Shao Jiayi knows that behind this kind of "leisure" lies the hard work of all the people of FC Bayern.
"Some fans may find the game a bit boring, but I have a lot of fun because in this competition, I witnessed Bayern's constant pursuit of excellence, the spirit of excellence. Even after winning numerous titles, the team is still very demanding. (As a result, the club) is fortunate to have Nagelsmann as its coach." Shao Jiayi told reporters in the interview.
He believes that Bayern's season has not been smooth sailing and there are still fluctuations, while Dortmund has also been close to the top of the table for a while.
As Shao said, Nagelsmann has conducted some innovative experiments on Bayern's tactical system since he took over, including trying out the three-back formation, which triggered extensive discussions among the media and fans, but this is the embodiment of Bayern's self-innovation.
"(The three defenders) not only disrupt the opponent's deployment, but the players also need an adaptation process, and sometimes it is normal to make small mistakes on the pitch."
However, the Champions League cold defeat Villarreal, not to the quarterfinals, also reflects the Bayern still have room for improvement: "the players of the preparation of the La Liga team is indeed insufficient, a slight shrinkage in the two games, the lack of new ideas. Perhaps it was after the Champions League defeat that Bayern realized they had to make changes in the future, including finding a combination that could inject new energy into the team."
National Football League is going through a tough time
As a famous player who has played in the Bundesliga, Shao has always been concerned about the Bundesliga, in addition to the giants such as Bayern and Borussia Dortmund, he also likes to watch the competition of small teams: "Because these teams are very balanced, the game is also a kind of enjoyment for me. The tactical requirements in their games are very clear, the players execute well, and the way they play is getting prettier and prettier."
As the leader and assistant coach of the U19 national soccer team, Shao also hopes that Chinese players can gradually approach the high level of international soccer.
For the young Chinese goalkeeper Liu Shao Ziyang, who previously signed for Bayern and was subsequently loaned to Klagenfurt in Austria, Shao Jiayi expressed his best wishes, "Liu Shao Ziyang is a young player with great potential, excellent in all aspects, and can be regarded as a model for our young players. If he can maintain consistent playing opportunities, I believe his future is limitless."
In response to the current economic crisis suffered by many domestic teams, the national football field performance is not satisfactory, Shao Jiayi also has his own views.
"This can be considered the most difficult period I've ever experienced. Because there was a period from 2004 to 2005 when (the national soccer team's performance) was not good, but I didn't experience that period in Germany. Now speaking, from last year to now, the (Chinese) national soccer team did experience some pain."
"Because the national soccer team is developing, if you want to change, the pain is definitely needed, which will affect the efforts and dedication of many players and coaches. But this is a matter of circumstance, I still firmly believe that the national football team will be better in the future, the various salons are now also in the share reform, I believe that it will certainly develop in a good direction."
Shaw has repeatedly emphasized the importance of "good" youth talent.
The need for more youth "excellence"
Shao believes that the key to the future development of Chinese soccer lies in the youth, especially how to enable the limited number of talented children to stand out.
"In my opinion, although our country has a large population, there are not many players who really have the talent or exposure to the concept of soccer. It's like our country is a big cycling nation, but we are not a powerhouse in Olympic cycling."
"At the same time, we have fewer good coaches and coaching staff. In this regard, I think we should make the best use of our limited, talented players and coaches, and tilt our resources towards them, so that we can tilt the best resources towards the best players in the short term. We all talk about popularization, but we still need to move forward after popularization. Otherwise, after a few years, a good player may also become an ordinary player." Shao Jiayi confessed.
"If there are 100 good players in each age group, that's 1,000 in 10 age groups, and although in our country, relative to our base (we don't think) 1,000 is enough, it's really impossible to pick that many good players."
"Maybe there are 10,000 good players in Japan and Korea in the same age group and we only have 100. But if we really compete together and those 100 get a good education, we won't be too bad in the future and will still be able to compete with them."
Sustained investment over time will yield results
Shao Jiayi believes that due to the gap between the soccer foundation and culture, the youth training of Chinese football want to benchmark Germany is not practical, but the experience of the German national football team is also worth learning from.
For example, support at the management level: "For example, the Bundesliga has some hard and fast rules, how much percentage of the league's income should be invested in youth training centers and hardware equipment, I think this is what Chinese football needs at this stage, if you don't have a good hardware equipment, you can't attract more players or people from the community to the soccer field."
In addition, Germany will also be long-term investment in coaches and youth training centers to support, to ensure that young players time to accept the latest concepts of soccer, get the best help and training, which is also worthy of Chinese football learning.
At the same time, Shao Jiayi also frankly, like soccer schools, some of our "unique" form of cultivation, also has the significance of existence: "Perhaps in the big city, we will say to go home, to contact the community, contact with the school, contact with the family. But many of the third and fourth-tier city children, soccer atmosphere is not very good, and there are not many excellent coaches to support, so it is necessary to go out, to some professional football school training."
In the future, with the progress of society, including the improvement of soccer hardware equipment and culture, the future of Chinese football is still worth looking forward to: "We are now after more than ten years of investment has also left a lot of valuable wealth. For example, some foreign coaches have left us advanced things, and now many young coaches have grown up and absorbed many advanced soccer concepts from Europe and the United States, and the ability to learn is also very strong. In the future, it will definitely be able to inject new vitality into Chinese soccer."
