A month after the National Olympic team successfully qualified, Qiu Suhui relieved himself from his busyness. He went home to visit his relatives and did his filial piety. Then he successfully blocked the Football Association's plan to recruit Yang Pan into the national team to play in the Asian Cup. Then came the National Olympic training camp, but not long after the training camp, the players found that only Hu Li was leading the team on the training ground, and Qiu Zhi was gone.

Hu Li told everyone that Qiu Zhi went to Europe to watch the highest level of football this summer - the 2004 European Championship in Portugal.

However, many team members privately thought that Qiu Zhi must have taken this opportunity to travel to Portugal at public expense.

After enjoying a two-week holiday, the young Olympic players gathered again to work hard for the Athens Olympics with the hope of hundreds of millions of fans across the country.

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Yang Pan's return to China can almost be regarded as an honorable return to his hometown. TV, newspapers, and magazines have reported that as the first Chinese player to play in Serie A, the first Chinese player to score in Serie A, and the first Chinese player to join the giant AC Milan, his influence in China is no longer limited to football.

CCTV5 once again invited Yang Pan to participate in the talk show. This time, the person sitting next to him has been replaced by Li Yongle, who quickly became popular with the excellent performance of the National Olympic Games in the qualifiers, instead of Zhang Jun.

"Li Yongle was still your opponent with Zhang Jun before!" Liu Hongmin said with a smile that the audience is always interested in the past of the stars, especially when the pasts of the two stars are still intertwined.

"It's the same now." Yang Pan corrected the host's statement.

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Xiang Tao sat in front of the TV, looking at Yang Pan and Li Yongle in the TV, and muttered to himself. "Even Lao Hu was invited to the scene, why didn't I have this luck?"

Wang Yu knocked on him on the side: "Let's talk about it when you are as famous as them." ”

"Am I not famous enough?" Indeed, compared with the newly selected National Olympics, Xiang Tao can be regarded as very famous, but ......

"Stupid! Your kind of fame, the negative news that didn't make you on the news already gave you a lot of face! Wang Yu scolded in the back. Now many people know that Xiang Tao is the funny king of the National Olympic Games, if it weren't for Qiu Suhui's enough prestige, Xiang Tao might have been expelled from the National Olympic team a long time ago.

"Hey, girl! Have you ever thought about what are we going to do after the Olympics? Xiang Tao asked suddenly.

"What should I do?" Wang Yu was stunned, he really hadn't thought about this problem. “…… I guess it's back to the club. ”

"Well, you should have no problem going back. But I ...... Hey! Xiang Tao smiled, "You also know that the coaches of the youth team and the first team in the club don't like me very much. No matter how good I am here, they won't look at me squarely. ”

Wang Yu looked at his good friend: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

"I'm ......" Xiang Tao held his chin and looked at the TV, and the host was asking Li Yongle about his future plans. …… I want to go out and play, no matter where I go, I can't be in the country. ”

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"So you're planning to go abroad directly?" Liu Hongmin looked at Li Yongle and asked rhetorically.

Li Yongle nodded: "My agent is already doing his best to deal with this matter, I think there should be more definite news after the Asian Cup." ”

"Is there a club that you particularly favourite?" This is a question with a small pitfall, Liu Hongmin actually asked Li Yongle which one he wants to go to most tactfully. But when Li Yongle answered truthfully, Liu Hongmin felt that he had asked in vain.

Li Yongle replied: "I am an Inter Milan fan. ”

Liu Hongmin said that it is impossible to let you go to Inter Milan now, and it is impossible for Inter Milan to leave a place in the first team for you. It's better to be realistic. Because this answer was completely unexpected by Liu Hongmin, he prepared in advance that all the questions he asked next were invalid, so he had to laugh dryly: "Ha! There are indeed a lot of Inter fans in China, ha! ”

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"Hah! Inter! His ambitions are really high! Xiang Tao laughed in front of the TV.

But Wang Yu interrupted Xiang Tao's laughter: "Go to a random one? Did you think it was that easy to play abroad? Just go if you want to go? ”

"I've already talked to Lao Qiu and he promised to help me recommend it to foreign clubs. With his connections abroad, it's not a difficult thing, as long as I want, I can go to the lower league teams. As for the club, they all want me to go. Xiang Tao still looked at the TV and said.

"Impossible, with your current strength, there is no reason for the club to let you go......" Wang Yu was a little excited.

