In the live broadcast of the football newspaper parlor, we invited Xu Zhengyuan, the head coach of Chengdu Rongcheng Club, who talked a lot about the current situation and future of Chengdu football and Chinese football.
◆ "Football": Last year, during the critical stage of Chengdu Rongcheng's super league, your mother unfortunately passed away, but you chose to stay behind, stay in China and lead the team to attack the Chinese Super League qualification, and finally did this.
Xu Zhengyuan: "The most difficult thing is the third and fourth stages, our results are not very smooth, plus my mother passed away, and various situations have made us in difficulty. As a child, no matter who it is, it must be very uncomfortable that the mother cannot return to her side after she dies. But in the process of my mother's training of me, she always told me to 'be a responsible person', I still had the task of leading the team to rush forward, plus the team faced difficulties, I did not choose to go back. ”
"I believe that my mother will understand me, since I was a child, she has wanted me to be a responsible person, and it is her strength that has made me persist and go through one difficult period after another." Of course, I would also like to thank all my players, who have been trying their best to fulfill the arrangements of the coaching staff, and in the end we achieved our goal of overtaking. ”
◆ Football: Your impression of Chinese professional leagues?
Xu Zhengyuan: "I also came to China last year, coming to China is a challenge for me, first of all, I have to understand the culture and habits of Chinese players, of course, I have a lot of predecessors in China, such as Choi Kang-hee, Li Zhangsu and Zhang Wailong, they have given me a lot of help, and I often communicate with them. ”
"But last year we played in the Chinese First Division, so to be honest, I don't see much in the Chinese Super League, but even so, I am still impressed by the Shandong team in the Chinese Super League, and it is obvious that they are a very good team in terms of both technical tactics and on-field combat effectiveness."
◆Football: Talk about your fate with Chinese football and Sichuan football
Xu Zhengyuan: "When I was a player, I knew more about Sichuan football, and at that time, the entire Sichuan region also occupied an important position in the territory of Chinese football, and many players were transported, and I knew the football culture of this region very well. I will certainly live up to expectations and show the good look of Chengdu football to the fans and the city. ”
"Speaking of food, at the beginning, I have heard from the Internet that Chengdu is a place famous for its food, and after coming here, I found that Chengdu is a very good city, not only is it delicious, but there are also many places to play." Speaking of Chengdu cuisine, it is also very popular in South Korea, there are many Sichuan food shops in South Korea, the popularity is very high, the favorite Sichuan food is my son, Chengdu is a very charming city. ”
"I have a very good relationship with China, as a player, I and Fan Zhiyi, Yao Xia, and our team leader Li Qing, as well as Li Weifeng, have played games, our relationship is very good, especially Li Weifeng, when I was in Suwon Samsung, I spent a while with him, studied tactics together, I am still very close to Chinese and Chinese players."
"I have been to China many times, played with many predecessors of Chinese football, and I am still sorry about the current situation of Chinese football, but when I come to China, even if I can only make a little contribution, I will concentrate on my work and contribute."
◆ "Football": The current situation of wage arrears in the Chinese Super League is frequent, how does it feel to coach a team that does not owe wages?
Xu Zhengyuan: "Talking about this issue itself is something that makes people feel more regretful. No matter where it is, salary is the most basic thing, of course, now I also know that many Chinese clubs have more difficult situations, which I am sad about. ”
"Now the whole Chinese football environment is constantly shrinking, the more difficult period, basically to the lowest trough period. But from another perspective, this is also an opportunity for the Chinese Super League to rebound, although it is difficult now. But this is also the opportunity for the rebirth of Chinese football, we want to build a better league, find more and better players, of course, this is not one or two people, one or two organizations can do, it requires the efforts of investors, teams, associations, fans and everyone. I know that Chinese football has also been very strong in Asia in the past, and in the past few years, the Chinese Super League also had very good teams in the Asian League, and I believe this will be an opportunity for Chinese football to be reborn. ”
◆"Football": What are the usual requirements for Chinese players?
Xu Zhengyuan: "Many Chinese players have great potential, but in the whole of China, many players are not enough in terms of physical fitness and training, and the pace of the game here is also very slow, and the slow way of playing the ball can be played by anyone, and how to play the ball well in the fast-paced situation is a problem that needs to be solved now. ”
"Since last year I have been asking players like this, but these requirements should start from the youth period, and it should not only be young players, but more importantly, young coaches, they should tell these young players better football concepts and values, I believe that China will have a lot of excellent players, as long as we can do a good job in youth training, we can go back to the old days when Chinese football was better."
Football: How do you see the importance of young players playing overseas?
Xu Zhengyuan: "I think for young players, going overseas to play football is the second, the most important thing is that young players should develop good habits, habits are the biggest problem for young Chinese players, if you develop bad habits when you are young, even if you go overseas, it will not help your career much, so that players can develop good habits in their youth to make Liuyang have a good result." ”
"Young players need good education, good coaches, do these things well to find good players faster, after doing this first step, it is the second step to play overseas, if you do this, you can get good results, this process takes time, we have to watch more, to discover, even if we spend more time, we have to do the right thing, go in the right direction."
◆ "Football": How to improve the rhythm of the team's game?
Xu Zhengyuan: "The players I have brought in South Korea before, they have gone to Europe, they have found that playing in Europe, may not touch the ball for a month, because the pace of European football is very fast, and the gap between South Korea and Europe in this regard is getting bigger and bigger. Why the European games are more interesting, everyone likes to watch, because their offensive and defensive transitions and rhythms are fast. ”
"The whole of Asian football is slow in terms of the pace of the game, and the slow pace of the game is not good, how to change this, is to change the slow pace through training, if we train slowly, against the fast pace of the team will be very passive."
"Our players have improved a lot in physical strength in the past year, the pace is relatively fast, to say a small example, after the new players of our team come, the first month will feel very hard, because our team as a whole is fast-paced, I think this change process is very hard, very difficult, but even if it is difficult, it is still necessary to change, so as to get better results."