Due to the physical, psychological and experiential catalysis from childhood, I have almost no skills on the sports field, relying on physical reflexes and unremitting running. Just like the people who have a good sense of the ball on the field are generally very independent and do not like to participate in defense, and our kind of rough brothers love to divide the ball (saying that the advanced point is to have a big picture view and team awareness), and they are more willing to defend.
When I entered the university and had a lot of time to exercise, I sprinkled this spirit more on the school sports field.
That year in 2010, like Shenhua 10 years later, Zhu Jun began to let Shenhua fight a youth storm, Feng Renliang, Song Boxuan, Wu Xi, Riaskos and other young forces brought infinite vitality to Shenhua, but with their own understanding, it was naturally impossible to achieve such results, because that year, a Croatian predator descended on Shanghai Beach - he was Miroslav Blaževic.
That year, the energetic Shenhua team left me with good memories of the same age, watching people of the same age achieve the third place in the league under the leadership of an elderly person who was similar to his grandfather's age. Blazevich's fighting spirit is also deeply engraved in the hearts of our generation, even if there are great difficulties ahead, in Blazević's eyes, there has never been a hint of hesitation.
In 1937, an era when many of the fans' grandparents were still swimming, with the turmoil of war, Blažević was born in an ordinary bosnian family, he was the youngest child in the family, at the age of 12, his two older brothers died in World War II, he became the only boy in the family, became the parents' greatest expectation.
In addition to his iron will, he has shown his talent in football since he was a child, playing for the country of Dinamo Zagreb, Sarajevo and Switzerland's Vevey Sport. After retiring in the 1970s, he began his career, best known for becoming the head coach of the Croatian national team in 1994 and finishing third in the historic world cup in France in 1998.
In 2004, 67-year-old Blažević was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but where would it hit the former South's steel warrior, he deservedly defeated his first cancer.
In 2010, Zhu Jun personally flew to Europe and brought Blažević to Shenhua, and after achieving a good result of third place, Shenhua contributed Blaževic to the Football Association, which was very impressed with him, and Blažević took up the coaching whip of the Chinese Olympic team and took them to London in 2012.
In 2011, during the national Olympic team, Blaževich was diagnosed with a tumor again, only this time replaced by melanoma, and in May he returned to China for treatment, of course, the immortal Blaževich once again defeated the disease, that year he was 74 years old, he never bowed to fate.
Although the subsequent attempt to storm the London Olympics did not succeed, his football, his personality, and his fighting spirit remained in the hearts of each of us, and he left China.
In 2015, Shanghai held an international forum on China's football industry, and invited several world-renowned football experts, including our old friend Mr. Blazević, who "fought" with Xu Genbao, the godfather of Chinese football, and gave a very wonderful keynote speech to the participants.
It is believed that China is now leading the world in many fields, and it is also fully capable of occupying an important place in world football and influencing the development of world football.
He said that the current European Championship represents the highest level of European football and reflects the concept and trend of modern football development, and China should learn from it. Today's football is undergoing profound changes, from simply fighting for body, speed, and technology to relying on tactics and thinking. This is very beneficial to Chinese because Chinese have the wisdom and good thinking, believing that China will benefit from this change. He believes that China has the basic elements to become a football powerhouse, such as being good at strategy and tactics, the hard-working endurance of players, bravery, flexibility and intelligence.
He said: "It is very important that Chinese leaders attach importance to the development of football and set specific goals, which is the luck of Chinese football. ”
However, in his view, the biggest problem affecting the development of Chinese football is the lack of enthusiasm for football among the people. He said bluntly that Chinese lacked passion for football. First of all, we must love football and encourage more people to participate in order for the sport to develop. He said that unlike China, Croatia has a football tradition and culture, although it is a small country, but it is a football powerhouse, with many star players.
After leaving China, the 80-year-old Blaževich has not stopped caring about Chinese football, and in 2016, he also talked about China's ability to achieve the goal of a football power in 2050.
