World Cup of Great Powers

Faced with Zhang Xiaorui and Hao Wei's crazy rush, Riquelme dunked the ball to the side.

Then he saw the opportunity and kicked the ball forward.

Facing the incoming ball, Li Weifeng was the first to rush forward and leap high into the air.

Boom!

There was a crisp sound, and Li Weifeng hit the ball with his head first.

Then, the full-time whistle sounded on the court.

"Beep, beep!!!"

"A new Toulon Cup champion is born!"

"It's the Chinese team from the far east!"

"Let's congratulate this team, congratulate these players!"

The fans in front of the TV didn't understand French.

But I can totally relate to it.

"Oh, these young people like Jianlibao are really amazing!"

"Even Argentina won."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, with this game as a foundation, will you still be afraid of them when you play for the Argentina national team in a few years?"

At this time, domestic fans are far from understanding the meaning of the Toulon Cup.

But the scouts at the scene stood up at the same time, took their notebooks with their notes, and hurriedly disappeared from the stadium.

They want to pass on the first-hand information collected here as quickly as possible.

Although they already knew the result, when reality really hit, many Argentine players still shed tears unwillingly.

They can completely accept losing to strong teams like France, England, Brazil, and Portugal.

But lost in the final to an Asian team that had "never been seen before".

This makes them somewhat unable to hold their heads up.

Especially Riquelme.

As the captain of Argentina.

I am falling deeply into self-doubt right now.

At this level, do you still want to lead Argentina to regain the glory of Maradona?

Are you kidding me?

Even Asian teams can't win.

How can I still play in the national team in the future?

At this moment, Zhang Xiaorui walked forward carrying a No. 11 jersey and proactively said:

"You played very well. Do you want to change your jersey?"

There is not much difference between Portuguese and Spanish. Riquelme was stunned and then quickly took off his jersey.

"You played well! You were able to use a 'spoon' on the last penalty kick. You have such a strong psychological quality. I am not as good as you in this regard."

"I didn't know where to kick the ball before I kicked it in the middle." Zhang Xiaorui said modestly, "However, I have been a fan of Maradona since I was a child. It is an honor in my life to defeat the Argentine team."

Huh? Maradona?

All right!

Since you chose to play football under the influence of Maradona, it is understandable that you lost.

Under the influence of Lao Ma, the two players, who were still very different from each other just now, instantly became familiar with each other.

In addition to Zhang Xiaorui and Riquelme, Li Tie and Samuel also handed their jerseys to each other.

The two muscular men holding up their vests didn't say much after taking over each other's jerseys. They simply put their ribs together and hugged their shoulders, then separated and returned to their respective positions.

A real man never talks nonsense!

Zeng Zheng stood on the sidelines and looked at the Jianlibao players shaking hands with their opponents on the court.

At this moment, a strong sense of pride arose spontaneously.

As a latecomer, he strongly opposes the Jianlibao model.

A waste of money, a waste of time, a waste of resources, a waste of manpower...the final result is completely out of proportion to the effort.

But as a product of the times, Jianlibao came into being.

To paraphrase Vice Chairman Xu's words: "... Even if Jianlibao fails, it is still excellent. At least on the road of building professional football with Chinese characteristics, Jianlibao will leave a legacy to future generations...

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The Hongshankou Football Conference in 1992, the establishment of the Jianlibao team in 1993, and the professional football reform in 1994.

Some people say that professionalization changes are too hasty.

But the actual situation is that if we don’t change, we really won’t be able to catch up with others.

There are generally many voices from all walks of life on how to cultivate a new generation of young talents after professionalization.

One of the loudest ones is organizing a group to study abroad.

Future generations can look back at the history of Jianlibao and criticize it as a failure that wastes people and money;

But in the early 1990s, who could point out the right path for this group of people who devoted all their efforts to football reform?

Being able to say loudly that "even failure is an accumulation of experience" is enough to show that Vice Chairman Xu has extraordinary courage.

Now, Zeng Zheng looks at the Jianlibao players on the court receiving gifts and championship blessings from fans, and he can proudly pat his chest.

At least he, Zeng Zheng, had not wasted these five years!

Thanks to his efforts, this team that was born on the road of exploration at least did not become as weak as later generations!

The victory in the Toulon Cup is Jianlibao's final victory, but it is the beginning for these players.

Next, what heights these players who return to China can reach depends on how hard they can work after taking over the baton.

