World Cup of Great Powers

With the analysis of his virtuous wife, Zeng Zheng's views on this matter became clear.

After returning to China, I communicated with Deco immediately.

"To be honest, Mr. Zeng, I am very optimistic about the prospects of the Chinese team. With you here, the Chinese team may play in the World Cup in 2002, and qualifying for the group stage will not be a problem, so..."

Looking at the young man with a full beard in front of him, Zeng Zheng couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

When he was brought to the Jianglong team two years ago, he was still a young boy.

And now, he has become Harbin's most popular star.

Even Weah, the former World Footballer of the Year, is not as popular as him.

Playing the ball well is one of the reasons.

The most important thing is Deco's Brazilian identity and appearance, as well as his age of only 23 years old.

At this age, he is about the same age as a recent college graduate.

But it’s an existence that ranges from a 14-year-old junior high school student to a 41-year-old rich woman!

Deco is not only the star player of Jianglong Team, but also the public relations manager of Jianglong Team.

Not only the official website of the Jianglong Team, but also the newspapers and media in Harbin City also like to print a few photos of Deco and then gossip about his private life.

So far, I have never heard of Deco dating any local girl.

But even he himself lost count of the number of times he went to nightclubs.

As his fame grows, even Gao Hongbo can no longer suppress him.

But in front of Zeng Zheng, Deke had a natural fear.

Not only because Zeng Zheng is Deco's former coach and current boss.

And because Deco knows it very well.

Zeng Zheng is a very capable person in the football field.

As long as Zeng Zheng is willing, he can go to Europe or South America at any time, dig out a few young people like Deco, come back, train them for a year or two, and then create a star like him.

This is also the root reason why Deco still respects Zeng Zheng to this day.

"Deco, as your former coach, as long as you do what I say, I have the confidence to train you into a world-class star."

"You can definitely represent Brazil in the World Cup."

Hearing this, Deco shook his head.

"Boss Zeng, I am confident of joining the Brazilian team, but... you also know. With them here, I will be a substitute at best."

Ronaldo and Ronaldinho are still at their peak, Romario has not yet retired, and Ronaldinho has emerged again.

In 2006, Adelaide and Robinho came out of the blue, together with the chosen son Kaká.

If Deco really wants to stand alone, he will be under extraordinary competitive pressure.

But here's the thing.

Does Deco want to be the short-lived Ronaldinho, or does he want to be the Ivy League Klose?

Judging from Deco's current performance, their Brazilian star is obviously not suitable for the latter.

Zeng Zheng is only the players’ coach and boss, not their father or mother.

He can develop the players' football skills, and he can also give the players some temporary rules before the big game.

But when it comes to his private life, Zeng Zheng has no reason and no need to impose strict requirements on every team member.

It's up to the player to decide what kind of player he wants to be, not what he has done.

For Zeng Zheng.

When it comes to transfers and nationality changes, he only needs to play his role as a businessman.

Deco's few words have completely clarified his thoughts.

He just wants to fight more heavyweight matches while he is young and gain a higher status.

"In that case, don't even think about the Chinese team."

"Ah? Why? My strength..."

"It's not a matter of strength." Zeng Zheng shook his head.

"It's been two years since you joined the Jianglong team. Don't you still understand the domestic situation here?"

"It is already difficult for foreigners to naturalize, but you only put your own interests first."

"So I can't help you on this matter!"

Deco became anxious when he heard this.

"Boss Zeng, you are the head coach of the Chinese national team! And you and your bamboo shoes are..."

In Deco's opinion.

His desire to come to the Chinese national team and play under Zeng Zheng was all a matter of a word or two from Zeng Zheng.

This was also the reason why he chose to come to Jiab with Zeng Zheng in the first place.

"Deco, things here are very complicated and not as simple as you think."

Zeng Zheng sighed and patted the other party's shoulder.

"But as your boss, I respect your desire to play in the World Cup as soon as possible."

"If the Chinese team is not good, we can also choose other national teams!"

"Europe has less strict restrictions on naturalization, and many countries recognize dual citizenship."

"If you want to naturalize there, I can definitely make arrangements for you."

Upon hearing this, Deco's eyes shone again and he became energetic.

"So, Boss Zeng, where do you think it's better for me to go?"

"This depends on your own thoughts."

Zeng Zheng shrugged, "But you have to be mentally prepared."

"With your current strength and reputation, even if you succeed in naturalization, it will be difficult to catch up with the 2002 World Cup."

"But don't be discouraged. You can definitely aim for the 2006 World Cup."

"When the time comes, you can show off your skills on the World Cup stage!"

Zeng Zheng's words can be regarded as opening up a knot in Deke's mind.

December 30, Shanghai Hongkou Stadium.

Facing Dalian Shide, Jianglong team showed its main strength.

In this game, Deco completed a hat trick of assists.

