I believe that many fans know that football is the most popular competitive sport in the world and is known as the world's largest sport. Since it is a competitive sport, it has very high physical and state requirements for practitioners, so professional football is also a sport that belongs to young people and eats youth. Many players peak their careers in their twenties, and after thirty years of age, they begin to become veterans, go downhill, and even when it is time to retire. But with the development of medical treatment and science, we have found that the life expectancy of athletes is actually increasing. For example, the 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo can still score a hat-trick in the Premier League, the 41-year-old Ibrahimovic is still the strongest weapon in the FRONT OF AC Milan, and the 55-year-old Chira Miura can still be active in the Japanese professional league, and even score goals, breaking one record after another. These good and disciplined players are turning past exceptions into a common phenomenon in football.
And in Chinese football, which is not high or even recognized by everyone, there are also such player role models. A typical example is the current national football assistant coach and player, Zheng Zhi. Zheng Zhi was born in 1980 and is 41 years old this year, almost 42 years old. At such an advanced age, many people have been coaches for many years, but Zheng Zhi can still gallop on the top stage of the Chinese league and even enter the national team. In the back position, although he has a slow pace, he has a high defensive hardness and a large defensive area, and at the same time he can also take the ball forward and organize the attack, which can be said to be both offensive and defensive. At present, there are no players who can be equal to him, and many players who are called Zheng Zhi's successors have also been pressed by Zheng Zhi on the bench.
Zheng Zhi's ability to have such achievements is closely related to his talent, hard work and self-discipline in playing football. It can be said that he can actually serve as a role model for players, at least let us know that if you can fight, be willing to fight, and maintain self-discipline, your career will definitely have a higher height and longer length, and the level of Chinese football will not decline so fast.
Of course, Zheng Zhi is not actually fighting alone. In our Chinese football, there are actually many such characters, they may not be as famous as Zheng Zhi, but their love for football has never diminished because of age, or even higher. Recently, another veteran who has played in A has announced the start of his new season in a high profile, and he is the 38-year-old former international Wang Song.
Wang Song was born on October 12, 1983 in Guizhou, and in 1999, at the age of 16, he entered the Sichuan Quanxing First Team and made his debut in the A-League at the age of 17 in 2000. His career has been 23 years now, and as a midfielder he has only not scored in 2011, and he has scored in every other season. And he has been selected for the national team many times, and when Gao Hongbo first coached the national football team, he appeared as a substitute for Deng Zhuoxiang and participated in the Asian Cup in Qatar. Later, he also played for the captain time in Guangzhou City and Jiangsu Suning, and has always been the main force of the team, and has also been the captain of the team. Until the 2020 season, Wang Song began to sink to the middle division and the middle two because of his age. However, whether in the middle division or in the middle division, Wang Song has performed very dedicated and outstanding. He always said that he was not very old, only 18 years old, and he liked the fans to call him a young general. It can be seen that Wang Song's enthusiasm for football and for the green field has never diminished.
And it is precisely this enthusiasm that makes Wang Song eagerly announce the direction of his new season. He wrote on social media: "It is a great honor and happiness to officially join the Hebei Kung Fu Football Team, thank you for the trust and support of the team, I will fight with the team in the new season, and hope to achieve satisfactory results!" Thank you also for your concern and support to my fans and friends, I hope that in 2022, everyone will pay more attention to our Hebei Kung Fu! The official hebei kung fu also quickly responded, writing: "After friendly consultation between Hebei Kung Fu Football Club and Wang Song, Wang Song officially joined the Hebei Kung Fu football team as a free body, and in the new season, he will wear the No. 33 shirt of the Hebei Kung Fu team to compete in the field." Wang Song is technically comprehensive, clear-headed and has excellent footwork, and his arrival will further optimize the combination of personnel on the offensive end, enhance the thickness of the lineup in the midfield, and welcome Wang Song. ”
In fact, last season, Wang Song joined Hebei Gongfu in the form of loan, and became the core of the team's midfield, helping the team successfully break through the first division. It can be said that Wang Song is the hero of the team upgrade last season, and he is also the new and main backbone of the new season team. We also believe that Wang Song, with his own ability, enthusiasm and experience, can help the Hebei engineering team very well.
In fact, chinese football now needs some veterans who can set an example for young players and personally guide young players to grow on the field, which is actually a valuable asset of Chinese football. In addition to Wang Song, what other veterans do you know running on the green field? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!