Reborn on Top of Football

After the leader left, the conference room was dull for a while until Wang Ai came back from outside.

The leader asked him to send him by name when he left. In fact, he didn't say anything. He just told him that when he returned from Brazil, the leader might find time to meet him, and also asked about his physical condition.

Obviously, Zhao Dan's work reports submitted regularly have attracted a little attention from the leaders. Of course, there is also credit for the topic of "Super Giant War", which has attracted the attention of the Chinese sports academic circles, sports business circles and sports leading institutions.

When Wang Ai came back, he found that everyone was looking at him. He knew that he was a little confused by the sudden heavy responsibility, but he didn't say anything, and instead asked Lao Gao, "What time is our flight?"

Old Gao looked at his watch: "An hour and a half."

Wang Ai sat down and thought about it: "Who is our first opponent?"

Lao Gao's eyes straightened: "You don't even know this?"

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became lively.

Of course, Wang Ai doesn't even know this, but the leader's words are very thorough. It's not that these teammates did not understand that he had been taught national conditions for ten years. It's just that they were used to suppressing such "political tasks" in the past. On Wang Ai's shoulders, they followed along, and suddenly everyone had to shoulder the task, so it was a little uncomfortable.

In fact, everyone has been shouldering this task for a long time, and it started as early as before the 2008 Olympic Games. Wang Ai just used this method to make everyone accept this reality.

Since the Chinese team is the 10th World Cup champion or the 11th Asian Cup champion, there are two Asian teams in this Confederations Cup unprecedented in history: China and Japan, the Asian Cup champion and runner-up respectively. The other is the host and the last Confederations Cup champion Brazil, Australian champion Tahiti, European champion Spain, Central and North American champion Mexico, South American champion Uruguay, African champion Nigeria.

In the lottery, China and Japan could not be in the same group. In the end, Japan was drawn to Group A, which is a group with Brazil, as well as Mexico and Tahiti, while China was placed in Group B, along with Spain, Nigeria and Uruguay. The winner will be determined in three rounds in a single round robin, with the first two qualifying for the semi-finals, followed by the final and the third place.

The first match of the Chinese team is Nigeria. The game time is at 4 o'clock in the evening on June 17, and at 3 o'clock in the morning on June 18, BJ time. The final is on July 1st, and it will only take ten days in total, which is not a big burden.

But the problem is that most of the Chinese team, which is mainly based on players in Europe, are similar to Wang Ai. The league lasted until the end of May, which means that everyone has almost no time to prepare for the Confederations Cup. Pick something up and make do with it. Of course, the same is true of opponents. Most of the faces of these teams can be seen in the five major leagues. The tactics of teams and teams may be unfamiliar, but they should be familiar to people.

So Lao Gao was anxious about Wang Ai's return to China but disappeared for four days. The players didn't have time to prepare, and the pressure was on the coach. Who gave them time? If the players lose, they can spread their hands: I spent half a month preparing for the battle, and I didn't slow down at all. But the coaches can't shirk. They have been busy with the Confederations Cup for most of this year. After all, this does not conflict with preparing for next year's World Cup, which is itself a warm-up match for the World Cup.

Of course, the Football Association is not easy. Since winning the last World Cup, the value of the Chinese team has skyrocketed, and sponsors from all walks of life at home and abroad have flocked to see the carnival coming again every four years. The product plans are all related to the performance of the Chinese team in next year's World Cup. Therefore, the expedition to Brazil is not only for the dozens of people in the national team, but many big sponsors have sent special personnel to go there. The Bianbian Football Association must not only ensure the normal operation of the national team's training and competition, but also maintain close communication with these people in the business circle, and also organize them to have some intimate interactions with the national team. This is a sponsor's benefit.

So many things are on the shoulders of team leader Vidi and head coach Lao Gao. For many years, Wang Ai has been a member of the actual leadership team of the national team, even an important member. But Wang Ai has been busy with the super-giant war this year. He has been ignoring the Confederations Cup. He even cut off internal and external contacts for a while. The leadership of the national team has never been enough. For example, three years ago, Wang Ai was not a super giant, but now he is. Not only is he the winner of the first super giant war in history, then what price should the Football Association, which owns the portrait rights of Wang Ai's national team, sell his image? Authorize?

This topic is too novel, not to mention that the Chinese Football Association, even the five major leagues, are studying this matter. Without Wang Ai, who has experienced it, they would have no idea.

Now that Wang Ai is back, everything is starting to go on the right track. Unfortunately, the time is too short, and he is about to board the plane. Vidi can only suppress his business and let Lao Gao talk about the competition first, and wait until Brazil is free. Only then can we talk about business matters.

This is really not how close Director Wei Di is to the people. If there is no super giant like Wang Ai to change to a normal national team, the leader will find a commercial organization and make up his mind, and will not ask the players' opinions at all. But now there is no commercial organization that dares to say that Wang Ai knows more about this matter. His team is not only experienced and powerful, but also at the forefront. Don't ask him, don't ask to understand, one accidentally signed , the Football Association may be a loss of hundreds of millions.

Don't expect these grinning businessmen to tell the truth.

With such a huge economic benefit, once a mistake is made to be held accountable, no one's official hat will be worn steadily.

What to do then? They were able to fight poison with poison, and let Wang Ai, who is also cunning and sophisticated in business, hedge against them: after all, the image of the national team is authorized, and Wang Ai is half of the Football Association's family! The businessman wanted to give less, and Wang Ai wanted more. In order to protect his personal interests, he protected the interests of the Football Association by the way.

How good is this? Director Wei Di will save his troubles, and there are no sequelae. Who can believe that Wang Ai would rather make less money by himself in order to cheat the Football Association? What kind of hatred do you have with the Football Association? Even when his "training experience" caused a stir in the sports academia, the Football Association was firmly on his side.

Wang Ai saw the first video of the match against Nigeria on Air China's special plane, and Lao Tang, who was in charge of tactical formulation, explained it to him personally. This role used to belong to Marcelo Bielsa, but he resigned after two years on the Chinese coaching staff thinking he had found a way to perfect his football philosophy and is now coaching a professional team in Argentina.

Maybe there will be a chance to meet in the future. Anyway, Director Wei Di highly respects him. If he is not very cash-strapped, he would like to hire him as the director of youth training of the Chinese Football Association... Although he does not have this position yet.