The reason why Fang Zhicheng asked Zhao Qingya to buy the team was not because he was an avid football fan, but because football has enough charm. Sports and music are two projects without national boundaries, and they are also a golden opportunity to open up cross-border trade.
Key. Hongda Group is no longer satisfied with the provincial and domestic markets. If it wants to go abroad, it must have a channel. Judging from some domestic investment directions in recent years, football is a good field.
However, all investments must come naturally. If Hongda Group invests in a local domestic company, succeeds, and then switches to some wealthy clubs in Europe, it will appear to be a natural outcome. At the same time, it will be more selective and has a higher probability of success.
Zhao Qingya can obviously understand the deeper meaning of this, so he invested a lot of money. It does not require much money to acquire a Chinese Super League club, including a training base, etc., and it cost about 800 million yuan. But the more important thing is
The annual operating expenses of a Chinese Super League club will be around 700-800 million yuan per year, especially the circulation and transfer of players, which requires a team of professional football managers to operate.
Zhao Qingya hired an internationally renowned football manager team to be responsible for the construction of the new team, and it is expected to achieve a breakthrough within two years.
The Chinese Super Football Club in Huainan successfully reached the Super League in 2009, but has been hovering in the middle of the league table. Although there is no big problem in relegation every year, it has never entered the first-tier camp. So now the club is investing a lot of energy in
in the FA Cup.
The Football Association Cup is another event organized by the Football Association. Different from the league's points system, the Football Association Cup adopts a knockout system. The predecessor of the Football Association Cup is the National Football Championship. In addition to the participation of teams from the Super League and First Division,
There are also eight second division leagues, four amateur leagues, two college league teams and two AFC City League teams.
Today, the Huainan Hongda Football Team is playing against an amateur team from Ganzhou Province. They advanced to the second round as the AFC City League champions. They have performed many times in the past few Football Cups.
As a dark horse, they eliminated a Shobei A-League team in the last round to advance, so their strength should not be underestimated.
It seems that today is a game with huge differences in levels, but in fact it is not the case. For amateur teams like this, they hire teams with professional capabilities.
Under Zhao Qingya's arrangement, the four of them took a business car and quickly arrived at the Xinao Gymnasium located in the Qionghan intercity area. The Xinao Gymnasium is one of the core projects of the Qionghan integrated city and the Qiongjin part. Yanjing has successfully
It has hosted the Olympic Games once, and in the plan of the leaders of Huainan Province, Qiongjin also has the ability to run for the Olympic city. The Xinao Stadium is a sports venue built for this goal, and its design concept and scale are no less than the Bird's Nest.
After stepping into the stadium, Fang Zhicheng felt a lively atmosphere. The blue jersey was very conspicuous. It was initially estimated that there were about 10,000 people. For Huaxia football, which is not currently popular, this kind of attendance is already realistic.
It’s not easy.
Zhao Qingya explained with a smile: "The football team's game day is the corporate culture day for Hongda employees. About two thousand employees of Hongda Group will cheer for the home team at the stadium."
Fang Zhicheng shrugged and said with a smile: "There seem to be a lot of people, but many of them are just support."
Zhao Qingya smiled and said: "You can't say that. Now the group has established a fans association. These people are not fake fans. They are solid supporters of the team. No matter where the team goes, they will follow it."
Fang Zhicheng smiled and nodded, saying: "It's a bit interesting."
Because of the special status of Zhao Qingya and his party, special seats have been set up in the venue. Fang Zhicheng noticed that although there are still a few seats in the front row, all the seats in this row are leather sofa seats.
The chairs were obviously set up for VIPs. Mineral water and telescopes were placed at each position, as well as several pages of red cardboard. Fang Zhicheng flipped through the cardboard. On it were the preliminary rosters of the two teams and
List of referees for this match.
Fang Zhicheng had watched similar football games before in college, but he had never enjoyed such treatment. However, this is understandable. It is a great honor for the big boss of Hongda Group to take his friends to watch football games.
A sharp whistle sounded, and the football started to move continuously from the center circle. The Hongda team clearly had an advantage compared to the opposite amateur team, so although the Ganzhou amateur team had the right to kick off, the ball soon reached the Hongda team.
However, after the Hongda team got the ball in the backcourt, they did not carry out ground pass and cut cooperation. Instead, they chose the strategy of long pass and lob, directly hitting the ball into the opponent's second half and relying on the high center forward to get it.
Get the ball and then attack on the spot.
Fang Zhicheng did not know much about the rules of football matches, so in addition to Qin Yuming and Zhao Qingya, the club also arranged for a female commentator to explain the game to the three of them.
