Chapter 317 Good Opportunity

Gao Hongbo really didn't expect that the warm-up match that Changsheng arranged for him would be opponents like Germany and Spain...

He thought it would be a good idea to find some second- and third-rate teams in Europe.

"This...is the opponent too strong for a warm-up match?"

He was a little worried.

"What are you afraid of in the warm-up match? It is normal for you to lose to Spain and Germany. Are you worried that losing to these two teams will damage morale? Then when the real Asian Cup is about to start, you will arrange another underdog to find confidence Well." Chang Sheng said.

"The key is the quality of the warm-up match. Find ways to use your technical and tactical characteristics in the game against the strong team. None of the opponents you met in the Asian Cup can be called a 'underdog'. Neither It may be like a friendly match, let you pass the ball freely in the midfield, they will definitely press and defend in a high position. What should you do? It is to accumulate such surprises in the contest against strong teams, otherwise you will play those colorful players It's useless to play more warm-up matches."

Gao Hongbo was persuaded by Chang Sheng and accepted his arrangement.

He did worry about that, too.

The friendly match was pretty good, but what about the actual combat?

The qualifiers and the finals are also two completely different competitions. And the Chinese team is lucky to be assigned to a group with the host Qatar. The Asians like the urine that is best at match-fixing. If there is nothing to happen in the match between Qatar and the Chinese team, it is really hard to say.

He does need some high-level play in order to handle the situation.

"And when you come here in December, you can also play a few coaching games with my Lazio, and the rewards will be greater than if you played with domestic clubs in Hainan."

Gao Hongbo nodded: "That's good, but the warm-up match and training camp are not up to me. I have to report to the Football Association..."

"Go ahead. Just say it's an initiative from the Lazio club."

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After Gao Hongbo hung up the phone, he didn't immediately report to the Football Association. Instead, he asked his wife first. As the deputy director of the Football Association's press office, she should be more sensitive to these things than himself.

He wanted to ask his wife, he had agreed with Chang Sheng privately, and then he would ask the Football Association,

Will there be any problem.

After listening to his words, his wife pondered for a while, and then said: "You can be more tactful. Pay attention to the way of speaking. I think the only problem with this matter is money. The money spent in training camps in Hainan and Guangzhou did not go to Italy at all. A lot of flowers..."

As soon as his wife mentioned this issue, Gao Hongbo's phone rang, and it was Chang Sheng calling again.

Gao Hongbo picked it up in front of his wife: "Is there anything else, Lao Chang?"

"I forgot to mention it. Old Gao. I guess the Football Association should be more sensitive to money. If their annual salary is too high, you tell them that the club will cover all the expenses for accommodation and meals at the Formello training base. You don't need to pay a penny!"

After Gao Hongbo heard this, he looked at his wife and smiled.

Thanked Chang Sheng, hung up the phone and said to his wife: "I really want to go together, Chang Sheng called and said. Lazio club also covers the cost of accommodation and meals."

So the wife also laughed: "Then the resistance will be much smaller. You know that the Football Association worships foreigners. If they can get involved with a club like Lazio, I think they should be willing."

So Gao Hongbo called the chairman of the Football Association. He told the chairman of the Football Association about the warm-up training on the phone between him and Chang Sheng.

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While Gao Hongbo was on the phone with the Football Association, Chang Sheng was also calling Lotito and told Lotito about the conversation between himself and Gao Hongbo.

The main thing is to ask Lotito to lend the club's training base to the Chinese national team for free.

Lotito hesitated to provide free accommodation and meals, Chang Sheng laughed at him: "The Chinese national team comes here for training. How many reports from the Chinese media and the attention of Chinese fans will it attract, Mr. Chairman? These are all intangible free Propaganda and advertising. And..."

Chang Sheng smirked: "We can close the training. If the media wants to shoot the Chinese team and Lazio training together, they have to pay! Isn't the money coming?"

Lotito's eyes lit up when he heard it: "That's a good idea!"

In this way, the Lazio club has no problem.

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At the same time, the Football Association also agreed to Gao Hongbo's proposal to go to Rome, Italy, the training base of the Lazio club for training.

They agreed without any hesitation, and Gao Hongbo was very surprised by the success.

How did Gao Hongbo know that just one day ago, the head of Wanda Group, a well-known Chinese real estate company, approached the Chinese Football Association and proposed that they would spend a lot of money to sponsor Chinese football and support the development of Chinese football.

This plan makes the Chinese Football Association very excited.

Wanda Group proposed that they are willing to help the Football Association pay for world-class coaches to coach the Chinese team for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

In addition, they have a package of other plans, such as sending several batches of young players to foreign clubs for training every year, and the money is paid by Wanda Group...

