"Brother Dong, are you back?"

On the phone, the other party's voice seemed very high-pitched and excited.

"There are still a few hours, still in the capital."

Dong Fangzhuo was also very excited.

After getting off the plane, I couldn't wait to call Zhu Ting.

"Come to my house and watch the ball together."

Before he returned to Dalian, he couldn't wait to invite Zhu Ting.

Today is November 17th, and the Chinese team faces HK in Tianhe, Guangzhou.

The two are small and best friends. Dong Fangzhuo left England, and Zhu Ting was loaned to Dalian Changbo by Dalian Shide and became the team's main center.

However, Zhu Ting's goal tally has always been low, and at the end of the season, he scored only three in 17 games......

Zhu Ting is a few months younger than Dong Fangzhuo, and he also belongs to the 85-86 golden generation.

At the age of 18 or 19, they are the best future for Chinese football at this time. They are also from the Shide family, and they are not the only ones chasing their football dreams at this time.

There are also Quan Lei, Zhao Xuri, Zhou Haibin, Feng Xiaoting, Chen Tao, Mao Jianqing, Lu Lin, Hao Junmin, Gao Lin, Wang Yongpo......

Too much.

These guys made up the national youth, national Olympic and national teams at that time......

Dong Fangzhuo's thoughts drifted a little, and he suddenly remembered a lot of things, many teammates and the ups and downs of the next few years.

In the 2004 Asian Youth Championships, 85 national youth lost to South Korea and won the runner-up in the final when the four main players did not play.

In the 2005 World Youth Championships, they won all three games in the group stage, and in the quarterfinals, the national youth team only lost to Germany 2-3. It's just that he was a substitute at the time......

However, the results were far less than expected, and in the 2008 Olympic Games, the national Olympic team not only failed to qualify for the group stage, but also failed to win a single victory, and finally lost the red card.

Dong Fangzhuo scored the first goal in China's Olympic history, but it was useless......

In the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, the Chinese national team, which was dominated by these players, failed to even reach the top 10 matches, and was considered the most promising group of players in China, but brought the most disappointing results.

The factor that led to the failure of this group of people to break out as a whole is that since 2005, China's national team has been in a turbulent period. The frequent change of national team managers and the frequent mistakes made by the Football Association in the selection of managers have prevented the best players from meeting the best coaches.

18-year-old Zhou Haibin and Zhao Xuri became the main players of the national team under Alihan, and before the game on November 17, 2004, Alihan was transferred to Chen Tao.

That is, today.

If it weren't for this mentally retarded accident, Alihan, who likes technical style of play, would definitely be able to raise this group of players to a higher level in the national team. This is not a hypothesis, look at how Alihan has activated Chen Tao and Zhou Haibin in the Tianjin team twice.

Even if Crowchen, who has a tolerant personality and knows this team, instead of Du Yi, who was handpicked by Xie Yalong, could become the head coach of this national Olympic team at that time, this team would have played no worse than the World Youth Championships.

The last chance appeared in 2011, when Gao Hongbo spent two years to train a large number of 85 and 87 players to become the backbone of the national team, and then the Football Association replaced Camacho, the first thing the old card did when he arrived at the team was to recruit veterans, and the national team lost three times in a row, and the 85 generation began to bid farewell to the stage.

Chinese football is like a poor man who is not good at managing money, when he sighs that God will not help me, but he forgets how he used to squander the wealth in his hands.

The mistakes of Chinese football can still be modified, but the wonderful that could have belonged to this generation of players can never be recovered, when we are sighing the tragedy of an era, who can know the regret in the hearts of the 85 and 86 generations.

Alas......

Dong Fangzhuo sighed heavily, and was already on the plane to Dalian.

What do you think! At least a lot has changed now, hasn't it? Finally we can make it to the top 10.

But what about the top 10 matches?

……

Dong's mother was naturally very happy when she suddenly saw her son come back, and she made a lot of delicious food.

Dong Fangzhuo didn't make an exception to eat a lot, but he didn't want to waste his mother's hard work, so he didn't want to taste any dishes.

Mom has been heartbroken about his future over the years, and he can't let his mother worry and disappoint him anymore, like now.

Zhu Ting is still the same as before, giggling, purely a child and a fan.

"Brother Dong, did Ronaldo carry your bag for you?"

"Does Keane often get out in the locker room?"

"Kill Bowyer, did you do it on purpose?"

"Sir......"

“……”

Zhu Ting, there were a lot of them, Dong Fangzhuo listened quietly, and there was a quiet that did not match his age.

After that, the two sat in front of the TV to watch the Chinese team's game together.

"I've finally made it to the top 10." Zhu Ting sipped Coke.

"Little pig, don't always drink carbonated drinks, it's harmful to your body."

Dong Fangzhuo stretched out his hand and snatched the coke.

Well?

Zhu Ting almost choked on Coke, and looked at Dong Fangzhuo with some surprise, as if he didn't know Dong Fangzhuo.

"Haha, Brother Dong, you're not kidding, you and I used to secretly buy ...... at home."

"Oh, that's what I did wrong before. Now I don't touch a drop. I don't know how to talk to you, let's put it this way, if I don't eat and drink like you, then I can't stay in the Manchester United reserve team. ”

"You are Manchester United, I am just in Dalian Changbo, it's different, my strength is good, enough to deal with it." Zhu Ting pouted.

"Cope?"

Dong Fangzhuo's voice sank.

"Does Zhao Xuri in Sichuan think the same way?"

"He? It's almost the core now! "18-year-old Zhao Xuri has already made a splash in Sichuan.

Dong Fangzhuo nodded, "I really want to get together with everyone, everyone hasn't sat together for so long."

Everyone's future is different, Dong Fangzhuo has no ability to change everyone, he can only try to influence, and do his best.

"Little pig, you can't keep playing in Dalian Changbo, you definitely have to go back to Shide, maybe you will transfer, maybe, you will stay in the United States?"

"You see, Zhao Xuri and Chen Tao are on the bench."

Dong Fangzhuo pointed to the TV screen, at this time Zhao Xuri and Chen Tao were sitting on the bench at Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium, watching the game intently.

"I'll be able to go someday." Zhu Ting said solemnly.

"It's the least that you can go, but it's not like you're going and everything is over, and then what, what about qualifying for the World Cup? What about your future? Sometimes, we go for too low. ”

"Do you remember our dreams when we were kids?"

"Surpass Hao Haidong and go abroad." Zhu Ting answered without thinking about it.

"However, I have to kill Shide first. It's not like you, it's a good fate, and it's Manchester United from the start. ”

“……”