Fox in the Penalty Area

The Fox of the Restricted Zone, Chapter 82, Shi Wuyin's Candidate Question Li Zhifei saw Shi Wuyin as soon as he walked into the office of the head coach of the Olympic team on the first floor of Building 1, Area A, Hongfengling Training Base.

The head coach of China's U22 national team, who will also be the future head coach of the Chinese Olympic team, is frowning at a computer screen.

When Li Zhifei walked up to him, he greeted without raising his head: "Are you here?"

"Well, what are you looking at?" Li Zhifei leaned over and glanced at the computer screen, but he couldn't see clearly even without glasses.

"For the East Asian Cup in March, I want to change some players for the team and inspect other young people in China." Shi Wuyin said to the screen.

In March this year, there will be the East Asian Cup. This event is a regional event. When it was first established, it was just a round-robin match between teams from East Asia, China, Japan, and South Korea. After all, there is the Gulf Cup in West Asia and the Middle East, and the Tiger Cup for coaches in Southeast Asian countries. Only in East Asia, there is not even a decent competition, and there is no place for national teams to exchange ideas.

Under such circumstances, the East Asian Cup was born.

The original East Asian Cup was held every two years. It was an international A-level event. It was held on an international match day. The participating national teams sent their strongest lineups, and the gold content was not bad.

But later, with the reform and expansion of the East Asian Cup, more and more national teams participated, and the schedule and rules were adjusted to a large extent.

From a single round robin to a tournament system, there are also qualifiers and finals.

In addition to China, Japan and South Korea, the participating countries also added teams from countries and regions such as North Korea, Mongolia, Macau and Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Except for the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea, the other teams have to play qualifying rounds, and then decide a team that can participate in the finals.

Most of the time the team is North Korea.

The East Asian Cup has undergone such reforms, and there are more participating teams, which seems to be lively. But because any team can participate, the gold content of this event has dropped a lot.

It's not even held on an international match day.

The other participating teams may take this event very seriously, but the national teams of China, Japan, and South Korea, the three original sponsors of the event, are a bit perfunctory.

Japan and South Korea were the first countries to use the second national team to play in the East Asian Cup. They no longer recall players who played in Europe to participate in the East Asian Cup, and only use purely local players.

The Chinese team did not do this, because the Chinese team has no overseas players who can be recalled... The national first team is also a purely local lineup.

Later, Japan and South Korea felt that it was meaningless to send a bunch of domestic players who could not usually be selected for the national team, or who were marginal figures in the national team, to participate in this competition, because it would not be able to train the national team—these players participating in the East Asian Cup How many domestic players can eventually become a member of the first team of the national team and can participate in events such as the Asian Cup and World Cup qualifiers?

Then they simply let their respective Olympic teams participate in the East Asian Cup, at least for the purpose of training for the Olympic team. After all, the Olympic teams can participate in limited events, and one more East Asian Cup is of great significance.

Especially the odd-numbered East Asian Cup is very important to the Olympic team, because the next year will be the Olympic Games. At the same time, the Olympic football Asian qualifiers and the U23 Asian Cup will also be held in the same year as the Olympic Games. The East Asian Cup in the previous year has become an important game for the Olympic team to inspect players, practice tactics, build confidence, and increase experience. The attention of the national football associations to this East Asian Cup has skyrocketed.

Japan and South Korea took the lead, and the Chinese team followed suit immediately.

Now China, Japan and South Korea all use the Olympic team to play instead of the national team.

But in name they still say that the team they send is the national team. After all, the East Asian Cup is not just the three of them, there are other participating teams. The other teams have sent their own national teams. It is not nice to say that the three of you use the Olympic team as your opponent...

Not only is it nominally participating as a national team, but the East Asian Cup is still considered an international A-level match, and FIFA points must be calculated.

In other words, the performance of the Olympic team will affect the national team's points and rankings, and further affect the qualifications of the seeded teams in the Asian Cup and World Cup qualifiers.

For these various reasons, the 11th East Asian Cup, which will kick off on March 10, 2023, is one of the focuses of the work of the respective national football associations.

