The Chinese team ended the third group stage of the Asian zone of the World Preliminary Championship at the Guangzhou University Town Stadium, and Tang Hong and his teammates took their luggage to Baiyun Airport after resting after the game.

There are many people traveling back to Europe this time, Qin Rui, Luo Hongkai, Zhao Hanchun, and Wu Lei.

When he called a car and was about to leave, Tang Hong answered a phone call and asked the four of them to leave in the car first, and he arrived later.

After a while, Van der Shier came to the parking lot to personally take Tang Hong to the airport.

The entourage of the national team drove, and Tang Hong and Van der Sheer sat in the back seats.

Advancing to the top 10 didn't seem to bring much joy to Van der Heer, which puzzled Tang Hong and asked, "Got in trouble?" ”

Van der Sheer doesn't know all of Tang Hong's energy, but if he has trouble in China, it is absolutely best to ask Tang Hong to help him solve it.

Van der Sheer shook his head slightly and sighed lightly: "Actually, I have always planned to leave China, but there are no good opportunities elsewhere, from Tianhai Rising Star to the Chinese national junior team, and then to the current national team coach, my previous expected plan is gradually distancing from reality."

And after being in China for so many years, and getting along with many Chinese players for a short time, I now have a special affection for this place. ”

Tang Hong smiled and said, "Don't you want to tell me that you are a good friend of China, right?" ”

Van der Shier laughed it off, and then said seriously: "The state of football in China is not optimistic, although I don't expect to change anything, but after really studying the ecology and current situation of Chinese football, I am inevitably full of worries about the future of the national team." ”

Outside the car window is the bustling and colorful street scene of Guangzhou at night, Van der Shier continued: "Last year, Guangzhou Hengtai team made a big investment in the history of Chinese football, and this year Tianhai Rising Stars budget ranked first among Chinese league teams, even more than the budget of the team at the end of the Chinese Super League.

This series of ecological changes is easily reminiscent of Chinese football is becoming a league in the Middle East, and clubs are willing to spend money and improve the spectacle of the game, but it will not really bring long-term help to the national team and a country's local football.

More high-quality foreign aid squeezes the living space of local players, foreign aid is the protagonist in the league, and local players are just green leaves.

As the coach of the national team, I should go to the scene more often in the off-season to see the performance of the international players, but it seems that only foreign players steal the show, and the significance of examining the performance of the players is greatly reduced, because if you go to the national team, you need them to be the protagonist, not a decoration.

Half a month ago, when I returned to Tianhai, I had a conversation with Qian Yu, the newly appointed president of Tianhai Rising Star, and he said that Tianhai New Star would not invest money in the market to buy foreign aid, and would form a team of pure local players, which surprised me, but his decision was indeed what I wanted to see, and afterwards I also thought that if I did not become the coach of the Chinese team last year but went to Tianhai New Star to take charge of the team, I might wish there were more foreign players in the team. ”

Tang Hong looked at the street scene outside the window with a smile on the corner of his mouth, although he couldn't meet from time to time, but he and Lin Xingyu, Qian Yu had a chat group, Qian Yu mentioned the concept of building a team of Tianhai Rising Stars, not as Van der Shier speculated, he was dedicated to cultivating more excellent local players for China, or attracting attention with the characteristics of the all-Chinese class, it was just Qian Yu's heartfelt temper.

"Lao Tzu won't spend money and serve a group of foreigners!"

It is not a secret that foreign players have privileges in the club, and it can even be said to be the norm in world football, and strong teams have special status and treatment in the club.

"Then you expect me to change the rules of the Chinese Football League?"

Tang Hong's words made Van der Heer laugh as well, and he shook his head and said, "I just have a huge problem. ”

"What's the problem?"

"How are we going to play in the top 10, and if I'm going to be the coach of the Chinese national team for five or 10 years, where is the long-term competitiveness of this team?

The media and fans outside are saying that China has Tang Hong, and China's strength has improved by a notch!

They only use your performance in Braga to predict your performance in the national team, but the reality is that whether it is you or Qin Rui, or Wu Lei, Luo Hongkai, your performance in the national team is not even as good as 6% of your performance in the club!

The reason is that everyone is avoiding, the Chinese team is not Braga, not Otbus, nor Gil Vicente, Celta.

You haven't been training together for a long time, the so-called technical and tactical system of the team is simply not able to talk about it, and the players who I said when they are supposed to take the lead in the national team and face the pressure bravely are always unable to meet expectations.

How do we compete with Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia?

