I believe that many fans believe that football belongs to the sport of young people, because he needs frequent physical confrontations, and young players are in good physical condition to be able to carry it. With the increase of age, the physical condition of the player declines, and in such a frequent physical confrontation, the body cannot eat, and it is prone to injuries. The game was intermittent, the state slipped again, and finally became a marginal figure, and he could only retire. So in general, the career of football players is so more than ten years old, after 30 years old, basically downhill, ready to retire.
Therefore, many countries attach great importance to the cultivation of young players, and many teams are willing to give young players a chance, and even give them enough tolerance to let them try and make mistakes, just for the future. However, in our Chinese football, we see the opposite direction of development. Whether in the national team or at the club, old players are very popular. Especially the old players after the age of 30, they occupy the main framework of the national team, and they are also the backbone of the club. So our priority in Chinese football is foreign aid> old players> young players, it can be said that many young players are at the bottom, and it is difficult to get opportunities. By the time they get a steady chance to play, they're probably over 25 years old.
Why? The reason is actually very simple, that is, our young players do have a lot of shortcomings in strength. Take the results of the national youth and the national youth, in the past, we were Asian champions, often appearing in the World Youth Championship and the World Junior Championship, and now our national youth has not entered the Asian Youth Championship for several consecutive years, and the national youth has also begun to miss the Asian Youth Championship. This gap can be imagined. But that's not the only reason, it's also very important that our old players are really strong.
For example, Zheng Zhi, 39 years old, can still wear no. 10 as the core in the national team, and 40 years old can also wear no. 10 in the club to play the main force, and it is still irreplaceable. In addition, there are Feng Xiaoting, Arthur Junmin, Gao Lin and so on. Perhaps it is precisely because young players can't keep up, so let them be more disciplined and hardworking, carry Chinese football, and don't let Chinese football fall too fast. And we gradually found that these old players loved football more and were more nostalgic for the field in the twilight of their careers.
Recently, there is a typical example, they are 39 years old and have not retired, and they have played better and better, playing from the middle B to the middle division. He is Sui Weijie, who is known as the first Internet celebrity in the Chinese Super League. He is one of the few Chinese players in the world to be known to the rest of the world in the past decade or so. Just on may 24, 2015, the Chinese Super League appeared a world-famous strange goal, this game is Liaozu against Chongqing team, just in the last moment of the game, Chongqing team fouled on the edge of their own penalty area, Chongqing team is still negotiating with the other side, Liaozu's Qin Sheng quickly sent a free kick, Ding Haifeng took the ball and burst into the penalty area after found that it was an empty goal, he easily scored the ball, and at this time, the Lifan goalkeeper Sui Weijie in the camera was still leisurely drinking water. As soon as the ball was scored, even Liaozu's head coach Chen Yang did not expect that he was also drinking water, but he almost squirted out. Since then, "Chinese Super League drinking water brother" has become Sui Weijie's masterpiece, and this video later spread abroad, on Twitter fire, even "Marca" and other Spanish newspapers have reported this matter, Sui Weijie also suddenly became the hottest Chinese player in world football at that time.
And Sui Weijie is also very good in the face of his own popularity, and does not have any antipathy, and he also likes to be paid attention to by everyone, thinking that this is the happiness that football brings to him and everyone. In fact, in addition to this mistake, Sui Weijie's performance in the Chinese Super League is still very outstanding, he has been the main goalkeeper of the Chongqing team for many years, and he is playing very domineering. However, with the increase of age, Sui Weijie also gradually withdrew from the highest level of the Chinese Super League. He directly transferred to Shanxi Longjin in the 2021 season and became the team's main goalkeeper. At that time, many people thought that Sui Weijie was likely to stay in the second division for a while and say goodbye to the field. But no, Sui Weijie and his happy football are still continuing.
Zhu Yi, the Chinese administrator of the German transfer market, recently confirmed that the 39-year-old Sui Weijie has been promoted to the middle division one level, and he has transferred to the promotion of the Mahebei Kung Fu football team in the middle division. The 39-year-old refused to retire and played better and better, which is Sui Weijie's happy football, which is also the representative of the veteran of Chinese football. In fact, when these veterans can still grit their teeth and insist, our young players should really redouble their efforts, the good spirit of Chinese football needs to be inherited, and the good experience needs to be continued. What do you think? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!