Yang Pan firmly took the position of the main right forward in Bologna, and performed in a medium and medium manner. Kaka seemed to have some ups and downs and was still adapting to his second-year Serie A. It seems that Yang Pan is indeed the most adaptable person among them. Li Yongle also followed everything in Inter Milan youth team. Xiang Tao and Wang Yu tried to prove themselves in the Anderlecht youth team in Belgium. After An Ke became famous in one game, he received a lot of attention, but due to the team's strength, his performance did not have much to write about. Zhang Jun even refused all interviews that could be refused during his cultivation and resumed training with peace of mind.

While the foreign corps are in a calm and peaceful situation, there are turbulent waves in China, with a strong storm coming and wind filling the building.

The notice of the Football Association's "Be honest during the National Day" was issued just a few days ago. At the Wulihe Stadium, the home court of Shenyang Feilong, the first strike in Chinese football history. The visiting Beijing CITIC team was dissatisfied with the referee's penalty, and the whole team was on the game. In the end, the referee Wang Xinwei had to blew the whistle to the end of the game and announced that Chenyang Feilong won 3:0.

Ironically speaking, Wulihe Stadium seems to be inseparable from the creation of history. At this time, three years ago, it witnessed the first time in Chinese football's history to enter the World Cup. At that time, everyone thought that Chinese football would have an extremely bright future from now on, and the situation was very good. Three years later, this year witnessed a historical record of dark and humiliation: the first strike, and the series of impacts caused by this strike. I wonder why it will be remembered and mentioned by people several years later?

A turning point in history?

Or a big stain that can never be erased?

This strike caused a huge storm across the country. After being disclosed by multiple media outlets, the views on this incident were divided into two distinct factions. One firmly supports Beijing CITIC and believes that it is time to settle the accounts after autumn. The other faction believes that Beijing CITIC's approach is a form of speculation and threatening to withdraw from the Chinese Super League is not advisable. When I was often "bullied", I didn't say anything. Why is there such a big stir this time? There must be something wrong. I hope the Football Association will teach them a lesson. The quarrel between the two factions is especially serious on the Internet. Any news about the strike will be followed by hundreds of pages of "comments" - that is, quarrels.

As for other people who think they have nothing to do with themselves and are stubborn, they belong to a minority and have no help in the development of Chinese football, so they are all ignored.

The Chinese Football Association believes that the strike is a big mistake, a serious violation of organizational discipline, and openly challenged the authority of the Football Association. In addition, they were supported by the General Administration of Sports of China, and they were very tough at the beginning of the incident, and even classified the strike as "extremely bad social impact" - where did they have the qualifications to set this kind of nature for an incident - referee Wang Xinwei is not wrong, and all the faults are borne by Beijing CITIC Club. At the same time, all positions of Yang Wenwu, general manager of CITIC Club, who ordered the strike, were removed from all positions, and they were not allowed to engage in any football work in their lifetime - the Football Association made a mistake again. Personnel removal is the internal affairs of a club. Why does it forcefully interfere with the internal affairs of a furniture club, and it is not qualified to decide whether a person can engage in a certain profession - deducting six points from Beijing CITIC Football Team this year's Super League.

This punishment is very severe and makes Beijing CITIC unacceptable. After the strike, Beijing CITIC also believed that this would be punished, but they also have a psychological bottom line, that is, they cannot deduct points no matter what.

As soon as the punishment came out, it completely angered the CITIC Club. They believed that the penalty notice determined that the referee Wang Xinwei was not at fault and deducted six points in the reverse order were absolutely unacceptable. The four words "withdrawal from the Chinese Super League" were mentioned by many people, but they were just shouting, and they were satisfied with their mouths. Now CITIC is going to take serious action.

"If we withdraw and sacrifice can bring a fairer and more reasonable competition environment for Chinese football, then CITIC will not hesitate at all." Yang Wenwu was interviewed by CCTV reporters. When he said this, he felt that he was quite like a martyr who was generous in his death.

But what is interesting is that the domestic Chinese Super League clubs did not stand on their side because of CITIC's "sacrifice for justice", but were divided into three factions. One faction supports CITIC's revolution, the other faction supports the Football Association to severely punish CITIC, and the other faction is on the stand-by and watch, and plans to rely on whichever the Football Association and CITIC get.

