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Volume 4 1997 Volume 4 Chapter 216 The dust has settled

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    This answer is undoubtedly difficult to answer. Happy is yes, but the two pale words of happy cannot fully express this excitement. Although most of the fans were still there when the Chinese team entered the World Cup for the first time.  They were not born (the Chinese team competed in the World Cup for the first time in 1957), but this does not prevent them from feeling deeply happy and joyful.

    When the first two rounds resulted in a draw and a loss, one can imagine the fans¡¯ mood, but after just five rounds, they immediately returned from hell to heaven.  With four wins and one draw in five games, the Chinese team took the lead in Group A and became the second team in Asia to qualify.

    Fans owe it to the combination of Benitez and Pei Wei. Everyone knows that after Benitez became the executive coach and Pei Wei became the translator, the national team first escaped death with two consecutive wins and then drew.  Iran has successively defeated Qatar and Saudi Arabia and directly entered the World Cup. Isn't it them or who is the biggest contributor?

    "The biggest contributor is not me, nor is Coach Benitez." After returning to China, Pei Wei said at a press conference: "The biggest contributor is our league, which has cultivated countless outstanding players in the past three years.  Players are the reason why our national team has so many players with different styles and excellent abilities, so that coach Benitez can send different players according to different opponents to achieve good results. Why did we always fail to achieve good results in the past?  Asia? It's very simple. Players trained under the professional team system have not been tempered by professional games and lack the ability to adapt when facing the more important World Cup qualifiers. The league is the guarantee for the improvement of a country's football level.  For example, the coach¡¯s command and so on are just zeros. The league is the one in front of zero. Without that one, no matter how many zeros there are, they are just zeros.¡±

    "Each club must form its own unique style and improve the club's echelon configuration, so that we can have a steady stream of fresh blood to add in, and the national team can have sufficient selection options. This is a long project, and we  We can¡¯t dream of reaching the sky in one step. We must start from scratch and turn accumulation into qualitative changes. Only in this way can the level of our national team make a real leap.¡±

    Taking advantage of his prestige at the height of his power, Pei Wei once again announced his views to all people in the football world. Based on facts, such words will be more powerful. Pei Wei believes that as long as the league persists and continues to operate normally, Chinese football will  The level will definitely gradually improve until the day of leap.

    The Chinese team, which qualified early, was jubilant, while the other two teams that were still capable of competing for second place were in pain.

    The Iranian team, which was fighting against the odds, defeated Qatar 3-2 in the away game while the Chinese team defeated the Saudi team. The points reached 13 points, but their fate is not in their own hands. The Saudi team now has the last game, away from home.  In the match against Qatar, due to their superiority in the relationship between the winners and losers, the Saudi team only needs to defeat Qatar. Then, with 13 points, they can get the second place with one win and one draw against the Iranian team.  Qualified for the play-offs.

    So on November 12, in the final round of the top ten, the Chinese team's home game against Kuwait was ignored by everyone except Chinese fans. Other fans obviously ignored the game between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.  Pay more attention.

    In a formal match, the Chinese team at home beat the Kuwait team 3-0 with the cheers of tens of thousands of fans. In the first half, General Fan opened the scoring with a corner kick from Nie Fei. Ma Tian just started the second half.  A beautiful long shot from outside the penalty area expanded the score. Before the end, Hao Dong scored directly to lock the score at 3-0.

    The Chinese team advanced to the World Cup in France with five wins, two draws and one loss and 17 points. However, the luck of Saudi Arabia, the new Asian Cup champion, was not so good. They had no choice but to defeat the Qatar team who were fighting for honor in the away game.  The one-to-one score made them completely lose hope of entering the World Cup.

    Qatar, the most inconspicuous, has indeed become the touchstone of the second round-robin competition in this group. Kuwait, which was defeated by them, was the first to lose the qualification to compete for the right to qualify. The Chinese team that defeated them ranked first and second with the Iranian team, and was defeated.  The Saudi team they tied with ranked third and did not even have a chance to make the play-offs.

    The regular stage games of the top ten games are all over, and the Chinese team members have received a ten-day holiday. They can leisurely watch the battle between Iran and Japan for the third ticket.

    On November 16, in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, the Japanese team defeated the Iranian team 3-2 in overtime and entered the World Cup as the third place in Asia. Like the Chinese team, this was their first time participating in the World Cup.  The final stage of the competition.

