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In 1987, the 83-year-old *** solemnly invited Maradona, the World Cup football champion, to play a friendly match in China, but Maradona asked for a sky-high appearance fee: "Don't give 300 million!" ”
In 1987, the 83-year-old *** solemnly invited Maradona, the World Cup football champion, to come to China to participate in the friendship match. His daughter also mentioned: "My father has three major hobbies in his life, football, swimming, and bridge are essential. ”
As early as the 20s, the first time I went to France, I was deeply attracted to football, and then football was like a beam of light that suddenly appeared in life. At that time, in order to watch a football game, he was willing to sell his most expensive suit, and exchanged a piece of clothing for a ticket, which was a vivid world football competition. Although his money could only buy cheap tickets in the back row, he was still excited. He once recalled: "A precious suit in exchange for a small ticket, but not for my excitement." Until his twilight years, he still vividly remembered that the winner of that competition was Uruguay.
As a die-hard fan, I have a way of watching football itself. ***, who retired at home in his twilight years, used more spare time to watch football competitions. His friend Zhang Baozhong said: "* is famous for liking football, as long as it is related to football, he likes it, it is simply crazy for football." For example, in the 13th World Cup, 53 games were not lost, and they were watched every game. Watch what you can watch during the day, and record what you can't. And after the recording, the free time continued** and I was not allowed to say who won and who lost. Watching the situation of the ball game like this, it is really stubborn! ”
**There is a non-stop connection to the results of the soccer competition, and a detached and calm stance. He said: "This is to watch the ball, to see is passion, to see is pleasing to the eye, to score or not to score has its reasons. Although we lost the game, our players are all active and play well, but the strength is not on the same level as others, but they play well! ”
It is the best people who care about and care for the development of football in our country. He has repeatedly hinted that "the progress of the national football team is rigorous practice, laying a good foundation, and cultivating a group of excellent players as soon as possible". While watching the match between the Hong Kong football team and the Chinese youth football team, ** pointed out to the football trainer as a bystander: "We should learn more from Brazilian football and go to their country for further study, so as to learn how people become international referees and have the ability and strength of referees." During the post-match visit, he said: After that, we should go abroad, compete through the process, learn from outstanding seniors, accumulate experience, and develop our country's football career as soon as possible.
In August 1985, he watched several live broadcasts of the FIFA Kodak Cup World Championship at the age of 16, and sent a message to FA President Havelange: "The teams have shown themselves very well in terms of technology and sportsmanship. They played with a lot of energy and were a step forward in world football. Although our Chinese team is also playing well, we still have to engage in Chinese football, starting from children and teenagers. ”
China's sports are trending all over the world, but the development of Chinese football is very slow and cannot break out of Asia. In the other corner of the world, Argentine football pushed the Argentine team to the World Cup championship with the two manipulations of "God's Hand" and "Goal of the Century" with Maradona's own strength. China's veteran fans*** are also very happy, and he wants to invite this new football king to China, and by the way, he will see the heroic appearance of world champion Maradonati football.
Faced with this situation, **, in his capacity as a Chinese leader (a veteran fan), he invited Maradona to meet in China for a friendly football match. At this time, Maradona was already a member of the Italian Napoli club, and this unknown team became the champion of the Italian Serie A under the leadership of Maradona.
Knowing that China invited him to participate in the China friendly match, the arrogant football king didn't care, but just said to ***: "If you give him 300 million, he can go at his discretion." ”
As his treaty with Italy does not cover venues outside of Italy. Maradona proposed an appearance fee of 300 million, and he was just considering going. This is a huge expense for the whole team in China. **When I heard it, I gritted my teeth: "What a big tone, it doesn't take 300 million for a friendship game, and you will be 300 million as soon as you come up." Young people should not be too ambitious. ”
These were obviously a significant amount of money for China at that time, so it was not clear that Maradona was invited.
For Maradona at that time, the development trend of China's large population was still in the middle stage, so it was not very attractive. Even if he comes to China to play a football game, he will have several times more fans than before, and he will get a lot of economic gains from it.
Maradona's refusal did not affect his love for football, and he judged that the two of them would spur the development and progress of the miracle of Chinese football. Under the leadership of *** instructions, Chinese football has made rapid progress and soon has its first football training ground. Under his promotion, the Chinese Football Association sent a number of football teams to Germany and Brazil for further study, so as to learn the football knowledge of the world's football powers and the tactics studied in football, which also objectively promoted the development of Chinese football.
Since the establishment of China, ** has put forward a lot of wealthy and constructive initiatives for Chinese football. His guidance that "if Chinese football is to be developed, it must start from a child" has encouraged many young people who love football, and also expressed his beautiful expectations for the development of Chinese football.
Reference: China News Weekly.