Chinese football does not lack the attention of the world football world, and many foreign football people have mentioned the problems existing in Chinese football, including many superstar-level players. Some said an innocuous polite remark, while others pointed out the real problem. Recently, German star Klinsmann expressed his views on this, and it can be seen that he has also paid attention to Chinese football, not a perfunctory polite remark.
In fact, the two problems that Klinsmann mentioned are not unfamiliar to everyone, because he is not the only one who has said it.
First, too much emphasis is placed on the short-term achievements of the national team.
"Everything is for the national football team to qualify" - this is the established goal since the professionalization of Chinese football.
Over the years, the league has made way for the national team's top 40 and top 12 matches, and the schedule and even the format can be changed arbitrarily. Especially for this round of 12, the league has become fragmented. The mind is focused on the national team, the league lacks long-term reasonable planning, headaches and foot pains, often changing at the end of the day. As a result, the league not only went unnoticed, but was also undermined again and again.
In the eyes of many people (managers of Chinese football and some fans), as long as the national football team can play in the final round of the World Cup, Chinese football is "first-class in Asia". Therefore, "Chinese football" in their eyes actually refers only to the national team, and the league is only an accessory.
If the league level goes up, the performance of the national team will naturally be improved, and the people who manage football understand in their hearts why they should put the short-term results of the national team in the first place.
Second, the Chinese Super League needs input, but it is not used in the right place.
The Chinese Super League has spent a lot of money, why is it getting worse and worse, is it a problem of "golden dollar football"?
A mature professional league, youth training, stars and coaches can not be less. It is necessary to lay the foundation for youth training, but also to have the appeal of stars and coaches to attract investment (make money). The reason is very simple, without the advertising effect of stars and famous coaches, how much sponsorship can be pulled? Without money, what to do with youth training?
The Chinese Super League needs a lot of investment to have faster development, "gold dollar" is not the original sin, but did not use the money in the right place, the money spent but did not learn anything. At the beginning, when a large amount of money entered the league, the Football Association did not have a clear understanding of how to use the money, did not have a reasonable plan, but followed the dream of indulging in the "sixth league" and turned a blind eye to the super bubble.
Many people believe that "golden dollar football" will make a mess of the Chinese Super League and even affect the performance of the national team. In fact, this is a manifestation of the chaotic disorder of the league, and the biggest reason is that there is a problem with the rules of the game. It's a rule-maker problem, and to put it down to some clubs is the performance of the pot. I would like to ask, in the case of the Football Association in charge of everything in Chinese football, does the club have such a great ability?
The reasons Klinsmann points out are not very insightful, it can be said that he is just repeating what others have said, and anyone who really pays attention to Chinese football can understand these truths.
These reasons are understood by the people who specialize in football, and even if they themselves often talk about these truths, I never think that these people are idiots who engage in football. So, why has Chinese football been engaged in so long, spent so much money, or a bear that is going to die?
"Chinese football is going through the stage of 'flat ground rises and tall buildings', a process that began 25 years ago in the United States and almost 30 years ago in Japan," Klinsmann said. Maybe in 15-20 years, you can see the change, and over time, things will slowly develop, but in just five years we certainly won't see results right away. ”
At least more than 10 years later, we will see change, which is the real problem of Chinese football. Because, once you do things according to the rules, there is no shortcut, which means that it takes a lot of time, and the people who manage football don't want to wait!