By Chen Wei
On the night of June 9, Chengdu Rongcheng beat Nantong Zhiyun 1-0, and Liu Ruowan van appeared in the public eye as a goal scorer again. Liu Ruowan of Chengdu Rongcheng jumped to the second place in the scorer's list after the 10th round of the new season of the Central League, and the player once known as "Liu Ruoma" returned to the spotlight in this way after two years of hibernation.
In fact, Liu Ruowan vanadium in these two years through trials and tribulations, as long as eight or nine months of injuries to make him unable to play, even after the injury, in the national Olympic training suffered injuries. Injuries once made Liu Ruowan vanadium doubt whether he can continue to play football, whether he can still achieve their goals. Luckily, Liu Ruowan is now back on his feet and his 7 goals and 2 assists in 10 rounds of matches are the best proof of that. Although this period of data is very bright, Liu Ruowan is only 22 years old, is in the early stage of his career, whether he can continue to maintain such a state, we still need to see how he adjusts.
Injuries had taken him from the top to the bottom.
Time back to the 2017 season of the AFC Cup final, when only 18-year-old Liu Ruofan "came out of nowhere". The first round of the game debut, Liu Ruofan assisted Martins goal, the next round of the debut again, although no goal or assist data into the account, but for him to play the game is very good, after all, at that time he is to a certain extent rely on the U23 policy to play on the debut, this point, Liu Ruofan himself also does not deny. Shenhua eventually won the AFC Cup, Liu Ruofan got his first career title.
At that time, Liu Ruowan vanadium was overwhelmed by the victory, "after winning the championship, I think I can be able to, at that time, I was full of desire for the new season, even though I relied on the policy to kick on the ball, but I still expect that the new season can rely on their own ability to play." Soon, Liu Ruowan van ushered in the 2018 season, now look back at the 2018 season Liu Ruowan van's play is still OK, but still have the benefit of policy protection. Fortunately, Liu Ruowan van harvested his first goal in the professional league in the away match with Dalian party. "Getting the first goal of my career is not bad, this season, although the playing time is not very good, but I still think the performance is passable."
Playing in the Chinese Super League, Liu Ruofan got the key attention of then National Olympic Team head coach Hiddink, and he was successfully elected to the National Olympic Team. For Liu Ruowan vanadium, just impacted the World Youth Championships of the loss, the election of the national Olympic Games let him get some comfort. "At that time I was expecting to represent the National Olympic team in the Olympics, one of the goals I have been striving for in my career." There was an unforeseen circumstance, in the training in Thailand, Liu Ruowan van was injured, this injury for him, the blow is too big, "I was very sad, I practiced for a long time in order to qualify for the Olympic Games, but the injury made me not have a chance to play, I think at that time I was nothing."
What Liu Ruowan van did not expect is that this is only the beginning of the nightmare. After recovering from the injury, Liu Ruowan van on behalf of Shenhua in the league to get the opportunity to play, but then the national Olympic training in Huangshi, he was injured again, and entered a long period of recuperation, "that period of time, really, I'm very sad. Although injuries are something that athletes often encounter, but two big injuries a year, who can stand it." Said this, Liu Ruowan vanadium deep sigh.
However, Liu Ruowan vanadium finally took the last train of the second stage of the Olympic qualifying tournament, but three games down, he only got less than 10 minutes of stage time, against Iran, he also missed a time for the team to equalize the score. "The time on the pitch was a bit short, when that ball, I hadn't walked away and handled it badly on the pitch, and if I was given another chance, I wouldn't have handled it that way."
Within two years, Liu Ruofan experienced the splendor of winning his first career title at the age of 18, the joy of scoring his first career goal at the age of 19, and the embarrassment of recuperating from an injury for almost one year and eight months. Looking back on that period of time, Liu Ruowan felt that his experience can be described as ups and downs, once from the high of winning the Cup to the bottom of the bottom of the ball can not play, which also led to the period of recovery, Liu Ruowan even feel that he just need to have a healthy body in the next year, he did not want to be injured again.
Going into the 2020 season, Liu Ruofan wanted to stay and try out for Shenhua, and performed well during the winter training period, but ultimately chose to go out on loan and join then Tianjin Teda.
