Chapter 673: The Current Situation of the Men's Football Team
When Pellegri was first introduced, Li Muddy used the dream of becoming the world's number one striker as an incentive to convince the Italian star to quickly make the decision to land at the Bernabeu in the winter transfer window, which was also a promise he made to his disciples.
And four and a half years later, the Real Madrid coach did not break his promise, and really helped Pellegri achieve the goals he had set since he was a child, and lived up to the latter's trust. The duo, who have developed a deep bond since their time at Torino, have long been the best examples in football, and when people talk about the generals on the football field who are comparable to the relationship between father and son, they will always cite Li Pei and the two as the best examples.
Therefore, when the Millingers learned that their favorite team's number one striker was likely to leave, in addition to immediately organizing various retention activities, it was natural to think of calling on the head coach to stand up and express his attitude as soon as possible. Because everyone believes that as long as Li Mudi speaks, he will definitely be able to dispel the idea of Pellegri switching to his team.
So in the next few days, Li Mudi's ins, Facebook and even the Weibo of the Celestial Empire were filled with all kinds of "petition" messages and private messages, so that the Real Madrid coach, who was too busy with the matter at hand and only logged in to these personal social accounts many days later, made a lot of effort to deal with these new information reminders.
After the news of Giuseppe Risso's appearance in Turin City was exposed, Li Muddy did have two phone calls with Pellegri, which also involved the player's future development prospects. However, if the Meilinger knew the specific content of these exchanges, I am afraid that they would become extremely disappointed, because the Real Madrid coach has no intention of keeping the other party at all.
Similar to Rodrygo's move to Manchester United last summer, Lee sees no reason to stand in the way of his players' pursuit of better development, given the inability to make the team the number one commitment.
I believe that most people should agree with Napoleon's famous saying that "a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier", everyone has the right to work hard for their dreams, and as their friends, they should give support at such a critical moment. Of course, the other party's dream must be that reliable.
In the FM system, Pellegri has now fully fulfilled his potential of 186, only behind Mbappe, who remains at 190, in terms of current ability, and is a veritable second man in world football.
Because there is still a lot of difference in the positions and technical characteristics of the two sides, and it is not possible to simply use this value to compare, so theoretically speaking, if the Italian center forward can change to a team with him as the tactical core, then there is also the possibility that the performance and influence can catch up with or even surpass the French king.
The most important thing is that under Li Mudi's rotation system and special training methods (outsiders seem to be like this, in fact, the most critical role is the various benefits brought by plug-ins), the situation that speed players will quickly decline when they get older will not appear in Mbappe's body, so Li Mudi will not use "The peak period of French stars will not be too long, and Pellegri can stay in Real Madrid and wait until the laws of nature will naturally become the first person in football" Such an excuse to deceive his disciples, because he knew very well that such a class was likely to pass by this dream.
Even if the Italian striker can use the advantage of his younger age to consume the day when Mbappe's ability declines, there is no guarantee that there will be no other competitors by then, at least in the eyes of Li Mudi, two years later, Riverola is likely to become one of the new top superstars with a very negative style of play. When Real Madrid chooses the next core of the team, I am afraid that they will not be so confused as to give up the young man who has just turned 20 and choose a veteran who is over 30 years old.
So no matter how you analyze it, Pellegri will be an extremely wise choice to leave the Bernabeu this summer, so Li Mudi will not force him to stay for his own benefit. This is one of the important reasons why he has been praised by almost all the players he has coached over the years, because he knows how to do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and not to embarrass those around him.
However, even if the Real Madrid coach did not intervene to prevent his top scorer from leaving, the Italian star's desire to move to a new environment will not be easy to achieve, as Raul and Valero will not be able to sell him for a cabbage price. After all, on the estimated value list of "German Transfer", Pellegri's immediate worth is as high as 170 million euros, which is basically impossible for Juventus, which has always been "stingy", even if their financial statements in recent seasons are very bright, they may not be able to squeeze it out.
250 million, "Marca" quickly gave the psychological reserve price of the Galaxy Battleship (although it was not recognized by the authority), and said that this is still a price that has been deliberately discounted based on the player's great contribution to Real Madrid in the past few years, so it will never accept the bargain of the suitors. If you can't afford it, then GG.
The newspaper Torino Sport immediately responded, saying that the old lady was willing to use the two young stars in the team, Belgian winger Jeremy Doku and Czech center Adam Hloze, as vouchers to persuade Real Madrid to lower their cash requirements.
Judging from the tentative reports from the mouthpieces of both sides, there is still a huge deal to be changed when it will be finalized, or even if it will be completed, at least for now, and it is uncertain whether it will be dragged until the summer transfer window closes.
As for Li Mudi at this time, he didn't have the heart to keep a full focus on the time when the team was poached, because after sending his father to the hospital and telling relatives and friends to "take strict care" of him, he hurriedly took a plane to the national football Haigeng training base in Spring City, because a special meeting was going to be held here in secret.
On June 14, Gao Gui, who retook over the men's football team of the Heavenly Dynasty, led the new national team to participate in the penultimate matchup of the World Cup Asian qualifiers round of 18, and the result was a difficult 1-1 draw with Vietnam away from home to retain the third position in the group, but the qualifying situation is still not optimistic.
After the expansion of the 2026 World Cup co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico to 48 teams, the number of places in Asia has soared from 4.5 to 8, and a year ago it was confirmed that the number of places in Asia will increase to 8.5 in the next tournament, in 2034.
