2024-01-25 01:34:00
Xinhua News Agency, Doha, January 24 (Reporters Gong Bing, Yue Dongxing, Xiao Shiyao) “Chinese football is now lagging behind across the board. No matter which team we play with, we have no advantage. Other teams are making progress, but we are the only one standing still. ” said Wei Shihao, a member of the Chinese men’s national football team.
Wei Shihao’s words are heartbreaking, but they are true. 0:0 in the first game, 0:0 in the second game, and 0:1 in the three games; no victory and no goal scored. This is the first time in the history of the national football team that the national football team has failed to score in the Asian Cup. It is also the 13th time that the national football team has participated in the Asian Cup. Worst performance.
“This is not only the backwardness of the national team, but also reflects the overall backwardness of Chinese football in terms of development concepts, technical and tactical levels, and management capabilities.” said a local football association vice chairman.
On January 22, Chinese team players played against Qatar in this Asian Cup.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Haocheng
The National Football Team’s elimination from the Asian Cup group is not all the bad news for Chinese football in recent times. The Dalian Football Team recently announced its disbandment, becoming another Dalian Chinese Super League team that has completely “disappeared” after Dalian Shide. Dalian, a well-known domestic “football city”, has also temporarily missed the Chinese Super League. To make matters worse, as the champion of the first year of the Chinese Super League, the Shenzhen team announced its dissolution on the 22nd due to “serious historical debts that are unsustainable”…
The national team is the flag of a country’s football, and its performance is the result of the comprehensive utilization of a country’s football resources. The professional league is the cornerstone of a country’s football. Without the high-quality development of the league, it is impossible to support the top of the national team.
What’s wrong with the national football team? How should Chinese football take this as a lesson to seek development?
Ability, still ability!
——Insufficient ability highlighted
Looking at the three Asian Cup games, although the national football team has a chance to win, overall, the performance of such results in a less competitive group highlights the problem of lack of ability. For example, even with nine substitutes, the Qatar team was still able to conduct small-scale multi-foot passes in the midfield and frontcourt many times, while the national football team members could hardly touch the ball.
According to Jia Leishi, executive committee member of the Guangxi Football Association, the Chinese team also wanted to press, but it was unable to run and was not capable.
He said that there is a big gap between the Chinese team and many teams in Asia. One of the manifestations is that there are few overseas players (only Wu Shaocong plays in the Turkish secondary league and did not play in this Asian Cup), while the Japanese team has 21 of the 26-man roster. Among those who have studied abroad, 11 of them play in the five major leagues.
On January 19, Japanese team player Endo Hang (front) celebrated after scoring a goal in the Asian Cup match against Iraq.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Han
“(Japan) has so many players playing in Europe, which has led to the improvement of the national team’s level. Personal abilities, professionalism, on-field execution, running ability, especially the ability to adapt to high-intensity games, are all much better than the Chinese team. There are more, not one grade, but several grades.” Jia Leishi said.
How to increase the number of Chinese football players in Europe? Jia Leishi believes that the advantages of the national system should be used to jointly train players with the football associations of developed football countries. South Korean star Son Heung-min is a beneficiary of this training model.
In 2008, 16-year-old Son Heung-min went to Germany to receive football training as a member of a cooperation project between South Korea and the German Football Association. At that time, a total of six players received this opportunity. Among them, Sun Xingmin received training in the youth training system of Hamburg Club from 2008 to 2010. After that, he signed a contract with Hamburg Club and started his career.
On January 20, South Korean team player Son Heung-min (left) attacked during the Asian Cup match against Jordan.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Han
Ivan Bravo, Director of Asbeir Youth Training Academy and Technical Director of Qatar Football Association, introduced another model: Asbeir Youth Training Academy has established six age groups from U13 to U18, all composed of high-level foreigners. Coach training. The youth training academy controls two low-level league clubs in Europe and adopts the same training philosophy and management model as Asbel. Asbel’s outstanding students who are over 18 years old will be sent to Holding European Club for further studies.
