The year is sad, the national football team away 0-2 Japan. The bloodiest scene is probably the friction between Wei Shihao and Takushi Minamino, which is a reunion of the deceased.
On October 9, 2014, in the first round of the group stage of the U19 Asian Cup, China defeated Japan 2-1. Wei Shihao scored twice, and it was Takumi Minamino who scored for Japan.
At that time, the Japanese media praised Wei Shihao, and even lamented "why is there no Wei Shihao in Japan".
These two Chinese and Japanese players of similar age have a very similar growth trajectory, and they also started by going abroad to study abroad. Wei Shihao came to Boavista in the Portuguese Premier League in 2013, and has already made nine appearances for the team at the age of 20, when people expect a Chinese football talent to rise, the 22-year-old Wei Shihao ended his foreign career and joined Shanghai SIPG.
There was a report on Chinese and Japanese football, the headline was: There are 450 Japanese players in Europe, what is the inspiration for Chinese football in their mode of staying abroad? The article first uses the comparison between Wei Shihao and Takumi Minamino as the entry point for the interpretation of the gap between Chinese and Japanese football.
The report points out that income has always been a real problem for players to face. Salary is actually a deeper motivator that tends to change every step of a player's career choices. Wei Shihao's annual salary when he came to Shanghai was 10 million yuan, while Takushi Nanye's salary was very low, but he got an annual salary of 3 million euros after transferring to Liverpool, about 23 million yuan, and Wei Shihao's annual salary in Guangzhou Evergrande in the same period was "only" 12 million yuan.
Takushi Minamino earned a considerable income by his own efforts, and Wei Shihao got a high salary in the medium and super environment earlier. So do these young players who have received high salaries in the Chinese Super League still have the desire to play in Europe to improve themselves?
Without catfish, schools of sardines can only live in a confused way. Is this a portrayal of Chinese football?
After many years, Wei Shihao and Takumi Minano met again. Wei Shihao was still hot-blooded, but unfortunately, the winning and losing sides were replaced.
Once again, we directly feel the gap between Chinese and Japanese football, some people say that the difference is at least ten years, and some people say more.
In the winter of 2019, there was a PPT received, when the relevant parties prepared for Wei Shihao to join Granada: a series of plans from the official announcement to the debut, taking the February 1 granada vs Espanyol match as the breaking point - La Liga China derby!
Of course, Wei Shihao did not land in La Liga, and the good wish of the Chinese derby did not come true.
Wu Lei is still holding on to the Spaniards, and li Lei, 29, and Guo Tianyu, 22, have both chosen to stay in Yang. The 26-year-old Wei Shihao will not go out again.