Soccer reporter Liu Xiangyu reports on the national team roster
Soccer reporter Liu Xiangyu reported that in the new national team list, Guangzhou team has nine people selected, and Yan Dinghao is honored to be one of them. Yan Dinghao has been selected for all levels of national teams and captained the national Olympic team, but this is his first time to be selected for the national team.
Yan Dinghao's performance in this season's Chinese Super League has been dazzling. After the first phase of the league, he has completed 6 assists, becoming the local player assist king of this season's Chinese Super League. At that time, there were high calls for him to be selected for the national team, but unfortunately, the national team at that time did not give the 23-year-old young midfielder a chance.
Yan Dinghao has made 20 appearances this season, including 19 starts, averaging 79 minutes. The Guangzhou team has gone through a huge change, Paulinho, Talisca and naturalized players have returned to the team, Yan Dinghao, Yang Liyu, Wei Shihao and other middle-generation players have stepped up. Yan Dinghao has gradually become the midfield commander of Guangzhou, playing in a more sophisticated style and showing enough talent in the attacking end.
After the season, the reporter had an exclusive interview with Yan Dinghao. He believes that it is a harvest season despite the ups and downs. Being selected to the national team roster is another milestone in his career. Next, he will continue to play with his own characteristics and strive to stay in the national team and climb to the top again.
FOOTBALL: What grade would you give yourself for the 2021 season that just ended, if you had to grade it out of 100?
Yan Dinghao: I think this season can also give themselves a high score, 75, 80 points or so. 2021 season, the team can be said to be ups and downs, ups and downs, the beginning of the season center return to the team, Paulinho, Talisker left, the tactical system gradually adjusted to our gradually play a certain tacit understanding, and then to the second place in the league, the end of the first stage, the back of the group to produce some changes, some naturalized players are also Returned to the team, and then experienced a long time of preparation not system, Zhi brother (Zheng Zhi) to take us to play the final stage, but we finished very well. Personally, I'm used to all kinds of situations this season, and I've been able to keep myself in a very good condition, so I think I deserve this kind of score.
FOOTBALL: You finished the season with six assists, third on the assist list, with Oscar and Quintero in front of you, making you the local assist leader. Did you ever think you would have such a statistic in assists before?
I am a player who prefers to pass the ball, and this year I have appeared in the back position a lot of the time, in fact, assisting is something I am good at, but unfortunately this year there are a lot of scoring opportunities that I did not seize, because the team is short of men on the front line in the stage of the championship group, Zhi organized me to a more forward position, and also created some scoring chances.
FOOTBALL: What was the most impressive game of the season?
It was the first game with Shandong, when the two sides were biting each other very hard in that game, and my assist helped Yang Liyu to score in the stage near the end of the first half, and it was again a game in Tianhe.
FOOTBALL: What about the more lamentable games?
It is relatively unfortunate that the final game was played in the harbor. Because we took the initiative on the field, we had more chances to score than the other team, but due to the fact that our front-line players are young and lack experience and ability, we didn't seize the chances, in fact, until the last minute, we had the chance to score, but in the end, we still lost, and maybe this is soccer, we fell from the second place to the third place after this game.
FOOTBALL: I thought your most impressive game would be the one against Henan, where you finished with two great assists.
Yes, despite the two assists, the match with Shandong must be more valuable in terms of the intensity of the game, including the importance of the game.
FOOTBALL: Your six assists were essentially done in the first phase, what were the main reasons for not going any further statistically in the second phase of the Championship bracket?
We can see in the championship group we do the best is the defense, of course, we created a lot of time on offense, but the front line players are very young, especially to the late, only Tan Kaiyuan, Ling Jie two juniors, many times they grasp the timing of the ability to be better, such as we passed to, but the ball can not be scored, the assists naturally did not have, this is also very normal, the young players need to grow a This is normal, young players need to grow a process. To the final stage, our mentality must be to the team first as a condition, we do not think to brush what data or other, fans can see that we play very selfless, everyone is dedicating their own all to run, in order to let the team can win, can pass the ball will not be their own to single work.
FOOTBALL: Was it one of the most difficult phases for Canton that you experienced before the start of the Contender's Division race?
