Coaching legend

On November 2, after the match with Villa, it was time for the national team to play.

As Blackburn's performance improved, the number of international players on Blackburn's side also increased. Pires, Micoud, Makelele, Duff, Hyypia, Ferdinand, Van Bronckhorst, Sagnol and others have all joined the national team.

However, George knew that many of them were not necessarily the main players. Especially the French players, although Pires, Micoud, Makelele, and Sagnol joined the national team, they were all marginal figures of the French national team.

And even if they were the main players, they were all in Europe. The problem was not big.

But there was one person who was in trouble. That was Sun Jihai, and the Chinese team also had to play at this time.

Sun Jihai finally became the main player of Blackburn, and George was unwilling to let Sun Jihai return to China to play. And now it was not an important game, just a warm-up match, and the Chinese Football Association was going to recruit Sun Jihai back to China.

After receiving the fax from the Chinese Football Association, George wanted to refuse it directly on the spot. But after thinking about Sun Jihai's position, he still endured it.

At that time, the Internet was not popular in China, and many fans learned about the news from newspapers. If the Chinese Football Association was really angry, they would write nonsense in the newspaper, saying that Sun Jihai was unwilling to play for the country. At that time, Sun Jihai would likely become the target of everyone's shouting in the Chinese football world.

After all, Sun Jihai is a Chinese and has his own connections in China. If it really becomes a situation where everyone shouts and beats him, it will be a big blow to Sun Jihai.

Moreover, Chinese players at that time were proud to be selected for the national team.

If the Chinese Football Association gets angry and fires Sun Jihai. George doesn't know what Sun Jihai will think of him at that time?

So George discussed with the Chinese Football Association in a negotiating tone whether Sun Jihai could not participate in such warm-up matches. But the Chinese Football Association believed that Sun Jihai must participate, which made George grit his teeth.

In fact, there are many ways to avoid players from participating in the national team in later generations. The simplest way is to say that the player is injured and then not go to the national team. But George thought about Sun Jihai's position and couldn't make such a decision.

If it's Europe, there's no problem. Damn, this is going to China, to Asia. Asia, that means going halfway around the world. How can Sun Jihai play after playing two games? Sun Jihai is not an iron man.

With Sagnol's injury, George's expectations for Sun Jihai have increased greatly.

Sun Jihai is still young and his strength is not weak. And from playing in the English League One last season to playing in Blackburn this season. Sun Jihai's physical strength has increased greatly, and he is very adaptable to the rhythm of English football.

George believes that if he comes to England early, Sun Jihai will definitely be much better than Sun Jihai in history.

In history, Sun Jihai has been able to play as a main player in a mid-to-lower-level Premier League team like Manchester City. With Sun Jihai's current development level, when he is 23 or 24 years old, there will be no problem even if he rotates with Sagnol.

But if the Chinese national team's games are always interfered with like this, it will have a great impact on Sun Jihai's status in the club.

We should think of a solution to this problem.

Now it is only Sun Jihai's problem. I used to think that if Deco performed well, he would be selected by the Brazilian team. At that time, I just thought that if Deco was selected by the Brazilian team, it would be very encouraging for Deco. But now when I think of Brazil, it is not close. And Drogba and Essien will join the national team in the future and have to play in the African Cup.

Thinking about it, my head hurts.

At this time, George slowly realized the advantages of European players. Even if European players are not as good as South American players in terms of skills and physical fitness, they may not be as good as African players, but they have strong technical and tactical abilities and better self-discipline than South American and African players.

The most important thing is that the games are basically played in Europe. Unlike players from other continents, they will not fly back and forth on national team game days.

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"Coach Levy, I heard that you are very dissatisfied with Sun Jihai's return to China to play games."

Wu Mengxue is very happy today. George, the coach, has always been difficult to interview. Although George often appears in front of the media, he rarely accepts exclusive interviews.

The only person in the world media who can interview George exclusively is Steven Yellen from the Blackburn Evening News. Yellen is George's spokesperson in the media among other colleagues. Apart from Yellen, few other reporters can make an exclusive interview with George.

"Yes. Sun Jihai is a very important player in my plan. Going around half the world to compete in Asia will have a great impact on his development in the club." George did not hide his views.

"But Coach Levy, this is an international match day. If you don't return to play for the country because of the development of the club, what will happen to the national team? Even if this lawsuit is brought to FIFA, the club has no chance of winning."

