By Liu Xiangyu, Football Daily Reporter The new national team list, Guangzhou team has nine people elected, Yan Dinghao is also among them. Yan Dinghao has been elected at all levels of the national team, and served as captain of the national Olympic team, but this is the first time he was elected to the national team.
In this season's
China Super League (soccer league)
In the league, Yan Dinghao has had an extremely superb game. After the first phase of the league, Yan Dinghao has now accomplished 6 assists, he is the first player this season to
China Super League (soccer league)
The hometown player assists king, the call about its election to the national team at that time was very high, but unfortunately, the national team at that time did not give the 23-year-old young midfielder the time.
Yan Dinghao has played 20 times this season, including 19 starts, averaging 79 minutes. Guangzhou team has gone through a huge change, Paulinho, Talisker and naturalized players returned to the team, Yan Dinghao, Yang Liyu, Wei Shihao and other middle-generation players stood out, Yan Dinghao gradually became the commander of the Guangzhou team in the midfield, the style of play is more and more sophisticated and sophisticated, and in the attacking end of the show a satisfactory talent.
After the completion of the season, the reporter conducted an interview with Yan Dinghao, who summarized the season just completed. In his opinion, despite the twists and turns, it was a rewarding season. Elected to the national team list, is another milestone in his career, the next, he has to play his own characteristics, fight can stay in the national team, another step.
◆Football: How would you rate yourself if you were to score the just completed 2021 season out of 100?
Yan Dinghao: In fact, this season I think I can still give myself a high score, 75, 80 points or so. 2021 season, the team can be said to be up and down, shaking a lot, the beginning of the season, the center of the team, Paulinho, Talisker out of the tactical system gradually adjusted to our gradual play a certain tacit understanding, and then to the second place in the league to complete the first stage, the back of the group to produce some changes, some naturalized Players also returned to the team, and then experienced a long period of preparation for the war is not systematic, Zhi (
Zheng Zhi (1963-), Chinese footballer
I think it's a good idea to take us to the final stage, but we've done a good job. Personally, I've been used to all kinds of situations this season and I've kept myself in a good position, so I think I deserve this.
◆ You finished this season with 6 assists, ranking third on the assist list, with Oscar and Quintero in front of you, making you the home town's assist leader. Did you ever think before that you would have such a statistic in assists?
I am more like to pass a player, this year many times also appeared in the back position, in fact, assists for me is good at something, unfortunately this year there are many scoring opportunities did not grasp, due to the stage of the championship group team forward line shortage, Zhi organized me to a more forward position, but also to create some scoring opportunities.
◆ What is the most image-rich race of the season?
It was the first battle with Shandong, when the two sides of the ball bite very tight, the stage of the first half is almost finished, my assist to help Yang Liyu goal, and again in the Tianhe competition.
◆ What about the more lamentable contests?
Relatively regrettable is the final game to play the harbor. Because we have the initiative of the field, get the opportunity to score more than the other side, but it is true that due to our front-line players tend to be young, in the experience, the ability to be a bit lacking, the timing is not grasped, in fact, until the last minute we still have the opportunity to score, but in the end, still lost, perhaps this is soccer, this game is over, we fell from the second place to the third place.
◆I thought the most profound image of you would be the game against Henan, a game in which you completed two wonderful assists.
Yes, despite the two assists, but according to the intensity of the competition, including the importance of the competition, must be and Shandong's competition will be more valuable.
◆ Your six assists were basically done in the first stage, what were the main reasons for not going further statistically in the second stage of the race for the championship bracket?
We can see that in the championship group we do the best is the defense, of course, we also create a lot of time on the offense, but the front line players are very young, especially to the late, only Tan Kaiyuan, Ling Jie two young, many times they grasp the timing of the ability to be really poor some, such as we passed to the ball, but the ball can not be scored, the natural assists are not, this is also very normal, the young players need to grow the This is normal, young players need to grow a process. To the final stage, our mentality must be to the team first as a condition, we do not think to brush what data or other, the fans can see that we play very selfless, everyone is dedicating their all to run, in order to let the team can win down, can pass the ball will not be their own to single work.
◆ Was it one of the most difficult phases for Guangzhou that you have experienced before the start of the competition in the championship group?
That must be, empty base, sometimes just a few people practicing, especially at the beginning, there is no coach to bring, completely rely on spontaneous to maintain, is still quite difficult. However, the fact that we can have such a situation in the later stage also shows that we are all very professional players with very high requirements for ourselves.
◆ Do you feel tired after playing this year?
The intensive journey can be perfunctory, in fact, each team is the same, so there is nothing to say. The body is relatively fast to recover, I also count the fate is relatively good, there is no injury, if there is an injury, the journey is so intensive, you have to rest at least two games, it will be very sorry, because every game is a collection of experience. The interval is too long, often need to adjust the situation from scratch, this will be more difficult to compete with the intensive journey.
◆Football: a new season, not
Ready for such a change?