The season in Tianjin, Liu Ruowan now says, is a season of recovery. In Tianjin, both Strikers and Wang Baoshan, both head coaches appreciated him, and he played 17 times in one season, 14 starts and 3 substitutions. Although he didn't score any goals, Liu Ruowan gained self-confidence and felt that he could still stand on the stage of the Chinese Super League. In addition, the cruel relegation battle, Liu Ruofan have the experience of entering the field, for him, at this age have such a test, very valuable.
With 7 goals and 2 assists, getting back to a familiar position is key
After playing a season in Tianjin, Liu Ruofan was recalled to Shenhua to play in the AFC Champions League. Liu Ruowan van said that after his return, he obviously felt different and more confident on the field.
After the end of the 2020 season, Liu Ruofan initially wanted to stay at Shenhua to try, but the new season Shenhua's attraction is very strong, from the team's configuration, he felt that if he continued to stay in the team, in Shenhua's more luxurious mid-field personnel configuration, he may not have many chances to play, so he decided to continue to loan out.
At that time, there were four Chinese Super League salons and three Chinese First Division salons looking for Liu Ruowanadium, and eventually, Chengdu Rongcheng recruited him. As for the reason, Liu Ruowan van's explanation is: first, at that time, Chengdu City Football Association chairman, vice chairman of Sichuan Province Football Association, Koo Jianming called him, hoping that he can join Chengdu Rongcheng, and Koo Jianming is Liu Ruowan van's father's coach, Liu's father also accept this suggestion; second, Shenhua Salon general manager Zhou Jun and Liu Ruowan van comprehensive analysis of the situation, think he went to Chengdu Rongcheng to play football is more appropriate; third, is the most important point, Liu Ruowan van is a Sichuan native, he expects to be able to play for Chengdu Rongcheng; third, is the most important point, Liu Ruowan van is a Sichuan native. Thirdly, and most importantly, Liu Ruofan is a Sichuanese, and he expects to return to Chengdu to contribute to his hometown team. Liu Ruowan is a native of Nanchong, Sichuan Province, and his home is only about a two-hour drive from Chengdu, so he always chooses to go home to see his mom and dad when he's on vacation.
Before Liu Ruowan van despite the playing time is not a lot, but in the end is in the Chinese Super League, came to the Chinese A, Liu Ruowan van does not have any extra ideas, is expected to continue to improve their own confidence, but also expects their own characteristics can be fully played, "in fact, from the Chinese Super League to the Chinese A, I don't have any psychological gap. I also played a few years in the Chinese Super League, but I have not been able to play out my own characteristics, to Chengdu Rongcheng, I just expect to play my own characteristics, to help the team."
After the start of the new season, Liu Ruowan vanadium soon ushered in the outbreak. In the first round of the league, against Jiangxi Beidamen, Liu Ruowan scored a goal in the second half, opening the new season's goal account; the second round of the league against Nanjing City, Liu Ruowan in the opening 10th minute for the team's first record, harvesting the second goal of the new season; the fourth round of the league against the North University of Physical Education, and Liu Ruowan in the game for the team's first record to assist the team to get the good situation; the league's fifth round, Chengdu Rongcheng In the fifth round of the league, Chengdu Rongcheng ushered in a crucial first battle, and finally Chengdu Rongcheng reversed Nantong Jiyun 2-1 after conceding a goal shortly after the start of the match. In the 66th minute of the match, Leonardo made a wonderful pass from the left side of the road, and Liu Ruowan didn't waste the opportunity, and he broke into the penalty box from between the two defenders and calmly pushed a shot through the goal to give Chengdu Rongcheng a 2-1 lead. Liu Ruowan scored again in the 9th round of the league, opening the scoring against BeiJing University, and continued to score unsurprisingly in the 10th round of the league against Nantong Zhiyun. 10 games, 7 goals, Liu Ruowan became Chengdu Rongcheng's top scorer and the second in the Chinese League One scoring charts.
In the first 10 rounds of the Central League, Liu Ruofan finally showed his value. Despite scoring 7 goals, Liu Ruofan is not proud of himself, he feels that this is all because he is more lucky, in addition, he feels that his teammates also have a lot of credit, if there is no teammate's assist, perhaps he also has no chance to score.