Tang Hong, I'm very confused, last year Barcelona won the top of Europe for the second time in 3 years, Spain won two major championships in a row, the whole world is discussing the promotion and development space of pass-and-control football, some teams have begun to follow suit, tracing back to the source is a solid foundation of technology, but the Chinese team obviously can't go this way.

What does our future hold? If we had only relied on you or Qin Rui and Wu Lei to improvise scoring opportunities in every game, we would have won some games, but at critical moments, do you think our forward line is more reliable or our defensive line is more likely to collapse? ”

Tang Hong couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he heard the words.

World football is quietly changing, but whether it will be a more progressive prosperity or a lost stumbling block.

Moreover, the world is only an unattainable dream, and it is a true portrayal of the scriptures that are difficult to read in every family.

The success of football has never been replicated, and it has never been heard of in the past 10 years, the past 20 years, or 50 years of seekers who have led the trend and who has been able to replicate the success.

Followers often fall into the dung pit after hitting walls everywhere, not only causing a commotion, but the worst thing is to leave a stench for 10,000 years.

Is Barcelona's current strength invincible in pass-and-control football, or Messi, Xavi, and Iniesta, who are mortals and compete with the world's glory brought by the gods?

When Van der Sheer is not involved in Chinese football, he is not even interested in watching the Chinese league, which is a waste of time.

But when he became the coach of the national team, he worked hard and did not dare to slack off, and wholeheartedly wanted to improve the national team's record.

The national team's entry into the top 10 is not a moment to celebrate with champagne, but should be actively prepared, because a bigger and more brutal war is coming!

If you think of the framework of long-term coaching should stabilize personnel, skills and tactics, style and so on, the so-called tactical concept, the style of the game as a coach is still confused and there is no direction, time passes by, and he spent half a year leading the team to fight out of the encirclement. In the final analysis, the contribution to the Chinese team is nothing more than the first to correct the framework of the half team in the next ten years, and the discerning and bold use of talents is the most fair and objective positive evaluation of him by the Chinese media.

In addition, we can really only wait and see, and it is not impossible that when the Chinese team is beaten back to its original form in the top 10 match, it will run away like countless predecessors.

Van der Sheer is confused to find Tang Hong to seek a solution to his doubts or just a catharsis of not vomiting and unhappy, Tang Hong doesn't mind as a listener, but the relationship between the master and apprentice for many years will definitely make Tang Hong rack his brains to solve problems for him, and it is about the Chinese national team, as the captain of the national team who shares honor and disgrace, he should also have this sense of responsibility.

The two were silent in the car for about 5 minutes, and Tang Hong suddenly said to him: "If you must find some clues or answers from European teams, my suggestion is that you can follow and study the match between Dortmund and Atletico Madrid, and I have no other suggestions." ”

Van der Sheer nodded thoughtfully.

Tang Hong's idea is simple, it is not advisable to emulate the strongest team, because the technical foundation is a moat to keep them out.

But if you look at the development of European football in the last 20 years after the new millennium, he remembers that there are a few games that can be called the pinnacle of representative battles.

In addition to the Champions League final between AC Milan and Juventus, which was rated as the pinnacle of technical and tactical representation at the time, the Champions League final between Dortmund and Bayern Munich ten years later is a classic closer to the current timeline!

In terms of value alone, Bayern Munich's starting lineup should be worth at least twice as much as Dortmund's, but the two teams are inseparable.

In terms of style and technique and tactics, a game is not enough to have reference value, but the youth storm that Dortmund began to blow in the past two years is not only the ability to create young talents, but also has a deep impact on the technical and tactical level.

And Atletico Madrid, even though the style of the game is strong, is by no means just arrogant and rude to push the opponent.

No matter how the Chinese team copies the techniques and tactics of any famous team in the world, there is absolutely no possibility of success.

Tang Hong gave Van der Hill only a suggestion, not the final correct answer, how the Chinese team will go in the future, but also depends on Van der Shier's own understanding of the current situation of the national team and make positive changes according to local conditions.

After arriving at the airport, Van der Sheer encouraged several of the only remaining foreign legions of the Chinese team in person.

At the time of parting, Van der Shier said to Tang Hong: "Liu Tao and Zhang Binyi have successfully entered the Japanese football world, although I always think that they should go to Europe if they have the opportunity, but Liu Tao and Zhang Binyi's words make me full of expectations for them again."

They said they wanted to be number one in Japan and then see where they could go.

If you have the opportunity, you should support and encourage them.

Maybe you don't know your place in their hearts. ”

Tang Hong smiled and nodded.

Life has dreams, each wonderful.