In the past, we always said that our national football team was weak, but in fact, it was not that all the forwards of the national football team were not good, but that our center forward position ability was not good. In fact, in recent years, our side has a lot of good hands, such as Wu Lei, who is now playing in La Liga, Wei Shihao, who has won the best local goalscorer twice, and even the two flying wings of the 93 generation, Liu Binbin and Wu Xinghan, their abilities are not bad, and they can also take their hands. But if there is no strong fulcrum in the middle, the wingers will not be able to score more goals no matter how active they are, because you will eventually have to face the team to shoot and score.
For a long time, the center forward position was handed over to foreign aid. Because our clubs want to use the personal ability of foreign aid to attack the team and make it easier to score goals, there are basically no chances for local centers. Even if there are a few center forwards who have a chance, that is, those with certain advantages in height, such as Yang Xu, Xiao Zhi, Dong Xuesheng, etc., they can play more games because they can become a high fulcrum in the front court, can help the foreign aid passed in the back, and even take away the defender to open the gap. It can be said that it is more of ancillary work, so they are also far away from the goal and do not have much right to fire. So our centre-forwards have rarely scored in double figures over the years.
So the center position has actually been suppressed. However, after the start of the season, this situation was reversed. Because of the salary and investment restrictions of the Chinese Super League, the epidemic and the general economic difficulties of the clubs have directly led to the collapse of the Golden Yuan era. A large number of foreign aid has left the Chinese Super League, and it is difficult for new foreign aid to enter, and even if it comes, the level of many foreign aid is also very general. So the club had to use local players to put them on the central axis and take on the responsibilities of the team. So we've seen a lot of local players explode this season, especially in the center position, and there are a lot of young homegrown guns that have started to explode. A typical example is Zhang Yuning, an earthen cannon of the Beijing National Security Corps.
Everyone knows that Zhang Yuning was once the hope of the national football front, landing in the Dutch first division at the age of 18, scoring in the Dutch first division at the age of 19, and scoring a national team debut twice. However, he later experienced a failed transfer and serious injuries, which led to the early end of his career in Foreign Countries. He returned to the Chinese Super League to join the Chinese Super League giants Beijing Guoan. Although Zhang Yuning has been a main center forward in the first two seasons, he has more of a goal for Bakambu, Augusto and Vieira, so in general he is far from the goal, and the header he is best at before has hardly been scored in those two years.
This year is different, however, with Augusto and Vieira both leaving before the first stage, while Bakambu left before the end of the first stage. So there was no one in either the midfield or the front line, so Zhang Yuning was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, his position began to be in the front, and then he had more right to fire. So Zhang Yuning's ability to finish began to explode.
In the just-concluded fourth round of the second stage of the Chinese Super League, Beijing Guoan's 2-2 draw with Shenzhen, Zhang Yuning scored again, and it was a very unreasonable goal. It was the 69th minute of the game, midfielder Gao Tianyi delivered an assist obliquely on the right side of the central circle, Zhang Yuning chose to break through after taking the ball on the left side of the penalty area, singled out centre-back Yuan Mincheng, he first dribbled to the right, then suddenly changed to the left, shook yuan mincheng and then shot with his left foot into the near corner. The score became 2-1, and Guoan once again took the lead. And this ball is Zhang Yuning's eighth goal in 7 consecutive rounds, except for the 0-5 loss to Guangzhou City, Zhang Yuning is now a field goal, is full of firepower. And at present, his goal count has reached 9, only 1 less than Shandong Taishan's Guo Tianyu, and is currently ranked 6th in the top scorer list.
It can be said that Zhang Yuning is now like a foreign aid in the national security team, because he is not only standing, but also efficient, and the most important thing is that he has played his own characteristics more freely. And in the previous national team, Zhang Yuning also replaced Axon with his excellent play and became the main center of the national team, and his confrontation and fulcrum role are currently irreplaceable.
Looking at Zhang Yuning's outbreak, in addition to being happy, we should actually think about why we have relied so much on foreign aid over the years, and even spent tens of millions of euros in transfer fees in order to introduce foreign aid, but we are not willing to put more thought into cultivating our own players and giving ourselves players opportunities. Are we too eager to make a quick profit? Or are we too lazy to think about the things that can be solved with money, and we are not willing to get it ourselves? What do you think? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!