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World Cup
The journey through the qualifiers was as twisted as a maze.
Due to the epidemic prevention and control policy, the World Qualifier 40 originally scheduled to be held in Suzhou had to be changed to the United Arab Emirates. Under various unfavorable conditions, the then
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Skipper Li Tie led his team to a fourth straight win to break into the next round with an uplifting performance.
But such good momentum didn't last into the more intense Round of 12 matches. China won one, drew two and lost three of their first six matches to finish fifth in the group with five points, with the
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Fading away. In these games, Li Tie kept experimenting and adjusting the lineup. In retrospect, it's not like China didn't have a chance to achieve better results if they could have capitalized on some key details. However, the cost of trying out new formations in the Top 12, where the margin for error is extremely low, is huge.
It must be recognized that
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The difficulties faced in preparation are unprecedented: serious injuries in the midfield and backfield, the loss of home advantage, the lack of quality warm-up matches, and the physical and mental fatigue of the players due to long-term overseas training ...... All of these have affected the team's play to a greater or lesser extent.
The addition of naturalized players has made this national team expected by many. But objectively speaking, the Chinese team, as the fourth-ranked team in the group, did not shock the
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The absolute strength of the current ranking is also normal. Looking back at the course of the match, from the 0:3 loss to Australia in the first match to the 1:1 draw in the sixth match, the team's overall form showed a trend towards improvement. Li Tie's gloomy resignation was more due to the improper remarks in the post-match conference and social media, which made him lose the public opinion base to continue leading the team.
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The head coach has long been at the center of public opinion, shouldering a key position and great responsibility. It is the head coach's job to seek the greatest common denominator of public opinion and create a better environment for the national team to prepare for the game. Courage to take responsibility is an indispensable quality.
Meanwhile, in the face of adversity.
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It also needs the understanding and support of society. Throughout the training period, all kinds of rumors and fake news are endless, and the military heart is inevitably shaken before the big battle. How to improve the era of self media
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The poor climate of public opinion that we are facing is equally worth pondering.
In January next year, the 12 strong will play again, the current national team is still in the reorganization stage, the relevant departments need to be in accordance with the spirit of the football reform program, as soon as possible to rationalize the management system mechanism, to achieve a smooth transition.
The game time is tight, the task is heavy, coupled with the personnel is not complete, the new coach Li Xiaopeng does not have much room for adjustment. Every game is a battle to the death.
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It is important to let go of the baggage of results, show good spirit and strive for relatively desirable results.
Professional leagues: the bubble bursts
The year witnessed the bursting of the gold dollar soccer bubble.
From the announcement of the dissolution of Jiangsu Suning, to a number of clubs exposed to wage arrears, to high-priced naturalized players have to terminate the contract to return to Brazil, all make people feel that the Chinese professional soccer winter has come.
Bubbles burst, alarm bells ring. The Tianjin Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced in December that Li Guangyi and Dong Wensheng, the two former bosses of Tianjin TEDA Football Club, were under investigation for allegedly violating serious laws.
The unsustainability of golden dollar soccer has actually been evident for a long time. Even in 2018, when the league was on fire
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With clubs losing an average of $440 million and player salaries accounting for up to 68% of the total, the financial situation is extremely unhealthy.
By the end of 2020, China
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The Association has successively introduced policies such as the compression of total club expenditure, further salary limitation for players, and the non-corporateization of club names, aiming at compressing the bubble and guiding rational investment. But in the new crown epidemic, the real estate industry investors operating difficulties, national team tournaments led to the schedule forced compression and other internal and external factors, the role of the new policy can play is just a drop in the bucket.
At the root of the problem, a number of people in the soccer industry said that many companies invest in clubs not only expect advertising effects, but also to obtain "quid pro quo returns" from the local government (such as business and land policy support, tax breaks, etc.). Once the parent company fails to obtain the expected return or operates poorly, the clubs that have been losing money for years will become the victims.
The disease needs strong medicine. "Football reform program" put forward "to promote the club equity diversification reform", just in time. Equity reform should be realistic, the pursuit of effect-oriented, geographically, in stages to implement, rather than for the sake of change, and should not be forced to share reform.
