this year
national soccer team
It seems to be counting on the power of naturalized players to brave the
World Cup
. However, the underwhelming performance of Xu Genbao-trained Wu Lei in Spain seems to have made everyone realize the indispensability of naturalized players.
But the fact is.
national soccer team
It's not as if you can only rely on naturalized players to embark on
World Cup
Journey. For example, Milo coached
national soccer team
In the past, the team did not introduce naturalized players, but still managed to make it to the World Cup and become a force in Asian soccer. In contrast, after the introduction of naturalized players, the
national soccer team
It seems to have slipped in Asia.
Twenty years ago, some footballers proposed the idea of naturalizing foreign players, and it was not by the hand of others, but by what is known as the "China
national soccer team
The godfather of the world" Xu Genbao. However, due to the lack of support at the time, this program was eventually aborted. However, in recent years, more and more footballers have begun to embrace the naturalization strategy. (See Why Xu Genbao was the first to propose naturalizing foreign players, and what he did about it). Why exactly is this? Is it simply because of gullibility of Xu Genbao's naturalization theory?
Those who advocate naturalization will always have two seemingly valid reasons:
First, our people are not naturally suited to play soccer.
Secondly, there are too few people playing soccer in our country.
Xu Genbao once thought that our people were not suitable for playing soccer, so why did he still want to promote soccer youth training in our country? Is it just to make money? Obviously, such a claim is baseless, especially for those who are committed to the cause of soccer. But the facts seem to be proving it: our men's soccer team was once the best in Asia, and was even regarded as the nemesis of the Japanese and South Korean men's soccer teams, which were also quite threatening to the strongest teams in Europe and the United States.
It is not true to say that there are few people playing soccer in our country. According to Nanfang.com, the soccer population in Guangdong Province has reached 16.98 million, accounting for 17.6%. In addition, the percentage of soccer population directly involved in soccer is as high as 12.9%. (See Guangdong media: Guangdong's soccer population is planned to reach 16.98 million, accounting for 17.6%) According to this estimate, Shanghai also has a soccer population of nearly two million. So why can't they select the best players in Asia? And have to spend huge sums of money from the provinces to bring in discarded children training, but the result is still in Spain to lose face? Obviously, these so-called youth training bases are burying many talented
national soccer team
Players.
If our country can fully promote soccer, break the monopoly of these so-called elite youth training bases, and allow more youth training schools to discover soccer talents, then more outstanding players will emerge to join the
national soccer team
of the ranks. In this way, the renaissance of our men's soccer team is within reach, breaking into the
World Cup
There's no longer a need to rely on naturalization, either.
