"When you choose the best young Chinese players and train them in a professional and regular way, they can compete with any team in the world."
Before talking about Clauchen, let's talk about why the "Dragon King", who was the head of the football association at the time, did not like him. It was an old story of "the king's destiny will be unaffected outside."
At that time, the "Dragon King" had just come to power, and immediately overturned the cooperation plan with Germany, and turned to the French side, probably because "the benefits of the German Football Association are not enough".
After two months of training in Bad Kisingen, Clauchen decided to take the team out to adjust, planning to take the team to Spain for ten days to relax. The approval report reached the "Dragon King", and his opinion was that "only three days of travel to Spain and the cost is 10,000 euros", and after learning that the approval could not be changed, Clauchen decided to take a risk.
Before leaving for Spain, he told his team to "don't bring any football-related clothing to Spain", the only mandatory requirement was to "bring a small blanket per person".
The players who went to Spain enjoyed great joy, every day was sea, sand and sun, Clauchen only arranged for cycling and strength training in the gym, and only then could people tell that it was a football team.
After the three-day deadline, Clauchen found that the team was still not able to fully relax and adjust, so he ignored the advice of the Football Association, and continued to stay in Spain with the whole team, and did not return to the training camp no matter how he urged, leaving Beijing in flames.
Clauchen delayed until the ninth day to return home, and this day was considered to give the FA face.
The youth players who returned to the Bad Kitsingen training camp had not touched the ball for nine days, and "Chen Tao's eyes were green when he saw the ball", and the training effect on the tenth day was the best during the entire training camp.
History proves that the Football Association is most afraid of some maverick foreign coaches, and Milu is still out of the coach position after leading the Chinese team to the World Cup, and he chose Alihan to give up Trusière, but also afraid of the latter's temper.
Clauchen's disobedience made some people very upset, and the national youth team's warm-up record at that time was very poor, which strengthened their determination to drive Clauchen out of office.
The Chinese coaching staff, a sad joke
It is well known that there are gangsters in Chinese football.
The "Dragon King" did not like Clauchen, so in the Chinese football media, a group of meat horns with an inexplicable sense of superiority appeared at no time. What they all have in common is that they always love to lock their brows and play the conscience of Chinese football.
They also only do some work that adds bricks and tiles, icing on the cake, the essence of the inside, beating to death is not to say kneeling and licking, and they have quite self-esteem in posture.
At that time, many domestic newspapers attacked Clauchen vigorously, characterizing him as a "parallel product". "Clauchen changes the general to swing the oolong, and the Chinese coach is formed as the hero of the victory", which is one of the headlines of the newspaper that was mixed with fish and dragons that year.
The reason for this is mostly because Clauchen refused to be interviewed by reporters many times, which made some media reporters quite annoyed, and gradually evolved into negative reports on Clauchen.
At this time, the rivalry between the Football Association and Clauchen led to the intervention of the media, and on the issue of choosing Clauchen and the Football Association, individual media gave up limited truths "for the sake of the overall situation".
At this time, the domestic media's reports on Clauchen and Guoqing were mostly through these media as sources, and in the midst of a tsunami, Clauchen once became the enemy of the whole people.
When Clauchen led the team to three consecutive wins, the media touted it for a while, and after losing to Germany, he began to change sharply, "Clauchen is indeed old, and he can't even name the player." ”
Later, the plot developed to the Toulon Cup, and the performance of the national youth was very good. Various media reports are exaggerating the Chinese coaching staff and belittling Clauchen, "Clauchen even changed people indiscriminately, and needs the help of the Chinese coach to correct it." ”
When a large number of domestic reporters arrived in the Netherlands to watch the training and matches of the national youth team, they found that many previous reports were not very accurate and true, and even had some artificial false elements.
The deeper reason is that Clauchen's stubbornness in employing people hinders the "money" path of many people, which is the main reason for his expulsion.
Some people came out at this time, thinking that such a national youth should be brought by their cronies, and whoever brings the Olympic Games can produce results. So in fact, what is the result of the Toulon Cup, Clauchen's departure is a foregone conclusion.
