The first meal after entering the national team was a KFC fast food that Zhao Yaning invited to eat. It's just that the difference is that because KFC doesn't sell beer, Zhao Yaning has to buy them beer again.

This way of eating made Zhao Yaning frightened. When playing in France, the coach always emphasized the importance of food and drink, and at the same time strictly forbade them to drink alcohol. Although privately, teammates who play football in France will also improve their food, but KFC fast food, fried junk food, even fools know that this thing is not to be touched. And with the addition of beer, it is even more harmful to the players' bodies.

The way the national team players eat this way makes him really unacceptable. What was even more difficult for him to accept was that they didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this.

"Eat more, I'm going to South Korea in two days, the food in that place is very bad, I don't eat much in China, and I will starve when I go abroad." Dazhen is still persuading Zhao Yaning.

"Hmm." Zhao Yaning casually agreed, but he still didn't dare to open his mouth to eat these things. He didn't want his body to be a mess because of it.

"Don't be so restrained, it's all your big brother here, when you're with your big brothers, you don't have to be so restrained." Dazhen patted him, "This national team competition, you don't need to exert any effort, just follow the elders to see." ”

It's really insightful. Zhao Yaning said in his heart. But this kind of insight, I don't want to go up again in this life.

Dazhen glanced at him and saw that he didn't understand the deep meaning of his words, so he could only speak again, "I have memorized all these things I said, and it will be good for you." Remember, don't just think about being in the limelight, it's all your big brother's here, and it's not your turn to be in the limelight. ”

Zhao Yaning understood his words this time, but he couldn't help but open his mouth, "It's all for the country, I haven't thought about being in the limelight." ”

"It's not your turn to serve your country." Dazhen was a little annoyed, "When you say this, it's for your own good, remember it yourself." ”

Zhao Yaning still doesn't understand why everyone tells them that they can't do their best to play for the national team. If you play well, will the national team do any harm to the team in addition to the results?

But since Zhang Yuan and Dazhen both said so, there must be their reasons.

But the next day, during training, Dazhen quickly found him again, "How did you do it?" Didn't I tell you, don't think about being in the limelight? ”

Zhao Yaning was confused, and didn't understand why Da Zhen would say that. I trained with the team today, and I didn't do anything superfluous, how could he say that?

"You just returned to China yesterday, and when you came to the national team, you didn't perform well in training, and you didn't know anything. But when you do everything you do in training, you will be wondered if you want to compete for the main position in the national team. ”

"But how can the task given by the coach not be completed?" Zhao Yaning was even more surprised by this.

"Listen, when you're training for a while, stop working so hard. Then go to the captain and ask him to say nice things for you. Seeing that Zhao Yaning still didn't understand, Dazhen sighed and explained the doorway to Zhao Yaning, "You just came to the national team and performed poorly, that's because you are young and no one will say anything." And if you ask the big brothers to help you intercede, you can also get closer to the big brothers. But if you do well in training, it's going to make people think you're here to grab a place, and that's not okay. The national team is not a place to be grabbed. ”

Zhao Yaning kind of understood something. But I'm still a little unwilling, "I just don't want the coach to think I'm lazy......"

"Coach? Forget it. As soon as this World Cup is over, he will definitely leave the national team, and it is not good to offend the team in order to please him. Dazhen shook his head, "Don't be so eye-catching." ”

"The national team may be able to play some results this time." Zhao Yaning said.

"Results? What are grades? If you win the championship, you can call it a result? If you can't win the championship, you have to be told what you do. Dazhen was also a little stunned when he said this, "If you want to say that the coach's current coaching results are indeed good, but what he does, many people are not used to it." ”

Zhao Yaning has also heard a little about this, it seems that the current head coach is different from other coaches in the relationship between men and women, as well as in the style of acting, which has caused a lot of controversy. But his coaching achievements can be said to be the pinnacle of Chinese football, how can he be thought by everyone that he will leave the national team?

"If we play football well and have enough energy, we can still have some good results." Zhao Yaning was puzzled.

But Da Zhen just smiled, "Heart? What makes us angry? ”

"Now the Football Association thinks that the biggest credit for this qualification is the good luck of the draw, we are drawn from Asia, not from Asia. Didn't you look at the media, and there was also a lot of praise for the lottery? What the hell, if you have results, you are lucky, and you have a great ability to draw lots, and when you smash the kick, the strength of the players is poor and there is no interest. Dazhen scolded the street and explained the current situation of the national football team to Zhao Yaning.

