Chapter 3 The darkest day of football in China
On December 22, 2014, on the Winter Solstice, at 15:00 pm, the Chinese Football Association officially held a press conference to announce the dismissal of Perrin, and Chen Qianjun became the new head coach of the national football team, and his term of office ended until the end of this Australian Asian Cup.
Whether to renew the contract depends on the achievements made by Chen Qianjun leading the national football team in the Asian Cup.
According to the speech by the chairman of the Football Association at the press conference, Chen Qianjun is a young and excellent local coach. I believe that the national football team will definitely achieve excellent results in the Asian Cup under his leadership.
However, the media reporters who attended the press conference were confused throughout the whole process. Looking at Chen Qianjun's young, immature and unknown face on the stage, he said that he could not understand the Football Association's tricks at all.
With the reporters' confused gaze, Chen Qianjun and the chairman of the Football Association completed the signing of the contract and officially became the new head coach of the national football team.
The moment the contract was signed, Chen Qianjun also completed the daily task of becoming the head coach of the national football team, and received a reward of 10 god coins.
At the same time, the media reporters and many staff members of the Football Association also increased Chen Qianjun's reputation to level 6 28/2000, allowing Chen Qianjun to receive 10 upgrade rewards for god coins.
With the reward of completing daily task 1, Chen Qianjun's divine coins balance reached 70.
As the contract between Chen Qianjun and the Football Association was officially signed, the reporters woke up from their confusion and excitedly began to smash all the problems at Chen Qianjun.
Although Chen Qianjun had never experienced such a situation, the existence of the system determined that Chen Qianjun had to answer reporters' questions and try his best to make the media report on him, causing heated discussions among netizens, and increasing his popularity and reputation.
Reporter: "Chen Qianjun, how old are you this year? Do you have a coaching qualification certificate? Can you be qualified to coach the national team?"
Chen Qianjun said: "I am 28 years old this year and have all three levels of football coaching certificates in China, such as A, B and C. Naturally, I am qualified to coach the national team."
Reporter: "Which team did you coach before? Why have we never heard of you?"
Chen Qianjun smiled faintly and said, "I used to be a warehouse administrator."
When Chen Qianjun heard that he was just a warehouse manager before, the scene was in an uproar, and the reporters became even more excited, and more sharp questions hit Chen Qianjun.
"As a warehouse manager who has no coaching experience, why can you become the head coach of the national football team in one step?"
"Do you know football?"
"What are your criteria for selecting people?"
"What are your goals for the Asian Cup?"
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As the Q&A continued, Chen Qianjun saw his reputation growing higher and higher, and he refused everyone and was not afraid of reporters' doubts or ridicule.
If the main task is successful, he is the famous coach who created history and led the Chinese team to the first Asian Cup championship. If he fails, he will disappear with the system, and there is no need to worry about losing face or something.
Soon, the press conference ended, and the news that the Chinese Football Association chose a warehouse manager to be the head coach of the national team immediately spread all over the country, and even foreign media reprinted the report.
Because this is really funny.
It is not people who directly serve as the head coach of the national team without any coaching experience, but all of them are practitioners in the football industry. Most of them retire from players and have accumulated a lot of qualifications and reputation during their time. Only after retiring and becoming coaches can they directly serve as the head coach of the national team.
However, a warehouse manager like Chen Qianjun who is incompatible with each other directly serves as the head coach of the top 100 national team in FIFA is definitely an unprecedented and has naturally caused heated discussions across the country and even the world.
"The Chinese Football Association held a press conference, Perlan confirmed the suspension of get out of class, and the new coach Chen Qianjun was a warehouse manager before!"
"The coach changed in the last round before the Asian Cup, and the warehouse manager took over the position of national team coach directly. What is the inside story?"
"The warehouse manager serves as the head coach of the national football team, and he makes a fuss about winning the Asian Cup and has a tendency to be nepotist!"
"This afternoon, the Chinese Football Association held a press conference to confirm that former coach Perrin was fired and officially signed with the new head coach Chen Qianjun. Chen Qianjun's term of office is until the end of the Australian Asian Cup, and whether to renew the contract depends on the results of the Asian Cup."
"Although Chen Qianjun has the A-level certificate of domestic football coaching and has the qualification to coach the national football team, he was previously just a warehouse administrator of a communications construction company in Qianzhou Province and has never coached any football team, even if it is an amateur."
"I don't know how the Football Association found Chen Qianjun and directly appointed him as the new head coach of the national football team! We don't know whether there is any inside story or whether there is any inside story."
"However, at the press conference, Chen Qianjun made a big fuss, claiming that his goal is to lead the team to win the first Asian Cup championship in the history of the Chinese men's football team and achieve a historic breakthrough."
"In terms of the criteria for selecting people, Chen Qianjun claimed that what he values most is attitude. What he needs is a team that is prohibited and united. Some players who lack fighting spirit and do not obey the coach's command will not be within his consideration."
"To sum up, it's just one sentence: as long as he has a good attitude and listens to his players, his ability to play football is not a priority."
There are many media attending the press conference, but online media are undoubtedly the most timely and are the first to report.
In the first online media news comment section, fans and netizens were in agitation, and scolded the Football Association and Shen Qianjun in a bloody way:
"I'm stupid! Really! The warehouse manager is the head coach of the national football team. This is a plot that I would never dream of!"
"When you think the Football Association is already stupid, he will tell you that he can be even stupider!"
"I changed coaches at the last match, and Kurakuen became the head coach of the national football team. The Football Association's flirting operations have once again refreshed my understanding."
"I'm sure that Chen Qianjun is a relative of a football team leader, otherwise it would be impossible for him to squeeze out Perrin with this qualification and directly parachuted into the head coach of the national football team!"
"This is not necessarily true. If Chen Qianjun had such a relationship, how could he be a warehouse manager? With the coaching qualification certificate of all three levels, any low-level club or football school cannot find a coach job, why should he be a warehouse manager? If I ask me, this strange signing is probably because the Football Association has a premonition that the Chinese national football team will have a lot of luck in this Asian Cup. He just found a fool with qualifications to be the scapegoat, and then throw all the guilt of losing his grades on Chen Qianjun."
"Well, the analysis upstairs makes sense, and the explanation will feel a little more reasonable. Otherwise, the Football Association's intention to appoint Chen Qianjun, the warehouse manager, as the head coach of the national football team, would not be found."
"Chen Qianjun also cooperated very well. He dared to say that he wanted to win the Asian Cup championship. I think it would be thankful that I lost all three games in other group stages!"
"This is really not sure. Chen Qianjun probably doesn't even know how to train, right? He also wants to be nepotist. As long as he has a good attitude and obedient player, let alone the champion, if he is not beaten into a sieve in the group stage, he will be able to do so."
"Isn't it the winter solstice today? I think this is not only the winter solstice of the Chinese lunar calendar, but also the winter solstice of Chinese football. Today is the darkest, lowest and most desperate day in the history of Chinese football."
"Well said, today is the winter solstice of Chinese football!"
"Football is dead, I have something to burn paper! Anyway, I am completely desperate about Chinese football and don't want to pay attention to it anymore. Goodbye everyone!"
"Yes, it's so desperate! It's dispersed, and Chinese football has no future."
"The Football Association is stupid, and the coach I am looking for is stupid. There is really no hope for Chinese football!"
Slowly, a desperate feeling spread among the media and fans. Everyone firmly believed that today is the winter solstice of Chinese football, and it is the coldest, darkest and most desperate day in the history of Chinese football.
No one can see hope.
Chapter completed!