Extraordinary coach

When Adriano returned home in glory, Sun Yi also returned to China.

And Sun Yi was welcomed much more than Adriano. When he walked out of Baiyun Airport, he was really shocked.

Later, I heard that more than a thousand fans came to pick him up. The scene surrounded the airport gate. It also alarmed the police guarding the airport.

If it weren't for the help of the police, Sun Yi probably wouldn't have been able to leave the airport. The enthusiasm of the fans was really terrifying.

It was not easy for Sun Yi to break away from the fanatical fans and get on the car that Lao Xie and Lao Liang came to pick him up.

After getting in the car, Sun Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh~ Originally, domestic fans are so enthusiastic? I didn't notify anyone except you, but there were so many fans to pick me up at the airport. It really scared me."

"Lao Sun. You are a big star now. Everyone in the entire Chinese football world knows you." Lao Xie said with a smile while driving.

"You are now famous all over the country. Even my old folks who don't know football know your name." Lao Liang continued.

"Isn't that exaggerated? Isn't football not very popular in our country?" Sun Yi was a little unconvinced.

"That was in the past. Our Chinese football was always embarrassing and there was nothing to show for it. Most people didn't want to take a second look. But now it's different. Now there is a world-class coach like you. Naturally, everyone is interested in football." Lao Liang said.

"I'm just a coach. Not a player." Sun Yi shook his head.

"That's also a world-class coach. In this world's largest sport, even neighboring South Korea and Japan don't have coaches of your level." Lao Xie said.

"Hey, that's nothing." After being told this by the two, Sun Yi felt quite proud.

"Old Sun, let me tell you, don't think you are just a coach. You have made it big and mobilized the enthusiasm for participation in Chinese football. It is said that not only has the number of young players registered with the Football Association increased by 30%, but the number of registered coaches has doubled. Now the most popular thing in the coaching circle is to be the second Sun Yi." Lao Liang said with a smile.

"Haha." Sun Yi smiled and shook his head. It felt really strange to hear someone being the second to him.

"Well, this is indeed a good thing." It is good to increase the enthusiasm for participation in Chinese football. The main reason why Chinese football is getting worse year by year is that the football base is too small. There are really too few people participating.

Although there are so-called fans, there are not many people who actually participate in football activities in daily life. Most of them watch European games and buy football lottery. There are really not many people who actually play football.

After listening to what Lao Xie and Lao Liang said, Sun Yi finally felt that he had made some contributions to Chinese football. This made him quite happy.

Afterwards, Lao Xie and Lao Liang welcomed Sun Yi. First I took a bath, then I had a big meal.

The advantage of being a coach is that you don't have to pay attention to your diet like a player. You can eat whatever you want and eat it to your heart's content.

Players with high professionalism will always maintain the same diet as players during the game even if they are on vacation. Not to mention that they will smoke and drink during the season like many domestic players.

The gap between Chinese football and the world's advanced football is not just about technology and theory, but about all aspects.

Having been immersed in China for so many years, Sun Yi is very clear that domestic football, from top to bottom, is very unprofessional and unscientific in all aspects.

This feeling is particularly strong after Sun Yi went to Europe.

When having dinner with Lao Xie and Lao Liang, everyone talked about this. It is said that Lao Xie and others said that this situation is still very serious in China. There are still quite a lot of young players who smoke and drink, and they don't realize that there is anything wrong with this.

Sun Yi shook his head when he heard this situation.

In addition to talking about these things, Lao Xie also told Sun Yi. According to internal sources, the Football Association seems to want him to take over Lippi's job. They say they want to see a Chinese lead the Chinese team to the World Cup.

Such a thing is not possible. After all, there was no local coach who could show off before. Now there is a coach like Sun Yi who can lead an ordinary strong team in Europe to win the treble. Some people think that letting Sun Yi be the head coach of the national football team is the best candidate. At least there is an advantage in communication.

Let Sun Yi be the head coach of the national football team. In fact, this voice appeared in the domestic media when Sun Yi won the French Ligue 1 championship.

After he won the treble, he could hear the voice of letting him join the Chinese team every day.

Especially during his time in the Nice team, except for a few veterans, the entire Nice team was absolutely mostly young people. In comparison, Lippi, who said he wanted to use young players but actually reused a group of 30-year-old veterans, was more popular with Chinese fans.

Sun Yi heard a lot of such calls when he was at the airport gate before. But he was not moved at all at that time.

Because he didn't think the Football Association would abandon Lippi and use him in the current situation. At the same time, he didn't think that he could transform the Chinese team. He didn't have magic power, and he couldn't turn a pig into a tiger.

And now that Old Xie and the others said that the Football Association wanted him to take charge of the national football team, he himself was not moved at all.

Sun Yi didn't take it to heart. Unexpectedly, the next day, he really met someone from the Football Association. He really came to talk to him about replacing Lippi.

Sun Yi was not interested in the current national football team, so he politely declined at the beginning. But the other party found many reasons to persuade him, such as contributing to the country and the nation.

With such reasons, to be honest, it was really difficult for Sun Yi to refuse. After all, every citizen has a share of responsibility for the honor and disgrace of the country.

But later, the other party also proposed that Sun Yi quit his job at Nice and devote himself to the national football team.

This is very difficult. But in the face of national honor, Sun Yi is not unwilling to give up.

But later when the contract was mentioned, there were some secret operations. This Sun Yi could not accept.

Sun Yi is a principled person. Some things cannot cross the bottom line. When he had a rejection in his heart, he said that he had to pay three times the liquidated damages if he resigned from Nice. He could not afford this money at all.

After hearing that they had to help Sun Yi pay a huge liquidated damages, the people of the Football Association backed off. The other party said that they would go back and discuss it with the leader. And then there was no news.

In fact, Sun Yi re-signed a high-paying contract with Nice before returning home. And it was more than what he got when he took over the national team. But there was no penalty or anything like that. It was just an excuse for him to refuse.

There was no news from the Football Association later. Sun Yi was relieved. To be honest, he really hated dealing with people from the Football Association. Whether it was before or now. The bureaucracy was too serious. It made him feel uncomfortable.

The matter of taking over the national team just disappeared. There was no news about this matter at home or abroad.

After getting rid of this matter, Sun Yi went north to Beijing after meeting with Lao Xie and Lao Liang for a few days.