Chapter 144 Chinese Team's European Training Camp
"Genbao Football Base is going to set up a club? This is a good thing!"
After receiving the good news from Xu Genbao, Lin Feng was sincerely happy for him.
Most of the youth training bases in various countries are built based on professional clubs. If they are separated from professional clubs, how to arrange the talents trained in the youth training camps is a very tricky problem.
You can't just put them on the shelf and sell them like commodities, right?
Before they have proven themselves in the league, there won't be many buyers even if they are put on the shelves for sale.
Therefore, there are only two ways out for Genbao Football Base:
Either set up a professional club yourself, or cooperate with an existing club and become its subordinate team.
The latter is unfair to Xu Genbao because he has invested too much in the Genbao Football Base.
If we cooperate with other clubs, they will ruthlessly take advantage of us, causing all the initial investment to go down the drain.
"Haha, I have to thank you for your help. If you hadn't won the Golden Boy Award and boosted the domestic football market, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to find such a sponsor!"
Xu Genbao said with a smile that he made this call not only to share his joy but also to thank Lin Feng.
Thanks to Lin Feng's huge influence, while paying attention to Lin Feng, reporters also paid attention to Zhang Linpeng, who joined Inter Milan's youth training camp some time ago. Following Zhang Linpeng, they discovered the existence of Genbao Football Base.
In fact, many people in the circle knew about Xu Genbao's youth training on Chongming Island, but the football circle was too small and too closed, with limited influence, resulting in outsiders never hearing about it.
But Lin Feng was different. His influence was so great that he helped Xu Genbao and his football base break out of the circle in one go.
People were surprised to find that after the sports team's youth training went bankrupt, there were still people willing to pay such a high price for youth training.
This is true love!
Driven by curiosity, more and more people began to pay attention to Xu Genbao's football base.
The more people learn, the more surprised and impressed they are.
It turns out that the student who went to study abroad at La Masia youth training camp some time ago was also from the Genbao Football Base!
Inside this small football base, there are two geniuses who have joined the youth training camps of top European clubs!
There’s something about this football base!
The rising exposure and possible support policies at the national level have brought huge commercial value to the Genbao Football Base.
Some businessmen with a keen sense of nose smelled the business opportunity and responded so quickly, rushing over to seek cooperation.
After learning all this, Xu Genbao couldn't help but sigh: Lin Feng's influence is really great!
If it weren't for the help from the other party, who knows how long his football base would have remained unknown!
That's why he called to express his gratitude.
"Don't say that, Mr. Xu. The talented youngsters in your youth training base are the hope of Chinese football in the future. Gold will shine wherever it is. There will always be people who will discover their value!"
After listening to this, Lin Feng did not take all the credit on himself. The reason why Genbao Football Base became famous was ultimately due to Xu Genbao's serious attitude towards youth training and the fact that there were indeed talented people in his football base.
People like Wu Lei and Zhang Linpeng will sooner or later shine in the professional arena.
Lin Feng's move only made them be exposed a little earlier.
According to the original historical trajectory, the East Asia Group will still cooperate with the Genbao Football Base and the Shanghai East Asia Club will still be established.
It’s just that the conditions offered by the other party may not be as good as they are now, and there won’t be so many sponsors actively coming to us to seek cooperation.
In short, Lin Feng is still very happy that he can use his influence to help the development of youth training in Chinese football.
It’s a pity that there are very few people like Xu Genbao who are serious about youth training.
Domestic youth training now lacks equipment, talent and even venues.
After the sports team withdrew, professional youth training was not established at all. In the entire Chinese Super League, perhaps only Luneng Football School was doing something somewhat similar.
Other clubs do not take youth training and echelons seriously.
This suddenly gave Lin Feng an idea:
Is it possible to bring the youth training experience of European clubs such as Inter Milan to China and carry out cooperative projects similar to Inter Milan's China Youth Training Camp in China?
This idea did not come out of thin air. He remembered that in history, the Vietnam Football Association cooperated with Arsenal to introduce their youth training coaches and youth training standards, which promoted the leapfrog development of Vietnamese football youth training.
After cooperating with Arsenal, Vietnam's youth football training has achieved remarkable results. In less than ten years, the Vietnamese national youth team entered the World Youth Championship.
Chinese football has been absent from the World Youth Championship for 2005 consecutive years since the 20 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.
There is no trick to youth training. It just depends on whether you are willing to take it seriously.
Draft-style youth training like Wanda's, which spends a lot of money to select some young players to go to Europe for trials, is simply fanciful and eye-catching, and is not a down-to-earth way to carry out youth training.
