Turning the clock back to May thirty-five years ago, the national football team with the aura of the runner-up of the 1984 Asian Cup passed the asian qualifiers in the 1986 World Cup, and the last group game, as long as the national football team drew with Hong Kong, China, the national football team could qualify, but the result was a one-to-two loss, resulting in the "May 19" incident.
Zeng Xuelin, the coach of the national football team at the time, guided in the face of various interests, chose to "escape" and did not include Zhao Dayu in the starting list, which led to an irreparable historical rift.
Zhao Dayu later said in an interview with the media that at that time, the Hong Kong team was very afraid of him, and in the training, a Hong Kong version of the "short-footed tiger" was arranged for the team to carry out special defensive training, which shows Zhao Dayu's position in the national football team at that time. But unfortunately, Zeng Zhi did not choose Zhao Dayu to start, if Zhao Dayu started, history may change.
Zhao Dayu in the player era
Zhao Dayu, who is nearly 1.6 meters tall, can be described as the shortest striker in the history of national football. Zhao Dayu, who received football training from an amateur sports school in downtown Guangzhou, quickly showed his talent in football. However, because there was no professional team in Guangzhou at that time, if you wanted to become a professional football player, you could only enter the Guangdong provincial team. However, due to his stature, Zhao Dayu has not entered the "magic eye" of the Guangdong Provincial Youth Team. But Zhao Dayu, who is extremely competitive, is not discouraged, getting up an hour earlier than other teammates every day for training, and in order to improve his bouncing power, he strapped ten kilograms of sandbag jump rope every day. On the occasion of the formation of a youth team in Guangzhou in 1977, Zhao Dayu was guided by Luo Rongman, the "Godfather of Guangzhou Football".
Subsequently, at the age of 21, Zhao Dayu was selected to join the national team under the guidance of Su Yongshun. In the "Great Wall Cup" International Invitational Tournament, fledgling Zhao Dayu shined and was named the best player of the tournament.
Let fans remember the "short-footed tiger" Zhao Dayu's match is the 1984 Nehru Gold Cup match between the national football team against the Argentine team, which only lacks Maradona, with an upside-down golden hook to help the national football team win 1-0. A year later, pearl river film studios filmed the TV report drama "Zhao Dayu", the name of "short-footed tiger", which was launched from then on.
"Short-footed tiger" Zhao Dayu
In 1986, in the warm-up match between the national football team and the Beijing youth team, Zhao Dayu was kicked by his opponent, resulting in a fracture of the tibia and fibula of his left leg. A year later, Zhao Dayu had no choice but to retire. Subsequently, Zhao Dayu traveled east to Japan to develop, and after playing for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for two years, he stayed in the team as a youth coach.
Zhao Dayu in front of the coaching bench directed
After returning to China in 1998, Zhao Dayu served as the team leader and assistant coach of the Guangzhou Helios team, and later served as the head coach of the team. After stepping down as the coach of the Helios in 1999, Zhao Dayu "lived in seclusion" in Panyu Shawan Town, founded the "Yida Football Club" to train young players, and became a pioneer on the road of Guangzhou football youth training.
Zhao Dayu, who is deeply involved in youth training, guides
Zhao Dayu and Milu
Unfortunately, on March 18, 2015, Zhao Dayu, a famous player in Chinese football and Guangzhou football, died in Guangzhou at the age of 55 due to ineffective treatment for advanced liver cancer. The "short-footed tiger" in domestic football died young only sighing.