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Do you have to have bonuses for the national soccer team to play better?
Writer/Hwang Ah-jung (Occupation: International student in Korea)
Recently, a piece of news has sparked heated debate in fan circles that the Chinese Football Association (CFA) has introduced a high bonus policy in order to incentivize its international players to strive for a place in the 40-team tournament.
Picture / National Football League microblogging
The bonus policy is as follows: the Chinese Football Association set up a "win prize", if the national football team wins all four matches, it will receive a total of 12 million yuan in awards.
Depending on the opponent, the prize money varies accordingly, as follows: $1 million for the first game against Guam; $2 million if they beat the Maldives; $3 million if they beat the Philippines; and $6 million if they beat Syria.
However, the prerequisite for activating this bonus policy is that the national football team must win all four matches, in other words, if the national football team has a draw or a loss, there will not be a single penny of bonus.
Picture / National Football League microblogging
The introduction of this reward measure is undoubtedly to motivate the national players to go all out in the Top 40, but I feel a hint of helplessness from it - fighting for the country is such a sacred cause, do we have to rely on bonuses to motivate the players?
Looking back to the past, due to the Chinese Super League "Golden Dollar Football Era" bubble expansion, the price and salary of many players have risen, especially after the selection of the national football team, the newly promoted international footballers in the club's annual salary can rise by about 20%, but in fact, the player's salary and the price of the actual level is not in line with the result of the Chinese Super League "Expenses are getting bigger and bigger, the level is getting lower and lower", and even some young players have given up the dream of staying in Europe and the United States, the reason is to stay in the Chinese Super League can earn more.
The direct consequence of the "Golden Dollar Football Era" is the gradual decline in the strength of the national football team, and even more so, all to the "money", in the club to do their best, but not in the national team, and even to avoid injuries in the national team and the negative game ...
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Sincerely, I don't think the current national soccer team is worth 12 million at all, and shouldn't rely on bonuses to influence players. For example, Messi in Barcelona and even the entire La Liga is the top salary, but in the Argentine national team, Messi has repeatedly paid out of his own pocket to help the national team. This is the style of the world's superstar, but also the patriotic players should play.
In contrast, the CFA should be rewarding the Chinese women's soccer team, which has just made it to the Tokyo Olympics as the "Clanging Roses". The Chinese women's soccer team has inspired the confidence of fans all over the country with their stirring matches, but the CFA has not been giving the girls the same treatment as the men's soccer team - at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Chinese women's soccer team made it to the last eight, but the prize money was only 8 million yuan (only half of what it would have been if it had been 12 million yuan), and I heard that it was owed to the...
