Volume 1: Theory Chapter 11: If Europe Were Unified2
Confucius said, 'too much', at some point, it does not mean that the more people, the greater the power. Germany, France, Italy, England, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Croatia, Russia...... There is no problem for these national teams to pull out and beat the Chinese team, but if they are integrated and blended into a national team, I think that such a 'Europa national team' will not be as strong as the current Chinese team.
Why? This is because, after the integration of these European countries, the new 'Republic of Europa', its football association department, its football circle, its primary task, is no longer to develop football, but to engage in infighting.
European countries are similar to China's provinces, many people say that Chinese like to engage in infighting the most, in fact, the people of China's provinces are still very united, and the infighting of people in European countries is called the highest level of infighting, and they have infighting to the extent that they have not been able to unify themselves, so even if they suddenly become compatriots of a unified country, they will carry out the infighting to the end.
In this world, there are many inferior roots, not the inferior roots of a certain country or a certain nation, but the inferior roots common to all mankind in the world, and even the inferior roots common to all mankind in the universe.
Friends who are familiar with European football know that the Dutch team and the Belgian team are well-known experts in world football, the Belgian national team is half German and half French, and the Dutch national team is half white and half minority, so both Belgium and the Netherlands are infighting because of the topic of ethnicity.
In addition, there are many ethnic groups in Europe that do not like each other, such as Croats and Serbs, Bosnians and Serbs, Hungarians and Romanians, Greeks and North Macedonians, Greeks and Turks (Turks consider themselves Europeans), most of Europe and Turks, and half of Europe and Russians.
Let's take football tactics as an example, if there is really a 'Europa Republic', there is really a 'Europa national team', then, what kind of football tactics should this 'Europa national team' use?
Football is a kind of culture, and the culture of football is closely related to the culture of a sub-cultural circle, for example, in Europe, the Spaniards have the tactical style that the Spaniards like, the Germans have the tactical style that the Germans like, the French have the tactical style that the French like, the English have the tactical style that the English like, the Italians have the tactical style that the Italians like, the Russians have the tactical style that the Russians like, the Turks have the tactical style that the Turks like, the Nordic countries, The countries of the former Yugoslavia also have their own preferred tactical styles......
So, whose tactical style should the 'Europa national team' adopt in it? I think that if there really is a 'Europa Republic' and a 'Europa national team', the Football Association of the Europa Republic will inevitably be troubled by the problem of how to integrate football styles from all over the world.
In fact, China is not the case, although China is a typical unified country, but this does not prevent the existence of distinctive local cultures in various parts of China, we often say that the Chinese languages in Europe are basically similar to the dialects of various provinces in China, if China maintains a long-term division pattern like Europe, then the dialects of China's provinces will gradually become real languages like the Chinese languages of Europe, rather than dialects.
In a country with a large cultural circle in China, in terms of football, all provinces and localities in China also have their own distinctive football styles, because the differences in local cultural customs determine the differences in football styles in various places, the people of Northeast China have the playing style of the people of Northeast China, the people of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei have the playing style of the people of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the people of Shandong have the playing style of the people of Shandong, the people of Henan have the playing style of the people of Henan, the people of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai have the playing style of the people of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and the people of Guangdong have the playing style of the people of Guangdong. The people of Sichuan have the playing style of the Sichuan people, and the people of Hubei have the playing style of the Hubei people......
So the question is, what kind of football tactical style should China adopt? Kick the small fast tactics that the people of Guangdong are good at, then the people of the Northeast should be dissatisfied; Kick the long pass and rush tactics that the people of the Northeast are good at, then the people of Guangdong should be dissatisfied; If you play the tactics of combining Guangdong and Northeast China, then the people of other provinces should be dissatisfied...... So, in order to satisfy the people in all provinces and localities, the Chinese football circle has integrated a tactic that no one knows what tactics are, and as a result, football people across the country are still dissatisfied.
This is the biggest reason why people often say that Chinese football has no tactics and no style, and if Europe is really unified, the 'Europa national team' cannot have its tactical style, because the tactical style of football is closely related to the secondary cultural circle, not the large cultural circle, which refers to China's provinces or European countries.
And if Europe is really unified into the 'Europa Republic', and the Europa Republic's football league system is a single football league system (like the Argentine football league system, not like the Brazilian football league system), then we assume that the 'Europa Republic' football league system has three professional leagues - the European Super League, the European League A and the Europa B League, each with 20 teams.
Aren't some European football giants often clamoring to form the so-called 'European Super League', if the European Super League is really formed, it will be a catastrophe for European football!
Why? This is because, if the European Super League is really formed, then, many weak professional football teams in Europe will lose all kinds of basic conditions for survival, and European football will gradually become only three football leagues, and a maximum of 60 professional teams, assuming that a team needs 30 professional players, then, at this time, European football, only need 1800 professional players, but at this time' The Europa Republic', it has a population of 800 million, of which 40,000 are suitable for professional football leagues, so the difficulty coefficient for young people with football talent in this 'Europa Republic' to become professional players will reach about 22.
Confucius said - 'too much', if you want to develop a country's or a region's football under the premise of a single football league system, then, the population of this country or region can not be too much, nor too little, 50 million people, is the most appropriate, the larger or smaller the number, the development of football will become more and more powerless, large and medium-sized countries in Europe, as well as Argentina, they are the most suitable for the development of football, because their population size is the most suitable.
And China wants to develop football under the premise of a single football league system, it is impossible, because under the premise of a single football league system, China's population is too much, too many people, it is too much, China seems to have a population of 1.4 billion, but in the case of only a single football league system, China's development of football is not as effective as Luxembourg, a small European country with a small population, and this is exactly the case.
To sum up, the author believes that even if Europe is really unified into one country, even if it is Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Russia, they have all become the provinces of the 'Europa Republic', and this 'Europa Republic' wants to do a good job in football, and can only hand over football to Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Russia and other 'provinces' to develop, so the reason why European football is developed, on the one hand, is because Europe has led the precedent of modern human civilization, and on the other hand, because European football is made up of the equivalent of ' The development of the countries of the sub-cultural sphere is carried out by the European countries, which are equivalent to the provinces of China.
However, the author also believes that the fact that the divided Europe has developed football very well, while China, which has a large population, has not developed football well, which does not mean that a unified country cannot develop football well, in fact, the advantages of developing football in a unified country are far greater than that of Europe.
For the above point of view, many people may be very puzzled - 'Author, on the one hand, you say that there are too many Chinese and the effect of developing football is not good, and on the other hand, you say that the advantages of developing football in a unified country are far greater than the great division model in Europe, how do I feel that your words are very contradictory?' ’
To this question, the author's reply is - 'If you want to know what happens next, please listen to the next breakdown.' ’