The investment in the first year alone is 135 million RMB!

This part of the money includes the sponsorship of the Chinese Super League, as well as the expenditure of the Chinese team, as well as referee funds, the u-series youth league and the youth study abroad plan.

According to the cooperation plan provided by Wanda Group, the cooperation period between the two parties will be more than ten years, and the investment in the five Chinese football projects will increase year by year, and the annual increase rate will not exceed 20%. If the annual increase is 20%, it is estimated that when the ten-year contract expires, the contract amount will be about 3.5 billion yuan.

Of course, this amount does not constitute a burden to Wanda Group. Wanda Group currently has five major industries: commercial real estate, high-end hotels, cultural industries, chain department stores, and tourism and resorts. It plans to open 70 Wanda Plazas by 2012. The rent-collecting property has an area of ​​13 million square meters, and the annual rental income is more than 7 billion yuan. It is a drop in the bucket to invest more than 100 million yuan a year in Chinese football.

When the Chinese Football Association was so excited that Wanda Group, the sponsor, came to the door on its own initiative, they heard that the Lazio club also offered an olive branch... They really wondered if the spring of Chinese football is coming. ...

The reason why the Football Association supported Gao Hongbo's proposal so readily was because they realized that this was an important way to build a relationship with Lazio and Changsheng.

Isn't Wanda Group looking for a world-class coach?

Then there is no need for any global selection of coaches, there is a world-class coach in China - Chang Sheng!

If Chang Sheng can be persuaded to coach the national team, it will look good both in terms of performance and their face.

They had hoped for Chang Sheng to coach the Chinese Olympic team before, but they rejected it without hesitation. The Football Association thought that the level of the National Olympic team was too low. If they invited Chang Sheng to coach the Chinese national team this time, presumably Chang Sheng would will refuse.

If it doesn't work, they can also agree to Chang Sheng's part-time job and coach Lazio and the national team at the same time...

It's just that I can't establish a mutual trust and friendly relationship with Chang Sheng.

It's really sleepy. Someone sent a pillow.

Isn't now a great opportunity?

People have offered olive branches on their own initiative. If the Football Association refuses, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? What about future cooperation?

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After Gao Hongbo hung up the phone, he shook his head to his wife and said, "It went so smoothly. I thought the Football Association would make things difficult..."

The wife smiled: "It's good that it goes well. This time, the Asian Cup, let's play well. Just because you became the head coach of the national team, my dad started watching the national team again. He hadn't watched it for a long time. "

Gao Hongbo smiled shyly: "Try not to disappoint the old man."

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The next thing is to enter the official level.

The Lazio club officially sent a letter to the Chinese Football Association, inviting them to the Formello training base to train and prepare for the Asian Cup.

Of course, the Chinese Football Association accepted it.

Subsequently, the Chinese Football Association, the German Football Association, and the Spanish Football Association sent letters respectively, applying to play warm-up matches with these two national teams.

And because the football associations of the two countries had been greeted in advance by the head coach of the national team, naturally there was nothing to refuse, and they all agreed.

In this way, half a month before the start of the training camp, the Chinese Football Association has finalized all the training matters.

It just so happened that Indonesia was going to participate in the Southeast Asian Football Championship and could not participate in the warm-up match on the 26th, so the game was cancelled. The Chinese team now has no time to fly back to China from Rome, Italy to play such a game.

The opponents who warm up with them are all world-class teams. It is not rare for them to play against a team like Indonesia-the price drop!

Soon the Chinese Football Association, the Spanish Football Association, the German Football Association and the Lazio Club officially announced this series of news.

The Chinese Football Association announced that the Chinese national team will go to Rome, Italy for training to prepare for the Asian Cup, and will play a warm-up match with the Spanish national team and the German national team respectively!

When the news was announced, Chinese fans and their friends were shocked!

At first, everyone thought it was fake news and rumors, and even scolded the media for having no bottom line and only spreading rumors.

But when the Lazio club, the Spanish Football Association and the German Football Association all confirmed the news, Chinese fans were shocked again.

Someone exclaimed: "Only the Chinese team, this broken team, can make Germany and Spain compete to warm up... Is this the sun coming out from the west?"

"Go to Lazio for training? Then warm up with Germany and Spain... It's a luxury for the Chinese team to prepare for the Asian Cup!"

"What kind of rhythm is this? Why has the Chinese team suddenly become the sweet pastry that everyone is scrambling for? Is it really a sensitive word that is going to be on the top?"

There was a lot of discussion on the Internet!

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