In contrast, this makes people wonder: where exactly is the trough of Chinese soccer? We call for reform every year, but when will we be able to develop our own "Cui Yishan"?
The CFA and some media often compare Chinese soccer with Japanese soccer, including the soccer environment, the number of participants, players who stay in the world and the treatment of players. They try to find all kinds of excuses for the backwardness of Chinese soccer, but often ignore the most central issue - the construction and improvement of the soccer mechanism.
The 120-game match-fixing scandal that recently came to light affected 41 clubs, with more than 40 people banned and another 83 players, referees, coaches and club managers subjected to coercive measures. The scandal has not only affected all aspects of China's three-tier professional leagues, even the Women's Super League, which is known as the "pure land" of women's soccer, has not been spared, and the extent of the impact is shocking.
In a situation where even the fundamentals of soccer are very weak, expecting Chinese soccer to revive in just a few years will only become a laughing stock! Even if a lot of people are involved in playing soccer and a lot of money is invested in the game, it seems that there is no way to make up for this rot from the inside out, and in the end, it will only be a futile endeavor.
One can't help but think, those hidden in the dark corners of the "moth", when can be completely eradicated? What is more heartbreaking is that the Chinese women's soccer team, which was the runner-up in the Women's World Cup, has fallen to such a state.
What we lack is people who are really passionate about soccer, people who are as dedicated to soccer as they are to aerospace research! If we fail to analyze the problems and learn the lessons from the mechanism, but only stay on the surface of the reflection and unrealistic comparisons, then the shadow of "fake gambling and black" will be very difficult to dissipate, and the foundation of Chinese soccer will continue to be eroded.
Learning Japanese soccer is certainly a good idea, but with the current state of Chinese soccer, can we really do it? Since we can't reach Japan's level, why don't we be more pragmatic and start from the basics like North Korean soccer, focusing on the traditional cultivation of talents? Although some people think that North Korea's soccer system is not as good as China's, but why they have been improving over the years? While Chinese soccer is still in the process of "scraping the bones" stagnation?
Although North Korean soccer can not be compared with Japanese soccer in terms of technical level and tactical strategy, it embodies the simple but profound truth that "what suits you is the best". For Chinese soccer, we should abandon the mentality of rushing to success, pragmatically consolidate the foundation, from the youth training system to the league mechanism, from the coaching team to the quality of the players, to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth reflection and reform, to truly find the development of soccer in line with China's national conditions of the road.
