A new season of sports
Former Barcelona legend Gabri recently shared his insights on Chinese football and his own coaching experience in a recent interview with Football Newspaper. Gabri's football career has been impressive, having trained at Barcelona's La Masia Academy at the age of 13, rising to Barça's B team at the age of 18 and making his senior career at the age of 20. During his seven seasons in the Barcelona first team, he worked with a number of excellent team-mates and coaches, an experience that undoubtedly laid a solid foundation for his later coaching career.
When talking about his football philosophy, Gabri singled out his experience working with legends such as Messi, Andres Iniesta, Ronaldinho and Figo. He believes that these years of working together and the influence from former teammates such as Pep Guardiola and Enrique have made him deeply attracted to Barça's football philosophy. After retiring as a player, Gabri returned to Barcelona as a youth team coach, focusing on developing young players between the ages of 19 and 20, an experience that gave him a deeper understanding and insight into the youth system.
Gabri put forward his own unique views on the current situation and development potential of Chinese football. He pointed out that China has a huge population base and should theoretically be a country with huge football potential. However, he also found some problems in the development of Chinese football, especially about the development path of players. Gabby observes that many Chinese players don't start playing professional football until they are 24 years old, which has a lot to do with their lack of early game experience.
To address this, Gabri stressed the importance of participating in high-quality competitions as teenagers. He mentioned that in Europe, young players have the opportunity to participate in a large number of competitions from an early age, which not only help to improve their skills and tactics, but also are an important way to develop a sense of competition and team spirit. In contrast, Chinese teenagers have fewer opportunities to play, which limits the emergence of excellent players to a certain extent.
Gabri's insights offer a clear path for the future of Chinese football: to increase the quality of play as a teenager in order to develop competitive players. It's not just an investment in technology and tactics, it's also about nurturing the culture and spirit of football. As a former Barcelona legend who has left a brilliant footprint on the world's top football stage, Gabri's experience and suggestions have important reference value for the development of Chinese football. (Lao Qiu Super League Ball Review).