Chapter 6: Strengthen your teammates! While Krauchen was working hard, Lin Feng was also thinking about a problem. How will he use the advantages brought by his rebirth to help this national youth team and the future national football team improve their combat effectiveness? One fence has three stakes, and one hero has three gangs. Football is a team sport. No matter how strong an individual is, it is difficult to win without a group of good teammates to cooperate with him. After all, the strength of the Chinese national football team is still too weak, and the Football Association is a pig teammate. If nothing is done, even with him as a variable, the future performance of the Chinese national football team will probably not be much better. This national youth team, known as the Super Platinum Generation, has many players who are future international players, and some have even played for the national team for more than ten years. If we can help them improve their own strength, the combat effectiveness of the national football team will naturally increase as well. As for how to help these teammates improve their own strength, it is actually very simple. Just find a way to let them study abroad and receive training in high-level overseas leagues. This is a path that both Japan and South Korea have taken and has proven to be effective. It is also the only option that has the potential to succeed, apart from deep-seated issues such as youth training, league and football association system reform.
Thinking of this, Lin Feng figured out what to do. …… For many people in the national youth team, this is their first time in the Netherlands. As they had just arrived and were unfamiliar with the place, they naturally regarded Lin Feng, the local tyrant, as their guide. Although Lin Feng lives in Germany, the Netherlands is very close to Germany and he has been here many times. So he took his teammates on a tour around Amsterdam with ease. The areas that everyone passed by were all specially selected by Lin Feng. They were basically the most prosperous and beautiful areas in Amsterdam. As the capital of the old developed country, the Netherlands, Absterdam is very prosperous. Before the economic crisis broke out in 08, Western Europe was a region of thriving prosperity, far from the chaos and desolation that it would become twenty years later. Among the young players of the national youth team, except for a few who play for clubs in first-tier cities, where have the rest of them ever seen this market? Everyone is like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, completely dazzled by this world of decadence and extravagance. What a great place! It's so hard to get out here, so you should buy some gifts to bring back for your relatives and friends, right? Lin Feng took them to the most prosperous shopping mall and stimulated their consumption desire with a wide range of goods. Everyone's eyes were wide open. There were so many kinds of things here, many of which were not available in China, such as the latest BlackBerry phones and PSP game consoles. So everyone started shopping, emptying their wallets and going on a buying spree. Some people spared no expense to buy some brand-name bags, watches and high-end cosmetics. These things are much cheaper in Europe than in China. If they are resold at home, they may even make a small profit. Some people spent a lot of money to buy a large number of electronic products, while others had special tastes and actually bought several sets of genuine Lego toys. In response to this, Lin Feng could only say: Brother, you are invincible! Before coming to Europe to participate in the World Youth Championship, there were rumors that the Chinese national youth team might go to the Clairefontaine training camp in Paris for training. The Paris of 2005 was not yet the chaotic city it would become in later generations, filled with thieves, refugees and new immigrants, and prone to strikes and demonstrations, with protests and protests at every turn. In people's minds, it is a fashion capital, a romantic capital, and also a shopping paradise.
Influenced by this, many friends and relatives of the players asked them to help purchase the products on their behalf. So the things that the young players of the national youth team bought were not necessarily bought for themselves (except for the Lego guy). After all, among them, except for a very small number of people who have become the main players in the first team, most of the rest are substitutes or even still struggling in the youth team, and they can't earn much money throughout the year. Where can I get so much money to buy such expensive things? Lin Feng has seen a lot of these things, and even seen better ones in later generations, so they are not rare. He didn't buy anything himself, but just spent one euro to buy the latest sports newspaper and browse the latest news in football. Most of the content in the newspaper is about European football transfer news this summer. For example, Real Madrid star and Barcelona traitor Figo transferred to Inter Milan. Major transfer news such as Europe's best newcomer Ramos' transfer to Real Madrid filled the front pages. After flipping through a few pages, I saw a report on the World Youth Championship in an inconspicuous place. "The Eastern Dragon defeated the German chariot, and the young player amazed everyone with his skills!" Lin Feng immediately saw the handsome photo of himself in the picture and gave a thumbs up to the Dutchman in his heart. This photography level is awesome! After reading it carefully, I found that the Dutch were very considerate and wrote a lot of words praising him. Of course, the one mentioned the most here is Kaka. The Dutch have compared him with Kaka many times. Some commentators even think that he is the younger version of Kaka. If he can reach Kaka's current level in the future, his future will be limitless. However, compared with another young man with a picture, the Dutch people's praise for him is obviously not as strong. "Barcelona's genius shines in the World Youth Championship, the Pampas Eagles become the biggest favorite to win the championship!" In their reports on Messi and the Argentina team, the Dutch used almost every possible compliment to praise Messi to the skies. Words like peerless genius and future king of football were blown out of proportion. La Masia youth training camp was founded by the Dutchman Cruyff, so the Dutch people have a sense of honor and intimacy for the talents who stand out from the La Masia youth training camp. It's no surprise that it's so blatant. Looking at the photo of Messi pointing his hands to the sky to celebrate the goal, Lin Feng took a deep breath. It is a tragedy for many outstanding players to be in the same era as players like Messi and Ronaldo, because it is difficult to stand out. But at the same time, this is also an opportunity, isn't it? Being able to compete with the best players will only constantly stimulate myself and make myself stronger! This kind of scene is exciting just thinking about it! …… Although Krauchen gave the team a day off, they were unfortunately short of money. After only half a day of shopping, most people had spent all their money. In the end, even the money for lunch was paid by Chen Tao.
