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Chapter 99

Although Zhu Guanghu's conservative style has been increasingly criticized by the media, he is still a heavy responsibility of serving as the head coach of the national team serving as the business card of his country's football level. He has undertaken the mission of reaching the Asian Cup final this year and strives to regain the confidence of fans in the national team. He is still a very substantial figure within the Football Association;

Both are excellent coaches trained in the local area, Zhu Guanghu is fourteen years older than Lu Juren. His coaching experience, personal resume, and background are richer than Lu Juren who has no experience in coaching at any professional team;

Lu Juren was able to impress the Football Association's choice of him as the executive coach of the 2008 Star program lies in his twelve years of experience in international players and his travels to various national leagues in Eurasia after retirement. He has a deep understanding of world football and grasps Chinese football. His unique perspective is a different approach, which is refreshing;

Both coaches who came out of China also have a lot of similarity in their coaching styles. For this big brother, Lu Juren did not agree with his style of flattering, unrealistic, and nepotism.

As his predecessor, no matter how arrogant Lu Juren is, he still has to put down his airs for the time being and fulfill the basic etiquette that a junior should have: "How can I bear the famous Zhu Zhijing? I should respect you!"

After some politeness, he drank the wine in his glass in one go. Zhu Guanghu began to praise Lu Juren's leadership achievements and boasted him in a scattered manner;

Although Lu Juren had drunk a few more drinks, his mind was still clear. He was perfunctory to Zhu Guanghu and was always alert to his sugar-coated shells.

Football industry insiders are aware of this unspoken rule, either explicit or implicit: a country's national team and the national Olympic team are generally served by different coaches. Due to the sharing of resources, the national team coach and the national Olympic team coach will always have certain transaction connections;

If the latter is trying hard to please the former, it means that the candidates for overage players of the National Olympic Team have already reached the level and should be implemented in the national team as soon as possible;

On the contrary, the former shows kindness to the latter in an abnormal manner, and the hidden behind the sweet words is definitely a poaching action. The battle between the young player Rooney was a vivid example of the battle of words.

Although the power of personnel floating lies in the hands of the Football Association, as the direct person in charge of a team, the head coach has absolute voice on this issue. He can decide which players to abandon and which players to stay;

Because the official appointment letter of the Football Association has not been issued, Lu Juren is nominally the head coach of the U21 National Youth Team, but anyone with discerning eyes understands that this national youth team is not an ordinary youth team. Coupled with the impressive record of this Asian Youth Championship, Lu Juren is only one step away from being promoted to the head coach of the National Olympic Team;

This team exposed to the stars has received widespread attention from the public, which is reasonable to lure some people to salivate.

Lu Juren is very clear about this unwritten rule in the industry. He also knows the wishful thinking that Zhu Guanghu has made. He is more aware of the value of the players under his command;

In recent years, there have not been many new faces in the national team, including Li Jinyu, Zhao Junze, Li Weifeng, Du Wei, Sun Jihai, Zheng Zhi... In and out in a few years, the old faces are still left;

The national team's performance has been stagnant. In addition to the deviation of coaching ideas, the monotonous personnel composition is also one of the main reasons. From another perspective, it also reflects the helpless situation of the training of league players and the low quality of talents.

The 08 Star Plan led by Lu Juren started preparing five years ago. In a few years, it dug three feet to search Chinese young talents. According to the characteristics of the players and the team's tactical requirements, it will be implemented in every position on the court, and the most suitable player will be selected. Once the players are selected, they will enjoy various protection policies. Even the players' parent team must absolutely obey the recruitment arrangements;

The National Youth Team under the 08 Star Plan includes the best young players in the 86 and 87 years of age in China. Due to the lack of restrictions, there is a lot of room for free to play. Each player appears to be angular and has their own characteristics, and has an original and vigorous appearance, not polluted by the old-fashioned and conservative habits of the national team;

After this Asian Youth Championship, the style of this team has been fully demonstrated to the Chinese people, and some of the players have the strength to enter the national team;

As the so-called "trees attract wind", after the National Youth Team emerged, some of the players became the hot buns in the eyes of major clubs. It is naturally not surprising that the national team is coveting the targets. The sensitive Lu Juren had anticipated the subsequent development of the situation in advance, and now he really smelled the tricks.

Sure enough, Zhu Guanghu tear off his disguised old face after a few clichés and sighed hypocritically: "Ju Ren, you really have to understand my difficulties with my brother! You have also seen that the national team has not achieved ideal results in recent years, and not finding a suitable player is an important reason. I think everyone is doing football for the country, so they will never really want to see their national team fall. If the national team continues like this, they will collapse. Do you understand?"

Lu Juren understood what dog skin plaster he bought in the gourd, and said sarcastically: "Why, I won't dig your big name, you should remember the few young men on my hands first, want to poach? You already have the 'turtles' that were unconditionally requisitioned by Sun Jihai, Dong Yuanzhuo, Shao Jiayi and Zheng Zhi, and are still greedy for these unscrupulous little kids?"