This is especially true for China, because as the host country of next year's U23 Asian Cup and Olympic Asian qualifiers, the Chinese Olympic team does not need to participate in this year's U23 Asian Cup qualifiers. Although you can directly qualify to participate in the main game, you have lost a lot of opportunities to practice in the game, which is actually not good for the team to prepare for the game.

Under such circumstances, the training opportunity of the East Asian Cup is naturally very important.

As the head coach of the team, Shi Wuyin did not dare to neglect, so he and his coaching team rushed to the Hongfengling training base in advance to prepare for the next training camp of the Olympic team here.

"Very good, do you have a goal?" Assistant coach Li Zhifei nodded.

"There are a few, please help me as a staff officer." Shi Wuyin turned the LCD monitor to Li Zhifei.

Li Zhifei took out his glasses from his trouser pocket and put them on, only then could he see clearly what was on the screen.

"Luo Kai?" Li Zhifei read the name on the screen. "Are you the first student player to become a professional player after so many years of campus football?"

"Yes, in Hedong Thunderbolt, I got a chance to play in the Thunderbolt first team last season."

Li Zhifei shook his head: "No, he played quite a lot in Thunderbolt last season, twelve times, right? In the end, he didn't have much to show for himself. Thunderbolt didn't give him a chance to express himself at all, with so many appearances , It’s basically just playing in garbage time to make up for it. He needs to change to an environment where he can play more games, which is beneficial to his growth.”

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"Luo Kai, the club has reached an agreement with Lingnan Nanhai, agreeing to their loan request for you, and you will go to Nanhai next."

In the training base of Hedong Thunder, Luo Kai, who had just come off the training ground, met Wang Shoude, the general manager of the club, and he came to tell him the news.

"Thank you, Manager Wang." Luo Kai said politely.

Wang Shoude nodded: "The club has always had great expectations for you. I hope that you will continue to strictly demand yourself when you go to Nanhai, and play well there. We will always pay attention to your performance in Nanhai."

"I will definitely live up to the cultivation and hope of the club." Luo Kai had a correct attitude.

"Okay. Go back to the locker room and change. Don't catch a cold." Wang Shoude waved his hand.

Luo Kai turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by the general manager: "By the way, Luo Kai. There is one thing I am curious about - why did you reject the loan request of the Flash Star? That is obviously your hometown team. The environment you are familiar with should be easier, right?"

Luo Kai didn't expect the general manager to ask him this question. It feels like a private matter that has nothing to do with official business...

Why reject Shining Star?

To be honest, when he knew that Shanxing wanted to rent him, he was very shocked, because he didn't think about going to Shanxing at all.

Then he thought of Hu Lai, and thought of that kid's smug face.

Then he denied the possibility of going to Shan Xing without hesitation.

He knew very well that in Xingxing, Hu Lai was Zhao Kangming's confidant general, and was Xingxing's offensive arrow. So what did you do?

Going to serve as a foil for Hu Lai?

He doesn't do it.

He didn't choose to go to the middle class on loan to hug Hu Lai's thigh. Besides, Hu Lai's thigh wasn't worth hugging.

He went to the middle class to improve himself, so that one day he could snatch back all the light that belongs to him from Hu Lai!

You know, there is another person waiting for you to chase in front of you...

Thinking of this, Luo Kai said to Wang Shoude: "Manager Wang, I don't want to go to the hometown team because it is easier to integrate into."

"Why?" Wang Shoude looked at Luo Kai with interest.

"There are many paths to success, and I want to take the one that is more difficult."

Wang Shoude smiled: "The kid is kind. I personally wish you success."

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Li Zhifei is fifty-seven years old this year. He has gone from being a grassroots sports school youth training coach to a club coach, and then to a club assistant coach, and finally became an assistant coach of a national team. He has rich experience and a good eye for people .

Shi Wuyin agreed with his evaluation of Luo Kai.

So he turned off Luo Kai's scouting report, opened another one, and asked, "What about Chen Xingyi?"

"The problem of Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai is the same, they both lack game training. The problem of Dashun Golden Arrow is more obvious than that of Leiden, because Wang Xianke is a head coach who doesn't like to use young players, so under him, Chen Xing Yi has fewer chances to play than Luo Kai."

