Xie Weijun's soccer career
In 2018, Xie Weijun stepped into the Tianjin TEDA (now Tianjin Jinmen Tigers) camp, opening the prelude to his Chinese Super League career. In the 16th round of that season, he came on as a substitute and sealed the win with a shot that helped his team beat Hebei Huaxia Happiness. In a crucial match against Dalian, he scored the winning goal in the 2021 season finale against Cangzhou Lions to ensure the team's relegation.
It is the deep impression that Tianjin fans have on Xie Weijun that he can always step up at critical moments. This season, in the game against the Cangzhou Lions, Xie Weijun hit two goals and also assisted teammate Barton to score, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger finally ushered in the first win of the season. Fans affectionately call him "Xie Shao", and he joined the Tianjin team when he was only 21 years old, clean-cut appearance, elegant style of play makes him become teammates and fans in the eyes of the "soccer boy".
This season, Xie Weijun is no longer a U23 player, playing in Tianjin for five years, he has gradually grown into a "veteran player", with his own efforts to win a stable playing opportunities. Whether it is the outside world or himself, there are higher requirements for him, he also consciously practice more, take on more responsibility. In his first Super League season, he made a wish - he hoped that one day people would no longer call him "Xie Yuxin's son", but would honor Xie Yuxin as "Xie Weijun's father". Although there is still a long way to go to realize this wish, he is working towards this goal step by step.
In the interview, Xie Weijun talked about the team's performance in the first stage: "Self-perception of this result is quite satisfactory, of course, I personally feel that we can still achieve better results. After all, our pre-season preparation is very sufficient, perhaps there are still some details are not good, if the last pass on offense and grasp the opportunity to do better, I believe we will have a better result."
Talking about the direction of the team's preparation for the second stage, Xie Weijun said, "We focus on solving the problem of set-pieces in the second stage of the preparation period, because the first stage of the first stage we conceded more goals on the set-pieces, so in this period of time we practiced a lot of set-piece defense in training, but also practiced a lot of set-piece attacking set-pieces, and I hope that in the second stage of the game we can show it."
For Yu Genwei guidance, Xie Weijun said: "For Yu guidance, more satisfied with the place is in the game players can play the usual training in the things, plus our spirit is good, fighting spirit and determination aspects of the full show, the second phase of the hope that we continue to continue, I hope that we can get better and better, the team is slowly moving towards maturity. "
Talking about the team's performance in the new season, Xie Weijun said, "Without realizing it, it's the fifth year I've played in Tianjin, and this year we have quite a few very good players joining us. For this year, I personally feel that I have the ability to work towards a higher ranking on the basis of relegation."
Talking about his form, Xie Weijun said, "I really didn't expect it at first, but all I've been thinking about is doing well and giving it my all when I have the chance to be able to play."
Recalling the game that helped the Jinmen Tigers get their first win of the season, Xie Weijun said, "Since last year, the coaching staff's two Zhang guides (Zhang Li, Zhang Chaosong) will often give me some extra practice on position, technique and shooting after training, plus the Yu guide and Zheng guide (Zheng Bin) will often chat with me and say a lot of topics about which areas I should improve, and I'm progressing also very quickly."
Talking about his performance in the crucial game, Xie Weijun said, "I don't know why, I probably have that attribute (laughs), I'm happy to step up and help the team when they are in trouble."
Talking about the team's three consecutive victories, Xie Weijun said, "I feel it, in the summary, often said that as long as our own ability to play out, then we do not fear any opponent, the fact is indeed so."
Talking about the extra training after his daily training, Xie Weijun said, "It's true that some people won't do extra training after normal training. However, as a person who has been there, I really have a deep experience, especially after experiencing the extra training and getting the desired results, I fell in love with the extra training. I myself still want to improve myself better and hopefully perform better, so I will keep on doing it."
Talking about his growth, Xie Weijun said, "Of course improved, gradually into the middle generation, no one to see you as a small player, the mentality to mature, the ability to be more mature. To reach this point, you need to put in sweat and effort every day, not a starter to fight for the starter, to compete for more game opportunities."
Recalling his first Chinese Super League season, Xie Weijun said, "I remember in your first Chinese Super League season, you said that you hoped that in the future, people would call your father 'Xie Weijun's father' instead of always referring to you as 'Xie Yuxin's son. How far do you think you are from that day? In fact, I don't know whether the outside world in terms of address has changed, I myself feel that the gap is still quite big, I still have a lot of time to catch up, in the meantime still have to step by step to continue to work hard to improve themselves."
Talking about the fans' appellation, Xie Weijun said, "The first time I heard this 'Thank God' was on my father when he took Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic. I didn't expect it to be used on me all of a sudden, but it still feels good, and it's a way for the fans to express their enthusiasm."
