Zhang Sheng never expected that things like match-fixing or tacit understanding would appear openly in front of him. As a footballer, Zhang Sheng instinctively hates these things.
Zhang Sheng knew exactly who the "someone" in Chen Lin's words was.
As Jiangcheng Metropolis Daily's team reporter for the Longteng Club, Chen Lin is a person who lives on the fringes of the circle. Any conversation she has with the Longteng Team, the people behind it can easily distance themselves from each other.
Zhang Sheng can also understand the painstaking efforts of these people.
October 6th will be the top 12 match against Syria at home. A new world-class coach has been appointed, and the salary is staggering. All of this can be said to be a big gamble. It is also destined that the performance of the Chinese team will be taken advantage of by everyone.
Observe carefully with a magnifying glass.
If the game on September 28 is the Chinese Super League or the Football Association Cup, don’t think about it, it will definitely be postponed, but the AFC Champions League game is not something that the Chinese Football Association can decide. This has been decided by the AFC at the beginning of the year.
Things that have been agreed upon.
If the Chinese Football Association wants to postpone it, you should also ask the football associations of other Asian countries if they agree, especially those countries in the same group as the Chinese team. They wish that all the Chinese national team players would be injured in this game.
And this is exactly what the Chinese Football Association wants to avoid.
In the last round of the league, the top five teams injured a total of ten players, including four in the national team roster. The Football Association leaders felt sick just thinking about it.
As if in reincarnation, the embarrassing situation of losing and entering the Chinese Super League in the final round of League A in 2003 pointed directly at the Football Association at that time.
In order to avoid the absurd scene of the Chongqing team losing and relegating - if Chongqing succeeds in relegation, it will become a joke around the world, which will have a great impact on the political achievements of Nan Yong and Yang Yimin.
Football Association Vice Chairman Nan Yong found Shen Si, who had participated in the World Cup qualifiers with him, hoping that as a core player of Shanghai International, he would lose to the opponent relegation team Tianjin TEDA in the last round, so that the latter could defeat the Chongqing team to avoid relegation.
Shen Si was flattered when he "received the task" and immediately agreed to help Nan Yong with the key players.
In the car going to the stadium before the game, Shen Si was still assigning "work" to his two good brothers Qi Hong and Jiang Jin. In Shen Si's view, Nantou asked him to do such an important thing because the leader thought highly of him and recognized him.
Ability. "During that time, Shen Si often joked that he was 'a big shot' and his boss asked him to do 'big things.'" This is the inside story revealed by an insider.
In the end, Shanghai International lost 1 to 2 at home to Tianjin TEDA. Tianjin was successfully relegated. The Football Association's "loss to avoid relegation" loophole was blocked, and the world seemed to be at peace.
In order to maintain the absurd game rules of relegation only by losing, they actually have to rely on match-fixing. This is very similar to the situation where the Dragon Team and Guangzhou Evergrande are now secretly raising the hope that they will retain their strength and make way for the top 12.
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But what is the final result?
Nan Yong, Yang Yimin from the Football Association, Xie Yalong above them, Shen Si, Qi Hong, and Jiang Jin who cooperated with them in match-fixing were all imprisoned.
This fully demonstrates that “organization” is not necessarily reliable!
Perhaps the nature of this AFC Champions League game is much better than that one - tacit understanding of the game is not uncommon at all times and in all countries - it is reasonable and not against the law.
Zhang Sheng can agree to everything else - if you recruit a large number of my players, I agree; if you ask my coach to help you with youth training planning for free, I will cooperate; if your lazy administration makes the schedule unreasonable, I will tolerate it - but this
Zhang Sheng really didn't want to accept this kind of thing.
"What will happen if we don't agree?" Zhang Sheng asked as various thoughts flashed through his mind.
Zhang Sheng's answer made Chen Lin throw away the stone she was carrying when going uphill. "I don't know, so I'll help you ask." Chen Lin smiled with relief, as if she was asking herself, "How can I
how?"
"What's the matter?" Yu Jie next to him also subconsciously felt that this call was not simple.
Zhang Sheng casually turned off the screen of his mobile phone: "It's nothing. It's just that some people hope that our game with Evergrande will be more stable to prevent players from getting injured."
"Ah?" Yu Jie was stunned for a moment and quickly realized it. As a player from that era, he understood instantly, "Has Evergrande also notified you?"
"The whole country is a game of chess." Zhang Sheng joked, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"What do you think?" Yu Jie had no intention of joking.
