Behind unintentional success is often the fruit of hard work and sweat.
On the other side of the world, the World Cup in Qatar is in full swing. 80,000 people in the stadium, players shouting, it is undoubtedly a feast of wealth and passion.
But in this feast, although China is full of billboards, construction teams are busy, and even pandas are present, the only thing missing is the national team.
It's certainly a shame for Chinese fans.
Regrets pile up and expectations cease.
This is perhaps the truest reflection of the heart of Chinese fans.
In fact, the FA Cup was held in our country before this World Cup. Had it not been for the Gansu Jingchuan Wenhui team's defeat of Beijing Guoan, the match would have hardly attracted national attention.
Winning and losing is a normal part of the game, but it is sad that the "county team" beat the national team.
For this incident, the writer does not want to comment too much, because the disappointment of Chinese soccer has not been a day or two, losing to Gansu is not the first time. "County brigade" However, a recent news, let the crowd angry.
On November 22, Beijing time, the Chinese Football Association officially confirmed the list of teams for the third round of the FA Cup. In the second round of the 2022 FA Cup, Chinese Championship side Jingchuanhui of Gansu Province beat Chinese Super League stalwart Beijing Guoan to advance. The two teams battled to a 2-2 draw in regulation time and beat Beijing Guoan 5-3 on penalties in an outstanding team performance.
No need to elaborate. However, according to today's online news, Beijing Guoan believed that Fumiaki Kyokawa's penalty kick was allegedly illegal and had protested to the referee about the result of the match, but in the end the referee insisted that Fumiaki Kyokawa had won.
In addition, Chengdu Business Daily reported that the recent Internet rumor Beijing Guoan complaints should be canceled Jingchuan Wenhui AFC Cup qualification.
The reason is surprising: Jingchuan Wenhui's sponsor is a stationery store, violating the CFA's neutral name policy. In response to the news, both Jingchuan Wenhui and the Jingchuan FA said it was untrue and that the team had not been disqualified from the FA Cup.
It's hard to tell if this is true or not, but if it is, to borrow a phrase from Chancellor Zhuge: I've never seen such a brazen person.
May this be nothing more than a false alarm.
Take the game seriously, play by the rules, and lose.
Sometimes, recognizing that others are good is a quality.
This year's AFC Cup has put Gansu in the spotlight and made it a big soccer province in the eyes of others.
In fact, Gansu was once a soccer "desert" province.
There was once a saying that circulated in Gansu: I never envied the thick history under the roots of the Imperial City, nor the endless prosperity of the Ten Mile Yangtian. However, I really envy the people there who go to work and have fun every week!
Gansu has long been known as China's soccer "desert province", but Lanzhou's soccer was once brilliant.
According to relevant information, modern soccer was first introduced to Gansu in 1919, only seven years after the fall of the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the real popularity of modern soccer in Gansu was at the beginning of the liberation period.
In 1951, the people of Lanzhou felt the charm of soccer for the first time and celebrated the city as the first soccer match in Northwest China was ceremoniously held in Lanzhou. It was because of the success of this event that the soccer gene was implanted in Lanzhou in the northwestern part of the country, influencing generations of young people in Lanzhou and laying the foundation for the establishment of the Lanzhou Youth Soccer Team.
The year 1958 left a brilliant chapter in the history of Gansu's soccer development. At that time, in order to prepare for the first National Games, Gansu established the Lanzhou Youth Football Team in August. At the end of the same year, Gansu successfully held the first provincial soccer tournament.
Whether it's the formation of a soccer team or the success of a soccer tournament, there is one foundation that is essential - the soccer field!
If you are familiar with the old generation of Lanzhou soccer fans, you must have heard them talk about the "stadium". At that time, this "stadium" was known as the Hongshangen Stadium, located at the intersection of West Railway Station Road and East Railway Xincun Street. At that time, the Hongsanen Stadium was already dazzling enough. In the national infrastructure development environment, Hongshangen Stadium had been built with a 400-meter standard running track, a soccer field, a dozen tiers of bleachers and a magnificent podium.
