Recently, Xu Liang, a senior in China's soccer industry, shared his heartfelt admiration for the skills of the older generation of players on social media platforms. He especially mentioned Shen Xiangfu, a veteran of over 50 years old, and was full of praise for his precise passing skills.
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Xu Liang recalled: "In the past, many international players went to Japan to play football, then the Japanese ball clubs have reached out to the olive branch. At that time, the Chinese players, in the domestic monthly income of only thirty or forty, if you can get sixty or seventy, that has been quite good treatment. And to Japan, they can earn five or six thousand yuan a month, become ten thousand yuan households, just two months can save enough ten thousand. At that time, Japanese foreigners were coveting our players."
Shen Xiangfu, for example, spent 8 years in Japan, first as a player for 3 years, then as an assistant coach for 3 years, and then as a head coach for 2 years. Although his speed may not be what it used to be as the years go by, if he is allowed to stand on the side of the road and pass, and then the midfielders are trained to parry and shoot, one can appreciate his uniqueness in the passing technique. One cannot help but marvel at the truly remarkable fundamentals, characteristics and strengths of the older generation of players. Even in my fifties, I couldn't beat him in netball."
