Guiyang, Xinhua News Agency, December 3 (Xinhua) -- Reporter's note: "English Premier League" and "Village Super" go in both directions.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Luo Yu.
Still excited!Recalling the exchange match in which the "Premier League" delegation went to the "Village Super" stadium to participate in itself, Pan Shihuan, a "Village Super" player, still couldn't hide his excitement.
They shook hands with us, took photos, and encouraged us to keep training, maintain tactics and strategies, and improve team cohesion. Pan Shihuan said that he hopes that in the future, he can improve his technical and tactical level with the help of the "Premier League" and play a new atmosphere.
A week ago, Graham Robinson, the international senior adviser of the "English Premier League", and his party carried out a cooperative inspection in Rongjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, the birthplace of the "Village Super".
In addition to observing an exchange match played by Pan Shihuan and other "village super" players, the delegation also had an in-depth understanding of the development status of Rongjiang football, and went to the second primary school of Guzhou Town, Rongjiang County, Gaopai Primary School of Xinghua Shui Township and other primary and secondary schools to inspect the development of campus football, and had discussions with "village super" players, coaches and referees.
This is a two-way rush between the "Premier League" and the "Village Super League". This summer, the "Village Super" competition, which is fully known as "Guizhou Rongjiang (Sanbao Dong Village) and the United States Country Football Super League", became popular all over the Internet and went abroad. Who would have thought that one was only 38A small mountain town with a population of 50,000 can burst out with such a huge amount of energy with a small football.
The county has a registered football population of more than 1,200 people, more than 70% of campus football popularization schools, and 14 national youth campus football characteristic schools ......Although the reasons for the "village super" and "out of the circle" are considered to have laid an important foundation for Rongjiang's profound football history, rich football atmosphere and relatively high football penetration rate, it is impossible to ignore that there are still many shortcomings in Rongjiang football that need to be filled.
Whether it is in terms of the number or quality of athletes, coaches and referees, Rongjiang football needs to be continuously improved. Lai Hongjing, vice chairman of the Rongjiang County Football Association, said that the "Village Super League" sincerely hopes to continue to promote the development of Rongjiang football by cooperating with the "Premier League" and learning from each other's mature system and advanced concepts.
From the two-day in-depth investigation, the reporter can see that this is also the hope of the "Premier League". Robinson introduced that as one of the world's top leagues, the "Premier League" has always hoped to give back and help the development of community football around the world through some community football projects, including public welfare projects such as "Learning to Premier League".
The project, which is dedicated to nurturing community football coaches and referees, has trained 3More than 20,000 coaches and referees have affected more than 1.7 million young footballers. "We also want to expand the area of cooperation and bring more people together through football." ”
After the "Village Super", Rongjiang has been transformed into a "highland" of grassroots football exchanges, and various types of exchange matches are staged almost every week. For Robinson, who is visiting Guizhou for the first time, it is precisely through in-depth investigation that they want to ensure that the selected Rongjiang trainees can play football for a long time and have a good soil to engage in this sport in the local area.
Teaching others to fish is also feeding oneself. David Gill, an Englishman who once lived in Rongjiang, said that he believed that the "Village Super League" could not only promote the skills of local athletes, referees and coaches through cooperation with the "Premier League", but also get a lot of help in the construction of football echelons and the improvement of the operation system. At the same time, the "Premier League" should also be able to further enhance its brand awareness in China with the help of the IP effect of the "Village Super", and "the cooperation between the two sides should make more people pay attention to the 'Premier League'".
The help that comes from cooperation is mutual. Pan Shihuan, who holds the same view as David, took Rongjiang as an example and said that there are a lot of "Premier League" fans among the "village super" players. The "Premier League" community football cooperation in Rongjiang can attract football teenagers in Rongjiang to understand and love the "Premier League". "Coupled with the traffic assistance of the 'Village Super League', it may be able to help the 'Premier League' expand its influence in connecting the world through football. ”
Peng Xixi, head of the operation and management of Guizhou "Village Super", said that this inspection and cooperation is not only a friendly interaction between China's grassroots football and the English top league, but also a beneficial collision of Chinese and British cultures.
In mid-December, the Premier League will send a team to provide professional training for more than 40 coaches from primary and secondary schools in Rongjiang County, townships and villages. He said, "I believe that with the deepening of practice, the two sides may explore a 'new road to Rongjiang' for the development of grassroots football." "ENDS).