On December 21, Beijing time, in the program "Balls And Opinions", the famous Mouth Zhang Lu talked about Chinese football. China has a population of 1.4 billion, but only 5,000 children play soccer. Zhang Lu said that today's national football team is not bad, and in the next 12 years, the national football team will be worse!
Zhang Lu believes that today's national football team ranks in the top 10 in Asia, which is already very good. "The national football team is playing well now, mainly because over the years, our league is still good, relatively prosperous." Zhang Lu said.
"In 1990, when I was doing a survey, there were only 10,000 children who played football all year round. It lasted until 1996 and 1997. Later, professionalization led to a wave of children playing football. Zhang Lu said.
Subsequently, Zhang Lu revealed a shocking figure, "But from 2000 to 2015, we only played 5,000 children. In the future, from 1993 to 2015, Chinese football will only be worse. Japan now has 600,000 people playing football all year round, and now it is difficult to play Thailand and Vietnam, because Vietnam also has 600,000 people playing football! ”
Zhang Lu's meaning is very clear, in the next 12 years, the national football team will only get worse and worse, and naturalization is only a fig leaf for Chinese football. Zhang Lu said bluntly, "We have money, get 11 naturalizations, and finally play as the Asian champion, is it glorious?" ”
Zhang Lu believes that the fundamental problem of Chinese football is not youth training, but popularization. "What the World Football Association did, the Chinese Football Association did not do!" Our local leagues are not managed, for example, in Germany, there are more than 20 leagues. The money should be used for domestic youth training, not to send young players to stay in the west. The popularization of Chinese football in the age group under the age of 12 is the most important, not youth training, and popularization is more important than youth training! ”
Zhang Lu is 70 years old, and when he was a player, he was a goalkeeper of the Beijing team. Later, Zhang Lu served as the general manager of Guoan. Today, Zhang Lu is the deputy director of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Chinese Football Association. Fans know him, mainly Zhang Lu has been active in the commentary seat.