Reporter Chen Yong reported that in the past few years, Gao Lin has been 36 years old, but his footsteps are not ready to stop.
In the 2021 season, he delivered 1160 minutes with 3 goals and 2 assists. "I feel fulfilled, happy and enjoyed now because I'm doing what I love and it's a very happy thing." Gao Lin said. When it comes to Shenzhen, Gao Lin believes that the team has improved every year for three years, but there is also an unstable situation.
As for his personal future plans, Gao Lin said that Shenzhen will definitely be the last stop of his career, regardless of whether he can play for a few years in the future. After retiring, he will definitely continue to work in the football industry, and if the team needs it, he will also serve and help the team in another capacity, another role.
◆ "Football": In the 2021 Chinese Super League, you played 21 games, started 14 times and made 7 substitutions, scored 3 goals and 2 assists, still have a good state, how to see your performance? And how do you stay that way?
Gao Lin: The first thing to maintain the state is to have good training, but also to have a good collective, there is a good atmosphere in the group to stimulate your enthusiasm and passion, including getting along well with your teammates is also very important, to be able to play happily in a team, which is the key to maintaining the state and mentality.
Veteran players may be more difficult than younger players in preparing for activities and recovering, but veterans are more experienced, know how to maintain their state, how to recognize and regulate their own bodies, and can do not do useless work, or can do better, more accurate and more refined.
◆ In the 2021 season, you are still the assistant coach of the team, have you done anything in this regard?
Basically it's still based on players, because we have a lot of good assistant coaches in different jobs, and they're all doing a good job, so I'm honestly an assistant coach who is still a fake.
◆ Shenzhen players have good qualifications, so do we need to do more work in terms of unity and cohesion?
Since everyone has come here, they are naturally very aware of their responsibilities, so we have been very good in unity and cohesion in the past two years.
◆ In fact, Shenzhen sometimes plays passionately enough, not to say that the technical and tactical level, but the momentum, this point, I feel that you are a little different on the field.
I think that from investors, chairman to general manager, when they chose me, they may also see that my experience is richer than that of young players, including how to deal with difficulties, setbacks or backwardness, at this time a reminder, an encouragement, or some active behavior, can give them some help, can bring some changes, which is also very willing to do.
◆ "Football": In the past few years, the Shenzhen team does not seem to have met the expectations of the outside world, but the performance of the Shenzhen team is indeed going up step by step, so as a player of the team, how do you think about the achievements of the Shenzhen team?
Gao Lin: The improvement in performance is obvious: the team went from relegation to not entering the championship group in 2020, and then entering the championship group in the 2021 season. But at the same time, the team does have an unstable side of playing, being able to defeat strong opponents, but often losing some games that should not be lost, which also needs to be better summarized.
In fact, when we chat, we will also say that the team is developing in a good direction, but sometimes we are eager to achieve good results, and the result affects the play, I think we should be more relaxed, more comfortable, what we have to do is to make progress every year, every day.
◆ The general view is that Ganji's injury and Wakaso's failure to return to the team have a great impact, directly affecting the originally weak strength of the midfield.
There will be some impact, but it's not the main thing, a team shouldn't have a big float just because of one or two players, and other teams are also facing big or small foreign aid problems. From my point of view, I value the progress of the team more, and I also value the duel between the team and the strong team, especially the determination and courage to play against the strong team, which is very important to us, if we have such determination and courage in the future, we can become a mature team.
◆ How to evaluate Dai Weijun?
Not only the outside world cares about Xiao Dai, we also care about Xiao Dai, his style, cooperation, including personal fighting spirit, are the best among young players, I hope he can better sharpen himself, I hope that he can make greater contributions to the team and the national team after he really enters the mature period in the future.
◆ Shenzhen was once a championship team, so from your point of view, does the Shenzhen team have the obligation and responsibility to return to the championship ranks?
To pursue better results is what we have to do, and it is also the purpose of our coming here in the past two years, we want to leave some achievements and some marks for the city.
◆ What are your suggestions for the development of Football in Shenzhen?
Still wish there was more support. The development of a professional football club is certainly not only the efforts of the club's 100 people, but also the support and promotion of more people in different fields, in fact, the same is true for Chinese football. Of course, as practitioners, we are doing our own thing, and then through our performance, we have won more recognition and more support.
◆ "Football": Personally, how to consider the future career? How long will it keep playing?
Gao Lin: I have also been thinking about this issue in the past two years, but the time has not been determined, how long to play depends on his physical condition, but also on whether he can give more help to the team, at present, he feels that he is OK, and he can also do some help for the team.
◆ In the past career, you have a good income, and many honors, in this context, how to maintain the motivation to play football and maintain the passion of playing football now?
As a professional player, I am seriously trying to play the ball well, as for motivation, it still depends on your personal enthusiasm and passion, I feel very fulfilled, very happy and enjoyable now, because I am engaged in my favorite profession, which is a very happy thing.
◆ Will you continue to choose to stay in Shenzhen in the future?
Shenzhen is definitely the last stop of my career, whether I can play for a few years in the future. As for retiring, he will definitely continue to engage in the football industry, and if the team needs it, he will also serve and help the team in another capacity, another role.
◆ Old friend Zheng Zhi led the Guangzhou team to play very well this year, how to evaluate?
The guangzhou game has been watching, Zhige's management of the team and the spirit of young people are very respectable, and Zhige's greatest success is to stimulate their bloodiness and stimulate their fighting attitude, which is also lacking in Chinese football many times. Give him some time and he'll grind the team better and become a better coach and achieve better results in the future.
◆ Do you have more contact with Evergrande's old teammates? Now it's all in the north and south.
In fact, not only are they old friends, but some of the teammates in and out of the team have also been in contact. This relationship does not fade because of time and distance, and it is still very happy to have good teammates and friends in various cities now.
◆ More local coaches this year have performed very well, so do you have the intention of being coaches for your 85 and 87 generation players?
Definitely, whether it is a coach or a manager, we will definitely continue to work hard, we must be a part of Chinese football all our lives, as for what kind of role to play, it may depend on opportunities, and maybe some luck.
◆ "Football": In the past ten years, Chinese football has experienced Golden Dollar Football, as a person who has come over, how to view Chinese football in those years?
Gao Lin: The past decade has been a specific stage of Chinese football, when everyone was enthusiastic and engaged, although there was some blindness or competition, but the overall football atmosphere was still very good. Now, this time has passed, we need to precipitate and summarize, eliminate the bad places, and retain the good places, which may also be a natural law of football development.
◆ How to summarize your career at that stage?
The club level is still very content, in this process and teammates have achieved good results, but also reflect their own value, but at the national team level, there is still a lack of some, but this is indeed not a person or two people can solve, the most important thing is to do our best.
◆ What are your expectations for the future of the Chinese Super League?
Or hope to have a full, continuous season, so that it will be more beneficial to maintain the state of the players, so that they can bring more exciting games on the pitch.
◆ Now that many clubs have encountered various difficulties, what is the confidence in Chinese football?
I've always been confident. The difficulties that football is encountering now may be like the ups and downs of stocks, which are now troughs, but in the future, our industry is straightened out, fully prepared, and will enter a moment of rapid development. I think that all of us football people, including practitioners, including media fans, must build their own football home, show a better look to the outside world, do not abandon or give up, naturally there will be more people to support to promote, Chinese football will have tomorrow, spring will be waiting for us not far away.