Helen Keller said: If you give me three days of light, I will use it to illuminate the world. However, there is also a special group of football people in our country, who also illuminate the world with their actions. They are the blind men's soccer team that claims to be dancers in the dark. Although the Chinese men's blind futsal team has not been formed for a long time, it has achieved a lot of glory. This group of dancers in the dark has brought unprecedented glory to Chinese men's football.
Unlike European and American soccer powers, which have already participated in men's blind football matches in the 1980s, the history of the Chinese team was created in 2006. Arguably, this is a relatively young team. However, it is such a team that has created a brilliant football for the blind men in our country. At the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, the Chinese team was a blockbuster. In the competition, he defeated the strong opponents (traditional strong teams such as Paul Argentina and Britain) and advanced to the Olympic final. Unfortunately, brazil missed the gold medal in the final small defeat. In the following Olympic Games 2012 and 2016, the blind football team won a good ranking. Among them, 2012 ranked fifth in 2016 ranked fourth.
However, how does football for the blind work? Now let's take a look. Baidu Encyclopedia: Futsal (blind) football matches are the same-field offensive and defensive confrontation projects for the purpose of breaking the opponent's goal score. Each team consists of five players on the field and five substitutes, including a goalkeeper and a substitute goalkeeper, with the exception of the goalkeeper, all of whom are visually impaired. Each game is divided into the first and second half of the game, and the duration is 25 minutes. 10 minutes of intermission. Futsal for the Blind can be considered a simultaneous test for players and coaching staff. Because the position of the players on the ball is determined by the special bell device in the ball used in the game. Moreover, blind football is extremely demanding on the spectators, and spectators in all the stands are not allowed to interfere with the stadium by pronunciation. Moreover, the coaches and guides in the team need to use their voices to direct the position and forward direction of the players. From this perspective, this football game is not only a test of the players' ability and tacit understanding, but also a test of the layout and command ability of the coaches on the sidelines.
It can be said that regardless of achievements, this group of dark warriors is worthy of respect for all of us. Although there is no light in their world, football has become a light that illuminates their lives. Bringing light to them and to the world.