At that time, the official reason was: "Due to Clauchen's old age, he is not suitable for such a stimulating sport as football, and for the sake of Clauchen's health, the Football Association has selected a new manager." ”
Clauchen once said frankly that some of those who forced him to resign are now in prison, "When they come out, you can ask them, and they may know better." ”
Yin Tiesheng was appointed three months before the Olympics, and now people only remember that Dong Fangzhuo, who could not be reused under Clauchen, scored the only goal, and Tan Wangsong's severed son.
The defeat at the Beijing Olympics epitomizes the chaos of Chinese football.
Clauchen, a kind of stubborn worship
The shortcomings of the football association's system of coaches in the youth team made Clauchen's appointment due to coincidence.
In fact, the Chinese National Youth Team should have thanked Clauchen from the beginning, who stubbornly chose to prove himself in this way when no one wanted to take over, just like the character of the Germans.
"He has coached teams in more than 30 countries and regions," is the original words of Feng Jianming, the leader of the national youth team that year.
The national youth team in Clauchen's hands originally belonged to Jia Xiuquan. However, with the introduction of the 08 Olympic strategy, Jia Xiuquan was clearly told that he would not lead the team to participate in the Beijing Olympics, and in a fit of anger, he angrily hung up his seal and left.
Subsequently, the Football Association contacted Yin Tiesheng, who was the head coach of Changchun Yatai at the time, but because he "could not control this team", Yin Tiesheng also chose to give up after briefly taking charge of the coach.
In desperation, the Football Association had to help the foreign adviser of the National Youth Team, Clauchen, in fact, it was the Football Association that personally pushed Clauchen to the foreground, and finally pushed him off the altar.
At that time, the cooperation between China and Germany was not smooth, and the contradictions between the two sides continued to erupt, the base lacked physical coaches and goalkeeper coaches, promised experts did not appear, and the quality of the game was ineffective.
At this time, the "Dragon King" had just become the head of the Football Association, and when he went to Germany for his first inspection, he was very shocked by the conditions in Bad Kisingen, and shouted out angry words in a hurry: "It is really impossible to let Director Zhu take over".
During the World Youth Championships in the Netherlands, the "Dragon King" kept running between Paris, France and Düsseldorf, Germany, and the national youth team from Bad Kisingen won successive victories at the World Youth Championships, but he did not change his policy of "starting over".
The Frenchman's offer of three million euros and Jaccay's "bait" as technical director made the "Dragon King" disdain Clauchen's ability at the World Junior Championships. Although he commented on Clauchen as "a good coach", it was not enough to make him change his mind: the battlefield needs to be changed, and the manager needs to be changed.
The reason for this insistence is also easy to understand, the World Youth Championships have proved that this is a team that can produce results, Clauchen is after all the appointment of the former "Yan King", and the Beijing Olympics is such an opportunity in front of the family, it is worth a big gamble without worry.
After Milu, Clauchen is probably the first coach in Chinese football to get out of class with good results, and he is even more controversial than Milu. This is not to deify Clauchen, but someone has always misled us before, so that the outside world does not have a real understanding of this German.
People's football, a manifesto of helplessness
Yan Shiduo is a complete orator and agitator, he can always say things that delight people, such as "there is no amnesty for killing, and there is no decision", such as "Chinese football has stood up", such as "football needs the people".
So, in those years, "people's football" was very popular.
The word "people" has a very tangible meaning, but it can also be reduced to abstract orders by some. The "people" became a weapon to suppress individual temperament and a pretext for chasing stakes.
But in fact, people's football is a flashy, big and unwarranted burden on the shoulders of football association officials. The FA official, who was confused by the rush to attack his heart, also turned into a headless fly flying around, constantly flying between the playing field of national teams at all levels and the blueprint of political performance drawn by himself.
Football Association officials who rush to make "political achievements" have not only become "political officials" who talk about "politics" and shut up about "the people", but also become "commanders and fighters" who often give tasks for athletes, press targets, and blindly command with administrative orders.
In this way, "people's football" has become a veritable "chief football". Such "chief football", because it has long degenerated into a carrier carrying the will of the chief and the self-interest of a small number of interest groups, has not finally failed to make fans and investors "happy".
Some people are more willing to believe in their own vision and interest trade-offs, when Chinese football can change such an embarrassing status quo, and when Chinese football will come out of the desert and usher in an oasis.