The national brand has two nail-biters, both from the same place, one who was scolded after a national soccer game and one who was praised by Xu Genbao for his high future results!
It is said that an iron battalion is a running army, but the Chinese soccer team has two nail-biters. Aren't they powerful and irreplaceable? Come to think of it, Chinese soccer doesn't seem to have such characters, so who are these two?
Let's start with the older one, who is Ching Yiu Tung, the National Olympic head coach who just led his team to a win and a loss against Malaysia!
Cheng Yaodong and Fan Zhiyi were players in the same period. Cheng Yaodong was a defender in Xu Genbao's national second team at that time. Although they were short, they were highly regarded by Xu Genbao. Xu Genbao once commented that Cheng Yaodong would become a highly accomplished head coach in the future. Head coach Cheng Yaodong has been a head coach for many years, from the head coach of the Shanghai International Team in 2003 to the head coach of the National Olympic Team in 2023. However, in his 20 years of coaching, Cheng Yaodong has not been as highly rated as Xu Genbao!
Since 2018, Cheng Yaodong has been the coach of the national brand for five years. In the last five years, the national team led by Ching Yiu Tung is growing, but their performance is not growing, but they do not see any future. Two days ago, he lost 0-1 in a match against Malaysia.
Although the second game was won 2-1, it was also mysterious and not as good as Malaysia in terms of scenario. However, with a team like this, many of them will be prime candidates for the next World Qualifiers. I have to say that Ching Yiu Tung's relationship is really tough, no matter how bad the team's performance is, but the coach's position is as stable as Tarzan.
Let's talk about the young man. As far as players go, he's not young, 32 years old. He is Yan Junling, the goalkeeper of the national soccer team. Since Zeng Cheng faded out of the national team, Yan Junling has been the main goalkeeper of the national soccer team and no one can shake it.
Yan Junling is tall and has long arms, and is the stuff of a good goalkeeper. While playing for the national soccer team, he played some good games, but was still not as good as Zeng Cheng in terms of overall performance. Not only that, Yan Junling was often scolded by fans. Basically, Yan Junling would be criticized as soon as the National Football League game was over. In fact, it's not Yan Junling's fault, mainly because the national football team has poor results, but it loses a lot of official matches. Once you lose, the goalkeeper will naturally be scolded, it's like when the team wins, the striker will always be praised.
Fans have also nicknamed Yen "The Regent" because during matches, Yen's goal is basically broken as long as the opponent's shot is correct. Despite constant criticism, Yan's place in the national soccer team has been as stable as Tarzan, and with everyone from Lippi to now Jankovic choosing him, is there really something extraordinary about him that fans haven't found?
Cheng Yaodong, like Yan Junling, comes from Genbao Base! Many of those active in Chinese soccer today come from Genbao Base, which is why Xu Genbao has long been the godfather of Chinese soccer youth!
