Mr. Ma Dexing, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Sports Weekly and Editor-in-Chief of Sportsnet
At present, the "two sessions" event held in the capital. During the meeting, proposals, motions and discussions about soccer have once again become the focus of heated discussions. On the one hand, this is undoubtedly a positive signal, indicating that soccer in China continues to receive attention and importance, and also confirms the general perception that "soccer is the most popular sport in the world". However, on the other hand, professionals in the sports sector, especially in the soccer sector, rarely get involved in this topic, and some people are even afraid to call themselves soccer practitioners, which reflects the low social status of soccer in China. This is a reflection of the low status of soccer in our society. The root cause of all this may lie in the lack of performance in soccer.
In fact, for a long time, we have not formed a unified understanding of the seemingly simple question of "what is soccer", or rather, we have not reached a consensus. People have different interpretations of soccer from their own perspectives, and it is even difficult to reach a consensus. In this process, the concepts of "soccer" and "competitive soccer", "soccer" and "professional soccer" are blurred and often confused. are blurred and often confused. For example, in recent years, when the international competitiveness of the Chinese men's national soccer team has been declining, and the results of intercontinental competitions have not been satisfactory, we have been discussing more about "competitive soccer" because the criterion of competitive sports is to judge the heroes by their successes and failures. When results are poor, we should naturally discuss training and competition first. However, over the years, how many people have really paid attention to the issue of competitive training?
In retrospect, whenever the results of a major competition are poor, we will analyze the situation from various perspectives such as the system, mechanism, clubs, leagues, the number of players, the purpose of playing football, motivation, income, ethnicity, spirit, and so on, and we will talk about almost everything, and even some issues have been discussed repeatedly. But what is the actual effect?
One of the important reasons is that the social influence of soccer is huge and involves a large number of stakeholders, all of whom stand for their own interests and are selective in the views they express and the facts they cite, thus creating a situation in which each side speaks its own language. The entire Chinese soccer community has also found it difficult to reach a consensus. Different levels of specific implementers due to different interests and starting point, different understanding, even the introduction of a good policy or measure, may be due to the lack of understanding of the implementation of the implementation of the implementation of the limited capacity, in the implementation of the process of bias, which is more than normal. It is already difficult for Chinese soccer to move forward in the same direction, regardless of whether this direction is correct or not in the first place.
The famous Dutch manager Hiddink once said, "Playing soccer does not need popularization and system, but professional soccer must have a fine and perfect system and system." However, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to expect to see quick results in a short period of time. Therefore, I am afraid that all kinds of controversies and heated debates about soccer will be difficult to be quelled in a short period of time.