"Girl, you don't know, I went to the team during the holiday and met some old acquaintances." Xiang Tao didn't pay attention to Wang Yu's sudden excitement, but said to himself. "I just remembered that I had forgotten something in the team, so I went back and got it. Guess what those people say? They said I was back to show off. said that I, a person who can't even play the main team of the youth team, can play in the national Olympic team, and my family must have given me a lot of money...... I call him an ancestor! Lao Tzu shows them off? Those turtle sons aren't qualified to let me do this! ”

It's no wonder that Xiang Tao is so excited, his family, from his grandfather to his father, are all workers, although they are not rich, it can be said that there are still some difficulties, but they are all upright. In the eyes of those sleek and worldly people, their family has a strange temper and is not close to people. In front of Xiang Tao, saying that his family sent money for him to enter the National Olympics can be said to be insulting Xiang Tao's family. This is absolutely intolerable to Xiang Tao. Wang Yu knows Xiang Tao's temper very well, and if he says such a thing, if he is not recognized by Xiang Tao's six relatives, it is the yin virtue that has accumulated eight lifetimes.

"How many went to the hospital?"

"No, not a single one." Xiang Tao shook his head. "I didn't even do it."

"Why?" Wang Yu was a little surprised.

"I don't want to be expelled from the national Olympic team because of a moment of happiness." Xiang Tao was able to calm down when his blood was surging, which made Wang Yu look at him with admiration. But this is actually the credit of Qiu Suhui, Qiu Suhui always told Xiang Tao that if he wants to have great development, then that irascible temper must be restrained, especially in China. "Besides, I'm the main force of the National Olympics now, what about them? I didn't even know if I could get in the first team, and I was afraid that my status would be lowered. Hey! ”

"I said! Forget it like that? I'm going back to clean up those turtle sons for you! I still have some prestige in the team. ”

"I can't do it." Xiang Tao shook his head again.

"Then I'll go and ask the coach for mercy......"

"Haha! If that's the case, the coach will definitely look at you with very strange eyes, and you will feel furious in your heart, and then ask you: 'Wang Yu, you can't be stupid after being with that Xiang Tao for a long time, right?' Even though you're the main player in the team, you'd better not mess around in this situation, or you'll lose your position. ”

Wang Yu shut up.

"Okay, thank you both for your visit! We look forward to your performances at the Athens Olympics! ”

"Phew!" Xiang Tao turned off the TV, and then said to Wang Yu, "Do you want to go out and have fun?" ”

Wang Yu shook his head weakly: "No, I'...... Some headaches. Go on your own. ”

Xiang Tao smiled, then opened the door and beat him out.

Girl, you don't have the ability and qualifications to worry about me now! But don't overthink it, it's good for you and me.

Xiang Tao went out for a walk, but he didn't meet anyone, he stood in the corridor and shouted with his voice open: "It's all out!" It's open! It's open! European Championship opener, Portugal vs. Greece, bets are now accepted! ”

Suddenly, the doors that were originally closed opened one by one, and the crowd jumped out of the door: "I've been waiting for Brother Tao to open for a long time, I'll buy Portugal, ten yuan!" ”

"Damn! You're so stingy! I bought Portugal, twelve bucks! ”

"Say, you're no better!"

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"Hey, hey! are all stars, and the bet is only so much money? The highest fifty dollars, the smallest ...... This...... Who gave the dollar? Xiang Tao looked at the ledger in his hand and shouted. Mom, one is more slamming the door than the other! The money worship of the National Olympics is not ordinarily serious! ”

Wang Yu looked at Xiang Tao, who was yelling and shouting, and sighed. After eight years of being teammates, will there finally be a day when they will be separated?

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One of the biggest tournaments of the summer, the 2004 European Championship in Portugal, kicked off at 4.30pm local time on June 12 at the Stadio Dragons, home stadium in Porto.

After the opening ceremony, the match between Portugal and Greece began, and no one could have imagined what role this match would play in this European Championship.

Portugal lost, cleanly in front of the 50,000 hometown elders in the stadium.

Before the game, people were talking about the last swan song of Portugal's golden generation, the toughness of the French [***] group, the boys of England, the handsome guys of Italy, Raul of Spain, the Netherlands, Germany...... One by one, they are like a few treasures. But the facts have once again proved that the European Championship is a hotbed of dark horses. Denmark in '92, the Czech Republic in '96, and Greece this year.

After the victory over the host Portugal, many people still think that it was only because of the host's slight opponent and nervousness that the Greeks scored their first goal and first victory in an international tournament in nearly two decades.

People generally have a superstitious belief in authority and worship of the strong. Football is no different. However, the Greeks used their tenacious defense and efficient counter-attacks to advance all the way, and after qualifying from Group A, they eliminated defending champions France and the Czech Republic with two consecutive 1-0 defeats, and finally stood at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, the final of this European Championship. They went from the beginning to the end, and they were already very telling. However, there are still most people who think that the Greeks have taken shit luck, and two 1-0s are just a despicable negative tactic, and they will not be able to beat the Portuguese team with the right time, place and people.

But it is a pity that in the face of myths, all the advantages are already insignificant. Another 1:0!

Charlie Steas, the tall centre-forward at just 22 years old, made the hosts cry after finishing off France.

