Chinese football, which has made countless fans love and hate, has never lacked the figure of genius. Unfortunately, the growth of geniuses often does not meet expectations. Before creating its own era, it has already ushered in the fate of the fall. For example, Li Huajun's deeds are very representative:
Li Huajun, born in 1963, grew up in Dalian. As we all know, Dalian's football atmosphere is excellent, it is a well-known "football city", I don't know how many elite players have been trained. Li Huajun grew up here, and naturally formed an indissoluble relationship with football.
Soon, Li Huajun showed a football talent that far exceeded that of his peers. Leaving aside the talent that is difficult to quantify such as ball sense and ball quotient, Li Huajun stands out among his peers in terms of speed alone. It is rumored that after Li Huajun became an adult, he once ran a good result of 100 meters and 98 seconds in the physical test. It is not difficult to imagine that When Li Huajun was a teenager, his speed advantage was extremely obvious, and ordinary people could hardly hope for him.
Such a conspicuous talent will naturally attract the attention of coaches. In fact, as early as when Li Huajun's parents had not yet considered making their children think of football as a career, there were already sports school coaches who visited and lobbied them to send the talented Li Huajun to the sports school for professional football training.
Like many parents in China, Li Huajun's parents initially did not want their children to make football a career. You know, Li Huajun when he was a teenager achieved excellent results. If he is allowed to receive professional football training, it is very likely to delay his studies. At the same time, professional football training is bitter and tired and there is a risk of injury, Li Huajun's parents are distressed about their children and do not want their children to suffer, which is also a common sentiment of people, absolutely understandable.
This directly led to the fact that Li Huajun's time for receiving professional training was too late. It wasn't until he was 14 years old that someone persuaded Li Huajun's parents to agree to let their children embark on the road to football and receive professional football training.
I only received professional training at the age of 14, and if I were an ordinary person, I was afraid that I would not be able to keep up with the progress of players of the same age. However, Li Huajun was talented after all, and he quickly caught up with players of the same age, gradually played his own name, and won the resounding nickname of "SEAL".
The so-called "seal" does not mean that Li Huajun's swimming skills are as good as seals, but describes his ball speed as fast as seal swimming, often staged a good drama of speed raw food, and before the opponent can react, Li Huajun has already taken the ball with him.
This kind of fast horse is a treasure in most teams, and the national team is naturally no exception. After showing a huge advantage in speed, Li Huajun quickly became a regular for the national team. In 1982, the 19-year-old Li Huajun became a member of the national youth team and competed in that year's Asian Youth Championship. Although he did not help the national youth team to laugh to the end, Li Huajun's personal performance was still quite good, which gave him the opportunity to compete with the team in the World Youth Championship a year later.
A year later, at the 1983 World Youth Championships in Mexico, the 20-year-old Li Huajun played a phenomenal performance. Again and again, he left the defender behind, leaving his opponents helpless. Although the national youth team's record is not good, Li Huajun's personal performance is impeccable. Therefore, after the end of this World Youth Championship, Li Huajun was named the "Six Rising Stars of the World Youth Championship" together with Basten, Bebeto, Romario, Mikhail Chenko and Protasov.
Who is Basten? That is the entire history of football, can be ranked as a superstar, Basten's high football talent, naturally there is no doubt.
Then, Li Huajun can compete with Basten at the age of 20, and there is no doubt about the high talent. Regardless of the future development trajectory, the 20-year-old Li Huajun at the 1983 World Youth Championships in Mexico is indeed enough to match basten's existence.
Such a terrifying talent will naturally attract the attention of the world's famous coaches. In 1986, when Li Huajun was 23 years old, Lei Hagel led a team to visit, but he suffered a lot on Li Huajun's body. According to the client, Ray Hagel: "We almost lost the game and that Chinese striker caused us too much trouble and his speed surprised me. ”
In this way, Rehagel took a fancy to the 23-year-old Li Huajun and planned to take him to the Bundesliga. Unfortunately, due to the football system at that time, Rehagel was unable to achieve his wish.
After many years, Ray Hagel still remembers Li Huajun's events vividly, leaving a sigh that makes people sigh incomparably: "If he had gone to Germany at that time, he might have become a world-class player." ”
Unfortunately, there is no if, and the talented Li Huajun can only stay in the country to develop. However, the domestic football world at that time, whether it was the level of football or the level of medical care, could not be compared with the Bundesliga, which naturally affected the growth of Li Huajun.
In addition, Li Huajun's luck is not very good, one after another encountered injuries, let alone growing into a superstar, even the most basic normal appearance can not be guaranteed. There is also the impact of the "national football black 5.19 incident", which makes Li Huajun bear huge pressure. Against this backdrop, it didn't take long for Li Huajun to make the decision to hang up his boots. At that time, he was only 25 years old.
Throughout Li Huajun's football career, he received professional training at the age of 14, compared to Basten at the age of 20, favored by Rehagel at the age of 23, and hung up his boots at the age of 25, absolutely worthy of the name of genius, and it is not surprising that the world has high hopes. However, such a national football genius, before he had time to fully realize his talent, had already ushered in the fate of the fall, which made people sigh incomparably...