Beijing time on December 17, an explosive news from Germany, the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich officially announced that China's young goalkeeper Liu Shao Ziyang officially joined the team, the contract period until June 30, 2025.
Liu Shao Ziyang, a player from Bayern Munich's youth training partner Wuhan Sanzhen Football Club, is now playing alongside the Bayern U19 youth team in the Bayern Youth Training Center. Bayern's goalkeeper coach Tom Stark gives him special coaching from time to time.
Liu Shao Ziyang's joining has undoubtedly energized many industry insiders and fans. Many fans have left messages on social media platforms, hoping that this young player can be like Wu Lei, in the European game experience growth. However, the hardships and challenges of traveling alone across the ocean are self-evident, and how to quickly integrate into the team and adapt to local life is undoubtedly a major problem in front of Liu Shao Ziyang.
Recently, Changjiang Daily conducted an interview with Liu Shao Ziyang. Talking about the days in Bayern Munich youth training, Liu Shao Ziyang said, "The Bayern youth training base will develop targeted training and teaching programs according to individual players. As a goalkeeper, in addition to technical and tactical training, there will be strength, physical fitness, yoga and other all-round guidance programs."
The junior added: "Here, I have learned the hard way that I have to learn to be disciplined and ask questions. Physical fitness and strength are not mandatory to train, but the gym is open 24 hours a day, so we still go to the gym regularly in order to maintain our weight and condition. For more than half a year, I am 1 meter 90 and my weight is always around 82 kilograms, not more than 84 kilograms."
Liu Shao Ziyang said he is working hard to learn German and try to integrate into the team and local life as soon as possible. While joining Bayern, he expressed his gratitude to the club: "I am very grateful to Bayern Munich for giving me such a valuable opportunity, and it is a great honor for me to join Bayern. In my hometown, there are a lot of Bayern fans, I feel very proud and happy!"
Talking about the training at Bayern, Liu Shao Ziyang thanked the goalie coach Tom Stark: "At the base, Coach Tom Stark is a good teacher, he will make a very detailed training program according to the physical conditions, strength differences and deficiencies of the players from the East and the West. There are two other goalkeepers training with me, and the coach will give us young players the opportunity to play in various leagues, so that we can improve ourselves in the game." Liu Shao Ziyang also revealed that Stark will also take good care of himself after training, on vacation, he specifically to stay at the base of Liu Shao Ziyang 1 to 1 guidance teaching, but also invited Liu Shao Ziyang and his family to play tennis, outing, feel the local customs and traditions of Munich.
About the training in the youth training team, Liu Shao Ziyang also said that it was very rewarding: "During the training period, we played a few friendly matches with teams from the fourth and fifth tier leagues in Germany, and we also played with the international joint team consisting of U19 players from different countries, which were all very valuable opportunities."
Talking about the days in Germany, Liu Shao Ziyang said his German has been learned to the A2 level, and can now communicate smoothly with coaches and teammates. A few months ago, his mother also flew to Germany to visit the child, the youngster also said that stay in the ocean most miss is the mother made sweet and sour pork.
At the end of the interview, Liu Shao Ziyang also talked about his hometown team Wuhan Sanzhen: "I was very happy to see the news of the team's 'Super League' a few days ago, as if I remembered the scene last year when we were preparing to play for the Chinese B League together. Even though I'm now chasing my dream in Germany, I hope to wear Wuhan Sanzhen's uniform one day and contribute to my hometown soccer team." (DD)