Jia Leishi believes that when players are of the right age, European coaches are invited to select them and sent to Europe. Even if the Chinese Football Association and the club spend money to train them, even if they only play in the European secondary leagues, if there are more than a dozen of them, the country The team is not what it is now.
On January 22, Chinese team player Zhang Yuning (second from right) competes with Qatari team player Bassam Hisham Al-Rawi.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Can
——Basic skills are not solid
The lack of ability of the national football team is also reflected in: insufficient basic skills, lack of delicate ball stopping skills and the feeling of combining human and ball, lack of accuracy in passing, deformation of technical movements under the pressure of competitions, and increased mistakes; lack of high-level competition experience in daily life, When players enter high-intensity competitions, it is difficult to maintain a relatively stable performance for 90 minutes; they are afraid that the stubborn problem of pressing cannot be solved, and there are too many “ineffective return passes + big kicks”.
Jia Xiuquan, the former head coach of the Chinese women’s football team, believes that it is difficult for players with poor basic skills to become top talents of the national team. Only with solid basic skills can you make some technical moves that are difficult in confrontation on the court. If you can’t do the moves well and the ball is not passed accurately, how can you talk about cooperation and winning?
——Technical and tactical thinking is not unified enough
Jia Xiuquan believes that the national football team’s tactics in the three games were not clear enough. After the tactics are formulated, the players still need to unify their thoughts and practice them in training. The substitutes must also know how to play after coming on the field. Only by unified goals and unified actions can they achieve their goals in the game.
“In terms of goal clarity and final execution in these three games, maybe everyone’s ideas are not very unified. Maybe some people want to attack and some want to defend. Some balls are not dare to respond, and the running of the players without the ball and the center of the defender (There are also problems with maintaining the three forward lines on the field.”
The person in charge of a certain Chinese Super League club said that this national football team does not seem to have developed an effective lineup and formation, an effective style of play, or a cohesive team.
On January 17, Chinese team player Liu Binbin (left) dribbled the ball through during the Asian Cup match against Lebanon.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Fanyue
Japan unifies technical and tactical thinking among national teams at all levels. Japanese technical expert and coaching instructor Go Ono said that the staff of the Japan Football Association’s technical department and the technical staff of each club communicate once a month, involving national team planning and club planning, and then coordinate and unify. Likewise, there will be communication on the tactical side. After every world competition such as the World Cup and Asian Cup, the Japan Football Association will organize relevant technical personnel to issue a detailed technical report. The report includes an analysis of the mainstream tactics of world football, analysis of emerging tactical play, and points out the advantages and disadvantages of the Japanese national team. , and at the same time, new planning and adjustments will be made to the development of Japanese football. Then, the Japan Football Association, clubs and football experts will fully communicate based on this report, with the purpose of guiding this plan into club planning.
In Japan, Football Association officials, club officials and coaches all have a consensus, which is to improve the level of Japanese football and the Japanese national team through the efforts of everyone.
——The coach’s ability is questionable
Although Jankovic took office during a special period, he has never been the head coach of an adult national team before.
The person in charge of a Chinese Super League club said that the head coach’s responsibility is to unite a team, find players who are qualified for each position, and tap the potential of each player. But not every player in this national football team is in the most suitable position. “Why play a centre-back? Why bring four goalies?”
On January 22, Chinese team coach Jankovic was on the sidelines.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Ting
He believes that in addition to having professional and mature ideas and methods for leading the team, a head coach must also have an iron fist to knit everyone’s hearts together. However, Jankovic’s “iron-fisted management” approach when leading the youth team seemed a bit acclimated to the national team.
——Insufficient ability to withstand stress
Jia Xiuquan said that the national football team’s first two opponents in the Asian Cup are relatively low in the world rankings and are not traditional strong teams such as Japan and South Korea. The players’ psychology should not be in this state. Some West Asian teams don’t look particularly strong, but they are very relaxed mentally and can perform technical moves. And we may be unable to perform some actions due to nervousness. Of course, there may be other reasons for this situation.