Listening to these sarcastic sarcasm words, Zhu Guanghu felt very uncomfortable and said with a stern face: "Do you think I asked you for someone for myself? Don't forget that you were the captain of this team and have been fighting for its honor for more than ten years. If the national team is always on people's jokes, I think your face will not look good!"

He was the head coach of the national team, but he was humbly begging for a youth team coach, and the other party was ungrateful. Thinking of this, he felt even more angry.

"Yes, I used to be a member of the national team and put all my youth in it. But that has become a thing of the past. Now I am just a youth team coach. It is not my turn to interfere in the national team. For the sake of this youth team, I have to take responsibility for its personnel integrity and coherence in playing style. I cannot let it be broken!"

"Besides, my players are going to prepare for the World Youth Championship in June and July, and I don't want them to be distracted; compared with the national team's achievements in the Asian Cup and ease their own survival crisis, the national youth team will win glory for the country in the World Youth Championship. The purpose of training for the Olympics is much purer and more practical!"

After a moment of pause, looking at his blue face, Lu Juren continued, "If you really consider the national team, you should use this high attitude of "breaking the small with the big one" to make people stronger. Player composition is not the only element for a team to win. In the last Asian Cup final, the domestic lineup sent by the Japanese team differently knocked off the Chinese team, which is known as the "strongest in history"?"

"Spend more time on the research of team tactics, playing styles and players' styles, less call for inexplicable 'mad dog's 'mad dog', and don't rely too much on those 'turtles'; as the coach of this team, you must be fully responsible for it. Winning is a reflection of your professional quality, not a manifestation of your leadership's will!"

He was in the high position of the national football coach. When did he get ridiculed by the juniors? This teacher's student-like words came out of the aloof Lu Juren's mouth. Zhu Guanghu couldn't tolerate it at all. After hearing his reprimand, he was furious: "Who do you think you are? Lu Juren! Isn't it just picking up the third place for free? What a shame? I tell you that the national team is willing to hire national youth players in an extraordinary way. You should be proud of this. Don't be fucked ignorant! You have good life. You have picked up the big advantage of the 2008 National Olympic Games. Without the strong support of the 2008 Star Plan, can you have Lu Juren today?"

"You are just a young boy who just debuted. In my eyes, I'm just a little brat wearing open-fit pants. Your wings are not as hard as I can teach me a lesson. Why do you have to negotiate with me?! Even if you criticize me, you are qualified to scold me?! Don't pee and look at yourself. I won a few youth team games. I really regard myself as the savior of Chinese football. Fuck! All the elites in the country are for you to choose and obey your arrangements unconditionally. If I had swallowed the champion a long time ago, I would have to wait for the third place!?"

While speaking, Zhu Guanghu had already stood up, his roaring voice had exceeded the normal decibels. The nearby tables were suddenly silent, and everyone looked at the confrontation of the two people in surprise.

Zhu Guanghu's assistant Su Mao couldn't help but pull the hem of his shirt, whispering to comfort him, signaling him to calm down;

Wang Peng also stood up from his seat and walked quickly towards Lu Juren, afraid of an accident, so he messed up a good wedding banquet.

In front of everyone, Zhu Guanghu did not dare to be too presumptuous. He pushed Su Maochen's hand away in despair, pointed at the tip of Lu Juren's nose and said coldly: "Okay, remember what you said today! Don't think of applying for an overage player from me in the future. The national team has nothing to do with you!"

After leaving this harsh words, he left angrily.

Lu Juren is often called "cold-blooded", which shows on the other hand that he is good at restraining himself and is surprisingly calm and can tolerate others, such as ignoring the other party's clamor on the bridge of his nose tonight;

Zhu Guanghu's provocative insults were almost personal attacks, but it failed to cause any reaction from him, causing Lao Zhu to attack him in a round of inciting manner. After ordinary people suffered this great humiliation, even if they did not fight, they would hatefully say a few harsh words to protect their face;

However, Lu Juren didn't say a word. Zhu Guanghu, who had never looked at the shrew's attack from beginning to end, drank the white wine in his hand alone. This embarrassing atmosphere was not so easy to eliminate;

Everyone was thinking secretly, and this could no longer be classified as calm. It seemed more appropriate to say that it was cowardly, and their understanding of the national youth coach was deeper.

Wang Peng stood behind him at a loss, unable to leave, and he stayed but didn't know how to solve it. The situation of advancing and retreating was quite embarrassing.

He was used to restrain himself, but this time he was pointed at the nose and scolded him, but he didn't say anything. The more he thought about it, the more he felt the more he was angry, and the mellow and refreshing Jin Liufu in his mouth didn't taste at all;

The person who was scolded for this should be himself. Thinking of this, his anger surged up at this moment. He raised his head and drank the half-glass of white wine in his glass. He stood up suddenly, threw the wine glass heavily on the table, and turned around and left;

When Zhu Guanghu shouted, he attracted many gazes in the hall. At this time, the two left the scene angrily and gained all their attention. Looking at his departure back, Wang Peng was stunned and everyone began to discuss.
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