I believe that many fans have clearly understood the current situation of Chinese football through the national football team's final 12 matches. We are no longer a first- and second-rate team in Asia, because now that Vietnam has been able to win us 3-1, we can now be regarded as the second-rate and the third-rate leader. And we can clearly see our gap through these games, the status quo our football is behind football in all directions. The pace is slow and half a beat, and the understanding of football and the understanding and execution of techniques and tactics are lagging behind for many years. Therefore, it is actually difficult for a team as a national football team with a backward overall concept and an elderly team to play a good result, unless a miracle is superimposed on one miracle after another.
However, this impact on the World Cup failure is actually not a bad thing, because only after experiencing this, we really know where our gap is. Now what we have to do is to invest heavily in youth training and cultivate more talents for the future of Chinese football. At the same time, we need to quickly improve our football philosophy, one way is to hire European youth coaches, and the other way is to send our players out. Expose them to the advanced European football concepts earlier, let them adapt to the fast-paced, high-confrontation game in Europe, so that they can grow faster. And when our players can spread all over Europe like Japan and South Korea, and even the five major leagues often have people who can play the main force, then Chinese football is going to be revived.
In fact, we can recall that when we were still a first-class team in Asia, our national brand actually had a lot of foreign players, such as Fan Zhiyi, Li Weifeng, Li Tie, Shao Jiayi, Yang Chen, Xie Hui, etc., and Japan and South Korea had a fight. Later, our foreign players became less and less, especially after the opening of the Golden Yuan era, players became a scarce resource, and many foreign players returned to China to make a lot of money. Japan and South Korea have always adhered to the strategy of going out. As a result, they are still the best in Asia, and even the World Cup has reached the round of 16, and we are now withering talents, and even Vietnam can't play.
So now what we have to do is let our good players go out as far as possible and let them connect with the world as soon as possible, so that at least our national football team's ability will be greatly improved. But after such a long hiatus, it's not easy to get our players out and get them to play now. After all, because Chinese players have disappeared in Europe for too long and the national brand has not participated in international competitions for many years, everyone's trust in Chinese players is not high. And compared with Japanese and Korean players, although our players have a huge Chinese market behind them, our players' personal packaging is not as good as that of Japan and South Korea, and many japanese and Korean players can bring direct investment when they join the team. In the face of more direct benefits, many teams will still choose Japanese and Korean players. Of course, the most important point is that at present, our players do not know how strong they are, and there is a lack of self-confidence.
So now it's very difficult for our players to succeed in staying in the west, it needs to be more excellent ability to show, and it needs more good data to fight for the game. But we cannot give up because of difficulties, because this road is the only way to go. And we also want to praise every player who chooses to go out, it takes a lot of courage to take that step. For example, recently we have an international footballer who has successfully embarked on the journey of staying in the ocean, but it is foreseeable that he is facing great difficulties.
He is guo Tianyu, a 22-year-old national football center. In fact, the most noteworthy thing about the men's football team is Guo Tianyu's stay, because whether it is Wu Lei or Li Lei, their age is already about 30 years old, and the breakthroughs that can be improved or achieved are already very limited. But Guo Tianyu is different, he is young, he still has more possibilities. And last season he did very well in the Chinese Super League, scoring a total of 10 goals, the homegrown silver boot, only 1 goal less than Axon. In addition, Guo Tianyu's height is as high as 192, which is a typical high school striker and the most scarce resource in our country at present.
As early as January this year, Guo Tianyu had actually received an official announcement, and he joined the Portuguese Super League midstream team Vizzella. At that time, everyone was happy for him, but after that, Guo Tianyu had no news, and Vizzella did not release photos of Guo Tianyu's training, and he was not selected for a big list. So many fans are questioning whether Guo Tianyu Liuyang is a fake Liuyang. However, later the media confirmed that Guo Tianyu had indeed not gone out in China, and the reason was not that he was staying in The West, but because the visa had not been completed for a long time, he could not report to the team.
Recently, the good news finally came, Guo Tianyu's visa has been completed, and he has flown to Portugal to meet the team, and just arrived not long after participating in the team's training, and Guo Tianyu also posted a photo of his locker room seat. According to Qilu Network, Guo Tianyu is expected to usher in his foreign debut on April 3 as soon as possible. I believe that many fans are happy for him.
But in fact, this time Guo Tianyu's difficulty in staying in Yangyang is very large, because Guo Tianyu's loan period is half a year, which means that his loan will end on June 30, and there are still 7 games left in the Portuguese Premier League, that is to say, in theory, Guo Tianyu can play only 7 games. Seven games to conquer the Portuguese Premier League team let him stay, which is really not easy for a young Chinese striker.
Renting for half a year and unable to report for 3 months is actually increasing the difficulty for Guo Tianyu. But he still went, and we believe that Xiao Guo will treat the game very hard. And for us fans it's support and blessings. Do you think Guo Tianyu can prove himself through 7 games? Who do you think should go out besides Guo Tianyu? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!