Zheng Ziyi, who has been rooted in Guangzhou with his father since he was a young boy, naturally stepped into the gate wall of Evergrande Soccer School and started his journey of professional soccer training. He inherited his father's genes of excellence and became a youngster, winning the Guangzhou Youth Football League at the age of 9 as a member of Evergrande's U9 team. Coupled with his father's many years as the number one player on the national soccer team, Zheng Ziyi has naturally become the center of attention for fans.
In 2021, 13-year-old Zheng Ziyi was selected for the Chinese Football Association's U14 Elite Player Training Camp and made his debut on the National Junior Team's roster last year. However, in the past two years, the national junior team's performance in Asian competitions has been unsatisfactory, which also triggered questions about Zheng Ziyi's performance, and many people dare to speculate that his talent and ability has not yet reached the heights of his father, Zheng Zhi, in the same year. As a result, Zheng Ziyi's failure to make the national junior team this year was not a surprise to many.
Zheng Zhi, currently a member of the coaching staff of the Chinese men's national soccer team, enjoys a high reputation among the team. However, his son failed to show up on the latest roster of China's national junior soccer team, reflecting the fact that the soccer association has not favored Zheng Zhi's son in the management of youth training due to his special status. This year, the new leadership of the FA has brought about a series of changes, especially in player selection. Now, the FA's criteria for selecting the national team is that, regardless of status, as long as the strength does not meet the standard, it will not be able to join the national team. In this regard, Zheng Zhi showed great open-mindedness. After all, even their own children, if they can not reach the level of the national team is also a normal phenomenon, no need to deliberately pursue. If Zheng Ziyi really lost interest in soccer, he can also plan another path for him, such as focusing on his studies, and in the future, he will be admitted to a first-class university, and he can also achieve extraordinary results. Right?
