Chapter 28 About the Future
In the 94th minute of the match between the Chinese team and the Yugoslav team, the referee blew a whistle to end the game as Stankovic's long-range shot missed. The Chinese men's football team eliminated the powerful Yugoslavia to advance to the top 8 of this World Cup.
In the 90 World Cup, the Costa Rica team led by Yugoslav Milutinovic reached the round of 16 as a new World Cup team, creating the best record of the World Cup new team.4 years later, Saudi Arabia from West Asia defeated Morocco and the European Red Devils Belgium in the group stage, and the African eagles Nigeria defeated Bulgaria and Greece in the group stage, and the two teams tied the best record of Costa Rica at the beginning of the World Cup.
In the eyes of the world, it is already difficult for a team to stand out from the group stage and advance to the round of 16 for the first time in the World Cup, and today the Chinese team once again refreshed this record! The Chinese men's football team, which participated in the World Cup for the first time, not only stepped on the corpse of Nigeria in the group stage to advance to the round of 16, but also eliminated the world's strong team Yugoslavia with a convincing performance, and entered the top 8 of the World Cup in France!
The outstanding performance of the national football team has completely detonated the enthusiasm of domestic fans, and there have even been some elementary school students who are practicing table tennis in China who have thrown down their rackets and switched to football training arms. It is said that the Japanese and Korean Football Associations have begun to increase investment in their own leagues and youth training, including but not limited to setting up their own youth training bases in Europe, which is obviously no different from the performance of the national football team in the previous life. When others make achievements, it is people who on the street, and that must have a deep meaning.
It's just that Li Boen was reborn at the juncture of 96 years, with the help of the national football team, which is already a first-class strength in Asia at this time, plus some positive changes brought by himself, so that the Chinese men's football team can overcome obstacles all the way and achieve such impressive results. In addition, it is also the luck of the national football team, whether it is Nigeria in the group stage, or Yugoslavia in the round of 16, these two teams have their own absolute shortcomings, they are not the group standing at the top of world football, just imagine if Nigeria and Yugoslavia are replaced by Spain, Romania, Croatia, these teams, the national football group promotion can only be regarded as a luxury. After the review and intra-team meeting, this view was widely accepted by the coaching staff and the players.
In an interview after the game, Li Bern expressed this in front of the media camera: "First of all, I am very grateful to the fans for their wholehearted support to our national team along the way. At the same time, I would like to say that as a team participating in the World Cup for the first time, we have done everything we can, whether it is the preparation before the match or the attitude of our team-mates on the field. I am proud and proud of our entire team from the bottom of my heart for what we have achieved so far.
At the same time, we also need to calm down at this time. Looking back at all the things that have been experienced so far in this World Cup, I want to say that our road to this World Cup is basically over, which does not mean that we will take the initiative to give up in the next 8-in-4 match with England, but through rational analysis, the strength of the Chinese men's football team is not enough to wrestle with those really top teams in the world.
For us, the most important thing at present is to summarize the experience of this competition, find a path suitable for the development of Chinese football, adhere to our investment in youth training, ensure the healthy growth of the domestic league, and believe that Chinese football will be able to embark on a bright road from now on.
I know that the fans and friends in China must be very excited at this moment, but at this moment of joy, I also hope that everyone can calm down as soon as possible after the carnival, do not overhype the current achievements of the national football team, and do not have unrealistic expectations, such as the next victory over England, then Argentina, and finally win the game against Brazil or Italy in the final. This is absolutely unrealistic, this cup is not an upset competition, and it is also due to the fact that FIFA has been able to dig up the cancer and provide a level playing field for each team. You can see that in addition to our Chinese team, the remaining 7 teams are currently the best teams in the world, competitive sports and climbing are the same, there will never be any individual or team that has reached the sky, and the results you have achieved are directly proportional to the investment off the field. This sentence is also given to the student fans who are in the summer vacation and stay up late every day to wait in front of the TV like adults, hoping that these flowers of the motherland can also grow healthy and strong.
Here is an objective word, the next World Cup Chinese team to ensure that Asia qualify is no problem, the young players in the team will also provoke the beam, as well as those sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers who are currently playing abroad, are the reserve and fresh blood of our national football team. But according to the laws of sports, the best result we can get in the next competition may still be the top 8. It is said that 15 years old is a generation, judging from the current players in the team, it may be the best opportunity for our national football team to get closer after I am 30 years old. In other words, we still need to wait patiently for 3-4 World Cups, and when our domestic football maintains healthy development, we can truly usher in a glimmer of hope for Chinese football to stand on top of the world.
Thank you again for your support, no matter what, the stadium is like a battlefield, and we are the fighters on this one. On behalf of all my teammates, I would like to express to the fans and friends that we will also play our own Chinese style in the next match against England.
Finally, I made a small request from myself and my fans and friends, which can be regarded as an advertisement for my own club. Given that I will be playing in Italy for the next season, there will be nothing inappropriate about my company's sponsorship and support for the domestic league. However, for the financial and technical support of Chinese football and various clubs, we will invest in Rice Sports for another 3 years at most, because my good friend Xu Jiayin and Xu of Guangzhou Evergrande Real Estate have invested in a brand new football club, and we have spent a lot of money to build our club's own stadium in Haixinsha, Guangzhou.
The name of this team is Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club, the team will start from the lowest league in China, our goal is to move up to one level a year, and when this group of 17-year-old teenagers step into the top league in China, it is the best time of their youth. Our club is also the first and only joint-stock club in the country, and the team is open to fans across the country to register members, with a minimum entrance fee of 1,000 yuan per year. Fans with a registered membership fee of more than 200,000 yuan can join the team's committee, and the team's board of directors and various management positions are elected, and the committee members have the right to vote. The membership fee will be used for club-related expenses such as youth training, logistics, stadium maintenance, and player sales.
In other words, this club will be truly the club's own, and we will be one of only five clubs in the world to have a membership, along with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao in La Liga. Rice Sports and Guangzhou Evergrande also hope to build a world-class club that belongs to our China together with the majority of fans.
Thanks and goodbye."