The Asian Cup was played in July.

This is the first international sports event in history to be co-hosted by four Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Originally, the Asian Cup was held every four years, but in order to avoid conflict with the European Nations Cup and the Olympic Games, two major international sporting events, the AFC decided to change the tradition and bring the tournament forward by one year, and then continue to hold the tournament every four years.

The Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to the competition, mainly because of the pressure of domestic public opinion.

Since the end of the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, the results of the Chinese national team have been declining, and in the Asian Cup held in China before, the Chinese team can still go all the way to the finals, but this year, the performance of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup qualifiers is really not flattering, and it almost failed to qualify for the group, and even lost the qualification for the Asian Cup finals.

This made domestic public opinion even more dissatisfied with the Chinese team, and the revelation of some internal problems also doubled the pressure on the Chinese Football Association.

So the Chinese Football Association wants to 'do a good job' in the Asian Cup, at least let the Chinese team's results 'pass'.

If you want to 'do a good job', you have to find a way, the strength of the 'Zhu Jiajun' led by Zhu Guanghu is on the bright side, and even many people within the Football Association are not optimistic about the results of this team, let alone the outside world.

But some internal problems, involving the interests of many people, many problems, can not make 'change', so some people in the Football Association thought of Wansheng, this young man in Europe has played a piece of the sky, that is quite famous, then his coaching ability must be very good.

Let him coach the Chinese team with Zhu Guanghu, can the results be better?

Some people came up with ideas.

So there was a simple meeting within the Football Association to discuss the matter, and the result was almost 'unanimous'.

It's not that they are optimistic about Wansheng, the most important thing is that Wansheng will hardly have any impact on them when he coaches the Chinese team. It's just that an 'assistant coach' has been added to the team, and he doesn't even have to get much salary, and if the Chinese team doesn't do well, there will still be people who can 'carry the black pot', what better idea is there than this?

So the Chinese Football Association contacted Kevin Tagore in Hong Kong and sent an invitation letter to Manchester City to explain the situation.

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Wan Sheng was surprised by the invitation of the Chinese Football Association, because there was no news about this before, and he couldn't figure out why he invited him.

The Asian Cup is still two months away, and at this time, he is asked to be the 'technical director' because I believe in his ability. Think he can help the Chinese team improve their performance?

Wan Sheng looked at the invitation and thought for a while and didn't understand.

In fact, Wan Sheng is still full of concern, he does not dare to say that he is a pure patriot, but in terms of what he can, he still hopes to help the motherland, now he is a football coach, in his own field of expertise, it is actually good to help Chinese football, but think about the complex situation of domestic football. He was a little worried about whether he would 'fall into the pit'?

This is something that must be cared about.

Before making any decisions, he needs to think things through so that he doesn't leave himself in a passive position.

So he called Zhu Guanghu directly and asked some related questions.

He knew Zhu Guanghu.

Manchester City played a friendly match with China last year. He had a conversation with Zhu Guanghu, and he also left each other's phone numbers, and he called directly and asked relevant questions. "If I go, do I have the right to put the players I like on the list?"

This is the key question.

Since he is the 'technical guide' of the national team, that is, the assistant coach. I will definitely be able to express some opinions and opinions on the list of players to be called, since I must be hoping to make the national team perform better, if I don't have any rights, what will I do when I go?

Zhu Guanghu was silent for a while, and said, "But some people must be in the team. ”

Wan Sheng thought for a moment and asked directly, "Is it possible for me to be the head coach directly?" I'm not trying to replace you, but if I go, during the Asian Cup, I'm definitely going to be the main one, and I need to be in front of the ugly things, and I need enough power to be able to have the confidence to make the team better. ”

"In addition, I need the team to start training in June, and everything will be arranged according to my plan."

“……”

Wan Sheng talked about a series of requirements.

To sum it up, it's just one sentence – I need to include all the rights involved in the call-up, training, game scheduling, etc.

Zhu Guanghu finally smiled bitterly, "If it were me, I would definitely be able to promise you, no problem, but I don't have so many rights, and I still have to be subjected to the ...... That is, the restrictions of the Football Association. ”

Wan Sheng shook his head and said, "Okay, thank you. I know what to do. ”

Zhu Guanghu didn't understand what Wansheng meant, 'I know what to do', what is this for?

But soon he knew.

After having a conversation with Zhu Guanghu, Wan Sheng knew that even if he went to the national team, he would not have any rights, at most, he would put forward some of his own opinions in training and competitions, and as for whether to adopt it or not, it was up to others to decide.