Li Zhifei obviously knows a lot about these well-known young players in China.

"He, like Luo Kai, has to look at whether they can get enough competition training this season, and then look at their progress and whether they are eligible to be selected for the Olympic team."

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"Son, it's a bit troublesome..." Chen Xingyi received a call from his father in the dormitory room of Dashun Golden Arrowhead's training camp.

"Dad, wait a minute." Chen Xingyi said as he got up and got off the bed, put on his slippers, walked out of the room, and walked to a secluded corner. "Okay, tell me, what's the trouble?"

"Those Chinese clubs are very cunning. They don't want to specify the guaranteed number of games for you in the contract. They all talk about gentlemen's agreements, verbal promises... If this verbal promise can be trusted, what contract should we sign?" Chen Hantang Complain to his son on the phone.

For more than a month, he has been running around for his son's loan.

From the Chinese Super League to the Chinese Premier League, some teams did not want to rent out, but wanted to buy out Chen Xingyi directly. Let alone Chen Hantang disagreed, even Manager Xue of Dashun Golden Arrow would not agree.

Some teams are willing to loan Chen Xingyi, and promise to give Chen Xingyi many opportunities to play. But when Chen Hantang took a step further and asked how many games the "many opportunities to play" were, the other party started to laugh. Obviously, this kind of team didn't seriously consider the arrangements for Chen Xingyi after he was loaned out. Of course, Chen Hantang didn't want his son to go to this kind of team.

There are also some teams that clearly tell them that they are going to let Chen Xingyi play no less than 20 games throughout the season, but just like what Chen Hantang said just now, they are unwilling to implement this commitment into the contract, and they are unwilling to form a legally binding contract. terms of force. Who can say for sure? Believe their word of mouth? Then in case my son doesn't play enough games, I will go to you, can you admit it?

Chen Xingyi frowned after hearing his father's complaint.

He originally thought that with his own ability, lowering his stature to play in the Chinese League One, it should not be difficult to find a team that is willing to give him a chance to grow.

Who would have thought that reality would be so skinny...

"Well, after all, it's a loan. It's equivalent to helping the Golden Arrows cultivate talents. Many clubs are unwilling to do this. The Golden Arrows don't give them training fees, but also charge them a loan fee..." Chen Hantang sighed. "How about son, let's stay and work hard in the Golden Arrow, I don't believe you have already won the league championship, and Wang Xianke still refuses to give you a chance?"

Chen Xingyi didn't answer him, because he was not sure what to do next.

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Shi Wuyin also closed Chen Xingyi's scouting report, opened the third report, pointed to the player's photo on the screen and said to Li Zhifei, "I think this is okay."

Li Zhifei leaned over to look at the name, then nodded: "I think so too."

Shi Wuyin laughed: "It seems that we two heroes see the same thing."

"It's not just him, his teammate in the club, the central defender who is two years older than him is also fine." Li Zhifei said, "Is it called Wang Guangwei? Last season in the Chinese League One, he was the main defensive force of Flash Star. Last season They only conceded 33 goals, ranking third in the defensive ranking of the entire Chinese League One. Zhao Kangming's training has contributed a lot to this, but Wang Guangwei's performance has also contributed a lot."

"In fact, my next report will be Wang Guangwei."

"If it weren't for Zhang Qinghuan being twenty-three years old, I actually think he can be selected. His last performance last season made me believe that he is really a prodigal son..." Li Zhifei rubbed his chin and said regretfully .

Shi Wuyin quickly waved his hand: "Come on, Lao Li. I'm going to recruit Zhang Qinghuan too. Believe it or not, Lao Zhao will be able to fly to the capital tomorrow and kill me. You recruited him as the entire team center right after the league started. Axis, he really wants to fight you desperately!"

Of course Li Zhifei knew it too, and said with a smile: "So I just talked about it, but if you want his two favorite generals, one in front and one in the back, he might also want to kill you. Of course, it's you, not me, haha !"

On the LCD screen of the computer, Hu Lai in the background of the ID photo was grinning happily.