"Our club has issued eight regulations for the national team for international players." Zhang Sheng has completely figured it out. With the current strength of the Chinese team and Lippi's coaching level, if it is still necessary to let the team play tacit basketball to preserve its strength,
In order to score points against Syria at home, it doesn’t matter if we don’t play the following games in the top 12. “Evergrande also has eight regulations for the national team.”
Yu Jie knew that Zhang Sheng would not pay attention to these things, but he was still worried: "Let me contact my friends in Guangzhou. They might be waiting for my call."
Sure enough, when Yu Jie called, the other party was not surprised at all.
Yu Jie once coached Dongguan Nancheng. Later, the team went bankrupt and was acquired by Guangzhou Evergrande. Like Liao Lisheng, Fang Jingqi, who will serve as the substitute goalkeeper in the upcoming AFC Champions League game, was a former Dongguan Nancheng player. Yu Jie contacted him this time
He was also the former coach of Dongguan Nancheng - he was also acquired by Guangzhou Evergrande - and they are still very familiar with each other.
After listening to Yu Jie's explanation, the other party smiled and said: "Today, my superiors also came to see me. Haha. Our two clubs really have a good understanding. The superiors said to me: 'Our Evergrande head coach is in charge.
Regarding the system, the head coach is solely responsible for issues concerning the club's competition. At the same time, the players of the national team will definitely abide by the eight rules of the national team, and we will do our best to support the national team's competition.'"
"Haha, then I understand." Yu Jie also made up his mind. They are all smart people and know how to do things.
This has always been the case for domestic clubs in China. If the General Administration of Sports makes the announcement, everyone still has some scruples. If it is just some matters of the Football Association, they will listen to what is in their own interests. If it is not in line with it, they can find a decent excuse and let it go.
The semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, whether it is Longteng or Guangzhou Evergrande, are a good opportunity to build a brand and let the sponsors behind them show their faces. The interests involved are hundreds of millions. The Football Association's secretive little thoughts, both sides
None of them wavered.
It was as if the undercurrent before the game did not exist. The Football Association never mentioned the matter again, and the two clubs did not disclose it to any outsiders. Everything was calm.
The next news about Guangzhou Evergrande immediately detonated the media.
Some media broke the news that for this AFC Champions League match at Tianhe Stadium at home, Guangzhou Evergrande offered a winning bonus of 20 million yuan for a single game, and there was also a bonus of 6 million yuan for every goal difference. Although this news soon
It was denied by Evergrande, but even the news was withdrawn from the media. What the hell? It is obvious that it is covered up.
In the information age, even if you take down reports like Jingle Bells with lightning speed, the news of Evergrande’s sky-high bonuses will spread quickly and be reported by foreign media.
The British "Sun", which always likes to make big news, reported this news. It listed Evergrande's bonuses in recent years. After the high salaries of various Chinese Super League stars, it made a condescending attitude. I don't know where they got it.
Conclusion: "Even if the maximum salary is similar to that of the Premier League, compared to the Premier League, Chinese fans would rather choose the Premier League than the Chinese Super League, which is equivalent to the English Premier League."
In fact, Evergrande's bonus policy this season is more low-key than before.
In the Chinese Super League, Evergrande’s score in 2011 was 513 (win 500,000, draw 100,000, loss penalty 300,000), 2012 and 2013 seasons were both 303 (win 3 million, draw regardless, loss penalty 300,000), and dropped to 101 in the 2014 season (win 1 million, penalty 300,000)
Regardless of the draw, the penalty for losing is 1 million). In the 2015 season, due to the emergence of the Longteng team, it returned to 303. This season it has been 303.
In the AFC Champions League, Evergrande started with 6306 (win 600,000, draw 300,000, lose without penalty, advance to 600,000). After winning the AFC Champions League, it changed to 31031 (win 3 million, draw 100,000, lose without penalty, advance to 3 million,
The goal difference is 1 million each), but starting from this year, Evergrande has increased the bonus amount, and the promotion bonus has been increased from 3 million to 10 million.
This kind of bonus amount is actually similar to that of most Chinese Super League teams. Some new local tycoons, such as newly promoted China Fortune Land Development, have higher winning bonuses than Evergrande.
The only exception is probably the Dragon Team.
As a team that is not short of money in the league, the Longteng team's wealth is more reflected in youth training and various software and hardware equipment, as well as helping players with business development.
Not to mention having the most powerful youth training in China, Longteng Club has the best conditions in the Chinese Super League in terms of both playing field conditions and training ground conditions, high-level lawn maintenance and beauticians, and advanced entry-level equipment that will not damage the stadium.
