World Cup of Great Powers

Asian Cup Champion!

We are on top of Asia!

The day after defeating Saudi Arabia to win the championship, all domestic media reported on this championship feast.

Speaking of which, this is the first international-level championship trophy in the history of the Chinese men's football national team.

Unlike last year's World Youth Championship, the championship trophy won by the adult team is more likely to resonate with domestic fans.

On the night of winning the championship, the streets of Shanghai were filled with various parades.

The fans held high the words "New Millennium, New Champions", all showing their expectations for the new century.

The Chinese team won the championship on their home soil. Naturally, people behind closed doors were overjoyed at the result.

No matter how noisy West Asian teams like Saudi Arabia, Yinlang, and Lebanon are, with the endorsement of the AFC, this Asian Cup will finally be a complete success.

According to official statistics after the game, among these 17 games, the average attendance per game was as high as 10,000 people.

This is a pretty scary number!

In addition to demonstrating the stable environment in China, it also represents the support of Chinese fans for this sport.

Whether it is Bamboo Shoes, the venue provider, the host city, or the AFC, they all received a considerable amount of income from this successful Asian Cup in China.

With these interests, China has received huge support in its bid to host the next Asian Cup.

According to the process, the next Asian Cup should have been China's turn.

One of China's requirements for taking over this time is that it will not affect the campaign to host the next Asian Cup.

These were all agreed upon in advance.

But this time the Chinese team won the championship on their home soil, which aroused dissatisfaction from some West Asian countries, led by Team Yin Lang.

At the just-concluded AFC election, West Asian countries unanimously voted against it.

Zhang Jilong was also prepared for the various obstacles from West Asia.

The fundamental reason why it is said to have received "huge support" is that the Chinese team has drawn Japan, South Korea and some other East Asian countries into its camp.

In this Asian Cup, the three East Asian countries won three of the top four seats.

This in itself is a victory for the East Asian community.

Coupled with the support of some hard data such as China's geographical location, venue conditions and fan support rates.

The delegation headed by Zhang Jilong finally successfully obtained the right to host the 2004 Asian Cup three days after the Asian Cup concluded.

This is undoubtedly a great news for Chinese fans and the football community.

You must know that after the Asian Cup, major media outlets wrote articles with titles such as "The prospects for China's bid to host the tournament are not optimistic" and "Are we about to be "plotted against" again?"

However, Zhang Jilong made his first appearance after taking back the hosting rights and said, "The trump card for successfully winning the hosting rights this time is the word 'emotion'."

"After 18 members of the delegation came out in full force."

"In the end, every one of the 15 AFC executive committee members (excluding Zhang himself) verbally agreed to support us."

"That's enough!"

"Although it was later revealed that at least six people had told lies, our emotional investment undoubtedly played a key role."

In any case, the successful hosting of the Asian Cup has completely allowed the Chinese team to draw other East Asian countries into its own community of interests.

Seeing this result, "Yinlang Sports News" published an article saying: "The Chinese team has hosted the Asian Cup for two consecutive years for the first time in history."

"This means that the Asian football landscape in the next 5 to 10 years will tilt towards East Asia."

In addition to the collective honors, the individual honors in this Asian Cup were almost all taken by Chinese players.

Yang Chen not only won the Asian Cup Golden Boot with 10 goals, but also became the top scorer in the history of the Asian Cup!

Since the first Asian Cup in 1956, the Asian Cup has been held every four years and has been held 12 times so far.

Starting from the seventh session in 1980, Yun Lang's Fariba and South Korea's Choi Soon-ho were tied as the top scorers with 7 goals in a single session.

The top scorers in 1984, 1988, and 1992 all scored 3 goals. Compared with the European Cup, I don’t know whether to say that the Asian Cup games were too exciting, or that they were novices.

But no matter what, the fake show in 1984 won the Asian Cup Golden Boot with 3 goals. This is already the best individual honor that Chinese football has ever won in the Asian Cup.

This time Yang Chen has unprecedentedly raised the record of the top scorer in the Asian Cup to more than double digits, which is enough for his name to leave a strong mark in the history of the Asian Cup.

In addition to the Asian Cup Golden Boot, Ou Chuliang also won the honor of the best goalkeeper in the Asian Cup.

