Chapter 215: Becoming What You Hate Yourself
The Chinese men's basketball team won the first World Championship championship in history, which is enough to cause huge repercussions both internationally and domestically.
With his legendary performance at the World Championships, Ruda became the first person in FIBA basketball and became recognized as the first generation of FIBA basketball gods.
Americans certainly don't think he's qualified, because the NBA is just a bunch of big names who haven't died in the Championships and Olympics.
Unless he can come to the NBA to win a championship and be unique in terms of personal data, then he can become a basketball god recognized by the United States.
But the question is: does the recognition of Americans matter?
Ruda doesn't think it's important, he won't choose the same route as Wu Jie, because football and basketball are completely different.
The NBA is not attractive enough for him, including the "money" aspect, because he has countless ways to earn dozens of times more than the NBA's top salary, or even hundreds of times more, so if he really goes to play in the NBA, it will affect his money-making plans.
In addition, the influence and overall strength of the NBA at this stage are not as high as later, so he will not use his influence and skills to complete the NBA.
With his help, the current Chinese basketball is leading the world in terms of skills and tactics.
Therefore, Chinese basketball does not need to go to the NBA to learn anything, he would rather serve as a beacon to guide the development of domestic basketball.
That way, he can continue to be the face of FIBA basketball and enjoy the star whistle at the World Championships and Olympics, so why not?
Of course, if a large number of outstanding young people are produced in the future, he will not stop these people from making dollars.
But he will set a threshold for going abroad, just like a Shaolin disciple who goes down the mountain to break into the "Bronze Man Array", he will also set a similar threshold.
This seems to have become the most hated appearance in his previous life, and Luda or Wu Jie do not deny that they are doing this to keep most of the sports talents in China, at least half of their careers.
After the 90s, China will also begin to set restrictions in the field of football, and will no longer allow players to play abroad at will.
This sounds like a closed country, but sports are not like scientific research, and the peak period of athletes is only a few years, unlike scientific researchers, who can be withdrawn at any time in the future after they are released.
Therefore, after catching up with the world level in terms of technology and tactics, and a certain number of domestic sports practitioners have also been trained, in order to develop their own leagues at that time, the lock should still be locked!
Otherwise, athletes can go abroad at will, and when the domestic economy is far inferior to that of Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea, they will not be able to retain talent at all, and then Japan's football and basketball leagues alone will attract all the young players they have just cultivated.
At that time, the domestic league will not want to develop, because 99% of young players will play abroad for money, and it will be difficult for the domestic league to improve the competitiveness of the top five European leagues or the NBA.
So there has to be a restriction rule, that players under the age of 28 can't play/play abroad, and the age must be lowered by a maximum of one or two years.
Wu Jie will have this kind of change in thinking, naturally because his position is different, including the direction he considers is completely different from that of athletes.
He must act in the interests of the whole world, and domestic athletes in the next two or three decades will have to make certain sacrifices, just as it will take several generations to succeed before China's rejuvenation.
Do these people want to sacrifice themselves?
But without their sacrifices, future generations would have to live forever in poverty and backwardness.
It's the same in sports, if this generation of athletes doesn't sacrifice, the next generation of athletes won't have the soil to grow.
But what is somewhat different from the original plane is that Wu Jie will let go of a small opening, as long as he passes the "genius clause", he can go abroad to play before the age of 26.
But this talent clause can be very demanding, and football must win the Golden Boot for at least one season, or be named to the Team of the Season once; Basketball must also have at least one regular season MVP or be named to the All-NBA team once.
This is also a disguised incentive, you want to go abroad to make money?
Well, either train hard to stay in shape until you're 26, and then you still have five or six years to make money. Or become a superstar at a young age, and then you can go to a foreign league and continue to prove yourself.
He feels that this arrangement has given domestic athletes the direction to work towards to a certain extent, and the original 28-year-old limit will be changed to 26-year-old, and as long as they are really talented and powerful, they will not be hindered in any way.
If you are not even willing to make such a sacrifice, then you can also choose to change your nationality, so that you can choose the life you want at will without having to make any sacrifices for China.