Greece can no longer be described as a "dark horse", they are a "Trojan virus".

Many fans are still sighing for Portugal and crying out for the "golden generation". Qiu Suhui, on the other hand, only focused on Greek coach Otto Rehhagel. What kind of magic made him bring the Greek team, which was still a standard fish belly more than ten years ago, to the European Championship championship podium?

Qiu Suhui feels that having thoroughly eaten Rehhagel's set is very useful to the current Chinese national team. Isn't there already a comparison between the Chinese team and the Greek team in the Asian Cup? However, it seems that the Chinese team is not qualified to compare with the Greek team, and they are not a grade worse.

Speaking of the Asian Cup, although Ali Han likes Yang Pan very much, he hopes that he will be able to participate in the Asian Cup. But Qiu Suhui has already rejected the Football Association's request to transfer Yang Pan to the national team with a very strong attitude.

Yang Pan is not an iron man, he has just finished a season of Serie A and has to participate in the Olympic Games in August, and he has no time to rest when he is allowed to participate in the Asian Cup. It's going to be a huge detriment for him next season, especially as he has to compete against a group of world superstars at AC Milan.

The Football Association's approach is tantamount to killing chickens and eggs, and it is completely eager for quick success. Therefore, Qiu Suhui did not hesitate to let Luo Wenqiang and the General Administration of Sports be extremely unhappy with him, and also to ensure Yang Pan's rest time.

Ali Han is a reasonable person, and after communicating with Qiu Suhui, he announced that he would no longer ask Yang Pan to come back to play in the Asian Cup. The Football Association has no excuse at this time, and the matter has finally subsided and will not be mentioned again.

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When Zhang Jun was still undergoing rehabilitation under the careful care of Feng Qing and Sophie, the entire national Olympic team had already finished their short training camp in China, and flew to the Netherlands under the leadership of Qiu Suhui to carry out adaptation training at the training base in Ajax.

Because it is now in the holiday stage, there is only one user of the national Olympic team in a huge base. Pure is pure, but Qiu Suhui feels that without those Dutch, the national Olympic team is missing a good teacher and reference.

After settling down the excited boys, Qiu Suhui went out to walk around alone. It's a place he's been familiar with before, having worked here for more than a year, and with Louis van Gaal, he has made a big start to Ajax's third success. But now here, it has made him a little big, it seems that this base has been renovated and expanded, Qiu Suhui walked as he pleased, and those who turned left and right were already lost.

"Uh, here's ...... East? So it should be west over there? But I'm heading north, right? Qiu Suhui stood at a small fork in the road, scratching his head and muttering to himself.

"You seem to be in some trouble and need my help?" Someone behind him asked in English.

"Ah, thank you so much. I want to go to Building 3 in Area A, may I ask ......" Qiu Suhui turned around and was taken aback, "Marco?" ”

It was none other than Marco van Basten, the dominant Dutch striker back then.

"Hey! Qiu, long time no see! Basten raised his hand and said hello.

The two were selected in the best team at the same World Junior Championships and were compared, coupled with Qiu Suhui's experience of studying in the Netherlands, so that the friendship between the two has continued since the World Youth Championships.

Unfortunately, due to the different circumstances. A superstar who became famous in world football, his premature departure made countless people reluctant to give up. The other was in his home league and eventually lost his left foot, retiring earlier than the former, but not many people remember his glorious past.

Qiu Suhui's talent back then made Basten a little envious, but the ending of the two was so different. Is this fate?

"Ah, yes. We haven't seen each other in a long time. Qiu Suhui replied, I really didn't expect to meet him here today.

"I've heard Ronald [Koeman] say that there will be a Chinese team coming here for training during this time, but I didn't expect you to be the manager. Tsk, look at you now you are the head coach of the Chinese Olympic team, and I am still the coach of the youth team of the club. ”

"I heard that the Dutch Football Association is looking for you to be the head coach of the Dutch national team?" Qiu Suhui asked rhetorically.

"Haha! Let's not talk about that yet. We finally met each other, what does it look like to stand here and chat? Let's go have a cup of coffee, I'm in for a treat. Basten laughed.

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"It's a café in the club, how about it? Not bad, right? Basten laughed.

Qiu Suhui turned his head to look around at the café, which was reminiscent of the café outside in terms of decoration and service. After he left, Ajax changed a lot, and even the café was built. "That's pretty good...... When I was here, I had to have someone brew my coffee, or buy my own instant brew. The conditions are much better now......"

"Haha, pretend to be an old qualification!" Basten laughed.

"Hey! When it comes to coaching at Ajax, I'm really your senior, Marko. Qiu Suhui glanced at Basten, this dashing swordsman who advanced and retreated freely in the penalty area back then, and scored goals like a bag, is also old, and he is forty in the blink of an eye.

