On August 18, Beijing time, the Bundesliga officially announced that Yang Chen, a former Frankfurt player from China, was awarded the title of "Bundesliga Legend".
The official Bundesliga social media read: "Former Eintracht Frankfurt star Yang Chen was awarded the title of 'Bundesliga Legend'. As the first Chinese to land in the five major leagues in Europe, he scored 16 goals in the Bundesliga, maintaining the record for Chinese players in the five major leagues! The Bundesliga legend is well deserved, let's praise Yang Chen! ”
Yang Chen started for Eintracht Frankfurt on 14 August 1998 away to Duisburg, the first Chinese player to appear in Europe's five major leagues!
Yang Chen has been in Yang For 5 seasons, scoring 23 goals, delivering 22 assists, and creating a total of 45 goals - this record of Chinese players in europe's five major leagues has not been broken so far, and it is not too much to say that Yang Chen is "the pioneer of Chinese players staying in the Ocean"!
After Yang Chen, players like Fan Zhiyi, Sun Jihai, Shao Jiayi, Li Tie, Xie Hui and other players in the "Golden Generation" of Chinese football began to continuously move towards the European League.
Since then, sun Jihai, who plays at Manchester City, has played a total of 130 games in the Premier League, and he was recently inducted into the "English Football Hall of Fame"; coupled with the fact that Yang Chen was awarded the title of "Bundesliga Legend", it is also a rare example of Chinese players being recognized internationally.
However, whether it is Sun Jihai being selected for the "English Football Hall of Fame" or Yang Chen being awarded the "Bundesliga Legendary Star" this time, many domestic fans have expressed doubts, and even some fans have pressed the titles of "celebrity" and "legend" on the heads of Chinese players, thinking it is a bit funny and scornful.
Why do the Premier League and the Bundesliga give Chinese players the highest honors, but our own fans despise them? Whose sorrow is this?
I have to say that if compared with the stars and celebrities in the world football world, whether it is Sun Jihai or Yang Chen, they are indeed like ordinary players in the sea, it is really difficult to imagine that they can be linked to the so-called "Hall of Fame" or "legendary" words.
But why would the Premier League or the Bundesliga bestow these two people with their highest honors? Obviously, the first is that these two Chinese players, when they did play overseas, their performance was recognized and contributed to the team that year, the key is that these two as Chinese players, no one can surpass them.
Second, the overseas football market obviously attaches great importance to the Chinese market, so it gives Sun Jihai or Yang Chen the highest honor, of course, there is also the intention of valuing the Chinese market and returning the Chinese market.
When people are paying attention to us and giving our players the highest honors, some of our fans have questioned this, is this a bit like after Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the doubts are also mainly from China? Why are some of us so "self-effacing" and self-deprecating?
Obviously, this is mainly because our football has always been lagging behind, and Chinese football has always made fans feel strong and progressive, so it will feel that the so-called "Hall of Fame" or "legend" title given to Chinese players is like a joke.
It can be seen that Chinese fans have such a mentality, and they cannot fully blame the fans for having such ideas, and the real responsibility obviously lies in Chinese football itself!
Therefore, the real sadness in this phenomenon is not Yang Chen or Sun Jihai, nor the Chinese fans who have expressed doubts, but the Chinese football itself!
Our football is too weak, and getting weaker, now even the Vietnamese team can look down on us, regard us as the "soft persimmon" in the round of 12 matches, no wonder the Chinese players have won international honors, their fans can't believe it, even self-doubt! 【Original Review: Yu said that hugh】