Chapter 261: Visiting Crowchen
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Although Spain relied on golden boy Torres to beat Belgium in five minutes in the second half on the road, they have long lost the initiative, because Serbia and Montenegro have the upper hand in the first two rounds, as long as they do not make mistakes, they will basically beat Spain to win the group.
The Serbian and Montenegro national team, which conceded the fewest goals so far in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers in Germany, continued to play steadily, beating Lithuania by two goals away from home to remain top of Group 7.
Equally struggling with Spain are Thierry Henry's France, who were held to a draw away from Switzerland to remain second in the group and have largely lost their place in the group.
Of course, these have little to do with Elo, but in Spain, he still occasionally pays attention to the results of the Spanish national team, and as for the French team, it is basically because of Zidane and Henry.
Although Iello knew from his past impressions that both teams appeared in the final World Cup in Germany, he was worried that the birth of his little butterfly would affect the changes in world football.
But... Fortunately, nothing has changed much so far, otherwise his idea of relying on Germany to make a fortune at the World Cup would have been dispelled.
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On the twelfth, Iello took a plane from Valencia International Airport to Dortmund, Germany, and Feng Xiaoting, Hao Junmin, Zhao Xuri, Gao Lin, and Chen Tao met and then took a train in Dortmund to Zorlingen, a small city in western Germany.
Zollingen is a small city, but it is famous, mainly because it has historically been rich in knives and is currently home to many famous knife brands.
Even Germany's only knife museum is located here, but unfortunately it is not easy to get here.
Iello and others changed trains from Dortmund three times, so you can imagine how troublesome it is for Germany, which has very developed transportation in Europe.
The population of Zollingen was not very large, and the permanent population of the small town knew each other for a long time, so they quickly found the home of their mentor Krauchen.
When Crowchen opened the door and saw the players of the Chinese national youth team he had led, he immediately moistened his eyes, but fortunately, he reacted quickly, and hurriedly called the old woman who was preparing Chinese food in the kitchen, and at the same time took the opportunity to wipe his eyes with the corner of his clothes.
"Hey, dear... Add lunch today! ”
Krauchen, who is now 66 and almost 67, looks much older than he did when he won the title in the Netherlands this summer, and his piercing eyes have become less aggressive.
As soon as Iroh and Chen Tao, who are relatively open-minded, enter the door, they regard Crowchen's home as their own, looking left and right, but... Soon their attention was drawn to the wall of honor in Crowchen's house.
It's not because of how gorgeous this wall of honor is, but because this wall of honor looks a little shabby.
Because a wall of honor of about ten square meters has only one golden medal.
The gold medal of the '15th Dutch World Youth Champions' in the center attracted their attention, and the entire wall of honor was particularly moving, and the group of six people subconsciously fell into silence.
Next to this gold medal is a poster of the Chinese national youth team winning the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, standing on the podium and holding the championship trophy together, every player on the poster is smiling, and behind it is red and white scraps of paper, fluttering in the air, looking lifelike.
Crowchen looked at the six disciples in front of him and let out a long sigh.
The silence of the six disciples reminded him of that afternoon.
"Mr. Eckhard, first of all... I would like to congratulate you on leading the Chinese national youth team to win the first world championship in the history of Chinese football, but at the same time, I also want to apologize to you, because your country's football association did not honor the contract signed with us, so... I don't think we're going to be able to continue with the '08 Olympic Star' agreement, and finally... Once again, I thank you for your contribution to our country......"
Crowchen is not a fool, he knows that the Chinese XX Football Association terminated the contract with him not because the German side did not honor the content of the signed agreement, but because he himself was not controlled by the relevant officials of the Chinese XX Football Association at all.
The 2008 Olympics is the Olympics in China, and these officials must do everything they can, and those places that can cause accidents must be eradicated in advance, just like Crawford, who can't fully control zhì, must terminate the contract!
Replace it with a manager who can control it.
Because only the head coach who is controlled will not achieve good results in the Beijing Olympics, he can shift such responsibility to the head coach of the national Olympic team.
It can be said that... These officials of the XX Football Association, in order to maintain their official positions, are simply to the point of madness!
Ailuo's eyes were like torches, and he could see at once that his mentor Krauchen thought of the unhappiness between the termination of the contract with the XX Football Association, so he walked behind the latter, put his arm around his shoulder, and said in German: "Old man Ke, there is nothing to pity!" That's because our XX Football Association doesn't know how to cherish talents, and to be disappointed is also their disappointment, because they have lost a great coach, and you just lose a platform..."