Qu Bo, the top scorer in the Asian Youth Championship, scored twice. Liu Zihao, a local youth training youngster who is only 18 years old, scored directly from a free kick, plus Li Yi's key penalty kick.

Within 120 minutes, the two sides tied at 4-4!

Faced with a brutal penalty shootout.

Ou Chuliang, who did not perform well in actual combat, once again performed bravely in the penalty shootout.

He saved Orlando, Yan Song and Wang Peng's penalty kicks one after another, helping Jianglong beat their opponents 3-2 in the penalty shootout and win the Millennium Super Cup championship.

...

After the Super Cup, Zeng Zheng and his girlfriend went to his future father-in-law’s house to spend New Year’s Day.

In this week, Zeng Zheng successfully completed the transformation from champion boss to "grandson".

As the girlfriend of the Qian family's youngest daughter.

When you arrive at your father-in-law's house, you not only have to face the majesty of your father-in-law, but you also have to please your two uncles.

Fortunately, the mother-in-law becomes more and more satisfied with her son-in-law.

In Mrs. Qian's favor, Zeng Zheng finally "passed the test."

We will get engaged after the Spring Festival and get married at the end of the year.

With this relationship in place, some of the Qian family's resources began to be tilted towards Zeng Zheng and Miss Qian's business.

In addition to buying land and building football fields across the mainland, Zeng Zheng's football field industry is also available in Hainan and Wanwan.

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As soon as Wanwan's business started, Xiaoli Bamboo Shoes' spring training base was immediately selected.

If both parties sign the same contract, it will be ten years.

From 2002 to the early spring of 2012, every J-League team will go to the Wanwan Football Training Base for three weeks of spring training.

Although the unit is in Japanese yen, this "small goal" still makes Zeng Zheng extremely happy.

After leaving his father-in-law's house, Zeng Zheng immediately rushed to Zhuxie to report on his work.

"Come on, come on, cheers! Xiao Zheng, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Xu Fang opened a bottle of Maotai that he would treasure for many years, and poured a glass for Zeng Zheng.

Zeng Zheng quickly raised his hands and said, "Uncle Xu, I'll just drink it. You'd better be more economical."

After saying that, Zeng Zheng raised his neck and drank the wine in the glass.

Just as Xu Fang was about to have a drink, his wife on the side snatched the glass away from him.

At the same time, the promise of programming in the bedroom also opened up.

"Dad, if you really want to work for a few more years, don't touch alcohol!"

Xu Fang smacked his mouth and laughed twice.

"I saw that Xiao Zheng didn't drink enough, so I wanted to fill it up for him!"

"It's not your turn then, I'll help him pour it down."

Seeing this, Zeng Zheng quickly took the bottle from Xu Fang's wife.

"Aunt Lun, why don't you need to pour me some wine? I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself!"

With that said, Zeng Zheng filled himself another glass.

For so many years, Lun Shufen has always treated Zeng Zheng as a child.

"Xiao Zheng, what happened this time? How was your conversation with your girlfriend?"

"Aunt Lun, the marriage is almost settled. If nothing else happens, I will get married after the World Cup preliminaries, and you will have to come and support me then!"

Lun Shufen beamed when she heard this, "Of course, of course, Aunt Lun will give you a big red envelope when the time comes!"

"Then I would like to thank Aunt Lun first."

With that said, Zeng Zheng raised his wine glass respectfully and drank a toast.

After sitting down again, Xu Fang exchanged some pleasantries.

The two quickly got to the point.

"Why, I heard that you didn't agree to that Brazilian boy's naturalization application?"

Zeng Zheng nodded.

"Why? Didn't he play very well in League A last year? Why? Not strong enough? You don't like him?"

Xu Fang supports naturalization.

He is eager to improve the performance of Chinese football in his lifetime.

"It's not a matter of strength, he is not very enlightened."

"grass!"

After hearing what Zeng Zheng said, Xu Fang suppressed all the questions he had prepared.

Seeing that Xu Fang was frustrated, Zeng Zheng quickly gave an explanation.

"Uncle Xu, I don't think we should be in a hurry when it comes to naturalization."

"What do you mean?"

"It means we haven't determined yet whether we can play football based on our own abilities alone."

"Oh? Please tell me carefully."

Xu Fang didn't drink. Hearing what Zeng Zheng said, he immediately became enlightened.

"Football is the number one sport in the world, and it is also a national sport."

"Traditional football originated from us, and modern football originated from Europe."

"This fully demonstrates that if a dozen people chase a round object and kick it, the participants like to kick it, and the onlookers like to watch it."

"In this case, football cannot be the privilege of a certain race."

"Just like in track and field, everyone knows that black people can run fast, so do all national teams have to naturalize black people?"

"This is obviously unrealistic."

"The reason why sports competition is called a war in peacetime is that its national attributes are also a part that cannot be ignored."

