As we all know, our Chinese football has experienced a serious talent gap in the past two years. But most of us focus on the central axis of our national football team, because the central axis is the core combat strength of a team, and without a good center forward, midfielder and center-back, the team will be a mess. The reason why the national football team is short of people in these positions is mainly because our club relies too much on foreign aid. Especially after the opening of the Golden Dollar Era, the center forward wants south American or European big names, the midfield wants a world-class midfield master, and the central defender will also have at least one, South Korea or Australia's international level center-back. So the local players become the foil, and the foil will forget how the protagonist plays for a long time.
But in fact, the current national football team is not only lacking players on the central axis, but also beginning to lack people in many positions. The main reason is that because the foreign aid is there, they have taken on the responsibility, and the other positions are even less important, and they do not need to work hard, and they can play health football with peace of mind. Therefore, it is difficult for talents to appear. To take a very appropriate example, it is the left-back position of the national football team. This position after Li Xuepeng was seriously injured, once fell into the crisis of no one to use, although later Li Lei of the Beijing Guoan team became the main force, but Li Lei is not very outstanding, he is mainly running ability, the side of the road can also come back, so as to ensure that the team's side will not be exploded, but also have a certain offensive threat. But in the past two years, Li Lei's injuries have been a bit much, such as this round of 12, he was injured, and he did not play, and the national football team had to make a cameo with Wang Shenchao, who played right guard. Although Wang Shenchao did not have a big flaw in this position, after all, it was a place he was not familiar with, and it was easy to be attacked when encountering a strong enemy.
It can be said that the resources of the left-back position are too scarce. Even the Guangzhou team, which has always been good at digging up talents, has not been able to catch a big fish in the market in recent years, and can only transform its existing players into left-backs. It took two seasons to change the high-precision wing to a centre-back position to a left-back. And although Gao Zhun Wing has excelled in the league, he has played once on the bench in the round of 12 and has not performed well, which shows that he is still having some difficulties in dealing with international competitions. However, there is good news recently, because there is a former international who has re-emerged, he is Shandong Taishan left guard Liu Yang.
In a focus battle in the 21st round of the Chinese Super League's second round of the championship group, Shandong Taishan faced Shanghai Harbor. Liu Yang played just 8 minutes into the game. At that time, Liu Yang made a two-over-one cooperation with Duan Liu Yu in the midfield in the face of close pressing, especially Liu Yang's last pass, which gave Duan Liu Yu a good chance to play in the penalty area, and the latter did not waste Liu Yang's assist and scored the ball. This goal combination is too beautiful, and Liu Yang's two passes are very critical, and it can also be seen how confident Liu Yang is in assists now.
In fact, Liu Yang was the main left defender of the national team before, and Liu Yang, who came out of the country at the beginning of 2018, was recruited into the national team by the famous coach Lippi. And in the case of Li Xuepeng's injury, Liu Yang was designated by Lippi as the main force of left-backs, following the team to play the Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates in early 2019. Although Liu Yang did not have assists and goals in the Asian Cup, at least this position is standing, and his strong physical fitness has made the defensive hardness of the left side reach the standard.
Later, back to the Taishan Club, whether it is Li Xiaopeng's guidance or Hao Wei's guidance, it is to insist on using Liu Yang, so that Liu Yang has more game exercise and accumulation of experience, and even if Liu Yang did not perform well for a long time, such as defensive leakage, offensive passing is not accurate enough, but the coach's insistence on using it still allows Liu Yang to successfully transform. Especially this season, Liu Yang not only stood on the defensive end, but also handed over 3 goals and 2 assists at the offensive end, becoming a big contributor to the team's early championship.
The rise of Liu Yang actually made the new coach of the national football team Li Xiaopeng relieved, at least in the choice of left-back, finally has the most suitable candidate. And the rise of Liu Yang also shows that Chinese football wants to harvest more good players, it is to give young players the opportunity and patience, give them the opportunity to make mistakes, give them enough confidence, as long as we will definitely gain a better player after tempering. What do you think? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!