Xu Liang, a former member of the national soccer team, recently took to social media to express his praise for the basic skills of China's older generation of players. He specifically mentioned Shen Xiangfu, a player in his late fifties who holds his passes very well.
Data charts from the Chinese soccer team
Xu Liang said: In the past, many Chinese players went to Japan to play soccer, and Chinese players were invited to go at that time. At that time, many Chinese players in China earn more than 30 yuan a month, more than 40 yuan, 60-70 better. They went to Japan to earn five or six thousand yuan a month, belonging to the ten thousand yuan household, two months changed to ten thousand. At that time, Japanese foreign aid were looking for Chinese players.
Take Shen Finger (Shen Xiangfu) as an example, he spent 8 years in Japan, 3 years as a player himself, then 3 years as an assistant coach, then the next 2 years as a head coach. Maybe it's time to say that his speed is gone, but if you ask him to stand on the wing and give a player a through ball, and then have the players in the middle of the team practice parrying shots, you can see how good his footwork is in this area of the passing game. It's a deep reminder that the fundamentals, traits and abilities of the older generation of players are really very strong. When Shen Finger was in his 50s and we played netball, I couldn't even beat him."
