Chapter 127: There is no respect for the old and love for the young on the court
Wu Jie is training in Haigeng with peace of mind, and this intensity is no different from a vacation for him.
The only pity is that he didn't kick out all the guys who have modified their age for more than three years, but he can let these people get out of the way after the training camp!
He Wu Dashao can't look down on people, Su Yongshun can't use it no matter how much he likes it.
This kind of domineering is not only reflected in the selection of personnel, but also includes the team's tactical play.
Wu Jie became more and more dissatisfied with Su Yongshun's coaching level, and soon asked everyone to play a 4-5-1 defensive counterattack lineup, and the midfield was arranged with three back midfielders.
This is actually the formation used by Bayern in the second half of the Champions League final, Wu Jie believes that if the Chinese team wants to make a difference in the World Cup, it must adopt this simple and violent defensive lineup, supplemented by savage "logging" tactics, and abundant physical advantages to make up for the lack of tactics, physical, and technical at this stage.
But in this way, Rong Zhixing has no place.
Su Yongshun has an opinion here, Rong Zhixing can play the front midfield and shadow striker, but he can't play the back midfield, and his physical fitness and confrontation can't cope with this style of play.
Wu Jie doesn't care so much, he will never let the team pay the price now because someone has made a contribution.
The sports world is so cruel that even if he is as brilliant as Beckenbauer, he is still considered by Hamburg fans to return to the United States for retirement.
The German emperor signaled at the end of the season that he wanted to return to Bayern to play for another season and then retire, but Bayern didn't hear anything and didn't respond at all.
In the end, it was with the support of the fans that Bayern had to invite Beckenbauer as an assistant coach.
Beckenbauer was naturally angry and went back to the United States, and some Bayern fans also thought the team's approach was too impersonal.
But this is the reality that everyone has to face, there has never been a tradition of respecting the old and loving the young in the field of sports - if you can do it, if you can't do it, if you can't do it, even if the leader says you can do it in the end, but the opponent will still tell you with actions that you really can't do it!
Rong Zhixing did not rely on the old and sell the old, although he was unwilling to lose the position of the national team, because this is equivalent to losing the opportunity to play in the World Cup, and now no one thinks that the Chinese team will not be able to qualify in Asia.
But in the face of Wu Jie's strength, Rong Zhixing still chose to withdraw with dignity.
Soon, the veteran took the initiative to apply to leave the national team training camp on the grounds of poor physical condition.
Su Yongshun kept it again and again, but he could only respect the veteran's wishes.
Of course, Wu Jie knows that this is Rong Zhixing's last pride, if this team does not have his place, then a decent exit and not embarrass the coach and teammates is the best result for both parties.
At this time, some people may think that a team has a squad of 22 players, why can't the veteran go on a trip to the World Cup?
Because if Rong Zhixing is in the squad, but he doesn't have the opportunity to play, many people who are dissatisfied with Wu Jie, and many officials who have their own small abacus, will definitely take advantage of the problem to play, in case someone in the team is cheap, or deliberately says something that should not be said, then the whole team will be affected by public opinion, and there will even be a crisis that will cause chaos within the team.
Rong Zhixing's voluntary departure is to make this possibility disappear completely, and it is time for this national team to change blood.
Wu Jie is thinking about how to form the best national team lineup at this time, and he doesn't know that Europe is launching a battle with him as the focus at this time!
Since Bayern completed the grand "Treble" parade, they have received transfer offers from several giants.
The first to come to the door was not Real Madrid, but Barcelona.
Although they have already negotiated contracts with the Argentine Football Federation and Maradona, the Argentine will only join Barcelona on the first day after the World Cup.
But at this moment, the Catalans no longer regard Maradona as their first choice, they hope to buy Wu Jie for eight million dollars, and Maradona will form a dream squad that sweeps Europe.
Of course, Bayern didn't want to think about it, and rejected Barcelona's transfer request, and expressed through the media that "Wu Jie is not for sale", even if it costs 10 million US dollars, it will not be sold.
Then, Real Madrid really made a public offer of 12 million US dollars, which immediately shocked the whole of Europe!
Bayern was also taken aback by this big spending, they didn't expect that someone would really pay tens of millions of dollars to buy Wu Jie.
The price made Bayern's board hesitate for a while, but fortunately they did not get carried away by the money, because Bayern will be the time to produce results in the next few years.
If Wu Jie is sold now, it will be tantamount to digging out the foundation of the dynasty by himself, and it will definitely be a loss-making business in the long run, unless Real Madrid can quote a more exaggerated price, such as 20 million US dollars, then they will really sell.
Real Madrid naturally can't buy people at this price, 12 million US dollars has increased the current European transfer record by four times, which is more shocking to the whole of Europe than the original Real Madrid bought Zidane for 64 million US dollars in 2001, because this is 1981!
But the question is, does Real Madrid really want to buy Wu Jie for $12 million?
Real Madrid, of course, wanted that if Bayern were willing to sell, they would be able to pay immediately.
But they know that 80% of this price cannot reach the transaction, and the reason why they want to make a high-profile announcement is actually to show the Chinese nearly 10,000 kilometers away.
