Introduction: On March 18, 2015, Guangzhou football star Zhao Dayu died of liver cancer. The once unusual footballer, the ill-fated Chinese international can only be accompanied by football in paradise in the future. Today, let us continue our "reminiscence" journey and review the story of Guangzhou football star Zhao Dayu together.
Weightlifters successfully "jump ship", "atypical" the growth path of football players
When it comes to Zhao Dayu, few people can think that he was originally trained as a seedling of a weightlifter. But perhaps it was the relatively loose tutoring when he was a child, which gave Zhao Dayu a strong personality and autonomy, he said that he "did not practice weightlifting when he was killed." Eventually, his parents respected his wishes, and the child, who had the potential to grow into a weightlifting wizard, has been with football ever since. At the age of 8, Zhao Dayu successfully joined the Guangzhou Children's Team. A section of Chinese football "atypical" talent road belonging to Zhao Dayu has begun.
Zhao Dayu's family is not rich, but in order to let the child realize his dream, Zhao Dayu's parents do their best to ensure that they change a new pair of sneakers for their children every month and give little Zhao Dayu a bottle of milk every day. ——The seemingly simple act contains the parents' expectations and support for Zhao Dayu's dream, and also contains the most simple and selfless love of parents.
No height, no speed, no confrontation - "three noes" Zhao Dayu rely on what to stand firm in the national football team?
If you follow the eyes of the vast majority of Chinese coaches, Zhao Dayu is undoubtedly not suitable for playing football - he is only 160cm tall, compared to the proud Maradona and Messi of each player, there is a big gap, and his lack of confrontation and lack of absolute speed weakness also make him not optimistic about the majority of coaches. But the reason why Zhao Dayu can gain a foothold in the team is definitely to have superiority.
"Children without umbrellas must run hard" - special methods of training made Zhao Dayu famous in a battle
In order to be able to truly gain a foothold in the professional football team with his strength, Zhao Dayu has made unimaginable efforts for ordinary people. He trains with sandbags wrapped around his feet every day and dribbles in the dark at night to maximize his sense of ball. Over time, Zhao Dayu has better dribbling and ball control ability than the average player, and has excellent explosive power. This allows him to make some strange shots from time to time. In the 1984 Nehru Gold Cup, the Chinese team defeated the Argentine national team led by 8 main players 1-0, and Zhao Dayu on the front line received a pass from teammate Li Hui and scored the most exciting goal of the game with a wonderful "upside-down golden hook" left foot. "Short-footed tiger" Zhao Dayu became famous in this battle.
Xu Genbao: 2 mistakes cast a defeat, you owe Zhao Dayu an Olympic Games
In 1984, Zeng Xuelin led the Chinese team to the second place in the Asian Cup, and Gu Guangming, Li Huajun, Li Hui, and Zhao Dayu became the most gorgeous frontcourt attack group of the Chinese team. In November of the same year, due to incorrect pre-game intelligence and technical style considerations, Xu Genbao, the coach of the national Olympic team, finally gave up the "short-footed tiger" who was good at rain fighting. This also laid the groundwork for the failure of the Chinese Olympic team to storm the Los Angeles Olympic Games.
In the game, the Chinese team faced the Thai team's defensive counterattack, and in the second half of the game, Xu Genbao unexpectedly replaced Liu Haiguang and Gu Guangming, who performed outstandingly, and the Thai National Olympic Team, which lost the biggest threat, suddenly exerted force and defeated the Chinese Olympic team 1-0. Xu Genbao and his disciples regrettably lost the Los Angeles Olympic Team. After the game, the national football coach Zeng Xuelin was puzzled: since he was playing in the rainy Thai team, and he knew that the Thai team would defend intensively, why not bring Zhao Dayu, who has a strong dribbling breakthrough ability and is the best at rain fighting?
If there is Zhao Dayu, we may not encounter the "519 Massacre"
When it comes to former national football coach Zeng Xuelin, the key word that has to be mentioned is "519". The Chinese team lost 1-2 in the case that as long as they forced hong Kong to reach the final stage of the World Preliminary Round. In the past, the Chinese Olympic team lost to the Thai team, and Zeng Xuelin was angry about Xu Genbao's failure to bring Zhao Dayu, but before the Match between the Chinese team and the Hong Kong team, the local "Bo Le", who had been discerning, could not bring his most proud disciple Zhao Dayu.
Perhaps Zeng Xuelin recalled more than once after the "519" tragedy, if the Chinese team could bring Zhao Dayu, perhaps the Chinese team would have scored earlier. If the Chinese team has Zhao Dayu, perhaps it will not be Gu Jinhui of the Hong Kong team who will cheer. If at that time, the Chinese team could have Zhao Dayu, the Chinese team might be able to achieve the goal of winning by 2 goals... But there was no if on the green field, for Zhao Dayu, and for Zeng Xuelin and the soldiers of the Chinese team.
The year 1984-1985 was a fateful year for Chinese football and for Zhao Dayu. As for Zhao Dayu, he had the intention to kill the enemy but was repeatedly ignored by the manager, and this pain was only the most profoundly understood by Zhao Dayu himself.
In 1986, Zhao Dayu, who was at his peak, was accidentally kicked and broke his leg by a player of the Beijing team in the game, and it was a miracle that this "atypical" player could become a professional football player, and he eventually became the main force of the national football team, scoring 13 goals in 18 official games was the second miracle. But in the face of injuries, Zhao Dayu ultimately failed to continue his miracle.
Committed to youth training, he pioneered the path of "atypical" youth training
After retiring from the army, Zhao Dayu devoted himself to youth training. Through cooperation with famous schools, he adopted the method of half-day class learning and half-day football training for youth training players, and took the lead in putting into practice the "combination of sports and education" that Chinese football has stayed on the slogan for many years. Yang Yihu, who once broke through the door of Real Madrid in a friendly match, and Li Yan and other players are all chinese football rookies cultivated by Zhao Dayu.
What is even more valuable is that in training, Zhao Dayu not only pays attention to the teaching of players' skills, but also pays attention to the cultivation of players' moral character. He resolutely put an end to the foul language of players, as long as they are discovered, they will be fined. This kind of cultivation method with the goal of cultivating "virtue and art double Xin" is more worthy of reference for today's Chinese football.
Unfortunately, due to Zhao Dayu's unhealthy living habits, the Guangzhou football star left his favorite football at the age of 55. At the time of his death, the "Chinese Football Reform Plan" has been introduced, and in this plan that contains the expectations of Chinese footballers, the "combination of sports and education" has been put forward as a key point. Perhaps, this is a special greeting from Chinese football to Zhao Dayu.
The "short-legged tigers" of the past will eventually return to heaven, and we look forward to discovering more players on the football field, such as Zhao Dayu.