Chapter 97

Chapter 97 Belgium

The head coach of the Belgian national team, Antiiennis, actually came to find Digan in person?

Degan looked at the old man in front of him, and he was also puzzled. Of course he had heard the news that he could obtain Belgian nationality before, but Degan never thought about joining the Belgian national team.

The European Red Devils have gradually declined since the 2002 World Cup. In the 2004 European Cup, they even failed to make it to the main match.

Especially after Wilmots announced his withdrawal from the national team, the performance of Belgian football has plummeted. Now it has almost been reduced to the second-rate in Europe. Join the Belgian national team?

After Digan was forced to give up football in his previous life, he never let go of his love for football. He naturally paid a lot of attention to world football.

The revival of the Belgian national team is not far away, but their national team performance has not been good. The most important problem is the internal friction between the Dutch and French departments.

In the Belgian national team, the Dutch language department has always occupied the mainstream position, and even directly handed over the previous head coach to the river crab. Hazard, the most expensive star in Belgium in later generations, is a French language department. Therefore, despite his influence in world football Not small, but in the Belgian national team, many players don't like him.

The late famous Belgian football coach, who once led the Belgian team to create glory in the 1980s, said a famous saying: "Never call a Walloon into the national team, no matter how good he is."

This sentence was advice to his successor Van Heemst before Thies stepped down from the Belgian national team in 1992. Later, the successor Van Heemster did not follow the advice of his predecessor Tees, and not only recruited Walloons, but also set a precedent for recruiting Belgian players of foreign descent. Croatian Webber and Brazilian Oliveira were recruited Get into the team.

Later, Rickens even recruited the Mpensa brothers, who are of Congolese descent, and Vaseghi also recruited Strupa, who is of Croatian origin, but the conflict between the Flemish players and the Walloon players has never been resolved. The Belgian national team quickly split into two groups of players, even training and living in the national team.

A few years ago, an absurd thing happened on the Belgian public television station RTBF. A fictional news item suddenly appeared on the program, saying that "the Dutch-speaking Flanders region has declared independence", "the king has left the country", "Belgium has already no longer exists". Although the words "purely fictitious" were later printed on the screen, the news still shocked the whole country, and many people gathered at the palace with flags.

For a long time, Belgium has been divided into Flemings and Walloons. The former speaks Dutch, claims to be smart and hardworking, and is somewhat dismissive of the Walloons. The latter speaks French and is quite critical of the former.

Belgium has always existed like this. Brussels, located in the Flemish region, due to historical development, speaks more French in its city center, and all signs are marked in French and Dutch, which has become a unique landscape in the center of Europe.

As Tees said, his national team is determined not to call Walloons. Therefore, the famous Belgian football stars Pfaff, Sermans, Van der Elst, Predholm and others are all from Flemish, while Schifer is of Italian descent, so he only hates Walloon Fry The Mang people do not reject him, on the contrary they can get along well with him.

Both Flemish and Walloon have excellent players, but they are difficult to unite. In fact, the biggest problem facing the Belgian team is not tactics, technology, or lack of talent, but these talents come from Flemish. and Wallonia.

Is it true that Walloons are no longer recruited as Thies said or that the Belgian national team is divided into the Flemish national team and the Walloon national team?

Therefore, the biggest enemy of the Belgian team's poor record is not their lack of strength, but Flemish and Wallonia.

What if Degan joins such a team that is accustomed to infighting?

In the Brazilian national team, there was already a lot of trouble just because of the position dispute, but in the eyes of Belgium, it was simply naked racial hatred.

Antiiennis got straight to the point: "Rodrigue! I believe you already know the purpose of my coming. I hope you can join the Belgian national team, play for Belgium, and compete in the World Cup qualifiers!"

Sure enough!

Digan looked at Antiiennis, and said after a while: "I think you should have heard about me. Now everyone is saying that I am a cancer. The current situation of the Belgian national team has serious disputes. Are you not afraid that after I join, Belgium will become even more chaotic?"

Antiiennis seemed not worried about what Digan said, and smiled: "No! Of course not, I know you are a player with great character. You must have your reasons for refusing to play. I don't care about these , all I care about is your strength, how many goals you can score for Belgium!"

Degan smiled and said, "You really have so much confidence in me that you think I can bring Belgium victory?"

Antiiennis nodded solemnly and said: "Of course, in today's world football, I really can't find a forward player who is better than you. You can bring the strength and quality of the Belgian national team." I'm very confident, how about it? Do you want to come? I know you want to be able to participate in next year's World Cup, but it's impossible to represent Brazil, but you can still represent Belgium! You were born there, Belgium is also your hometown !"