At this moment, a small team sent by Real Madrid has come to China, ostensibly to establish some cooperation with the Chinese Football Association, but in fact it wants to poach people through the Chinese Football Association, and the $12 million offer is believed to be enough for the Chinese to see their strength.
But Real Madrid didn't know that they had just gone to China to do something, and Juventus offered Bayern $13 million.
The Agnelli family is also bound to Wu Jie, and they are also not short of money.
Barcelona thought about it for a few days and made a proposal that also appealed to Bayern.
They are willing to trade Maradona plus $5 million for Wu Jie.
This proposal made Bayern a little moved, and Uli Hoeness bargained with Barcelona for the first time on behalf of the team, and he doubled the increase of five million US dollars, that is, 10 million US dollars + Maradona in exchange for Wu Jie.
Barcelona was of course so angry that they couldn't accept the price!
Wu Jie, the object of competition by the whole of Europe, didn't know that Barcelo was willing to exchange Maradona for five million US dollars in exchange for him, otherwise he would really have to laugh from ear to ear.
But not to mention, Maradona's performance at Barcelona is really not very good, so who knows if Barcelona will really agree to this quid pro quo next time.
If this kind of deal can really be reached, then as long as he is not too stretched in the future, even if Maradona still plays the hand of God, it will be difficult to surpass him in terms of historical status.
At the beginning of July, the Ministry of Sports finally sent a special team to meet with Wu Jie, but the members of this team did not look like the Ministry of Sports was taking the lead, because one member of the team was from the Department of Major Projects of the Ministry of Development and Reform, one from the Department of Asset Management of the Ministry of Finance, and even a secretary from the General Secretariat.
But it seems that it is because of this secretary that things are going exceptionally smoothly, and the plan for him from the top is to agree in principle, but some details need to be revised.
Wu Jie naturally had no objections, and those details did not involve his bottom line.
In addition, this "consent in principle" is also very artistic, which means that everything depends on the development of the situation, and if things are done well, then "agreement in principle" can be understood as consent, and then he will have a huge amount of political capital, and Wu Zhengsong and Ye Yuqi may not be at the level they originally thought after returning to China.
Wu Jie doesn't need to worry too much about this matter in the future, the sports department will work with the rest of the departments to build this state-controlled sports fund.
After the foundation was formally established, how to distribute money to the subordinate institutions of the Ministry of Sports every year and how to use the huge amount of money rationally were discussed and formulated by officials appointed by the state, and his "supervisory committee" only had the right to supervise, observe, and make suggestions.
At the end of July, the first phase of the national team's two-month training camp ended, and Su Yongshun announced the 22-man squad for the final stage of the World Preliminary Championships (see the author's statement for details).
In the end, as expected, Chen Haonan's name was read at the last moment, which instantly attracted the envy and jealousy of many people, because he successfully replaced Wu Jie as the youngest player in the history of the national football team.
But this announcement sequence is quite interesting, and the subtext of the coaching staff is obviously to keep Wu Jie for the sake of his face, although Chen Haonan is definitely in the squad with his own ability.
Wu Jie also knew that the coaching staff was dissatisfied with him, and he had been pointing fingers at the team's tactical arrangement for more than a month.
This made the coaches led by Su Yongshun very annoyed, but Wu Jie of this meeting can be called a national treasure, especially after the previous special team learned that Wu Jie could donate at least four million US dollars a year, and within a few days, he transferred a Zhongnanhai bodyguard, including his identity as a preparatory hammer sickle.
Let's put it this way, now Wu Jie only needs to call Li Fenglou and tell him: Su Yongshun's tactics are not suitable for this team, and it is best to change a head coach.
Then the next day, the Football Association will arrange a new coach who he deems appropriate to replace Su Yongshun.
Su Yongshun also knew that Wu Jie was now the real uncle, and no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could only resign himself to Wu Jie's practice of treating himself as a puppet.
Wu Jie later simply overturned the team's original tactical play and forced the team to play "defensive counterattack" and "logging tactics" according to his ideas.
This also made it extremely uncomfortable for the southern players, who were technically excellent, but not physically dominant.
In the end, only 6 southern players were selected in the 22-man squad, 5 were Guangdong players, and only Chen Haonan was from Guangxi.
At this moment, many eliminated southern players feel that Wu Jie is deliberately suppressing them, and even the northern players feel that Wu Jie is going to unite with the northern department to squeeze out the southern gang.
Wu Jie was speechless about this, he was completely for the needs of tactical play, so many players from the north and players from the Central Plains were included in the squad.
Because this group of southern players is limited by the selection and training of southern style of play, they are basically small and agile technical streams.
If they play on the ground, they will be fine, and they will perform well against Asian teams.
But when it comes to counter-attacking opponents in the World Cup, they are indeed inferior to the northern players who are better at physical confrontation but have rougher skills.
Now whether it is football or basketball in China, it is basically small and agile, and players need to have excellent skills and solid basic skills, but they have not joined the "confrontation", basketball and football are the same.
Wu Jie knows that speed and technology alone will not go far in the World Cup, because the advantages of southern players in these two aspects are only limited to Asia, and when it comes to the World Cup, not to mention the speed and technology compared with South American players, even compared with English players, they will be beaten!