As we all know, Chinese football is now in a trough period. Because on the first day of this year's Chinese New Year, our national football team just lost 1-3 away to Vietnam, losing to the opponent for the first time in history, which is also a strong signal that the national football team has fallen. There are many reasons why the national football team is so difficult, such as the turmoil of the team itself, but the main reason is the lack of talent. We have so few players over the years that we are less and less confident against other Asian teams.
And it's actually visible in our league. When Guangzhou opened the Golden Age of the Chinese Super League, they took the lead in collecting international football resources, moved almost the entire lineup of the national team at that time to the team, and will add new international footballers every year. It can be said that the Guangzhou team at that time was like a combination of China's best resources to create an ace team, winning the league 8 times and winning the AFC Champions League twice. But this also allows us to see the lack of Chinese football resources, because Evergrande has formed that lineup for 10 years, while other teams imitating Evergrande have not been as successful as Evergrande. Mainly because there are only a dozen or twenty really good ones, other teams can't grab really good resources, most of them are some marginal internationals, so it is difficult for them to have the success of Evergrande.
Therefore, this also shows that whether from the past or now, international football players are scarce resources, and they should also be the object of competition among major giants. But unfortunately, this did not happen in one person, the national football team forward player has made 5 appearances in the previous round of 12 matches, including 3 starts and scoring 1 goal. This statistic is also the best among many internationals, so why is he ignored?
The answer is certainly that he is not an ordinary player, he is luo Guofu, a former naturalized player of the Guangzhou team. As we all know, Luo Guofu was once a Brazilian player, and he was once called a bison by fans because of his strong body and strong impact. And he once scored 22 league goals in Shandong Luneng in the 2015 season, and was finally elected the top scorer of the Chinese Super League. However, with the increase of age, Luo Guofu's state has declined, and he joined the Guangzhou South China Tigers in the Chinese League A in the 2018 season, when he was 30 years old. Became a Middle Division player, and this stay is 2 seasons. Only later, Chinese football opened the naturalization mode, and Luo Guofu became one of the few foreign aides qualified to play for the national football team, so he was selected by the Guangzhou team to return to the Chinese Super League.
But although he returned to the Chinese Super League, everyone's trust in him was not established. Many people think that they have played in the Middle League for 2 seasons, and Luo Guofu's ability and form are in doubt. In fact, the Guangzhou team did not give Luo Guofu enough opportunities to prove himself in the 2020 season. It wasn't until the 2021 season, in the case of a dense schedule, that Lo Guofu got a chance, he made 9 substitution appearances, scored 3 goals, and let us see his good form.
And it is precisely because of his performance in the league that he was successfully selected for the big list of the national football team's round of 12, and he is also expected by many fans. But the national team coach Li Tie is very conservative about the use of Luo Guofu, because he, like Cannavaro, believes that the current Luo Guofu has shortcomings in physical fitness and is not enough to support the starter. However, in the match against Saudi Arabia, he scored a flying fairy in the second half just after playing. Then in the last minute, he almost helped the national football team equalize.
It is also this kind of performance that makes Luo Guofu's popularity soar, and even many fans put pressure on Li Tie in public opinion, believing that Luo Guofu should start. So later Luo Guofu also started in the game, although he did not score again, but everyone still affirmed his fighting spirit. However, later, due to financial problems in the Guangzhou team, Luo Guofu, who was paid a high salary, became the first batch of players to be cut. After being terminated, he returned to Brazil. Although the national team is preparing for Japan and Vietnam, he returned to the team, but the state is not the same.
However, seeing that the new season is about to start, everyone is also very concerned about the fate of these naturalized players, and many people think that these players should preferably return to China to play, if in Brazil, it is likely that it will be difficult to use them in the future. Gradually, some players also have news, such as Axon is likely to return to SIPG, and Alain has become one of the team's targets. However, only Luo Guofu has not heard from the big clubs.
According to the "Football News", the possibility of Luo Guofu staying in the upstream team of the Chinese Super League is extremely small, but his advantage is that the salary is not high, and he has played in China for 8 years, still maintaining a good competitive state, and some middle and lower teams in the Chinese Super League, including the teams in the Chinese First Division, may try to introduce after measurement. An international who can play 5 starts and 3 games in the World Preliminary Tournament, and has scored 1 goal, can only be needed by the relegation team or the Chinese First Division team, and it has to be said that the market in the Chinese Super League has really changed, because they are not even interested in a Brazilian reinforcement that can be used as an internal support.
Do you think that at the current level of Luo Guofu, can he play the main force in the middle and upper reaches of the Chinese Super League? What do you think is the reason why everyone does not choose Luo Guofu? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!