Are you playing the emotional card?

If the emotion card was useful, Digan wouldn't be discredited by refusing to play because of a momentary rage.

However, if he can represent the Belgian national team, it would be a good choice for Digan. Although Belgian football is at a low ebb now, what about the future?

Hazard, Lukaku, and Vertonghen are all extremely shining names in world football.

However, these people also belong to three factions at the same time. In the future, when the Belgian national team shines the most, factional struggles will also exist.

Flemish faction: Vermaelen, Vertonghen, Martens, Gillet, Alderweireld, Defour, Watson, De Bruyne, Simmons, Mertens, Courto Watts, Mignolet.

Walloons: Hazard, Miralas, Van Buyten, Bralette, Poconioli.

There are also players of foreign origin: Fellaini, Kompany, de Camargo, Gonzalez, Benteke, Lukaku, Witsel, van den Bore, Dembele, Chad profit.

These people are like fighting for an egg, starting from which direction to peel the skin, they keep arguing endlessly, it's boring.

Just thinking about it gave Digan a headache.

Antiiennis obviously also guessed Digan's worries. He is a Flemish who knows about his family affairs, but he also feels that those fights are meaningless except for affecting the team's combat effectiveness. , So when he was the head coach, he brought in Van Buyten from the Walloon faction and the Mponsa brothers from the foreign pedigree faction.

However, in order to dispel Degan's wariness, Antiiennis still feels that Degan should be given greater trust and rights. Of course, he can also be called **: "Rodrigue! If you are willing to join the Belgian national team, I can You are appointed as the captain! Everything in the team, except for the composition of the team and tactical arrangements, is up to you!"

When Degan heard the words, his heart was shocked. It was not just trust: "Mr. Antiiennis! Are you~~~~~~ serious!?"

Antiiennis nodded with a smile, and said: "Of course, I also know that there are many problems in Belgium now, and it is indeed time for a change, Rodrigue! I believe you have this ability, and you can bring it to Belgium. The national team has changed, so that they become united, so that everyone can unite and move towards one goal!"

Degan had to admit that he was really moved. The proposal given by Antiiennis was too big. Antiiennis clearly wanted Degan to become the real master of the Belgian national team!

A scholar dies for his confidant!

As a Chinese, Digan naturally knew that there was such a sentence. Facing Antiiennis' expectant gaze, Digan finally made up his mind, nodded heavily, and said, "Mr. Antiiennis ! No! It's the coach! I am willing to accept your invitation!"

It was not only because of this trust that Degan finally agreed to Antiiennis' invitation, but also because of the invitation of the World Cup, which was the biggest banquet in the football world, and Degan didn't want to miss it.

Antiiennis did not expect things to go so smoothly. It is definitely a surprise to be able to call Degan into the Belgian national team. Belgium is not doing well in the European qualifiers. After six games, it has two wins and two draws With two losses and eight points, they only rank fourth in the seventh group, after Spain, Serbia and Montenegro and Lithuania, and the qualifying situation is extremely pessimistic.

But with Degan, the situation will definitely be different. Antiiennis believes that Degan can bring changes to Belgium, great changes. With Digan as an offensive weapon on the front line, everything will be easy to handle.

After sending Antiiennis away, Degan immediately called Mendes. Mendes has also been under tremendous pressure because of his incident these days, and the representatives of those sponsors will not be broken by Degan. After breaking the Serie A single-season scoring record, he opened the net to him and asked Mendes to eliminate the negative impact of Digan's refusal to play.

But it's all right now!

"Belgium!?" Mendes pondered for a while, and said, "This is a good choice! Although Belgium is far inferior to Brazil in terms of influence, Belgium is a European team, and this is enough!"

Digan said, "What do you think I should do!?"

Mendes suggested: "Contact Antiiennis immediately, ask him to communicate with the Belgian Football Association, call you into the Belgian national team with great fanfare, and then we will hold a press conference to announce this!"

Degan knew about this matter, and Mendes was more professional, so these things would naturally be handed over to Mendes, and Mendes also complained about this.

"Rod! I'm not your manager alone, but now it looks like I'm your nanny!"

Deegan laughed, "Stop whining! Dude! It's good for you, too!"

Antiiennis agreed very happily, and the Belgian Football Association naturally didn't have any objections. They didn't want a certain organization in China to care so much about face. Calling Digan to the national team is a great opportunity to enhance the influence of Belgian football. They have no reason not to agree.

