Chapter 681: The most important thing is the competition

If there is anything special about the halfway championship, there is nothing like that, the media is full of buzz and the Manchester City fans are very happy.

But within the Manchester City squad, the coaches and players don't take it too seriously.

The halfway championship and no trophy are nothing, and the final league title is the most important thing.

If Manchester City do not perform well in the second half of the season, they are also likely to be overtaken by their opponents.

Therefore, the team did not relax in training.

Since the English Premier League has a Christmas tournament on Christmas Day, and the players can't spend Christmas night with their families, Gao Bo simply organized a Christmas dinner before Christmas.

At the Tianwaitian Chinese Restaurant, the players brought their wives, children, and girlfriends to attend in full costume!

In the first half of the season, the team performed very well, topped the league table, qualified first in the Champions League group, and the opponent Galatasaray was not too strong, both the club management and the players were very excited, this was the most pleasant Christmas dinner the team has enjoyed in recent seasons.

At the Christmas dinner, Gao Bo brought Haruko to attend.

Jamie Vardy and the others whistled, and they were very familiar with Haruko, who was their team doctor when they were in Luton.

Now that the manager and the team doctor have brought it in, Vardy and Adam have squeezed their eyebrows, making the thin-skinned Haruko blush.

At the party, the players made a fuss, and the changed atmosphere lasted until late at 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 the players were ready to play the next game after enjoying their last day of vacation.

.....

The next day, Takaba took Haruko for a walk around Manchester.

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

In the afternoon, Takaba returned to his apartment with Haruko, and before arriving at the house, Takaba's cell phone rang.

It's a landline from Beijing.

Gao Bo has always been reluctant to pay attention to strange calls, so he directly pressed the phone.

But a minute later, the call came again.

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

He is also a celebrity now, and the leak of a private phone call is a very troublesome thing for him.

"Let's take it." Haruko persuaded.

Gao Bo answered the phone.

"Hello, is it Director Gao Bogao?" On the other end of the line was the voice of a man in his thirties.

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

"I took the liberty of calling, and I looked at Haihan." It was very polite over there, "I'm Guo Chao, the assistant to the chairman of the Football Association, Wei Di." ”

Guo Chao?

President of the Football Association?

Gao Bo was a little surprised.

To be honest, this is the first time that 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 president of the Chinese Football Association is the president of the Football Association with the lowest sense of presence in recent years.

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

In people's impression, Weidi's label is just four words: do nothing!

However, those promising presidents of the Football Association have not done anything good.

"High guidance?"

Seeing that Gao Bo hadn't spoken, he thought that Gao Bo had hung up the phone directly.

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 none....

"Hmm... Is there anything you guys are up to? ”

Gao Bo came back to his senses from his contemplation.

"That's right, high guidance. 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 fifteen or sixteen-year-old children, and they are currently planning to send a batch to Spain, Portugal, and England. The Football Association, on its part, hopes to hire Gao Gui as the general counsel of the "Star of Hope" program....."

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

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

According to Gao Bo's understanding, these players usually only train in some teams, and there is no chance to play, and the game is usually to get together and then play in some local low-level leagues.

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

He bluntly said that he was the manager of Manchester City, and he was not suitable for both, and he did not have the energy to do both.

The other end of the line sighed.

Of course, Guo Chao knows that letting such a super coach hold the position of general counsel can only be said to be his own Mr. Chairman whimsical.

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

Chinese football can be said to be quite lucky to have such a coach, but unfortunately, unfortunately, Gao Bo is only a coach.

If he were a player, it might have a bigger boost to Chinese football.

Gao Bo also sighed.

I am also a football person, Chinese football is not angry, and my face is also gloomy.

If he can do what he can for Chinese football, Gao Bo will certainly not refuse.

"Can you tell me more about this plan?"

Gao Bo asked.

Guo Chao's eyes on the other end of the phone lit up, and he thought there was a play, so he poured beans into a bamboo tube and said the content of the plan.

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

"Would you like to hear what I think of this program?"

Guo Chao is naturally desperate.

"Garbage !!"

"What?!"

"I said, it's a rubbish plan! The guy who designated this plan is definitely a guy who doesn't understand football and youth training!! ”

Gao Bo said unceremoniously.

There was silence on the other end of the line.

Gao Bo pouted, he was not afraid of offending anyone from the Football Association, if he couldn't accept this criticism on the other side, then he wouldn't bother to care.

"Why do you say that?"

Guo Chao on the other end of the phone was indeed a little aggrieved, and he was deeply involved in the formulation of this plan.

He thinks this is a perfect plan, the players are training with young players in Europe, isn't this equivalent to using the advanced youth training level in Europe to train young players for Chinese football?

"Only training, no competition, you will never be able to succeed!!"

Gao Bo shook his head and said.

"You train in Europe, how do you solve the competition? I'm talking about a game of systems. In England, a young player plays all year round, the U-series league, the youth cup, almost two games a week, every player, at least 50 high-level games a year!! ”

"We're going to organize training camps too..."

"Not enough, it's not enough!!"

Gao Bo shook his head and said.

"Training for more than ten days, assault competition, and then only boring training all year round, so it doesn't work at all!!"

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

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

"Hello!"

Gao Bo responded neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Can I ask you how this plan should be modified in your opinion?"

"The first thing to do is to play the game, and the most important thing is to participate in the local U-series league, if it doesn't work, training alone can't improve anything."

Gao Bo said.

"Got it! Thank you, high guidance!! ”

As they spoke, they hung up the phone.

Gao Bo thought about it, maybe his words could benefit this group of young players.

As a Chinese, as a football person, to be able to do something for Chinese football, Gao Bo is not excluded.

Gao Bo sighed.

I hope that Chinese football can be better in the future.