"This is Qi Ming's goal. The score is 2:0. We are in sight of victory." Xu Yang looked at Qi Ming who ran out of the penalty area excitedly. "In this game, Qi Ming's performance was really solid. The Longteng team
With such a defensive midfielder standing on the court, everyone feels at ease."
After Qiming scored, Gremio players gathered around the referee and complained about handball.
"Let's take a look, it seems that Gremio has different opinions." He Wei was a little confused, and then he saw the referee firmly stating that the goal was valid.
The slow motion replay also proved that the referee's decision was accurate.
"DePaul's ball came out, and it was Qi Ming who grabbed the spot. The opponent's goalkeeper pounced, and it landed just at Qi Ming's point. Qi Ming used his chest to push the ball into the goal." He Wei stared at Shou Wei intently.
The footage is analyzed frame by frame.
"Yes. It was a good goal. Qi Ming had no time to adjust and pushed the ball into the goal with his chest. The referee made a clear decision this time." Xu Yang praised the referee.
Of course, people related to the Longteng team were full of joy, but Gremio was very unhappy. Their captain Jeromel had been following the referee to complain that the Longteng team's goal was a handball. Since most of the stands were neutral fans,
They also started to boo and booed.
The referee has long remembered Jeromel's fouls from the beginning, and he also committed many fouls in the following games. He has warned him several times for this, and now he is still dissatisfied with his own penalties.
The referee couldn't bear it and took out the yellow card.
"Time is money, my friend." Zhang Sheng watched happily from the sidelines. The more his opponent delays, the more beneficial it is to him.
The captain received a yellow card, and all the Gremio players gathered around him.
Everyone is well-known for the violent incidents in the Brazilian league. In addition, the fans also booed loudly, and the situation on the field suddenly became anxious.
Fortunately, this was just a unilateral nod between the Gremio players and the referee. The Dragons players stood watching the show from a distance. With Renato Gaucho shouting to stop, the conflict was quickly eliminated.
After another kick-off, Gremio's players mustered up the last courage to attack the Longteng team. Luan ran with the ball, and after passing the ball, he fell to the ground - cramping again.
The current Gremio is what is called more than enough but not enough.
Luan's cramp again completely shattered Gremio's offensive patience. Although the referee gave six minutes of stoppage time, there were still eight minutes left in the game. Gremio's players chose the most rude long-term
Pass the punch.
The Longteng team made a safe choice. They directly replaced Fernando, who was too physically fit to rush forward, and replaced him with Cao Jinghao, which strengthened the defensive strength of the midfield.
At the end of the game, three Gremio players suffered cramps in a row, and Renato Gaucho, who had no one to replace, jumped up and down on the sidelines.
"The game is basically over, only the last minute of stoppage time is left." He Wei looked at the time excitedly.
"My palms are all sweaty now." Xu Yang's legs couldn't stop shaking with excitement.
On the sidelines, everyone on the Longteng team, including substitute players and members of the coaching staff, had already rushed over. With excitement on their faces, they were waiting for the referee to blow the whistle to end the game.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!!!" Two short and one long whistles came from the referee's mouth.
Everyone in the Longteng team rushed into the court like crazy. When they saw a player on the court who was not being hugged, they rushed over to hug them.
"Haha, the game is over, we are the champions. This will be the first world-class championship won by our Chinese Super League team, and it will be the champion among champions." Xu Yang clapped his hands excitedly.
"The gold content of this championship should be the highest in the history of Chinese football. They defeated the European champion Real Madrid and the American champion Gremio consecutively. This is also the championship of the two most powerful intercontinental football leagues in the world. Today's Longteng
The team can undoubtedly call themselves the king of the world!" He Wei shouted excitedly.
"The players of the Longteng team who came here today are the happiest fans. They witnessed their home team winning the world championship!" Xu Yang was still excited. "And the two of us are also the happiest commentators today, being able to participate in this history.
It is my honor to commentate on sexual competitions."
"It's also my honor." He Wei followed.
At this time, there was a sea of joy on the field. Nie Jiang and Qi Ming, the two goalscorers and the decisive figures in this game, were being chased by everyone.
