On February 9, tai'an ecological green space fitness activity park, two Tai'an Chinese Super League players Li Chao and He Xi and Tai'an's young players interacted and exchanged. As the leader of Tai'an football, Li Chao played for Wuhan Zhuoer and He Xi played for Shanghai Harbor, and was just selected for the national football team in January. The two players encouraged the young players present to stick to their goals and strive to become the next Taian player to stand on the professional stage.
Li Chaohe used to return to his hometown and was popular, encouraging young players to become the pride of Tai'an
Li Chao, 35, and He Xi, 29, are both natives of Tai'an, and although they have left their hometown and gone to other places to train and play football for more than 20 years, both of them usually pay attention to Tai'an football, and as long as they return to Tai'an, they will communicate with coaches engaged in youth training, many of whom are their former teammates. Zhu Yansheng, who works as a football coach at Chongren Primary School, is Li Chao's elementary school teammate, who has been engaged in campus football in Tai'an for more than 10 years, this time Li Chao and He Xi returned to Tai'an during the Spring Festival, Zhu Yansheng took the initiative to invite the two and the little players to have an interactive exchange.
On the afternoon of the 9th, when the reporter arrived at the ecological green space fitness activity park, he found that there were more than 200 young players waiting at the scene, and they were basically the small players of the small sapling football club. The children lined up in two rows, waiting for the arrival of Li Chao and He Xi, and for them, it was also very exciting to see professional players. Young player Han Wenxu said in an exchange with reporters: "It is very happy to see the two players, football has brought me a lot of help, met more friends, and learned a lot of things, I hope to train hard in the future, and I can also go to the professional arena like the two uncles." ”
After Li Chao and He Xi arrived at the football stadium, they interacted with the small players one by one, and soon the young players surrounded the two players, and Li Chao and He Xi patiently signed a group photo for them. At the event site, Li Chao and He Xi encouraged the children to enjoy every day's training, enjoy the happiness brought by football, and become the pride of Tai'an football in the future. Finally, Li Chao and He Xi left a precious group photo with the children.
For this interaction with small players, Li Chao said frankly: "I hope to make them love their profession more, now many children play football is kicking, I think playing football must still have a kind of momentum, and strive to do better." He Xi also hopes that this activity is an encouragement to the children: "Football is a good cause, and I want to tell them through my example that not only other industries, football can also be successful." ”
I am concerned about Tai'an youth football and hope to do something for the youth training in the future
In recent years, Tai'an youth football has developed steadily, football youth training has made a great progress, as Professional players in Tai'an, Li Chao and He Xi also hope to contribute to their hometown football. For the development of Youth Football in Tai'an, the two people also have their own ideas. Li Chao said: "I think the development direction is to exchange with the training and exchange of teenagers across the country, young coaches go out more, look at advanced concepts, and train children's ideas, more combined." ”
Indeed, if football is to develop, coaching is a very important part, and if Tai'an has more high-level youth coaches, progress will be faster. He Xi also mentioned the changes in Tai'an football in an interview with reporters, there are more children playing football, and there are more parents who support their children to play football, which is a good phenomenon. For the future, He Xi frankly said: "I think the future needs a better combination of sports and education, children need moral, intellectual and physical all-round development, in the future, the school is an important starting point for football." ”
The reporter learned that Li Chao and He Xi have a preliminary plan for the development of youth football, and are communicating and coordinating with all parties, hoping to implement it as soon as possible and promote the rapid development of Tai'an football together. He Xi also made it clear: "I will also do my best to take the development of Tai'an football as a plan in my life, hoping to give some help to children and parents." ”
For Taian football, Li Chao and He Xi's professional football experience is also a wealth, they are willing to contribute to the development of Taian football, which is also a good thing, and it is expected that with the cooperation and efforts of all parties, Taian football can also have better development. It should also be pointed out that Taian football achieved a breakthrough in 2021, and after Taian Huawei rushed to the second division, Taian had its first professional football team. In the future, if Tai'an football youth training can develop faster, more players will have the opportunity to represent their hometown teams in professional leagues, which is also the direction and goal of Tai'an football development.