With 7 goals and 2 assists in 10 rounds of matches, Liu Ruofan said he didn't expect such a performance in the new season. Before the start of the new season, Liu Ruofan set himself the goal of scoring 10 goals in a season, now less than one-third of the way, the goal has been completed 70%.
Talking about the reason for the outbreak in the Central League, Liu Ruofan said: "I feel that the level of the Central League is slightly worse than that of the Chinese Super League. In the Chinese Super League, when you get the ball, you may be given a reaction time of only 0.5 seconds, but in the Central League, you may have 1 second to consider, and this 0.5 seconds is very important. In addition, I played a season in Tianjin last year, I feel that this year is very important for my training, and after the season played the AFC Champions League, I feel that it is obviously different again. Another important thing is my position. I played in Chengdu Rongcheng as a second striker, a shadow striker and a front man, and I think this position suits me better. Up front, Leonardo helps me draw the defense, he's strong, he fights, and I'm the one who cuts, cuts forward and carries the ball, and that's the breaking point."
Liu Ruowan Van has been playing in this position since his debut, while before that he was more often seen on the wing at Shenhua and Taida. In the Chinese League, Liu Ruofan could practice shooting four times a week, but In the Chinese Super League, his primary time is spent practicing defense with his teammates on the same side of the field, how to successfully freeze the opponent's side attack, and more attention is given to the defensive end of the field in practice and matches. In Chengdu Rongcheng, head coach Xu Zhengyuan told Liu Ruowan to put more physical energy into the attacking third, which is near the penalty area, and not to have to pull back too much to receive the ball, and as soon as a player on the wing gets the ball, Liu Ruowan rushes towards the penalty area. Xu Zhengyuan repeatedly urged to do things, exactly Liu Ruowan van's favorite job.
In Xu Zhengyuan's eyes, Liu Ruowan is a young man who is very fast, very skilled and has his own characteristics. However, Xu Zhengyuan also showed that young people will have the habit of being lazy easily and the shortcomings of not concentrating, so every time he is on the field, Xu Zhengyuan will keep urging Liu Ruowan to point to his head and compare the picture, asking him to concentrate on the field, which is a great help to Liu Ruowan.
Although the start of the new season, Liu Ruowan van obtained good data, but due to the previous experience of too many bad, Liu Ruowan van can now mind very calmly face such achievements and external praise, "really did not expect to be able to score so many goals, but I truly feel that the reason why I can score is not the credit of me alone, it is the result of the team's efforts, and will not put these goals I don't see these goals as my personal credit and float up. I now have a very calm mindset, that is, I expect to gradually raise their self-confidence through constant competition, and the idea of each game is also very simple, that is, I expect to help the team, I expect to be able to fight for Sichuan, for the Sichuan fans to fight for a little bit!"
Such a calm state of mind and firm idea, Liu Ruofan is not only to himself, to the team is also so see. After 10 rounds of matches, Liu Ruowan has a general point of view on the situation of this year's Super League, he felt that the Rongcheng team wants to Super League, the difficulty is not small, because the test will not be less, "Now the Central League touch every team is not good to play. Our first 5 rounds of 4 wins and 1 draw, the situation is very smooth, then feel very relaxed, but then followed by 2 draws and 1 loss, those 3 games are as bad as cold water poured over, especially our loss to the North Gate of Jiangxi Province, the ball, we accumulated 13 points, the other side only 3 points, so the outside world said that the ball exploded a big cold door. I feel that we should not take every opponent lightly. A lot of teams in the Middle League are playing with a big bus when they meet us, seven or eight people are piled up in the backfield, so we can't open up our offense and we have to guard against their fast counterattacks, so we have to be really focused." The 9th round against the North Sports University, the first half of the Rongcheng team has not scored, Liu Ruowan van also a little anxious, fortunately the second half just started not long, Liu Ruowan van scored a goal, "in fact, after a goal, the other side's heart may not be the same. The game is like this, facing the dead defense can not be anxious, to have patience."
In Chengdu Rongcheng's group, both Kunshan and Nantong Zhiyun created great difficulties for Chengdu Rongcheng. Chengdu Rongcheng and Kunshan team played twice, twice were forced to draw, especially the second round of the meeting, Rongcheng team in the case of 2-0 lead was equalized by the other side, then Rongcheng more than one person, but the opponent scored a goal, Rongcheng the final time to equalize to 3 than the level, take a point. Liu Ruowan vanadium showed that these two teams are very energetic, "in fact, all the competition should be played carefully, can not take the enemy lightly."
