I believe that many fans will have a clear understanding of the status of our players in Asia after watching the 6 games of the national football round of 12. I also know what the biggest shortcomings of our players are at the moment, which is running and physical fitness. Our players are used to coaxing foreign aid to play at home, everything is left to foreign aid to solve the problem, so they are playing health football, so the average running time of each game is 7000 meters, and the worst is even only 3000 meters. According to media reports on FIFA statistics, the cumulative running distance of a professional footballer is currently 10,000 meters on average, the worst is about 6,000 meters, and the good one is as high as 12,000 meters. And we look at the five major league games in Europe, it is normal for players to come down to more than 10,000 meters at a time. So this is the huge gap in the intensity of the race, and the physical energy that needs to run 10,000 meters and the 7,000 meters are not the same. That's why in the first two games of the round of 12 we faced almost all of Europe's Australian and Japanese teams so passively, physically running for 20 minutes and being exhausted, and then we could only be passively beaten!
Of course, this is also the reason why Wu Lei performed best in the national football team. Wu Lei scored 4 goals in this round of 12, and his goal directly helped the national football team to get 5 points, it can be said that the attack of the national football team completely depends on Wu Lei. And why did Wu Lei become so useful? The reason is simple, Wu Lei plays in Espanyol in La Liga, and the intensity and rhythm of his training and matches are faster than in the middle. Although Wu Lei is also difficult to play the whole game in La Liga, there will be physical problems, but the top 12 is not as strong as la Liga, so Wu Lei can maintain a high-intensity running and confrontation in the whole field, so Wu Lei's scoring opportunities appear.
It can be said that this is why foreign players are so important to the Asian football national team, and if there are more foreign players, you can drive the rhythm of the whole field and drag down the Asian team with the rhythm of Europe. This is also the reason why it is difficult for our Chinese players to go out these years, in the case of insufficient physical confrontation, physical fitness and running can not keep up, most European coaches are reluctant to use such players, even if there is a huge market behind him.
However, recently we have made a breakthrough in staying in The West, one is Liu Shaoziyang, an 18-year-old young goalkeeper from Wuhan Sanzhen, who joined the Bundesliga giants Bayern. Liu Shaoziyang was able to join mainly because he has been training at Bayern for a year, and his ability and potential have been recognized. The other is Li Lei, a 30-year-old national football veteran who joined the Grasshoppers of the Swiss Super League. After Wu Lei, he became another international player who went out. However, many fans have a skeptical attitude towards Li Lei's stay in The Ocean, one is because Li Lei's age, has been 30 years old, it seems that there is not much room for growth, and the other is that everyone may think that this team chose Li Lei because of the market behind him, and the recognition of Li Lei's ability may not be so high.
However, after everyone has seen a warm-up match of Grasshopper, everyone will understand why they chose Wu Lei. However, just recently, the Grasshoppers had a warm-up match with the secondary Vir team, in which our international Li Lei started in the No. 4 shirt and played as the left center-back of the 3 center-backs, which was the debut of his grasshopper career. After the start of the game, Li Lei was very positive, and in the 10th minute of the game, his breakthrough won a corner for the team. However, throughout the first half, the team performed poorly, and was scored twice in a row by the opponent. Then the head coach rotated at halftime, Li Lei was replaced, and the final battle between the two sides became a 2-2 draw.
Although Li Lei only played half-court and his performance did not seem to be very outstanding, Li Lei's value was still reflected. Post-race statistics show that Li Lei's half-time running distance is 6200 meters. Among them, the high-intensity running reached 600 meters, and with such data, many Chinese Super League players could not reach the whole game. So what does this mean? This shows that Li Lei's running ability is at the level of European competition, which is also the basis for him to play football in Europe, which is why Grasshopper chose him, he has the basic ability to stand in Europe, and even his foundation is very good.
So are you optimistic that Li Lei Liuyang can succeed? Do you think physical fitness and running ability are the foundation of Chinese players' foothold in Europe? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!