Hongsanen Stadium
However, with the increasing demand for sports in Lanzhou, the Qilihe Stadium was built in 1957 in Qilihe Stadium, which was the stadium with the largest number of spectators, the most complete equipment and the most venues in Lanzhou at that time.
In 1960, the Qilihe Stadium, one of the top ten buildings in Lanzhou, was built. The first big event was the Afghanistan soccer team and Gansu soccer team with thousands of spectators. Since then, the stadium at the foot of Hongshangen in Lanzhou has naturally been called Hongshangen Stadium.
Nine years later, Lanzhou built Lanzhou's first public stadium, the Orchid Garden Stadium. It was not until the 1980s that the Lanzhou Municipal Government built the first stadium named after Lanzhou - Lanzhou Stadium - in the city center at the same time as the renovation and expansion of the Hongshangen Stadium, which is now known as the Dongfanghong Square Stadium.
Orchid Garden Gym
The increase in the number of stadiums has to a certain extent filled the gaps in the venues and provided many soccer enthusiasts with a place to play soccer. However, after all, there is a difference between a hobby and a profession. Finally, against the backdrop of popular soccer, Gansu's first professional team was born.
On November 18, 1999, Su Tianma Football Club was officially established. However, unexpectedly, with the departure and disappearance of professional soccer clubs such as Gansu Tianma, Lanzhou Xinxing, Gansu Friends, Gansu professional soccer has fallen into a blank period of nearly 10 years. In addition, after the demolition of Lanzhou Hongshangen Stadium in 2003, Lanzhou put on its hat as "the only provincial capital city in China without a sports center". At this time, Gansu was once again called the "desert province" of Chinese soccer.
Gascoigne Gansu Tianma fans meet
Apparently, the soccer club is about to be established. 2013, after a year of preparation, Gansu Aoxin Soccer Club was finally released and registered with the Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Chinese Soccer Association under the joint efforts of the Gansu Sports Bureau, the Gansu Football Association, and the private enterprise Gansu Mingyu Energy Co.
In the same year, Aoxin FC took part in the 2013 China Football League B. Playing a season in Qilihe, the holy land of Gansu soccer, the club was at the bottom of the North Zone, but the passionate Gansu fans still put in great efforts for this team.
So far, it is not difficult to see that the development of Gansu soccer "thorny" due to the difficulties of soccer development, companies are reluctant to invest in professional soccer.
It has been said that, apart from the economy, the government does not pay enough attention to soccer. In fact, the Government is also trying to promote the development of local soccer in Gansu.
For example, in 2022, the reconstructed Qilihe Stadium will be open for operation in Lanzhou Stadium; Lanzhou Olympic Sports Center has been opened for operation; in addition, at the end of October 2021, seven departments, including the National Development and Reform Commission, issued a guideline on promoting the construction of sports parks, of which 28 sports parks will be built in Gansu.
Panoramic view of the old Chilihe Stadium
As we all know, Lanzhou City is unable to build 11-a-side pitches because of the local conditions in the construction of soccer pitches. Over the past five years, it has built more small five-a-side and seven-a-side pitches and utilized open spaces on both sides of the Yellow River, building rooftops, community greenspaces and other plots and fields to provide soccer-loving citizens with places to exercise and compete.
It is not difficult to see that the Government has been tirelessly developing local soccer. Of course, in this market economy-driven society, it is obviously unrealistic to rely solely on the government to build soccer stadiums...
After 43 years, the young men who thrived on the soccer field have come to the end of their days. They have witnessed the development of the city and the development of Gansu soccer. Perhaps the sweaty Gansu soccer players at the time would not have imagined that more than 40 years later, the national attention of Jingchuan Wenhui would bring Gansu to a soccer province.
Decades of soccer "desert" finally in the 2022 AFC Cup, a kick in the right name.
Soccer, as the "world's number one sport", is highly influential in the sports world. The spirit of unity, hard work and endeavor is the most influential sport in the global sports world.
Finally, I sincerely hope that the national soccer team will be able to participate in the World Cup, be it Beijing Guoan or Jingchuan Wenhui, and whoever can represent the national team will be the greatest comfort for Chinese fans.
