Short-legged tiger Zhao Dayu, from the weightlifting team to the football legend

Short-legged tiger Zhao Dayu is gone, he is the football icon of our generation's middle school era. The young children did not know that he was originally a professional player in the weightlifting team, playing in the compound of the sports team, and was found to be amazingly talented by the coach of the football team, and entered the national team after playing football instead! It's a pity to be kicked and broken at the peak, otherwise the achievement is even higher!

Zhao Dayu, this name represents the glory period of Lingnan football, at that time, the famous Guangdong is the important town of Chinese football, once on a par with Liaoning. The 1987 National Games were held in Guangzhou, Guangdong won the men's gold medal 1-0 victory over Liaoning, and Ma Chao, who scored five goals, became the top scorer, which was the peak of Guangdong football, but at this time, Born in 1961, only 26-year-old Zhao Dayu had bid farewell to the field, he was seriously injured in a training match in 1986, and retired after recovering from injury.

The best memory he left for Chinese fans is in 1984, with the Chinese team to India to participate in the Nehru Gold Cup, in the match against Argentina, give full play to their explosiveness, fast characteristics, scored the only goal of the game, the Chinese team 1-0 victory over Argentina, which is a classic example of Chinese football, the opponent team did not Maradona, probably half of the national team, the bigger names are Bruchaga and Pompidou, but this is a real knife and gun game, different from ordinary friendly matches, Because of the high grade of the game and the good prize money, an Argentine player fouled Li Huajun and was directly sent off.

Unfortunately, Zhao Dayu did not get many opportunities in the national team, and the most regrettable thing was that he lost the 1983 Olympic qualifier in Thailand, against Thailand, South Korea and Hong Kong. Head coach Zeng Xuelin wanted to go early and adapt to the weather, but the International Department of the Sports Committee disagreed, "If you go in advance, you have to spend money, this is not OK, and the foreign exchange allocated to you cannot be more than a penny." "What is more serious is that the International Division made a mistake, obviously it can report 22 people, but it is notified that Zeng Xuelin has up to 18, Zeng Xuelin gave up Zhao Dayu, and finally the Chinese team failed to qualify." This defeat is a big blow, because of stature and other reasons, Zhao Dayu's football road is not smooth, he has excellent explosiveness, and his thighs are so thick that he is favored by the weightlifting coach.

The magazine "New Sports" published an article about his childhood, recalling his childhood, saying that his father loved football, educated and motivated himself to play football, and did not forget to warn him to concentrate on playing football in his hospital bed, not to "heroes are sad to be beautiful".

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