On Nov. 17, in the second round of the 2022 Chinese FA Cup, Chinese championship team Kyogawa Fenghui eliminated Chinese Super League team Beijing Guoan 7-5 on penalties to reach the round of 16 The match surprised many. As a traditional powerhouse in the Chinese Super League, the loss to a semi-professional team may have been due to a number of reasons, but it also gave many people a better understanding of the current state of soccer in China, and they look forward to the development of grassroots soccer.
The FA Cup is not only an independent knockout tournament outside of the Chinese Football League, it is also the only opportunity for lower level teams to compete with higher level teams. Although there was an element of chance, the 2-2 draw in regular time showed that the two teams were of similar strength, with Jingchuan Wenhui even having a slight advantage. The two goals were commendable. There was thunder from the players on the pitch and their faces were like a flat lake. They were calm and confident, attacking and defending. The audience felt the charm of competitive soccer after a long time in a game of great strength and no suspense.
Regardless of the power of mobilization before the game, cohesion and team fighting on the field, only from the Kyogawa Fumihide head of the sound after the game, we can find the details that can easily be hidden by the victory. Kyocera Fumihide said the main reason for the victory was the opponent's negligence and the inability to use foreign aid, the opponent's failure to attribute to accidental factors and external factors beyond the control of the rules "Cheng let Cheng let" simple polite, courteous, unobtrusive, quite a traditional Chinese culture, "into the retreat week also must be in the rituals "Tolerance and mode. Savage body, civilized spirit, an unexpected game, let us see the grassroots soccer dare to fight the momentum and indomitable feelings.
Soccer is round. Athletic characteristics and rules of the game make soccer not only have the integrity, confrontation and spectacle of collective ball project, but also have the versatility of technical and tactical cooperation and the chance of the game results.
"A prime minister must rise from the state ministry, and a murderous general must be sent from the pawn." According to post-match interviews and data disclosure, Jingchuan Wenhui Football Club has 152 players, of which more than 70 are amateur soccer enthusiasts from all walks of life, such as local doctors, police officers and teachers. 40% of the players who participated in the FA Cup were semi-professionals. Jingchuan Wenhui Club is integrated with Beihai Jichi Club and shared with Jingchuan County Key Amateur Sports School, with a Chinese Championship team and a u19 team, a u17 team and an amateur team, reflecting the effect of the reform of the Jingchuan County Football Association. The development of grassroots soccer in jingchuan shows a good trend, not only with the components of the reform of soccer professionalization, but also with the support of the national system of competitive sports three-level training network. Associations, sports schools and clubs cooperate to form a joint force. The deepening of the reform and practical operation of individual associations at the county level, the development and expansion of county soccer clubs, and the modernization of amateur sports schools are the focus and difficulty of sports power building and the development of grassroots sports organizations. Having a government and an effective market may be the internal logic of this grassroots counterattack.
The road is long, the road is long, the road will come, but it is difficult and more courageous. We look forward to more social attention and support for grassroots soccer, and a sports lifestyle with soccer as the vehicle can meet the needs of more people for a better life!
