The Chinese team ended the third stage of the Asian qualifiers at the Guangzhou University Town Stadium. Tang Hong and his teammates took their luggage to Baiyun Airport after resting after the game.

This time I went back to Europe, many people were traveling with me, Qin Rui, Luo Hongkai, Zhao Hanchun, and Wu Lei.

When he called the car and was about to leave, Tang Hong answered a phone call and asked the four of them to leave by car first, and he arrived later.

After a while, Van der Hill came to the parking lot and personally took Tang Hong to the airport.

The national team's accompanying staff drove, and Tang Hong and Van der Hill were sitting in the back seats.

Advance to the top ten did not seem to bring much joy to Van der Hill, which made Tang Hong puzzled and asked, "Are you in trouble?"

Van der Hill doesn't know all about how much energy Tang Hong has, but if he has trouble in China, it is absolutely the best choice to ask Tang Hong to help him solve it.

Van der Hill shook his head slightly and sighed: "Actually, I have always planned to leave China, but there is no good opportunity in other places. From Tianhai Rising Star to the Chinese National Youth Team, to the current national team coach, my previous expectations are getting farther and farther away from reality.

Moreover, I have been in China for so many years and have been with many Chinese players for a long time. Now I have a special relationship with this place.”

Tang Hong laughed and said, "You don't want to tell me that you are a good friend in China, right?"

Van der Hill smiled and then said seriously: "The situation of football in China is not optimistic. Although I don't expect to change anything, after truly studying the ecology and current situation of Chinese football, I am essentially full of worry about the future of the national team."

Outside the car window is the bustling and colorful Guangzhou street scene under the night. Van der Hill continued: "Last year, Guangzhou Hengtai team made a big investment in the history of Chinese football. This year, Tianhai Rising Star budget ranks first among the Chinese League One teams, even more than the team budget at the end of the Chinese Super League.

This series of ecological changes can easily remind people of Chinese football becoming a league in the Middle East. Clubs are willing to spend money and enhance the viewing of the game, but they will not really bring long-term help to the national team and a country's local football.

More high-quality foreign players squeeze the living space of local players. Foreign players are the protagonists in the league, and local players are just green leaves.

As the head coach of the national team, I should go to the scene more often during the offseason to see the performance of the international players, but after all, only foreign players are stealing the spotlight, and the significance of examining the performance of players is greatly reduced, because if you go to the national team, they need to be the protagonist rather than a decoration.

Half a month ago, when I returned to Tianhai, I had a conversation with Qian Yu, the newly appointed president of Tianhai Xinxing. He said that Tianhai Xinxing would not invest money in the market to buy foreign players and would form a team with pure local players. This surprised me, but his decision was indeed what I hope to see. Afterwards, I also thought that if I did not become the head coach of the Chinese team last year but went to Tianhai Xinxing to take charge of the team, I might wish there would be more foreign players in the team."

Tang Hong looked at the street scene outside the window and smiled. Although he couldn't meet frequently, he and Lin Xingyu and Qian Yu had a chat group. Qian Yu mentioned the team-building concept of Tianhai Xinxing. It was not as dedicated to cultivating more excellent local players for China as Van der Hill speculated, or it was a feature of all-Chinese teams to attract attention. It was just a heartfelt word from Qian Yu.

"I won't spend money and have to serve a group of foreigners!"

Foreign players have privileges in the club. This is not a secret in Chinese football. It can even be said that it is the norm in the world football world. Strong teams have special status and treatment in the club.

"Then are you counting on me to change the rules of the Chinese Football League?"

Tang Hong's words made Van der Hill laugh, and he shook his head and said, "I just had a huge trouble."

“What’s wrong?”

"How should we play in the top ten games, plus if I want to be the head coach of the Chinese national team for 5 or 10 years, then where is the long-term competitiveness of this team?

The media and fans outside are all saying that China has Tang Hong, and China's strength has improved by one level!

They only use your performance in Braga to predict your performance in the national team, but the reality is that whether it is you, Qin Rui, Wu Lei, Luo Hongkai, your performance in the national team cannot even reach 60% of your performance in the club!

The reason is that everyone is avoiding. The Chinese team is not Braga, not Cotbus, nor Givecent, or Celta.

You have not trained together for a long time, and the team’s so-called technical and tactical system is impossible to talk about. The players who, as I said, take the lead in the national team, should take on the responsibility and face pressure bravely, are always unable to meet expectations.

How do we compete with Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia?