"Due to the requirements of the FA Cup, in this game, none of our foreign players played, and we relied entirely on local players." The voice of the female commentator was nice and penetrating, even on a crowded stadium.
A wonderful enjoyment, "However, the opponent's players adopted an intensive defensive strategy. Now eleven people are surrounded in the penalty area and they need to counterattack appropriately, so it is very difficult to achieve results in a short period of time."
The referee's whistle sounded, and a player from the Ganzhou amateur team fell to the ground in pain. The referee made a gesture for an offensive foul. The female commentator sighed: "Although we are at home, the referee is not necessarily on our side, because
They also have a mentality of sympathizing with the weak, so when there is a physical confrontation, although our players can have the advantage, the referee's penalty scale will be more biased towards the amateur team."
Fang Zhicheng said: "He seems to be seriously injured. A stretcher has already been brought up."
The female commentator laughed and said: "This is just a cover-up, and it is also their usual trick. They know that facing the enemy head-on is not their opponent, so they frequently cause injuries to delay the game. If the football game is interrupted for a long time, then our team's strength will be lost
No matter how strong you are, there probably won’t be much you can do.”
Fang Zhicheng also figured out the secret. The Ganzhou amateur team knew that they were no match for the Huainan Hongda team, so they would deliberately create the illusion of being violated during the physical confrontation. As a result, the referee would frequently interrupt the game and
Return the ball to the Ganzhou Amateur Team. At the same time, the Ganzhou Amateur Team uses delaying tactics to effectively waste time. If the game ends up in a draw and enters a penalty kick, it is not just a matter of strength.
Luck will also be tested.
Fang Zhicheng said with emotion: "I kind of admire the Ganzhou amateur team." Although playing the game like this will not be very glorious, it is also a strategy of winning more with less. If you go head-to-head, you will definitely lose the game, so why not find another way.
However, thirty minutes into the game, bursts of boos began to be heard on the court, and fans began to demand refunds.
Zhao Qingya also frowned. Although she had the upper hand, a Super League club team was left helpless by an amateur team. This was obviously not what she wanted to see.
Qin Yuming took a sip of water and said, "I didn't expect football matches to be so interesting."
Fang Zhicheng smiled bitterly and said, "Are you a layman watching the fun?"
The first half passed quickly, and the game was still 0-0. The ending was unexpected.
Fang Zhicheng took out his mobile phone and searched for information about the amateur team in Ganzhou through the browser. He found something in common. In the previous FA Cup matches, the amateur team in Ganzhou also delayed the game and defeated the Super League clubs.
It was dragged into overtime, and although they lost the penalty shootout in the end, they still received high praise.
During the halftime break, a group of cheerleaders wearing blue navel-baring short-sleeved T-shirts and jeans ran into the center and danced to the dynamic music. The team members had already entered the locker room one after another.
Fifteen minutes later, the players entered the field again and soon fell into the opponent's trap. The players began to fall to the ground frequently, even lying on the ground without contact and starting to cramp.
Fang Zhicheng smiled bitterly and said, "What's going on?"
The female commentator said helplessly: "Their reason is that professional team players cannot adapt to this kind of high-intensity confrontation, so they are weak and prone to leg cramps."
"This is really a natural and despicable reason." Even Qin Yuming's good temper can't stand it anymore.
Entering the 70th minute, the opponent began to make frequent substitutions. After the substitutions came up, it was also the "sleeping grass" tactic before, so basically the 45 minutes of the second half did not finish the five minutes smoothly at all, and the Hongda team
The players also began to become anxious. Even if they had the opportunity, they did not have enough patience to kick. Instead, they sent the ball directly into the penalty area, and then were blocked back by the chaotic penalty area.
At the 75th minute, the goalkeeper of the Ganzhou Amateur Team was about to take a goal kick. He took a few steps and suddenly bent his leg and fell to the ground with a painful expression on his face. Then the referee had no choice but to blow the ball.
A whistle was blown, and the team headed towards the coaching bench. Soon, members of the medical team quickly entered the court and began to treat the goalkeeper's injury.
"Goalkeepers can get cramps too!" the female commentator simply rolled her eyes, showing a speechless expression.
Fang Zhicheng sighed: "When a game reaches this point, it is no longer a game. I'm afraid there are other stories."
The female commentator nodded and said: "The strength behind this Ganzhou amateur team is unusual."
The game passed minute by minute, and due to a large amount of garbage time, the game entered overtime. The time on the electronic screen already showed ninety-eight minutes, and the Hongda team got a corner kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
A high-speed falling parabola passed through the air, and finally found the person lurking at the back point. He jumped high, the ball refracted out, and finally sank into the net.
"Winner! The ball has been scored!" The whole place started to boil!