At this critical moment that is almost related to the future development of Chinese football, they still use their own small abacus to seek benefits for themselves. This makes Li Yan sigh: It looks like China when the national crisis is in the face of warlords and warlords have been fighting for years. It is true that people do not care for themselves, and they will be punished by heaven and earth!

The media's clamor, the fans' abuse, the entanglement of interests between clubs, the mutual accusations between the team and the Football Association, the players' at a loss... People are panic, this is the darkest time, and all those involved cannot see the starlight of hope, but only fear, venting, pessimism, despair, and the dark side of human nature is like a fish in water here.

From SARS last year to now, there has been a undercurrent tide in Chinese football that is unknown to most people. Although there is a historic breakthrough for the Olympic men's football team in the middle, it has not stopped the undercurrent from gushing out. As the full-time vice chairman of the Football Association and the top leader, Luo Wenqiang must have realized the existence and danger of the undercurrent, but he wanted to use the historical achievements of the Olympic men's football team to make up for and block it. Unfortunately, he didn't know that the strike was not an accidental event caused by an accidental place, an accidental place, an accidental punishment due to an accidental controversy. Even without Beijing CITIC, Shenyang Feilong, Wang Xinwei, Yang Wenwu and others, changing places, changing two teams, and changing referees would still happen.

It is caused by the accumulation of chaotic Chinese football from small to large in ten years, and quantitative change finally leads to qualitative change. Even if the Olympic men's football team wins the gold medal, it cannot stop its explosion. Does it still want to stop the progress of history with manpower? It's ridiculous and pitiful!

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Chen Wei was so busy that he was dizzy during this period. Under the pressing of Beijing CITIC, the lights in the Football Association's office often turned on until dawn. The full-time vice-chairmen were often summoned by the superiors to meet to discuss countermeasures. He also found that as the incident progressed and the pressure of public opinion, Luo Wenqiang's attitude was also changing.

At the beginning, Luo Wenqiang slapped the table at the meeting and scolded Yang Wenwu's mother, and said in a tough tone that he must be severely punished. He would be killed without mercy for such acts that openly challenged the authority of the Football Association and beheaded immediately!

Then the stern wording was issued, which was the heaviest ticket ever.

But to his surprise, CITIC did not "plead guilty and punish the law" as before, but instead had a stronger attitude. Their backstage boss, CITIC Group, had spoken out, if the Chinese Football Association wants to play, CITIC will accompany you to the end.

At the same time, there are more and more voices that are not conducive to the Football Association. I also heard that Dalian has had close contact with Beijing in private. Luo Wenqiang had to breathe a sigh of relief, saying that referee Wang Xinwei had misjudgment.

But this made the reporters who were afraid of the world's chaos catch the inconsistent pain of the Football Association: Since you said Wang Xinwei was right at the beginning, all the mistakes were in CITIC, why have you changed it now? What is wrong with Wang Xinwei?

In fact, the Football Association has done too much, but once again everyone seized the opportunity and forced the Football Association, which has always been "intelligent" to a dead end.

At this time, clubs in various places spread salt on the wounds of the Football Association. Sichuan Maocheng Club publicly stood up to "expose" to the media and the Football Association for the smooth progress of the Chinese Super League, forcing them to make fake accounts! And the behavior of making fake accounts is very, very common in clubs in various places, and it can be said to be a "public secret". They are clearly in losses, but the Football Association requires them to make profitable accounts!

What was even more sensational was that the rumors that Dalian Wande Club had close contact with Beijing were finally on the table. Leading by Dalian Wande, seven Chinese Super League clubs rose up and attacked the Football Association. They asked the Football Association to disclose all accounts, including the accounts of Fordbao Company under its name; separate from the General Administration of Sports of China; immediately stop the chaotic Chinese Super League until everything is resolved; the establishment of the Chinese Super League Committee, all the affairs of the league are decided by the committee, and the members of the committee are mainly selected by the clubs. It is almost impossible to say that Luo Wenqiang is out of here.

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Early this morning, the Football Association was about to hold a meeting again. Chen Wei came out of the Football Association's small office building and crossed a short road. The meeting venue was the Wanfu Hotel.