    On November 22nd and November 29th, the Iranian team tied with Australia 1-1 at home and 2-2 away from home. Through many away goals, the Iranian team tied with Australia tenaciously.Lost the Australian team and became the last Asian team to enter the World Cup.

    But for these two games, Chinese fans didn¡¯t pay much attention.

    Pei Wei was very happy with this result. In the 1998 World Cup finals, all Asian teams were wiped out. Only the Iranian team had won one victory. Naturally, he did not hope that such a team could win honors for Asian football.  of teams failed to appear in the World Cup.

    Compared with the South Korean team that relied on dirty tricks to "historically" enter the semi-finals of the World Cup, the Iranians are much more respectable.

    However, Pei Wei did not watch these two games, because during these two match days, he had returned to Yunjia and began to prepare for the last two rounds of the League A. This is also related to Yunjia Tianyu's ability to win the championship this year.  Two games.

    The last two rounds of the league were scheduled to be held on November 29th and December 6th. After ten days of vacation, members of the national team returned to their clubs on the 22nd to prepare.  Last two league games.

    Before leaving the national team, the Football Association held a grand celebration reception, which was full of guests and crowns.

    A cheerful Xu thanked all the team members for their hard work on behalf of the Football Association. After successfully competing in the World Cup, his position has become more stable. With this political achievement in hand, it will be easier for him to carry out other reforms in the future, and after  After this top ten competition, the cohesion within the Football Association has become stronger, which is good for him personally and for Chinese football as a whole.

    Halfway through the reception, Xu quietly led Pei Wei into a secret room. Pei Wei probably guessed what Xu wanted to do, so he left the reception with Xu without alerting the others.

    "Seriously, I have to thank you very much." Xu picked up a bottle of wine and filled two glasses: "From the perspective of Chinese football, I want to thank you for helping the national team enter the World Cup.  From a personal point of view, you first saved my life and then consolidated my position. If it weren¡¯t for you, I might not be the vice president of the Football Association now.¡±

    "I said you and I are friends, and I saved a friend. This is not something worth bragging about." Pei Wei said lightly: "And I have no credit for the national team entering the World Cup. I am just talking.  "

    "Here, let's have a drink." Xu handed a cup to Pei Wei, the two clinked the cups gently, and then drank it all.

    "As soon as this year's league ends, you will probably be promoted, right?" Pei Wei smiled lightly: "At least, it won't be a problem to remove the word 'vice', right?"

    "You guessed it right." Xu laughed: "The General Administration has talked to me and is planning to transfer Chairman Yuan Ping to other departments. I will be promoted to a full-time position - but I have already made a request. If I can't directly  If I want to take charge of the Football Association's work, I would rather continue to be the deputy. The General Administration has agreed, and the news will probably come out after the year."

    "Congratulations to you then." Pei Wei laughed sincerely: "I think it's better for you to focus on the overall work. After all, you are a person with heart disease. Don't always fly around in other countries Also, you  You came to me not just to show off in front of me, right?"

    "Of course not, and I'm not showing off. I only said this when you asked." Xu filled the cups of both of them again: "We are ready to give Benitez a contract until the end of the World Cup.  So far, I want to ask your opinion.¡±

    "What objection can I have? No objection." Pei Wei laughed again: "Benitez is also happy to lead the national team to the World Cup for a round. I absolutely support this."

    Pei Wei's happy attitude made Xu a little strange: "What about Yunjia Tianyu? Are you willing to let him go?"

    "This" Pei Wei closed his eyes and thought for a long time: "Isn't it urgent now? After all, there are still two rounds of the league. At least we have to wait until the end of this year's league, right? You have to give me some buffer time no matter what.  ?¡±

    "This is human nature." Xu nodded: "Our Football Association will not let you suffer. After all, there is no reason for your club to always contribute to the national team for free We will compensate you financially when the time comes.  of."

    "It doesn't matter, I don't care about that little money." Pei Wei drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and stood up: "Let's wait until next year. Now is the time to celebrate But then my first priority will be  It will definitely be the Yunjia Tianyu Club, I hope you can understand this.¡±

    Xu nodded, and the two walked out of the room at the same time.

    The top ten tournaments in Asia have finally settled, and Chinese football, which has made a historic breakthrough, is about to embark on a completely different path.
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