It must have been, with an empty base, sometimes just a few people practicing, especially at the beginning, and no coaches to bring them along, it's still quite difficult to keep it up completely on your own initiative. But the fact that we can be in such a situation in the later stages also shows that we are all very demanding and professional players.
FOOTBALL: Do you feel tired from playing this year?
I can cope with the intensive journey, every team is the same, so there is nothing to say. My own body recovery is relatively fast, I also counted the luck is relatively good, there is no injury, if there is an injury, the journey is so intensive, you have to rest at least two games, it would be a pity, because every game is the accumulation of experience. The interval is too long, often need to adjust the situation from the beginning, this will be more difficult compared to the intensive journey.
FOOTBALL: In the new season, it won't be U23, ready for such a change?
Yan Dinghao: In fact, I have not been looking at myself as a U23 player, I played abroad for so many years, foreign players seventeen or eighteen years old can play in the first team as a starter, so I have not been thinking of myself as a U23 player, this policy is a kind of protection for us, but I do not think it is a reason to let us stop, I have always been a higher standard to ask for themselves.
Football：Zhang Yuning is also no longer a U23 player in the 2021 season, he is doing very well, you have grown up together and have a good personal relationship, has his performance touched you in any way?
We were both at Greentown before and he (Zhang Yuning) must be a player I respect in my heart and I'm very comfortable playing with him as a striker, I'd love to have a teammate like that. In the league, I saw some of his highlights and I applauded him in my heart. Whenever we meet, both of us go to each other to inspire each other and both of us hope that the other can be better. This time in the national team reunion, or quite look forward to, and hope and he has some exchanges, including some exchanges on the ball and some life exchanges.
FOOTBALL: You've stayed abroad before, how do you feel about the topic of staying abroad now?
I've seen the outside world and I know what level it is. The big five leagues, including some of the sub-leagues in Europe, are the stage we want to be on, but it must be a condition that you have the ability to think about it, not that you can't get better in some other way, because we all know that it's very difficult to get better when you just go to training or you're just a player at the end of the bench and we're at an age where we need to compete the most.
In my opinion, first of all, I have to become at least one of the best players in China, and then I go to consider staying in the ocean, because I'm not at this age now that it's too late not to go out, or perhaps must go out to break through the age, I think you can after two or three years of accumulation, so that their own ability to become more comprehensive time to think about it, I think it's not too late. You see like Zhi, when he stayed in the ocean is also 25 years old before going out, is one of his most perfect, strongest talent time, go out will be competitive.
Soccer: You just joined the Guangzhou team when the rising momentum is particularly fierce, there is a very beautiful goal, simply out of nowhere, until the game to play Guoan that game injury. Was that injury a big impact on you?
Yan Dinghao: I think it was a small turning point in my career. In fact, for me, that injury I have looked down, because I have looked back at the game and now the game, I think now I play more sophisticated and stable, at that time our team has Paulinho, can lead us to play, at first I play the position is more forward, the degree of freedom is also higher, but really to my own best pass, control of the ball, organizational ability, in fact, now I play more sophisticated, stable, less mistakes, passing is more accurate, more successful. I'm a lot more experienced now, I'm a lot more stable, I make fewer mistakes, I'm more accurate in my passing, and I have a much higher success rate.
It's true that there were certain statistics at the time because we were all playing well, and incidentally I was playing well too, so it stood out, but really analyzing the game on a minute-by-minute basis, I thought I'd be a bit better now. In addition, despite the injury, I recovered very well, and I used this time to adjust all other aspects of my body to a better condition, so I don't see the injury as a setback or anything, I think that I was precipitated by that time, and after that time, I have a higher expectation of myself.
Soccer: You are a player who is particularly good at thinking and summarizing, and you can calmly analyze some of your problems every time.
Now that it (the injury) has occurred, I have to think about whether I can minimize the impact and give me some improvement in other areas.
Football：Guangzhou team before there are a lot of big-name foreign aid, including the likes of Talisca, Paulinho, playing next to Paulinho, are you also able to learn a lot of better ways to handle the ball?