The incident of Degan's refusal to play was still aroused, but even more explosive news came out that the head coach of the Belgian national team actually wanted to recruit Degan to join the Belgian national team.

"Rodrigue is a very good player. Any football coach would be proud to have such a player. I am very happy that Degan is more than willing to accept our invitation. In the Belgian national team, Degan will gain more trust. , and will take on more responsibilities, I have already discussed with Gul, he also welcomes Degan to join, and is willing to give up the captain's position!"

Deegan! Scale is the captain of the national men's football team?

The world is just crazy!

But is all this really true?

Soon Degan held a press conference and announced his decision: "Coach Antiiennis did find him. He felt that I was suitable for the Belgian football style, and told me about his dreams and future plans. I was very interested, and he expressed his trust in me, so I decided to accept his invitation!"

There was also a reporter from Brazil present, who immediately questioned: "Does it mean that you have betrayed your country by making such a decision?"

Abandon the country! ?

This hat is too big!

Degan sneered and said: "Brazil gave up on me, I didn't give up on Brazil, and Deco was also selected for the Portuguese national team. Would you say he is a traitor? Don't be stupid, that's because Brazilian football has always been I didn't really pay attention to us, if I wanted to abandon Brazil, I wouldn't be like a clown and be tricked by that bastard Pereira!"

After the incident of refusing to play was exposed, Degan fired at Pereira for the first time.

"I don't think my strength is inferior to Adriano's. In fact, the conflicts on the training ground were not caused by me. If you go to interview those players, you will know the truth. Of course, the authority of the head coach, I also respect it very much, but this does not mean that I will silently accept ignorance and fooling. At that time, there were less than two minutes left in the game, and Pereira asked me to warm up and play. Am I God? Am I God? Is it Superman? And he doesn't tell me what to do when I get on the court, he just wants to make me look bad!"

Digan really wished for Pereira when he said this, but it is meaningless to say anything now. Since Pereira directly put a big hat on Digan's head as "unpatriotic", Digan naturally can't You're welcome.

This incident immediately shocked the entire football world. If it was an unknown person, people would not care about it. In the football world, there are many people who suddenly change their nationality and represent other countries. However, Degan is not an unknown person. The hottest player in world football.

The Brazilian media quickly protested, and even wanted to bring this matter to FIFA, because FIFA has regulations that ghostwriters for players who participate in the game of a team can no longer represent another country.

It's a pity that Degan's record of playing in the Brazilian national team is zero. Once he watched Brazil beat Peru from the stands, and once he sat on the bench for 90 minutes and witnessed Brazil defeating Argentina. So Digan is fully qualified to represent the Belgian national team in the competition.

Degan made a decision. In Brazil, after the cancer, he was accused of treason by people, and Degan's family also seemed very disgusted with this.

"Rodrigo! I order you to take back your bad decision immediately, you cannot betray your motherland!" Bosque went directly to Bergamo, furious at Degan.

The motherland of the devil!

Digan said indifferently: "This is impossible. I have already made a decision and I will not change it! And I don't think it is a betrayal. Since the Brazilian national team looks down on me, why can't I make a new choice! "

Of course, if the Brazilian national team had not recruited Degan before, others would not be able to say anything if Degan wanted to change his nationality, but now that this matter is so big, Bosque is also under a lot of pressure.

"You don't have to say any more, my decision will not change, just say what others like! I don't care!"

Degan may not care, but his family can't help it, especially Kaka. When he learned that Degan was going to join the Belgian national team, Kaka was stunned.

Originally, Kaka was waiting for the influence of this matter to disappear, and pleaded for Digan, but unexpectedly, Digan made a choice in advance, and it was so fierce.

"Rod! Have you really decided?" Kaka didn't come directly, but called Digan.

Digan said: "Yes! Ricardo! I think we really can only be rivals in this life. I'm sorry. I know you want to fight with me in the national team, but I messed things up! "

Kaka knew that it would be useless to persuade Digan at this moment, so he could only accept the reality: "No! Rhodes! I know this is not your fault, okay! This is also a good choice, I hope you can enter the World Cup, However, Rod! I have the knowledge to remind you. In the Belgian national team, you have to restrain your temper. It is more chaotic than in Brazil. I heard that you are already the captain. Now that you are the captain, you must travel well This responsibility, I know you can do it!"

After listening to Kaka's words, the dark cloud that had shrouded Digan's heart disappeared in an instant, and he smiled: "Of course! I know, I can do well, Ricardo! You should always believe in me!"