After the Chinese Olympic team was eliminated and missed the group qualification, the U23 Asian Cup is still in full swing. In the U23 Asian Cup 1/4 finals, a very unpopular scene was staged, which can be said to have shocked the eyes of all Chinese fans, that is, Indonesia, which is regarded as the traditional "fish belly", defeated the "evergreen" South Korea in Asian football with a total score of 13-12 and advanced to the top 4!
So what is the secret of Indonesia's victory over South Korea, everyone must know it, that is, the eternal pain in the hearts of our Chinese fans - the naturalization policy.
As we all know, the Chinese Football Association popularized the naturalization policy very early, and 2019 is known as the "first year of naturalization".
However, as the former head coach of the national football team, Li Tie used public weapons for private purposes, and under his suppression, the national football team could not play more than 3 or 4 people in a game, resulting in Luo Guofu, Alan and others who were in good shape sitting on the bench for a long time and could not be reused.
Looking at Indonesia's attitude towards naturalized players, it is to use as many naturalized players as possible, and there is absolutely no hiding it. Under the banner of Indonesia's large-scale naturalization policy, they have played in the U17 World Cup and the U20 World Cup in the past two years, and the senior national team has achieved good results in the Asian Cup group stage.
Indonesia's success proves that if a country's football wants to rise in a short period of time, naturalizing players is definitely the fastest and most effective way. You must know that in the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, Indonesia also lost 0-1 to the mediocre Chinese Taipei, and just one year later, Indonesia eliminated the invincible South Korea in the U23 Asian Cup.
Is the naturalization policy good or not, and is the naturalized players good or not? I think every fan knows the answer, but this policy, which has been successful almost all over the world, has lost badly in Chinese football, and we really need to reflect on it.