Reporter Cheng Shan reported that in the early morning of January 23, Beijing time, luo guofu, Alain, Fernando three naturalized players were stranded at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol due to flight circuit breakage, and Luo Guofu accused the football association of "lack of respect" in a social media post that caused a heated discussion for a while. Subsequently, the relevant person in charge of the national team said in an interview with the official media that the Football Association has actually made its best efforts to this end, and also chose to lower its posture and express understanding and apologies for The mood of Luo Guofu. It was thought that this matter had come to an end with the re-finalization of the next day's flight to Japan and the arrival of the national team in Tokyo last night, but this morning, at the same time that Luo Guofu and Alain successfully arrived at Tokyo's Narita Airport, Fernando also posted on personal social media, announcing that he had returned to Brazil because of "family health problems", which also meant that he would not participate in the next two round of 12 matches.
At 19:57 on January 22, the Chinese football team announced the lineup for the 7th and 8th rounds of the final stage of the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup Qualifiers in Asia, which made it clear that Wu Lei, Jiang Guangtai, Alain, Luo Guofu and Fernando would meet the team in Japan on January 23. Meanwhile, Alain, Lo, and Fernando had set out for Japan. No one expected that at 2:09 a.m. on January 23, Luo Guofu posted a photo of himself and Fernando sleeping in the waiting hall of Amsterdam Airport on social platforms, and issued a direct article pointing out that the Football Association had improperly arranged to detain his party at the airport, and even said that the Football Association "did not respect it at all".
The incident quickly sparked a heated discussion among the media and fans. Most people criticized the organization of the Chinese Football Association in this regard; some media and fans believe that in the context of such a serious global epidemic, in the face of flights that may be fused at any time, such an unexpected situation may occur at any time, and naturalized players should also understand this situation, as an international footballer should also restrain their own social platform to speak.
The relevant person in charge of the Chinese Football Association was interviewed by Xinhua News Agency on the morning of January 23, and publicly responded to Luo Guofu's questions. The relevant person in charge of the national football team said: "The Chinese men's national football team has always maintained close contact with naturalized players, and after the national team arranged for recruitment, except for Axon, who could not return to the team due to infection with the new crown, the rest of the naturalized players have actively expressed their willingness to fight for the country." According to the international flight situation, the national team booked for the three players to fly from São Paulo, Brazil, via Amsterdam to Tokyo on the 21st, and was scheduled to arrive at Tokyo Narita Airport at 9 o'clock local time on the 23rd to meet the team. ”
However, the transit flight KL861, which was scheduled to depart at 14:35 local time on January 22, was temporarily cancelled by the airline due to operational reasons. The Chinese Football Association urgently contacted the KLM, KLM and the aviation service company for a solution. However, due to passport and visa reasons and the restrictions of national epidemic prevention policies, the three players could not travel to other eu countries. Due to the overall requirements of the Japanese Football Association and the Japanese government for the entry time of the Chinese team, after many considerations, the national team finally decided to book the fastest flight from Amsterdam to Japan for the players on the 23rd. ”
On the issue of player rest, the person in charge said that the hotel in the airport has long been fully booked, and due to the cancellation of the transit visa in the Netherlands due to epidemic prevention reasons, the players cannot go out of the airport to rest in the hotel in Amsterdam, and the VIP lounge in the airport is only open until 9 p.m. and cannot provide overnight services. "The coaching staff and working team of the national team have been in close communication and concern with the players through video links, seeking various solutions, and expressing understanding and apologies for the emotional fluctuations caused by the cancellation of the flights. The national team has always put the work of protecting players in the first place, and will continue to do a good job in the protection of players in the future to ensure the smooth return of three players to the team. The person in charge said. Luo Guofu and his party also boarded a flight to Tokyo at the same time as the day after the scheduled departure.