After the Chinese men's basketball team finished the World Championships, there was no World Series in the next two months, and the attention of domestic audiences also turned to Europe.
Until November, Wu Jie had helped Bayern get 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, ranking first in the Bundesliga standings.
He also scored 18 goals and finally led the Bundesliga scorers from the start.
The biggest happiness of domestic fans this year is that in addition to the Bundesliga, they can watch the games of Serie A and La Liga, in addition to Wu Jie, Chen Haonan and Lin Yaodong can chase.
On the Serie A side, Juventus has played 10 games in the new season, with 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, and is currently in second place.
Lin Yaodong's performance has naturally been recognized by Juventus fans, but his exposure rate is still a lot worse than that of Wu Jie and Chen Haonan, mainly because the goalkeeper position can easily tell whether you are pulling your hips, but it is difficult to see how good you are, especially in the eighties when the statistics were not detailed enough and not developed enough.
Most Juventus fans can only feel that Lin Yaodong has indeed succeeded Zoff, as they have conceded about the same number of goals this season as they did last season.
But to say whether Lin Yaodong's performance is better or worse than Zov, this cannot be proven, because the goalkeeper level of the top teams is not too bad, and most of them can make some wonderful saves in every game, but it is difficult to ensure that they do not concede goals.
So as long as the team's overall results do not decline or improve, it is impossible to evaluate how much the new goalkeeper has contributed.
Lin Yaodong has conceded 10 goals in these 10 games, an average of one goal per game, which is similar to Zoff's stats last season, and it is impossible to tell how much impact his performance has on the team.
If you want to tell this kind of thing, you have to wait until he is gone.
If that would result in the team conceding more goals, fewer wins, more draws and more losses, then the role of the original goalkeeper would be proven.
But to be able to take Zoff's class and make it impossible for everyone to see any difference from before Zoff's retirement is already a great performance.
Zoff is at the same level as Yashin, destined to become a historic goalkeeper, and even in most of the top 10 goalkeepers in football, this one can firmly enter the top three.
Therefore, the media in Turin believe that Juventus' $3.5 million has not been spent in vain, and they have found a perfect successor for Zoff, and it is likely that he will be a legendary goalkeeper who will last for 20 years.
Lin Yaodong has also gained the trust and respect of his new teammates and fans, and now the Torino media have put pressure on the midfield and the front field, because the performance of the back line and goalkeeper is as stable as ever, then they have been pressed by Roma this season, and it must be that the newly introduced midfield core is not strong!
Platini and Boniek are very painful, their previous league is indeed a lot worse than Serie A in defense, this season not only to adapt to new teammates and new tactical system, but also to adapt to the defense of Serie A teams, now it is good to help the team maintain the second result, who made Roma this year like the whole team has taken medicine, it is really a bit difficult to catch up!
But Juventus fans don't listen to this reason, as the dominance of the Serie A domestic league, they can not win the Champions League, but as long as they lose the league title, it is a losing season.
On the side of La Liga, Chen Haonan naturally sat in the core position of Real Madrid this season.
He is one of the best midfielders in the World Cup, and his performance at the World Cup is not inferior to Platini.
Real Madrid have now completely put him in the cornerstone of the team, the heart of the midfield.
The Real Madrid players are also convinced to play around him, and the atmosphere in the team is many times stronger than that of Barcelona, which is about to start.
In addition, the media and fans of Real Madrid also like this new core who has almost no private life and never goes to entertainment venues, and basically no one inside and outside dislikes Chen Haonan.
Chen Haonan also lived up to the trust of the team and fans, and in the Spanish Super Cup two months ago, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona again at the Camp Nou 2-1, and defeated their rivals 6-2 on aggregate over two legs to win the first domestic title of the new season.
This season has played until November, Real Madrid has also played 12 games, the team record is 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, and is currently 1 point ahead of Athletic Bilbao and temporarily at the top of the table.
Chen Haonan is certainly not as impressive as Wu Jie in terms of statistics, he has scored a total of five goals and contributed six assists in 12 games.