Right. Paulinho has played for too many big teams, including my favorite Barcelona, I often go to talk to him, I ask him how he plays in Barcelona? Those teammates around him like Iniesta, Xavi, including Busquets how they handle the ball, we will often comment on these things. He appreciates me and trusts me a lot, he will give me the ball if I want it, we get along with each other in a very good way, on the pitch, he will make me more confident, he will always inspire me and let me show my own things.
FOOTBALL: Did you feel your role and identity changed a little bit when these big-name foreigners from Guangzhou, including naturalized players, returned to the team?
I think we've all changed in these guys, we're already considered mid-generation players in the Guangzhou team, and we all need to take more responsibility on our shoulders, it's just that everyone's position is different, and they need to take on different responsibilities.
Soccer: Cannavaro said in a previous interview that he has been treating you as Zheng Zhi's successor in training, and now Zheng Zhi is leading the team, how is the exchange between you and Zheng Zhi, and what kind of requirements does he have for you?
First of all, I don't think of myself as Zhi's successor, but Zhi must be a benchmark in our minds, and we will learn from and imitate what he did, and he is a very good model. In the championship match, from the first day to the last day of the match, I was one of the earliest players, practicing with Zhi all the time. In fact, we didn't communicate much, almost all of it was in the professional field, all of it was in the aspect related to the ball. In the final stage, we had a very tight staff, and he needed to do the tactical organization of each game with the available staff equipment, so you can see that we actually played five different formations in eight games, and I played four or five different positions, which I think was a new requirement for me, together with the trust in me.
FOOTBALL: With Zheng Zhi in the team, will there be a backbone and we are more confident?
Must be, you can feel that whether we play to win or not, our fighting strength must be there, including the hard work and running statistics of each game, we will not lose to the opponent, no matter who the opponent is.
Soccer: When you first joined the Guangzhou team, the rising momentum is particularly fierce, there is a very beautiful goal, simply out of nowhere, until the match with Guoan that game injury. That injury is not quite a big impact on you?
Yan Dinghao: I think it was a small turning point in my career. In fact, for me, that injury I have looked down, because I have looked back at the game and now the game, I think now I play more sophisticated and stable, at that time our team has Paulinho, can lead us to play, at first I play the position is more forward, the degree of freedom is also higher, but really to my own best pass, control of the ball, organizational ability, in fact, now I play more sophisticated, stable, less mistakes, passing is more accurate, more successful. I'm a lot more experienced now, I'm a lot more stable, I make fewer mistakes, I'm more accurate in my passing, and I have a much higher success rate.
It's true that there were certain statistics at the time because we were all playing well, and incidentally I was playing well too, so it stood out, but really analyzing the game on a minute-by-minute basis, I thought I'd be a bit better now. In addition, despite the injury, I recovered very well, and I used this time to adjust all other aspects of my body to a better condition, so I don't see the injury as a setback or anything, I think that I was precipitated by that time, and after that time, I have a higher expectation of myself.
Soccer: You are a player who is particularly good at thinking and summarizing, and you can calmly analyze some of your problems every time.
Now that it (the injury) has occurred, I have to think about whether I can minimize the impact and give me some improvement in other areas.
Football：Guangzhou team before there are a lot of big-name foreign aid, including the likes of Talisca, Paulinho, playing next to Paulinho, are you also able to learn a lot of better ways to handle the ball?
Right. Paulinho has played for too many big teams, including my favorite Barcelona, I often go to talk to him, I ask him how he plays in Barcelona? Those teammates around him like Iniesta, Xavi, including Busquets how they handle the ball, we will often comment on these things. He appreciates me and trusts me a lot, he will give me the ball if I want it, we get along with each other in a very good way, on the pitch, he will make me more confident, he will always inspire me and let me show my own things.
FOOTBALL: Did you feel your role and identity changed a little bit when these big-name foreigners from Guangzhou, including naturalized players, returned to the team?
I think we've all changed in these guys, we're already considered mid-generation players in the Guangzhou team, and we all need to take more responsibility on our shoulders, it's just that everyone's position is different, and they need to take on different responsibilities.
Soccer: Cannavaro said in a previous interview that he has been treating you as Zheng Zhi's successor in training, and now Zheng Zhi is leading the team, how is the exchange between you and Zheng Zhi, and what kind of requirements does he have for you?
First of all, I wouldn't think of myself in such a role as Ji's successor, but Ji
