In fact, our fans have known for a long time that the biggest problem of the national football team is that the talent is out of gear. But for a long time we could not feel it, because although the performance of the national football team declined, the performance was not so bad. But it is not until a person fades out that we have a sharp sense of pain, and this person is Zheng Zhi in the midfield back position. Although when Zheng Zhi was there, everyone felt that Zheng Zhi was too old and slow, which would slow down the rhythm of the attack. But when he wasn't there, the national football team's problems were even bigger.
Without Zheng Zhi's national football team, the midfielder not only greatly reduced the hardness and width of defense, but also completely lacked the ability to take the ball and attack forward, which led to the complete loss of control of the national football midfielder. In the face of the opponent, the midfield defense is useless and it is easy to be exploded, and when attacking, because it does not have the ability of the midfielder to take the ball forward, it can only launch a forward attack through a long pass or a side breakthrough, and the long pass does not have such a good teaching, and if the side is defended by the other side, our attack will be paralyzed. Therefore, the national football team has become a team that wants to attack without attack, to defend without defense. Encountering a slightly stronger team, like a lamb to be slaughtered, has no ability to fight back, and it is very desperate.
Of course, it is not that we do not see this problem, but over the years, both our national team and the Guangzhou team itself have been looking for a replacement for Zheng Zhi, and almost every age stage can find one or two people with Zheng Zhi's shadow, who we call Zheng Zhi's successor. But most of them did not succeed, at least after they joined the Guangzhou team, they did not compete for Zheng Zhi on the field, but were pressed on the bench by the 40-year-old veteran. Because it was difficult to get a stable chance to play, most of them did not play.
A typical example is He Chao, who was once the midfield core and captain of the 95 National Youth League, and the back position. He Chao played in the Chinese Super League at the age of 19, and played the main force in the Changchun Yatai team at the age of 22, becoming the main back. At that time, He Chao's characteristics were outstanding physical fitness, tough style, active running, steady defense in midfield, large defensive area, and a certain ability to take the ball and play the ball. And the reason why the 95 national youth performed well at that time was also related to the stable performance of midfielder He Chao.
And as such an excellent good seedling, how can the giant Guangzhou team miss it? In the 2019 season, He Chao left Changchun Yatai to join Guangzhou and became another Zheng Zhi successor stored by Guangzhou. And at that time, the Guangzhou team was in a youth storm, so He Chao was very optimistic about everyone. But it's a pity that because the squad is too young, the team has not shown enough strength. So in the end, the team compromised again and began to bring new and foreign aid to the lineup, and He Chao became a victim and began to sit on the bench. In the second half of the season, he was even loaned to Jiangsu Suning to train, and he played 10 games in Jiangsu Suning' He Chao, including 8 starts.
He Chao returned to Guangzhou in the past two seasons, but in the next two seasons, He Chao still did not play much time. Especially last season, so many young people got the opportunity, but He Chao was far less than Liao Lisheng, Zhang Xiuwei and Yan Dinghao. And with the rise of Xu Xin in the national team, everyone seems to have almost forgotten that He Chao, who was once considered to be the most likely to succeed Zheng Zhi.
However, recently He Chao seems to have figured it out, and he has basically decided to leave the Guangzhou team. According to reporter Niu Zhiming, at present, He Chao has left the Guangzhou team to train for last year's Chinese League One champion and this year's promotion horse Wuhan Sanzhen Team. In addition, media person Xu Jiang also confirmed that He Chao has indeed trained with the three towns in Wuhan. It can be seen that He Chao has actually figured it out, and he will go to the team that can play the game. Because he didn't play consecutive games, he wasted 3 years of precious time. Now it's time for him to get back in shape.
Do you think he Chao will be able to find himself quickly if he joins Wuhan Sanzhen? In addition, He Chao is likely to cooperate with the former national football team No. 10 Deng Zhuoxiang in midfield, do you think they can hit the spark? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!