Volume 1: Theory Chapter 19: Copycat Brazilian Football? 1
Readers may feel strange that this article is about football, but why does the author want to write more than 1,000 words about the geographical strength of various countries, this is because, geographical strength, and the size of the population determined by geographical strength, further determines the football strength of a country, how much geographical strength and population size, the football strength of a country or region, in order to reach a certain value in theory, this concept was not invented by the author, as early as about 2500 years ago, the Sun Tzu of the Spring and Autumn Period saw through all this.
"The Art of War: The Shape of the Army" has a saying-'Therefore, those who are good at fighting are invincible, and they will not lose the defeat of the enemy.' Therefore, the victorious army wins first and then seeks battle, and the defeated army fights first and then seeks victory. Those who make good use of soldiers, cultivate the Tao and protect the law, so they can be the government of victory and defeat. The Art of War: One is the degree, the second is the quantity, the third is the number, the fourth is the weighing, and the fifth is the victory. The degree of birth, the amount of birth, the number of births, the number of births, the number of births, and the victory of births. ’
This passage is to say that whether it is fighting or doing other major things, the standard for measuring the military strength or other strength of a country or region is ultimately geographical strength, and football is known as the sport most similar to war.
In football, geographical strength determines the size of countries and regions, the size of countries and regions determines the number of population and economic strength, the number of population and economic strength determines comprehensive strength, comprehensive strength determines the balance of strength, and the balance of power determines the ultimate contest of football strength.
The reason why Brazil can be a football kingdom is determined by its geographical strength and population size. In Chapter 8 of this article, the author has mentioned that China, the United States and India are 'continental countries', Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Argentina and Colombia are 'provincial countries', and Brazil, Russia, Canada, Australia and Indonesia can be called 'semi-continental countries'.
So why did Brazil become the kingdom of football?
Countries in the world with stronger geographical strength than Brazil, Americans do not like football, Chinese do not find the correct direction of development of football, Indians do not say; In the world, Russia has been suffering from internal and external troubles, Canada and Australia have not kept up with their populations, Indonesia, Pakistan and Nigeria are relatively backward in terms of development, and Brazil's comprehensive strength is acceptable, and its football development strategy is quite correct, so Brazil has become the world's first football kingdom.
Even if you don't rank the heroes according to the number of World Cup wins, just calculate the number of football talents in each country, Brazil is also well-deserved in the world, just the actual number of football talents in the Brazilian state of São Paulo is not inferior to any country in the world, not to mention that the state of São Paulo is only one of the 27 state-level political regions in Brazil.
Brazil's football league system, the author briefly describes that Brazil is divided into 26 states and 1 Federal Capital Region, each state and Federal Capital Region has its own state league, especially São Paulo, Rio and Milas Gerais The three major state leagues are the largest, with the most giant teams, Sao Paulo and Rio each have four giants, and these eight teams are comparable to Argentina's 'Capital Five', Argentina's 'Capital Five' are - Boca Juniors, River Plate, Independiente, San Lorenzo and Argentine Youth.
In addition to the state leagues, Brazil also has a national league system, which is divided into four tiers - the Brazilian league, the Brazilian second division, the Brazilian second division, the Brazilian second division, and the Brazilian league, which has 20 teams each, the Brazilian league has 24 teams, and the Brazilian league has more than 140 teams. Among them, the giants of the Brazilian league are like clouds, and readers may not be able to understand what it means to directly say that the giants are like clouds, but in fact, readers can understand that all the teams in the Brazilian league are at the level of Argentina's top five in the capital.
There is no weak team in the Brazilian league, it is definitely not an empty word, because the teams in the Brazilian league are all elite teams in the Brazilian state leagues, Corinthians, Flamengo, Gremio and Brazil International teams at this level, in the Brazilian league, they are often relegated, and the overall strength of the Brazilian league is strong, which can be seen.
A few years ago, the author was also obsessed with the study of Brazilian football, for the strong strength of Brazilian football and the Brazilian national league system of the system, the author is quite praised, even quite obsessed, at that time the author believes that the Brazilian football league system system is the best in the world, but also the most suitable for Chinese football to learn.
There may be many readers like me a few years ago, and they also agree with the system of the Brazilian football league system, although Brazil has a variety of state leagues, but the focus of the Brazilian football league system is still the four leagues of Brazil, Brazil, B, C and Bardine, and there are no state football teams similar to England and Scotland, Brazil has only one national team, and when the Brazilian national team needs to be formed, it can recruit talents from all states across the country. This will also ensure that there will be no shortage of talent in all positions of the Brazilian national team, and will allow the Brazilian national team to maintain its strongest fighting power.
I have also discussed this issue with my friends, and most of them have said that if Brazil develops football according to what I call the model of 'copycat European football', and allows each state to form its own state team like England and Scotland, then the football talent of the Brazilian states will be scattered, and no matter how many talents there are in São Paulo and Rio, it will not be comparable to the whole of Brazil, so the football strength of the Brazilian states will definitely not be comparable with the whole country of Brazil.
Next, my friends further pointed out: even if we let our country hand over football to the provinces for independent development according to what you said, and increase the number of professional teams in our country to more than 2,500, and increase the demand for professional players in our country to 70,000, in this case, the football strength of our provinces cannot be compared with the whole country. So why should we disband the national league and the national team again? Wouldn't it be better to keep the Nations League and the national team? Just like the Brazilian football system, wouldn't the national league be more exciting if the best clubs from the provinces played together? Let all the outstanding players from all provinces join the national team, wouldn't the strength of the national team be even stronger?
To this, my answer is - China is different from Brazil, the system of Brazilian football is not suitable for China to learn, China can only copy European football, but not Brazilian football.
My friends asked me again, "Why is that?"
My answer is: first, the Chinese population is 1.4 billion, but Brazil has 'only' 210 million; Second, China's megacities with a population of 10 million, megacities with a population of 1 million, and cities with a population of more than 100,000 are basically close to 10 times that of Brazil. Third, Brazil's football system, they themselves feel very awkward, and Brazil's football system has also brought great trouble to Brazilian football itself.
My friends asked me first: How do you explain this 'third item'? What's wrong with Brazil's football system? What has the Brazilian football system caused to Brazilian football?
To this, I replied - Actually, it is the effect of the large number of people.