As for the origin of the Sipalu Cup, Ali is relatively clear. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 INFO's original Silent Farm Cup was held for 12 years before being upgraded to the Sipalu Youth Cup, which has now turned into a fairly successful youth multinational league. The league features a total of 30 teams from three countries playing alongside Caboquero Juniors and Silent Farm Soccer School.

The number of teams from the three countries varies, and all of them are determined by national organizations through selection competitions, with Brazil having 15 teams, Portugal having eight teams, and China having seven, with Caboquero Juniors and Silent Farm Soccer School being the regular finalists.

None of these teams are professional, but with sufficient funding, these teams are already relatively regular amateur teams. And then the young players of professional clubs who did not have formal professional contracts were allowed to play on loan, which raised the level of this cup a lot.

And this league has become professional players because many players are favored by professional league teams, although most of them are low-level leagues, but that is already quite good. In addition, there are actually a few young players in this league that attract attention, which has also made many scouts set their sights on this twice-a-year league.

And Li Sheng needs to spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year for each session of this league, and the selection tournaments of the three countries are as high as $10,000 per game, and the appearance fee for each game to enter the finals competition is $30,000. In the end, the prize money for the victory was as high as half a million dollars. And even if each team loses all 14 games without prize money, they will receive $140,000, and even if they finish last, they will receive $50,000 in ranking money.

This part of the funds is provided by Li Sheng alone, but the selection competitions of various countries are in charge of non-governmental organizations that are not affiliated with the national football associations. Until each country decides the round of sixty-four, all the costs of the tournament are carried out by their own sponsorship.

There are also individual good players found in people's leagues.

Among them, Mariano is the most eye-catching in this league. Especially in the second edition of the Sipalu Cup, in 16 games, he scored 15 goals and assisted 18 times, and was the biggest contributor to the victory of the Silent Farm Football School team. Although the league does not gain international recognition, the level of these teams is not much worse than that of the professional teams of the U19s. This surprised all the scouts and thought it was another talented midfielder.

However, Brazil has too many football talents, and although Mariano was selected for the Olympic national team, he was only a marginal figure. And the two young players in China are more likely to just feel the atmosphere. Because they are only sixteen years old now.

In fact, Ali didn't understand that Li Sheng had invested so much money in such a league that obviously didn't have any profits. But now, he thinks that Li Sheng is playing a good move.

That kind of league doesn't clash with any country's professional leagues, but it gives them a chance to develop young players. So the leagues of the three countries can be said to be very fond of this amateur cup.

At the same time, this league gives more children who like to play football a chance to train themselves, and also allows some young coaches to be useful. In China, where the football environment is the worst, there were more than 200 teams that signed up for the primary election in the last session, and there are even more than 1,000 teams in Brazil, the kingdom of football.

And the social benefits brought by this league are not small. Especially in Brazil, many of the teams participating in this cup are made up of teenagers from the slums, and the league provided by Li Sheng gives them hope that these young people will not join the gang so easily.

Therefore, under Li Sheng's deliberate publicity, his reputation is very good in Brazilian society, especially among the poor.

Of course, Ali also saw that this league actually helped a lot of players from the three countries come out.

In addition to some special rules to protect young players, the game is very formal, and the training of dozens of official matches every year has made these young players a little more mature on the field than their peers.

However, such a league may only Li Sheng dare to play. Now that his income is so high, holding such an event may only require one percent of his annual income, or even less in the future.

Thinking of the benefits of this league, Ali couldn't help but feel a little moved: "Li, now that the Siparu Cup, do you have any plans to expand the army?"

Li Sheng looked at him and asked, "Now there are thirty-two teams, and each team will play at least fourteen games in two months to complete the event, and this competition is already very intensive. The expansion may be a bit inappropriate. But what do you ask for?"

Ali said with a smile: "As you know, football is actually one of the most popular sports in the Middle East, and I would like to see if I can admit some teams from Kuwaiti countries to participate in the competition." ”

Li Sheng thought about it for a while, although he felt that adding a country's team would make this event more concerned, but it was more troublesome to operate. Still shaking his head, he said, "Thirty-two teams is already the limit of what Siparu can accommodate. ”

"And Obidus!" Hassan said suddenly. "Ali and I can build a couple of improvised courts and some training pitches in Obidos. Maybe some games can be put here. Of course, I also hope that the Qatari team will be in this league. ”

What Ali can think of, Hassan can certainly think of. There is no better way to please Brazilians in Brazil than to fund their football careers. And this league does train some young players.

