Chapter 398: Copa America in Brazil
After the parade in Milan, Inter Milan was the last team in Europe to enter the holiday season, and the players were in a happy mood and went into holiday mode with a generous cheque for the championship prize money issued by the club.
After Inter Milan won the Champions League, they were able to share more than 100 million euros in bonuses from UEFA.
Shen Feng received the highest prize money, 5 million euros!
It's comparable to Icardi's annual salary after tax.
As the first brother of the Inter Milan team before Shen Feng's arrival, Icardi's annual salary after tax is only 4.5 million euros, and he has not yet completed the renewal of his contract with the Inter Milan team.
However, Inter Milan, whose financial situation has improved considerably, is confident of retaining Icardi.
Before Shen Feng's arrival, the Inter Milan team, which was still sinking, did not seem to be the best destination for Icardi, who was in his playing years and had greater ambitions, so he kept dragging his feet and was unwilling to complete the contract renewal with the Inter Milan team.
But now, the Inter Milan team, which has reached the top of Europe, has an unstoppable recovery, and Icardi will definitely choose to stay in the Inter Milan team with the same signing conditions, after all, he has been here for so many years and is already familiar with everything here.
Unless there is a team that can offer a contract that far exceeds the conditions of Inter Milan's contract renewal, the probability of this happening is not high.
The Inter Milan team, which has returned to the first echelon of European giants, is not afraid that some teams will maliciously poach these players in their team, as long as Shen Feng can be retained, other players are relatively irreplaceable.
Including Icardi, Perisic!
Moreover, others can poach the players of the Inter Milan team, and the Inter Milan team can also poach the players of other teams, depending on whose hoe is more effective.
These problems are not considered by Shen Feng, now he is in the Inter Milan team, he only needs to do his own thing and be worthy of the annual salary offered to him by the club.
After finishing his work here, Shen Feng immediately returned to China and joined the Dragon Kingdom team that had already regrouped.
Not long ago, the Copa America to be held in Brazil from June 12th to July 5th, suddenly announced a news: the Japanese team, which originally accepted the invitation of the South American Football Confederation to participate in this Copa America, suddenly announced the launch of this Copa America.
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), although regretful, has reluctantly accepted this established fact.
After urgent consultations, the South American Football Confederation decided to invite the Dragon Team to make up for the place that the Japanese team withdrew, and participate in this Copa America as a special invited team.
Originally, as early as last year, when the Copa America was going to determine the list of participants for this event, the South American Football Confederation had invited the Dragon National team.
However, at that time, the Dragon Football Association finally rejected the invitation due to various considerations.
This time, at the critical juncture when the Copa America is about to start, the South American Football Confederation has brought up the old story, and the attitude of the Dragon Football Association has undergone some changes.
The current Dragon Country team, and the Dragon Country team a year ago, have undergone earth-shaking changes!
A year ago, although the Dragon Country team reached the World Cup finals for the second time, it was not optimistic about its strength before the World Cup started.
The Dragon Football Association and the Dragon Country Team were under tremendous pressure at that time, in case the Dragon Country Team repeats the embarrassing situation of 16 years ago and three group stage games without a win in the World Cup, the Dragon Country Football, which has just improved a little, will be hit hard again!
However, the Dragon Nation team, which carried the ardent hope of the people of the whole country to set foot on the World Cup for the second time, did not let the tragedy repeat, and reached the round of 16 with unexpected excellent results, and in the comprehensive evaluation after the World Cup, it beat the Iranian team, the Japanese team, the South Korean team and the Saudi Arabian team, ranking first among the Asian teams in the tournament, and also photographed the 14th place among all 32 participating teams.
Let fans all over the world re-acquaint themselves with Dragon Country Football!
At the Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates held at the beginning of the year, the Dragon Nation team made great progress all the way and climbed to the top of Asia!
This achievement has consolidated the status of the Dragon Country team in the Asian football circle, and also completely reversed the impression in the eyes of the people of the Dragon Country, from "black for all", to a team with faith, combat effectiveness and high spirits that is highly respected by the people!
So, after internal discussions, and after consulting the head coach of the Dragon Country Team Lippi and a number of players, the Dragon Football Association decided to accept the invitation of the South American Football Confederation and send the team to participate in this Asian Cup in Brazil.
The level of development of South American football is second only to Europe, far above the Dragon team, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, all of which are well-known world-class teams.
Being able to compete with these teams is a rare opportunity for the Dragon Country.
Except for the America's Cup, there is no other event that allows the Dragons to truly appreciate the style of a world-class team.
Although, with the current strength of the Dragon Country team, it is very likely that in the Copa America field, it is very likely that he will play the role of accompanying the prince to study, and he will be eliminated in the group stage, but this experience will also play a considerable role in the training value of the Dragon Country team.
The Dragon Nation team, which has reached the top of Asia, should move towards the goal of "becoming a world-class powerhouse" next!
In order to become a truly world-class team, we need to play against world-class teams, recognize the gap between them and world-class teams, and find the direction of our efforts, so as to better move towards our goals.
It came relatively suddenly, but fortunately, there would be an international break in June, and the Dragons would have to assemble for two friendly matches.
Now it's just a change from two friendly matches that are not too high-level to three group games of the Copa America.
Moreover, in the current Dragon Country team, there are many main players, such as Shen Feng, Wu Lei and others, all of whom play in Europe, and when the Copa America opens, the season has ended, and the players' participation in the national team has no impact.
As for the poor physical condition of the players who have just finished a season, it may affect the performance of the national team, which not only has an impact on the Dragon Team, but also has a greater impact on the Brazilian team and Argentina team, where most of the players play in Europe!
At the same time, the lack of preparation time has an impact on the Dragons, as do Brazil and Argentina.
Therefore, all in all, the Dragon Nation team urgently accepted the invitation of the South American Football Confederation and temporarily decided to participate in this Copa America, which did not have a great impact and basically participated in the fair range.
The most affected are the Dragon Super League teams that have been drawn players.