Although the local coach in front of him is currently very popular in England. And he is a coach with a bad personality, Wu Mengxue is not nervous or speaks along with George. After all, Wu Mengxue has entered CCTV at a young age. If she didn't have a certain background, how could she enter CCTV so easily?

She was also sent to Europe and became one of CCTV's representative reporters in Europe.

Therefore, Wu Mengxue is also quite confident.

George looked at the sharp-tongued Wu Mengxue and smiled. Although George smiled kindly, in the eyes of reporter Wu Da, he looked like a monster with a mouth full of blood.

"I wholeheartedly support Sun Jihai playing for the country." George will never stop a player from playing for the country. Especially the education he received in China in his previous life has been deeply embedded in George's bones. In his previous life, George was considered one of the angry young men. If Sun Jihai was really unwilling to serve the country, George would look down on Sun Jihai.

"If it is a World Cup qualifier or an Asian Cup, not only will I not stop him, I will also encourage Sun Jihai to go." George said slowly. "But what I object to is that Sun Jihai participates in friendly matches and the like. For this kind of competition, Sun Jihai is allowed to travel halfway around the world. I absolutely disapprove."

"Think about it, if Chinese players have to do this in the future and participate in friendly matches that are of no use. Then European clubs will definitely shake their heads at Chinese players."

George was full of complaints about the Chinese Football Association allowing Sun Jihai to participate in such a useless friendly match.

Seeing the complaint in George's tone, Reporter Wu smiled unkindly.

"Coach Levi, you are thinking about the problem from your perspective. But have you ever thought that the national team also needs to be adjusted. These friendly matches are the process of adjusting. If Sun Jihai is unable to participate in such friendly matches, his position in the national team will be How to guarantee it.”

George looked carefully at the beautiful reporter in front of him. This reporter was quite sharp-tongued.

"I know that the Chinese national team always has a period of closed training before a big competition. In the words of the Chinese Football Association, it is a training camp."

Wu Mengxue nodded unconsciously, but she was a little surprised in her heart. Although I knew that George spoke Chinese well, I didn't expect that he knew Chinese football so well.

"Reporter Wu, I believe you are well-informed. Have you ever seen any of the strong teams in Europe conduct training before the game? They all gather a few days before the game, and then practice together for two days before playing the game directly. But their results are still good.”

"Many of their players usually have no chance to cooperate at all. When they get to the national team, they just play a few games and then break up. But why is there no problem with their cooperation? There is no problem. Only the Chinese team is always there Training sessions last for at least half a month, but there are still various coordination problems every time."

Wu Mengxue thought for a while and looked at George with a smile. I'd like to hear George's answer.

"A good player like Sun Jihai, even if he doesn't train with the national team or play in useless friendly matches, can easily integrate into the team as long as he goes to the national team. Like those players from strong European and American teams, they are all After this process.”

"For Chinese football to really develop, the league is the foundation. And China should let more players come out and train in high-level competitions like Europe. And it should protect those good players who play in Europe. Don't let them For those meaningless games, their development in the club will be delayed.”

"Sun Jihai is a good player and has the potential to become the most successful Chinese player in the world. I hope Chinese football can protect Sun Jihai."

George's last words are fundamental.

George hoped that Wu Mengxue could build a bridge for George and have a good discussion with the officials of the Chinese Football Association. George has no control over the development of Chinese football, and given the environment of Chinese football, the development of Chinese football is simply impossible.

After more than ten or twenty years, maybe there will be a turn for the better.

But these are not within George's jurisdiction. George only wants to take care of Sun Jihai's affairs. Sun Jihai is his own player and an important part of Blackburn. George does not want the Chinese Football Association to ruin the rising Sun Jihai.

Wu Mengxue nodded, already understanding what George meant.

George likes smart people, especially smart people like reporter Wu Da.

Sun Jihai, I can only help you so much. George really hopes that the Chinese Football Association can be merciful. George will never stop Sun Jihai in those important national team games. But for this kind of worthless friendly match, George really does not want to recruit Sun Jihai again.

After finishing talking about Sun Jihai, the two started to talk about other topics.

After such a chat, George discovered that this reporter from CCTV still had a lot of ink in his belly. She has dabbled in many aspects, and even the language talent that George is proud of can only be defeated in front of her.

This reporter, who is much younger than George, speaks nine languages. Even George was greatly surprised. She was a truly proud woman.