211 Thailand Asian Junior Championships
The temperature in Bangkok in August is slightly cooler than that of Jiangxia, which is known as the stove, and it is the rainy season in the region, so it rains almost every day, and the nights after the rain are more comfortable.
The training camp selected by the national youth is a high-end resort on the outskirts of the city, and Lin Wenlei arrived here with the advance team on the 20th, including Sumi.
The advance crew, which includes a course steward, conducts a detailed survey, including measurements, not only of the lawn within the resort, but also of the course that may be used for the game.
Jiangxia Sports Medicine Center has set up a working group in the resort, which is not only responsible for the monitoring of the players' physical condition, daily physiotherapy recovery, but also the establishment of a first-aid work plan.
The Center for Sports Science and Digitalization (Turner's laboratory was expanded in cooperation with the Chubei Sports Institute, and digital research began to expand in other sports fields. A working group was also set up here, which not only connected to domestic mainframe computers through the network, but also rented a large-scale computer from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok for auxiliary computing.
Then there is the logistics team, which has made a detailed plan for the team's food, clothing, housing and transportation. The chefs accompanying the team, the monitoring of food hygiene, and the buses traveling, including the route and time, will be repeatedly calculated.
Wei Hongjiang admired such meticulous security work, but he was a little unimpressed.
"This is certainly good, but it's also too costly..."
The two walked and communicated in the rainforest, and now that the team has not arrived, the two of them have not much to do, and they are willing to communicate more and do a good job of running in through these informal contacts.
Lin Wenlei also wanted to explain more, although he was not confident in the future of the national brand, it was always good to be able to make some efforts.
"Money and business are getting bigger and bigger in football, and these players are big money from the club side. For example, Su Wu's evaluation is 3.5 million euros, and the others are also one or two million euros, so these expenses must be worth it. And these players are still in the process of appreciation, and we are also an investment. ”
Wei Hongjiang looked back at Lin Wenlei, hesitated for a moment and asked:
"But now these players are from other clubs..."
"Lucas and Wang Jie are all from our club, and if they appreciate a little, they will all come back. And Sono, they are after-sales service... It's not easy for our players in Europe either, and the lack of benchmarks that can make or benefit the club is the biggest problem that we haven't been able to open up the European football market. We seem to have benefited the club, but in the end, the majority of the benefits are still our Huaguo, we and the club are a community of interests, not superiors and subordinates, let alone the object of the game. ”
Wei Hongjiang was silent for a while before asking:
"So that's why you didn't summon Su Wu and Cai Rongyu?"
"Yes, Su Wuzheng is doing a pre-season run-in with Metz, it is very rare for a player to get a place in the club at this age, and the opportunity to play for a year is very precious. Cai Rongyu was also transferred to the first team, and it was the critical time... In fact, everyone knows these truths, but when it comes to their own interests, they are willing to consider the long-term and the overall situation..."
Wei Hongjiang smiled and complimented Lin Wenlei:
"You have paid a lot for Chinese football..."
Lin Wenlei waved his hand and said calmly:
"Not counting paying, I have this ability, one is for feelings, and in the long run, my investment will have enough returns."
They are talking about the national junior team call-up list, because of the conflict with the club's pre-season warm-up match, Lin Wenlei did not recruit Su Wu, Sun Ge, Cai Rongyu, Chen Pu, Zhou Bo, Guiyang, Gan Rong, Wang Yu. They were replaced by Feng Yang, Lucas, Meng Xihe, Gao Rong, Fan Hua, Tian Youzhi, and Xiaxia.
Most of these players who occasionally appeared in the first team were the main players of the team and the most well-known players, because of the needs of the club, Lin Wenlei did not call these players.
For Luo Changhai and Zhou Hongluo, who supported Lin Wenlei's team to replace the traditional system team and represent the national junior team in the Asian Junior Championships, it is a risk not to recruit these players.
But what makes Lin Wenlei happy is that no one interferes with his employment and supports his approach. Listening to the occasional worry, Lin Wenlei was not disgusted, but relieved Wei Hongjiang's heart:
"However, according to the opponent's situation, the Asian scope is not worth our cup..."
After the preparations were ready, Lin Wenlei and Sumi took these days as a holiday and spent a small holiday in Thailand until the team arrived in Bangkok on the 25th.
On the 26th, they started the first slow-paced joint practice, with Sono and Zhao Yao becoming the main forwards, and Meng Xihe, Zhou Duo, and Gao Rong as substitutes.
Midfielders Feng Yang, Wang Jie, Zheng Zhi, Meng Xinyan, and Fan Sheng formed 5 midfielders, with Lucas, Fan Hua, and Sun Letian as substitutes.
The back line is played by Xie He, Zhou Zhaolin, and Su Xin, and Tian Youxin, Xia Xia, and Xia Jixuan are substitutes.
Goalkeepers Lu Yiming, An Shidao, Chu Hongtu.
A total of 23 players make up the Under-16 national junior squad.
This 352 reduced the assists of the fullbacks, the three central defenders actually strengthened the defensive strength, and the wingers were responsible for the midfielders Wang Jie and Fan Sheng on both sides, and the requirements for them were much higher.
So the physical training of the two of them, Fan Hua and Sun Letian was taken over by Otto Flynn at the beginning, which was much more difficult than the whole team.
Because the core players have just finished the Mexican Nations Cup, the team has not arranged any warm-up games, mainly for the run-in of the team.
Feng Yang's offensive organization is more like Su Wu, unlike Cai Rongyu, who has the weakness of physical confrontation, plus Wang Jie and Fan Sheng also have the ability to play the ball, and the reform has not weakened much, but it is more difficult to be restricted because there are more ball points.
Therefore, except for some domestic noises about the source of the national junior team, the preparations went very smoothly, and it was on September 6 in an orderly manner.
Huaguo Guoshao is in Group B of the Asian Junior Championship, with Australia, Japan and Hong Kong, China, and the first game on September 6 is against Australia.
The main squad of Hua Guoshao went smoothly during the training period, there were no injuries, and they played all the games against Australia.
The Australian national youth is the same as their national team, the height and physique are obviously stronger than the Chinese national youth, and the comparison of the shots of the opening ceremony makes the fans a little nervous.
The domestic broadcast rights of this game were also purchased by Jiangxia Sports Channel, and a strong broadcast lineup was also dispatched.
Liu Jianhong also left China Television after the Brazil World Cup and joined Jiangxia Sports Channel as the channel director, and this time he also participated in the broadcast of the Asian Junior Championship with the team.
"The gap in physique is real, but fortunately, our national youth team has a wealth of game experience, and I believe we can use our technical advantages to overcome this, and our passing and control is the most obvious advantage."
Huang Jianxiang took it with confidence and said:
"That's fine, we're the winners of the Mexican Nations Cup..."