2022 is destined to be a meaningful year for Chinese soccer. In the Asian Women's Cup at the beginning of the year, the Chinese women's football team was not favored by the outside world, under the leadership of the old women's football meritorious Shui Qingxia, perseverance all the way through, and ultimately reversed and won the championship. 16 years later, China's women's football team miraculously climbed to the top of the Asia once again, which is the ninth time that China's women's football team won the Asian Cup. At the same time in the creation of the legend, Chinese soccer won the long lost dignity.
However, compared to women's soccer; the Chinese men's soccer team has had a much worse year. In the first day of the first month of the world preliminaries, he lost to Southeast Asian fish-belly Vietnam, who had never lost in history; and during the National Day, they simply quit early. Another shameful statistic was created!
However, the players don't have to be distracted and can focus on playing in the league.
Honestly, if a few years ago, playing well in the league and mixing up an AFC Champions League spot would have been a really good idea. You're like Guangzhou Evergrande, the eight-time champions. At its peak, you won two Asian titles in three years. At that time, the bulls of the Chinese Super League came to heaven. There's an old Chinese saying : "Fly high, fall hard!" With the epidemic raging in recent years and the FA's blind implementation of the neutral name policy, with the decline of many parent clubs' motivation for the Chinese Super League, as well as the different financial problems of some clubs, some of the problems exposed in the post-golden dollar era of Chinese soccer are gradually emerging. Making Chinese soccer worse, because Chinese soccer has run out of rice.
For example, former Chinese Super League L giants Guangzhou formed a team in 2010. Driven by owner Xu Jiayin's golden dollars, Guangzhou Evergrande, then in China's first division, purchased a number of international players such as Zheng Zhi, Gao Lin, Feng Ming internationals, and several high level Brazilian foreigners for record Chinese soccer transfer fees. These were China's top + super fire high level players. They went all the way to win the Chinese Championship this season and then the Chinese Super League beat Shandong Taishan the following year. Making history! Then, after sending off South Korean iron man Lee Jang-ju, he won the Asian Championship twice in three years under Lippi and Scolari. Achievement legend! Evergrande topped the Super League for seven consecutive times at its peak, creating a new dynasty comparable to Dalian Shide's eight titles.
There is a saying; "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river." With the financial problems of the club's parent company, with the departure of high level foreign teachers of foreign aid, and with many strong international players having moved elsewhere. Relying solely on the Evergrande Soccer School and Evergrande's top students, they have had a more difficult time than any previous season in this year's Super League.
Along with the dismissal of Liu Zhiyu, the return of Zheng Zhi and a group of meritorious ministers. There is a saying; "A near thirst is far from being able to be quenched". As a result of the consecutive losses at the beginning of the season, these young players have been affected on a physical and psychological level like never before. Child! It's hard to fight back when the heart is gone. In desperation, Zheng Zhi had to recall Huang Bowen, Zhang Chenglin, Hao Junmin and other meritorious or strength veterans. I hope they can turn things around and lead these kids out of the woods. However, facing several foreign heroes of the Chinese Super League, the Guangzhou team is still a bit weak in terms of strength. Although the results were okay at the beginning, after the powers gradually adapted to Guangzhou's style of play, they once again fell into the weird circle of invincibility.
If they are unlucky enough to be relegated this season; it will be a heavy blow to Chinese soccer. As you know, this is a championship team that created a new legend of Chinese soccer! Its showroom also displays the honor of Chinese soccer winning the Asian Championship twice. Such a champion team is unfortunately relegated. What do outsiders think! Isn't Chinese soccer being ridiculed? Where is the face of the FA?
Remember what Zheng Zhi said in his acceptance speech on December 7, 2013, when he was awarded the Asian Footballer of the Year on stage: "To thank the country, the club first of all, I have to thank the country, the club and my coach and teammates. Soccer is a team project, without them, there is no self today."
Today, looking back at Jung's acceptance speech, it really makes sense. Zheng Zhi is an emotional person. In fact, he could have stayed out of the murky waters after Yoo Ji Woo's dismissal. He could have been happy and comfortable being his asinine professor at the university. But he didn't. He chose to come back.
Now, it's hard to pull yourself out of it when the ball is in the relegation quagmire; and it's rumored that he might take it on himself. You know, he's already 42 years old! Risking injury, we must fight for Guangzhou until the last moment. Singable!
Chi, kudos to you!