History has been quietly rewritten, but the little butterfly Zeng Zheng is still waving its wings desperately.

After seeing the victory in the competition, Zeng Zheng made up his mind that when he returned to China this time, he would try his best to discourage the behavior of "staying abroad for the second time with Jianlibao".

He knows it very well.

There will never be another "Zeng Zheng" like him who will lead a second "Jianlibao Team" in other countries.

...

"Hey, little nephew!"

In the stands, Malan waved his hands desperately and shouted at Li Jian.

"Ma, Malan!"

Li Jian's three steps turned into two steps, and he rushed to the bottom of the stands as quickly as possible.

puff!

The romantic French woman climbed over the railing and jumped from the stands.

Li Jian was so frightened that he quickly reached out his hand and stepped forward to catch this French beauty who was almost as tall as him.

"Thank you, you are such a gentleman."

Li Jian still knows the meaning of the word "gentleman".

He quickly took his hand away from Malan's waist, his round face flushed.

"You are great, and so are you and your team members. Congratulations on winning the championship!"

Malan talked and gestured, using the simplest English words to express what he meant.

"Thank you!" Li Jian quickly thanked him.

Looking at the stands again, Li Jian asked curiously: "Where are your friends?"

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Malan pointed to his chest, pushed back his hair and shook his crystal earrings, "It seems that I am the only one who is a pure fan of the Chinese team."

"thanks, thanks!"

Li Jian, this clumsy guy.

On the court, he was able to save Guerrero's one-on-one shot, but in front of the girls, all he could do was thank him.

Looking at the simple "little nephew", Malan stretched out her neck and gently pecked Li Jianzuo on the face.

The next second, Li Jian was petrified on the spot as if he was struck by lightning.

"You and I..."

Facing the beautiful French beauty who took the initiative to kiss her, Li Jian didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Alas, after this competition, you will return to China. I hope our friendship will last forever. I will never forget you!"

After trying to figure out the meaning of Ma Lan's series of long sentences, Li Jian's mind had never reacted so quickly as it did now.

"Ma Lan, I won't forget you either, we can write letters!"

"write a letter?"

"Yes, do you have an email address?"

As a European, Malan did not feel inappropriate when someone from a third world country proactively asked this question.

She tilted her head, "Uh... I know my brother's email address."

"That's great, my coach has an email address too!"

With that said, Li Jian took Ma Lan's hand and ran to his coaching bench in a hurry.

"Boss Zeng, Boss Zeng!"

Seeing Li Jian running over with the girl, not only Zeng Zheng, but also other Jianlibao players and coaches were stunned.

Looking at the girl behind Li Jian, and then looking at the Argentinian players' jerseys in their hands, these Jianlibao players suddenly felt bad.

Li Jinyu stood up suddenly, with red eyes, and shouted loudly: "Let me kill him, wuwuwu, don't stop me, let me kill him!!!"

Zhu Guanghu on the side also frowned.

"What kind of behavior do you have?"

"This is outrageous!"

"Xiao Zeng, you..."

Before Zhu Guanghu could finish speaking, Li Hui and Liu Zhicai pulled Zhu Guanghu aside to persuade him.

"Coach Zhu, these children are no longer children!"

"Yeah, you've reached this age, so you should stop taking care of it."

He looked at the panting Li Jian in front of him, and then looked at the graceful Ma Lan behind him.

Zeng Zheng's mind was filled with questions.

In an instant, various fairy tales and cartoons rotated through Zeng Zheng's mind.

Did your kid come to say goodbye to me after he brought this beauty into his arms?

"Li Jian, has Malan finally become your lover?"

Li Tie, a big boss, walked straight up and down, stretched out his little finger behind Zeng Zheng and raised his eyebrows.

"No, no." Li Jian kept shaking his head.

"Then what's going on?" Zeng Zheng asked.

"Boss Zeng, please take out your computer and add Malan's email as a friend!"

In front of outsiders, Zeng Zheng didn't give Li Jian any face.

I opened my laptop and sent a friend request to Malan's brother.

"Ha, Malan, now even if I return to China, we can still keep in touch!"

The two of them were so happy that they clasped their hands together and danced a "circle dance" in front of everyone in Jianlibao.

At this time, Brother Malan, who was browsing short movies on a website not suitable for children, suddenly received a friend request in his email.

"Huh? Asia?"

Looking at the applicant's address, Brother Malan thought briefly and clicked OK.

"Asia is not bad, it just so happens that I want a change of taste."