That's a statistic that's impressive enough for a midfielder that his role can't be measured by stats.
At this time, I have to mention Maradona, who still seems out of place with the team in the first 12 games of landing in La Liga, and has only scored 4 goals so far, which is not as good as Chen Haonan's statistics.
In addition, all kinds of reports about his private life, news of discord with his teammates, and even news of attracting fans and grass are all filled with Barcelona media big and small.
In particular, the conflict with the former core of the team, Schuster, has reached the verge of breaking out, and some Barcelona players even revealed that the two had a verbal altercation during training and almost got into a fight.
Under this kind of infighting, Barcelona's record has naturally plummeted, and it is currently only in 5th place with 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.
This left Barcelona's management unable to sit still, and at the end of October, they finally brought in Cesar Menotti to replace Udo Ratek as head coach, and this Menotti was later known as Maradona's godfather.
So the Barcelona management decided to correct Maradona, after all, his talent is indeed unparalleled.
It stands to reason that it should be time for Maradona to start showing his abilities and officially rise to the top.
But after the current core Schuster was sent to the bench, Maradona suffered from hepatitis and needed to rest for at least three months after diagnosis.
The news caused a lot of displeasure among Barcelona's management, including the media and fans, especially as the national derby against Real Madrid was about to begin.
The final result was naturally tragic, with Barcelona losing their first national derby of the season in mid-November when they were beaten 2-1 at home by Real Madrid.
Maradona did not feature in this game and will need to recuperate until February next year, and is likely to miss the second national derby.
Chinese fans are not interested in Maradona at this time, they would prefer to see the national team return to China to play, because the Asian Games are about to start.
But to the disappointment of Chinese fans, Wu Jie and Chen Haonan are not ready to return to China, and Lin Yaodong of Serie A has not returned, and none of the Chinese players who played in Europe have returned to play in the Asian Games.
This time, the Chinese men's football team represented the Asian Games with players from the "national first team" who were unable to play in Europe and were transferred from the national second team.
This is a choice made by the Football Association and the Sports Department after consultation, not that they really think about the players so much, many officials think that no matter where they play at this time, they should come back to play for the country, including most fans also think that Wu Jie and others should return to China to play.
Fortunately, there is no private media in China at this time, and the entire media industry is not developed enough, otherwise they will definitely be led to rhythm and be labeled as unpatriotic every minute.
Of course, Wu Jie knows the reason for the fans' dissatisfaction, they just want to see their own stars play, and they can't think about whether this level of competition is worth the long journey, and they don't think about whether the players' physical fitness will be problematic or injured.
But the reality is that the strength of the national second team can now be 64 with Kuwait, so there is no need to bring back European players.
Wu Jie also said to the Football Association after playing the World Cup that players who are playing in Europe should not be allowed to go back to this level of competition.
His words were better than Li Fenglou's, and although many officials had opinions on this, they still did not force them to return to China to play.
In addition, most of the income of the "China Sports Foundation" now depends on the contributions of these players in Europe, and the colons can only think more about the players for the sake of money.
In the end, it turned out that even if nearly ten of the core and main players of the Chinese team did not come back to compete, the strength of this Chinese team is still second to none in Asia.
The first game of the Chinese team in the Asian Games football match was against Japan, and as a result, Ma Lin, Li Hui, Wu Yuhua, and Wang Dongning each scored a goal, and the Chinese team, which was coached by Zeng Xuelin, easily defeated the Japanese team 4:0.
This big win also made Asian countries dispel the idea of taking the opportunity to beat the Chinese team, the strength of the Chinese second team is far inferior to the Chinese team in the World Cup, but in the face of the Asian powerhouse Japan is still crushed, it is no wonder that people do not come back to play at all.
The Japanese media was even more pessimistic after the game: the development of Chinese football is ten times the average speed of Asian countries, and in a few years, I am afraid that there will not even be a second team, and sending three teams will be enough to compete in Asian competitions.
Wu Jie feels that this view is not pessimistic, and he is really sure that the Chinese team will reach this level in the next World Cup.