--Talking about wearing the national team's uniforms
SUN QINHAN: It was my childhood dream to wear the national team's shirt. When I was a kid, I saw the national team's matches in front of the TV, and I thought one day I could wear this shirt, and now I'm very happy to realize this dream, which is also the dream of every soccer player. Of course, this is not my ultimate dream, I hope I can be part of the adult national team.
-Talking about confidence and stress
SUN QINHAN: Actually, there is a lot of pressure to wear the national team's clothes. The players who can be selected for the training team are the best in their age group. After being selected, you will have a lot of eyes on you. I want to turn that pressure into motivation to do my best in life, training and games. The fact is that we have people coming in and out of the team a lot. Now I want to do my own thing in this team, do my best to fulfill the tasks assigned to me by the coach, show my best and live up to the trust the head coach has placed in me.
--Talk about growing up on your own
SUN QINHAN: I think it meets, if not exceeds, my expectations. Why do you say that? The most important thing is that I have a chance to play for my country. I started playing soccer when I was about 10 years old. From Hefei to Shanghai, I looked back for more than ten years. First of all, I want to thank Xu Genbao for his guidance.
-Talk about a frustration you've encountered
SUN QINHAN: I said one thing. Before the start of the 2017 National Games, I broke a bone during a training session. I didn't think it was very serious at the time, but for insurance reasons I chose to go to the hospital the next day to shoot a movie. After that, the doctor told me to take at least six months off from playing soccer. For me, it was just a thunderclap. At that time, I was so frustrated that I wanted to cry because the National Games were about to start. At that time, I was very much looking forward to the National Games. After returning to the base, I tried to recover. During this time, I would like to thank Xu's guidance and team doctors. They told me not to worry and recover slowly, which made me feel very warm. Really, I was a kid at the time and still in other places. I am really glad to have such care.
--How to cultivate injuries
Sun Qinhan:I didn't expect this fracture to heal quickly, like in half the time. Then I did ball training and soon I was able to play. But I was not in a very good condition, because after all, I had suffered such a big injury, but Xu's coach trusted me very much. I had just recovered from my injury in the preliminaries of the National Games, and Xu's coach put me on the court.
-Talking about Xu Genbao's guidance advice
SUN QINHAN: I remember coach Xu telling me not to be nervous and not to hesitate too much. If I felt I couldn't hold on, I would tell the coaching staff to end it. In that game, I started, thanks to Xu guide's trust in me, but my physical quality is not very good, so, the state is not very good, I played half a game, and the coaching staff to communicate that I can not adhere to, and then down. As time went by, I gradually found my form, and then I went to Tianjin for the National Games with the Shanghai National Games team, and we won the final championship, which means a lot to me. Therefore, I am very grateful to Director Xu for his trust in me, to our team doctors for helping me, and to the Korean coaches at the time for taking care of me. Without their encouragement and help, I certainly couldn't have kept going.
-What does it mean to be a Shenhua player?
Sun Qinhan:To be honest, when we found out we were going to Shenhua, our national youth was training in Italy. We didn't know the exact news very well, but to be honest, at that time we felt happy to go to Shenhua because we were still young and didn't have the opportunity to play professionally at Genbao Base. When we became Shenhua players, we had the opportunity to play professionally and even play in the Chinese Super League.
--How it feels to be in Shenhua's first team
SUN QINHAN:When we went to Shenhua FC and were transferred to the first team and trained with the foreigners and big brothers, I felt that there was still a big gap between me and them in terms of technique and mentality. This is something I need to do immediately, otherwise the gap between me and them will get bigger and bigger.
-Talking about Shenhua's five years of effectiveness
SUN QINHAN: When I first arrived at Shenhua, I was full of expectation, desire and confidence. But I think in the past five years, as far as Shenhua is concerned, I haven't lived up to the club's expectations of me, and I regret that I haven't played more time for Shenhua. As I said before, my mentality and skills have not been able to fulfill the needs of Shenhua's first team. So, I then chose to go on loan. I wanted to go out and play. That's why I went to Changchun Yatai, Beijing Beijing Sports University and Heilongjiang Bingcheng. In recent years, I played in the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League One. My biggest feeling is that I'm playing more and more matches and the quality of the matches is high, which has played a big role in my professional growth. I go out and play to improve myself and then try to get back into the first team at Shenhua and fight for a starting position in the first team.
-Talking about the difference between Shenhua and Genbao base
SUN QINHAN:In fact, these years in the professional team and I in the Genbao base are very different. We are unified management in Genbao base, but in the professional team, no matter it is life, training or competition, we need to do more self-management and have higher requirements for ourselves.
--Talk about goals for the new season
SUN QINHAN: The goal of the new season is very simple, which is to play more matches, keep good condition, and then achieve good results in the Asian Games.
