Zhang Wailong: I hope that through the city of Chongqing, I can prove that Chinese football can be done well

In an interview with Football News, Zhang Wailong, who led Chongqing Liangjiang Athletics to successfully relegate, said the difficulties encountered this season, and he believed that through the city of Chongqing, it can be proved that Chinese football can be done well.

——Tears were shed before and after the last round, what did you think?

Whether it's the staff or the players, the tears they shed are actually the same as the feelings I felt at the time. After the final game, I also went to the middle circle of the stadium to pray according to the custom, and when I prayed, I also kept shedding tears and couldn't stop flowing. I mainly feel sorry that as a head coach I don't have the ability to help them solve their most fundamental problems.

——Many foreign aid and foreign teachers have left China, why are you still insisting on it in this difficult environment?

Indeed, this question really gets to the point. When I first came to China in 2011, I did have a sense of responsibility and mission. I have been in japan for 10 years, in Korea for 10 years, and now I have been working in China for 10 years.

I think if Asian football wants to develop well, first of all, if Chinese football does not develop, it will slow down the development of Asian football as a whole. Korean football and Japanese football are at the forefront of Asian football. But in Asia and even in the world, China is a strong country, including all of China's sports are very strong, but only football has not been able to go up until now.

I think that Chinese, Japanese and Korean football should become a triangle, because the triangle is the most stable shape, so only when Chinese football develops, the level of football in Asia as a whole will really develop. In this way, a healthy competition will also be formed within the triangle, so that Japanese and Korean football will also seek positive progress, only in this way will our Asian football transform and let the world realize again.

2022 has begun, and I believe that this year is also a year of redevelopment of Chinese football. I am also ready to prove that Chinese football is OK through the city of Chongqing, the football of this city, and I want them to become a model team.

——Nowadays, Chinese football is experiencing an unprecedented harsh winter, and you are also an old friend of Chinese football, do you have any expectations for this?

The key is how do we face it, for the development of Chinese football, what should footballers do? Set a long-term plan, how do coaches and players implement it? If when these realities come, you are still thinking about the gorgeous things in the beginning, it is certainly impossible to overcome the difficulties. I think that we should first make a new plan to strengthen the development of youth football, and then strengthen the development of coaches, these three points are the most important.

(Nanling Weeping and Crying)