Conceding only 3 goals in 6 games, Ou Chuliang, at the age of 32, defeated Dayaya directly face-to-face and won the title of Asia's best goalkeeper.

In addition, Yang Chen, Ou Chuliang, Li Weifeng, Ma Mingyu and Li Tie were also selected for the best team of the Asian Cup.

11 accounted for 5, basically accounting for half of Asian football.

To sum up, this Asian Cup is close to perfect for Chinese football.

The national team won the highest honor, the players won championship titles and generous rewards, the bamboo shoes improved their reputation, the host cities also gained tourism revenue, and the fans also gained great pride and satisfaction...

For Zeng Zheng, the only regret may be the unpleasantness he had with his girlfriend during the Asian Cup.

After the quarrel that day, Ms. Qian left the Bamboo Shoes Group and focused all her experience on her career.

Even if Zeng Zheng called to announce the good news after winning the best coach, the other party chose to refuse the call.

In desperation, Zeng Zheng had no choice but to call the official Mr. Qian.

Only then did I know that Ms. Qian had actually gone to the border area during this period. While traveling, she was looking for a suitable venue in wlmq to raise funds to build a venue.

This was something the two of them had discussed in advance.

Before the opening of League A at the beginning of the year, Zhu Xie mentioned a plan to "revitalize Western football".

At that time, only three teams, Chongqing Loncin, Sichuan Quanxing and Shaanxi Guoli, were named, and some basic policy support was given to each other.

Other than that, there isn't much action.

He does not mean that.

The territory of the motherland is so large, football should not only develop in these eastern provinces.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Anyway, Zeng Zheng's maintenance and management of turf facilities is basically zero cost, and it doesn't cost a lot of money.

Building more football fields on the border could actually enhance local stability and unity.

Zeng Zheng originally planned to send Han Tao back to his hometown to deal with this matter after the Asian Cup. Unexpectedly, Miss Qian was so angry that she went to the border to discuss business.

After telling Mr. Qian to protect the safety of his girlfriend, Zeng Zheng once again threw himself into endless work.

...

"Xiao Zeng, I'm not talking about you."

"Young ladies are already quite old."

"Men can wait, but women can't!"

"As someone who has been through this, let me remind you that it is a good thing to be busy with your career."

"But if you miss your whole life for your career...there is no regret in buying medicine in this world!"

After hearing this, Zeng Zheng nodded repeatedly.

"Uncle Qian, you are right, I didn't think carefully this time."

"When I finish this busy period, I will go to her personally at the end of the year and talk to her about this matter."

"I will ask you to take care of her during this period..."

After hanging up the phone with great gratitude, Zeng Zheng said: "Please come in."

Han Tao, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, walked in with two plane tickets in his hand.

"Boss Zeng, we have picked up the ticket to Wuhan tonight. Let's..."

Zeng Zheng opened the itinerary and glanced at it briefly, then stood up immediately and said: "Xiao Tao, pack your luggage."

"Let's go to the cm area first, and then go to the airport."

An hour later, the commercial vehicle specially provided by Modu Bamboo Shoes for Zeng Zheng parked at the south end of Chongming Dongping National Forest Park.

After getting out of the car, Zeng Zheng did not walk towards the lush woods, but into the park opposite the forest park.

As soon as he entered the gate, a piece of Lingbi stone caught Zeng Zheng's attention.

"Boss Zeng, look, the Manchester United that created China?!"

"Ouch!"

"What a loud tone!" Han Tao whispered.

Zeng Zheng shook his head and corrected: "This doesn't mean being loud, it means having ambition!"

"I can't handle football alone."

"I hope that more people across the country can have such a tone, the better."

Before he finished speaking, a half-century-old man with a middle-parted comb and square myopia glasses hurriedly walked out of the garden.

As soon as they met, he reached out and grabbed Zeng Zheng's hands.

"Ah, Coach Zeng took time out of his busy schedule to come to the humble house. I was greeted at a distance, but not welcomed at a distance!"

The other party is being polite to me.

But Zeng Zheng would not really resort to official rhetoric.

"Coach Xu, what are you talking about?"