"In football, South Americans are skilled and Europeans are highly strategic."

"But whether it's Europe or South America, the popularity of football among the people is definitely an issue that cannot be ignored."

"How long have we been doing youth training?"

"It's only been seven or eight years, including Jianlibao!"

"The results we have achieved now in 1978 are already very good!"

"Some countries have developed for ten or twenty years before they can stand out."

"So when it comes to naturalization, my idea is to wait."

"When our youth training is fully popularized and leagues at all levels are mature enough to be handed over to the market, our national teams in the four age groups will have climbed to the top of their respective rankings."

"Waiting until then, it might not be a bad idea to naturalize a foreign aid to enhance our strength."

"And there is another issue here that is also very important. I can't explain it to the fans unless I explain it clearly."

Xu Fang raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "What's the problem?"

"If some fans ask, 'Why should we choose foreigners? Have we selected all the talents from all provinces in our country?' How should we answer?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Fang became silent.

There was Zheng Dongqi in last year's Olympic Games, and Eric Mu was there in this year's Asian Youth Championship.

So next year's World Cup, will Zeng Zheng bring another Tiecha Tengger or Tashi Lobsang?

We haven't fully tapped the talents in various provinces in China, so you can't wait to become naturalized foreigners.

This doesn’t make sense!

What's more, we have the strength to reach the World Cup.

It's not like relying on these foreign players to win the World Cup preliminaries in order to get results as early as possible.

Therefore, naturalization is completely unnecessary for the current Chinese team.

Of course, if there are foreigners who really want to play for the Chinese team, they can settle down and get married to become naturalized and compete fairly with other players.

Zeng Zheng would not look at them through colored glasses.

If this cannot be met, given our national culture and current national conditions, it will be difficult to accept a naturalized player playing.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After a long while, Xu Fang nodded.

He understood what Zeng Zheng meant.

Although Zeng Zheng also supports naturalization, there is really no need in this matter at present.

However, Xu Fang asked a new question.

"Xiao Zheng, do you know about the kindergarten teacher program run by Shide? They are all rushing to become naturalized."

After hearing this, Zeng Zheng smiled disdainfully.

"That's their freedom, isn't it something we ordered them to do?"

"Is it possible that because they want to cultivate naturalized players, we give them the green light?"

"To put it bluntly, even if Bamboo Shoes is not a naturalized person and does not open the door to naturalization, how can he dare to say anything about his actual virtue?"

"Who does business without losing money on high investments?"

Xu Fang nodded, "But I heard that they have good results, and now they can play for Shide's second team. Does this mean that foreigners are born to do sports?"

Zeng Zheng still shook his head.

"Uncle Xu, you only know one but not the other!"

"I remember when we first came here, several of them were found to be carrying viruses unique to Africa, and were eventually sent back overnight. Is this true?"

Xu Fang nodded.

"In a team, although they have good results in the youth team, what about the adult team?"

"Uncle Xu, go to Dalian and have a look."

"In the past few months, how many lawsuits have been made about this gang of gangsters who went to prostitutes, fought, drank too much, stayed out at night, etc.?"

"It's just that someone from above is holding me back with my grades, so this matter hasn't become a big deal yet!"

"Just watch!"

"In one or two years, when these gangsters become adults and play with the adult team, will they be able to produce results? How much trouble will they cause to the security of the Dalian area? I dare say that in the end, Shide wants to get rid of this

It’s hard to carry the burden!”

"Uncle Xu, have you forgotten? What is the most important thing for our national team?"

"It's discipline!"

"A player who doesn't even follow basic discipline, no matter how good he is, will you use him?"

"Boom!"

Xu Fang slammed his rice bowl on the table.

Zeng Zheng talked for a long time, and this sentence stuck in his heart.

Being capable is one thing.

Whether you listen or not is another matter.

Doesn't he know that the people who have proposed naturalization recently are all here for profit and fame?

But when he thought about improving the ranking of the Chinese national team in the world, he felt that these small things were trivial.

But he forgot, there is one more sentence.

That's just one rat droppings ruining a pot of porridge.

He also understands the concept of being a black sheep.

If the team really becomes disunited because of a naturalized foreign player, it will be even more difficult to control.

Then even Ronaldo will not be considered as a naturalized foreign aid!

In the final analysis.

The ultimate goal of naturalization is not to improve the team's level and strength in the short term.

Rather, it is a means to strengthen and compensate for weaknesses when the national team, league, and youth training have become saturated and stable.

After thinking about it, Xu Fang also laughed.

"Okay, you guys are better than those guys from Bamboo Shoes!"

"We have held so many meetings, but no one can get to the point."

"To put it bluntly, I just want to take advantage of naturalization to get a piece of the pie."

"With what you said today, I feel confident."

"Xiao Zheng, lead the team well."

"Whether we can go to the World Cup next year is up to you!"

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