One and a half months later, Air China Victory Flight landed quietly at BJ Airport. Wang Ai, who was holding his lips and leaning on crutches, was overwhelmed by the red flags waving in front of him as soon as he walked out of the aisle. In front of the eager reporters' microphones, Wang Ai calmed down and said, "It's a pity.
We were unable to retain the Hercules Cup and were eliminated by the England team in the eighth round. We have done our best. Thank you to the motherland for your care and thank you to the fans for their tolerance. The Chinese national team will start from now on for the next tournament.
World Cup effort.”
Amid unorganized and spontaneous applause from all directions, Wang Ai lowered his head and faced the microphone and camera: "Fans across the country who love football, the World Cup is still going on, and wonderful games are still being staged every day. I know that our departure makes everyone
Disappointed, but don’t be disappointed in football. I hope you can continue to appreciate it based on your love for football and admiration for technology. Because it will take another four years, which is too long, and I wish everyone a happy watching the game."
Lao Gao and Wei Di shook hands with everyone in turn with smiles on their faces. They should have asked about Wang Ai's injury with concern, but since Wang Ai is also a senior cadre of the Football Association, they were both a little embarrassed, so they let it go.
The Football Association, CCTV and various official media all proceed according to the pre-planned plan... This plan took eight years to prepare. In 10 and 14 years, it was based on the championship, runner-up, third runner-up, semi-finals, semi-finals, etc.
For the top 16, the team prepared a plan, and in the end they all used the same plan. Finally, they used another plan today.
According to the caliber before the game, the goal of the national team is to qualify from the group stage. Now, not only qualifying from the group stage, but also advancing to the quarterfinals, it is considered an overfulfillment of the task, so everyone is happy... In the past two games, he was so overjoyed!
Of course, compared with the past two years, the performance has declined, and the corresponding treatment will inevitably be reduced. The meeting with the leaders is omitted, the scale of the summary meeting in the Football Association conference room is also smaller, and the guests are not invited. However, Director Gou
He still made a special trip to attend, and his speech was still mainly about praise and encouragement.
Everyone knows what the foundation of Chinese football is, and we also know that the results of the past two games did not rely on the self-cultivation of the Chinese football system, but actually relied on the German and European football systems. The main players have studied abroad since they reached adulthood and have not come back yet.
.In this case, when they get older and wither, they can't ask for more. The next batch will not go out, and few will go out, so it is understandable that their performance will decline.
Anyway, we can’t ask for more from Wang Ai and his group.
Regarding Chinese football, we must also seek truth from facts.
Of course, you can't say it explicitly.
After the summary meeting, Director Gou also asked kindly about Wang Ai's injury. He is a leader, so he can do it. But he is more concerned about Wang Ai's track and field... The chance of winning a gold medal in football is slim, but in track and field
It’s still possible!
The Olympics will be in two years!
The Asian Games is just over a month away!
Wang Ai assured the leader that he would definitely participate in the Asian Games and that his injury was not serious. He would still work hard to compete and win medals.
The leader left happily, and the Football Association started feasting. After all, the national team also got 16 million US dollars back from Russia. The General Administration still had to take half, and the Football Association kept another half, leaving 4 million for the 40 people in the national team.
point.
Through various formulas including goal bonuses, main player bonuses, attendance bonuses, etc., in order to boost morale, it was announced directly at the dinner: Wang Ai, the deputy team leader and captain who scored 12 goals, received 225,000 US dollars; the main player
Vice captain Chen Tao, who scored 2 goals, received US$152,000; main player and vice captain Zhao Xuri received a bonus of US$133,000...
The least one is Wang Dalei of Sanmen, who also has 65,000 US dollars.
In addition, Lao Gao also announced that the share of advertising sponsorship will be distributed one by one in batches, and it is estimated that each person will be no less than 5 million.
Even if everyone applauds, this World Cup is almost over for everyone.
Compared with the past two sessions, of course, the income has dropped sharply, and there is nothing we can do about it. The bonuses we get back are small, and the natural distribution is small; the results are average, and of course governments at all levels cannot issue bonuses; the results are still average, and sponsors are not very interested.
; The results are still mediocre, and the fans are a little dissatisfied. Naturally, the appearance fee for the national team endorsement cannot be paid.
Although everyone is basically not bad at this, and people like Wang Ai are not sensitive to it at all, but after all, they feel a little depressed. I was so ecstatic when I climbed to the top, but today I have regained it after falling down. My mood is balanced, and
Just like the Chinese men's football team is about to become mediocre again.
During dinner, it was inevitable that some teammates would reminisce about the grand occasion of the past two games. It was really a sea of people, with red flags waving. Wherever they went, there were so many smiling faces that they couldn’t see, they couldn’t hold flowers, and all kinds of money were stuffed into their arms. For example, three players like Wang Dalei.
Although he has almost no chance to play, he can still make tens of millions of dollars in one summer by virtue of being a World Cup champion. That's a fortune!
Even Gao Gao can't stand this madness. He has been with it for eight years and even with two World Cup titles, he can't stand it.
Now Tang can enjoy his hardships, at least the pressure is not so great. Wang Ai scored a hat-trick in the England game, but he was injured and still couldn't be saved. He was scored four times. Wang Ai's words at the airport
I resisted thunder for my teammates, otherwise it would be meaningless for commentators to say this or scold that.
The best in the country are all here.
That's all it can do.
Sensing that the atmosphere was gloomy, the invited old national player began to comfort everyone: "It's funny, we haven't had a chance to play in the World Cup yet. How many times have you played in the World Cup? Hey, how many times have you played in, Xiao Wanger?"
When Wang Ai saw that it was Li Jinyu who was asking him, he waved his crutch: "5th term."
"Look, look, look!" Li Jinyu angrily said: "I have divided the money five times for five years! You bunch of losers, and of course me, eat, eat, eat as much as you can!"
Thanks to Big Brother's self-deprecation, everyone's mood finally eased a bit. Big Brother began to chat with everyone again about family, children, house, etc. The dull atmosphere in the dinner room finally dissipated.
Wang Ai also cheered up and told some jokes to everyone. Zhao Xuri also mocked him as the iron crutch king, and he jumped up and chased him.
In fact, everyone understands that excessive depression is useless. If you are depressed if you are not the champion, then what is the point of participating in the World Cup? Are you just looking for anger?
We ate until about eight o'clock in the evening, and everyone was a little drunk. Big Brother came here specially, and everyone was a little reluctant to leave. We used to see each other often, but now they are living in the world, and it is difficult to see them.
Right at the entrance of the Football Association, Wang Ai invited everyone to gather for a group photo. There were fifty or sixty current and former national players.
Wang Ai insisted on using crutches at the door to help the big brothers get into the car. Most of them held his hand and talked to him a lot. Maybe they had a certain respect for the dean of the college, but in the adult world
