On July 19th, Dalian soccer world is in the wind again, Dalian people's boss Xie Hui in the five-star soccer column to talk about the past, mentioning with Liverpool famous manager Jurgen Klopp's on-field exchanges.
Talking about the nickname "Shelop" given to him by the fans, Xie Hui laughed: "We all like to have a nickname, but who remembers whether the distance between us is the stars or the sun and the moon. The gap between the Chinese Super League, the German Bundesliga and the English Premier League is always covered by these nicknames, and I'm a bit tired of it. Sure, I've played two games with him, and he was a center back, specializing in defending me, but his playing career and his coaching career are two completely different worlds. He may not have been as good as me as a player, but as I said, it's a very different thing. I don't feel anything about the nickname because that's like the moon, there's no comparison to it." Xie Hui laughed to himself, "I'm an exception, I'm not that typical Shanghai man. I've been all over the world and even spent a lot of time in Germany. In a sense, I'm not that localized, and it's hard for me to be called a Shanghai man. I don't think we should be too attached to the idea of geography, because in many teams in the English Premier League, there are very few English players; the same is true in the German Bundesliga, even Bayern in Munich, there are no Bayern-born players. From that point of view, we may be too obsessed with the word 'local'." Talking about the soon to be restarted home and away match system, Xie Hui is full of expectations: "In the home field of this famous soccer city of Dalian, I can feel the enthusiasm of the fans, which is a kind of motivation in itself. As a soccer city, to be able to play at home is undoubtedly the biggest support for our team, even beyond any other support. I always look forward to this day."