Chen Tao has at least secured a starting position in Shenyang Jinde, with an annual salary of around 40 yuan, which is enough to pay for a meal. But for him, this meal was also painful. "Damn, a meal costs over 10,000, why don't you just go rob it?" Looking at his deflated wallet, even Chen Tao began to wail. "That's right. With this much money, we can host dozens of buffets in our hometown, enough for everyone to eat for three days and three nights!" Hao Junmin, who came from a rural background, nodded repeatedly, feeling that this meal was not worth it. "You said that the consumption level in Europe is so high, so does that mean that the money they earn from work is also high?" Someone asked curiously. "Of course, otherwise how can we afford such high consumption?" Dong Fangzhuo, who plays football in Belgium, said casually. "Brother Dong, how much is your annual salary at Manchester United?" When Lin Feng heard Dong Fangzhuo speak, he suddenly had an idea and asked a question casually. Everyone was very interested in this question and stopped whispering immediately. They all looked over and pricked up their ears for fear of missing a word. "Ahem, not much. I'm a newcomer and I haven't played in the team yet, so Manchester United pays less, about 5000-6000 pounds a week!" As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. Someone started counting on his fingers. With a weekly salary of five or six thousand, wouldn’t that mean an annual salary of 30 pounds? At this time, the exchange rate of British pound to RMB is about 1:14. If an annual salary of 30 is converted into RMB, it would be as high as 420 million RMB! Dong Fangzhuo’s salary is so high? PS: To be honest, I was actually quite nervous before opening this book. In football articles, the Chinese national football team is a huge minefield that many people dare not touch. The reason is very simple. The Chinese national football team is so bad that many people are extremely disappointed with the team and can't help but curse when it is mentioned. But as I said in the novel, no matter how bad the Chinese national football team is, they are still our own children, and everyone still hopes that they can get better. Since I started watching football in 2008, the Chinese national football team has really disappointed me time and time again. Like everyone else, I have cursed at them, felt sorry for their misfortune, and been angry at their lack of fighting spirit. I have vowed never to watch it again. But occasionally when I see news about the Chinese national football team's matches, I can't help but secretly turn on the live broadcast to watch. After reading it, I couldn’t help but want to slap myself twice: Why am I so shameless! But since seeing the Chinese national football team survive the World Cup qualifiers and miraculously retain hopes of qualifying. My perception of the Chinese national football team has slowly changed. This Chinese national football team is undoubtedly the weakest one I have ever seen in all the years I have watched football. But their mental outlook may be the best national football team in the past decade. Their fighting spirit, their desire for victory, and their implementation and execution of the coach's tactical arrangements are the best among the Chinese national football team in recent years.
If the stronger Chinese national football team in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers could have had this mental outlook, perhaps we would not be spectators at the World Cup in Russia. The current strength of the Chinese national football team is still very poor, but I feel that the overall environment is getting better. Although there are still many people criticizing the Chinese national football team, after all, it is the national spittoon and anyone can criticize it. However, more and more people are willing to look at the shortcomings and weaknesses of the Chinese national football team in a realistic, fair and objective manner, and to speak a fair word for the national football team. Moreover, after the Chinese national football team suffered a setback, it finally realized its own strength and no longer had any unrealistic fantasies. The Chinese national football team is currently at a third-rate or even fourth-rate level in Asia. After recognizing this reality, the team can instead implement a technical and tactical style of play that is more in line with its own strength, and no longer play in a very twisted and uncomfortable manner as before. More importantly, as the youth players trained during the period of capital-intensive football gradually matured, the performances of the national youth and national junior teams in international competitions have improved. This gives me hope. Come on, Chinese football! (End of this chapter)