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Chapter 465 FA Cup Final(1/2)

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", one of the four great Chinese classics, Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times to invite Zhuge Liang out of the mountain, which is a very classic story.

The new vice chairman of the Football Association, Director Zhang, is a person who is familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and makes good use of various strategies.

At least, that's what he thinks himself.

Inviting Wan Sheng to coach the national team is something that the vice chairman of the Football Association has not accomplished. Director Zhang feels that he should do something to make people know his abilities when he takes office.

So he also invited Wansheng.

If you don’t have an invitation, just twice. If you don’t have an invitation, just three times...

This is what Director Zhang came up with.

When Wan Sheng refused to serve as the head coach of the Chinese national team for the first time, Director Zhang was not surprised. If Wan Sheng was so easy to invite, he would have come to coach the Chinese national team long ago and would not have waited for his invitation.

So he sent out a second invitation.

The news received by the Chinese Football Association was rejected again, and Director Zhang felt a little angry, but he immediately smiled and faced others, as if he was so generous that he didn't care at all.

Then, there was this invitation.

Director Zhang believes that as a Chinese coach, being the head coach of the national team is an honor and should not be shirked, but Wan Sheng's situation is a bit special. He is still leading the Premier League team Manchester City to the European arena.

Wan Sheng can also be said to be the first person to be the head coach of Chinese football.

The ‘first person’ is definitely difficult to invite!

After sending out the third invitation, Director Zhang smiled, thinking that his plan had been successful.

Director Zhang was not sure whether Wan Sheng agreed or refused, but he did what he should do. Next, Wan Sheng agreed or not, and he took the absolute initiative: he invited Wan Sheng three times to complete the "three visits to the thatched cottage".

In this matter, the Chinese Football Association and himself have shown absolute sincerity.

If the other party agrees, it is the best. Inviting the most popular coach in China to coach the national team can naturally be considered as your own political achievement.

The other party refuses?

It doesn't matter!

Now, almost all fans in China are dissatisfied with the Chinese national team, so that the Chinese Football Association has been greatly implicated. The other party rejected the invitation from the Chinese Football Association three times, which is just the leader, and at the same time shows that the Chinese Football Association has an attitude: "We are working hard with sincerity! We invite Wan Sheng to coach the national team three times!"

"But you see, as a Chinese coach, he is unwilling to coach the national team, just like Chinese players are unwilling to join the Chinese team."

"So, the poor performance of the Chinese national team is not because of the Chinese Football Association, but because of guys like Wan Sheng. They have made some storms in international football, but are unwilling to coach the national team, stay abroad, work hard for the development of football in other countries, and leave Chinese football behind."

"This is true for Chinese football, including coaches and players. How can the Chinese national team achieve good results?"

In this way, the domestic fans' fingers can be successfully transferred to Wan Sheng.

That's what Director Zhang thought.

He was complacent that he could come up with such a great plan.

So when he received the rejection news again, Director Zhang was not angry at all, but immediately held a press conference to explain the fact that the Chinese Football Association invited Wan Sheng to coach and was rejected again.

At the press conference, Director Zhang personally appeared, adding all the titles of "unpatriotic" and "respecting foreign countries" to Wan Sheng in one breath with anger.

Then, he said with anger, "The reason why Chinese football is difficult to develop is because there is a 'that such a guy'.

"We do not restrict the job choices of domestic players and coaches, but we hope that any Chinese player and coach will consider it for the Chinese national team."

"Entering the national team is an honor. If everyone abandons this honor, then no matter how good the domestic league is, Chinese football will never be able to develop!"

Director Zhang's remarks were vivid and vivid, which infected many media and fans. Then it is easy to imagine what domestic public opinion would become.

There are still those who support Wansheng.

More and more people oppose Wansheng.

There are many comments about Wan Sheng on the Internet, but it is certain that most people believe that Wan Sheng should not refuse the national team coach position. Perhaps there are some reasons that many domestic fans can't wait to hope Wan Sheng will coach the Chinese national team.

But they were all disappointed.

Wan Sheng once again clearly rejected the position of coach of the national team, and the domestic public opinion will be very unfavorable.

It is a big deal for Director Zhang to hold a press conference.

Wan Sheng quickly knew what he said, but when he knew the disadvantage of domestic public opinion on him, he did not expect that Director Zhang would target him like this.

This is a conspiracy, a conspiracy that is naked and naked.

Wansheng won't compromise on this.

He was never the kind of person who chose to surrender in adversity.

It was not the previous life, nor was it in this life!

Since he has decided not to coach the Chinese national team, he will not do that even if Director Zhang uses any means and how passive the domestic public opinion is.

At worst, you can be banned!?