"Did you hear what the national football team said two days ago? Win one, score one, draw one and fight for second place in the group...... Isn't that a dream talk? It's still a bit possible to get into Brazil, the Brazilian hasn't been playing very well lately, if you are a little more careless against us, maybe we can get one. But win Costa Rica? Why? They don't have any experience in competitions, but we don't have either. Flat Turkey? By what? Turkey's current body technology, are we saying that if you keep it flat, you can keep it flat? ”

Da Zhen sighed and laughed again, "And the most important thing is that if we are really lucky and enter the knockout round, it will be the wise decision of the Football Association, excellent leadership, and proper strategic deployment." If we kick it badly, who will carry the black pot? It's not the Football Association anyway. ”

"There is no credit for winning, it is your responsibility to lose, this kind of football, bastard is willing to play." Dazhen scolded, and then turned his head again, "You're right to listen to my brother, this World Cup, don't mess up." We are old bones, we can't play for long, and in this competition, we will play again, raise our morale, and earn some pension money. If you really mess with us, the old guys really won't be able to spare you. ”

Why did you feel sad when you said this? Zhao Yaning comforted Dazhen with two words, but he was even more emotional in his heart: how to play well in the mental state of the national football team?

And what makes him even more strange is why he always thinks that this is a non-war crime?

Everyone has their own thoughts, but the reason for each is not because of their desire to perform, to score goals, to win, but because the leadership of the Football Association seems to be fundamentally wrong. Zhang Yuan told him about the competition for merit after the national team qualified, Zhao Yaning just felt that this kind of thing was too disgusting at the time and didn't think about it carefully, but now that he thinks about it, he finds the problem.

The credit of the sports committee, the credit of the draw, the credit of the coach's advanced football concept, the credit of Japan and South Korea not participating in the selection tournament - but among all these credits, why is there no mention of the credit of the players?

The ball is kicked by the player, but when it comes to meritorious deeds, the player comes last. But Zhao Yaning believes that if something really goes wrong, the game is lost, and finally eliminated, the blame must be the player's lack of effort first, and then the coach's mistake.

With this division of credit and responsibility, how can a player work hard to play? When the motivation is gone, what is the purpose of playing?

When Zhao Yaning was in France, he knew how respected he was as a footballer. Colin was offered an endorsement contract as captain of a local team, and Coach Petit was treated like a guest by Albert II for his outstanding contribution as an assistant coach. But this is not the case in the Chinese football world.

Football went out and no one thought it was the contribution of the stars. Because of the South Korea-Japan World Cup South Korea and Japan byes, the competitiveness has been greatly reduced; Because the Football Association officials were lucky in drawing lots, they played a weak team; Because the coach's football concept is good, everyone is happy with happy football; Of course, we must not forget the great contribution of the professionalization of football, the introduction of the concept of market economy into football and the arrival of a new era......

But who has stood up and said: The players are playing really well? People are entangled in the poor performance of the players, the suspension of the players, the off-field scandals of the players, and the fact that the players make too much money, but the things that the players play well have been lightly brushed aside.

Yes, they are really not good compared to the strong teams in Europe and the United States, they are indeed lucky to be able to reach the finals, they do have problems of one kind and another, they are not perfect players, they are indeed the duty of playing well as national team players......

But at least they were the ones who ran on the field, and they were the ones who fought against those weak teams, and they were the ones who won the right to qualify this time. But who of them mentioned it?

Football is a profession that changes very quickly, ten years from now, people will still remember the Chinese team drawn out of Asia, and they will remember happy football, but how many people will remember this group of players in Chinese football?

Zhao Yaning suddenly understood why they paid attention to seniority and did things with black hearts. If they don't, they will have nothing.

They have no one to respect, and their hard-earned exploits are carved up by the bureaucrats of the Football Association and taken away as their own political achievements. If they don't try to make some benefits for themselves, what is the end up playing so hard?

It's not their problem. Zhao Yaning faintly felt so in his heart. The league is professional, and the market economy has intervened, but the upper-level management of the Football Association and the Sports Committee are not institutionalized, and there is still the saying that there is a political achievement.

This is where reform is really needed.

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ps: I took the train yesterday, and today the update is late, please forgive me.