In addition to the coaches and athletes participating in this competition, domestic club scouts, Dietmar Hopp and others, Tianjin local TV stations and audiences, there are two people who are paying attention to Lu Wenbin's performance, they are Lu Wenbin's parents Lu Chongxin and Sun Jiahui.
The fact that Lu Wenbin led his team to win the provincial championship in Guiyang and was specially recruited by Guizhou Normal University and invited by Guizhou Zhicheng Club made Lu Chongxin and Sun Jiahui finally acknowledge that their son was unique in football.
They never expected that Lu Wenbin's football talent would not only earn him a special recruitment invitation from the university, but also attract an invitation from a professional club.
Although Guizhou Zhicheng Club is currently only an amateur club, it will play in the China League Two next year. That means it will be a formal professional club and the players there can make a living from football and earn a lot of money.
Especially Sun Jiahui, when she learned that her son had really received an invitation from Guizhou Zhicheng and could make playing football a job, she immediately changed her mind and became supportive of Lu Wenbin.
Although due to work reasons, she and Lu Chongxin could not take half a month off to accompany Lu Wenbin to Tianjin for the competition, she followed Lu Wenbin's performance in every game in Tianjin through the official website of the event and Tianjin TV.
After the group stage ended and Lu Wenbin led Meijiang Middle School into the knockout stage with 9 goals, Sun Jiahui made a special call to the hotel and asked the hotel to transfer the call to Lu Wenbin, expressing her support for her son and hoping that her son would continue to work hard, have better performance and attract the attention of higher-level clubs.
Of course, Sun Jiahui also expressed a mother's concern for her son, hoping that Lu Wenbin would pay attention to safety on the court and be careful not to get injured.
In particular, some opponents' deliberate revenge after becoming angry and humiliated requires Lu Wenbin to pay attention and take precautions in advance.
With the support of his parents, Lu Wenbin's desire to enter the finals and win the championship became even stronger.
On August 17, the organizing committee held a draw ceremony for the top 16 and drew the match schedule for the round of 16.
According to the principle that the first place in each group and the teams in the same group do not meet each other, Meijiang Middle School of Guizhou Province finally drew the school team of Lijiang No. 1 Middle School of Yunnan Province, which was the second in Group C.
This is a rather troublesome opponent for Meijiang Middle School.
Although Yunnan's original Chinese Super League team, Yunnan Hongta, was sold to Chongqing Lifan in 2003, Yunnan football lost its Chinese Super League brand.
However, the flame of Yunnan football has not been extinguished.
Currently, Yunnan still has a professional club competing in the China League Two, called the Dongba Football Team. This is better than the conditions in Guizhou, which will have its first professional club competing in the China League Two next year.
The Dongba Football Team is based in Lijiang.
Therefore, it is not surprising that several youth players in the Dongba football team are enrolled in Lijiang No. 1 Middle School and represent Lijiang No. 1 Middle School in the high school football league.
If the seeded team in Group C, Dalian No. 48 Middle School in Liaoning Province, was not stronger, it is possible that Lijiang No. 1 Middle School would have won first place in the group.
Of course, for Lijiang No. 1 Middle School, which only got second place in the group, it is a good draw to draw the Guizhou Meijiang Middle School team, which seems to be the weakest among the seven group winners in different groups.
Although Lu Wenbin's personal strength is very abnormal, he is only one person after all. As long as Lu Wenbin is defended, Lijiang No. 1 Middle School can still defeat Meijiang Middle School and advance with better overall strength.
Because of Lu Wenbin, this round of 16 match attracted no less attention than the match between the defending champion Shenyang Huimin Middle School and the host Tianjin No. 54 Middle School.
The local newspapers also named this game the "Plateau Derby" because both teams are from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, making it a true plateau derby.
However, the value of this derby is not very high in the eyes of bystanders.
On August 18, after the 16 teams that advanced to the round of 16 had rested for two days, the 2007 China High School Football League National Finals round of 16 officially began.
The competition venues are Tianjin Olympic Sports Center, Tianjin University, Nankai University, and Tianjin Institute of Physical Education, with one game held in the morning and one in the afternoon.
The four middle school stadiums that hosted the group matches were abandoned, and the round of 16 finals were all held in the Olympic Sports Center and three universities, which had better football field hardware conditions.
At least, the university stadium has some concrete steps on the sidelines that can be used as seats, unlike the middle school stadium which has no seats at all.
The match between Meijiang Middle School of Guizhou Province and Lijiang No. 1 Middle School of Yunnan Province is scheduled to take place at 9 am on August 18 at Tianjin Institute of Physical Education.
For this match, not only were there scouts from more than a dozen domestic China League Two, China League One, and even Chinese Super League clubs present at the sidelines, there were also hundreds of local Tianjin citizens as spectators.
Originally, the derby between the two teams on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau had nothing to do with the local citizens of Tianjin.
However, the match of Tianjin No. 54 Middle School happened to be held in the afternoon, so the citizens who had nothing to do in the morning came to the Sports Institute to watch the match between Guizhou Meijiang Middle School and Yunnan Lijiang No. 1 Middle School.
They all saw the news about Lu Wenbin on TV a few days ago and then decided to come to the scene to watch Lu Wenbin's performance.
Apart from these people, the most conspicuous ones are a few foreigners.
These foreigners were led by an old man in his 60s, with a female assistant, two bodyguards, and a Chinese female translator.
In this stadium, they are like fireflies in the night sky, attracting almost everyone's attention.
When Lu Wenbin followed the team into the stadium to warm up, he also saw those Europeans.
Especially the old man, who was obviously a superior. The European female assistant that Lu Wenbin saw in the first two games was now explaining something to the old man with a very respectful attitude.
Lu Wenbin immediately guessed that this was the owner of the European club assigned to him by the system.
However, when Lu Wenbin asked which country and which club it was, he was rejected by the system as usual.
Only when Lu Wenbin wins the national championship and the other party comes to him, will Lu Wenbin know which club the other party is from.
Although I don’t know which country or level of club the other team is from, as long as it is from a European league, it is always better than domestic ones.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin is still full of fighting spirit.
In order to play football in Europe and start his professional career better, no matter how difficult it is to play against Lijiang No. 1 Middle School, he must lead his teammates to defeat the opponent and advance to the quarterfinals.
Moreover, you have to advance all the way until you win the finals and become the national champion.
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