Today is different from usual. He found a middle-aged fan in his forties standing at the door of the hotel. He was wearing a national flag and holding a sign to show it to all the people and reporters passing by. It read: "Football reform, listen to the opinions of fans! Reduce ticket prices! Strictly prohibit counterfeiting and black whistle counterfeiting! Severely crack down on betting! Strengthen youth football training! Improve the quality and treatment of grassroots coaches!" In Beijing, the morning of mid-October was already a little cold, but the fan only wore a shirt and a very thin coat. Chen Wei was moved by this fan. He also went online to see the reactions of all parties these days. Compared to some fans who only yelled and scolded online, this fan is truly worthy of his respect. He walked up to take off his coat and put it on the other party. At this time, the reporters discovered Chen Wei's appearance and hurriedly reached out to him.

"Don't shoot, don't shoot, what's there to do? Let's have breakfast, it's a bit cold today, I see you have been waiting for a long time." Chen Wei said to the reporters while blocking the camera's lens with his hands.

"Is the Football Association responsible for the meal?" a reporter shouted jokingly.

"Share, keep in mind. I'll go in and talk to the restaurant to warm soy milk and fried dough sticks for everyone!" Chen Wei replied loudly. Among all the vice chairmen, he was the most polite to the media.

Some of the reporters called it nicely, but more people laughed. It may not be necessary to really need the soy milk and fried dough sticks from the Football Association. Compared with many Football Association officials who passed by, Chen Wei's attitude is really warm.

After dealing with the reporter, Chen Wei had time to say to the fan: "Brother, where did you come from?" He saw that the other party seemed to be older than him, so he called him "Brother".

"Hunan, Changsha, Hunan." The voice was a little hoarse.

"What's the name?"

"Niu Jianhua." Niu Jianhua held the sign in front of Chen Wei, "I know you, you are Vice Chairman Chen Wei, who is in charge of youth football? I am here to report the situation to the Football Association. I hope you should listen to the public's voice when discussing with the club."

"Yes, we will listen. In a short time, we will hold a symposium with fans from all over the world to attend. I hope to listen to the voices of the fans. Brother, give me your contact information and I will invite you to participate at that time."

Niu Jianhua didn't expect that the Football Association officials would have such easy contact with, so he quickly told Chen Wei about his mobile phone number.

Chen Wei wrote it down and then said to Niu Jianhua: "Brother, it's cold in Beijing, you go back. We've seen it."

"Cold?" Niu Jianhua replied, "Is the temperature of Chinese football now low this day? I dare not say anything else. I came here on behalf of Hunan fans just to show that I am advancing and retreating with Chinese football! I used to watch football in the middle of winter, but I was still shirtless. This little cold is nothing." He shook his head, and still stood stubbornly at the door, holding up the sign with the fans' voices, allowing reporters to take photos and passers-by to give guidance.

Chen Wei was speechless, he could only pat the shoulders of this cute fan. This is the foundation and backbone of Chinese football!

If there are such a good fan, if we don’t work hard, who can we be worthy of?

He walked into the hotel and found the hotel's head, hoping to provide some warm breakfast to the reporter and the fan outside, with the expenses paid by the Football Association. Before the matter became clear, this was the only thing he, the vice chairman, could do.

When I entered the conference room, the person had not yet arrived, especially the protagonist Luo Wenqiang, who came at the end.

The wind changed overnight, and the revolutionaries prevailed. Luo Wenqiang seemed to be much older. During the meeting, he never slapped the table hard and shouted loudly. This was just a detail, but we can also find that Luo Wenqiang's support was a bit hard. Chen Wei knew that Luo Wenqiang's day of stepping down was not far away. In this chaos, who would be willing to take over this mess? Everyone was afraid of it. Once it was involved, it would affect their political future. However, I, Chen Wei, worry about the country and the people, and sacrificed my ego and achieved the big one for everything for Chinese football. I will take on this mess!

Chen Wei has been running around in the venue many times because he has already begun to outline the blueprint for the development of Chinese football after he has taken the top position.

However, for Luo Wenqiang, although it is the golden autumn of October, the maple leaves on Xiangshan are red, which makes people warm like fire. But in his heart, the winter in Beijing, the winter in his political life, and the severe winter of Chinese football have already arrived.

Chen Wei would not agree with him. When the severe winter comes, will spring be far away?

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What is a tragedy? Lu Xun said, "It is a tragedy to destroy the most beautiful things to people." But if Li Yan defines the tragedy, he will tell you that tragedy is the current Chinese football. The media, fans, football associations, clubs, and players all performed with all their hearts and co-directed the major events of Chinese football this fall. They knew it was dark, chaotic, and unauthentic, but they still actively participated and tried their best to push things step by step to a darker, more chaotic, and less authentic. From a long time ago, they shouted "Save Chinese football", but they "destroy Chinese football" without slacking off.

