Starting from a Fake University
Chapter 1719 - 903 Conflict!

Chapter 1719: Chapter 903 Conflict!

Yancheng.

Sports Center.

Today marks the first time the national football team is engaging in large-scale training at the Sports Center since its formation. The head coach is Liu Changjian, who was also the head coach in the last World Cup qualifiers.

Liu Changjian has a mixed reputation.

Last time, in the World Cup qualifiers, the national team led by him lost to the Vietnamese team, leading to widespread criticism from netizens nationwide.

However, Liu Changjian does possess some skills—at least within the Football Association and the General Administration of Sports, it’s currently hard to find someone like him.

In the past, the national team hired internationally renowned coaches to lead, but eventually, they left as they couldn’t manage the team.

Thus, the national team can now only appoint a local coach.

But this doesn’t really matter.

Anyway, the national team is so weak that it makes no difference who the coach is—qualifying for the World Cup remains elusive, and they keep losing in the qualifiers; netizens are already accustomed to this.

Still.

Liu Changjian remains mysteriously confident.

He believes that this year, the national team has a real chance of making it to the World Cup, especially utilizing four excellent players from the Feiyue Soccer Club, who had outstanding performances in this year’s Xia Super League, notably Liu Zhan, Li Shuangying, Zhao Xuanming, and Zhu Tan. Therefore, Liu Changjian directly recruited all four of these players.

"Everyone."

On the sidelines of the field, the players stood together in a row, and Liu Changjian stood before them, ready to speak.

All of the players listened attentively to Coach Liu Changjian’s words.

Even though their performance on the field might not be great, and opportunities to slack off might arise, respect for the coach was still necessary.

"Today, I’ve gathered you all at the Yancheng Sports Center to officially begin intensive training. In two months, we’ll step onto the battlefield of the World Cup qualifiers."

With a serious expression, Liu Changjian said, "You know, the World Cup qualifiers are where we’ve sweat countless times and left many tears. This time, I hope all of you will give it your all and showcase the spirit of our national team in the qualifiers."

"Alright!"

The players responded in unison.

Especially Liu Zhan, Li Shuangying, Zhao Xuanming, and Zhu Tan, whose responses were particularly loud.

Because Liu Zhan, Li Shuangying, Zhao Xuanming, and Zhu Tan thought Coach Liu Changjian was genuinely trying to motivate everyone with his speech. However, what they didn’t realize was that this was just the usual rhetoric of Coach Liu Changjian.

He says this in every World Cup qualifier.

As for the eventual outcome, Liu Changjian likely already has a prediction—not that he doesn’t want the national team to perform well in the qualifiers and advance to the World Cup, but the odds are incredibly slim.

Though there’s a chance this year, it’s merely a chance; it all depends on how the players perform this year and how he plans things out. Liu Changjian feels confident in his heart, but when it comes to practical execution, such confidence appears somewhat lacking.

"Alright, according to my previous plan, let’s begin training!"

After finishing his speech, Liu Changjian turned around, headed to the resting area beside the football field, sat down with a thermos cup in hand, and watched the players start training.

As for the training itself, he has already laid out the plan—the players simply need to follow the plan and train.

Beyond this, Liu Changjian felt there was no need for more. As long as the players train well according to his plan, when they face the Thai Team in the first match of the qualifiers, there should be no problem.

After all, the Thai Team’s strength in the Asian region is just so-so.

After losing to the Vietnamese team, surely they won’t lose to the Thai Team, right?

Liu Changjian still cares about saving face.

As the national team started formal training on the football field, the players exchanged greetings, and Liu Zhan, Li Shuangying, Zhao Xuanming, and Zhu Tan prepared to first conduct coordination training among the four of them.

After all, they were concerned about the issue they mentioned to Principal Ding earlier; to qualify for the World Cup, the best coordination within the national team would be among Liu Zhan, Li Shuangying, Zhao Xuanming, and Zhu Tan, giving them a chance to score.

Of course, the other teammates will certainly engage in mutual coordination training too, but relying on them doesn’t seem promising.

Among these teammates are well-known players from domestic clubs, but judging by their attitude towards the training for the national team’s World Cup qualifiers, they don’t seem very invested.

"Ying, take a look at those guys. Do they look like they’re training for the World Cup qualifiers?"

Liu Zhan noticed the other teammates’ casual approach to training a short distance away, with each of them lazily moving as if they were merely strolling, unwilling to break a sweat—this was frustrating and infuriating.

It is precisely this "indifferent" attitude from the players that has led to today’s disgrace of the national team, but they don’t care; they continue to earn their income in clubs, and as for playing in the national team, for them, it’s merely unpaid overtime.