Chapter 7 The Big Turtle of the Football Association (third update, please give me a monthly ticket!)

Liverpool did not stay in England for half a month, mainly for physical training, to store physical fitness for the new season, and then played two warm-up matches with local teams.

Chen Yingxiong got the chance to play in both games, one was the starter and the other was the substitute in the second half.

He scored one goal in each of the two games. With his unfamiliar cooperation with his teammates, all of these two goals were scored by his super personal ability. One of them was not even an opportunity, so he used his body to knock the defensive player away, grabbed the landing point, and then headed the ball.

With Chen Yingxiong joining, these two warm-up matches attracted a large number of fans. Seeing Chen Yingxiong scored a goal for Liverpool for the first time, the fans cheered loudly.

At the same time, this is also the first time Chen Yingxiong appeared on the stadium wearing the Reds' No. 9 jersey. Although it is not a formal game, it is also a memorable moment.

After two warm-up matches, Liverpool set off and officially started their business match journey this summer, destination: China!

On July 16, Liverpool will face Guangzhou Evergrande, the most popular team in Chinese football in Guangzhou. Then there is the highlight - a warm-up match with the Chinese national team in Changsha. This will be the last warm-up match for the Chinese national team before the Asian Cup qualifiers play-off with Laos. After this match, they will have to play Laos at home. Only by defeating their opponents in two rounds can they be eligible to participate in the top 20 matches in the Asian qualifiers.

If they can't even pass Laos...

For Liverpool, these two warm-up matches are very high-standard. You should know that Liverpool is not the most popular team in China now. If teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Inter Milan and AC Milan come to China, they may be able to receive such treatment.

Evergrande is now China's number one team. It is called "Real Madrid in China". I won't talk about the Chinese national team. No matter how strong a person is, it is a team that represents a country.

In fact, when Chen Xing was going to conduct a visit to China at the beginning, these were not the warm-up opponents he looked for.

At that time, no one in Liverpool except Chen Xing himself and Nian knew that Chen Yingxiong would join the team in summer.

Therefore, when the business department arranged the schedule for visiting China, the opponent in one game was Guangzhou Rizhiquan, and the other game was not China, and the competition was no longer played in China. At the Bukit Galil National Stadium in Malaysia, the opponent was the star team of the Malaysian star team.

At that time, Liverpool wanted to play with Evergrande, but due to schedule issues, there will be a Chinese Super League match on July 14th, and the Chinese national team will have a World Cup qualifier task at the end of July. Evergrande's international players will report to the national team, and also take into account the Chinese Super League. Therefore, Evergrande is not very interested in this game.

In fact, the above are all excuses. The fundamental reason is that Liverpool lacks outstanding results in recent years, and its popularity has been declining year by year. Evergrande is now called "Real Madrid in China". It seems that it really has the vision of Real Madrid, and it is a bit disliked by Liverpool...

Since Evergrande is not very interested, Liverpool can only change one opponent, which is Rizhiquan, which is also in Guangzhou. However, Rizhiquan is a China League One team, and its level is one level lower than Evergrande.

But there is no way, who has made Liverpool’s reputation not appear now?

As a result, the situation suddenly changed, and the media suddenly revealed that Chen Yingxiong had an affair with Liverpool. What's even more terrible is that Chen Yingxiong even admitted it!

Now, Liverpool suddenly became a hot commodity in the Chinese market.

Countless teams are scrambling to play warm-up matches with Liverpool. Because everyone knows that if they can play with Liverpool, it will definitely attract the attention of Chinese fans. The ticket revenue on that day is astronomical, let alone the advertising effect of media hype...

This time, even Evergrande suddenly became enthusiastic.

While Liverpool had not yet talked with Hiroizumi, he intercepted the bell halfway and pulled Liverpool over. The game time was changed to July 16, and there were only two days before Evergrande's league ended. However, this time, the league schedule was tight and the international team would be transferred to the national team to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers... These are all not a problem!

Although I think Evergrande is a bit snobbish, this is exactly what Liverpool needs - if possible, who would be willing to play against a team like Rizhiquan? Liverpool is here to develop the Chinese market. Of course, it is necessary to play against the best and most well-known teams to have a sensational effect, so that they can fully promote their image, enhance their brand value, and win more attention in China, which will help them expand a broader market in the future.

