With the twelve-team tournament
national soccer team
s gloomy end, a disheartening piece of news arrived - the 2023, which was originally planned to be held in our country
Asian cup (e.g. soccer)
The fact that it had to be re-located undoubtedly presents a great challenge to our country, which is facing a great deal of challenges.
national soccer team
delivered another crushing blow. In the
national soccer team
After the 1-5 "tragedy" with Thailand, fans had expected the team to learn from the pain, reflect seriously and regroup, but on the occasion of the Chinese New Year Festival in 2022, the team has been able to make the most of the situation.
national soccer team
Once again, the fans were disheartened, losing 1-3 to a Vietnamese team that had never lost before, which could not help but raise questions from the bottom of one's heart: China's
national soccer team
Is there really no hope? Why is soccer so prosperous in other countries while it is stagnant in ours? Is it determined by the human race, or is it the system? Let's explore it step by step.
Is it true that our men's soccer team is not improving? This question needs to be viewed dialectically. Compared with twenty or even thirty years ago, there has been significant improvement in hardware facilities such as venues and funding, as well as in coaches and players, which is an aspect of progress. Then, in what aspects has there been no progress? It is the soccer concept. Former international footballer Fan Zhiyi has criticized in this regard the current
national soccer team
. Although there is no lack of manpower and financial support for our men's soccer team, no one really knows what soccer is and how it should be played, which is exactly why our men's soccer team has been unable to take the stage for a long time. Other countries are researching and learning advanced soccer thinking and tactics, while you are still sticking to outdated training methods and game play, which is undoubtedly backward.
Are our people really unfit to play soccer? This is a bit of shirking of responsibility. Let's take our relatively close neighbors, South Korea and Japan, both East Asian countries, with yellow races and similar physical qualities, but their soccer development is much better than ours. Having been selected for the
England Premier Soccer League
Hall of Fame
Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City
has expressed his opinion that although our people are not good at soccer, it is still possible to reach the level of Japan and South Korea.
Is the lack of progress in our men's soccer a systemic problem? This question involves complex elements, the system is a huge system, we can not assert which way or method is necessarily good, but we can refer to successful examples. Soccer is not
soccer league
The work of one sector, in Japan, the multi-level league can ensure more people to participate in it and improve the understanding of soccer in the society, and the well-established senior high school league provides them with enough player reserves, which is something we can't compare with. Of course, other people's methods cannot be copied, and we hope that our men's soccer team can explore a development path that suits them.