After reporting his ideas, Lin Feng didn't care about it anymore.
After all, this kind of thing requires the approval of the leaders above, and it is not something that an ordinary player like him can decide.
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"Is this the Golden Boy Award? Can I touch it?"
When Lin Feng returned to the team with the trophy, he saw a group of teammates blocking the door with a covetous look in their eyes.
When Adriano said this, his hands had already dishonestly grabbed the trophy in Lin Feng's hands.
"Tsk, tsk, is this pure gold? It feels so heavy!"
Adriano was playing with Lin Feng's trophy with some reluctance, his face full of regret.
Born in 82, he had already lost the eligibility to compete for the Golden Boy Award due to age restrictions when the award was established.
If I could be a few years younger, maybe I would really have a chance to compete for this trophy.
"Gold-plated, pure gold weighs much more than this!"
Captain Zanetti took the trophy, weighed it in his hand, and made a judgment.
"I heard that the Golden Globe Award is made of pure gold. When will you bring the Golden Globe Award back to us so that we can open our eyes?"
"Don't worry, I will definitely win the Golden Globe Award, just wait and see!"
Adriano assured, patting his chest.
Next year is the World Cup year, and the Golden Ball award will be heavily weighted towards players’ performances in the World Cup.
As the number one favorite to win the World Cup, five-star Brazil is determined to win the World Cup against Germany.
This season, the alien Ronaldo's injuries have recurred and his form has plummeted, which also gave Adriano an opportunity.
However, the Brazilian team is full of talented people. Even if the alien Ronaldo's form declines, Adriano will still face competition from Ronaldinho and Kaka.
Seeing Ade's confident look, Lin Feng resisted the urge to pour cold water on him.
Although Brazil is strong, unfortunately the championship does not belong to Brazil, so next year's Golden Ball Award is destined to have nothing to do with the four kings of Brazil.
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On December 12, the 18th round of Serie A kicked off.
Before Inter Milan's game started, good news came from Roma.
Playing at home, Lazio drew 1:1 with Juventus, who were at the top of the league standings, which not only ended the opponent's five-game winning streak, but also provided the teams behind the standings with a chance to catch up.
Currently ranked second in the standings is none other than Inter Milan!
So after learning the news, Inter Milan was greatly encouraged.
Facing Reggina, which is ranked 13th in the league, Inter Milan struck ruthlessly.
Just 8 minutes into the game, Inter Milan defender Cordoba broke the deadlock with a header.
Twelve minutes later, Martins scored again with his superb speed, extending the score to 2:0.
In the second half, Adriano received an assist from Lin Feng and scored Inter Milan's third goal.
Lin Feng scored the final goal with a direct free kick in the 75th minute. In the end, Inter Milan won a hearty victory away from home.
With this victory, the Nerazzurri narrowed the points gap between themselves and Juventus to 8 points!
Although there is only a difference of 8 points between 10 points and 2 points, the feelings they give people are completely different.
There are 22 rounds left in the league, and the 8-point gap is not as despairing as before.
Inter Milan has seen hope of winning the championship again!
On March 12, the 22th round of Serie A kicked off.
This is the team's last game before the winter break.
Inter Milan's morale was high after returning to their home court. In the first half, Adriano received an assist from Lin Feng early in the game to help the team take the lead.
This is Adriano's fifth goal in the last four games. Since breaking his goal drought, Adriano's condition has improved visibly.
This made Inter Milan fans overjoyed and they resumed their worship of their king.
However, the good times did not last long. After scoring the goal, Ade was a little too excited. During a fight for the ball, he collided heavily with the opponent's defensive player's head and fell to the ground unconscious.
There was an uproar at the scene. The players on the field, the coaches off the field and the fans in the stands were all terrified.
Watching their teammates being carried away on stretchers, the morale of the entire Inter Milan team suffered a considerable blow.
The opponent also took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and equalized the score.
If it were last year, Inter Milan might have never recovered or even been defeated by their opponents.
But this year, Adriano is not the only core player in Inter Milan.
He was injured and had to retire, but there was still Lin Feng!
When the team was in crisis, Lin Feng took the initiative to step forward.
In the injury time of the first half, he used a long shot to help the team stabilize the situation and take the lead again.
In the second half, Lin Feng made consecutive assists, helping Cruz and Recoba, who came on as substitutes, to score consecutively.
In the end, thanks to Lin Feng's assist hat trick, Inter Milan, playing at home, defeated their opponent 4:1, winning six consecutive games in the Serie A and remaining unbeaten in 12 games on all fronts!
