strictlysupreme Chapter 109 Revisiting the old place after 7 years
Chapter 109 Revisiting the old place after 7 years
Chapter 109 Revisiting the old place after 7 years
The opponent in the semi-finals is the Saudi powerhouse "Ittihad" team, but that is at the end of September, and there is still half a month before now. For Guangzhou Tianbao, who has no pressure in the league, the preparation time is quite sufficient.
On the second day of the competition, Stan just arranged some simple training, mainly jogging, without any confrontation. In addition, Stan announced the distribution of a bonus of 1000 million. Guangzhou Tianbao AFC has a list of 30 people.
In addition, Stan also announced a benefit. This weekend, Guangzhou Tianbao has a project completed in Sanya, and the whole team will go to support it.
Everyone is very happy when they hear that they have money to play and have money to play. As a professional player, there are a lot of benefits. Of course, the more important thing is that you can stay in the team next season.
Stan's habit is that after announcing good news, he must say something to pour cold water on, so that these players can always pay attention to themselves.
Of course, when it comes to the reserve team, Stan thinks that he hasn’t been back to the youth team for a long time. On the one hand, the pressure of the recent games is high, and on the other hand, the most important thing is that the players trained by the youth team recently cannot be recognized by Stan.
In fact, this is also because with the popularity of Chinese football, many mediocre players trained by Guangzhou Tianbao can get a good annual salary when they go to the Chinese Premier League. As a result, fewer people are willing to play football in a down-to-earth manner.
But Stan decided to go and see, maybe he would find a new "Joe Lee", "Hassler".
*****
"Coach Stan, everything is the same as it was 7 years ago," Li Qiao said.
Stan drove his Passat, thinking about it, it seemed that he really looked like this when he went to pick up Li Qiao that day.
"Likely," Stan replies.
"It's just that the road is wider and there are more buildings on the side of the road," Li Qiao said.
Li Qiao overheard that Stan was going back to Tianbao football school to have a look, so he had to go with him. Li Qiao wanted to see Coach Shi back then. He heard from Stan that he was still leading the youth team in Tianbao.
Li Qiao looked at Stan's slightly worn-out car and said, "Coach, I want to use the bonus to buy you a new car."
Hearing what Li Qiao said, Stan chuckled and thought to himself: "You brat has a conscience, he didn't love you for nothing."
"No, I miss my old buddy," Stan said.
Li Qiao remembers watching an American series "Knight Knight" when he was a child. The car in it could talk, and the owner of the car called him "old man".
"It turns out that people and cars really have feelings for each other," Li Qiao thought.
Stan is a nostalgic person, with his annual salary plus bonus, what car can't afford?But he likes this old car that drives well.
"Joe, I remember your thoughts, in fact, you might as well buy it for Coach Shi," Stein said.
Li Qiao was right when he thought about it.
*****
When Stan's car arrived at the school gate, the door opened automatically, "Now this door is automatic, and it recognizes my car," Stan said.
"No wonder",
After entering the school gate, the inside was exactly the same as before. Seeing the scene in front of him, Li Qiao was a little short of breath and a little excited, as if he had returned to the past.
"Remember that sentence I told you back then?"Stan said.
"Remember",
Although Stan and Li Qiao had said a lot, Li Qiao knew what Stan was referring to.
"I didn't expect you to be very strong. You have been away for 7 years. I thought you would have to come back in 1 year," Stein said.
"why"?
"Ukrainian football emphasizes physical confrontation. I don't think you can hold on, but obviously I underestimated you, Joe," Stein said.
Li Qiao heard that Stan's words were a compliment to him.
*****
"Li Qiao, you miss me so much," Coach Shi's first words when he saw Li Qiao.
"Me too",
Two big men hug each other tightly on the training ground.
"Stinky boy is now a star, I see your news on the Internet every day, and I added you on Weibo, did you add me?",
Li Qiao said embarrassingly: "My Weibo is managed by the team staff, and I usually don't have time to manage it."
"No wonder, I said no matter how I sent you a message, I didn't reply. Could it be that people are popular and don't recognize me?"
"Coach Shi, you have changed. You used to be meticulous, but now you are so good at running on people," Li Qiao said.
Li Qiao saw those 8-year-old players on the training ground, just like dolls, and remembered that he was the same back then.
"Li Qiao, you came here at such a young age," Coach Shi said.
At this time, some sharp-eyed children knew Li Qiao, "Li Qiao, you are No. 9 of Guangzhou Tianbao, Li Qiao",
Someone said a word, which attracted everyone's attention, and everyone gathered together after a while.
"Sign me",
"Sign me",
Li Qiao saw that there were dozens of people.