Ambulance, a turf maintenance lamp that can simulate sunlight and increase the sunshine time of the lawn, the first company with a dedicated team of psychologists, and an early adopter of various world-leading player recuperation and recovery equipment in the Chinese Super League...
In addition, unlike many Chinese Super League clubs, the Longteng team has made some achievements in player business development.
This year, under the initiative of Longteng Club, with the help of the Football Association, the assistance of the Hubei Province and Jiangcheng City governments, and the support of Ping An, the top sponsor of the Chinese Super League, the first Chinese Super League Carnival was held in Jiangcheng.
The Dragons did not waste this opportunity. Shi Zhiqiang, the director of the marketing department, helped many Dragons players find endorsement contracts, including sportswear, sports companies, and various football mobile games. This is relatively recent.
This is a rare event in the year when a large number of players sign commercial endorsement contracts.
Compared with the various soft benefits above, the competition bonuses of the Dragon Team are not high.
Not to mention that compared with several local tycoons, the league win bonus is 1 million, and the AFC Champions League bonus of 2 million is basically at the bottom of the league.
Before the game, Diego Costa became the focus of the game. When asked by reporters about Guangzhou Evergrande's winless history against Longteng, he said: "That's because there was no me before."
Such a straightforward provocation is absolutely rare in the Chinese Super League. But considering that he is Diego Costa, there seems to be nothing wrong with it.
When it comes to villains in world football, Diego Costa will definitely not escape no matter which media ranking.
"You definitely don't want to play against him", this is the message from almost all the opponents who have played against him.
Some of his on-field behaviors even his own fans can't stand sometimes.
When he was still playing in La Liga, he fought with world-famous "villains" in football such as Ramos and Pepe on the court, and he still didn't lose.
Compared with those evil people on the field, his "evil" is a bit different.
Most players are called evil because they make big moves on the field and occasionally make useless moves, such as De Jong who kicked Alonso with flying legs, Pepe who is known as the "Warrior Monk", but Diego.
Costa's "evil" is sneaky. He makes a lot of dirty moves on the field, talks a lot of trash, and shows more provocative expressions.
His "highlight moments" include not only scoring the winning goal in the Madrid derby when playing for Atletico Madrid, but also having everyone in Real Madrid's defense receive a yellow card for fouling him;
He had a fierce conflict with half of the Sevilla team, and then took advantage of the opponent's morale to score two goals in a row; when playing for Chelsea, in the London derby against Arsenal, he first pretended to accidentally flick his right hand and hit the ball.
Arsenal defender Koscielny was hit in the face, and just a few seconds later, he slapped his opponent in the face with his left hand. Koscielny was exchanged with Diego Costa's left and right hands in almost 10 seconds.
After being slapped, the former fell to the ground and stood up, but was knocked to the ground by the latter. Arsenal's other central defender Gabriel stepped forward to confront Diego Costa, but was rejected by the latter's dirty "trash talk"
A stop attack led to Gabriel being sent off after retaliating.
Diego Costa's performance on the court has been criticized by countless celebrities, but he has never changed his playing style.
The British "Sun" once conducted a survey on "Who do you think is the dirtiest player in the Premier League?" More than 2,000 people voted. The results showed that 85% of readers chose Diego -
Costa, it shows how unpopular he is with the fans.
There is another thing that proves that Diego Costa likes to deliberately provoke opponents on the court, that is, when he encounters a player who is really capable or useless, he will never attack, but will sneak away. For example, Saba
He would never touch a player like Lata or Gerrard. The funniest time was when he was playing against Paris Saint-Germain. He rushed over and saw that his opponent was Ibrahimovic, then turned around and left. He also knew that he was born in a violent neighborhood and was a black belt.
A master, Ibrahimovic who is ruthless in his attacks is not something he can touch.
His unique playing style in world football has a lot to do with the environment in which he grew up.
Although he is a Spanish international, Diego Costa grew up playing street ball in the streets of Brazil. He himself mentioned: "Ever since I played football, no one has ever told me to respect my opponents. When playing street ball, you must
You have to be very cunning. You can't control yourself when playing in an environment like that. Everything can make you lose your mind. I remember quarreling with my friends in many games. I fought with almost everyone.
I insulted everyone, I never respected my opponents, I thought I had to kill them."
A player who was evaluated by his teammates as: "Costa can fight with his mother on the court" can play the core role of many top European giants, and his strength can also be seen from the side.
