Recently, the Japanese media Sankei Shimbun wrote an article reviewing the Chinese
national soccer team
Balls. Straight up.
China Super League (soccer league)
Explaining how to destroy a sport, the center
national soccer team
The fan culture of the ball has pretty much been destroyed.
Production News stated that last month's 2022 season
China Super League (soccer league)
In the first round, Shandong Taishan team wearing orange jerseys and Zhejiang team wearing white jerseys started a fierce battle in Haikou area, both teams have foreign aid, and the pace of the game is also good. The figure of the coach commanding on the sidelines, every confrontation on the court, holding the ball to advance ...... everything seems to be very smooth, but then again, something seems to be missing - the soul. Although there weren't too many people in the stadium due to the new crown epidemic, a strange sense of emptiness lingered within. Fans sitting in the stands, waving brightly colored flags, players on the green field shooting, saving, and committing fouls, and the referee's incessant whistles ...... seemed to have all the elements of a soccer game in place, but they couldn't coalesce into a whole. Sankei Shimbun bluntly said that over the years
China Super League (soccer league)
always wanted to cultivate an international audience, but while watching this on TV, it feels like the current
China Super League (soccer league)
It's more like a huge, empty marketing campaign.
Mark Dreyer, author of Sports Superpowers, said, "Over the years, the Chinese
national soccer team
The fan culture of the ball has pretty much been destroyed, and you don't get the sense that people are interested in the
China Super League (soccer league)
of excitement."
Why can't the world's largest soccer market ignite a passion for the game?
The Sankei Shimbun analyzed that the Chinese
national soccer team
The development of the ball is not on the ground, and most of those plans for the future remain on paper.
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The rapid rise in popularity was utilized to bring in many well-known stars such as Carlos Tevez on high salaries. However, Tevez, who at the time was enjoying the world's highest paid player in the
China Super League (soccer league)
The performance, however, was very mediocre, and he had no interest in
China Super League (soccer league)
It was not highly rated, likening it to "a festival". Expert Wilson said, "
China Super League (soccer league)
It clearly hasn't achieved its goal, which is to be a successful league for the whole of Central
national soccer team
ball to make a positive contribution."
Sankei Shimbun said that when
China Super League (soccer league)
A great deal of the investment came from real estate companies, but when real estate hit a rough patch, soccer clubs suffered as well, and some teams even went bankrupt. Soccer culture takes decades to cultivate, and it's not something that can be planned in a table or bought with money. Nowadays, the Chinese
national soccer team
The ball remains soulless and lacks a streetwise vibe that comes from the heart of the fans, from the community and exudes authenticity and passion. Expert Wilson commented, "
China Super League (soccer league)
It cannot be run like a normal soccer league because it is run by amateurs, not by people who know soccer. So.
China Super League (soccer league)
Constantly undermined and devalued by policies that have nothing to do with soccer."
Mark Dreyer said, "There is still a passion for soccer in China, but for now, its future still looks bleak, with the Chinese
national soccer team
The ball is a mess right now."