The match against Evergrande is definitely more beneficial to Liverpool than the match against Hirozumi.

However, the match against the Chinese national team was a bit beyond Liverpool's expectations - if they could play against the Chinese team, it would certainly be better than Evergrande. But Liverpool had never thought about this before...

Who would have thought that at this time, a fax was sent from the Chinese Football Association, hoping to contact a warm-up match around July 19th.

Later Liverpool learned that this game was because the incoming Chinese coach Camacho made a match and put forward a request, hoping that the Chinese team could play a warm-up match with Liverpool so that he could observe the current level and personnel composition of the Chinese team...

Kamacho is the newly selected national team coach of the Chinese Football Association. He wants to replace Gao Hongbo after the match with Laos. He just signed a contract, so the Chinese Football Association naturally does not conveniently refuse his request. Moreover, it was proposed by Dalian Wanda Group, a sponsor of the Chinese Football Association. He just signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese Football Association to invest in selecting coaches and screen young players to study abroad... The Chinese Football Association naturally dared not offend him.

So there was an invitation to such a game.

Being able to play against the Chinese national team naturally made Liverpool club overjoyed. For other European teams, it should be no big deal to play against the Chinese team, but for Liverpool clubs who are determined to make money from the Chinese market, the game against the Chinese team is simply the best way to promote them.

How could such an invitation be rejected?

Make an agreement right away!

Actually, what they didn't know was that Camacho's request made the Chinese Football Association mutter for a while. It was very simple. They could think about how embarrassing the Football Association would be if they could use their butts in this game...

A player who has been persevering in spite of the Chinese Football Association and the General Administration of Sports has never been selected for the Chinese national team, but has to fight in a commercial friendly match... What will the media and fans think about this matter? It is simple to think based on their experience.

Before the game could be played, overwhelming criticism came - such a great person, why don’t you recruit into the national team?

What can the Football Association say? It can’t be said that it’s the opinion of the superior, right? This is really a death sentence...

So I could only pretend to be a turtle, and I shrank my head and refused to answer.

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The officials of the Football Association are really foresighted, because after the announcement of this opponent, various voices about Chen Yingxiong and the Chinese team in China have spread throughout the country. Among these voices, no surprise, no suspense, no matter what, it is natural, and even insensitive... The Chinese Football Association has become a villain.

"...Chinese football is fighting against the gangster, Wanda Group spends money to create momentum, and famous coach Kamacho and so on, but these are all false! Chen Yingxiong is not as good as the Chinese national team in one day, and Chinese football is not bottoming out for a day!"

"Don't tell me what the league is the fundamental. Pursuing national team results is a quick success! As Chinese fans, we have been enduring for so many years. Our national team has not even been able to make the top ten Asian games for two consecutive World Cups! The league is a long-term project, and it may take a long time to see the results. So before that, should we endure the endless cold winter in vain? Maybe we may not be able to see the benefits brought to us by the league reform until we die. We know that good national team results do not mean good Chinese football, but can we let Chinese fans squeeze together to roast fire in this difficult cold winter? Is it possible that there is a little hope? Summoning Chen Yingxiong into the national team may not allow the national team to enter the Brazil World Cup final circle, but at least we can win a few more games and score a few more beautiful goals in the qualifiers? Can such a small requirement satisfy us!"

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Various voices come together into one sentence - let Chen Yingxiong enter the national team! We have to see him playing football in the national team jersey!

The Chinese Football Association continues to remain silent in the face of these calls.

Until Liverpool was about to set foot on China's land, Chen Yingxiong received a call from Dracula: "There is something, hero... a person here found me through our sponsor and wanted to talk to you."

"Is it a matter of signing endorsement?" Chen Yingxiong asked.

"No. He just said he wanted to have an interview with you, and it was a private exchange, and he didn't want it to be spread... Oh, by the way, he is a Chinese, your compatriot."

"Did he not say what was going to ask me for?"

"No."

After hearing this answer, Chen Yingxiong frowned. He couldn't figure out what was needed to be so mysterious. If he was afraid that his opponent would know about the signing of an endorsement, he could barely count as a commercial secret. However, Nike signed a contract with me, and he didn't do anything like an underground worker's contact, and he also found my agent through sponsors. There were more twists and turns than the Yellow River.
Chapter completed!