Zhang Linpeng did not quit the team because it was exposed, and was awakened by the 80-year-old teacher Xu Genbao: The captain should not be discouraged
On the evening of March 23, Beijing time, Zhang Linpeng, the 34-year-old captain of the national football team, admitted in an interview that he had changed his mind and would not quit the national team, and would stick to it as long as the national team needed it. According to the Shanghai media "Oriental Sports Daily", the reason why Zhang Linpeng "retracted his statement" was that the 80-year-old teacher Xu Genbao's text message was severely criticized.
After the national football team was forced to draw 2-2 by Singapore, Zhang Linpeng, as the captain, said in an interview: "It's time for me to quit the national team." These words also caused huge waves.
On the night when Zhang Linpeng returned to China and arrived in Tianjin, he received a message from his mentor Xu Genbao, hoping that he would "retract his statement", Xu Genbao, who had served as the dual coach of the National Olympic Games and the national team, also led the team to experience such a historic fiasco as Kuala Lumpur Black 9 minutes, and he also had the same "ambition as unpaid" with Zhang Linpeng in the national team, and he understood the mentality of his apprentice at that time.
But Xu Genbao still sent a message, as a person who came over, and taught his disciple earnestly: "You are the captain, and now you should lead the whole team to fight and strive to complete the (promotion) task in a difficult environment." There is still hope for qualifying, and at this moment, what Chinese football needs is not discouraged. ”
After a night of thinking and adjustment, Zhang Linpeng took the initiative to call his mentor and apologized, and the matter of quitting the national team took a turn for the better. After confirming that he would not quit the team, Zhang Linpeng re-showed his smile in the latest training of the national football team. Even if he is no longer the main force in the national team in the future, as the captain, he will continue to lead the team and fight for the World Cup dream to the end.