Gao Hong, a former women's national team player in Chinese soccer, recently gave an interview about her views on youth training in Chinese soccer during her tenure as Director of Competitive Training at Evergrande Football School.
Gao Hong said, "There have been waves of good seedlings coming out of soccer schools, which need a better platform to showcase. Even if it is small and big, there will be bright spots. Just like the current Guangzhou team, the freshmen players are small and big. They can be kids in soccer schools! However, Boss Xu's new rule is to make this possible by making the soccer schools and clubs seamless.
In Asia, China can only develop high-level players so that the national team can be competitive. There is still a lot of room for improvement for the current soccer players. The football school's 06 and for the 2007 age group, they are playing in the junior and middle school championships in small ways. For example, right now they are playing in the U19 tournament and managed to advance to Group A with 4 wins and 1 loss. You know, when the opponents were three or four years older than them, but they also managed to be unafraid of their opponents and beat strong opponents. Soccer needs to face challenges and keep improving itself through continuous challenges."
