Liu Ruovan scored again.
After nearly two years of obscurity, he now appears in the public eye with the image he deserves best.
After every goal and win, congratulations from family, friends, and former teammates poured in: Jonathan, who was stranded in Brazil and could not reunite with him again, sent encouragement from a distant home; Peng Xinli, who started his career in Chengdu, often paid attention to him, and did not forget to joke: "What about your hair?" Qin Sheng, who wished him a goal before each game, deservedly put the credit on his head, because Liu Ruovan had been forced to issue 6 red envelopes after scoring 6 goals.
Coincidentally, that year he assisted Martins to make a contribution to Shenhua winning the two-legged derby to win the championship trophy, and at the celebration banquet a few days later, when asked about his goals for next season, Liu Ruovan said loudly: "Enter 6!" "Unfortunately, this wish has never had a chance to come true." After "fighting monsters and upgrading" alone in the middle division, he suddenly completed the goal of scoring for the whole year that he had envisioned for himself through the first 9 rounds of matches.
The familiar touting echoed in his ears again, and this time he calmly responded to all the comments: "I haven't done enough now." ”
In the past two years, from injury, comeback, re-injury to comeback, from the Super League relegation, the first start of the AFC Champions League to the choice of the Central League and standing firm, Liu Ruovan has had a sense of frustration and a sense of gap, but has never lost confidence in himself.
Today's goal is not just a proof of striker, but a reward and a mark that represents transformation.
"The manager asked me to stay in the big box as much as possible"
Oriental Sports: How does it feel to score consecutive goals?
Liu Ruovan: Consecutive goals are definitely happy, because I have scored a total of 1 goal in the Chinese Super League before, and I have scored a total of 1 goal and 3 assists when I was in Shenhua, and it seems that consecutive goals have only appeared in the national team. And after every goal, family and friends send me messages to congratulate me, so of course it's a lot of fun.
Oriental Sports: If you remove the penalty goals of Mushekwi and Dumbia, your goals are tied for first place with these two foreign players.
Liu Ruovan: I think that scoring on penalties is also an ability, because it is not necessary to score a penalty. I was able to score these goals without the support of my teammates. In addition to the cooperation in training, we will also communicate and communicate more between us in daily life, and the degree of tacit understanding will be improved. But it's more important than scoring goals to help the team win, and that's the most important thing.
Oriental Sports: What kind of requirements has head coach Xu Zhengyuan placed on you this season?
Liu Ruovan: We talked a few times before the season, and he told me to stay focused. He felt that my physical condition, speed and other conditions were quite good, and I was a very promising Chinese player. In the game, he wanted me to step forward more, do the ball in the arc of the big penalty area, take the ball. He wanted me to go back to midfield as little as possible to catch the ball, because the real threat was in the big box and he wanted me to use all my abilities and physical abilities in the big box.
Oriental Sports: Chengdu Rongcheng is one of the top picks this year, and the competition in the team's midfield is also fierce, and there is news that there will be foreign forwards to the team after that. What do you think of your own living space?
Liu Ruovan: I think I have also shown my ability in these 9 games. The next thing is to see what kind of deployment and formation the coach has for the next game to be played, which is what kind of coach considers. I just have to show my competitive level competitive status and physical state in training. As for reinforcements, no matter who comes, I just have to do my best, and the rest is left to the coach, and I believe he can see it.
Oriental Sports: Is the intensity of the confrontation in the Chinese First Division the same as I originally expected?
Liu Ruovan: Because there are many teams of foreign aid who have not returned now, maybe the overall level of this year's Chinese League one will drop a little. But I think there are a lot of experienced players among the Chinese players, and they have also been playing in the Chinese First Division for many years. For example, when we played Nanjing City, all of them shrank to put five defenders in the back, which was actually not very good. In the case of our single foreign aid, such a game is also more difficult to play.
"Playing in the first division has both a sense of gap and a sense of achievement"
Oriental Sports: After you scored consecutive goals, what kind of communication did those big brothers have with you? Did Brother Sheng (Qin Sheng) send you red envelopes or ask for red envelopes?
Liu Ruovan: Brother Sheng is sure, he will come to me before every game and say that I will score goals. If I scored, I would give him a red envelope, and it felt like he was coming to talk to me every game, kind of trying to pit me for money. Brother Rong Hao hao, I also communicate with him a lot. A couple of times Jonathan messaged me and said he wanted me to keep scoring and helping the team.
There is also Peng Ge Peng Xinli, every time I finish scoring, he sends me a message saying that yo shooter has scored again, just laugh at me. Then I said I was just a little brother, just a trumpet blower for the Sichuan Army. I also sent him a message immediately after Peng Ge was injured that day. I said how come the king of the Sichuan Army can't bite his teeth? He came back to me really hurt, and I knew he must have been quite serious.
Oriental Sports: How much interaction with Zhou Junchen and Jiang Shenglong are there now?
Liu Ruovan: Yes. After the game, we will sometimes chat together, talk about how well each played, how difficult this kind of game is to play, ah, etc., anyway, we will talk about everything. And we have a group in this batch, and we will often chat and joke in the group.
Oriental Sports: Including Zhou Junchen and Jiang Shenglong, this year still went to the middle and lower reaches of the Chinese Super League, compared with the attention of the Chinese Super League. Will the different platforms you are on now make you feel a sense of psychological gap?
Liu Ruovan: This is really the most question I have heard before. It is true that three or four Chinese Super League clubs offered to loan me, but I still chose the Chinese First Division club, and there are too many reasons.
The first is the position, I can play a second striker or a forward in Rongcheng because I have not played in professional games before. If I continue to choose a Chinese Super League team, I will definitely play a front position this year. Although the intensity of the Chinese First Division is not as strong as that of the Chinese Super League, I think I can try it, show my attack, and also want to attack a little more.
Zhou Zong (Zhou Jun) and I discussed this together, and he said that it was best to choose Chengdu for comprehensive consideration. And Gu Jianming , the coach of Gu Jianming on the Chengdu side , was my dad's former coach , and he also called me to invite me.
Because I am a Sichuan native, this time I have the opportunity to contribute to Sichuan football, and Chengdu Rongcheng also has its own goals this year, so I think it is a very good choice.
What about the psychological gap? There is a gap and a gap. Because I am here, I also feel that I can improve my ability and make me more confident. Just slowly improve like this, which is very good.