Yan Dinghao: Actually, I have never regarded myself as a
The player to see, I played abroad for so many years, foreign players seventeen or eighteen years old can be in the first team to play on the main, so I always will not think of myself as a
Players, this policy is a kind of protection for us, but I don't think it's a reason to stop us, I always hold myself to a higher standard.
◆ Zhang Yuning in the 2021 season is also now not
The player, he's been superb, you've grown up together, you've got a good personal relationship, has his performance touched you in any way?
We were both at Greentown before, and he (Zhang Yuning) must be a player I respect in my heart, and he's a striker, and I'm very comfortable playing with him, and I'm looking forward to having a teammate like that in. In the league, I saw some of his highlights, I also applauded him in my heart. Every time we meet, both of us go to each other to inspire each other, and both of us expect the other to be better. This time again in the national team reunion, is still quite waiting, expect and he has some exchanges, including some exchanges on the ball and some life exchanges.
◆ You once stayed in the ocean, how do you feel about the topic of staying in the ocean now?
I've seen the world outside, and I know what level it is. Five big leagues, including some European sub-leagues, are the stage of our desire, but must be you have the ability to consider the conditions, rather than relying on some other methods, that the same can not get progress, because we all know, you just go to practice or just the end of the bench players, it is difficult to have some big progress, and we are the most in need of the competition in the age of the year.
In my opinion, first of all, I have to become at least one of the most excellent players in China, and then I go to consider staying in the ocean, because I'm not at this age now, it's too late to not go out, or maybe must go out to break the age, I think you can go through the two or three years of deposition, so that their own ability to become more and more comprehensive time to think about it, I think it's also not too late. You see like Zhi, when he stayed in the ocean is also 25 years old before going out, is one of his most perfect, the strongest talent time, go out to have the competitiveness.
◆Football: When you first joined the Guangzhou team, the upward momentum was particularly fierce, there were very beautiful goals, simply out of nowhere, until playing
national security
That race injury. Did that injury affect you quite a bit?
Yan Dinghao: I think it was a small turning point in my career. In fact, for me, that injury I now look very light, because I have looked back at the competition and now the competition, I think now I play more sophisticated and stable, at that time our team has Paulinho, can lead us to play, just started my kicking position is more forward, the degree of freedom is also relatively high, but really to my own handiest pass, control of the ball to organize the ability to look at it, in fact, now I play more and more sophisticated and stable, fewer mistakes, passing is more accurate and more successful. I'm more experienced and steady, less mistakes, more accurate passes, and a higher success rate.
It is true that there are certain data, is because at that time we played very well, and incidentally I also played very well, so it seems to be striking, but in fact, really according to each minute to analyze the competition, I think that now I will be more excellent. In addition, despite the experience of injury, but I recovered very well, using this time, I will be other aspects of the body are adjusted to a better condition, so I do not see the injury as a setback or what, I think I was that time is the deposition of a moment, after that period of time, the requirements for their own will be a little higher.
◆ You are a player who is particularly good at thinking and summarizing, and you can calmly dissect some of your problems every time.
Now that it (the injury) is here, I have to think about how I can minimize the impact and give me some improvement in other areas.
◆ Guangzhou team had a lot of big-name foreigners before, including the likes of Talisker and Paulinho. Playing beside Paulinho, were you able to learn a lot of better ways to handle the ball?
Right. Paulinho has played for too many luxury teams, including my favorite Barcelona, I often talk to him, I asked him how he played in Barcelona? Those teammates around him like Iniesta, Harvey, including Busquets, how they handle the ball, we will often comment on these things. He appreciates me, but also very much trust me, I want the ball he will give, we have a very good way to get along, on the field, he will make me more determined, will always inspire me, let me go to show my own things.
◆ Did you feel your role and identity changed a little bit when these big-name foreigners from Guangzhou, including naturalized players, returned to the team?
I think we have a few people have changed, we are now in the Guangzhou team is considered a middle-generation players, we all need to shoulder more responsibility, just each person's position is different, need to bear the responsibility is different.
◆ Cannavaro said in a previous interview that has always treated you as a
Zheng Zhi (1963-), Chinese footballer
The successor is being groomed, and now the
Zheng Zhi (1963-), Chinese footballer
You're in the lead now, you and
Zheng Zhi (1963-), Chinese footballer
What was the communication like and what did he expect from you?
First of all, I won't think of myself as Zhi's successor, but Zhi must be a benchmark in our minds, and we will learn from and imitate what he did, and he is a very good model. From the first day of the competition to the last day of the competition, I was one of the first few players to follow Zhi's practice. In fact, we didn't communicate much, almost all in the professional field, all in the ball-related aspects. In the final stage, our personnel is very tight, he needs to use the existing personnel to do the tactical organization of each game, so you can see that we actually played eight games in five different formations, I also played four or five different positions, I think this is a new requirement for me, but also for my trust.
◆Have
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In the team, will there be a backbone, we have more confidence?
You can feel that no matter whether we win or not, our fighting spirit is definitely there, including the hard work and running statistics of each game, we will not lose to the opponent, no matter who the opponent is.
◆Football: Cannavaro is your mentor, right?
YAN DINGHAO: Yes, it must be.