In September this year, Jia Yanfeng, a reporter from Football Daily, sent a Weibo message about Lao Bu, informing the outside world that Lao Bu was sick and hospitalized again.
"I called Coach Blažević the other day because I learned he was sick and wanted to find out about his condition and greet him and encourage him.
He didn't answer the phone for a long time, and then I called Miro. Miro told me that Grandpa Boo needed a break, and that the doctor controlled how often he answered the phone so that he didn't get too excited or say too much. But Miró said I still had to answer my phone, he told the doctor, and I later called Grandpa Boo.
His voice didn't sound much different from ten years ago, it was still so powerful, but his words made me a little sad, and he said that he would still be in the hospital for a long time, and he didn't know exactly how long, he had to listen to the doctor. He knew I was happy to have a baby and told me that after the pandemic, he wanted me to take my child to Croatia and accompany him to a seaside café for a cup of coffee. Hearing this, my eyes were a little moist.
He said, I'm fine, I still want to see Chinese football enter the World Cup again! I may not be able to watch the game any more rest, but I will always cheer for the Chinese team! Don't be discouraged, China is great, And Chinese football will definitely get better and better!
I didn't talk to him for long, but I hope our football is getting better and better as he wants! ”
Yesterday, Jia Yanfeng updated the dynamics of Lao Bu again:
"I wrote the Serbian draft today, but I am extremely sad. Because Lao Bu's illness had worsened again, he said the names of many old guys on the sickbed, saying that they all left first, and he couldn't stay here all the time. He was ready to leave, just didn't want to be too painful.
But he still passionately congratulated the Serbian and Croatian national teams on their feat of entering the World Cup, which is of great significance for the long-divided former Brothers of yugoslavia and for the two countries under the pressure of the epidemic and the economy.
Lao Bu elaborated on the significance of the national football team, for the former South footballers, the national team does not only mean victory, in the blood of the former South football: "Football is a noble sport, can meet the needs of both strength and spirit at the same time, as far as this region is concerned, we (former South Football people) have the most confidence." So we can have two teams working together to qualify. Hopefully they'll go further. Semi-finals, finals! ”
A very profound passage, the territory of Yugoslavia is divided, but the spirit of the former Yugoslavia that never gives up is still there, the soul of football is still there, so they can go all the way to the highest platform. The economy is regressing, people coexist with the new crown in frustration and trepidation, do not know tomorrow and the day when the disease comes first, the national team has brought two countries, two peoples, the dawn of hope. In particular, Serbia in Lisbon, on the road, can beat the Portuguese national team led by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Through Lao Bu's words, I remembered some of the topics I had talked to him in the past, and he had also received a lot of attacks and criticisms in the position of the head coach of the national Olympic team, but he could look at everything very calmly. He said that in my position as head coach of the national team, I am facing a wider world, I can connect people at different levels of society, I can see and learn more on my shoulders.
National team coaching is not only a position, but also a responsibility. International footballers are not only athletes, but also role models for teenagers.
"If I can't bring people the result of victory, but at least I can show people the process of my efforts to win." Lao Bu once defined his 2012 Olympic qualifier trip this way. Although he was also scolded at that time, there are also many people who miss him.
Our country is not fighting the epidemic, our economy is not suffering, if in such a situation, someone overcomes difficulties, endures humiliation and burdens, whether it can qualify or not, we will have hope and gratitude.
Not qualifying is really not the most terrible thing, the most terrible thing is that we simply don't know what the national team, football, the World Cup means to us. ”
Everyone knows that for an 84-year-old, this can all become very difficult.
Although Blaževic and Shenhua only had a brief overlap, what he left for us, and what he personally engraved in the hearts of the players of that era, has always accompanied their growth. Tianjin captain Qiu Tianyi, national football team captain Wu Xi, and Wang Dalei and other people who have played an important role in the development of Chinese football.
