Chapter 18: The Class Struggle

Let's talk about these foreign players who are not released by their clubs. It seems that the 90s of the last century was a peak for Chinese players to play in Europe, a peak in the 10s after entering the 21st century, and another peak in the 30s.

Ever since clubs in Europe's major leagues realised what a huge and formidable Asian market they could create by adding a Chinese player to their squad, many teams have been looking for the right person for themselves. At this point, this group of Chinese overseas players began to struggle on the front line of changing the racial discrimination against Asian players in football.

Many players knew before they left for Europe that they might just be on the bench for the Chinese fans, but they still had a glimmer of hope to prove themselves and change those perceptions.

But the world of football is cruel after all, destined to be a world that does not make people's wishes come true.

As a result, those players who stayed abroad began to choose some smaller and weaker teams in the five major leagues more rationally, rather than ignoring everything as soon as they received an offer from a big team, and used this to win more opportunities for themselves.

After all, playing football is what a footballer really values.

Under such circumstances, the four foreign players recruited by the coach of the Chinese team on the eve of the intercontinental play-offs of the World Cup qualifiers are all Chinese players who play in the middle of the five major leagues or even downstream teams, but they are Chinese players who can play all year round.

One of the four players plays for Real Betis in La Liga, Atalanta in Serie A, Sunderland in the Premier League and the second division of League One all year round, and one in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt.

Because all four of them are really good players for every game of those four teams and are extremely useful players in the hands of the coach, the club did not agree to allow these players to travel to South America three weeks in advance to prepare for their national team matches.

Therefore, the question was thrown back to the Chinese Football Association, how should they recall these four players when the five major leagues in Europe are in full swing?

Regarding the return of these four players to the team for training, the deadline given by coach Andrik is that when the Chinese team arrives in Ecuador, he must hear the news that the four players have taken a flight to Ecuador, otherwise he will immediately resign and go home in Quito, Ecuador!

As for Andrik's heart, Garin Charley Jr., Andrik said that he was going to theorize with his old friend in person!! Let go of that old ghost! Let him come! In this kind of issue, fellow villagers are enemies!!

After the White House, the FBI and the British Intelligence Department opened accounts on Weibo and Facebook, many state-owned departments have followed suit. Today, not only the White House, the FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the British Intelligence Seventh Office have opened accounts on Weibo, which is popular among the Chinese, but even the State Council of China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, various military regions in China, and the police departments of many provinces, municipalities, and counties have also opened Weibo to enter the lives of the broad masses of the people.

In such a situation, the Chinese Football Association also opened their Weibo account, and also hired a public relations team to carry out the daily maintenance of the Weibo account.

Reputedly...... The public relations team invited by the Chinese Football Association includes senior soft customer service who has been focusing on Taobao customer service for 30 years.

Reputedly...... There are also several very cute and cute boys in the public relations team invited by the Chinese Football Association.

As the saying goes, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, when the Chinese Football Association comes out to speak, it is no longer the bad old man who is so powerful and has a big belly, but a group of malicious cute little brothers and sisters, everyone will not always be just exploding under people's Weibo homepages.

At the critical moment when deciding whether the Chinese team can play in the 2038 World Cup, the Chinese Football Association finally realized that this problem ...... Very strict zhòng, very strict zhòng! And they really can't think of a solution! Thereupon...... They decided to try to go to Weibo for help.

Football Association, the majority of fans call you! Excuse me, do you really know what kind of remarks the PR team you hired on Weibo on weekdays? and Weibo Weibo, you opened V for this account at the beginning, is there really no problem with the identity certificate provided by the other party!! Isn't there a problem even a little bit!!

For the four consecutive posts on Weibo of the Chinese Football Association's Weibo official blog, the fans have been completely deflated from sharpening knives to pigs and sheep, picking up folding stools and raising their heads, and picking up plates to show fierce light. The onlookers said:

Do you want to correct it again......

Do you want to correct it again......

Do you want to correct it again......

In this regard, the Weibo account of the Chinese Football Association replied in seconds:

Netizens: ......................................................

For the Football Association's official blog to sell cuteness again, the people said they couldn't stand it, so they gave up on the Football Association's Weibo homepage to give them advice, many well-known commentators, and fans have discussed with fans on their homepages what to do if the club refuses to release foreign players.

Some people said that they would send staff to the headquarters of the four European league clubs to lobby them, telling them that only China had reached the finals of the World Cup, and it would be a win-win situation for them.

Some people said that they should be moved to the four players to understand what kind of loss they will have if the Chinese team fails to enter the World Cup, and ask them to help the Football Association work together to persuade the club to release them.

Some people also said that they threatened the four clubs, and if they were not released, the domestic TV station would withdraw their broadcast rights!

Seeing that the plane of the Chinese team to South America has taken off, and the time of the first game with Ecuador is getting closer and closer, the majority of fans are anxious, and many people are so worried that they have boils on their mouths, but what should I do?

Many fans gritted their teeth and wrote letters in Spanish, Italian, English and German to the clubs in the top leagues of Spain, Italy, England and Germany, begging them to let them go to South America three weeks in advance.

Fans living in England, Germany, Spain and Italy began to solicit their fellow travelers online, determined to take a sit-in and hold up signs in front of the clubs' headquarters without the Football Association's inaction.

From Beijing, China, to Quito, the capital of Ecuador, it takes at least 24 hours by air.

And twenty-four hours is enough time for a lot of things to happen.

For example, the federation of wealthy people who support Chinese football temporarily announced that if the Chinese team can beat Ecuador in the intercontinental play-offs of the World Cup qualifiers, they will give the whole team a bonus of 35 million yuan through the Football Association! And be sure to personally send this prize money to the whole team!

For example, Real Betis in La Liga and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga have relaxed their attitudes under the strong will of the players themselves and Chinese fans, and are considering releasing them early. But how far in advance is open to debate.

So, what about the key figure in the matter, Mr. Andrik, the head coach of the Chinese team, now?

Where did he fly?

In fact, instead of departing with the national team for Quito, the capital of Ecuador, he boarded a plane to São Paulo, Brazil, a day earlier.

Then?

Lei Yi, who later called Little Garrincha, saw a gray-haired middle-aged and elderly Brazilian on the training ground of the training base, and he was very surprised.

"Mr. Andrik!!"

Lei Yi, who was running back and forth in speed training, sprinted directly to the sidelines, and his long and short legs gave him a strong hug.

"Mr. Andric! I'm so happy to see you here!! ”

Looking at Lei Yi's bright eyes, Mr. Andrik was very pleased, and he said to Lei Yi very seriously: "Little Leiy, remember when you came to Brazil, I went to the airport to see you off, and you said to me, a drop of water, do you want to repay me with a big river?" ”

"Remember! Remember, of course I do! The long and short legs nodded vigorously.

Andrik: "Very well, good boy, then you can come with me now, and we will go to Quito." ”

Accompanied by Mr. Andric's kind words, the head coach of the Brazilian team Sao Paulo, Mel, roared angrily: "Andrik old bastard! How dare you kidnap my players out of this training ground!! Security guard! Where are the security guards!! Who let in this shameless old scoundrel!! ”