Since Ailo speaks German, only Feng Xiaoting, Gao Lin and Hao Junmin, who are in Germany, can understand it, but they can only understand everyday words, and they can't understand other words at all.
Like Chen Tao and Zhao Xuri, who are in the Netherlands and France, they can't understand a word at all.
"Hey... You will be comforted! Crowchen was in a much better mood when Ai Luo said this, but he looked at these six disciples who were his most proud, shook his head and said, "I really don't understand why you quit the National Olympic team so impulsively?" Don't you know how much this means to you Chinese? ”
After saying that, Crawford sighed again.
Almost everyone except Iroh couldn't understand German, so Iroh made another cameo as a translator, and when Iroh finished translating, no one else fell silent again.
They think that what Crawford said is a bit right, is it too impulsive to quit the national Olympic team like this? After all, this is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games to be held in Chinese mainland, and it has great significance for the people of the whole country!
Or did Iroh read it thoroughly, and almost after the translation was finished, he said: "Isn't life in the world just a happy revenge?" The XX Football Association treats the old man so well, and we don't do something, can we be worthy of the old man? Without him, how can we have our World Youth Championships, and without the World Youth Championships, how can you go abroad to stay abroad? ”
After such an explanation from Ailuo, Feng Xiaoting and Chen Tao became extremely firm, and said in unison: "That's right! ”
Subsequently, Gao Lin, Hao Junmin and Zhao Xuri also made their positions clear.
Besides, the water spilled out can't be recycled, even if you regret it, there is no way, it's better to live a good life in the future, play every game in the next game, and let the domestic officials and gentlemen slowly regret it!
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After a hearty lunch at Crowchen's house at noon and a short rest, Crawford took his six disciples to the famous attraction of the small city, the only knife museum in Germany, the Klingen-museum.
The place is very quiet, there are very few people, and there are still a lot of residents living here.
At the top of this small city, there is a church, and at the back of the church, there is a green house, which is the Knife Museum.
The museum has a variety of knives from the Romans onwards, mainly swords in ancient times, and some medieval kitchen utensils.
In the modern section, a large number of surgical knives, barber knives and cosmetic appliances are also introduced.
The entire museum exhibits not only in Germany, but also in a variety of ancient knives from Japan, China and Arabia.
But unfortunately, there is only an introduction in German at the moment, so Iello made another cameo appearance as a translator.
The city of Zollingen is so small that by four o'clock in the afternoon, all the city's attractions have been visited.
Originally, according to their plan, after visiting their mentor Crowchen together on the 12th, they went to Hamburg, Germany, to watch the international friendly match between the German national team and the Chinese national team, but Crouchen politely declined the invitation of his disciples.
In addition, Crowchen's age was indeed older, and it was inconvenient for the six of them to continue to persuade him, so after returning to Crowchen's house, he took a photo with them as a souvenir, and then left for Hamburg.
Before the group of six left, Crawford pulled Ailo and said something, "Ai, you are the most talented young player I have ever seen, and at the same time the most talented and hardworking player I have ever seen, so your achievements are destined to be much higher than all your teammates, but... You must protect yourself well during the game, there are too many people in this world who are jealous of geniuses, and you can hide from those malicious fouls... Remember, it's not pressure that's holding a player back, it's injuries! ”
For Crowchen's advice, Iroh naturally listened very carefully.
Then Crowchen spoke one by one, first reminding Chen Tao of the place to pay attention to this kind of organizational front waist, and then Gao Lin, for his situation in Bremen, Crowchen is very clear, so he especially told Gao Lin to endure loneliness, and at the same time to grasp the limited opportunity to play, only in this way can he grow a first-class striker!
A central defender like Feng Xiaoting, who has a very good sense of talent, Crouchen only gave a little advice, "Feng... You are a very talented central defender, but you must remember not to be proud, in your Chinese words, 'pride makes people lag behind', the reason why I listed you as the captain of the national youth team is also because of your leadership temperament, I hope you will continue to work hard in the future......"
Hao Junmin's dribbling talent is very good, so Crawford told him to sometimes practice more on the final kick, because there are not a few players like him who dribble well, and if you want to stand out among these people, you can only add points to yourself in the number of goals.
Zhao Xuri is a pure midfielder, but he still has a little experience in the back insertion of long-range shots, so Crouchen positions him as a full-time defensive midfielder, but when necessary, he must step forward to help the attack.
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