"After receiving your call last night, I immediately changed my schedule."

"Didn't you come here early in the morning?"

"With your personal invitation, I have to come over no matter what!"

The half-hundred old men in front of them are none other than the famous coaches Xu and Bao Xu.

At the beginning of the year, Coach Xu, who resigned as Wanda coach, returned to Shanghai and founded Heubao Football Youth Training Base.

This year has almost passed, and the entire park has been basically completed.

The supplier of the turf, drainage and subsequent maintenance facilities for Xu Hebao's football base is none other than Zeng Zheng.

The entire park covers an area of ​​100 acres and has four standard fields and an indoor football field.

Although it has not yet been fully opened, there are already many children who were recruited in advance and are training to play football in the venue.

This time Xu and Bao asked Zeng Zheng to come over and let him take a look at these children.

Xu Hebao: "Coach Zeng, with your turf supply and technical support, the base will be open to the public around February next year. By then, I will have to trouble you to come over and cut the ribbon!"

Zeng Zheng: "If Coach Xu is here, just call me when the time comes. I will come over when I get the call!"

Xu Hebao: "No, no, no, the ribbon-cutting in the park is a small matter, but the national team's game is a big deal! Coach Zeng, please don't delay the national team's game because of my trivial matter!"

Zeng Zheng: "Ha! Don't worry, Coach Xu. Now the national team is basically on the right track. As long as the logistics can keep up, there will be a steady stream of talented young people entering the national team. This game... tsk tsk tsk, I want to lose."

It’s so difficult!”

"Hahahahaha..."

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

It is undeniable that Xu and Bao took advantage of the momentum of football prosperity in the millennium and invested 30 million to build this football youth training base with the idea of ​​making money.

But this does not conflict with cultivating young talents!

Most people in this world are not saints.

Being able to cultivate young football talents while making money is a good deal that kills two birds with one stone, and neither of them will miss it.

Now some capable big clubs in A-A have begun to train youth echelons in various places on a club-by-club basis.

Xu Hebao is the first company other than Zeng Zheng to open such a large-scale youth training base in his own name.

The market is not yet fully developed, so everyone naturally focuses on cooperation.

In fact, this Asian Cup has brought great advertising benefits to Zeng Zheng.

Although Zeng Zheng's Jianglong team has conflicts with other major clubs in the competition for young talents; many clubs have already approached Zeng Zheng to negotiate regarding venue infrastructure.

If nothing else goes wrong, by the end of next year, all A-A home stadiums will be able to use the turf provided by Zeng Zheng.

While talking and laughing, Zeng Zheng followed Xu, Bao and others to the training ground.

"Currently, there are two batches of students in the Chongming training base: 13-15 years old and 15-18 years old."

"I'm too young. I'll wait until after the opening ceremony next year to recruit."

Zeng Zheng nodded after hearing this.

Recruiting and training first-age players who can play in the second division in a few years is indeed the first choice for this kind of youth training base.

After arriving at the training ground, Zeng Zheng and his team did not disturb the students and coaches on the field, but went straight to the podium and found a seat to sit down.

Xu Hebao is 55 years old this year. People such as Gao Hongbo, General Fan, Cheng Yaodong, Xie Hui, Wu Chengying, Qi Hong, and Shen Si are all his favorite students.

Among these people, they all have many connections with Zeng Zheng.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! For example, Gao Hongbo is still leading the Jianglong team, General Fan, Xie Hui, Wu Chengying, Qi Hong, and Shen Si are also currently playing under Zeng Zheng.

But when it comes to Chongming training base, the most famous one is Wu Lei, which was born in 1991.

But that kid's father is a thief.

At the beginning of my Huayuankou summer camp, I kept sending my children to play football there.

As a result, now, Wu Lei, relying on this relationship, has officially entered the Jianglong team's youth team together with Li Huajun's son.

The Chongming base has just been built.

Under such circumstances, Xu told Bao that there was a good idea, but Zeng Zheng was really not optimistic about it.

Zeng Zheng didn't know if the coaches and players on the court knew about his arrival.

After these players underwent simple training, they began to compete in red-yellow confrontations under the guidance of the coach.

