Zhang Honggen is the 8th, 10th and 13th head coach of the Chinese men's football team. He didn't lead a team to the World Cup, nor did he lead a team to the Olympics. There doesn't seem to be much to say in the position of coach of the national football team. However, in today's scarcity of football talents, Zhang Honggen is a model for the national football team to learn, and it is also a question that coaches at all levels must think about how to cultivate Chinese football talents.
Zhang Honggen was the ace killer of Chinese football in the fifties and sixties, he was a popular star across the country, and his football level was close to the world's top stars. His passing skills have reached the level of freewheeling, pervasive, and fast, often beyond the reach of opponents, and he can shoot with his left and right feet, which is a must. On the other hand, how many people in the current national football team can do this? After passing two people with the ball, he was cut off, and the shot was often out of bounds, stopping the ball 2 meters away. Only by cultivating geniuses can Chinese football soar and become a blockbuster.
Zhang Honggen loves football, and he regards playing well as his life's work. It was with this motivation that he reached the pinnacle of football. He was the one who scored the first goal in the history of the World Cup, the first Chinese athlete to appear on a foreign postage stamp, and the first medal in a world-class football tournament. He made football a career, and football paid him handsomely.