At the age of 32, Shen Xiangfu fought on the court against Ramos Yawa, Japan's first naturalized player, who was one head taller than him.
Shen Xiangfu once said that it was a second division league in Japan at that time, and his memory should be biased, because the Fujitsu he played for was a "two-part league" (second division) team, while Ramos played for a "one-league" (first division) giant, it was impossible to meet in a formal league, and in the Emperor's Cup and other competitions, the two teams did not meet, Fujitsu is basically a round trip, it is likely, it is just an ordinary "friendly match".
Even the details of the hands-on, there are different versions, some say that Shen Xiangfu kicked a kick, some said that he punched a punch, and some said that he punched two punches...
As for why fight? The reason is very simple, Ramos from the Brazilian slums played dirty, during the game, he made small moves, and even gave Shen Xiangfu an elbow when he took advantage of the outside of the line. But for Shen Xiangfu, what really irritated him was the disdain in Ramos's tone when he shouted out "Qiumu Kujing" (which should be Tyuu Go Ku Jin, the Japanese transliteration of "Chinese") in Japanese.
"The other side grabbed my ball with a big move, I immediately counterattacked, a tackle shoveled the ball out of the opponent's feet, and just as I was going to chase the ball, the guy said 'Chumuku well' viciously behind me." At that time, Ramos had been in Japan for 10 years, and in 1988, after 4 years of marriage to his Japanese wife, he applied for naturalization in Japan, and he was very proficient in Japanese.
When Ramos viciously shouted out the phrase "Qiu mu ku well", Shen Xiangfu's blood gushed upwards, and he gave him a look, and Ramos, who had been banned for a year for fighting with his opponent on the field, directly pretended to be a bear, and his mouth could not stop "Ouch", the referee ran over and directly gave Shen Xiangfu a red card - that was the only one in his career.
Shen Xiangfu's angry blow, Fujitsu's teammates are very surprised, in their impression, after coming to Japan in 1988, Shen Xiangfu has always been kind.
It is said that Miura Chiryo, who was in the same team as Ramos at the time, came to Shen Xiangfu and bluntly said that it was Ramos's fault.
Years later, Shen Xiangfu told his players that if they encountered a provocative situation from their opponents, they should tell the referee in time, "At this time, we must not be soft." ”
Ramos may not have expected that 5 years later, another Chinese player would fight with him on the field, and that player was Jia Xiuquan.
In 1992, Chi Shangbin, who was coaching at the Gamba Junior Team at the time, called Jia Xiuquan and said that Gamba wanted him. Before Gamba, Hiroshima was also interested in him, head coach Imanishi Kazuo even rushed to Kunming Haigeng base to watch his training, before leaving, he invited Jia Xiuquan to join, unfortunately, Imanishi and Nan in Hong Kong when the transfer, jia Xiuquan's contact information was lost, a few months later, when the two sides met again, Jia Xiuquan had already put on Gamba's jersey.
At that time, Jia Xiuquan was in the Bayi team, and after approval, he finally boarded a plane to Japan and started his third journey to stay in the ocean, before that, he had played football in both Qiannan and Malaysia, of course, in Malaysia, which was "therapeutic kicking".
In April 1992, Jia Xiuquan officially joined Gamba, according to Japanese media reports, although the back of Panasonic's Gangba is not a strong team, but jia Xiuquan is given a maximum salary of foreign aid, plus Adi's sponsorship, the annual income is about 40 million yen, about 3.7 million yuan, and a set of courtyards in Beijing at that time only 70,000 yuan.
In addition, Gamba also rented a house for Jia Xiuquan, located in a small town between Osaka and Kobe, with two bedrooms and one living room, the house is halfway up the mountain, and the hot water and floor heating are all available. It is worth mentioning that Gamba also told Jia Xiuquan that he could choose a Japanese-made car at will, and Jia Xiuquan chose a Toyota off-road vehicle that he felt "very comfortable".
Compared with Jia Xiuquan, Shen Xiangfu, the first to play in Japan, was treated slightly worse.
One day in 1987, the Chinese Football Association received a fax invitation from the Japan Football Association, hoping that the Chinese side could send some players to play in Japan to help Japan improve its football level.
After strict screening, the Chinese Football Association decided to let Shen Xiangfu go, in 1988, Shen Xiangfu joined Fujitsu (the predecessor of Kawasaki Striker), becoming the first person to play football in Japan, Fujitsu later became the base camp of Chinese players, later in the same year, Lu Hongxiang and Xu Shugang joined, after them, Yang Zhaohui, Wei Kexing, Gao Sheng, Wang Jun, Huang Chong also played for the team. Shen Xiangfu also served as the assistant coach and manager of the team after hanging up his boots.
According to domestic media reports, at that time, Shen Xiangfu's annual salary was 3.6 million yen, about 300,000 yuan, in addition, there were some bonuses.
As for the place to live, the first three months were in Fujitsu's staff dormitory, which the Japanese called "Liao" - a small cage made of wooden planks and tin sheets, seven or eight square meters. In addition to the tatami mats, there are also some debris. It is said that on the first night of his arrival in Japan, Shen Xiangfu did not sleep because cockroaches crawled everywhere in the house.
After winning trust and respect, Fujitsu rented a two-bedroom apartment for Shen Xiangfu, which became the standard for the team's Chinese players.
In 1993, the first year of the professionalization of Japanese football, the only Chinese player to play in J1 was Jia Xiuquan.
On July 10 of that year, in the 17th round of the J1 League, Gamba played at home against the Yomiuri who had changed his name to Berdy, and Jia Xiuquan faced Ramos. The 35-year-old Ramos has a lot of scenery, the previous year, he won the Asian Cup with Japan as an absolute main force, and helped Yomiuri win the championship for two consecutive years in the league, and in the first year of professionalization, they are the biggest favorite for the championship.
Jia Xiuquan defended toughly, Ramos did not take advantage of several times, in the 81st minute, after Jia Xiuquan a foul, Ramos smashed the ball at him, Jia Xiuquan did not want to show weakness, rushed up and grabbed Ramos's neck collar, players from both sides surrounded each other, and the conflict broke out. In the end, Jia Xiuquan received a red card, while Ramos only received a yellow card.
After the game, Gamba coach Kunigata Kamoto was very dissatisfied and took Jia Xiuquan to find Ramos theory. This incident triggered a great reaction from the outside world, and later, Ramos met Jia Xiuquan again in the game, and basically did not dare to be strong.
16 years later, Ramos, who became the coach of the Japanese beach soccer team for the second time, came to China to visit the game, and in an interview, he said that so many Chinese players, the one who impressed him the most was Jia Xiuquan, "He is the best player in China, and he is also the one I admire the most, who wants to break through his defense is not easy." Ramos said that he even half-jokingly said that now that he thinks of Jia Xiuquan, "I am still a little scared in my heart." ”
It is worth mentioning that during his stay in Gamba, Jia Xiuquan was invited to attend the family banquet of the big boss of the investor Panasonic Group, and he was also the only foreign aid.