Li Qiao knew that he was their role model now, and he needed to pay attention to every word and deed. He smiled and said to the young players: "Come one by one."
When the young players saw their idols talking, they lined up neatly. Li Qiao borrowed a pen and signed the jerseys of the young players. Everyone wrote "Joe" and a smiling face.
After about an hour, the signing was finally finished, but how could these young players let Li Qiao go, and continued to ask Li Qiao to show off his skills for them.
Li Qiao walked onto the training ground, showed off his footwork briefly, bounced the ball, dribbled the ball, and then shot a few shots.
Coach Shi saw that it was almost done, and said: "Kids train well, and you will become excellent professional players like Brother Li Qiao in the future."
But the power of idols is too great, and the children are usually afraid of Coach Shi, but after seeing Li Qiao, everyone only has Li Qiao in their eyes, and there is no coach.
There is no way, Coach Shi can only say: "Then everyone asks a question, and then go back to training",
"Okay", everyone answered loudly.
The first few children who asked questions were nothing more than Brother Li Qiao, what team do you like, why are you so good, Brother Li Qiao, and so on.
At the end of the question, a slightly older child asked: "Brother Li Qiao, why are you playing football?"
Li Qiao remembered that the coach had asked himself this question in Tianbao's first class. Of course, the answer he answered now was still the same as before, "for happiness".
In fact, it is more difficult to say these words in 2011 than in 2004, because Chinese football is so popular now, and the parents of their children spend a lot of money to send their children to play football because they see that the international football team makes more money than European stars.
So when Li Qiao said these words, the children didn't understand very well.
"Okay, okay, the questions are over, let's go back to training," said Coach Shi.
Everyone waved their chubby little hands to say goodbye to Li Qiao, Li Qiao also smiled and bye`bye to the children.
*****
"Old Shi, are there any good seedlings recently?" Stein said.
"Hehe", Coach Shi smiled helplessly.
"You also know the current domestic market. The value of Chinese players is generally inflated, and they can't be kept."
"I know," Stan said.
Coach Shi pointed to the distance, "Did you see those people?"
Stan looked in the direction Coach Shi pointed, "Who?"
"The scouts from China's Chinese Premier League are here to scout people," said Coach Shi.
"Why don't you drive them away?" Stan asked.
"Parents won't allow it," said Coach Shi.
This is because although the players' parents also know that it is short-sighted to leave Guangzhou Tianbao now, the problem is that when scouts or agents put hundreds of thousands of cash in front of your eyes, many people do not have long-term considerations.
When Stan heard this, he felt displeased. He thought: "China should not be like England, who spends huge amounts of money to support foreign players, and the domestic players can't develop."
Stan is right, if money is not properly channeled, it may not necessarily make Chinese football stronger.
"Nowadays, there are not many children who are as serious as Li Qiao was back then," Coach Shi continued.
"It seems that having money is not necessarily a good thing," Stein said.
"No, as the head coach of an adult team, having money is a good thing." Coach Shi looked at Stan with a smile.
"It seems that you are very envious of the senior team, then when will I transfer you to the senior team," Stan said.
"I still like to teach these children, but if you talk to the club manager and give me a salary increase, I will be very grateful",
"OK", Stan smiled brightly.
That night, Coach Shi, Li Qiao, and Stan made an appointment to have dinner together, and this time it was agreed that it was Li Qiao's treat.
After a few glasses of wine, Coach Shi revealed his true feelings and said, "Li Qiao, I missed you a lot after you left."
"yes"?
"Of course, to tell you the truth, you are the most serious player I have ever seen, and your achievements today are predictable",
"Thank you coach."
At this time, Li Qiao embarrassedly said again what he had said to Stan during the day, that he wanted to buy a gift for the coach.
Coach Shi waved his hand, "Tianbao's treatment is very good, I don't need anything, but...".
"But what"?
Coach Shi said: "But there is one thing I really want."
"Coach you say",
"That's the jersey of the Chinese national team," said Coach Shi.
Li Qiao finally understood that Coach Shi wanted to join the national team.
Stein said: "This should be easy. With Li Qiao's level, the door of the national team should soon be open to Li Qiao."
"Wait until that day, Joe, can you give me your national team jersey?" Coach Shi said.
Li Qiao looked at Coach Shi's earnest gaze, and said resolutely, "It's a deal."
What I didn't expect was that Coach Shi hadn't finished yet, and then said: "The best jersey for the World Cup",
That is the dream of many Chinese footballers, of course Li Qiao knows, "I promise you".
At this point, Coach Shi smiled and said, "Come on, let's have a toast."
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