However, after the game, Inter Milan fans were not in the mood to pay attention to the results. Everyone was asking about Adriano's injury.
Lin Feng has a good relationship with Adriano, so he rushed to the hospital immediately after the game to visit Adriano.
Adriano had recovered from the shock. When he saw Lin Feng, his first question was whether he had won the game.
He finally breathed a sigh of relief after getting a positive answer.
Some time ago, because of his poor form, the team lost a lot of points, which made Ade feel very guilty.
Now he has turned over a new leaf and what he wants to do most is to help the team stabilize its record and catch up with those scum in Juventus!
"Just rest and recover. I, Figo, Cruz and the captain are all here in the team. When you recover, we will defeat Juventus together!"
"Okay, it's a deal, beat Juventus!"
Adriano, who was originally unable to stay in bed, became much more obedient after reaching an agreement with Lin Feng.
It seemed that he knew that if he didn't cooperate with the doctor, it would take a long time for him to be discharged from the hospital.
After a comprehensive examination at the hospital, Adriano was diagnosed with a concussion caused by trauma and will need to rest for 3-4 weeks.
Fortunately, the Serie A has entered the winter break, otherwise his absence would definitely affect the team's record.
Since next year is the World Cup year, the winter break for Serie A this year is relatively short, lasting only half a month.
After the 17th round of the league, the 2005 winter break began.
The last two league games of the first half of the Serie A season will be left to next year, starting on December 12nd and ending on January 22th of next year. This half month period is the players' precious rest time.
As Christmas approached, the club announced a holiday and the players dispersed in a hurry.
It's not just the first team that's like this, the youth team is almost the same.
Lin Feng has been abroad for almost ten years and has become accustomed to this situation.
But Zhang Linpeng, who had just arrived, was not used to all this.
Considering that even the canteen cook at the youth team's camp had been on holiday, and he was unfamiliar with the place and didn't speak Italian, it was a bit unsafe to leave him alone in the youth training camp.
So Lin Feng took him back to his home in Germany.
"When you come here, treat this place as your own home. Don't feel restrained!"
Lin's father and mother were very welcoming to Zhang Linpeng and treated him with authentic hometown food.
Considering that Zhang Linpeng is from Shandong and is not used to Hubei cuisine, Lin's mother drove to a Shandong restaurant in Munich to order Zhang Linpeng's hometown dishes.
"Thank you, uncle and aunt, you are so kind to me!"
Zhang Linpeng spoke incoherently while stuffing various foods into his mouth.
"Eat slowly, don't choke!"
Seeing how ravenously he was eating, Lin's mother felt distressed. While pouring a glass of water for Zhang Linpeng, she said to Lin Feng in a reproachful tone:
"Your club didn't even bother to improve the food. Look how hungry the young man is!"
Father Lin, who knows football, said, "The club has dietary restrictions. You can only eat what the nutritionist specifies. You can't eat everything."
Glancing at the table full of delicious fish and meat, Father Lin continued:
"You have fish, meat, and shrimp here, but in the eyes of nutritionists, they are all high-fat, high-oil junk food!"
Upon hearing this, Lin's mother rolled her eyes at her husband and said, "They are 16 and 17 years old, and they are doing so much exercise and growing. What's wrong with eating more? If you don't want to eat, give them your share too!"
As he was about to take action, Father Lin quickly protected his food and said in defense:
"I'm not a professional player, it's okay for me to eat some junk food..."
Lin Feng ignored this pair of funny guys and buried his head in eating with Zhang Linpeng.
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Christmas is supposed to be spent at home with family, but this year the Chinese national team will be training in Europe during the Christmas period.
So Lin Feng stayed at home for three days and then took Zhang Linpeng to Spain.
The youth team's winter break is longer than that of the first team. Zhang Linpeng has more than a month of rest time. Lin Feng is not comfortable letting him return to China alone, so he plans to bring him to the national team and go back with the national team players after the national team's game is over.
In this way, he will have someone to take care of him on the way, and he can also take this opportunity to get acquainted with the older brothers in the national team.
The head coach of the next national team is likely to be Gao Hongbo, who is a head coach who likes to make use of young players.
Once he joins the national team, the opportunities for young players like Zhang Linpeng will be greatly increased.
In addition, he went abroad to play for Inter Milan at an early age. With high-level training, his strength will definitely be much stronger than his historical performance.
Maybe he won't even have to wait until he's 20 years old before he'll be called up to the national team.
The main purpose of bringing him over to show his face at this time is to say hello to the 85 generation players in the team.
(End of this chapter)
