"Hmm. The middle-aged man in the baseball cap known as Lao Jiang nodded and said: "Director Xie, I think this player named Duan Yun is a very rare young player I have found in China over the years, both in terms of physical fitness and technical level, it is very high, and he can enter the squad of our national football team!"

"Eh, you have such a high opinion of this Duan Yun?" The middle-aged man known as Director Xie was stunned when he heard this, he obviously didn't expect this old Jiang to give Duan Yun such a high evaluation.

Director Xie's full name is Xie Shiduo, who is the vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association and the director of the Football Management Center.

In fact, the predecessor of the Chinese Football Association was the Football Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China, and later it was separated into an independent football management body, which is now the Football Association, but the members of the management team of the Football Association are still the original members of the General Administration of Sports.

This was done in response to FIFA regulations that governments must not interfere in football. Therefore, the Huaxia Football Association can be understood as the vest of the Huaxia Football Management Center. The chairman of the Football Association is only in name and is not responsible for daily affairs, and the full-time vice president of the Football Association who is responsible for daily affairs is the director of the Football Management Center.

And this Xie Shiduo is a real power figure who really controls the daily affairs of the national football team, and any player entering the national team needs to pass his review.

As for the middle-aged man surnamed Jiang who wore a baseball cap, his name was Jiang Tian, and he was the head coach of the national team who had just been appointed by the Football Association.

Jiang Tian was also a national football player in his early years, but unlike Gao Bo, the owner of Duan Yun's happiness team, Jiang Tian was Gao Bo's predecessor, and later retired early due to injury, and had been arranged by the sports management center to be responsible for football youth training.

"Director Xie, my evaluation of this Duan Yun is not an exaggeration at all, in fact, this young man is also an unexpected discovery for me, the last time I was in Beiyuan when I inspected several members of the Hangzhou team of the last national football team, I unexpectedly found that this young player of the Beiyuan Happiness Team played very beautifully, and performed many times during the game to break through and shoot several people,

"Is the game of the lower league really a reference?" Xie Shiduo asked with a frown, he obviously didn't think much of Jiang Tian's words.

In fact, Xie Shiduo is also justified in saying this, although the level of Chinese football is not high, the gap between the teams and players in the league is still quite large, in other words, even if the team at the bottom of the Chinese Super League is placed in the first division, it definitely has a crushing advantage, not to mention the lower grade of the second division than the middle league!

"The level of confrontation and technical level in the second division is really not high. Jiang Tian nodded, and then said: "But I have been a coach for so many years, I can still see what kind of level the players have." ”

"Huh. Xie Shiduo patted Jiang Tian on the shoulder when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Old Jiang, I know that you have been engaged in youth training for many years before, otherwise I would not have chosen you as the head coach of the national football team this year, I was not doubting your vision just now, this Duan Yun may be a good player, but if you want him to enter the national football team, then this one should be more cautious......"

What do you mean?" Jiang Tian was stunned when he heard this.

"This time, the General Administration of Sports has exerted a lot of pressure on our Football Association, and the national leaders attach great importance to the football project, in addition to issuing various support policies and funds for football, and at the same time began to plan to hold the World Cup in our China in a few years. Xie Shiduo paused, and then said: "In particular, the bid for the World Cup has been included in the key national sports plan, which will have a very important impact on the overall sports image of our country!"

I know that. Jiang Tian nodded when he heard this.

"However, if you want to successfully bid for the World Cup from the World Football Federation, you must have good results, at least the country where the top 50 teams in the world are located to be able to obtain the right to host, our national football ranking has always been outside the world's 100 ......, and if you want to rush into the top 50, this difficulty is very high," Xie Shiduo said with a solemn face.

"But the football project must follow the objective law of development, and the foundation of our national football youth training is already thin, so it is impossible to do it, right?" Jiang Tian spread his hands when he heard this.

I didn't say that I didn't follow the objective law of development. Xie Shiduo paused, and then said, "Then let me know, how many professional competitions has this Duan Yun participated in before, and what tournament honors has he won?"

"This ...... Duan Yun is a newcomer, and the Beiyuan Happiness Team is the first club team he plays, and he was the ...... of the football team of Heyang Locomotive Factory Middle School," Jiang Tian said with a deep sigh.

"Varsity?" Xie Shiduo heard this, and his face was a little more disdainful.

"But our national football team needs fresh blood, at present, our national team personnel are too fixed, and the aging is serious, and it is urgent to tap new talents!" Jiang Tianyi gritted his teeth and continued: "So I think we should let an outstanding player like Duan Yun enter the national team, and next month's East Asian semi-finals is a good opportunity to train newcomers!"

"You use such an important competition as the East Asian semifinals to train newcomers?" Xie Shiduo was obviously a little dissatisfied with Jiang Tian's words, and only listened to him continue: " There is one thing I want to remind you, in more than two months, the next World Cup qualifiers top 10 will begin, the leaders above attach great importance to the results of each of our national football teams, and now the General Administration of Sports has adopted the post accountability system for our Football Association, once the results are not good, don't say that your position as head coach is the director of my football management center, and if you don't do it, you will be taken away by your superiors!"

"Uh. Jiang Tian came to his senses.

"The iron-clad official of the Football Association, I can't stay here, there are still other positions at the same level waiting for me, but Lao Jiang, you are only an external employee at present, and you do not belong to the system, if the results are good this time, I will pull you again, you are very promising to enter the Football Association as a manager, but the results are poor, this job is gone!" Xie Shiduo patted Jiang Tian on the shoulder, and then said: " As for the players of the national team, it doesn't matter if you are conservative, at least you won't find any faults, but if you rashly let a newcomer play, once the results are not good, the pressure of public opinion alone is not something you can bear! Remember, this is the national team, not the club you brought before, and the eyes of the whole country are staring at you!"

"Hmm. Jiang Tian fell into deep thought when he heard this.

At this moment, Jiang Tian understood that as a coach, all he considered was whether the player was good enough and whether he had the level to become a national football player, while Xie Shiduo, as the leader of the Football Association, was thinking about rashly using a young rookie player without any qualifications, once the results were not good, whether he would be held accountable by his superiors and whether his official position could be kept!

The ass decides the head.

Therefore, for Xie Shiduo, the safest way is to select those players of the previous national football team, as for the newcomers, it is not worth considering before gaining enough fame and public opinion support!