When Gao Xiaodong was playing wild football unrestrainedly to watch the World Cup, the finals of the "Hope Star Cup" national selection tournament sponsored by Adidas and hosted by the Chinese Football Association were all over. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

A total of 16 teams from the Provincial Football Association and 4 teams from football schools participated in the finals, and in the end, Taishan Football School was superior and defeated Yanjing 1:0 to win the championship.

In this selection competition, Portugal's Sporting Lisbon, Benfica, Porto and other eight companies sent 15 youth coaches and scouts, and they selected 40 outstanding players aged 17 to 19 from the participating teams, and these 40 players will go to Portugal's Super League, First Division and Second Division to train and play for three years.

Scaloni, the original coach of Fika's youth team and now the head coach of the Hope Star Cup, handed the list to Liu Jian, director of the youth training and social development department of the Football Association, Liu Jian took it and glanced at it, frowned: "Why did you choose 40 players?"

Scaloni was surprised: "Isn't the quota for Portugal this time 40 people?

Liu Jian smiled bitterly: "There is no change, but these players we have selected, it is difficult to guarantee that the local football association and the parents of the players refuse to send the players to training, I think we should expand the scope and choose more substitutes, if there are those who are unwilling to go, we still have people to top." ”

Scaloni said unhappily: "Portugal's level of football and youth training is second only to the top five leagues in Europe, on par with Ajax's academy, and I don't believe these players who have been selected will be reluctant to go. ”

Liu Jian said: "Coach Scaloni, you don't understand China's national conditions, I dare to say that it would be good if two-thirds of these players you selected were willing to go." ”

Scaloni was shocked, "God, this is free training, players can not only get high level training, but also the opportunity to play in the Europa League, why would anyone not want to go? ”

A defeated middle-aged man sitting next to Liu Jian said: " Some parents may be worried about whether their children can train and play normally in Portugal, some parents may feel that the competition in the European League is too fierce, it is better to honestly seek a position in the Chinese Super League or the Chinese League, clubs, they have their own overseas training plans, they may participate in this selection tournament for fame, but they may not let the players out, the local football association hopes to keep players to play in the City Games and the National Games, and the previous Football Association organized young players to go to Brazil and Germany to stay abroad, which will also bring a lot of doubts to parents and clubs, so I think Director Liu is right, it is better to choose more players as reserve candidates。 ”

The defeated man's name is Chen Qiang, the CEO of a sports and culture company, and one of the partners of the Hope Star Overseas Program.

This time, the Hope Star Overseas Program is very large and takes a long time, the Football Association is just taking the lead, Adidas Company is paying, and it is Chen Qiang's sports and culture company that really manages these children who go to Portugal, and they are also the ones who contact the Portuguese club.

Scaloni and Chen Qiang are very familiar, and he still believes in Chen Qiang's words, "If you don't go, you won't go, how many people will go, and now these people are reluctantly selected, I think it's better not to expand the scope." ”

Liu Jian smiled bitterly: "Then how can it be done, this time you have to go to 40 people, this is what the Football Association has announced." ”

A scout from the Porto club, his name is Andrews, and he had been thinking about it for a while, and then he interjected: "It's not bad to expand the scope, in fact, I don't think the 40 people selected now are necessarily the best talents in this age group." ”

Benfica, Sporting Lisbon and Porto are bitter rivals in Portuguese football, with players and fans hostile to each other, scouts competing with each other and coaches at odds with each other.

Scaloni sneered: "If these 40 people are not the best, then where is the best? Aren't these 20 teams in the finals the best teams in China?"

Liu Jian said: "This is selected according to the city, province, and country, and this is definitely the best U17 to U19 team in China." ”

Andrews said: "It's probably the best team in the country, but it's not necessarily the best players in the country, and the last time I watched their provincial game in the province of Lu, there were a couple of very talented guys. ”

Scaloni said disdainfully: "It's a joke, according to my standards, at most half of these 40 players are qualified now, I don't believe there can be any good talent in the provincial competition." ”

Andrews sneered: "The number of people in one province of Lu Province is more than the number of people in our country, isn't it normal to have a few gifted children? ”

Scaloni laughed and said: "Do you think I am not familiar with Huaguo? I am more familiar than you, I can speak Chinese, do you? Huaguo has a large population, but a small football population, and I guarantee that Huaguo does not have as many registered young players as we do." ”

Andrews said: "Just because there are fewer people who play football doesn't mean that there are fewer talented people. ”

Liu Jian saw the two foreigners blowing their beards and glaring at each other, and hurriedly said: "There is still a difference between this, Lu Province is a big football province in our country, and it is possible that some football seedlings are buried in the weak team." ”

Scaloni didn't believe that there were any outstanding football talents in Lu Province, but he didn't want to argue with Andrews anymore, he was a coach, and Andrews was just a scout, so he felt that he had lost his identity, so he said: "Director Liu, you said how many places you want to expand, right?"

Liu Jian pondered for a moment and said: "Each Portuguese coach selects another player, five Chinese coaches recommend one, plus the first batch of 40 people, gather these 60 people and then inspect them to determine the final list of forty people." ”

Andrews said, "I agree. ”

Scaloni said: "I think it will be almost the same to choose 10 more, and if Director Liu insists, I have no opinion." ”

Liu Jian said: "Coach Scaloni, let's choose 20, you must have alternative players in your hands, I think I'd rather choose more and put them back, rather than not enough when the time comes, and find people to make up the numbers." ”

Scaloni spread his hands and said helplessly: "Okay, then add another internal knockout match." ”

Liu Jian saw that the foreign coaches had no objections, and said: "Then it's decided, I will keep the forty-man squad given to me by Coach Scaloni first, and everyone will look for another player now, and after the alternates are found, I will report to the chairman together." ”

Scaloni said, "Okay. I'll go get ready right away. Turning his head, he said to Andrews with bad intentions: "Andrews, didn't you say that there are many excellent football seedlings in Lu Province? ”

Andrews's mind jumped out of the image of a tall and thin winger and a lewd fat man, the tall and thin winger is extremely fast, skilled, should be a member of a football school, the talent is not worse than the 40 players selected now, but the team is a little worse, and he has not been able to enter the national finals; , this fat man is a good candidate.

"Well, thanks for the advice, I'll go find it today. Andrews replied lightly.

"I hope you find a Chinese Kostya. Ronaldo. Scaloni scoffed.

"Idiot bullshit!" Andrews brushed away.