In 2013, the spirit of Shenhua shone in the Chinese Super League, and the cornerstone of this power was Blaževic's gift to the team. Nowadays, Shenhua is like a quagmire, but the flash that occasionally bursts out still reminds us of the warrior who once shone with the light of his whole body.
Finally, I also ended with a letter that Jia Yanfeng shared with Lao Bu to the national Olympic players, no matter when and where, no matter what you are doing, I believe that his spirit will always bring you strength. Come on! Blažević.
"Children, there are still seven days to go before the decisive battle with Oman, are you ready?"
After training this morning, I asked everyone to cut my hair short before training on Monday morning, and the length of Zheng Zheng's hair was the best standard. From now on, you must give me a disciplined force from the inside out, and on the 19th we will appear in front of all Chinese fans with the style of a soldier. Put away your so-called personality hairstyles, put away your casualness, and if you want to be different and make everyone adore you, then show it all with your feet on the court. If you feel unconvinced, then I give you a chance, I don't like bald styling the most, and I don't like dyeing my hair, so if you can pass oman, you can shave my hair or dye it any weird color. As long as you have this ability, I will certainly keep my promise.
More than five months have passed since we first met you in Kunming, and in the past period of time, you have passed through layers of inspection and screening. Maybe everyone's past experience is different, some people have entered the national brand level team since they were teenagers, some people are the main force of the Guangzhou Asian Games, and some people have a blank resume, which is the first time I helped you wear a team uniform with a national flag on your chest. No matter what you have done in the past, in short, now you are all people who are favored by me Blazevic, and even if you do not have confidence in yourself, you should have confidence in me, because since I have chosen you, it means that you must have some kind of ability that I need. After this period of transformation of you, I have seen the results that make me happy, before the training at 11 o'clock this morning, except for Zhang Linpeng, who was still preparing for the game, all returned to the team on time, and some even returned to the team on Saturday night to report.
Some people say that you are not the best group of players, in your previous two national Olympic teams, have a more brilliant starting point than your generation, but in the end it is also attributed to the ordinary did not achieve the ideal good results in people's minds, so you were so simple and rudely labeled as impossible to create better results. But I never look at things that way, and having a brilliant beginning doesn't necessarily mean a brilliant ending. The sport of football is precisely because there are many accidental factors in it, and there are many things that cannot be carefully prepared and planned to eventually become possible. Anything is possible, and this phrase applies more to the sport of football, but Chinese are often caught up in a way of logical thinking to deduce the outcome of a football game that is impossible to fully follow logical inferences. If you only rely on the one-on-one ability of 11 people on the field to assert the victory or defeat of the game, then many games can be played without playing.
Maybe they have a certain truth, although football has many accidental factors, but more seemingly accidental results, in fact, are often based on an inevitable basis, you do not have the technology will not be learned overnight, you do not have the experience of the big game can not quickly become rich. But you are still standing here, and you have also found a place in your respective teams to play your own ability, so no matter what others think of you, you should know very well that you are very clear, and there are dozens of people who can play for the national football team, and you are one of them, from this point of view, there is no need to look down on yourself. If you want everyone to respect you equally, and if you don't want to be drowned in saliva, the Hongkou Football Stadium on June 19 is the best chance.
These days, I keep my son in physical training with the players, and although he is a little irregular in terms of movements, he still sticks to the training, you know he is 41 years old this year. Every night when he returned to his room, his muscles would hurt badly, but the next day he would continue to insist. I just want to give my players some psychological hints, so that young people know what it means to persevere.
Some people have predicted that we will be the shortest-lived national Olympic team in the history of Chinese football, and playing two games against Oman will be our best song. Where this is prophecy, this is clearly a curse. Tell me, children, that you will not let this curse come true. never!
God created all things in the world in seven days, what will we create in seven days? The answer is in everyone's blood, and that is victory.
Milo Blaževich who loves you
June 12, 2011"