Jiugu
On March 19, the national football team was preparing for the round of 12 in the distant United Arab Emirates, but the media came with shocking news: The president of the Brazilian Second Division club ANSELMO FREITAS, Crichuma, revealed during a local interview program that the club had a crush on the Chinese player Luo Guofu, and the latter also showed "great interest" in joining the club, saying that he "decided not to return to China and wanted to stay in Brazil to play".
Seeing this report, I felt that my heart sank, and I giggled: the national football team will lose a big general!
Luo Guofu, formerly known as Aloisio (there are 10 words after the name), born on June 19, 1988 in Alalangua, Brazil, has played in Brazil, Switzerland and other leagues, and has performed well in the South American Super Cup, South American Winners Cup, South American Libertadores Cup and other competitions. On January 13, 2014, Luo Guofu transferred to Shandong Taishan (then known as Shandong Luneng Taishan) and made his debut in the AFC Champions League group stage a month later. On March 11, in the AFC Champions League group stage Taishan's 3-1 victory over Sakura Osaka, Lo Guofu scored his first goal since joining the team. In the entire 14 seasons, Lowe Made 27 appearances and scored 10 goals; the AFC Champions League made 6 appearances and scored 1 goal; and the FA Cup made 7 appearances, scoring 4 goals.
In 15 seasons, Luo Guofu reached the peak of his career: 28 league appearances, scored 22 goals, and won the Golden Boot at the Chinese Super League awards ceremony held at the end of the year.
After two seasons with Taishan, in the summer of 2016, Luo Guofu transferred to Huaxia Club. After joining for one and a half seasons, Luo Guofu made a total of 37 league appearances for Huaxia Happiness and scored 20 goals.
On January 16, 2018, Luo Guofu joined Meixian Tiehan Club (later renamed Guangdong South China Tigers) in the Chinese League A, representing the team 51 times and scoring 23 goals.
In October 2019, Luo Guofu ushered in his highlight moment in China, received a Chinese passport, and became a Chinese citizen. In January 2020, Luo Guofu joined guangzhou team (then known as Evergrande). In March, Luo Guofu qualified to represent the Chinese national team in an official competition. On April 29, Luo Guofu was selected for the national team for the first time.
On September 7, 2021, in the second round of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Zone Round of 12, Luo Guofu came off the bench and made his national team debut. On October 14, in the fourth round of the Battle of China and Saudi Arabia, Luo Guofu scored a goal less than 30 seconds after coming on as a substitute in the second half. This goal is not only the first goal of Luo Guofu's national team career, but also the only goal scored by naturalized players in the round of 12 so far. Later, in the 5th round of the national football team and Oman, Luo Guofu's performance was very good, and was commented by the outside world as one of the two best players of the national football team in this game (the other was Xu Xin).
On February 16, 2022, Guangzhou team terminated its contract with Luo Guofu. At present, although Luo Guofu is still a national player, he has lost his qualification for the final two matches of the national team's round of 12 due to the physical fitness test required by the national football coaching staff in the United Arab Emirates in early March, which means that Luo Guofu has no chance to play in the last two matches of the national team's round of 12.
From January 2014 to February 2022, for nine seasons, Luo Guofu joined four Chinese professional club teams, including 3 Chinese Super League and 1 Chinese League A team, becoming the second longest naturalized player to play in China (the longest time was Axon, who joined Guangzhou at the end of 2012).
It is said that the main reason why Luo Guofu left his hometown to play football in China was to raise money to heal his brother, who was seriously ill at the time. But a few months after the Chinese Super League, his brother finally died of illness, sad. Luo Guofu's brotherhood also makes people sigh and praise.
Luo Guofu is not tall, but he is very strong, and his style of play is extremely brave. On the field, Luo Guofu put into every minute of the game with strong impact and a life-playing attitude, facing any defensive player is an "unreasonable" rampage, and when he was in the Taishan team, he was nicknamed "Bison" by the fans. In the national team, although he did not have much playing time and was nearly 35 years old, as long as he was on the field, he spared no effort to physically and tenaciously fight, which was deeply loved by fans.
Especially in the above-mentioned Sino-Japanese battle in the round of 12, the national football team played defensive counterattacks in 532 formations most of the time, and the situation on the field was extremely passive. In the 62nd minute, after Luo Guofu and another naturalized player Alain came on the bench at the same time, with his excellent form and strong side impact, he quickly changed the situation of completely passive beatings on the field. Although the result of the 0-1 match could not be rewritten in the end, Luo Guofu's performance made fans shine and had more expectations for the national football team to qualify for the round of 12.
In the above-mentioned battle with Saudi Arabia, Luo Guofu not only scored a goal as soon as he played, but also created many offensive opportunities for the team in only 45 minutes of play time. Among them, in the injury time stage, Luo Guofu used his personal ability to forcibly carry the ball into the opponent's penalty area, and shot from a small angle at a moment when the ball was about to go out of the bottom line. If this ball is scored, the national football team will be a 3-3 draw with the opponent. And if Luo Guofu did not shoot with dedication at that time, but the bottom line back, Axon and other teammates who were ambushed in front of the goal were very likely to break the goal and get a valuable 1 point. This is Luo Guofu's style of playing, although extremely brave, but slightly reckless, sometimes missing the fighter.