"Coach Zeng, the current training methods of these students are in accordance with the standards issued by Bamboo Shoes."

"I can't guarantee anything else."

"With this yoyo physical test, no one will ever fail!"

Xu and Bao were also giving Zeng Zheng vaccinations.

He also knows that Zeng Zheng likes to use return running players with good physical fitness.

As the coach blew his whistle, the players from the red and yellow teams faced off against each other.

The two sides played back and forth, and it could be seen that the coach deliberately balanced the strengths of both sides.

Seeing that Zeng Zheng was not looking very seriously, Xu and Bao asked quietly:

"Coach Zeng, after this Asian Cup, where do you think the national team is lacking?"

Xu Hebao's question was a bit explicit, but his true intention was very concealed.

Zeng Zheng had been in the bamboo shoe circle for so long, and he could immediately tell what the other person was asking.

After thinking about it briefly.

Zeng Zheng felt that there was no need to hide this aspect from the other party, so he told the truth:

"There is no shortage of forwards in the national team at this stage."

"Currently, there are German forwards like Yang Chen and Xie Hui in front of us, as well as local forwards like Qu Shengqing, Su Maozhen, and Zhang Yuheng."

"Li Jinyu and Shao Jiayi are not only good attacking midfielders, but they can also step up at critical moments."

"Among the younger generation, Li Yi and Qu Bo are also very distinctive."

"In the substitute echelon, people like Sun Zhi, Shen Han, Shangyue, Li Bing, and Wang Tao are more than enough."

"As for the goalkeeper, Ou Chuliang is in his golden period now. There will be no problem in playing for three to five years. Maybe he can survive until the next Asian Cup."

"The younger generation of people such as Gao Jianbin, Fu Bing, Liu Yunfei, and Li Leilei have also performed well in their respective fields."

"Especially since Liu Yunfei was born in 1979 and is only 21 years old this year."

"In other words, our goalkeeper position will not be bad in the next 10 years."

"Also, I am very optimistic about An Qi from the National Youth League recently. His size, reaction ability and football intelligence are very much in line with my expectations for a goalkeeper."

Zeng Zheng said while Xu and Bao nodded.

As he gets older, his brain is not as fast as when he was young.

At this moment, I was trying my best to remember what Zeng Zheng said and had no time to respond or ask questions.

After talking about the front and back, Zeng Zheng paused for a while, leaving some time for the other party to react and process.

At this moment, the red team scored.

The goal was scored by a forward who was at least 185cm tall.

From a distance, it looks like a hemp pole standing among the crowd.

Zeng Zheng thought, if this kid is really over 190 and has good physical coordination and physical energy storage, he might be a malleable talent.

However, Zeng Zheng's eyes only stayed on him for a few seconds, and then moved to another person.

This young man's body shape and figure are not outstanding on the court, but his skin color is lighter than others.

Not only that, there is also a thick beard growing under the nose.

Doesn’t this kid look a little anxious?

At this moment, Xu and Bao's brains had just finished processing, and they asked earnestly:

"In other words, the national team needs midfield talents?"

"Coach Zeng, I know you have always focused on controlling the midfield."

"Look at No. 10 on the red team and No. 10 on the yellow team. These two kids have very good footwork, vision and passing accuracy."

To Xu and Bao's dismay, Zeng Zheng shook his head.

"Coach Xu, to tell you the truth, I have watched these two No. 10s, and they don't quite meet my expectations."

"how could be?"

Xu Hebao said quickly, "Coach Zeng, look, the yellow No. 10's foot skills are no worse than Zhang Xiaorui's, and the red No. 10's passing vision is completely on par with Shao Jiayi. If you don't want to..."

Xu and Bao were obviously a little worried that their love would not be favored by Zeng Zheng.

But selecting people is not about choosing carrots or cabbages. Not only do you have to select real talents, you also have to adapt to Zeng Zheng's team building policy.

"Coach Xu, to tell you the truth, the most common problem in the national team is the midfielder."

"Although Ma Mingyu is over 30 years old, our midfield cannot collapse as long as he is here."

"This Asian Cup has proven this very well."

"With the addition of Qi Hong, Shen Si, Shao Jiayi, Li Jinyu, Zhang Xiaorui and Li Xiaopeng, the competition for the midfielder position is actually the most intense."

