Golden Greenery

It wasn't that Yang Chen was surprised, there was indeed a major matter that needed Zhuo Yang to make a decision immediately.

——The Brazilian Football Association officially sent a letter to the Chinese Football Association: inviting the Chinese national team to participate in the 46th America's Cup to be held in Brazil on January 7, 2019.

The America's Cup is a mess. The World Cup and the European Cup are held every four years, but it's hard to tell how many years the America's Cup happens, especially in recent years, it feels like it happens every year.

As a pole of football, the America's Cup held in South America was founded very early. The first competition was held in South America. It has a history of more than 100 years and is the oldest intercontinental competition in the world.

The World Cup started in January, the European Cup started in January after World War II, and next year's America's Cup will be the fourth largest Asian Cup.

In the early years, the America's Cup was basically held once a year. It has been changed to roughly once every two years, but there is no accurate number. It does feel like it can be done on a whim.

At the most extreme time, Argentina did it once twice in March, and Ecuador did it again in December. So far, the America's Cup has been played 27 times in 43 years.

After that, South America steadily implemented a four-year conference, which is actually a quite reasonable span. But the Americans, who regarded rules as dirt, couldn't stand the loneliness, and only twenty years later they resumed biennialization.

With the recovery and re-prosperity of the European economy after World War II, European football has also taken over the world. The elite spectacle of the European Cup cannot be compared to the America's Cup. Maybe South America is thinking that quality is not enough for quantity.

This is actually easy to understand, but what the hell is it that has been held every three years since 2001? This is obviously not the way to live life. Therefore, starting from 2007, the America's Cup has been stipulated to be held every four years, and in a staggered year with the World Cup and European Cup.

During this period, except for the addition of one term in the United States out of thin air in 2011, the others were not chaotic. 2019 was a good year.

South America is a vast territory, but CONMEBOL has only ten member countries. With so few teams playing, it will be difficult to even divide them into groups. In the beginning, it was either 55 or 433, which is outrageous.

After a chaotic battle, they made it through the group stage and entered the quarterfinals. In fact, only two teams were eliminated, which was boring.

So, starting from 1, due to geographical relations, the America's Cup invited Mexico and the United States from the Concacaf Association to participate. Finally, 12 teams were gathered, which could be divided evenly into three groups.

Although Mexico, which participated as a wild card for the first time, made a splash and reached the final in one breath. If it were not for the Argentine national team, which lacked Maradona, and won the championship 2:1 with Batty's two goals, the South Americans would have lost the championship. It was a big loss, but the 10+2 America's Cup format has been fixed since then, and Mexico has become the most stable wild card team.

In 2001, the Mexicans did it again. They lost to the host Colombia 0:1 in the final. The goal scorer was the outstanding representative of the short man-marking center and the famous Inter Milan player Cordoba.

Although Mexico is good and its football style is suitable, modern football cannot be separated from commercial factors. Mexico cannot bring much additional traffic and wealth to South America, as well as the world's attention. The United States, Costa Rica, and Jamaica, which were once wild card teams, are not as influential as Mexico.

Learn from the pain,

In order not to be left too far behind by the European Cup, CONMEBOL is determined to make some changes and expand the influence of the America's Cup beyond the isolated island of America.

There are a large number of Chinese immigrants in South America, China is the most dynamic emerging market in the world, Zhuo Yang is the number one player in football today, and the Chinese national team does not yet have the strength to overturn South America. Taken together, these factors make it obvious that the Chinese team is ideal. Target.

After the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, CONMEBOL and the Chinese Football Association had already started negotiations on participating in the 44th Copa America in Chile in 2015, but Zhuoyang's sudden accident ended the process.

Chinese football was in chaos, and the Football Association had no intention of causing trouble. And because of the loss of the golden signature of Zhuo Yang, South America's interest in the Chinese team also quickly declined. In the end, both parties gave up on it with a tacit understanding, and Jamaica became the replacement.

In fact, as early as the 1st America's Cup, Japan participated in the competition as the first Asian wild card team in the history of the America's Cup. That time, the South American Football Association did not take the initiative to invite. Japan, which has deep pockets, provided money.

The Japanese, who were full of enthusiasm, had the ambition to go to South America. After a chaotic game, they finished last in the group with three games, one draw and two losses, which directly made Troussier lament the harshness of the world. In that grouping, in order to take care of the Japanese, they deliberately avoided the traditional top three in South America. However, Japan still lost to Peru and Paraguay in a row, and just barely tied with Bolivia.

It's not interesting. After that, I won't want to go to Japan. Wouldn't it be nice to be the king and hegemon in Asia?

But at this moment, CONMEBOL was determined to focus on 201, and the first thing that came to mind was Japan.

Due to the geographical restrictions of the small island country, the doomsday crisis has always hung over the Japanese. A country without long-term worries must have short-term worries. Planned immigration to South America is Japan's national strategy and has been implemented for nearly a hundred years.

To this day, Japan's influence in South America is very deep, second only to the United States, which regards America as its back garden, and Spain and Portugal, the two Latin American sovereign states. Japanese immigrants and their descendants are as numerous as the Chinese, and their cultural and economic influence is much greater.

