I believe that many fans have understood a truth after watching this round of 12 matches, that is, if a country's football wants to become fast and strong, staying in the west and connecting with the world is the simplest and fastest way. We have witnessed the terrifying sense of oppression of the national football team in Australia and Japan, two teams that are almost all in Europe, and almost no complicated tactics can drag us down with rhythm. This is actually the gap between Chinese Super League football and international football, which is very large and is getting bigger and bigger.
And we've also seen a huge shift in our players after they stayed in the ocean. Take Wu Lei, for example, in the past, he killed four parties in the middle of the game, but his role in the national team was very limited, often disappearing in the front court, and occasionally a big single knife was passed out from the backfield, and Wu Lei would lose it nine times out of ten. Therefore, the fans also gave him a nickname called "Wu Lost Single Knife". But since he stayed in Spain, his performance in the national team has been completely different. In the entire World Preliminary Round, Wu Lei scored 13 goals, including 4 goals in the round of 12, which is among the top scorers in all the top scorers, and his goal not only helped the national football team break through from the top 40, but also directly let the national football team get 5 points in the round of 12. So it can be clearly seen that Liuyang is helping Chinese players.
Therefore, if Chinese football wants to rebound quickly or even become strong, sending players out is an inevitable choice. But we're only doing this now, and it's actually a little late. Because we used to have a lot of good players, such as the 85 national youth team, they have been a blockbuster in the World Youth Championship, and many of them can actually gain a foothold in Europe and even become world-class stars. But it is a pity that their best years cannot go out, and Chen Tao is an example. In addition, there are 87 national minorities, who have also entered the World Junior Championships and even qualified from the group. Among the players in this group, such as Rong Hao, Deng Zhuoxiang, Yu Dabao, etc., also have very strong strength, in addition to Wu Xi, Wang Dalei and so on in these batches of 89 players. It can be said that these groups of players go out, or now our players have a lot more opportunities to go out. It is a pity that they stayed in the Chinese Super League for various reasons, and many of them did not meet expectations, and even retired with regrets. Recently, there is a typical example, the player's name is called Mei Fang.
Recently, there is a piece of news that rushed to the hot search, that is, Mei Fang retired. Of course, many fans regard Mei Fang as Messi, but fans familiar with Chinese football know who is retired. The most glorious period of Mei Fang's career was spent in Guangzhou. Mei Fang joined Guangzhou in 2014 and has made 146 appearances for Guangzhou so far, scoring 1 goal and assisting 3 times, winning the 2015 AFC Champions League and winning 5 Chinese Super League titles and 1 FA Cup. He also made 24 appearances for the national team and scored 1 goal.
Logically speaking, Mei Fang's successful career has no regrets. But when he wrote his testimonials, he couldn't hide his regrets. "For me, June 18, 2014 was an incredibly important and glorious day, and it was also a night to realize my childhood dreams," he said. It was the first time I stood on the pitch in a national team jersey and was nervous and stressed when I heard the national anthem. Time always passes so quickly, in the blink of an eye it is 8 years. During this time, I am honored and proud that I have always been in the scope of the national team' inspection. However, the time to say goodbye has finally arrived. The knee injury made it impossible for me to return to my past level of competition and mental state, and I had to say goodbye to the national team and my playing career. Finally, I still want to say the most sincere wish from the bottom of my heart that I hope that our national team will come out of the trough and move in a better direction step by step. ”
It can be seen that the only regret of Mei Fang is the national team, and his career has not made more contributions to the national team. In fact, he once had the opportunity to become a better self, but he missed it, and this miss became a permanent regret. After the end of the 2009 Chinese Second Division, Belgian first-class side Segah Brugge once again launched an invitation to the Greens through his agent, hoping that he could join the team. Because when the national football U19 League was held in Wuhan before, the Scouts of the Belgian Team of Bruges found Mei Fang and then arranged for him to go to Belgium for trial training, and the team coach was very satisfied with Mei Fang and was eager to sign the new star of the Central Defender National Olympic Team. But then Mei Fang did not go, he said: "It is every player's dream to receive an invitation from a European team, so we can understand his ideas, but the team is also very difficult now, we will try to do our best to work and try to let him stay in the country to help Luyin." "He gave up his first chance for the team's relegation.
Then came 2012, when The Club went to Bruges to train and also passed the club's trial, but unfortunately because the team temporarily gave up a place for manchester United young players to train. Mei Fang missed the opportunity to join and could only return to China. Since then, Mei Fang has grown older and has no chance to go abroad. The peak of his career is only a first-class defender in the Chinese Super League, and he has not reached a higher height. And later because of injuries, he also often missed the Chinese Super League and the national team. It wasn't until this year that he finally retired with regrets.
Maybe if Mei Fang really went out, his current achievements are not only that, the football he plays will be completely different, but there is no if, time has passed, and what remains is regret. Fortunately, the Meifang player era is over, but his coaching era has just begun, and he hopes that he can make more contributions to Chinese football in the future. Do you think it is a pity that Mei Fang did not stay in the ocean? What other players didn't go out that you would feel sorry for? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!