Asked how to cast the gold medal glory? Genbao's answer was succinct: "The way of management, the foundation of training. Winning gold medals, talent and unique style, the three complement each other."
Talking about "follow the way of Guardiola", Genbao revealed a veteran of humility and pursuit, he lifelong learning, never say old. But why "follow the example of Pep Guardiola", is it just Xu Genbao's envy of others to win the championship, to inject their own positive energy?
In fact, it carries a deeper meaning. "Guardiola's soccer philosophy is avant-garde and clear, and he has won championships at Barcelona, Bayern and Manchester City." Xu Genbao revealed to reporters that he and his coaching team watch Manchester City matches every night, focusing on the technical and tactical levels: "Our base has always adhered to the style of 'emergency encirclement, efficient transmission', and although the All-Sports team was established not long ago, it was faced with the task of competing in the Youth Association in June. On offense and defense, we first learned a complete and targeted counterattacking tactic, and the 7-second midfield snatch and press required by Guardiola matched our style."
Learn the core technology to achieve dominance
In 2000, Xu Genbao devoted himself to the construction of the soccer base on Chongming Island, and has been sharpening his sword for 23 years, cultivating many international players such as Wu Lei and Zhu Chenjie. In the process of coaching, Xu Genbao's learning direction is constantly adjusted. At first, his goal was to "build a Chinese Manchester United", which was at its peak under the leadership of Alex Ferguson. In addition to winning championships, he also trained a younger generation of successors.
Whether young players can win the title is not an easy task! However, after Alex Ferguson's bold move to use young players to win the league title in 1995, the young talent of the "Red Devils Class of 92" ruled the Premier League in the 1990s. In addition to learning from the success of the championship experience, Xu Genbao is also committed to building a Chinese Manchester United, and more importantly, to learn from the development model of the new coach of the Manchester United club.
Under the slogan of "building a Chinese Manchester United", Xu Genbao used the club's development model of ten years' hard work: a meritorious coach leading a young army of defenders who have been playing soccer together since they were small to pursue the dream of championships. The reality proves that the goal of Chinese Manchester United has been realized after the team won the championship of Central B, Central A and Central Super League consecutively.
In terms of technical and tactical style, Xu Genbao used to pay more attention to "Barcelona's style of play". After watching Spain win the championship in 2008, he said: "Barcelona's style is more suitable for us." Shanghai Dongya team players are small in stature, similar to the Spanish team, "Every Barcelona game video, I want to study their core midfield play, which has become the main tactics of our game."
Before and after the 2009 National Games, Xu Genbao believes that Shanghai and Guangdong's technical stream team will be the hope of the future of Chinese soccer, "have feet, go to the world. The development trend of world soccer is to take the road of technology. Now Guangdong and Shanghai are taking this road, including the national team coached by Gao Hongbo, also take the technical road, which is the right road. I am very happy to see this change in Chinese soccer." Obviously, Xu Genbao is now talking about learning from Manchester City, essentially implementing the concept of "technology is king".
Dare to challenge and stand up to the tide
Whether it is the past "to build China's Manchester United", "learning from Barcelona", or now "follow the example of Pep Guardiola", all reflect Xu Genbao's good at learning, dare to challenge the personality characteristics and brand of life. In 1993, Shenhua became the first professional soccer club in China, and Xu Genbao became the first manager of Shenhua. 1994, the team finished third, he decisively announced in early 1995: "If you can't finish in the top three, you can fire yourself."
While working as Schlapner's assistant, Xu Genbao learned that many German coaches had started their own youth training clubs. In 1995, "02 Club" was set up by the Shanghai Football Association, Shanghai Cable TV and Xu Genbao with the aim of cultivating soccer talents for the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. The emergence of talents such as Du Wei, Yu Tao, Sun Ji, Sun Xiang, etc. allowed Xu Genbao to accumulate experience in youth training, paving the way for future great work on Chongming Island.
The autobiography book after winning the championship in 1995, going south to Guangzhou Songri in 1997, going north to Dalian Wanda in 1998, naming the website after himself in 2000, and participating in the "Dancing Forest Congress", which sparked a lot of controversy with his dashing dance moves... Along the way, Xu Genbao has always stood at the forefront of social reform, almost stepping on the pace of each era.
Liu Jun, Xu Genbao's disciple, once said, "The biggest characteristic of Xu's guidance is that he is good at learning and advancing with the times. In fact, successful head coaches are very powerful. What is career? Career is to establish a standard like he did. in 1994, we began to be forced to encircle. It is no exaggeration to say that it laid the foundation for our generation of Shenhua for 10 years. There is a saying, 'Yao Ming's height, Liu Xiang's speed, Genbao's intensity ......,' and it's really true."
While continuing to learn the advanced concepts of European soccer, Xu Genbao always keep in mind the beginning. In the meeting room of the Genbao base, there is a huge "overall offensive and defensive training system" tactical board, on which there are basic tactics and positional techniques of individual characteristics, but also mandatory defense, passing and attacking the conventional training concepts and detailed requirements. Xu Genbao said: "This is my coaching career continue to learn and summarize the crystallization of these experiences are always open to young coaches who love to learn ......."