It's just that the ridicule of the fans immediately became a reality, because even if the "enrollment" is expanded, our men's football team will not get this damn "admission letter", and the competition is too fierce.
In retrospect, the key inflection point affecting the Asian football landscape should have occurred in the Qatar World Cup qualifiers that began in 2020, in the round of 12, Vietnam, North Korea and Thailand, which did not let the Chinese people as the main competitors, all played eye-catching results, which completely disgraced the men's football team of the Celestial Empire, which could have used "regret losing the right to qualify" as a fig leaf.
Coincidentally, the above names are also countries that have always adhered to the concept of increasing investment in youth training.
In the first few years of the new century, Vietnam's football environment was so bad that it was hopeless, not only was it ranked third among the top ten corrupt leagues in the world by authoritative media, but even since 2006, the entire national league has been caught in a whirlpool of match-fixing and black whistles. According to later statistics, as many as 150 games were problematic, 15 referees were banned, dozens of players and coaches were imprisoned, and the whole anti-counterfeiting incident was not gradually sorted out and put an end until eight years later. Judging from the scope and influence of the round, Vietnam's match-fixing incident is far more serious than the one in the Celestial Empire.
However, after learning the hard way, their leaders quickly made up their minds to re-establish the football industry, and immediately found the right way to do it, which was to strengthen the youth training in their country. Since 2007, the Vietnamese league team Hoang An Jia Lai has reached a cooperation agreement with Arsenal and JMG Youth Training Center, and after paying tens of millions of US dollars, a number of youth academies called Hoang An Jia Lai - Arsenal JMG have settled in many major cities across the country, so that the country's young players can get the world's top football training concepts at their doorstep. After that, more than 20 youngsters were given the opportunity to go to north London in batches for trials, which opened their eyes and improved their development potential.
With the rapid growth of young players born in 97 and even 99 with the "People's Messi" Ruan Guanghai, Du Weimeng, and Duan Wenhou, after being watered by the modern "cultivation fluid", this team, which could only be reduced to a fish belly in Asia, has naturally become a strong enemy that others cannot despise.
At the 2019 Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates, the Vietnamese men's football team led by Kimchi Country coach Park Hengxu successfully qualified for the group at an ultra-low age of only 23.13 years old, and also entered the quarterfinals in one fell swoop, allowing everyone to see their great progress.
Four years later, the team with this group of players as the team won the third place in the Asian Cup held by the Celestial Empire, and made its name in Asian football in a real sense.
In the 2024-25 World Cup qualifiers, the Vietnamese team, which was divided into a relatively difficult group, showed incredible energy, and did not even participate in the play-offs, and directly obtained a ticket to the finals. Even on their World Cup debut, they went home after three games, but they still scored at least one goal and one point, which was better than our men's team in 2002.
And after the follow-up is very abundant fresh blood to keep up in time, the overall strength of the Vietnamese men's football team is still very strong when the time comes to 2029, and it is considered to be the second strongest team in Asia after Japan, Kimchi Country, and Australia. They have proved to the Celestial Empire with more than ten years of performance that football should be done this way to have a way out.
It's just that the men's football team of the Celestial Empire, which has never been able to fully replicate this model for various reasons, is also a little difficult to return at this time, even if several core players who play in Europe are recalled, such as Li Tenglong and Shuangbijia and others, but the performance in this qualifier still cannot make everyone feel completely satisfied.
The round of 18 is divided into three groups, each with six teams, each of which will compete in a double round-robin matchup, with the top two teams in each group and the third team with the highest points in a total of seven teams winning tickets to the World Cup finals. After that, between the remaining two group runners-up, a two-legged home-and-away two-legged knockout competition will be held to determine the last place to qualify.
This percentage of appearances can be called quite high, but the luck of Gao Gui is really bad, he was drawn into a group of death, and encountered Iraq, Vietnam and North Korea, which are not weaker than or even slightly stronger than their opponents, making this qualifying journey full of hardships and tribulations.
In the eight rounds that have been played, even if the high finger has stimulated 100% of the players' energy, it still can't change the situation of the four strong teams biting together. The national football team, which has a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, has 12 points and temporarily ranks third in the standings, behind Iraq with 15 points and Vietnam with 14 points, and North Korea with 11 points behind them.
Since only the top three have a chance to qualify, and the difficulty of the remaining schedule is also more dominant for the North Korean team, it can be regarded as a critical moment of life and death for this men's football team of the Celestial Empire. According to the schedule, they will face Iraq and North Korea home and away in late August and early September, and each game is a no-brainer.
That's why the Football Association held a meeting at this time to prepare for the next two games that can be called Armageddon, just in time for Li Mudi to return to China due to personal matters, how could he not urgently invite him to come over and provide help.
In fact, according to the ideas of some leaders of the Football Association, it is natural that they desperately want this leading figure in the national sports world to take over the coaching whip of the national team, but Li Mudi categorically rejected it just after revealing this meaning. In addition to the reason for the club contract, you can't do this kind of thing that is poked in the back, after all, the senior director has been busy for more than a year, and in the end he was swept away like this, which is really not something that people can do.
It's just that the head coach is inappropriate, but the identity of a special consultant is inevitable, and Li Mudi doesn't want to see these real football people who have worked hard for Celestial Empire football for more than ten years or even decades take a regret as the end of their football career.
Please remember that the first domain name of this book is:. Nine Heavenly God Emperors