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 called him by name and asked him to send him off. He didn't actually say anything. He just told him personally that when he came back from Brazil, the leader might take time to meet him. In addition, he asked about his physical condition.
Obviously, Zhao Dan's regularly submitted work reports attracted a little attention from the leaders. Naturally, they also contributed to the topic of "Super Giant War" that has attracted widespread attention from China's sports academic community, sports business circles and sports leadership organizations.
When Wang Ai came back, he found that everyone was looking at him. He knew that he was a little confused because of the sudden heavy responsibility, but he didn't say anything and asked Lao Gao: "What time is our flight?"
Lao Gao looked at his watch: "There's still one and a half hours."
Wang Ai sat down and thought for a while: "Who is our first opponent?"
Lao Gao's eyes widened: "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 clear. It's not like these teammates didn't understand anything after he had taken national conditions classes for ten years. It's just that they were used to suppressing such "political tasks" in the past.
They just followed Wang Ai's shoulders. Suddenly everyone had to shoulder a task, so it was just a bit unaccustomed to it.
In fact, everyone has been shouldering this task for a long time, and it started before the 2008 Olympic Games. Wang Ai just used this method to make everyone accept this reality.
Since the Chinese team is the 10th World Cup champion or the 11th Asian Cup champion, there are two Asian teams in the Confederations Cup unprecedentedly: China and Japan, which are the Asian Cup champion and runner-up. The other is the host country and the previous Confederation.
Cup champion Brazil, Australian champion Tahiti, European champion Spain, Central and North American champion Mexico, South American champion Uruguay, African champion Nigeria.
In the draw, China and Japan naturally could not be in the same group. In the end, Japan was drawn into Group A, which is the same group as Brazil, as well as Mexico and Tahiti, while China was placed in Group B, along with Spain, Nigeria, and Uruguay.
There are three games in a single round-robin to determine the outcome, with the top two qualifying for the semi-finals, followed by the finals and third-place match.
The Chinese team's first opponent is Nigeria. The match time is at 4 o'clock in the evening on June 17th and 3 o'clock in the morning on June 18th, BJ time. The final is on July 1, which only takes about ten days in total, which is not a big burden.
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But the problem is that most of the Chinese team, which is mainly composed of players living in Europe, is similar to Wang Ai. The league lasted until the end of May, which means that everyone has almost no time to prepare for the Confederations Cup. They can only put forward their previous players.
They pick things up, make do with them, and use them again. Of course, the same goes for the opponents. Most of the faces on these teams can be seen in the five major leagues. The teams may be unfamiliar with their tactics, but they should be familiar with the people.
That's why Lao Gao was so anxious about Wang Ai finally returning to China but disappearing for four days. The players had no time to prepare, and the pressure was all on the coach. Who gave them time? If the players lost, they could throw their hands together.
Tan: I only had half a month to prepare for the game, and I haven’t recovered 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 does not conflict with preparing for next year’s World Cup. It is the World Cup in itself.
warm-up match.
Of course, the Football Association is not easy either. Since winning the last World Cup, the value of the Chinese team has skyrocketed, and domestic and foreign sponsors have flocked to it. The carnival that has been held for four years is coming again, and the "Chinese Team·Business District"
Many publicity plans and even product plans of huge interest groups are related to the performance of the Chinese team in next year's World Cup. Therefore, not only the dozens of national team members will go to Brazil this time, but also many major sponsors have sent dedicated personnel. Here, the Football Association must ensure
In order for the national team's training and competition to proceed normally, it is necessary to maintain close communication with people in the business district and organize them to have some close interactions with the national team. This is considered a sponsor's benefit.
So many things are on the shoulders of team leader Wade and head coach Lao Gao. Over the years, Wang Ai has been a member of the actual leadership team of the national team, even an important member. But Wang Ai has been busy this year with the Super Giants
War, they have never paid attention to things like the Confederations Cup, and even cut off internal and external ties for a while. The leadership of the national team has never been enough, and the two of them have been dealing with some things in the dark. For example, Wang Ai was not a super giant three years ago.
, and now he is, not only is he the winner of the first Super Giant War in history, then at what price should the Football Association, which owns the image rights of Wang Ai’s national team, sell his image license?
This topic is so new that not to mention the Chinese Football Association and the five major leagues are studying this matter. Without Wang Ai who has experienced it, they would be clueless.
Now that Wang Ai is back, everything is starting to go on the right track. Unfortunately, time is too tight. He is about to board the plane. Wade can only put down his affairs and let Lao Gao talk about the competition first, and wait until Brazil is free.
Only when we are here can we talk about business matters.
This is really not how close Director Wade is to the people. If there is no super giant like Wang Ai and the national team is replaced by an ordinary national team, the leader will find a commercial organization and make up his mind without asking the players’ opinions at all. But there are no commercial organizations now.
I dare say he knows more about this matter than Wang Ai. His team is not only experienced and powerful, but also always at the forefront. If you don’t ask him, if you don’t ask and understand, if you sign it accidentally, you may be in trouble with the Football Association.
billions of losses.
Don't expect these smiling businessmen to tell the truth.
With such huge economic benefits, once mistakes are made and people are held accountable, no one's official title will be secure.
What should we do? Fight fire with fire and let Wang Ai, who is also cunning and sophisticated in business, hedge against them: After all, Wang Ai shares half of the national team's image authorization with the Football Association! The businessman wants to give less, and Wang Ai wants more. For
Protecting his personal interests also protects the interests of the Football Association.
How good is this? Director Wade saves the trouble and there are no sequelae. Who can believe that Wang Ai would rather make less money in order to cheat the Football Association? What hatred does he have with the Football Association? Even if he published his "training experience", the sports academic community was in a state of excitement.
At this time, the Football Association is firmly on his side.
Wang Ai saw the game video of his first opponent, Nigeria, on Air China's special plane. Old Tang, who was responsible for formulating tactics, explained it to him personally. This role once belonged to Marcelo Bielsa, but he stayed in the coaching staff of the Chinese team.
After working for two years, he resigned after thinking he had found a way to perfect his football philosophy, and is now working as a coach for a professional team in Argentina.
There may be another chance to meet him in the future. Anyway, Director Wei Di admires him very much. If he were not strapped for money, he would really like to hire him as the youth training director of the Chinese Football Association... although he does not have this position yet.
This chapter has been completed!