In three days, the quadrennial international soccer feast, the Qatar Men's World Cup, will kick off. The beauty of it all is that the Chinese men's soccer team is still slipping. This is the fifth consecutive time the men's soccer team has missed the Men's World Cup final!
Looking at the history of China's men's soccer team in the world qualifiers, it is not difficult to find that the Chinese men's soccer team has not been present before or after all the World Cups, except for the 2002 World Cup between South Korea and Japan. The shortlist still touches the light of Japan and South Korea as hosts. As they were not required to participate in the qualifiers, the national soccer team lost two formidable foes on the road to qualification.
The next couple were historic no-shows in the final stages of the WAC.
Foreign wars are unfavorable, but in recent years, the Chinese Super League is in full swing. Led by high-level foreign aiders and foreign teachers, the Golden Bantam champions Guangzhou have won two Asian championships. It has also given the CSL a reputation as the sixth league in the world!
However, with the advent of the post-golden dollar era, the after-effects of over-reliance on high-level foreign aid have gradually begun to show. For example, the eight-champion Guangzhou team, due to the financial situation of the club's parent company, foreign aid, foreign teachers and well-known domestic players have left. Faced with a strong number of foreign aiders, the actual gap gradually appeared, leaving the remaining soccer school students and an all-Chinese class consisting of a few slightly famous top-salaried players from the team. Consecutive consecutive defeats directly sent the eight champions to the precipice of relegation!
Not only the Guangzhou team, but also many domestic clubs have many problems due to poor management. The emergence of bubbles and the departure of high-level foreign aiders and foreign teachers have directly reduced the competitiveness of the Chinese Super League teams. Domestic players in the same position do not have the same level of competition as foreign aiders, leading to the loss of foreign aiders in the all-China strong team in the face of the Super League or even low-level fish belly team lost one after another.
Not only Guangzhou, but other veteran teams in the Chinese Super League have also entered this circle after losing their foreign aid.
This year's FA Cup is an example. Chinese Super League stalwarts such as Guoan, Shenzhen and Changchun lost their first matches to low level teams. Surprisingly, Guoan was beaten by Keikawa Bunhui in the amateur league. Shenzhen and Changchun also lost to low level teams.
It may be that they meet on a narrow road. The opponents did better when it came to preparing for the difficulties. Of course, Guoan only sent the club reserve echelon, the main force did not participate. But even so, the professional echelon of the top league lost to the amateur team.
Through the result of this wonderful game, we can feel the current situation of Chinese soccer, incompetent, inept, powerless and useless.
The fact is that the older guys who watched this game knew it was a ladder. The fact is that many of the Guoan players who played in the game were not young. You're like Cao Yongjing who scored the goal, and Jin Taiyan who regretted conceding the penalty. These are the old faces of China. But against such an amateur opponent, he was tied at the end of the game and forced into a penalty shootout. As Kim Tae-Yeon failed to score, Guoan's reserve player set a shameful record for their club!
As you know, Beijing Guoan is an old Chinese Super League club that won the top professional league! No foreigners, no starters, you can't even play against amateur teams. You shouldn't!
Of course, not only Beijing Guoan, but also several other teams this year faced the same problem as him: when the parent company's money is in trouble and the strength of the staff is lost, there are similar problems in the matches against weaker teams.
Through all of this, one can only say that Chinese soccer has come to the crossroads of choice again! Perhaps it really is time to push back and start over.
With the lessons learned yesterday, I believe that the way forward, Chinese soccer will be able to rise to the occasion and embark on a bright path.
