When it comes to Chinese soccer, one name that cannot be ignored is Shen Xiangfu. Everyone calls him a "good guy", even soccer commentator Dong Lu has praised him. However, the label "good guy" does not seem to be fully applicable to Shen Xiangfu's coaching career in the field of soccer. In the coaching seat of the national football team, his experience is summarized in eight words: repeated defeats, repeated defeats, repeated defeats. This kind of persistence, some people call it toughness, some people think it is self-mutilation. He does not seem to realize how much he has paid.
Shen Xiangfu was once a skillful player, went to Japan for further study and then returned to China, started as an assistant coach, and then led the national Olympic team, which all ended in failure. Several times to take over the club team, the end is also a loss. In the national soccer team and the national Olympic team, his coaching career also ended in failure. But he has always accepted his failures honestly and moved on. A number of potential players failed to show their talents due to his command mistakes. Can we blame him? Shen Xiangfu put in enough effort and was honest enough to face his mistakes that he was willing to take on even the mistakes of the FA officials. Therefore, no one has a reason to blame him. Dong Lu had this to say about Shen Xiangfu: He has the ability to lead the national junior team, manage the 15 to 16 year olds strictly and pay attention to details, but is not suitable for commanding the national Olympic and national team games because his substitutions and tactics are too conservative.
Shen Xiangfu's love for soccer is admirable. Stepping down from his position as head coach of the Tianhai team, people would have thought he would retire to enjoy his family's happiness, but he still dedicates himself to the cause of soccer. Shen Xiangfu missed a few good opportunities in Chinese soccer and deserves to be criticized. However, the real culprits are those incompetent people in the FA who have been occupying high positions and letting Shen Xiangfu keep making mistakes simply because they need someone to take the blame. As a result, Shen has always been inseparable from the national team coaching staff every time. (Especially when foreign coaches are brought in). This is Shen Xiangfu's tragedy, as well as the tragedy of Chinese soccer.