Li Sheng is not afraid of spending money, in fact, he has too much money to spend now, and he will throw two billion dollars to Tia every year to do charity, and he will donate a lot of money to some other charities every year. As for the cost of this league, the money he keeps in the bank, and the interest he earns every year can hold two such leagues.

So he nodded and said, "Yes, but this format needs to be discussed with the three existing participating countries." ”

Ali laughed and said: "Of course, if they agree to Kuwait's team to participate in this cup, I can give each country eight million dollars a year to organize the qualifiers." Another 20 million will be used every year for the prize money and appearance fee of the national selection competition, and another 20 million will be used for the appearance fee and reward of the finals. ”

"Me too. And I can afford all the funding needed for the selection of the domestic teams in Qatar. ”

When Li Sheng heard this, he felt that this was a good thing for everyone. The more teams from two countries participate in the Sipalu Cup, and the attention will increase a bit. Organizers in the previous three countries also had more money to operate. Countries have added $10 million in prize money and appearance fees to attract more teams to participate in each edition. This is especially true for the finals.

He thought for a moment and said, "I personally agree." And I think they'll agree too. If your proposal is agreed, I think maybe we can double the size of the army. How many places do you want?"

"Ten. ”

Li Sheng said: "Too much. How many people do you have in two countries? Up to four. ”

Hassan, however, said, "At least six." And at the beginning, it could not be immediately expanded to sixty-four. Forty-eight is more suitable. It will take some time for Obidus to accommodate 32 teams like Siparu. ”

Li Sheng felt that there was nothing to argue with his reason, and said, "Okay. There are four places left, one for Brazil, two for China and one for Portugal. ”

Ali said with a smile: "When we can accommodate 64 teams, maybe we can attract more countries to participate in the Junior World Cup." ”

Li Sheng said: "This kind of competition is not suitable for those more developed countries to participate in, the team that can participate in the finals, at least eight months of the year, those parents will never agree." "In fact, the Portuguese team is made up of seventeen or eighteen-year-olds who play football as a profession. The same is true of the Chinese ones. Not to mention Brazil, which is basically a slum child with no education.

Hassan also opened his mind, saying: "Doesn't Fernando have a team? This year's Champions League quarterfinals, the results seem to be good. I'm now wondering if it's time to buy a team in Europe to play with. ”

Ali went further: "I plan to buy one in China and one in Europe. Lee, haven't you thought about buying a European team?"

He felt that Li Sheng was still very interested in football. Otherwise, it would not burn 200 million yuan a year to hold an amateur competition. In addition, Li Sheng also bought a state league team from the state of Pará in Brazil and moved the team's home stadium to the town of Sipalu.

Li Sheng said, "I'll forget it." I don't have that energy. "He bought the Brazilian team mainly to give hope to the students of the football school. In addition, Luo Zheng also privately formed a Chinese second division team, which has been promoted to the first division this year, which is also one of the places where football school students go. Of course, that requires these students to have a certain amount of sufficient ability.

Hassan also advised him: "Actually, you are sparing no effort in doing charity now, and I think if you have a team, it will make charity more prestigious." ”

Li Sheng smiled, but shook his head and said nothing. Charity wasn't his doing, it was Tia.

Ali continued to fan the flames, saying: "Now that the European economy is still at a low ebb, it shouldn't be a problem to buy a team. Actually, you don't have to manage it yourself, anyway, your current team seems to be doing quite well, and if you add a team, I don't think they will be too busy. Plus, money isn't a problem for you at all. Paying hundreds of millions of transfer fees every year is trivial. Although you don't manage the team, as the owner, you can boost your reputation in the world in a way that hundreds of millions of dollars of philanthropy can't do. ”

Li Sheng thought about it for a while and found that it was indeed like that. At that time, Abu's wealth was far inferior to that of Bill, and his charity was far inferior to that of the other party. But when Abu bought Chelsea, he was far more famous than Beal, at least more in the media outside the United States. And before that, who had heard of Abu except Russia? (To be continued. )