"In fact, this year in the Central League, the effect of our domestic players are great, because many teams of many foreign aid have not been able to successfully rushed back, but also caused the overall level of this year's Central League is slightly lower than before, our team's foreign aid has not been rushed back, if they come back, a midfielder and a striker, we're really strong, and now that they have not come back, we must play well in front of the Every game, when they come back and then sprint." Liu Ruofanadium said.
Playing soccer in your hometown is a pleasure for both mind and body
Now Liu Ruofan, the mood is great, in fact, is playing in his hometown, and now the team is also the super big favorite, and he played well.
Liu Ruowan vanadium and Rongcheng team are very good relations, usually in the team can speak Sichuan language, and teammates without barriers to communication, found a long-lost feeling of home.
In 2008, Liu Ruowan van went to Chongqing alone to receive training, and then moved to Shanghai's Genbao base, and after some twists and turns, returned to Sichuan at the age of 22. It is worth mentioning that there are now two Chinese assistant coaches in the Rongcheng team who are Liu Ruowanadium's dad's teammates, "They often give me a small stove, teach me a reasonable way of playing soccer, so that I can grow up faster, so I play here, whether it is mentally, or physically, are more pleasant."
Liu Ruowan van and his father also often have exchanges, his father was also a player, played the National City Games, but the fame is not as big as Liu Ruowan van. Although the exchange between father and son is more, but the technical and tactical aspects of things, Liu's father will never say more to him, he felt that this aspect of the coach to teach, he is completely at ease, he and Liu Ruowan van exchanged more or outside of the field of play, he expects Liu Ruowan van can maintain the state, low-key humility, positive integration into the collective, to focus on the game.
Shenhua complex: "be pitched" 7 times the red envelope
Now Shenhua has a lot of loanee players, Liu Ruowan, Xu Hao Yang, Zhou Jun Chen, Xu Lei, etc. These loanee players have a very good performance in their respective teams, basically all of them have stabilized their footing. These loanee players have a small group where the youngsters talk freely about who is winning, who is losing, who is doing well and who is doing poorly, and they mock each other. Last season, Liu Ruowan van and Zhou Junchen, who is on loan at Qingdao, exchanged a lot of ideas. Both of them play in the Chinese Super League and both of them play on the side, so they have more common language.
Of course, Liu Ruofan also keep in touch with Shenhua's big brothers, only every time after the goal, Liu Ruofan will be big brothers play, such as Qin Sheng, every time before the game will encourage Liu Ruofan, hope he can score, and then after the goal, Liu Ruofan will give them red packets, so far, Liu Ruofan has sent 7 times red packets, "Sheng a little pit me money feeling, every time! Before the match will encourage me, after the completion of the goal to me to send red packets. Haha."
Rong Hao, Peng Xinli and Liu Ruowan have a good relationship during their time at Shenhua. Rong Hao and Liu Ruowan communicated very often, he would tell Liu Ruowan how to handle the ball in what situation would be more appropriate. Peng Xinli will send encouragement to Liu Ruowan every time he scores a goal. Both of them are Sichuanese, and in the process of communication, Liu Ruowan said that he is a little brother, just blowing the trumpet for the Sichuanese army, and he said that Peng Xinli is the king of the Sichuanese army now. After Peng Xinli was injured, Liu Ruofan also sent a message to send his condolences. Liu Ruofan said, Peng Xinli injury himself is also very sad, because the big brother this time the injury is more serious, and he also had a deep injury trouble, feel the same.
Now Liu Ruowan Vanadium, has not used social media like Weibo and Jieyin for a long time. Before Liu Ruowan van in the microblogging is still very active, because send more, reply more, he will also see a lot of comments, positive or not, negative or not, will read, but this will affect the training again, so he simply deleted the software. "In fact, I really don't care about the outside world's views, I just want to play soccer well now."
Now that he is doing so well in the Central League, will he try to return to Shenhua next season? Such a question is naturally often mentioned, Liu Ruofan said that now does not think so much, he is expected to play a good season in Chengdu Hibiscus, to help his hometown team successfully to the Super League, if Shenhua want him to go back, he will still go back, but now is not the time to think about this issue.
