champion professor

Chapter 201 Let's hit the World Cup
210 hit the World Cup
Since Shao Bo himself knows these inside stories, he will try to avoid these problems as much as possible.

His current position is still only the head coach of the club. It is said that he does not need to take so much trouble to help the club arrange a trip to China, but he would rather spend more energy and effort than let the club be given by some leather bag companies. Cheated.

One or two million won't affect the overall situation, but it can easily affect a considerable number of people's perception of the Chinese market.He has done so much because he wants to lead by example and promote an organization similar to an industry association as soon as possible to make market-oriented commercial competitions more formal and improve the image of the domestic football environment.

The hard work was not in vain, because with the promotion of the Premier League on the sports channel over the years, and the good expectation that the national team is competing in the World Cup, the two domestic commercial competitions were very successful.

Now Sun Jihai is at a time when the national team needs him, and the club's participation in games is much less.

After all, because it has to span half of the world, if it is calculated according to the normal national team recruitment time, it is impossible to restore the best state.

Now China is in a critical period of impacting the World Cup. If a game is affected, it may lose its ticket to enter the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

In recent years, Asia has been inferior to Europe in terms of football strength, and the number of places provided by the World Cup is not many.When East Asia and West Asia compete for the few places, South Korea and Japan can always get ahead of the Chinese team. This has always been regarded as a shame by Shao Bo and other Chinese fans.

Today, Japan and South Korea jointly host the World Cup, and they directly enter the main match as hosts, so the number of World Cup places reserved for Asia will be invisible.

If the Chinese team can't grasp this opportunity, then... Shao Bo can only ask for a sad expression.

Sun Jihai, as the main right back of the Chinese team, has made great progress in both physical confrontation and consciousness during his years at Arsenal.

With Sun Jihai in charge, the Chinese team will not have any problems on the right side.

In the past few years at Arsenal, he has not only developed defensive skills, but even offensively, he has been able to help his national team teammates score winning goals from time to time.

Moreover, as a jack-of-all-trades, Sun Jihai is not only able to play a role on the right.When necessary, he can also play in any position in the backcourt.

Although football is an eleven-person sport, there are always some players who play a more important role, such as Sun Jihai.

Under his leadership, the Chinese team performed well in the World Cup qualifiers, which made the fans sigh, and it is expected to enter the World Cup this year!

Naturally, Arsenal will not simply play two commercial games in the mainland. In order to have more interaction with domestic fans, he has called all the players of the club's first team who are not on vacation!

Long-distance travel has a great impact on the players' bodies, which is one of the reasons why they only achieved one win and one draw in the two games in the mainland.

To say that he did not try his best to play is also wronged to Shao Bo. Although it is for the sake of the players' health, Shao Bo's strategy is to make substantial substitutions and adjustments after halftime, not to not try his best when he is on the court.

The two games were only a short 180 minutes, and the fans still couldn't enjoy themselves.

Therefore, with the assistance of the local organizers, Arsenal also carried out many fan meetings.

This kind of fan meeting is not new in Shao Bo's impression, at least he has seen many in later generations.

The content is nothing more than a trade fair. Fans enter the venue, and players sit together in twos and threes to accept handshakes, autographs or other simple requests from fans.

This is similar to a celebrity fan meeting, except that most European giants think highly of themselves and are rarely willing to do this.

They just want to play one or two games in China, and then travel in China for free after getting a high appearance fee.

Of course, by the way, pick up one or two girls with exotic styles, I believe these young men who are full of vigor will not refuse.

Just like the Galacticos who assembled several superstars back then, they even dared to break the interview appointments on the sports channel.

But a big name means having the capital of a big name, having enough superstars to attract fans, and their own brand is strong enough, but the sports channel has to invite them again.

Although Arsenal itself is not a small club, sometimes it is okay to pretend to be a big name, but this is too damaging to the brand image, and Shao Bo can't do such a thing.

In addition to the meeting, Shao Bo also participated in two TV talk shows with several stars.

Once it was him and several of Arsenal's main players, captain Adams, Bergkamp, ​​Pires and Ljungberg.

These players have outstanding strength and also play an important role in their respective national teams.More importantly, their figures and appearances and their usual images are very good, which can be of great help to the promotion of the club's brand or to attract some female fans.

Female fans are scarce resources, isn't there such a saying?
Behind a female fan, there are at least a hundred male fans silently supporting her.

While ensuring strength, it is also Shao Bo's goal to strive to build Arsenal into a "handsome team".

The other time was with Sun Jihai, and the focus was mainly on Chinese football.Of course, the guests this time are only these two Chinese in Arsenal.

After replacing the new coach Milu, everyone can see the results of the Chinese team. The World Cup is no longer a dream.