From the relevant expressions of the person in charge of the national football team, it can be seen that in order to ensure the participation of naturalized players, the Chinese Football Association and the State Management Department have done a lot of detailed work, but many things are not influenced by the Football Association, such as a few hours before the departure of naturalized players, the Football Association received a notice that the second half of the naturalized player's flight was circuited and cancelled; for example, on the issue of transfer, the airline and the airline service gave the plan that the naturalized international team landed in the Netherlands with a short transit visa, and also booked a hotel, and the result was told that the transit visa was cancelled because of the epidemic after landing. Vip lounges are closed for overnight services due to the pandemic. The Football Association has also been coordinating with the Japanese side in this process, because the Japanese government has always required participating away teams to enter at the same stage...
The work that should be done has been done to the best of its ability, but it has made public accusations from naturalized players, and the head of the national team has lowered his posture to express understanding and apologies, but from the national team management is not a platform fan to eat melons, can not reduce the heat of the event can be taken lightly. You know, after the naturalized players enter the national team, they are always accompanied by various controversies, if you want to continue to use naturalized players in the Asian Cup, how to use and manage them is a mandatory examination paper for the national football team.
In the first six matches of the round of 12, the biggest controversy of the national football team is nothing more than two points, the first is Li Tie's post-match speech and self-media advertising events, and the second is the use of naturalized players by the national team. If the previous controversy surrounding the use of naturalization was more of a professional football issue, then this time it involves different ways of thinking and the implementation of international football management guidelines. If it is a Chinese international footballer who encounters the same incident, it is likely that there will be small complaints, but there will be no direct expression on social platforms like Luo Guofu, and even his original text directly points to the Chinese Football Association, which is very different from the traditional Chinese way of thinking, which makes the Chinese Football Association slightly embarrassed.
And just when it was thought that this vignette would be reduced by the resurgence of the naturalized players' flights and the arrival of the national team in Tokyo. This morning, Fernando posted on his personal social media: "Due to some health problems in the family, thank you to the FA for understanding and allowing it. Expect the team to be able to win the next two matches. At the same time, his dynamic positioning has been shown in São Paulo, Brazil. As soon as the news came out, it once again triggered a heated discussion.
This newspaper also understood at the first time, the national team introduced, Fernando was four hours before the flight to Japan last night in Luo Guofu and Alain, and the national team coaching staff asked for leave, the reason for the leave was mainly that some people at home were sick, there were relatives in poor health who suffered from the new crown, and he himself was very uncomfortable. At the same time, the national team stressed that Fernando did not ask for leave because of the emotions of staying at the airport overnight, but in the case of being able to fly to Japan, after his own thinking and contact with his family, he finally proposed to ask for leave, and the national team chose to respect his opinion, and the coaching team considered the leave after comprehensive consideration, and helped him change the ticket back to Brazil.
Subsequently, the national team also quickly responded through the official account: "At 10:30 local time on the 24th in Japan, two members of the team, Alain and Luo Guofu, arrived at Tokyo Narita Airport by Dutch flight and will meet the national team after obtaining normal nucleic acid test results." During his transfer in Amsterdam, Fernando learned of health problems with his family members and applied to return to Brazil. After the approval of the national team coaching staff, Fernando has taken the opportunity to return to Brazil and will regret missing this competition. ”
The occurrence of the two interludes also brought unexpected pressure to the journey of Li Xiaopeng's national team. But for the managers of the national football team, such a test has been more than once.
With Fernando's departure, the current national team is still left with two non-blood naturalizations, Alain and Luo Guofu, as well as a blood naturalization of Jiang Guangtai, and the newly joined converted player Dai Weijun. In general, naturalized players must be different from the traditional Chinese way of thinking, strengthen the interpretation of the national team rules and discipline, and at the same time make them more trusting of the national team and the managers of the State Management Department, and turn "you" into "we", in order to achieve the best management and use effect of naturalized players.
Since the original choice to take the road of naturalization, then the national team must not only have tolerance for personality and different ways of thinking, but also have the bottom line thinking of constraints and management, naturalization and national football, must be "we", must be united.