Many of them knew that this was wrong, but they continued to make mistakes. For their own interests, they made mistakes again and again, maybe they were willing to do so, or they could not help themselves. Finally, it is irreversible now.

This is the tragedy, the real big tragedy!

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The chaos in the league also affected the Chinese national team, which was preparing for the battle with Kuwait on October 13. The players were panicked and worried about their fate and money. Even Ali Han, a foreigner, felt a headache. "Qiu, why are your Chinese football always affected by many non-football factors?" Ali Han asked his assistant Qiu Suhui.

Qiu Suhui didn't know how to answer this old Dutch man, telling him that it was because of his political achievements, or a group of people who were bitches and wanted to set up a archway, fighting each other? Don't joke, Ali Han would be scared silly. "Well, this is necessary for the initial stage of football development." He could only answer with these extremely empty words. But it can be seen that Ali Han is still confused. Of course he will be confused. Many people born and raised in China cannot understand it, let alone you, a Dutchman who came from afar?

"Okay, Ali. Let's not worry about those boring things. The game against Kuwait is very important. As long as we win, we can qualify in advance." Qiu Suhui had to bring the topic back to work.

"Well, but Kuwait is at home, we will have some minor difficulties." Ali Han said that the difficulties did not come from the opponent, but from the group of players who were almost uncontested in the team.

"Then I suggest calling Yang Pan back."

Ali Han glanced at Qiu Suhui and smiled and said, "We both thought of going together again! I am just worried about whether Bologna will release people."

"Don't worry, this is an international match day. According to regulations, they must release people. We can now confirm that Yang Pan is in the main lineup. His existence is a big trouble for the Kuwaits." Qiu Suhui took a sip of coffee and continued, "Yang Pan is in a stable state, I am only worried about the cooperation between him and his teammates." In his opinion, many of the national team members are far less cute than the members of the National Olympic Team. One is more tempered than the other. It seems that Ali Han is working hard here.

"Cooperation, this is indeed a problem. But we can't force anything. In Kuwait City, we only need 1:0 to be enough."

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In the interview after the game, Li Yan reported the good news to Yang Pan: "Congratulations, for being selected for the national team list! Let's talk about it, what does it feel like to be selected for the national team for the first time?"

Yang Pan just smiled and did not show surprise and excitement. In his opinion, it is only a matter of time before he performed so well in Serie A and the Olympics. Moreover, the domestic situation has been in chaos recently, and the national team's game cannot be lost. Qiu Zhi's role as an assistant to Ali Han in the national team has also increased his chance of being selected for the national team. The selection of the national team did not make him very excited. What he was happy about was that he took another step towards his dream.

After being selected for the national team, what is left is to "seize firmly in the national team", "help the national team enter the World Cup", and "finally win the World Cup". This is like playing an upgrade game. The harder it will be, the stronger the opponent will be. Each level is upgraded, and you have to put in several times the effort before, and you also have good luck. The road is long and long, but Yang Pan always regards this challenge as a kind of fun. He is immersed in it and enjoys it.

However, Yang Pan didn't want to disappoint his friends. He smiled and said, "I'm very happy. I have dreamed of playing for the country since I was a child and playing football in the national team jersey. Now that my dream has finally come true, I'm very excited." But Li Yan can guarantee that his expression has no connection with what he said. Out of understanding of Yang Pan, Li Yan did not ask any questions. It seems that he has to worry about editing this news. Some reporters were surprised by Yang Pan's calmness. "Aren't you worried about how to cooperate when you go back? The team is full of your big brother!"

Yang Pan said: "Don't worry, I believe I will cooperate well with the big brothers."

Yang Pan had planned this in his heart. As a junior, he should not be too ostentatious, otherwise he would be excluded, so he lowered his attitude. Although he is the most successful person in the team, he still has to sacrifice. At that time, he will focus on assisting and passing the ball and creating scoring opportunities for those "big brothers". As for whether the "big brothers" can catch it, he will ignore it. When the situation is critical, there will naturally be a coach to make arrangements, and he does not need to consider those.