The person in charge of a Chinese Super League club said that some players seemed nervous, afraid of making mistakes, afraid of dribbling, and afraid of breaking through. Technical level is one aspect, but more importantly, lack of bloodiness. The match against Qatar did not look like a “life and death battle”; the match between the Lebanese team and the Tajikistan team in the same group reflected the bloody and hard work that a “life and death battle” should have.
On January 22, Chinese team players after the match against Qatar.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Haocheng
Clarify selection criteria for national team members
Experts suggest that an expert group for athlete selection be established, headed by the technical director of the Chinese Football Association, to clarify the criteria and methods for selecting national team members, and include “strong desire to serve the country, first-class will and quality, good ability, and tenacious style” into the criteria, and supporting Establish a Chinese Football Association scouting system. Combined with big data, build a talent pool for the national team. Establish a dynamic selection and elimination mechanism to select multiple players in multiple positions based on actual needs for training and competition to launch healthy competition.
Resolutely abandon the idea of gambling
Chen Xuyuan, the former chairman of the Chinese Football Association who has been imprisoned, once said: “During my tenure, the national team was able to participate in the World Cup. Doesn’t that prove that Chen Xuyuan is very capable?”
This kind of gambling mentality not only harms him personally, but also harms the construction of the national team and should be resolutely abandoned.
Gambling is a manifestation of eagerness for quick success. The secretary-general of a certain city’s football association believes that the current situation of the national football team is influenced by the inertial thinking of eager for quick success and quick gain, and only cares about immediate interests, regardless of the long-term and foundation.
On January 22, Chinese team player Zhang Linpeng after the match against Qatar.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Can
The league is the cornerstone
In recent years, with the loss of high-level foreign players and coaches, the gap between the Chinese Super League and foreign high-level leagues in terms of offensive and defensive transition speed, confrontation intensity, and net game time has become increasingly obvious.
Jia Leishi said that the level of the Chinese Super League is low, how can it cultivate high-level national team players? “In the Asian Cup, our running was not as active as the Vietnamese team, our pressing was not as good as that of Indonesia, Thailand and other teams, and we were unable to play high-intensity and fast-paced games.”
Jia Xiuquan also believes that the rhythm and confrontation ability of the league must be improved, otherwise we will gradually be unable to keep up with the intensity, confrontation and rhythm of Asian competitions in the future, let alone the world arena.
Huang Shenghua, chairman of Shaanxi Changan United Football Club, suggested that the league system should be improved and the league should be focused on development.
Experts suggest establishing a national team training monitoring and evaluation system to achieve daily monitoring and evaluation of national team players at all levels in club training and competition data. The club has upgraded its daily training model, improved management and training levels, and made the Chinese Super League matches faster and more confrontational, creating a mutually reinforcing situation.
There are also football professionals who suggest that the boundaries between the responsibilities and rights of the government, associations, clubs, and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory group should be clearly defined, the boundaries between the responsibilities and rights of the league and the national team should be clearly defined, and the discussion and coordination mechanism should be improved.
On November 4, 2023, Song Kai, Chairman of the Chinese Football Association, presented the award to the Shanghai Harbor Team. On the same day, after the 30th round of the 2023 Chinese Football Association Super League held in Dalian, Liaoning, the Shanghai Harbor team was awarded the championship trophy.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Yulong
Taking youth training as the “root”
Since 2005, none of my country’s top national teams have qualified for the Men’s World Youth Championship and the World Junior Championship. The age structure of the national team is aging. The average age of the Chinese team in this Asian Cup is nearly 30 years old, making it the second “oldest” among all teams.
Jia Leishi said that many teams in the Asian Cup have many young players, such as the 19-year-old Vietnamese player Ruan Dinh Bei. Not only are they eye-catching, but most of them have become the main players of the national team. This also reflects the impact of the youth training system on Problems in the selection, development and use of young players. “I remember the 2002 World Cup, Milu also brought Qu Bo (20 years old at the time).”
