<br><br><div> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><strong> Javier Tebas,</strong> president of the League, stated this Thursday that “China, in the medium term, has to be among the ten best teams in the world”, during the 10th Spain China Forum held in Madrid, and in which Rafael Louzán, president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), also participated; Song Kai, president of the Chinese Football Federation; and Li Kemin, president of the Chinese Football League.</p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-md irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-md hidden-xs hidden-md"> </span></span></span><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Louzán, in turn, when asked about the strengths of Spanish football that can be exported to China, highlighted the great work of “Spain's 19 territorial federations, which have a solid base”.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"Football training in Spain has a great structure. Spain has a culture with great ambassadors - Barcelona, Real Madrid -, a suitable climate, great public facilities and has an important organizational capacity, now we have the 2030 World Cup. Our doors will always be open to China", highlighted Louzán, who recalled the presence of several Chinese sponsors in the Spanish team.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-xs hidden-xs hidden-md"/></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Louzán also praised the Spanish arbitration system. "We have technology, innovation in refereeing, we are requested by referees all over the world, despite the criticism we sometimes receive in Spain. In this regard we are also at the forefront."</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Javier Tebas said that “the DNA of LaLiga is exporting our knowledge, we have been in China for 17 years, we know football well, if they ask us for help, advice, we are sincere, we tell them where they are wrong, where they can improve in the medium term, we don't sign papers just for the sake of signing them”. Spain and China have reached an agreement on a diplomatic memorandum of intent and collaboration between the two countries on football issues.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"I feel proud of the trust they place in me, I feel proud to be an ambassador for Chinese football. If China wants to have a great team and be competitive, it has to have a very competitive league, that won't happen on its own, but with a large population and patience they will achieve it. In a report we delivered to China we told them that their youth football needs more competitiveness. youth football There are Spanish coaches in China Antonio Puche, under-21 coach, reached second place in Asia, they know where football is going Chinese", argued Thebes.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The president of the League brought infrastructure to the debate. “They built 160 thousand pitches in China, football is a subject that is taught in schools and with these foundations they have to create a great professional league and a great team”.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">At an audiovisual level, added Tebas, “they want to transfer automation, our transmission models, improve their quality, our work in China includes the return to CCTV5 which is a great exposure window, every week there are two games from our League live, with the help of the Chinese authorities.</p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">During the Spain China Forum held at the Madrid Casino, Louzán highlighted that "Rafael Tebas has been working well for more than 12 years, Spain is in an exceptional moment, it is number one in the FIFA men's and women's football rankings. And behind that there is a lot of work. This memorandum of understanding strengthens our relationship with China. Spain has 70 thousand coaches, one of them Antonio Puche triumphing there. We hope to play soon with China, by the way".</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Louzán insisted on the ability to form a professional structure to improve competitiveness so that China can grow and achieve its sporting goals.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"The other day we were with Saudi Arabia. Like China, a growing country, and we work on the competitiveness structure. Spain's 19 territorial federations have a solid base. Training football in Spain has a great structure. Spain has a culture with great ambassadors -Barcelona, Real Madrid-, a suitable climate, great public facilities and has an important organizational capacity, now we have the 2030 World Cup. Our doors will always be open to China", he said Louzán, who valued the benefits of the 2030 World Cup. clubs' audiovisual rights. “Without them we wouldn’t have an advanced arbitration system, if it weren’t for this drive.”</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">In turn, Song Kai, president of the Chinese Football Federation, thanked LaLiga and the Federation for recommending "Mr. Antonio Puche as coach", who recently achieved second place in the Asian Cup with the under-23 team.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"The people of China love Madrid and Barcelona. From the Government of China, to improve our football, we launched measures and regulations. We managed to improve grassroots football, the construction of infrastructure, especially in stadiums and training fields, there are more parks, football pitches. Grassroots football needs patience, we already have results, but we still need time. We have difficulties, but together with President Li Kemin, our Chinese Super League has an increasing audience, we are trying to improve governance. Development must be healthier, more regulation to control the industry," said Song Kai.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The president of the Chinese Federation praised FC Barcelona's training work, its methodology, with the application of its 4-3-3 model as a more technical style. “Our Chinese coaches are collaborating in La Masía, just yesterday we played in their sporting city and we saw that we need to play much better.”</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Li Kemin, president of the Chinese Football League, stated that "Javier Tebas is helping us a lot, implementing a series of rules that make us grow. We want to learn from Spanish professional football.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Soft diplomacy. The panel at the 10th Spain-China Forum under the theme “sports diplomacy, a bridge between societies”, highlighted the need to improve the training of young talents and the development of measures that strengthen management and governance levels in Chinese clubs. </p> </div><script type="script/gg"> gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, 'c:facebooka-frU9M5JY', function () { console.log('facebook-ad-def'); !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '682047071976590'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); }); </script>