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After finishing his away game with Palermo, Yang Pan flew directly to Kuwait City, the capital of Kuwait, where he met with the national team that arrived a day early. Also returning from overseas were Wang Hui, who returned from Manchester City in England, and Shao Jiaying from Munich in the German second division. Shao Jiaying will still serve as the main midfielder due to his outstanding performance in the Asian Cup, and Wang Hui's luck is not so good. I have never known why he has never been trusted by Ali Han, and even if he comes back from England, he can only be a substitute.

This game is particularly important in the context of domestic chaos. They cannot afford to lose whether in terms of the results themselves or external influences. Ali Han also sets a strategy of not losing. The draw is the lowest bottom line and winning is the best.

But I don’t know if it was because of this pressure and concern about personal money, the "big brothers" of the Chinese team all seemed a little weak. After the team’s first twenty minutes, almost only Shao Jiaying and Yang Pan performed normally.

"This kind of weather is not hot enough to make us lose energy as soon as we get up, right?" Ali Han looked up at the night sky. The competition was specially arranged to be held at night, considering that the temperature during the day was too high, making the temperature more suitable for the competition.

Qiu Suhui shook his head: "It's far from that. It's their own psychological problem..." A common problem among Chinese players is that they play in the league in their own country, but when they go outside to play international games, especially important games, they are more and more grandsons.

"Qiu, actually, I have been in charge of the Chinese team for so long and have contacted many Chinese players, but I still don't understand a lot of things. For example, this... I clearly let them attack, but why did they become defensive as soon as they arrived on the court?" Ali Han pointed to Qiu Suhui beside him and said.

"This is because they always want to win and be afraid of losing, so they seem timid on the court." Speaking of psychological adjustment, Qiu Suhui admired Milu very much. This old naughty boy who seems to be a lie in the world just trained a large group of old men to become a man in the top ten games in 2001. And now Ali Han is much worse.

Yang Pan performed very well on the court, and his defensive assists did not have a trace of tension as if he had just entered the national team. Although his breakthrough on the right was focused on the opponent, he was still very active. Unfortunately, his efforts did not bring a goal to the team in the first thirty minutes.

On the contrary, in the 31st minute, Kuwait seized the man-marking mistake on the Chinese team's defense line and scored a goal first, leading the Chinese team 1:0!

What people had been worried about before the game turned into a reality amid the huge cheers of the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Kuwait City. What a big deal in the Chinese team is not good!

"This ball is a mistake by a young defender Sun Jixiang who defends the left side, and then his pursuit... Oh, it's too slow to catch up. Since the beginning of the game, the Chinese team's left-side defense pressure has been very high. After all, Sun Jixiang is still young." Liu Hongmin, who commented on the game, said this with regret, with an extremely disappointed tone. Is it a tradition of Chinese football that I am afraid of?

Yang Pan looked at the opponent's goal on the other side. He thought that if Xiang Tao had been defending the ball, he would have been rashly tackledly like Sun Jixiang at the beginning, but he believed that Xiang Tao could hold it. Why? Because Xiang Tao's tackle would never be rushed over. He would definitely drive the opponent out of the bottom line with the ball. Even if he was fouled, he would have to block the opponent's breakthrough. This is Xiang Tao's style. Although he is sometimes rash, it is very useful. At least it is better than being knocked by the opponent and scored a goal through a cross.

Unfortunately, if Xiang Tao joins the team, his personality will be squeezed out the next day, and no one will support him even if he goes on stage.

Yang Pan sighed softly. The Chinese national team was far worse than he thought.

During the halftime break, Ali Han criticized the whole team very harshly, believing that the players were not focused on the game at all. Qiu Suhui was his translator, but he knew that if the translation of Han's original words would have no effect on these men, he made his own decisions and said: "What are you worried about here now? Are you in China? I tell you that if you don't play well in this game, the country will be even more chaotic. Your future lies in this game! Don't think about too many boring things, and deal with Kuwait wholeheartedly! Offense, don't defend! Defensive is useless! Win them, and then we go to the quarterfinals!"

Qiu Suhui had to admit that this move was useful to the national Olympic team, but it did not mean that it was useful to the national team. The dress man just raised his head slightly after hearing this, without much emotional fluctuation. Qiu Suhui felt that he had been a clown in front of these numb men. He admired Milu more and more. How did he train these people to that look?

If you want to win Kuwait, you can only find another way. Qiu Suhui turned around and said to Ali Han: "I think Yang had too few active shots in the first half. What do you think?" He is an assistant coach and cannot give orders to the head coach in many things, so he had to remind Ali Han in a more tactful way.
To be continued...