"As for the defensive midfielder position, the performance of Li Tie, Zheng Zhi, and Zhang Ran has always satisfied me. Moreover, these three people also have the ability to fight alone. Even if they play alone, the three of them can handle it.

live."

"Not to mention young talents like Zhao Junzhe and Xu Yunlong."

Hearing this, Xu and Bao sighed.

Qi Hong, he knows very well what Shen Si is capable of.

Neither of them can play as the absolute main force in Zeng Zheng's team, let alone other people who "imitate cats and tigers".

"Coach Zeng, isn't there a shortage of players in the national team?"

"It's lacking! Not only is it lacking, it's still very lacking!" Zeng Zheng insisted.

"What the national team lacks most right now is defenders."

"Defender?"

"That's right!" Zeng Zheng nodded sharply.

"General Fan's football situation is the same as Ma Mingyu's. Age is an issue."

"He can play for another two years at most!"

"After the World Cup, if people like Li Weifeng cannot replace him, our defense will always be a hidden danger."

"I am very satisfied with Zhang Xinghua's personal ability, but the team control is not good."

"Shu Chang, Tao Wei, Zhou Ning, Yang Pu, and Xu Yunlong are either too young, or their personal abilities are not up to par, or they do not meet my team building requirements."

"Wu Chengying is also your apprentice, right?"

"It is a helpless move to let him play as a left-back at this moment."

"Maybe I have too high demands on full-backs."

"Compared with Sun Jihai on the other side, Wu Chengying's assist ability is still a little bit behind. And although he works hard, he still can't keep up in terms of physical fitness. Am I right?"

Wu Chengying is also a disciple of Xu Jiabao, so of course he knows the true situation of the third prince.

"That is to say..."

"Eh?"

Speaking of this, Zeng Zheng suddenly frowned, pointed at a red team player on the court and asked.

"Coach Xu, who is that?"

"Which one?"

"That's the right back of the red team, the one with the beard."

"Ah, it's him! His name is Eric Mu, he's from the border area!"

"frontier?"

"Yes, since last year, children from the border areas have been signing up with me one after another. I thought they had good qualifications, so I accepted a few."

When talking about these borderland teenagers, Xu and Bao talked freely.

"The full-back of the red team, the center back and midfielder of the yellow team, and the goalkeeper on the bench of the red team are all from the border."

When Zeng Zheng asked about this, Xu and Bao couldn't help but joke: "What's the matter, Coach Zeng, are you still planning to respond to the national call?"

Zeng Zheng ignored Xu and Bao's teasing and asked seriously: "How long has Eric Mu played for Coach Xu?"

"Uh...it's been almost a year, I came here at the beginning of the year."

"Well..." Zeng Zheng nodded after hearing this without saying a word.

Seeing Zeng Zheng's serious expression, Xu and Bao couldn't help but said: "Coach Zeng, don't tell me, you really have a crush on that kid, right?"

"Coach Zeng, speaking of full-backs, have you seen the two brothers Sun Ji and Sun Xiang from Team 2 of Modu?"

"The two of them are pretty good..."

Zeng Zheng waved his hand, "I know they are quite capable, and they are both within the scope of my investigation."

"But aren't we looking at these kids on the field now?"

"Look at these first, look at these first."

Seeing that Zeng Zheng was unwilling to say anything else, Xu and Bao stopped talking.

Soon, 40 minutes passed, and the score on the field was 2 to 1, with the red team leading by one point.

After a simple rest and adjustment, the second half started quickly.

But until the game was about to end, both sides' substitutes had rotated, and the mature boy named Eric Mu still stuck to his position.

"This guy has good physical fitness."

"That's right, that's right!" After hearing Zeng Zheng's words, Xu Hebao, who had already looked away, immediately nodded and said, "Eric Mu's physical reserve ranks among the top three among this group of young people."

"Don't talk about the 80-minute practice match, I can still survive even if I play the 120-minute main game."

"This, besides him, there is..."

"Coach Xu, there's no need to read anything else." Zeng Zheng interrupted and stood up and said proactively, "Let's go to the sidelines first and take a look."

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