Teng Sen, a descendant of Japan, served as the president of Chile. Sergio Aguero’s favorite cartoon is "Captain". Messi’s wife Antonella loves flower arrangements and tea ceremonies. These are all manifestations of Japanese influence.

Therefore, inviting Japan to participate has a broad economic and public base. The Japanese, who care about food but not about beatings, have also forgotten the pain of being beaten 20 years ago. They feel that they are capable again, and they hit it off immediately.

Another wild card team was originally planned to be Qatar, because they have money and are more generous than the Japanese. At first, CONMEBOL did not consider the Chinese team, and the fruitless cooperation made both sides feel that each other was unreliable, so they didn't mention it.

Changes came from Brazil being eliminated and being eliminated by the Chinese team in the 2018 World Cup.

The bookmakers take turns, and Brazil is 201. For commercial development reasons, the host country has a very high say in inviting wild cards, not to mention that their name is Brazil, and they are the first talkers in CONMEBOL.

In the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Russia, the Chinese team eliminated Brazil on penalty kicks and succeeded in revenge. It was the Brazilians who needed revenge. Moreover, the penalty shootout of 3:0 was too eye-catching, and the die-hard fans' defection on the spot was too shameful. The Brazilians simply could not stay overnight with their hatred.

After returning crying, the Brazilian still suffered from kidney pain.

The next time we meet at the World Cup, we still don’t know whether it’s the year of the monkey or the month of the horse, and we don’t know whether Zhuo Yang, who is murderous and heart-wrenching, is still there. After all, he is 33 years old. The Brazilians who can't wait can't hold another friendly match. The local America's Cup has become the most ideal stage for revenge.

Without further ado, the top brass of the Brazilian Football Association held an emergency meeting and immediately reached a unified opinion on abandoning Qatar and inviting the Chinese team to participate. Therefore, the Brazilian Football Association, whose work efficiency has never been so high, directly sent the invitation letter to the Chinese Football Association.

Any conditions can be negotiated, as long as you can come and compete.

There is equality of status between the Football Association and the Football Association, but all major decisions in Chinese football cannot be made without Zhuo Yang. He has the power of veto and the final say.

So there was a shocking phone call from Yang Chen, the national team’s resident manager.

Yang Chen was overjoyed after receiving the notice, not because of the America's Cup, but because of Zhuo Yang.

Zhuo Yang showed signs of retiring, and Yang Chen felt it, but he had no evidence, and he didn't dare to verify it. The sky is falling, everyone has some ostrich attributes, and Yang Chen is no exception.

The wild card invitation of the America's Cup has become an opportunity. Yang Chen will enthusiastically agree to anything that can make Zhuo Yang happy and impress Zhuo Yang to continue his interest in football.

The America's Cup is not important, but the new temptation of the America's Cup, if it can make Zhuo Yang change his mind, Yang Chen would not mind giving the Brazilian a kiss.

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Zhuo Yang got up very late, not because he was pretending not to take it seriously, but because Yang Chen didn't call him early in the morning. This evening is the final match for the third and fourth place finals. The entire national team got a little more sleep.

Yesterday's drunkenness has faded, but the words of the two football champions are still confused in Zhuo Yang's mind. Pointing out the problem is one thing, and whether it can be solved is the key. Zhuo Yang has no clue.

His decision to retire may seem impulsive, but once Zhuoyang makes a decision, he will not change it easily even if it is impulsive. If they can't figure out the puzzle of the ball king's advice as soon as possible and can't prove their correctness with actions, Zhuoyang will retreat and won't entangle and persecute himself too much.

To pursue his position, Zhuo Yang is the captain of the national team one day and the talker of Chinese football the next, so he must shoulder the responsibility of making decisions.

After listening to Yang Chen's introduction to the cause of the matter, Zhuo Yang did not make a hasty decision. The national team's expedition was a big event, and it was not enough to just slap him on the head.

“Are there any schedule conflicts?”

"No. The 2022 World Cup qualifiers will not start until September next year, and the friendly matches that have been finalized will also be in the first half of the year. June and July happen to be the window period for the national team."

"Is there any foreign affairs mission?"

"No, nothing has been arranged so far."

"Okay. Lao Yang, Brother Zha, what do you think?"

Yang Chen and Sforza said in unison: "Fight."

"Then let's fight." Zhuoyang decided: "Notify the Football Association and as long as the conditions are right, we should come down."

"Yeah~~~" Yang Chen jumped up excitedly, without the stability of a leader.

Zhuo Yang knew how excited he was, and his abnormality caught Yang Chen's eyes. How could Lao Yang's anxiety escape Zhuo Yang's observation.

However, Yang Chen thought too much. Zhuoyang agreed that the national football team would participate in the America's Cup a year later, entirely out of the principle of benefiting the national team. The more high-level games the better, it does not mean that he has changed his decision.

With or without Zhuoyang, the national team will play in the America's Cup. As for whether the Brazilians will be disappointed, or even scold and worry about Zhuoyang.

So, the matter was settled, and the players were notified. Except for ambition, everyone is looking forward to next summer.

Zhuo Yang decided not to worry about what happened a year later. His top priority was to verify whether the 'Pele Talent Theory' and the 'Maradona Hero Theory' were correct.

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