Next to Zhang Sheng is Tian Qijie. In the second half of this game, Tian Qijie basically dominated the right wing, completely paralyzing the entire left wing of Gremeo. His running distance in the whole game reached a terrifying 12.6km.
Sprinted back and forth more than 150 times.
Such data made him undergo more than three urine tests after the game.
"Your performance in the second half was very good." Zhang Sheng was encouraging Tian Qijie at this time. "I said before the game: In the last game, Lang Jun showed his potential. This time it's your turn. You didn't let me down. Work hard in the future."
. He is admired by Real Madrid players. I think you can do it too. Your goals should be in Europe."
Tian Qijie nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, with a look of excitement on his face.
Chavez looked at his energetic teammates on the court and hugged them one by one. For a moment, he even wanted to give up the idea of leaving the team, but the words of his agent Jin Suo the night before were still echoing in his ears: "You
Deserve better, you know? You beat Real Madrid, you beat the best team in the world. My phone is blowing up from outside teams. The Dragons won't give you better treatment, and they can
, you can get double your current salary. Believe me, we deserve better."
"Maybe I will never meet so many good teammates again." Chavez sighed inwardly and shook his head silently.
Just like the last victory over Real Madrid, the domestic media once again exploded, and all kinds of free offers came to the Dragons like a tide.
He Wei and Xu Yang's "King of the World" and "Champion of Champions" have been used countless times by the media.
And this time, not only the domestic media, but also the media across Asia are reporting on the Dragons' Club World Cup championship.
"Light of Asia", "Pride of Asian Football", and "Asian Dragon" vividly embody the strange mentality of the Internet that "China's honor is the honor of all Asia, and China's bad things are Chinese people's bad things."
Even due to the influence of the Club World Cup around the world, the European football media has also set its sights.
The various European clubs that have been coveting Longteng players for a long time almost came over to grab them directly. In fact, there were a large number of scouts from European clubs watching the game in the stands.
Whether it is Gremio or Dragons, there are countless players who have long been registered in the small books of major European clubs.
The following Club World Cup awards ceremony also proved the vision of various European clubs. Nie Jiang won the Golden Globe Award of this Club World Cup, while Qi Ming won the Silver Ball Award.
In addition, the Longteng team also won the Fair Play Award. As the winner of the Ballon d'Or, Nie Jiang also received an additional special award from Alibaba Alibaba Cloud, the sponsor of this Club World Cup: the Alibaba Cloud Award. The president of Alibaba Cloud presented the trophy to Nie Jiang. Hu Xiaoming specially celebrated Nie Jiang: "Your performance was perfect."
Internet users also jokingly said: "Don't let the rich water flow to outsiders!"
When the golden rain finally fell, He Wei sighed: "In just one month, the Longteng team won three championships in the AFC Champions League, FA Cup and Club World Cup, won the cup three times, and ushered in golden celebrations three times. And this It is also their fifth championship this season, five crowns! The most powerful club in the history of Chinese professional football is well-deserved."
"Perhaps, this is also the swan song in the history of Chinese football. As expected, a large number of players from the Longteng team will go to Europe next year. It is really hard to predict whether they can gather such a strong team." Xu Yang sighed. shook his head.
"No matter what, we witnessed the miracle of Chinese football today. I just hope this miracle can continue."
Sure enough, when the Dragons were on the plane back from the United Arab Emirates the next day, the news of Chavez seeking a transfer had spread throughout the circle, and various self-media began to desperately hype Chavez's importance to the Dragons.
They began to predict: "This is the beginning of the collapse of the Dragon Dynasty!"
Is Chavez important to this Dragons team?
Zhang Sheng asked himself, it is indeed very important. The team's absolute main center is strong, has outstanding header ability, and his shooting level is acceptable. The most important thing is that he absolutely obeys the coach's tactical arrangements. In the general environment of the Chinese Super League, As a foreign aid, Ken is willing to serve as the tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt, and is even sometimes asked to return to defense for the entire game to play a supporting role.
Once Chavez leaves, it will be really difficult to find a player who meets all the above conditions at the same time.
But Chavez's salary requirements are really too high, and there is no need to think that after this AFC Champions League and Club World Cup, under the instigation of his rubbish agent, the salary requirements will be even higher.
