On the morning of June 10th, Gao Hongbo, Liu Chunming, and Wang Ai arrived at the Chinese People's Liberation Army National Defense University at No.3 A Hongshankou, Haidian District, Beijing!

Since yesterday’s game in the Bird’s Nest was not important, the national team coaching staff began to divide the work after returning home on June 7. Li Bing and Fan Zhiyi went to South Africa to inspect hotels, stadiums, and training grounds to communicate with the organizers. Gao Hongbo, who is fully in charge of the national team's tactics and technology, and temporary team leader Liu Chunming, and captain Wang Ai, will face Yan Shiduo together to make a formal work report.

Previously, the national team coaching staff had secretly determined the Confederations Cup and World Cup goals when they were in Milan, but they only called Yan Shiduo and had not yet formally followed the procedures. At that time, it was just an idea, but this time, it was real.

Nan Yong, Zhang Jilong, and Cui Dalin attended the meeting, and Secretary Liu attended the meeting as observers.

This is a big deal!

With the three major goals in the football basket and volleyball, any one of them proposed to win the world championship is a sensational event in the country. Don't say that these sports are the leaders, but at present, except for the ambitious national team, even Yan Shiduo has a guilty conscience and dare not easily disturb the superiors.

What if a dumb cannon is fired? It’s embarrassing if the leader is angry if you don’t say it, isn’t it?

For this report, or to win the full support of the General Administration of Sports and the Football Association, there is a "Report on the Feasibility of the Chinese Men's Football Team Winning the World Cup Championship" approved by Wang Ai, Gao Hongbo, and Liu Chunming, with more than 20,000 words!

This report was immediately taken away by Yan Shiduo and listed as a "top secret" document at the end of the meeting. In addition to the three of the national team, four people on the scene, and Director Liu knew the details.

Starting from the general development law of sports, Wang Ai objectively analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese football, combined with himself and the history, performance, quality, and abilities of this national team, and focused on analyzing the Confederations Cup and next year’s World Cup’s main opponents. The situation, boldly proposed that the national team should surpass the inherent impression of the weakness of the Chinese men's football, at least under the existing conditions, boldly hypothesize and carefully verify the highest goal.

The blood was surging with the words, and people's mood was shaken when I heard them.

Ignoring the "nonsense" in many academic papers that the leaders also know, Wang Ai still read for nearly an hour, and like his own very familiar graduation defense, he kept answering several leaders’ questions. In the end, the report was struck down.

Yan Shiduo, who had discussed a few words with each other in a low voice, smiled at the opponents Gao, Liu, and Wang: "Out of respect for your excellent work, so although I think you may want to talk big, we still take it seriously. . Unexpectedly, you guys are really well-founded."

"I first express my opinion on behalf of the party committee of the Football Association." Yan Shiduo put a smile away and stood up: "The local masters are not afraid of long-term work and ability. As long as you dare to think, do, and fight for it, the Football Association will definitely not pull over. Go. Come on, what support do you want?"

Seeing the three of them hesitate for a while, Director Liu’s secretary smiled: “Although I haven’t asked the leader’s advice yet, I just heard that your report is very formal and tidy, with the smell of academic papers rarely seen in sports. Did Xiao Wang write it?"

Gao Hongbo smiled: "Except for him, neither I nor Lao Liu can write."

"Since your research is more thorough, it means that in your opinion, there is still hope. That being the case, I also want to listen to your requirements for the leader."

Across a long table, Gao Hongbo puts his hands on his lap: "I first express my gratitude to the leadership for their support. Now the conditions are much better than before. The support provided by the country, at least at the level of our national team, is much stronger than before. It’s not even much worse than some countries. If you raise this requirement again, I believe the country can solve it, but we believe that this goal is not as helpful as before. For example, during our preparations for the Beijing Olympics, we were in Tubingen. In one year of training, the country spent tens of millions for us. This is something I couldn't imagine when I played football. It is precisely because of this intensive investment and leap-forward growth that boosted our good results."

Yan Shiduo looked still, but everyone knew that he made this decision.

"But the distance between the Olympic champion and the World Cup champion is roughly equal to that of the Chinese Super League champion and the Italian champion, at least in terms of the level of competition." Gao Hongbo blinked his small eyes: "So, just now the leader asked us what we wanted, and we are really doing it this time. I asked for help, but the focus of asking for help is not funding or venues, but asking the Football Association to help us coordinate some things. We have some new ideas."

"Oh? New idea? Who thought it?" Yan Shiduo asked with interest, and then fixed his eyes on Wang Ai, who was drinking wildly on the side: "You?"

Wang Ai shook his head quickly: "We are collective leadership and collective decision-making. This idea was first proposed by the deputy captain Chen Tao. Later, I helped enrich it, and the coaching staff finally improved it."

After finishing talking, Wang Ai waited for Lao Gao, and Lao Gao waited for him.

Liu Chunming laughed: "Say it, Xiao Wang, young people have to work more."

Everyone laughed, and Wang Ai had no choice but to speak: "At first we met internally to discuss how to achieve this goal, and then Chen Tao proposed to participate in military training after the Confederations Cup. His reason was to learn from the People's Liberation Army how to defeat the strong with the weak and recognize China. On the basis of the inherent weaknesses of football, it is best to learn from the People's Liberation Army."

Several leaders glanced at each other with surprise in their eyes. According to their concept, the biggest problem for athletes is that they are afraid of hardship and suffering, even if they are given more money, this is true of human nature.

Offered to go to military training, this national team is really different.

"There hasn't been much to return to China in the past two days, so we rushed to the Confederations Cup again, so we took the time to study it. I think Chen Tao's idea is still relatively rough, but the general direction is right." Wang Ai drank again and ran With a dumb throat, looking at the opposite leaders: "We Chinese men's football has studied women's volleyball and table tennis, but what should we do? This shows that Chinese football has its own era and historical characteristics. We can refer to each other with other projects, but cannot copy it. The same reason is that we and foreign countries are on the same level, and we can refer to it, but cannot copy it."

Some of the leaders frowned and some nodded slightly.

Speaking of this, Wang Ai smiled: “It’s like China’s reform and opening up. It’s a lot of reference, but who is it like today? It’s not the same as anyone else. Our big country, this ancient country, the latitude and longitude of the times and history. It is destined to have Chinese characteristics. It is not that we seek to be unique, but that we are unique."