As the saying goes, water flows low, people go high! As a professional football practitioner, everyone yearns for a higher field and a stronger giant to play football, because the pursuit of higher, faster and stronger is the spirit of competitive sportsmanship. It is precisely because of this pursuit that football can develop rapidly and become the world's first sport.
But we can't ignore that in addition to the pursuit of higher, faster, and stronger competitive sports, there is also the cruel reality of high elimination rates. Everyone aspires to a higher arena, but also to the more brutal competition. And in this process, sometimes it is not ability that determines everything, and sometimes suitability and luck can also determine whether you are successful or not.
Take some of the phenomena in our Chinese Super League. As we all know, the most lacking thing in Chinese football now is people, especially young people. Therefore, everyone is also willing to cultivate and encourage the development of young people, and young players are also willing to enter the giants through their own efforts to play football, not only to earn more, but also unlimited scenery, and this is also a test of their own ability. But the essence of football is competition, there is competition between players and players, and there is competition between clubs and clubs. When one or several clubs have absolute financial resources and strength, they will integrate the resources of the football market, and they have the strength and willingness to concentrate their excellent resources on their own teams. For these teams, hoarding more good players can increase the thickness of the bench and increase the strength of the team. But for the players, it is not a good thing, so many good players together, but the number of places on the court is fixed, so the ability and talent of many players will be ignored, or even ignored. Over time, they will gradually lose themselves in the battle.
To take a typical example, when Guangzhou became the king of the Chinese Super League, the number of international players they had could even form two starters. It is also this lineup with strength and thickness that has allowed Guangzhou to blossom in the Chinese Super League, the FA Cup and the AFC Champions League, and won countless championships. But behind this championship there are also a lot of potential new stars falling, and many times it is not because of ability, but just these few positions and opportunities. For example, zhang Jiaqi, the former successor of Zheng Zhi, Feng Renliang, who was once a Shenhua fast horse, and even Xu Xin, the main back of the current national team, were also substitutes and marginal figures during the Guangzhou team. Therefore, players should be cautious in the choice of their own future, and if they find that it is not right, they must also adjust in time, otherwise they can only delay themselves.
Recently, there is another example, the former youngster entered the national team because of his performance in the relegation team, and then quickly transferred to the Chinese Super League giants. But in the 2 years of the giants, he was not recognized, there were not many opportunities to play, and finally from a rising star to an ordinary player. This player is Yang Fan, the international center-back who currently plays for Beijing Guoan.
In the 2019 season, Yang Fan can be said to be the main center-back of Tianjin Teda, when he gave everyone the impression that he was good at prejudgment and steals, had strong one-on-one defensive ability, precise footwork, and was good at using long passes to launch counterattacks. This is also the reason why Lippi and Li Tie both recruited him to the national team at that time. And it is precisely because the Beijing Guoan team at that time lacked a strong center-back, so they also gave Yang Fan a maximum salary that symbolized the international footballer.
For Yang Fan himself, it is a good thing to be able to go to a more powerful team, play a game like the AFC Champions League, and create some revenue for the TEDA team with financial difficulties. But what everyone did not expect was that Yang Fan's Beijing Guoan team was not as smooth as expected. With the return of international center-back Yu Yang from injury, Yang Fan immediately became a substitute, and the Guoan team still played the back line of Yu Yang and Yu Dabao. Obviously, the head coach also trusted Yang more, so soon Yang Fan became a quasi-substitute. As there were fewer and fewer games, his form was difficult to maintain, and there were some low-level mistakes when he had the opportunity to play later, which directly caused doubts from fans.
In this way, 2 seasons have passed, Yang Fan has changed from a supernova to an ordinary player in the eyes of fans, even a little water, and the national team has not recruited him to join the team. Fortunately, Yang Fan has not yet given up on himself, according to Tianjin Daily reporter Gu Ying, who has confirmed the signing of the Jinmen Tigers on loan, Yang Fan, a national security center-back who has been confirmed to join the Jinmen Tigers, is expected to go to Shanghai this week to meet the Jinmen Tigers. That is to say, Yang Fan has returned to the place where he dreamed of setting sail after 2 years, which can be seen that Yang Fan is unwilling, and it can also be seen that he is eager to prove himself and is eager for more competition opportunities.
In fact, the player is like this, you can only play more games to maintain the form, have a higher improvement. Therefore, in the face of choice, there is a higher pursuit at the same time to make the most appropriate principle according to themselves, and the choice is not terrible, timely adjustment will still have the opportunity. What do you think? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!