What's the point of going like this?

But if you directly refuse the invitation of the Football Association, it is not good, because the Football Association's invitation to him, as well as what he said to Zhu Guanghu, are all 'secret', and the outside world does not know until now, if he refuses the invitation, who knows what the Football Association will say?

By now, Wan Sheng is already very experienced, and he knows very well that he can't give some people a chance, otherwise it will definitely affect his reputation.

Then just say it publicly!

Wansheng opened the salary wave blog page, and directly logged in with the account name of the application, this salary wave blog is verified, but because he rarely logs in, there are not many people who pay attention, but there are also tens of thousands of netizens, because the real identity is determined, many of them are domestic media reporters.

Wan Sheng published an article on his blog, explaining what the Football Association invited him to do, and at the same time explained his own requirements.

"I really want to contribute to Chinese football, but if I want to lead the Chinese team to go further in the Asian Cup, I need some relevant rights."

"If the Chinese Football Association can agree to my request, then I am willing to give up my vacation time and do my best to lead the Chinese team to break through in the Asian Cup!"

At the same time, Wan Sheng also emphasized several points that may be "criticized", one is that "salary" is not a problem, which means that even if the Football Association does not pay salary, he is willing to serve as an interim head coach, and the second is that he is not "fighting for power", because after the Asian Cup, he will return to Manchester City to prepare for next season.

After all these questions were explained, he also asked Kevin Tagore to give the same answer to the Chinese Football Association.

That's where the problem becomes public.

All the problems are put on the surface, and not giving others the opportunity to 'slander' themselves is to tell everyone that I am these conditions, and I will go if I promise, and it will not be my problem if I don't agree.

Then the question came back to the Chinese Football Association.

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Some people in the Chinese Football Association don't know the situation at all, and they just got a reply from Kevin Tagore and think it's 'completely unacceptable'!

Are you kidding!

robbed Zhu Guanghu's rights, this is actually nothing, it is a temporary change of coach, besides, Wansheng does not have a requirement for salary, but it can ask for 'recruiting players independently' and other issues, which involve a lot of things.

It is simply impossible to say yes.

What the other party means is that he has the final say in everything in the national team, and no one else can interfere, and everything is up to him, which is ...... When pigs fly!

Then some people thought about how to 'shift the responsibility' and tell the media about it, and the crux of the problem was naturally that 'Wansheng refused to play for the national team', but soon they didn't have this mind, because the media already knew everything.

The blog post published by Wansheng is very influential!

After the article was published, the managers of the Xinlang blog saw the updated content of Wansheng's blog, and almost immediately, put the blog link on the homepage of the official website of Xinlang, and also used a picture to mark it in the most conspicuous position.

Just three hours later, the blog post has already surpassed 1 million visits.

1,000,000 people!

There are still many people who continue to reprint, and the number of reprints soon exceeded 10,000, and among the number of visits, I don't know how many media, they also reported on the content, so-

The whole of China, and even the whole world, know about it!

When the officials of the Chinese Football Association reacted, the media reporters had already 'questioned' the relevant questions, so the press officers of the Chinese Football Association didn't know how to answer.

Do you answer as agreed?

That's definitely not going to work!

The media, domestic fans already know, Wansheng is not not disagreeing, but there are a few conditions, normal for a coach who coaches a European club, it is not too much to have these rights, at least everyone knows that Wansheng must have these rights in Manchester City, and then look at Manchester City's results, won the Premier League championship for two consecutive seasons, as a Champions League newcomer, reached the Champions League quarterfinals in the first season, what else is there to say?

Then what is in front of the Chinese Football Association has become a choice - to agree, or not to agree?

They no longer have the right to defend themselves.

Then some people in the Football Association were angry with the guys who came up with this 'bad idea', "How can you think of provoking that 'thorn' when you have nothing to do?" That guy can give Europeans a headache, let alone domestic! He's not an ordinary 30-year-old young man, he's not so easy to deceive! ”

"Look, we're in trouble now!"

"What do you say? Promise? No way! Eighty percent of people wouldn't agree! Don't say yes? and domestic media and fans, how to explain? ”

Then someone came up with a good idea - drag.

has been dragging on without explaining, just saying that the two sides are still discussing, discussing and discussing, and when it drags on until June, the matter will be resolved, because the national team has begun to prepare, and it is impossible to change the coach temporarily. (To be continued.) )