In order for one player to influence the overall development strategy of a team, if you miss the mark and cut your feet to fit the shoes, you will definitely lose more than you gain in the end.
And this time Zhang Sheng returned to China, the first thing he did was to fully implement the salary limit plan in the team. If he really wanted to keep Chavez, it would run counter to his plan.
After returning to China, Team Longteng began holding its annual internal summary meeting.
Distributing money and selecting people to study abroad has always been the main theme of the Dragon Team's annual summary meeting.
Regarding money, the Longteng team has never been stingy, and this season is even more so. Various rewards for the league championship, cup championship, AFC Champions League, and Club World Cup championship have allowed the players to earn a lot of money.
Last season, the club rated Nie Jiang as the most improved player and acquiesced in the quota to study abroad. However, in the end, he stayed in China for the national team's World Cup qualifiers and had to leave next season anyway.
When everyone thought that Nie Jiang would retain his overseas quota for this season, the club finally gave the award to Qi Ming.
At first, everyone didn't react, but then they understood in seconds - Nie Jiang decided to study abroad last year, and this year the spot was given to Qi Ming. It seems that Nie Jiang and Qi Ming will go to Europe to play together next season.
After the meeting, the team was disbanded on the spot, and the coaching staff gave the players two weeks of rest. After all, compared to other Chinese Super League teams, the Longteng team has played more AFC Champions League finals, FA Cup finals and Club World Cup finals.
, the players' physical fitness has reached its limit.
The players began to enjoy their holidays, but Zhang Sheng had to deal with the beginning and end of the salary limit policy.
Just as Zhang Sheng was leading the team to compete for the AFC Champions League and Club World Cup, on December 7, the Chinese Football Association hosted an international seminar on financial risk prevention for Chinese professional football clubs. The Longteng club was led by General Manager Ding Kun.
I went to attend with the financial director Wu Huilin.
Even though they already knew the various financial data of domestic clubs, they were still a little frightened when they heard the results of PricewaterhouseCoopers' analysis of the financial status of Chinese professional football clubs starting in July this year.
Judging from the results, the overall loss of the Chinese Super League clubs last year exceeded 4 billion, and the Chinese League One also exceeded 800 million.
Most of the losses are concentrated in the salaries of players and coaches. The proportion reaches 67%, which is much higher than that of European developed countries in the same industry. Among the five major leagues, the highest in the Premier League is only 58%, and the lowest in the Bundesliga is only 58%.
42%.
And because of the high salary costs for coaches and players, domestic professional football clubs invest less in youth football, only about 5%. This is not only far lower than the 20% in Europe and the United States, but also higher than the 15% target recently proposed by the Chinese Football Association.
Not a small gap.
The Dragons are the club with the best financial situation in the entire Chinese Super League, but the first item still does not meet the standard. If the surplus from player transfers is excluded, the club's coaching and player salary costs exceed 60%. The only thing that meets the standard may be the investment in youth training.
In terms of proportion, the Longteng team reached more than 15% in this category.
As soon as the meeting ended, Wu Huilin put forward her own judgment: "The Football Association is blowing the whistle on the salary limit. Our Chinese Super League clubs must be careful, Mr. Zhang's salary limit must start to be implemented."
Ding Kun, who has more dealings with various clubs, shook his head: "I don't think so. I want those guys to reduce their salaries, unless they don't want to engage in football anymore."
Regarding what Ding Kun said about "not wanting to engage in football," Wu Huilin immediately understood that the companies behind many clubs do not really want to run the club like a company, they just want to connect the company with football.
Thinking of this, Wu Huilin could only shake her head.
After Zhang Sheng returned to Jiangcheng, the first person he contacted was Professor Xie.
"That's all I can do." Coach Xie said as if nothing had happened. "The briefing has already been held. It depends on each club how to implement it. I'm old enough, so I'll teach you."
After a few years of studying, I can retire peacefully and go fishing.”
Zhang Sheng felt guilty for Professor Xie's hard work over the past few years. The nearly 60-year-old man not only went out for field research all year round, but also used all his own resources. Zhang Sheng felt only grateful.
Therefore, at the high-level meeting within the club, Zhang Sheng decisively proposed the first step of his salary restriction plan: to eliminate the payment of taxes.
