka really knew about it.

Kaka was shocked that such a thing happened. He couldn't believe that a national football association would do such a thing.

Li Rui smiled wryly and said to Kaka, it is not surprising that this happened to the Chinese Football Association, no matter how outrageous things have happened, what good can a group of officials who only want to get promoted and get rich do?
Kaka found it difficult to understand what Li Rui said, and the Brazilian attributed this to the mystery of China.

Li Rui's mood was affected. After the whole team had lunch together at noon, he went back to his room for a lunch break and slept for nearly two hours.

Until the team leader knocked on the door and woke him up, it was the whole team going to the Bird's Nest for training together, and also to adapt to the venue. The match against the Chinese national team on August 8 will be held at this stadium. (PS: Due to the needs of the plot, in reality, the Inter Milan VS Lazio Italian Super Cup match in the Bird's Nest on August 8, 2009.8.8 will not be played in the BJ Bird's Nest in 2009.)
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At 03:30 in the afternoon, the bus of the Real Madrid team set off for the Bird's Nest.

As one of the means of commercial publicity and money-raising, Real Madrid's training is naturally open to the public, and tickets and TV rights are also sold.As the leader of Chinese TV stations, Chaoting TV won the live broadcast rights of Real Madrid's China trip at a high price. Even if others want to compete with Chaoting TV, it is impossible.

The organizers made money, and of course, Real Madrid also made money. The public training alone earned 65 euros.

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When Real Madrid arrived outside the Bird's Nest, there were already a lot of fans gathered there, huge crowds of people.

"Ha, there are so many people." Someone shouted in surprise. They didn't expect that there would be so many fans watching just a training match.

Li Rui was also feeling emotional. He saw the footage of Real Madrid's visit to China on TV back then, and there were so many people there.The size of Chinese fans is unimaginable to Westerners, and the [-] million fans are not just blown out.

In addition, the Chinese football environment is not good and football is sluggish. This also makes many infatuated fans disappointed with the national football team and transfers their love for football to foreign giant clubs. This is understandable. Everyone likes beautiful and exciting things. , The giants have big-name players, and they play beautifully. Naturally, some people like it.

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Later, some statistics came out. In Real Madrid’s first training session in BJ, more than 5 fans came to the scene, and only 4 of them had tickets. Ticket sales, after all, this is just training, it is impossible for so many security personnel to come to the scene, naturally it is impossible to sell tickets for the 8 seats of the Bird's Nest.

At this moment, most of the fans who had tickets in hand had already entered the arena, and those outside were all infatuated fans who could not enter without tickets.They came from all over the country, speaking different dialects, holding posters and shouting the names of their favorite players.

Some people shouted Kaka's name, some were fans of Raul, some were fans of Ruud van Nistelrooy...

Of course, in China, whether it is Kaka or Raul or Ruud van Nistelrooy and Casillas, they have to stand aside, and Li Rui is the most popular. Of course, not only in China, even in the Globally, Li Rui's reputation is also higher than all other teammates.However, in China, Li Rui is completely unique.

Hearing the enthusiastic cheers of the fans, Li Rui poked his head out of the car window and waved to the enthusiastic fans. This aroused a huge response from the fans. The atmosphere was extremely hot, and the screams of the female fans also followed .If the security guards of the Bird's Nest hadn't been prepared, the stampede might have happened.

Ever since Li Rui led the England team to win the Delaunay Cup in the European Cup, his teammates were celebrating with the Union flag, while Li Rui was holding the Delaunay Cup in the final of the European Cup wearing a five-star red flag. Later, Li Rui caused some criticism in England. However, this also made Li Rui's popularity in China reach a peak. Some fans who criticized and criticized for playing for England were also moved.

Even the "People's Daily" published a comment that day, praising Li Rui as the pride of the Chinese.This is tantamount to characterizing Li Rui. He has received the most official recognition from his motherland, and the media will no longer use him to represent England. The "People's Daily" said that Li Rui is the pride of the Chinese. You What are you going to do?

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"He is really popular here." Real Madrid marketing director Sanchez said, looking at the crazy fans outside the bird's nest.

"Of course, this is his homeland, and he is considered proud." Zidane said that Zidane has a deep understanding of this. He is of Algerian origin and plays for France, helping France in the European Cup and Winning the World Cup, not only the whole of France regards Zidane as a hero, but in Algeria, Zidane is also regarded as a national hero.

Florentino didn't say a word. He is now more and more proud of his 2000 million pounds. In all fairness, Florentino was also nervous when he decided to take Li Rui for 2000 million pounds. It has nothing to do with whether he has confidence in Li Rui. With this price, no one will not be excited. This is not a gamble, the biggest gamble in the history of football. To put it bluntly, if Li Rui is seriously injured once, then Real Madrid's 2000 million pounds has become the heaviest float in history.

Seeing Li Rui's popularity, Florentino was very satisfied.

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Real Madrid's bus drove directly to the parking lot inside the stadium directly leading to the locker room. The players got off the bus and entered the locker room of the Bird's Nest.

"The environment here is awesome." Real Madrid players are full of praise for the locker room of the Bird's Nest. The facilities and environment here are not inferior even compared with the luxurious locker room of the Bernabeu.

Li Rui is naturally full of praise for the locker room of the Bird's Nest. However, considering that this is the main stadium of last year's Olympic Games, Li Rui is not surprised. In China, nothing is as important as face. The degree to which the dignity of the nation is linked, as the main stadium of the Olympic Games, it is naturally the best to be built.There is no doubt about it.

"Hurry up and change clothes, go to the training ground." The team leader saw the players dawdling, so he had to urge them to move faster.

After a while, everyone changed their clothes and ran out one after another.

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When everyone is still in the passage, you can hear the voices outside.It feels like boiling water.

Raul is the captain. When he led the players to run out, even though he had been to China a few years ago, he was still taken aback by the grand occasion. The entire stands of the Bird’s Nest were filled with darkness, tens of thousands of fans , occupied the stands.You know, this is just a training session, tens of thousands of fans came...

Moreover, the stadium when Raul visited China with Real Madrid in 2003 could not be compared with the magnificence of the current Bird's Nest.

Seeing Raul leading the Real Madrid players out, there was a burst of cheers at the scene.This made the Real Madrid players very excited. Thinking of training with so many fans, these guys are all very excited. They are also looking forward to the commercial match with the Chinese national team.

Raul also waved to the stands, and he received a warm welcome.

However, the next moment, Raul's face changed slightly, because the cheers were even louder, it was Li Rui's appearance, which was the arrangement of Real Madrid in accordance with public opinion, and Kaka and Li Rui were arranged to play at the end. The most important thing is at the end.Kaka received a huge ovation, though, of course, not the loudest.

After Kaka, Li Rui appeared on the stage, which brought the cheers of the Bird's Nest to the first climax of the day.

(End of this chapter)