On November 11 last year, the match between the national football team and Oman in the round of 12 can be described as a veritable "battle of life and death". In the first 4 rounds, the national football team only accumulated 3 points from 1 win and 3 losses, ranking fifth in the group (Note: the second to last). Among the other four teams, Saudi Arabia ranked first with 13 points, Australia 10 and Japan with 9 points, ranking second and third respectively, and Oman ranked fourth with 6 points.
If the national football team can win this battle and get 5 points, not only will it "bite" Oman, but there is still great hope for the next competition for the right to qualify for the group. Of course, if the above-mentioned draw with the Saudi team, the national football team and Oman may surpass the opponent and become the fourth in the group. After Saudi Arabia misses these 2 points, it will only have 1 point more than Australia and 2 points more than the Japanese team, and the group qualification situation will be extremely delicate.
Yes, under the strong appeal of the media and fans, the then national football coach Li Tie had to change the lineup, Luo Guofu, Alan, Xu Xin started, and Zhang Yuning replaced Axon on the front line. The opponent grabbed the attack at the beginning, and the national football team immediately launched a counter-attack and gradually gained the advantage on the field. In the 15th minute, Luo Guofu's shot was blocked, and then the national football team formed a siege. In the 20th minute, Alain crossed to create a corner, the opponent was not able to solve the problem, Xu Xin'er penalty header assisted Wu Lei to grab the point to break the goal, and the national football team took a 1-0 lead. In the 26th minute, Alain's tactical corner kick hit the far point, and Luo Guofu jumped in place with a powerful header that almost won the goal. In the 36th minute, Luo Guofu was stepped on by his opponent in a scramble, and the referee on duty ignored it and almost triggered a conflict between the two sides. In the 42nd minute, Lowe Guofu's goal line header was saved. Two minutes later, Luo Guofu was again stepped on by his opponent when he protected the ball, and the referee still did not make a penalty.
Throughout the first half, Luo Guofu's performance was extremely eye-catching, not only dared to fight, but also repeatedly made the action of sacrificing himself to block the gun hole and protect the goal in front of the goal, and the performance at both ends of the attack and defense was perfect. If the referee's penalty is a little more severe, the other party will have at least two yellow cards on Luo Guofu.
At the beginning of the second half, Luo Guofu made a successful steal in front of the field, almost helping and Xu Xin scored; in the 53rd minute, Luo Guofu's header crossed, Zhang Yuning started slightly slower half a beat, missing a good opportunity to expand the score. But in the 66th minute, Li Tie actually replaced Luo Guofu and Xu Xin, who performed the best in the game, at the same time, which was really incomprehensible and extremely depressing. Eight minutes later, Oman tied the score at 1-1. The goal was scored by the opposing right-back who had been crushed by Luo Guofu's onslaught and was overwhelmed!
After the game, the vast majority of fans, media reporters, and even experts and celebrities believe that if Luo Guofu and Xu Xin are not replaced, even if they are changed later and let them play for another 10 minutes, the final result of the game is very likely to be the national football team winning. Li Tie's self-abolition of martial arts and "suicide" substitutions eventually led to the national football team's 5 rounds of battle the hope of qualifying has been extremely slim.
After that, in the 1-1 draw with Australia, Luo Guofu started again, still fighting actively and doing his best. When he was replaced in the 80th minute, Luo Guofu slumped on the bench on the spot, and he gave everything. However, in this battle, Li Tie's "oolong substitution" scene reappeared, this time it was Alain who was replaced when he was left with a confused face, which also became a major defeat in this game. After this battle, the national football team only has a "theoretical possibility" left.
On January 27 this year, the national football team challenged Japan away, and the coach was replaced by Li Xiaopeng, the "boss" of the Luo Guofu Taishan team. Alain, who has not participated in the league and national football training for two months, continued to start, but was obviously out of shape, resulting in a 0-2 defeat of the national football team, and Luo Guofu was suspended for accumulating yellow cards. On February 1, the first day of the Chinese New Year, the national football team lost 1-3 to Vietnam away from home, and was out of the round two rounds earlier. In this game, Luo Guofu and Alain joined forces to start, but they were in no form and were replaced at the beginning of the second half.
Throughout Luo Guofu's 9-year Chinese football career, including several round-12 matches of the national team, his performance has been brilliant and low. But one thing has always remained the same, that is, his professional ethics and fighting spirit. As long as he is present, he will give his all without reservation. Although, due to the deep economic difficulties of the Guangzhou team, the early termination of naturalized players, the direct consequence is that these naturalized players missed the second stage of the league last season, and finally the embarrassing performance of the 7th and 8th rounds of the above-mentioned national football team. But overall, Luo Guofu's performance and his professionalism are convincing and admirable.
Such a player is likely to completely leave Chinese football and leave China in the near future, which is really sad. Perhaps, before naturalization, Luo Guofu was not the best foreign aid, but he was certainly one of the most desperate foreign aides; after naturalization, he was not the best performing international, but he was certainly one of the most desperate internationals.
Perhaps, fans can no longer see the heroism of the "bison" in the domestic arena, but the spiritual wealth he left to Chinese fans and Chinese football will be passed on forever.
In this way, I would like to send it to Luo Guofu, who may be leaving the Chinese arena - you will always be the "bison" in the hearts of Chinese fans.
Good luck with the road ahead!
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