Chapter 681 Competition Is the Most Important Thing

Chapter 681 The competition is the most important

To say that the half-way championship has any special significance, it is nothing. The media are talking about it, and the Manchester City fans are also very happy.

But inside City, neither the coaches nor the players took it too seriously.

The half-time champion doesn't have a trophy. It's nothing. The final league title is the most important thing.

If Manchester City does not perform well in the second half of the season, it is also possible that they will be overtaken by their opponents.

Therefore, the team did not relax training.

Since there is a Christmas game in the Premier League on Christmas Day, players cannot spend Christmas night with their families, so Gao Bo simply organized a Christmas dinner before Christmas.

In the Tianwaitian Chinese restaurant, the players brought their wives, children, and girlfriends to the show!

In the first half of the season, the team performed very well, ranking first in the league and qualifying first in the Champions League group. The opponent Galatasaray was drawn was not too strong. Both the club executives and the players were very excited. The most enjoyable Christmas potluck the team has had in years.

At the Christmas dinner, Gao Bo attended with Haruko.

Vardy and others were whistling, and they were very familiar with Haruko. When they were in Luton, Haruko was their team doctor.

Now that the head coach and team doctor are involved, Vardy and Adam winked, making the thin-skinned Haruko blush.

At the party, the players were boisterous, and the changed atmosphere continued into the night.

Anyway, the next day was a holiday, and Gao Bo didn't care how late the players played.

After the Christmas dinner, the ball was officially disbanded, and after enjoying the last day of vacation, the players were about to devote themselves to the next game.

.....

The next day, Gao Bo took Haruko around Manchester.

Manchester is not a big city, and the two of them spent a day visiting almost all the interesting sights in Manchester.

In the afternoon, Gao Bo took Haruko back to his residence. Before arriving at the house, Gao Bo's cell phone rang.

It is a landline from Beijing.

Gao Bo has always been reluctant to pay attention to unfamiliar phone calls, so he just dropped the phone.

But a minute later, the phone rang again.

Gao Bo frowned, this is his personal phone number, could it be revealed?

He is also a celebrity in size now, and the disclosure of private phone numbers is a very troublesome thing for him.

"Let's take it." Haruko advised.

Gao Bo answered the phone.

"Hello, is it Gao Bogao's guide?" On the other end of the phone was the voice of a man in his thirties.

"Hello, I am, may I ask who you are?"

"I take the liberty to call, and I look forward to Haihan." There was very polite, "I'm Guo Chao, assistant to the chairman of the Football Association, Wei Di."

Guo Chao?

Football Association President?

Gao Bo was a little surprised.

To be honest, this is the first time the Chinese Football Association has contacted him through private channels.

For Wei Di, the chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Gao Bo is quite influential.

Although the chairman of the Chinese Football Association is the chairman of the Football Association with the lowest presence in recent years.

But in fact, for Chinese football, the lower the presence of the Football Association chairman, the better the effect may be...

In people's minds, Vidi's label is just four words: mediocre!

However, those mediocre presidents of the Football Association did not do anything good either.

"High guidance?"

Seeing Gao Bo on the other end of the phone, he didn't speak, and thought that Gao Bo just hung up the phone.

With the reputation of the Football Association among fans, and the fact that there is no connection between the Chinese Football Association and Gao Bo, this possibility cannot be said to be absent....

"Um... what's the matter with you?"

Gao Bo came back to his senses from his contemplation.

"That's right, Gao Gui. The Football Association has a "Star of Hope" program, the purpose of which is to send a group of young players to study abroad.

Most of them are 15- or 16-year-old children. Currently, they plan to send a batch to Spain, Portugal, and England. The Football Association hopes to hire Gao Gui as the general consultant of the "Star of Hope" program..."

Gao Bo knew about the "Star of Hope" plan, but it didn't seem to work well.

One of the main problems is that the small players don't play systematically.

Although people were sent out, they were not trained by some really good youth training institutions. According to Gao Bo's understanding, these players usually only train in some teams and have no chance to play. Together, and then play some local lower leagues.

Gao Bo was not optimistic about this plan, so he rejected it outright.

He bluntly said that he is the head coach of Manchester City and is not suitable for two jobs, and he does not have the energy to do both.

The other end of the phone sighed.

Guo Chao certainly knew that it was only his own Mr. Chairman's whimsy to have such a super coach hold the position of general counsel.

This is one of the hottest young coaches in Europe right now.

It can be said that Chinese football is very lucky to have such a coach. Unfortunately, Gao Bo is only a coach.

If he is a player, it may have a bigger boost to Chinese football.

Gao Bo also sighed.

I am also a footballer. Chinese football is not good enough, and my face is also dull.

If he can do something for Chinese football within his power, Gao Bo will certainly not refuse.

"Can you tell me more about this plan?"

Gao Bo asked.

Guo Chao's eyes lit up on the other end of the phone, and he thought there was a drama, so he told the content of the plan like pouring beans in a bamboo tube.

After Gao Bo listened, he was silent for a while, and then said.

"Do you want to hear what I have to say about this plan?"

Guo Chao is naturally desperate.

"Rubbish!!!"

"what?!"

"I said, this is a rubbish plan! The person who appointed this plan is definitely a guy who doesn't understand football or youth training!!"

Gao Bo said unceremoniously.

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

Gao Bo pouted. He wasn't afraid to offend anyone from the Football Association. If he couldn't accept the criticism from the other side, then he wouldn't bother.

"Why do you rate it so?"

Guo Chao on the other end of the phone was indeed a little aggrieved. Among the planners, he was deeply involved.

He thinks this is a perfect plan. The players will receive training with the young players in Europe. Isn't this equivalent to borrowing the advanced youth training level in Europe to train young players for Chinese football?

"Only training, without competition, is absolutely impossible to become a talent!!"

Gao Bo shook his head and said.

"You are training in Europe, how do you solve the game? The game I'm talking about is a systematic game. In England, a young player has games all year round, U-series leagues, youth cups, there are almost two games a week, each Players must participate in at least 50 high-level games in a year!!"

"We will also organize training games..."

"Not enough, this is far from enough!!"

Gao Bo shook his head and said.

"Ten days of intensive training, a surprise competition, and then only boring training all year round, it's useless at all!!"

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and then Gao Bo heard the sound of the phone being moved.

"Hello, Director Gao, I'm Wei Di." The voice of a middle-aged man.

"Hello!"

Gao Bo responded humbly.

"Can I ask, in your opinion, how this plan should be revised?"

"The first thing to implement is the competition. The most important thing is to participate in the local U-series league. If not, training alone will not improve anything."

Gao Bo said.

"Understood! Thank you, Gao Gui!!"

The two hung up the phone after speaking.

Gao Bo thought about it for a while, maybe his remarks can benefit this group of small players.

As a Chinese, as a footballer, Gao Bo does not exclude him from being able to do something for Chinese football.

Gao Bo sighed.

I hope Chinese football can be better in the future.