After the leader left, the conference room was dull for a while, until Wang Ai came back from outside.When the leader said goodbye, he asked him to send it by name, but he didn't say anything, but told him in person that when he came back from Brazil, the leader might take time to meet him, and asked him about his physical condition.Obviously, Zhao Dan's regular work reports have attracted a little attention from the leadership.Among them, there is also the credit for the topic of "supergiant war", which has attracted the general attention of China's sports academic circles, sports business circles and sports leading institutions.When Wang Ai came back, he found that everyone was looking at him, knowing that he was a little stunned by the sudden heavy task, but he didn't say anything, and asked Lao Gao instead: "What time is our plane?"
”Lao Gao looked at his watch: "There is still an hour and a half." ”Wang Ai sat down and thought about it: "Who is our first opponent?"
”Lao Gao's eyes straightened: "You don't even know this?"
”The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became lively.Of course, Wang Ai didn't even know this, but what the leader said was very thorough, and it was not that these teammates didn't understand it at all after he had been taught a national situation class for ten years, but in the past, they were used to pressing this kind of "political task" on Wang Ai's shoulders, so they followed suit, and suddenly everyone had to shoulder the task, so they were a little unaccustomed.In fact, everyone has been shouldering this kind of task for a long time, long before the 08 Olympics.Wang Ai just used this method to make everyone accept this reality.Since the Chinese team is the champion of the 10 World Cup or the 11th Asian Cup, there are two Asian teams in the history of the Confederations Cup: China and Japan, the Asian Cup champion and runner-up, respectively.In addition, the host and last year's Confederations Cup champion Brazil, Australian champion Tahiti, European champion Spain, Central and North American champion Mexico, South American champion Uruguay, and African champion Nigeria.In the draw, China and Japan naturally could not be in one group, and in the end Japan was drawn to Group A, that is, with Brazil, as well as Mexico and Tahiti, while China was placed in Group B, along with Spain, Nigeria, and Uruguay.Three games in a single round robin will determine the winner and loser, and the top two will qualify for the semi-finals, and then the finals and third-place matches.The first match of the Chinese team was against Nigeria, and the game time was 4 p.m. on June 17 and 3 a.m.
BJ time on June 18.The final is on July 1, which is only about ten days in total, which is not much of a burden.But the problem is that most of the Chinese team, which is dominated by players in Europe, has been playing the league like Wang Ai until the end of May, which means that everyone has little time to prepare for the Confederations Cup, and can only pick up the old things and make do with them.Of course, the same is true for the opponents, most of the faces of these teams can be seen in the big five leagues, and the tactics of the teams and teams may be unfamiliar, but they should be familiar to people.So Lao Gao was anxious about Wang Ai's finally returning to China but disappearing for four days, the players didn't have time to prepare, and the pressure was on the coach, who let them have time?
If the players lose, they can spread their hands: I have been preparing for half a month in total, and I haven't slowed down at all.But the coaches can't shirk it, they have been busy with the Confederations Cup for most of this year, after all, this is not in conflict with the preparation for next year's World Cup, it is a warm-up game for the World Cup.Of course, the Football Association is not easy.Since winning the last World Cup, the value of the Chinese team has skyrocketed, and sponsors from all walks of life at home and abroad have flocked to see the carnival come again every four years.Therefore, this trip to Brazil is not only the dozens of people from the national team, but also many big sponsors have sent special personnel to go.Here, the Football Association not only has to ensure the normal progress of the national team's training and games, but also maintains close communication with the people in the business circle, and also organizes them to have some intimate interaction with the national team, which is a sponsor benefit.So many things are pressed on the shoulders of team leader Wei Di and head coach Lao Gao.For many years, Wang Ai has been a member of the de facto leadership team of the national team, and even an important member.But Wang Ai has been busy with the supergiant war this year, and has not paid attention to the Confederations Cup, and even cut off internal and external ties for a while.For example, three years ago, Wang Ai was not a supergiant, but now he is, not only is he the winner of the first supergiant war in history, so the Football Association, which has the image rights of Wang Ai's national team, should sell his image authorization at what price?
This topic is too novel, Mo said that the Chinese Football Association is the five major leagues are studying this matter, and without Wang Ai, an eyewitness, they have no score.Now that Wang Ai is back, everything is starting to get on the right track, but unfortunately the time is too tight, and seeing that he is about to board the plane, Wei Di can only suppress his business and let Lao Gao talk about the competition first, and wait until Brazil is free to talk about business.This is really not how close to the people is Director Weidi, if there is no supergiant like Wang Ai to change to an ordinary national team, the leader will make up his mind to find a commercial organization, and he will not ask the player's opinion at all.But now there is no commercial organization that dares to say that he understands this matter better than Wang Ai, his team is not only experienced and powerful, but also has been at the forefront.Don't expect these smiling businessmen to tell the truth.With such a big economic benefit, once the mistake is held accountable, no one's official hat will be stable.So what to do?
had to fight poison and let Wang Ai, who is also cunning and sophisticated in business, hedge against them: after all, the image of the national team is authorized, and Wang Ai is half of the Football Association!
The businessman wanted to give less, Wang Ai wanted more, and in order to protect his personal interests, he also safeguarded the interests of the Football Association.How good is that?
Director Wei Di has saved trouble, there are no sequelae, who can believe that Wang Ai would rather make less money in order to pit the Football Association?
What kind of hatred and hatred do you have with the Football Association?
Even when his publication of "training experience" caused a boiling in the sports academic community, the Football Association was firmly on his side.Wang Ai saw the video of the first match against Nigeria on an Air China plane, and Tang, who was in charge of tactical formulation, explained it to him personally.The role once belonged to Marcelo Bielsa, but he resigned after two years on the Chinese coaching staff and decided he had found a way to refine his football philosophy, and is now coaching a professional team in Argentina.Maybe there will be a chance to meet in the future, anyway, Director Wei Di admires him very much, if it weren't for the shyness of his pocket, he would have wanted to hire him as the youth training director of the Chinese Football Association......
Although there is no such position yet.