Now I believe that the news that many fans most want to see is that we have players staying in the ocean again and going to Europe. Because after the round of 12, we already know very well that if Chinese football wants to rise quickly, sending players out is the best way. For example, our neighbors Japan and South Korea, the reason why they have been able to maintain enough competitiveness in Asia is because their main players are basically playing in Europe. Playing in the world's top league all year round, back in Asia, facing the slow Asian football, is basically crushed.
Obviously, in this round of 12 matches, the national football team, which has few foreign players, has also become the object of being crushed. For example, we lost 3-0 against Australia, for example, against Japan we didn't even have a decent shot on goal. It can be said that the other side's all-brigade European class almost dragged us down with 30 minutes of European rhythm and confrontation. But fortunately, we also have a foreign player, he is Wu Lei, his 4 goals directly helped the national football team to achieve 5 points. It can be seen how important foreign players are to Chinese football.
However, as far as the current situation of Chinese football is concerned, it is not realistic for a large number of players to go out. Because first of all, we really don't have so many players, and secondly, the strength of our players is relatively average, which can be seen from the results of the Asian Junior Championship and the Asian Youth Championship, and finally the impact of the current epidemic, going out is a risky and visa is difficult to get.
Of course, our players have the motivation to go out in the past two years, the first is that our Football Association encourages our players to go out and will give players a certain amount of support. The second is the collapse of the gold dollar model, and many clubs have fallen into financial difficulties and there has been a large-scale wage arrears. Staying in China to play football can not get a salary, it is better to go abroad to break in. Therefore, in the past two years, there have been many players who have been rumored to stay in the West, some are familiar to everyone, and there are also some players that everyone did not expect. For example, a typical example is Shenzhen's left-wing avant-garde Li Yuanyi.
Li Yuanyi was once the absolute main force of the national brand in 1993. At the age of 18, he auditioned for arsenal clubs in the Premier League. Later, he went to Portugal to stay in the ocean, played in Boavista, Lechonish and other teams, and also had a good performance, once becoming a banner of China's stay in the ocean. It is precisely because of Liu Yang's outstanding performance that Li Yuanyi was favored by the Guangzhou Evergrande team that was dominating the Chinese Super League at that time, and returned in December 2015 to sign a contract with Guangzhou Evergrande.
However, although with the aura of a foreign player, in a team with very strong strength like Evergrande, Li Yuanyi definitely has no place. In the first half of the 2016 season, Li Yuanyi only played 2 games for Guangzhou and was still a substitute, so Li Yuanyi went out on loan in the second half of the season, and he joined Tianjin Teda on loan. In the TEDA team, Li Yuanyi gradually found the feeling of playing football, and soon became the main force of the team, and often had that kind of difficult goal, such as long-distance world waves, small angle long-range shots and so on.
Later, when the wealthy Shenzhen team rose from the Middle Division, Li Yuanyi became the object of competition for the new local tycoons in the Chinese Super League. In the 2015 season, Li Yuanyi joined Shenzhen Kaisa and soon became the absolute main force of the team with his outstanding performance. Last season, he played 19 games for Shenzhen, including 15 starts, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist, which is a good statistic.
It is also such an outstanding performance, and the news of staying in the ocean followed. It is reported that the former coach Cruyff Jr., who was working at the La Liga giants Barcelona at the time, recommended Li Yuanyi to a La Liga team. And Li Yuanyi, in the face of such foreign news, also personally responded, he said: "I am very happy to hear such news, first of all, I am very grateful to Coach Xiaoke for his full trust and help to me during his coaching, and now there is a matchmaking between Coach Xiaoke and the leaders of the Deep Foot Club, I have the opportunity to be recommended, for me to get the recognition of the club and the coach, thank you very much to them." "So at that time, many people felt that Li Yuan was likely to appear in La Liga next season.
And coupled with the new season, the Shenzhen team has also suffered from unpaid wages, and many players have opened arbitration with the club, hoping to get free bodies. Li Yuanyi, who was owed wages, was also considered to be a member of the team who would leave the team. Of course, everyone most hopes that he really goes to La Liga to stay in the ocean. In the end, however, it seemed to disappoint the fans. Because just recently the Shenzhen team played a warm-up match, their opponent is the Meizhou Hakka team. As a result, the team easily won 3-1 against the opponent, and in addition to the foreign aid Achimpen, there was also a Chinese player name, he was Li Yuanyi. That is to say, Li Yuanyi did not leave the team, he stayed, and he scored in the warm-up game.
What's going on here? According to reporter Cheng Wenli, yesterday the Shenzhen team paid back three months' salary, so the team's combat value was full. That is, these 3 months of salary retained Li Yuanyi, but also made him more motivated to play football. In fact, Li Yuanyi made such a choice for him. After all, his age is indeed a bit older, and the difficulty of competing in La Liga can be imagined, and now the safety of playing football in China can be guaranteed. Of course, there is also a very important point, the salary is paid, his contract with Shenzhen is still valid, not free, how can he say that he will leave?
Do you think a 28-year-old like Li Yuanyi still needs to stay in the Ocean? If he stays in the ocean, do you think he will be able to gain a foothold in Europe? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!