Wansheng doesn't care at all, let alone he has his own confidence.

Didn’t you say, ‘Chinese football coaches should regard coaching the national team as an honor’? At worst, I will stop doing it!

No longer coaching in Europe, no longer being a football coach!

I went back to China to run a group company and went to the football school to be the principal!

You can't force a "retired" coach to become the head coach of the national team!

May 11 is the last round of the league, with Manchester City challenging Middlesbrough away.

For Manchester City, the league is useless, and there are not even many fans coming to support Manchester City. In the eyes of Manchester City fans, the league is meaningless.

Wansheng sent a group of substitutes to the field.

In the end, Manchester City lost 0-1 away to Middlesbrough, who was "definitely winning the last game".

Manchester City doesn't care, fans doesn't care, and British media doesn't care.

Wansheng doesn't care.

After playing the last round of the league, many teams were disbanded, but Manchester City's season is not over yet. They still have two important games to play, one is the FA Cup final against Portsmouth and the other is the UEFA Champions League final against Chelsea.

In the two finals, each of them is very important.

After returning to Manchester, Wansheng gave the players a day off. Taking advantage of this day, he accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from "Xinlang Sports" in the afternoon.

"Xinlang Sports" reporter interviewed Wan Sheng, which had two key purposes, one was for the two finals that Manchester City is about to usher in, and the other was for Wan Sheng's recent negative public opinion in China.

Needless to say, Wan Sheng expressed his confidence in the two finals.

"We must be the champion!"

This meaning can be heard from Wan Sheng's tone.

The second point is what Wan Sheng mainly wants to say. He seriously explained his reason for refusing the position of coach of the Chinese national team.

When Wan Sheng was interviewed, there were few times when he was so serious. The reporters who interviewed also wrote down every word and every word he said word.

"...I am a football coach, but I have always been in the UK. I don't know much about the Chinese team, I don't know the team, the system of the Chinese team, and I don't know a few players. I don't think I am suitable to take over the Chinese team at the moment."

"The Chinese team has not had any major competitions recently. The Chinese team is not qualified to participate in the 2010 World Cup. In other words, I will take over the Chinese team now and have to wait until next year to prepare for the Asian Cup qualifiers? That doesn't make sense. I even think the Asian Cup is meaningless."

"My pursuit is to win championships, various championships. The current Chinese team does not have a stage for me to display my abilities."

"I hope the fans can understand."

After talking about his thoughts, Wan Sheng sincerely expressed his views on the Chinese team. "The Chinese team is now in a trough and does not need any internationally renowned coach. Even if the head coach is well-known, it is meaningless to lead the team to play a warm-up match. What the Chinese team needs is a coach with good skills and lead the team to pass the trough stably."

"The development league is also very important. If the national team wants to make progress, it cannot be separated from the training of young players."

"I have always hoped that I can contribute to the motherland's football. My group company invested in football schools. I hope that I can cultivate more young geniuses for China. Youth training training is the foundation of football development..."

In the interview, Wan Sheng said a lot of sincere words, and what he said was also very practical.

After "Xinlang Sports" reported the interview, the domestic public opinion situation was greatly affected. Some fans previously thought that Wan Sheng was "unpatriotic", but after reading his sincere words, they also felt that Wan Sheng is not a good choice to take over the national team now.

Just like Wan Sheng said, "The Chinese team currently has no major competitions," and there is not even a major competition. What's the use of having such a big-name head coach?

The report of "Xinlang Sports" is of some help to Wansheng's domestic public opinion situation.

Then some media talked about the Chinese Football Association again, because since Director Zhang took office, China's league and national team have not made any substantial moves in some policies, and most of them are verbally.

On the day of the report, a "black whistle incident" in China triggered the media, and fans were dissatisfied with the domestic football environment, so the Chinese Football Association began to be unfavorable again.

Director Zhang doesn't like this disadvantage.

He immediately stood up and talked about Wan Sheng again, believing that he "that everything is for himself", "no sense of national honor", and "most of the players he trains are from abroad". These three points have made some fans very satisfied.

Especially the last point!

Most of the players trained by Wan Sheng are from abroad. He has that ability, so why not train more domestic players?

Some people are like this.

They will not consider the reality, and just say it in one sentence, regardless of whether it can be realized or not. As the head coach of a foreign club, how could Wansheng introduce many domestic players to the club to train? It is a fantasy that is simply impossible to achieve!

But these people don't consider it.

So a bunch of titles such as "respecting foreign countries and fawning on foreign countries" were added to Wan Sheng, and domestic public opinion also made a mess of comments about Wan Sheng.

After being interviewed by a reporter from Xinlang Sports, Wan Sheng ignored the domestic public opinion.
To be continued...
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