◆ When he left, you even posted a farewell on your own social media, can you talk about the impact of Cannavaro on you?
He is the one who brought me to the Guangzhou team and I am very grateful to him. Because he had known me and discovered me when I was very young and then loved me as a type of player. I came to
Evergrande (name)
After that, he gave me a lot of determination, including giving me a certain amount of time to get used to the team, to get used to the
China Super League (soccer league)
And the rhythm of the AFC Champions League competition, did not say come up with, or say come up completely do not have to, gave me a certain moment, slowly let me adjust the situation to the best, gradually get used to.
I went through a very serious injury at the back, and he gave me a lot of time to find my determination and rhythm again, he has always been very protective of me, many times he may also want me to play, but he was afraid that I had a recurrence of the injury, so he made the most reasonable choice, I understand his idea, he wants me to be able to have a better performance in this season. I think my performance today is worthy of his trust in me.
◆ Which exchange between Cannavaro and you gave you the most in-depth image? What were some of the things he told you?
In fact, many times he does not have to tell me too much, I can understand his purpose and meaning. This season, we have a game with Guangzhou City, finally played 3-3, the other side has a goal, the process is we want to play counterattack, I will pass the ball back to the keeper, some pass big, the keeper broke out, just let the opponent form a counterattack and scored, they equalized the score by virtue of that goal. After the game, Cannavaro asked me to talk alone, he told me, we were ahead, with your talent, you should have a better selection and handling, should not give the opponent another opportunity to play counterattack.
In fact, I also watched a lot of replay, I did not think that their own selection of problems, but later he said something, he said that such a competition, with you and around the teammates of the talent, you in this position, you should be "in the mouth of the cigarette" can be completed such a competition. This on the one hand shows that he recognizes me very much, together with the expectation that we have more and better choices, the requirement for me is to expect me to do my best, he also wants to make me more confident.
◆ What is the biggest change that Cannavaro has made to you on the pitch?
He told me to keep some of my original features and strengths, including my forward passes and threatening passes, there are bound to be mistakes, but he was encouraging, and his idea was that as long as your awareness and ideas are right, don't be afraid to make mistakes. However, if you go to do some risky or some mistakes in the midfield, then he may criticize you very harshly, because you will give the opponent a lot of opportunities.
◆ After Caravallo disengaged, did you go back to communicating with him?
We talk a lot, I care about his future and he gives me advice. We communicate in English.
◆Soccer: When did you find out about being elected to the national team?
Yim Dinh Hao: A few days before the list came out, I was contacted by people who wanted to ask me for costume sizes.
◆ Who did you share the news with at the first moment you learned about it?
And mom and dad, family. Because I know that this time is the training list, so I'm not too excited or excited, I know very well that the next must be through the performance of the training in Shanghai, and finally impressed the coaching staff, may be shortlisted for the final list, so I need to continue to try my best.
◆ You've done well in this year's league, especially in the top stats for assists, so it feels like this election is a done deal?
The league overall performance is quite good, the last stage of their own can enter the big list of expectations is very high, but that time did not enter, feel quite sorry. This time I can be elected also very thankful to the national team coaching team's recognition.
◆ As a newcomer, what kind of attitude will you have when you are elected to the national team training squad for the first time?
The young players must do well, do well in every practice session, and put in good performances in practice and team competitions, so that they can impress the coaching staff and fight for more opportunities for themselves.
◆What aspect of your performance in the league do you feel has impressed the
national soccer team
The coaching staff?
I think it should be a continued stable play. I think my overall performance this year is quite good, in addition to resting two games due to injury, the other almost all played. Every pass, defense, offense, the overall performance is relatively stable, and there are some assist data, running, pass success rate, the number of passes these can show this season's play.
◆There are actually quite a lot of international players in the Guangzhou team. When you were elected to the national team, did you have any communication with the Guangzhou team's international players, and what should you pay attention to when you go to the national team?
I did not communicate too much, because my habitual ability is still relatively strong, to the national team is equivalent to a new collective, I thought that in fact, more is the top of the soccer, I will not care too much about some other aspects.
◆ You've been elected at all levels of the national team and have been a captain, and feel that the elected
national soccer team
It's a matter of timing. Do you think this is the right time?
It is more suitable, because before he experienced a period of time of injury, recovery after playing a lot of competition, personally, I myself also understand that there are still many lack of local at this stage, I also expect to go through more competitions to build up, can let himself become more perfect, more comprehensive. So this time to get this time, first of all, is also a certainty of their own, is so many years to pay a return, and secondly, will also have a higher demand for their own, through the future practice and competition, so that they can be worthy of the position of the national team.
◆ Did you watch the previous competition of the national team?
Watched them all, one after the other.
◆ There are still a lot of guys on this roster, and you need to compete for a spot, do you feel like you're competitive?
The players in the national team in fact, we know each other very well, each other are rivals in the league, each player has their own characteristics, of course, the coach has his own selection, so for me, it is to do their best as possible, to show their own characteristics completely, do not leave a regret on it, the selection of the problem to the coach on it.