"Hah! Everybody's getting old! I'm forty this year, and you'll be forty next year, right? Basten smiled, and the reunion of old friends who he hadn't seen for a long time made him feel surprisingly good.

Qiu Suhui nodded.

"Sometimes I feel like life is quite impermanent." Basten sighed, "We have the same beginning, but not the same ending. I said I would never touch football again, but I was pushed step by step to become a candidate for the Dutch manager. What about you, are you okay in China now? ”

"Well, the environment of Chinese football...... How to say it, it's a bit complicated, it's hard to say. But luckily I met a group of promising players who will be the future of Chinese football as long as they develop well. ”

"You mean Zhang Jun and Yang Pan?"

"Hmm. Despite my career regrets, they seem to be a continuation of me. Speaking of Zhang Jun and them, Qiu Suhui's eyes flashed with hope.

"Hehe, I just hope they don't end up like you." Basten smiled, but bitterly. When Qiu Suhui was studying in the Netherlands, his performance even attracted the attention of Ajax, who intended to recruit him into the account and form a forward partner with Basten. But it is a pity that Chinese football at that time was not professionalized, and the requirements for players to play abroad were extremely strict, and in the end they did not agree to Ajax's request. Qiu Suhui returned to China a few months later, and Basten did not have the opportunity to see Qiu Suhui again. Later, he heard the news that Qiu Suhui had retired from football in China due to a serious left ankle injury. After all, the two were not able to play side by side on the court. It is a pity. Then they met again after a gap of more than ten years, and both were already coaches and playing for their respective countries.

"Don't talk about the past." Two people who have also experienced ups and downs, big ups and downs, and returned to the ordinary, are more or less emotional when they are approaching the age of confusion. "I originally wanted to go to you directly, but I didn't expect you to take the initiative to come to me."

"What's the matter?"

"It's about Zhang Jun. As you know, Zhang Jun can be said to have not improved much in the year of Warrendam. He performed so well, and he was guaranteed by such a young body. But I'm worried that people who play with their bodies will suffer a lot when they arrive. The teacher is not a person who can improve Zhang Jun in terms of technology. What he needs most now is someone to guide him in the technical aspect. Now that he's injured, technique is even more important. So ......"

"So you think of me?"

"Well, only your experience and qualifications can help him at the moment. You should have a lot in common with the same center, right? ”

Basten thought for a moment: "Okay, I promise you. ”

Qiu Suhui smiled, he raised his coffee cup and said to Basten, "Thank you, cheers." ”

"But I seem to be developing a very good opponent for the Netherlands." Basten sighed.

"Haha! Don't think about it so much. Honestly, it's not just me, you want to see your football continue to be on the pitch, right? He's the one you can hope for. Qiu Suhui drank the coffee in his cup in one gulp.

The Chinese can expect him to win honor for the motherland, so what is a foreigner like me? Basten thought, do you want him to continue my football? No kidding, Basten is Basten, Zhang Jun is Zhang Jun. There's no need to clone me out, let's let him play his own football.

"Okay, I wish you to win the honor with your team in Athens!" Basten also drank the coffee in his cup.

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"I'll send you back." At the door of the café, Basten said to Qiu Suhui.

"No, I'm afraid those boys will eat you when they see you." Qiu Suhui shook his head.

"But can you find your way back alone?" Basten asked with a smile.

"This ......" Qiu Suhui looked at the completely changed surroundings, which used to be just a forest next to the base.

"Haha!" Basten laughed again. "I'll give it to you. I also want to see the group of boys you call 'the future of Chinese football'. ”

When Basten appeared in front of the Olympic team, they were really glad that they listened to Qiu Suhui's words and honestly stayed in the room and did not go out. Now that the idol is in front of him, the excitement is not to be said.

Autographs, group photos, Basten was busy. But he was in high spirits and did not show any dissatisfaction. This made Li Yongle, who got the autograph, have to admire, the light and quality of a superstar will not disappear with the passage of time.

After enjoying the happiest day in the Netherlands, the national Olympic team officially started training in the Netherlands. In addition to regular training, Qiu Suhui also used his personal connections to win some high-quality warm-up matches. For example, the Ajax youth team brought out by Basten when he was in power, but under Qiu Suhui's request to Basten to "don't be soft", the Ajax youth team really did not mercilessly pick out the national Olympic team 3:1. China's only goal came from captain No. 7 Yang Pan, who fired a powerful volley through the opponent's goal. It's a pity that the gap in overall strength still made the National Olympic Games defeated, and it also made them realize their shortcomings.

Time flies so fast, when the national Olympic players train hard in the Netherlands to improve their level, at home, the Asian Cup is about to start. It was an important test for Ali Khan and his disciples before the World Cup.

The future of Chinese football is deviating from its original track little by little. But who knows if this deviation is good or bad? Or rather, no one is aware of this deviation, and it needs an opportunity for people to recognize it.

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