After the club's competition ended and Lu Wenbin returned to China with the third treble title, he did not report to the national team first, but was summoned by the General Administration of Sports and even met a national leader.
After the verdict of the anti-gambling and anti-gang case in Chinese football at the beginning of the year, the dark side of Chinese football shocked the world and the people of the country.
Many ordinary people only then realized that in the past, there were so many match-fixing, fake whistles, and gambling groups involved in Chinese football.
Football fans across the country were outraged and demanded that Chinese football's management and operation be separated, that the Football Association be separated from the State General Administration of Sport, and that professionals be invited to manage the Football Association, etc.
The phenomenon of Chinese Football Association officials having administrative levels, being amateurs managing professionals, and pursuing short-term political achievements is really too serious.
The wage restrictions within the system also inevitably lead to huge corruption among these senior officials.
Only by separating the Football Association from the system, hiring professionals to manage it, improving its remuneration and strengthening supervision, can it be possible to improve the overall environment of Chinese football from the top.
After Lu Wenbin became the world's top football star, won the Golden Ball, the Champions League, and broke many records, he brought considerable benefits to China and made countless foreigners re-recognize and love China.
Therefore, as the representative of Chinese football and even the national image, Lu Wenbin has to participate in politics even if he does not care about politics.
I stayed in Beijing for three full days and talked a lot with national leaders, State Council leaders, relevant leaders of the General Administration of Sport of China, and domestic football practitioners, covering all aspects of Chinese football's institutional reform, league improvement, echelon construction, referee training, player quality, and more.
Finally, the leaders decided to set up a Chinese football reform leading group, with a ****** personally as the group leader, and hired domestic and foreign football, sports, legal, and economic professionals including Lu Wenbin as reference consultants to launch a major reform project for Chinese football.
This standard is quite high.
Of course, this is a very complex and systematic project, which may not be completed in several years, and it is impossible for Lu Wenbin to participate in the entire process.
His main task is to lead the Chinese national team and the Olympic team to achieve good results on the field, attract people's interest in football, and create a good external environment for the reform of Chinese football.
On June 1, Lu Wenbin rushed to the Chinese national football team's Shanghai training base and met with the coaching staff and teammates of the top ten Asian qualifiers for the World Cup.
This national team has some new faces and the team leader has also changed.
The key point is that the atmosphere, training model and management model of the national team have all changed.
Before summoning Lu Wenbin, the General Administration of Sport of China took the lead in taking action on the national team.
According to the latest management requirements, the head coach has the final say on everything related to the national team's competitive aspects.
The team manager and the leaders of the Football Association can make suggestions on who to call and who not to call, and what tactics to use in the game, but they are not allowed to interfere in any way. The team manager only needs to do his own logistics management work.
If the team fails to achieve results, the head coach will be fired immediately and there will be no one to shift the blame to.
Thanks to Lu Wenbin, the sponsorship environment for the Chinese team has greatly improved and available funds have become much more abundant.
In order to encourage the generals to fight for their lives, not only the salaries of the coaching team and staff were greatly increased, but the players also bought commercial accident insurance from the moment they joined the national team.
In the past, the Chinese team had a bad reputation, little sponsorship, and was poor. They talked about politics and dedication, but never considered what to do if they got injured while playing for the national team.
The club does not want to pay for players injured while playing for the national team, as they feel that they are being wronged. As a result, the national team players have to pay for their own medical treatment due to injuries, which causes a lot of fuss.
The key point is that injuries will affect appearances in the club and income.
As a result, fans saw the national football players not working hard on the field, not daring to fight for fear of injury.
On the one hand, the players' ideological awareness is not high enough and they are unwilling to fight for the country. On the other hand, the national team and the club have not reached a settlement on the issue of accidental injuries to the players.
This situation no longer exists in this national team.
According to the discussion between the Football Association and the clubs, the Football Association will pay for commercial insurance during the national team's training and competition period.
If a player is injured while playing for the national team, not only will his medical expenses be fully reimbursed, but he will also receive a certain amount of compensation.
In this way, the players' worries will be solved.
Of course, in such a situation, if anyone does not work hard on the court and is denounced by fans on a large scale, causing public outrage, then he will never be allowed to play for the national team at all levels again.
Although these things cannot completely solve the Chinese team's combat effectiveness, they can at least enhance morale to a certain extent.
In addition, after following Lu Wenbin into the World Cup, he is bound to gain huge benefits in fame and career.
Therefore, the mental outlook and fighting spirit of this national team have improved compared to the national team that Lu Wenbin joined before.
Especially in logistics management, higher-level team doctors and chefs have been introduced with high salaries, and national team players are no longer allowed to be provided with hot pot, beer and other foods that may damage their professional careers.
If a player privately consumes banned food during national team training and causes negative news, he will be punished depending on the circumstances. The maximum penalty is permanent prohibition from joining national teams at all levels.
In short, while the national team has given the coaching staff greater freedom in terms of autonomy, the management services for the players have also become more professional.
The purpose of all this is for Chinese football. In any case, Lu Wenbin fully supports it.
Chinese football must take drastic measures.
The overall reform has not yet begun, so it would be a good idea to start with the national team.
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On June 3, 2012, at the Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai, the first round of Group B of the 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian qualifiers between China and Iraq officially began.
The Chinese team has begun its journey to qualify for the World Cup finals once again.
The top ten matches are held in Asia. The ten teams that advance from the top 20 matches are divided into two groups to play a double round-robin tournament. The top two teams in each group will directly advance to the final round of the Brazil World Cup.
There are four direct qualifying places in each of the two groups, and the third place will have to play in the play-offs, which is more troublesome.
Therefore, everyone wants to get the top two places and advance directly.
Group B, where the Chinese team is located, consists of China, Japan, Australia, Iraq and Oman. Compared with Group A, it is stronger and the situation for qualifying is more severe.
Of course, the severe situation is for Japan and Australia.
As the Asian Cup champion, the Chinese team led by Lu Wenbin should have no problem qualifying, it just depends on whether they can qualify in advance.
In the first round, China will face Iraq at home, Japan will face Oman at home, and Australia will have a bye.
Now, the fans at the scene and across the country are just waiting for Lu Wenbin to lead the Chinese team to defeat Iraq and get off to a good start in the top ten.