Of course, it is impossible for Shao Bo to pour cold water on the team when people across the country are happy for the team.Talk about system issues, talk about sensitive topics such as "scoring a goal, drawing a game, and winning a game".

Originally, there was no problem with this goal, but as a football game, it is most taboo for some laymen to guide experts.

However, this is the case in China. If you have to follow the arrangement of your superiors, you will stop when you face a strong team, and fight again if you are a weak team.

Shao Bo didn't like this method. In his coaching career, there was never any opponent he couldn't beat!
Football is round, this sentence is almost being said badly, if the outcome of the game depends on the team's paper strength, then everyone doesn't have to play, just calculate the outcome according to the paper strength.

Even if a team with the same stats is used by different players, they can get different results. Shao Bo used the Chinese team to win the World Cup a lot that year—of course, this is all in the live broadcast.

"Yes, the Chinese team is indeed participating in the World Cup for the first time, and has no experience. But there is no such necessary relationship between what kind of results and experience. I didn't have any experience when I first coached, but , Didn’t they still win two championships in the first year? Just like England is the birthplace of modern football, but they only won one World Cup.”

Having said that, Shao Bo smiled and made a joke.

"Don't broadcast this episode, I'm afraid British fans will come to protest."

Here, Shao Bo released a sketch, and the host heard it at that time.

"Hey, Shao Bo has also seen that sketch before?"

"Well, because of the schedule, it is very difficult to get a chance to get a Spring Festival holiday in the UK. Besides, there is no such holiday in the UK, haha. But I will still watch the Spring Festival Gala, or if I can't catch up with the live broadcast, I will wait for the next day's recording Many overseas Chinese also like to watch it.”

Neither of them said which sketch it was, as if they knew it well.And Shao Bo did not lie. Although many Chinese people are tired of watching the Spring Festival Gala, it is indeed a rare program for many Chinese who live abroad all the year round, and it also places their longing for the motherland.

Said a few gossips to adjust the atmosphere, the main content of the final program still has to implement Shao Bo and Sun Jihai's views on the Chinese team's entry into the World Cup.

"Actually, I still say the same thing. Winning or losing a few games is not the most important thing. The important thing is not the spirit of never giving up. I hope it is not just talk. I hope that the world will see It turns out that Chinese football is no worse than other countries!"

Shao Bo felt that what he said might not be clear enough, but he didn't have much meaning to explain.

Although he definitely hopes that the national football team can win the World Cup, it also depends on the grouping.I don't know if this year's grouping is still the same as it was back then.

In the past, the national football team had a period of poor performance, but as a fan and as a Chinese, it was impossible for Shao Bo to completely let go of his relationship with Chinese football.

He doesn't want the Chinese team to blindly overestimate or underestimate their opponents.

Costa Rica is not weak, nor is it impossible to lose goals. Shao Bo hopes to wait until next year to see a Chinese team with a strong fighting spirit, instead of a national football team that seems to have completed its task after entering the World Cup.

Some things are not convenient for him to say on the TV show, so the speech is vague.

"We all know about Sun Jihai's experience at Arsenal over the past few years. What everyone wants to know now is whether Arsenal will call for Chinese players?"

You must know that the current Arsenal has competed with Manchester United for the league championship in recent years, and has a good reputation. Although they failed to reach the quarter-finals in the Champions League for two consecutive years, they all won the league championship.

Of course, even if Arsenal fails to achieve the current results, it still has a strong attraction to Chinese players. Fans are looking forward to whether there will be other Chinese players studying abroad to play for Arsenal after Sun Jihai .

After all, they have watched the Premier League games in recent years. Sun Jihai, who is an international player of the Chinese national team, is just an ordinary substitute in Arsenal.

How strong should the other players be!

Then I thought, if more Chinese players can join Arsenal and get training methods from where, what kind of improvement should the Chinese team get?

Although none of these football associations have studied with Arsenal, it does not affect the fantasies of the fans.

Shao Bo can only smile here, saying that it is the year before the World Cup, and he certainly cannot choose players at such a critical moment.

Even Sun Jihai often misses Arsenal's games because of such long-distance games, and the club certainly gave enough understanding.

"Wait until after the World Cup. I will definitely watch the performance of the Chinese players at that time." Shao Bo blinked his eyes and put on a year-long hiatus.

"Do you have such great confidence in the Chinese team?" The host didn't expect it either.

After all, the current Chinese team has not yet won the World Cup tickets. Although their momentum is very good, the last crash still hasn't left the host's mind.

"It will definitely enter the World Cup, I'm sure"!
　Well, this paragraph is about the national football team, and the writing is uncomfortable. Fortunately, I will return to the UK soon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)