The Era of Emerald

() "Antonio, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, this time you have to stay with us for a few more days." As soon as he got out of the plane, Zhuang Mingge received a warm welcome from Crown Prince Al Thani.

"Sayyed, it's been a long time." Zhuang Mingge also warmly embraced Crown Prince Al Thani, and said, "I'm so anxious to ask me to come to Qatar this time, it should not only be for the next The World Youth Championship held this month?"

The World Youth Championship, the full name of which is the FIFA U20 World Cup, is an international football championship for men under the age of 20 organized by FIFA.

Since the first World Youth Championship in 1977, after nearly 20 years of development, it has attracted more and more fans and professionals.

The World Youth Championship is a stage for young players to pursue their dreams and hopes, and one of the remarkable features of this tournament is that the quality of stars emerging from each World Youth Championship will largely determine the future The direction of world football:

The second World Youth Championship in 1979 belonged to Maradona. With the starlight in this World Youth Championship, Maradona and his teammates will further establish Argentina's The king status of football in the world football!

In the 1983 World Youth Championship, apart from Van Basten, the best rookie in Europe, the most dazzling thing was the Samba Army.Although Dunga missed the opportunity to perform in the World Youth Championship due to injury, Bebeto, Romario and others, through their outstanding performance, helped Brazilian football return to the top of the world in the World Cup in the United States ten years later !

In the 1987 Chile World Youth Championship, Yugoslav football represented by Boban, Dave Suker, Mijatovic, Prosineski, etc., the red stars shine!

The two World Youth Championships in 1989 and 1991 belonged to Figo, Cotto, Costa (Ruy and Jorge), Paul Sosa, Sa Pinto and others.

Facts have proved time and time again that the players and teams that shined in the previous World Youth Championships will occupy a pivotal position in the future world football, and this year's Qatar should also emerge such a group of people, such a group batch of teams.

Originally, the host country of this year's World Youth Championship was not Qatar, but the African country Nigeria.As a result, it was not until July when FIFA sent people to Nigeria to inspect the poor public security and health conditions in Nigeria that they were forced to decide to cancel Nigeria's qualification to host the World Youth Championship. held in ex situ.

However, even if it is postponed, the World Youth Championship must start at the end of this year at the latest, otherwise FIFA, the organizer, will become a big joke.

Under such circumstances, Crown Prince Al Thani, who has always hoped to show Qatar's style to the people of the world, made a decisive decision and used a lot of petrodollars to open the way, and won this hard-won "opportunity" as he wished.

"Haha, that's right, this time I want to discuss with you Antonio the feasibility of Qatar hosting the World Cup." The second sentence Crown Prince Al Thani said after seeing Zhuang Mingge was so earth-shattering.

"Host the World Cup?" Zhuang Mingge was taken aback by Crown Prince Al Thani's "rhetoric words".

Fuck me, is the Al-Thani crown prince out of his mind?After all, climatic conditions like Qatar are simply not suitable for hosting a large-scale event like the World Cup.

Qatar is located on the Qatar Peninsula on the southwest coast of the Persian Gulf, bordering the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.The coastline is 550 kilometers long, and it has a tropical desert climate, with a maximum temperature of 46C in summer and a cool and dry winter with a minimum temperature of 7C.The average annual precipitation is only 125 mm. .

How hot is Qatar in June?Numbers cannot give us an intuitive impression.Statistics show that in June when the World Cup is held, the average temperature in Qatar is between 6 and 6 degrees Celsius, and the data in July is probably the same.

Perhaps fans living in China's four major hot stove cities will scoff at this: What is this temperature?But one thing that many people have not noticed is the geographical environment of the country of Qatar.

Qatar is located in the desert area, the vegetation is sparse, the city is exposed to concrete and asphalt roads, the desert is outside the city, and the Arabian Gulf is next to it. Any moment of the day is shrouded in heat and tide.

Even the native Qataris have long given up on outdoor sports in June, let alone football games.The Qatar League ends in mid-to-late May every year, and the new season does not start until September, just to avoid the terrifying season from June to August.In Zhuang Mingge's previous life, the national football team played away against Qatar in the top ten match in 6. It was already September 5th, and the hottest season in Qatar had passed, but the outdoor temperature was as high as 9 degrees Celsius when the game started that day.Temperature and humidity have become more terrifying opponents than the Qatar national team...

Some people may say, wouldn't it be enough to move the World Cup to a cooler month like the current World Youth Championship?

But don't forget that the biggest reason why the World Cup will be held in June and July is that all the multi-year leagues are in the offseason in summer.Most of the leagues of European countries that represent the highest level of football are New Year's Eve. If FIFA chooses to forcefully grab more than a month to play the World Cup during the progress of the leagues of various countries, it will inevitably arouse concerns from various clubs and national football associations. Dissatisfied, after all, doing so will greatly affect the normal operation of the leagues of various countries. Not every country has the courage of the Tianchao Football Association to divide the league into countless small segments for a year for an Olympic Games or World Cup...

As for the reason why events such as the World Youth Championship can be held in October, it is because the impact of such events on major clubs in Europe is not as serious as the World Cup, so the clubs just turn a blind eye, but the World Cup may not be as serious as the World Cup. different

"I said Saeed, don't forget how horrible the summer in Qatar is." After thinking about this, Zhuang Mingge immediately began to put forward his opinion to Crown Prince Al Thani, "If it is really in June and July If Qatar is hosting the World Cup, it is not playing football, it is purely playing with one's life!"

"Isn't it okay to move it to December?" Crown Prince Al-Thani said an idea that Zhuang Minge had considered a long time ago, and was immediately refuted by Zhuang Minge with the reasons discussed above.

"Uh...how about I think of a way to convert all the football fields into air-conditioned indoor fields?" Crown Prince Al Thani thought for a while, and came up with an idea that made Zhuang Mingge sweat...

You just give me a little less moth!