The future of China's men's national football team is in the spotlight: is it because of the lack of great coaches, or because the players lack the fighting spirit and passion for the country? This has become the focus of much discussion.
Xu Genbao ushered in his 80th birthday and was blessed by many friends. However, the significance of this gathering is not only to celebrate, but more importantly, to announce a major decision: Gao Hongbo has officially returned as the technical director of the Chongming Island Football Academy, responsible for selecting and training a new batch of students.
Gao Hongbo is one of the legends of Chinese football, and the name is familiar to every Chinese football fan. In the 90s, he was one of the main members of the Chinese national team, and formed the "iron triangle" with Fan Zhiyi and Xie Hui, and their fighting spirit injected confidence and strength into the national team.
After retiring, Gao Hongbo turned to the coaching profession and achieved great success in his career. He led Yatai to the 2007 Chinese Super League title, becoming the first Chinese coach to win a top-flight title. Subsequently, he was invited by the national team twice to be the head coach, and both achieved good results. As a player and coach, Gao Hongbo has left an important page in the history of Chinese football.
Gao Hongbo returned to Xu Genbao's side to take over the task of guiding the growth of a new generation of young Chinese players, which symbolizes that Chinese football has set off new waves after the change of the Football Association and its withdrawal from the mainstream. For the current Chinese football, Gao Hongbo's return is undoubtedly a shot in the arm. As a senior expert who has made outstanding achievements in many fields, Gao Hongbo's joining will surely provide strong support for the development of Chongming Island Football Academy.
After the turmoil of Chinese football, the Chinese Football Association is redrawing the blueprint for football development in the next four years. The development of youth training is seen as a priority. Compared with some international football powers, China's youth training system still has many shortcomings. At the same time, the double challenge in the World Cup qualifiers has also exposed the obvious lack of preparation strength of the national team. In this context, there is an urgent need for someone to stand up and raise awareness of football, clarify the direction of talent training, and promote Chinese football to move on the right track and accelerate the pace of development through practical actions.
Gao Hongbo's joining is in line with the intrinsic needs of Chinese football development. Not only does he have a wealth of experience in the national team, but he is also an outstanding coach who is well versed in the combination and improvement of youth football training and high-level competition. Xu Genbao's education philosophy at Chongming Island Football School is clear, focusing on basic education, which has laid a solid foundation for the long-term development of players. The friendship between teachers and students between Gao Hongbo and Xu Genbao is deep, and their tacit cooperation has promoted the scale of youth training and the full play of standardized advantages.
In February** dynamic incentive plan Under the current development predicament of the Chinese national football team, Gao Hongbo's re-joining is undoubtedly of great significance. There is reason to believe that with the joint efforts of him and his team, Chongming Island Football School will cultivate more football talents and inject new vitality into the reserve force of the Chinese national football team.
Mr. Gao Hongbo has responded to the call of the national team many times and has made remarkable achievements in his coaching career. It is worth noting that this is not the first time he has returned to the national team coaching role. Back in 2007, when he took over as head coach of the national team for the first time, he showed great coaching talent and vision. In just one month, he managed to lead the national team out of trouble, and finally defeated the all-dominant South Korean team 2-0. Subsequently, during the national team training camp in preparation for the 2015 Asian Cup, he was invited to join again and led the team to the semi-finals, creating the best record at that time. This continued success is a testament to Mr. Gao's outstanding performance in coaching ability and team leadership.
Mr. Gao Hongbo's teaching style has always been controversial. Some believe that he is too defensive and ignores the importance of offense; Others believe that he has done an excellent job in talent selection and tactical layout, and has achieved the best results. No matter how you evaluate it, the performance of the national team has improved significantly during his two spells, which is a reality that cannot be ignored. In the face of strong opponents and fierce competition, the Chinese team really needs a determined coach who pays attention to fighting spirit and organizational discipline.
Therefore, with the vacancy of the national team leader position again, the public has called on Mr. Gao to come forward again and take responsibility for turning the situation around. Although Mr. Gao did not directly coach the national team, he chose to return to Chongming Island and devote himself to youth training, which is of great significance for cultivating the future potential of the national team and building the core squad. After all, soft skills such as tactical concepts and talent selection vision cannot be easily changed, even if responsibilities change. I believe that under the careful training and guidance of Mr. Gao, the new generation of players will be able to learn more experience, lay a solid foundation, accelerate their growth, and eventually become the backbone of the national team.
The addition of Mr. Gao is expected to promote the standardization and large-scale operation of the youth training system of Chongming Island Football School. At present, there are some problems with the reserve force of Chinese football: first, there is a large difference in the overall quality of players. For a long time, paternalistic and test-oriented training methods have led to the single technical level of players, and their physical adaptability to high-intensity professional training is relatively weak. Secondly, the lack of a systematic recruitment and training mechanism has led to a relatively small and unbalanced structure of the reserve force, which cannot meet the diverse talent needs of the national team.
Mr. Gao's joining provides new possibilities for solving the above problems. First of all, Chongming Island Football School has always adhered to Mr. Xu Genbao's teaching philosophy, that is, every student should master the basic skills of football. This means that new students will receive more systematic and standardized basic technical training to lay a solid technical foundation and enhance their comprehensive adaptability.
Through Mr. Gao's extensive network and deep influence, Chongming Island Football School is expected to expand its talent range and attract more potential talents. After Mr. Gao's rigorous physical selection and technical evaluation, the chances of outstanding students standing out will be greatly increased, laying the foundation for the improvement of the national team's reserve force.
Long-term systematic training will enable these young players to gradually reach a certain level of professionalism, providing a talent pool for the national team and the top league. The national team needs speedy full-backs to cope with fast attacks, a skilled playmaker to keep the ball in place, and a physical winger and a tall and strong striker. Only with various types of player reserves can the tactical deployment of the national team have more room to play.
However, to achieve all this, it is necessary to eliminate impatience and take a long-term view and lay a solid foundation. As his mentor Xu Genbao said, "I just teach them to play football, whether they can play well when they grow up is a matter of the future." "I believe that with the careful cultivation of these two seniors, the future of Chinese football will be brighter!