Li Pei, a professor at the School of Sports Science at South China Normal University, believes that in the past, the construction of the youth training system was carried out separately, and the two sides of the sports education could not reach a consensus for a long time. Only by doing a good job in youth training can we have a future, and the integration of sports and education is the future of Chinese competitive sports.
He also said that judging from the Asian Cup competition, the skills, tactics and running of the national football team members lagged behind. The players were tired but the results were poor. This shows that our training from youth to adult teams has not kept up with the development direction of modern football. Chinese football must move away from its original empiricism and actively accept scientific and systematic modern football thinking.
This is July 10, 2022. In the first China Youth Football League (Zhejiang Division) boys primary school U11 group match, Yang Haoyuan (second from right), a young player from Hangzhou Pujia Primary School, and Zhao Yirui (second from right), a young player from Zhejiang Ostrich Football Club First from right) fighting for the ball.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Han
The person in charge of a Chinese Super League club said that we need to work hard, spend 10 or 20 years cultivating people, and do a solid job in youth training.
At present, Chinese football youth training is facing many difficulties. First, many clubs are facing difficulties in survival and lack the ability to make blood. The purpose of youth training is often to gain access to the league, and the quality of youth training is average. Second, local football associations and social institutions face problems such as insufficient investment, lack of coaching capabilities, and poor promotion channels when engaging in youth training.
The vice chairman of a local football association said that many people play football in primary school, but when they reach junior high school, they face academic pressure, resulting in conflicts in academic training and the “phenomenon of retiring at the age of 12.” There is also the issue of teachers, especially the shortage of excellent youth coaches. Youth training coaches in many places are retired athletes. Although they are young and have professional experience, being a coach and teaching children is another matter. They should be sent to foreign football-developed areas for further study and then return to China to coach. While going global, we should introduce outstanding youth training coaches from abroad, so that children can receive standardized and scientific football enlightenment and training from an early age.
Huang Shenghua suggested that a high-quality youth competition system should be established. Deng Shijun, a physical education teacher at Wansongyuan Road Primary School in Wuhan, coincides with his views. Deng Shijun said that a football talent training system based on the reality of Chinese society should be explored. Considering that children have no time to play football, no venue to play football, and no coaches to teach football, the coaching level should be improved, training management and quality should be improved, and regional Integrate and utilize regional resources and establish regional high-quality leagues, which will not affect students’ learning, have fixed events, and provide high-quality training.
The picture shows that on October 30, 2023, surrounding primary school students came to practice football on the playground of Beijing Institute of Technology (Zhongguancun Campus) after school.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hou Zhaokang
Football professionals believe that football is ultimately a “Game” and the most correct attitude towards the game is “Play”. Cognitive bias and incorrect exertion will lead to haste, waste in speed. Competitive performance is actually the objective result of football developing to a certain stage. Only with correct values can we build correct various football systems.
The person in charge of a Chinese Super League club said that the development of Chinese football to this point is not to solve superficial problems, but to consider deep-seated, fundamental and long-term problems. To really understand, why engage in football? Who will play football? How to play football? Are the goals and routes set in the foot reform plan actually implemented? If not, what oversight mechanisms are in place?
He also believes that the national football team’s elimination from the Asian Cup group is the result of the deviation of Chinese football’s thinking and path over the years, and is a thorough examination and reflection of Chinese football. “Chinese football has no retreat.”
A former national football player said that more than 20 years after he retired, the gap between the national football team and Asia’s top teams has continued to widen. Football is a huge system project, a complex, and no one piece is missing. It is not as simple as adding 11 people. It must be cultivated from an early age, and the football soil is very important.
The anti-corruption campaign in Chinese football is still ongoing. On the basis of clearing up the roots, Chinese football must also strengthen its roots and strengthen its roots.
Chinese football should strengthen itself! (Participating reporters: Wang Qiang, Su Xiaopo, Wang Hengzhi, Zhang Zewei, Wang Haoming, Liu Bo, Ji Jiadong)
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