Tang Hong, I am very confused. Last year, Barcelona won the second European championship in three years, and Spain won two consecutive championships. The whole world is discussing the promotion and development space of passing and controlling football. Some teams have begun to follow suit. Tracing the roots is the foundation of solid technology, but the Chinese team obviously cannot go through this path.

How should we go in the future? If we rely solely on every game, you or Qin Rui and Wu Lei improvised the goal opportunity, we will win some games, but at critical moments, do you think our forward line is more reliable or our defense line is more likely to collapse?”

When Tang Hong heard the romance, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

World football is quietly changing, but no one can tell whether it is moving towards more progressive prosperity or a dilemma on the way.

Besides, the world is just a distant dream, and it is true that every family has a difficult sutra to recite.

The success of football has never been replicated. Not to mention the past 10 years, 20 years, or 50 years, I have never heard of anyone leading the trend and then continuing the past and opening up the future to replicate the success.

Followers often fall into the cessation pit after hitting walls everywhere and falling into the cessation pit not only make them messy, but the worst thing is that they have been infatuated for thousands of years.

Is Barcelona's current strength invincible football or is it that Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and others are competing with the great glory brought by gods?

When Van der Hill did not participate in Chinese football, he didn't even have the interest in watching the Chinese league, which was a waste of time.

But when he became the head coach of the national team, he worked hard and did not dare to neglect the slightest, and he was determined to improve the national team's record.

If one does not have a long-term plan, there will be immediate worries. Entering the top ten national team is not a celebration of champagne. Instead, we should be actively prepared because a bigger and more cruel war is coming!

If you have no skills and no skills, how can you gain a foothold in the cracks of the top ten teams to break through the powerful teams in the top ten? Van der Hill is enough to be upset. If you think of the long-term coaching, you should stabilize personnel, skills, tactics, style and other frameworks as soon as possible, but the so-called tactical concept and the coach are still confused and have no direction. Time passes by seconds. He has spent half a year leading the team out of the siege. After all, his contribution to the Chinese team is nothing more than to first correct the half-team framework for the next ten years. His keen eyes and bold use of people are the most fair and objective positive evaluation of the Chinese media.

In addition, I can only see first. Perhaps it is not impossible for the Chinese team to escape like the countless exes when they were beaten back to their original state in the top ten.

In his confusion, Van der Hill was looking for a way to solve his doubts or just venting unpleasantly. Tang Hong didn't mind as a listener, but the years of friendship between the master and the apprentice would definitely make Tang Hong rack his brains to solve his problems. Moreover, it was related to the Chinese national team. As the captain of the national team who shared honor and disgrace, he should have this sense of responsibility.

The two were silent in the car for about 5 minutes, and Tang Hong suddenly said to him: "If you have to find some clues or answers from European teams, my suggestion is that you can pay attention to and study the match between Dortmund and Atletico Madrid. I have no other suggestions."

Van der Hill thought something and nodded.

Tang Hong's idea is simple, and it is not advisable to imitate the strongest team, because the technical foundation is a natural barrier to keep them out.

But if we look at the development of European football in nearly 20 years after the new millennium, he remembers that there are a few games in the representative battle that can be called the pinnacle.

In addition to the Champions League final between AC Milan and Juventus, which was rated as the top representative of the technical and tactical skills at the time, the Champions League final between Dortmund and Bayern Munich ten years later is a classic work that is closer to the current timeline!

Compared with the value, Bayern Munich's starting lineup should be at least twice that of Dortmund's starting lineup, but the two teams are indisputable.

In terms of style and technology, a game is not enough to have reference value, but the youth storm that Dortmund began to storm in the past two years is not just about the ability to create young talents, but must have a deep influence on the technical and tactical level.

Even though Atletico Madrid has a strong style, it is definitely not just a rude and rough push to the opponent.

No matter how copy the skills and tactics of any famous team in the world, the Chinese team will never be successful.

Tang Hong gave Van der Hill only a suggestion, not the final correct answer. What will the Chinese team take in the future depends on Van der Hill's own understanding of the current situation of the national team and making positive changes according to local conditions.

After arriving at the airport, Van der Hill encouraged several of the only remaining overseas corps of the Chinese team.

Before leaving, Van der Hill said to Tang Hong: "Liu Tao and Zhang Binyi have successfully entered the Japanese football world. Although I always think that they should go to Europe if they have the opportunity, the words of Liu Tao and Zhang Binyi made me look forward to them again.

They said they should be the first in Japan first and then see where they can go.

If you have the opportunity, you should support and encourage them.

Maybe you don’t know where you are in their hearts.”

Tang Hong nodded with a smile.
Chapter completed!