On the evening of April 29, I watched the live TV broadcast of the U23 Asian Cup semi-final between Uzbekistan and Indonesia with mixed feelings.
Originally, it didn't matter to our Chinese fans, whether it was Indonesia or Uzbekistan, we were just watching the excitement at most. Our very own U23 has returned home and disbanded!
But I just want to see this race, just to see how dark Indonesia's dark horse really is, and whether it can cut Uzbekistan off the horse again and directly qualify for the Olympics!
To be honest, I am quite conflicted, Indonesia won, and there is another competitive team in Asian football, which is also the victory of the naturalized player policy. Indonesia loses, fans from other countries can also breathe a sigh of relief, Indonesia is just like this, isn't this dark somewhere!
If you can't eat grapes, it's okay to talk about grape sourness. If you don't get obscene, Chinese fans will be too depressed.
Don't say that I am psychologically dark, compared to Chinese football, Indonesia's growth rate has become a phenomenal event!
Indonesia's group stage victories over Australia and Jordan and South Korea in the quarter-finals caused an uproar in South Korea.
To get back to business, we have to look at the rise of Indonesian football and see if we can learn from it.
Indonesia's biggest catalyst is naturalized players, from the senior national team to the U23s, and the key positions in the central axis are naturalized players. Although it cannot be said that it is entirely due to naturalized players, their role is definitely not as simple as 1+1=2, or even >2 or >3!
Naturalizing players has become a trend, and countries in West and Southeast Asia have made full use of this policy, and we are still hiding and arguing.
Perhaps it is to see the significance of naturalized players in Indonesia, there is news that the Chinese Football Association asked Ivankovic to put forward the goal of naturalized players, which should include Cangzhou Lions Oscar!
However, there are also many people who disagree with naturalization. For example, the famous sports commentator Han Qiaosheng said that it is of little significance to rush for quick success and quick profit.
Han Qiaosheng said, there is no need, it doesn't make much sense now, it's a quick success, an Oscar, what should I do if there are still loopholes in the backline?
Is there a contradiction between naturalization and youth training? The short-term purpose of naturalized players is to improve their immediate combat ability, and the long-term goal is to stimulate the development and progress of domestic football. This has no contradiction with youth training at all!
If you look at Indonesia, you really envy, envy and hate, since this road is feasible, why don't we do it? Didn't Fernando and Jiang Guangtai play an important role?
We've done it before, and it's working so far, so why don't we continue to talk about it? Can we still discuss this? Can you still hit the soybeans when you hear the rabbit calling?!
If you recognize it, you will do it, and then you will talk about it when you are done, does it make sense to listen so much crookedly?