With the media reporting that Luo Guofu "apologized to the whole team", the recent turmoil around the national team may be considered to be over.
I don't know how my friends who pay attention to this incident see this incident, but I think this should not be a big event that caused a big discussion in the entire domestic football world: the origin of the matter is that there is no plan in the work of the Football Association, and there is no communication in the face of unexpected situations, the affected players publicly complained twice, and then the Football Association staff also responded to the complete situation statement in time, expressing a very decent apology, and finally the players arrived at the team, and the head coach also made a very complete and watertight statement.
This is actually a very simple thing: the players' voices are normal, the FA's subsequent explanations and apologies are also timely, and the manager's attitude is quite positive.
However, although Luo Guofu's complaint occurred late at night in China, the discussion in the media after dawn still affected the direction of the incident to some extent.
Without warning, but logically, many media people have pointed their finger at Luo Guofu, at the Chinese who was called the most desperate naturalization 2 months ago - he crossed most of the world to join the national team, he fought the pitch, he has even lost his source of income now, but his stay at the airport in a foreign country for 24 hours seems to be his obligation, and any of his complaints are unreasonable.
What's more, a mouthpiece reporter said that Luo Guofu, as a naturalized Chinese international, was "not qualified" to comment on the Chinese Football Association. Forgive me for my shallowness, but I really don't know who would issue the qualifications in the eyes of some people, questioning or even just commenting on a folk sports association.
The final outcome is also confusing: although I strongly believe that Luo Guofu will apologize to the whole team, according to some media reports, I have never said that my teammates or coaches are not, but I have publicly complained about the Football Association's Luo Guofu and apologized to the whole team for my behavior.
Ridiculous.
In this incident, the media's views clearly reflect the position, which also shows that in today's Chinese football media circles, for many people, "expressing" is far more important than "expressing".
One of them is to support the statement of the Chinese Football Association. The aforementioned reporter of the "theory of qualifications" is one of the representatives: it seems that the Chinese Football Association cannot accept questioning. In their logic, the relationship between the Football Association and the players seems to be "king-for-court" - especially in the national team, as a member of the national team, you should be prepared to sacrifice everything. And naturalized players seem to be a little different from homegrown players, they have to do better to be satisfied.
This type of statement takes the sacrifice of the players as a matter of course, forcibly binds the interests of the national team and the authority of the Chinese Football Association, completely ignores the Chinese Football Association as a civil society, and all the sources of legitimacy are not the General Administration of Sports, but each member unit under it - this is indeed a bit idealistic, after all, the secretary of the Football Association is still the deputy director of the General Administration - but the significance of decoupling lies in this, the Football Association is not a power institution, but an industry association that serves members.
Therefore, serving the national team and every national team player is an important part of the work of the Football Association. It can also be seen from the official response of the Football Association in Xinhua News Agency that the Football Association itself has not forgotten this matter. However, while the FA's lower-middle-level officials came out to "show understanding and apologies", their mouthpieces stepped forward and made a big fuss about the WORK that the FA should have done as a gift to the players.
To find such a level of mouthpiece, perhaps it must be regarded as the ineffective work of the propaganda department of the Chinese Football Association.
The other type of "statement" is even more extreme, they will completely put naturalized players in opposition to China's local players, and even create some inexplicable terms such as "sports sovereignty" - this category can not be elaborated, but the football media now eat patriotic meals is really surprising.
I just hope that one of the two commentators who have particularly extreme views knows that everyone is now a Chinese national, and attacking each other's birthplace and ethnicity should now be regarded as an act of racial discrimination that is not conducive to unity.
When people talk about Fernando's irresponsibility of turning back because of his family's illness, don't forget that in the previous national football training, there were also local players who left because of their families, and don't forget that Fernando has flown halfway through the journey: if he is not willing to participate in the national football team, he does not have to fly this transatlantic flight.
Speaking of the media and fans: for a long time, the media and fan circles of Chinese football have not been separated into two groups with clear boundaries and obvious opposition to each other as they are today.
It seems as if it was just the last week's unrest: the rumors about Xu Xin's transfer the day before were appetizers, to the peak of Luo Guofu's hug and the FA's "understanding and apology", and then to Fernando's halfway turn and Luo Guofu's "apology to the whole team" to end - each of which did not seem to be an earth-shattering event, but at the end it piled up and aroused the strongest emotions.
But perhaps, the seeds of the split have been planted a long time ago.
Even not long ago, Li Tie's dismissal provoked a huge discussion. Although almost everyone understands that the reason why Li Tie was finally forced to put down the whip was largely due to inappropriate remarks at many press conferences and social platforms, some media people still targeted another part of the media people, believing that the negative public opinion they brought was the main reason.
In Chinese football in the past few years, the confrontation has become more and more obvious, and the gap has become more and more difficult to bridge. The collapse of real estate enterprises and the impact of the epidemic can still be regarded as external factors, but at the same time, the introduction of various internal policies and regulations has always been erratic. If you still have an impression, the starting point should probably be the adjustment of the foreign aid policy of the Chinese Super League and the introduction of the U23 policy in the 2017 season: in the case that the off-season has passed the halfway point and many teams have completed the team building according to the old policy, such a huge change has caused a huge shock.
In the years that followed, the adjustment of the U23 policy, the introduction of the investment cap and salary restriction order, and the one-size-fits-all policy of neutral name followed, and these decisive and extreme policies followed, causing great discussion. Every heated discussion continues to lead to a tearing of opinion — and when there is a looming connection between the people behind these policies and the beneficiaries of policy gaps, positions and statements replace opinions as the core of the discussion.
As a result, various groups in China's football media have emerged under the name of "a certain media", representing the core interests of one or more teams, and attacking each other in various discussions and confrontations.
Then, when we encounter an incident like Li Tie, Xu Xin, Luo Guofu, or Fernando, we automatically give way to the middle area and go to both sides of the road, accusing each other of their positions, caring about where the other person's ass is, rather than caring about what really happened.
Therefore, in the eyes of some people, it is natural to suffer grievances and swallow in the stomach, it is irresponsible to rush home when there is an accident at home, and it is necessary to understand that the work of the Football Association is not in place.
Interestingly, expressions like mine would be seen as part of each other in a discussion environment like today. In the past, the fans of C Ronaldo and Messi each scolded me as a fan of each other; now, the fans who support the FOOTBALL Association and the fans who support naturalization are scolding me under different dynamics.
This is the result of saying that statements are more important than expressions.
For example, whether the "Luo Guofu apologized to the whole team" mentioned at the beginning is really reasonable, and what role the Chinese Football Association should be, those who only care about the position feel that the answer is taken for granted, and the thinking link is directly deleted ruthlessly.
Of course, I also have a position: I not only support Lo Guofu's complaints about the FA's lack of work, I support every player, coach or club to direct the work of the FA.
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