In the process of share reform, how to assess and deal with historical debts and liabilities, how to attract investors to enter, how to grasp the proportion of shares held by state-owned enterprises and private enterprises, and many other issues go beyond the soccer governance itself, and require the Chinese
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The Association, the various departments concerned and even society as a whole are working together to find a solution.
There is also the professional league, which has not been able to come out. Although the preparatory group for the professional league has been fully involved in the league's operation this year, it has been delayed in listing the license. Promoting the formal establishment of the China Professional Football Clubs Federation (Professional League) as soon as possible is also of great significance to improving the commercial operation ability of the league and restoring investors' confidence.
Youth development: a bumpy road
Club survival crisis, directly transmitted to the field of youth training. After the withdrawal of the Suning Club, its various age ladder teams were subsequently dissolved, some young players' school registration was affected, and many of them had no football to play.
Youth training is one of the most important aspects of the
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The roots of the development of the ball, the work of youth soccer, which has been seriously hit by the epidemic, is also struggling to move forward. During the year, the
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The Association organized training camps for elite youth players in the 2005/2006 and 2007/2008 age groups for boys and in the U13, U14 and U15 age groups for girls, and established a data tracking report on elite youth players. The first "new type of soccer school" led by the National School Football Office was also established in Kaifeng, Henan Province.
The 2021 National Youth Football League, which was suspended for more than a year because of the epidemic and is an upgraded version of the Youth Super League, kicked off in October. School soccer tournaments at all levels in many parts of the country have also been restarted one after another.
It is quite unfortunate that the 2021 National Youth Football League Finals for the U13 and U15 divisions, which were scheduled for November, have been forced to be canceled in accordance with the requirements of the Epidemic Prevention and Control. The tournament is vital for youth players, and exploring options for safely hosting youth tournaments in the midst of an epidemic is both a matter for the Central
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The ball is in the air, and the future is at stake.
In recent years, the integration of sports and education has always been a hot word in the soccer industry. Professional clubs in many places and local
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All are running practices and working deeply with schools. Recently joined
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Liu Shao Ziyang, an 18-year-old youngster from Munich, is the Wuhan Municipal Education Bureau, Wuhan
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, the result of the deep integration of Wuhan three towns club training. Promoting the coordinated development of cultural learning and physical exercise among young people is a popular aspiration and a general trend.
After the publication of the 2020 Opinions on Deepening the Integration of Sports and Education and Promoting the Healthy Development of Young People, the integration of sports and education in the field of soccer has also entered the top-level design stage. The National School Football Office and the Central
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Association in this year on the design of soccer competition system, soccer players technical grade standards and certification management methods and other matters for in-depth communication. However, according to the reporter's understanding, due to the two sides in the competition system, the competition system set up on different views and ideas, the relevant work has not yet made substantial progress. Visible document is only the first step, only group efforts, solid implementation, in order to let the policy dividends really benefit the majority of young people and soccer development.
Three feet of ice is not cold in a day. China
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The ball has entered an eventful period, which is the result of the accumulation of quantitative changes finally reaching qualitative changes. When the problems are concentrated, we must deal with the dialectical relationship between "long-term success" and "overnight". The national team is a wind vane, but if everyone only focuses on the national team, it will be difficult to get a strong national team. China
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If the ball is to develop, it must first pay off its historical debts.
In the face of resistance to reform, it is all the more important to think clearly about why reform is necessary. If the path is right, do not be afraid of the distance. Reform will encounter setbacks, and history is destined to spiral upward. Solidly promote soccer reform, we must have the strength of the bench.
In the midst of great danger, there are also great opportunities. Despite the many problems we face, if we can use this to squeeze out the pus and get on with the job lightly, we will be able to make a difference.
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The ball is not yet broken. Meanwhile with the 2023
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Preparations are progressing steadily, with ten high-standard professional soccer stadiums being completed one after another, and the wide-ranging impact of the major tournaments will also be brought to China.
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The ball brings new opportunities for development.
At this moment, the unity, wisdom and courage of the entire industry are needed.
