Chapter 19 Save the Coach Plan!
When leaving the locker room and entering the player tunnel, Lin Feng happened to see Messi coming out of the opposite locker room.
Their eyes met and Messi glared at him before quickly looking away.
Lin Feng was thoughtful. This guy hasn't recovered from the nightmare in the first half yet. Could it be that he will really be left with a psychological trauma?
Just when he was distracted, Chen Tao bumped into him from behind.
"what?"
Lin Feng turned around and gave Chen Tao a cold look.
"Ahem, you know that the coach might leave after the World Youth Championship, right?"
Lin Feng shook his head. Of course he knew about this matter, but he was not very clear about the specific details, so he pretended not to know and wanted to get some information from Chen Tao.
Chen Tao did not suspect anything and seeing that he was unaware of the situation, he quickly explained it to him.
It turns out that Krauchen was not the coach hired by the National Youth Team itself, but was recommended by the German Football Association.
The Football Association couldn't afford to lose face because they had to borrow the other party's training base. In addition, Krauchen did have a good coaching record, so they hired him reluctantly.
But the contract between the two parties will end after this World Youth Championship.
If he wants to stay in office, the Football Association must take the initiative to propose a contract extension.
Or the German Football Association will implement the agreement signed by both parties.
China-Germany relations have been developing well in recent years, and the two countries' football associations have also taken the opportunity to launch a lot of cooperation.
One of them is the 2008 Star cooperation project for the 08 Olympics, and Krauchen was selected as the head coach of the 08 Star.
The two countries' football associations have their own plans in mind. China hopes to leverage Germany's profound heritage and advanced concepts to help develop its football.
The Germans have set their sights on China's vast market!
As long as the Chinese national football team can make it to the World Cup, China's size and its huge domestic market will bring a lot of sponsorship and broadcasting revenue to the German Football Association.
The attention brought by more than one billion fans will greatly enhance the influence of the German World Cup around the world.
This mutually beneficial relationship is very satisfying to both parties.
But as expected, an accident happened!
The Chinese national football team failed at the crucial moment and failed to qualify for the World Cup!
When the Germans saw that the Chinese national football team could not come, they immediately became unhappy.
The reason they are willing to help is because of the generous rewards from China.
But now that the rewards are gone, they naturally don't want to continue to be suckers. They no longer pay the sponsorship fees they promised to provide to the national youth team, and many cooperation projects have been cancelled.
When the German Football Association was unwilling to continue to implement the previously signed agreement, the Chinese Football Association naturally became unhappy.
What about the agreed spirit of the contract?
Where is the 200 million sponsorship fee you promised?
You don't even want to pay us, but you still want us to continue using your people and pay them salaries, and we have to pay them with precious foreign currency!
Go dream!
It was after Germany refused to implement the agreement that the Football Association's attitude towards Krauchen underwent a major change.
Under such circumstances, it is almost certain that Krauchen will leave after the World Youth Championship.
“Although it is very difficult to retain the coach, it is not impossible.”
Chen Tao looked back at Team Leader Li, who was chatting and laughing with several Chinese coaches, and said in a low voice:
"As long as we players stand on the coach's side, the leaders of the Football Association will have to consider our feelings and perhaps won't go too far, especially when we ask to stay as the World Youth Championship champions."
"But if we players cannot reach a consensus, we won't be able to petition the higher-ups jointly!"
Lin Feng turned his head and looked at Chen Tao:
"Are you worried that I've been bribed by the team leader?"
Chen Tao nodded slightly.
"Fuck you, do I look like such a greedy person?"
Lin Feng pretended to be angry and elbowed him. "Haha, I was joking. I know you are not that kind of person. Although I don't know your family background, I can tell from your daily behavior that your family is not short of money."
"But it's hard to say for others!"
Chen Tao's expression became serious, as many of his teammates came from poor families.
He was very worried that his teammates would be bought off by their leader's financial offensive and abandon the mentor who led them to glory.
Lin Feng pondered for a moment:
"This is easy to do. After the game is over, you can find an opportunity to gather everyone together and explain the pros and cons to them.
You know, our coach not only has deep connections in German football, but also has a good network throughout Europe. If you want to study abroad, he can really help.
I believe that no one would abandon a brighter future for a little bit of immediate gain."
Chen Tao's eyes lit up and he gave Lin Feng a thumbs up:
"I think this method is feasible. I didn't expect that besides having a good appearance, you also have such a good brain!"
"Go away, are you praising me or insulting me?"
Although he gave Chen Tao an idea, Lin Feng did not put all his hopes on the players forcing the palace.
He thought of the 200 million sponsorship fee, but he didn't know whether it was 200 million RMB, 200 million US dollars, or 200 million euros?
After fifteen minutes of break, players from both sides returned to the field.
Compared to more than ten minutes ago, Messi's complexion has recovered a lot.
It seemed that the half-time break allowed him to catch his breath a little.
It’s good to be young!
Even their physical recovery speed is much faster than that of older players.
As expected by Krauchen, after the start of the second half, Argentina indeed arranged people to guard Lin Feng.
This person doesn't have to do anything but keep an eye on Lin Feng.
He followed Lin Feng wherever he went.
Like a roadblock, it stood in front of Lin Feng, not giving him the space to speed up and charge forward, making it impossible for him to speed up and create a threat like before.
Without speed, Lin Feng's threat to Argentina's goal suddenly decreased.
On the sidelines, Argentina's head coach breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the opponent was finally restricted by his own tactics.
Although it cost a lot, the result was good.
They are still leading in the score now. As long as they hold on, there is a way out!
However, to his surprise, after Lin Feng was restricted, the offensive threat of the National Youth Team not only did not decrease, but increased.
Less than ten minutes into the second half, the National Youth Team had already completed three shots.
Although these three shots did not result in a goal, they sounded the alarm for the Argentines.
As the saying goes, if you defend for too long, you will lose. If they continue to play in such a passive manner, they will definitely not be able to protect their goal.
What exactly is going on?
The Argentine coach frowned and observed carefully.
In the 58th minute, the National Youth Team launched an attack from the left side.
Chen Tao's pass accurately found Zheng Tao on the wing, who aimed at the penalty area and sent a cross.
Dong Fangzhuo, who came on as a substitute, overpowered the defender, jumped high and headed the ball into the goal.
The ball was headed in with great force and the goalkeeper had no time to react.
But unfortunately, the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar and the Argentines luckily escaped.
Although they managed to defend against the attack of the National Youth Team, the Argentines could no longer smile.
The battle lines of both sides had unknowingly been completely pressed to Argentina's half, and this period of time almost turned into the Chinese national youth team besieging Argentina's goal.
Why does this happen?
This question arises in everyone's mind.
(End of this chapter)
