Beijing, October 17 (Reporter Wang Sishuo) Wei Shihao, who has not been seen for a long time, has reappeared in the broadcast signal of the game and has been transformed into a "Saiyan" appearance. Erect blonde hair with an angular, determined face.
After nearly two months, Wei Shihao (right) came on as a substitute to make a point and scored a goal, making a perfect comeback. Official photo courtesy of the Chinese Super League/ICphoto
Two months ago, after Wu Lei in 2018, it was very rare that the Chinese Super League season reached the sixth round, and a Chinese face sat on the top of the top scorer list. Wei Shihao, who had 6 goals in 5 games at that time, did not continue his performance because of injury.
Two months later, he reappeared on the pitch with blonde hair and finally waited for his sixth official game of 2020 to make points and score another goal. Therefore, Wei Shihao's current stats are, 7 goals in 6 games, ranking seventh in the list of shooters. After the game, he said that the top scorer position or something, just go with the flow, missing so many games, the team to win the championship is the most important.
Wei Shihao scored twice in the season opener and made a contribution to Evergrande's opening success. Official photo courtesy of the Chinese Super League/ICphoto
In the 2020 season, Wei Shihao waited for the fourth year of the Chinese Super League. So far this season, he has only done three things, scoring goals, recuperating, and staining his head.
It's hard to tell if he's already at the age of 25 and at the peak of his playing career. According to common sense, it is not surprising to make some names at such an age, but because he is Wei Shihao, from him, people are always finding a lot of uncertainty.
Luneng made his youth debut, Portugal stayed in the Ocean, loaned Shanghai, transferred to Guoan, and then "settled" in today's Guangzhou Evergrande, he has traveled all over the Chinese Super League giants, which is the kind that makes countless new generations of Chinese football envious and hateful. And the controversy surrounding him, few of his peers dare to "compete" with him.
In the eyes of the world, Wei Shihao has an uninhibited style and a personality, but his character and ball seem to be a little different. Before coming to Evergrande, he didn't even have a period of more than a year of effectiveness.
Traditional concepts of a person's interpretation are sometimes not complicated, for example, if you can't do a "loyalty" word, it means that you still owe it to the fire. Even if the Chinese Super League is a business alliance, "job hopping" too often will inevitably attract criticism.
On the court, Wei Shihao's emotional management is not in place, he likes to scold two sentences when he does not agree, and the opponent and the referee may inadvertently become the object of his "attack". Until the 2019 China Cup...
In the 2019 China Cup third and fourth place finals, Wei Shihao's back kick in the first half caused his opponent to fracture, and this action also caused him a lot of controversy after the game.
It was a third- or fourth-place battle between the Chinese team and Uzbekistan. At home, the humiliation of losing to Thailand in the first game makes every player in the national team shirt feel like a fish in the throat. But Uzbekistan is also a formidable opponent, and the kick that occurred in the first half, the back tackle from China's No. 7, looked like a bad deliberate foul from any angle of view.
Shukurov's ankle, which was shoveled down, bent nearly 90 degrees. However, after the Young Chinese General got up, he recited the words in his mouth and was not convinced. The patience with him was beyond its limit.
Wei Shihao still spoke out after the foul.
After the game, Wei Shihao appeared in the mixed channel accompanied by the staff, and in the face of long guns and short guns, he made an explanation that the ball did not rush people. During this time, he was also interrupted by the staff and took off the stud earrings.
Subsequently, he took a wheelchair to the hospital overnight to visit Shukurov, apologized, got forgiveness, and seemed to be the "old routine" on the scene. He apologized for the 18,000 comments on Weibo, pushed him on the hot search, and made many people freeze their first impressions of him on "bad boys".
Wei Shihao sent an apology weibo after the game, which attracted tens of thousands of comments from netizens.
Young people tend to care more about the labels that the outside world puts on your face. Wei Shihao's Weibo was updated several meaningful pieces of content in succession in the following month, and it seemed that it was still fighting against the voice of doubt. "One day you kiss me, the next day you kill me" If today, the world will sing to you, and tomorrow, the person who sings at this moment, can also kill you.
The more he resisted, the more public opinion stepped him into the bottom, and the vicious words in the comment area were constantly fermented.
Apologize for screenshots of Weibo comment area
Later, Wei Shihao returned to the league, returned to his career, and returned to peace. Few people know whether his heart has really turned the page, but at least it seems that he has chosen not to compete anymore. And one thing is certain, the truth that growth is accompanied by pain, he must have known it.
Last season, Wei Shihao scored 15 goals for Evergrande on all fronts, including 25 appearances in the Chinese Super League, scoring 11 goals to win the list of local top scorers, and contributing 6 assists.
Data chart: On December 1, 2019, in the final round of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande defeated Shanghai Shenhua 3:0 at home and won the "Eight Champions" of the Chinese Super League. Pictured here is Wei Shihao and his teammates celebrating a goal. Photo by Liu Jialiang Image source: IC photo
In his first year with Evergrande, he not only gained a foothold in the fierce internal competition environment, but also directly took over a main position on an attack line. Only 23 years old at the time, he had such a performance in the championship club, there is no doubt that Wei Shihao ushered in the most important breakthrough of his career so far in 2019.
Of course, the argument is not only these cold statistics, but also the changes in his state of mind that he showed on the pitch.
Sometimes, he is still thinking in pieces, doing the "bad boy" in the eyes of the outside world. More often, he began to "coldly deal" with his inner violent dissatisfaction.
In the opening game of the new season of the Chinese Super League, Wei Shihao scored in only 7 minutes to score the first goal of the Chinese Super League in 2020. He then scored another goal in the second half to score twice. Screenshot source: Chinese Super League official micro
The Italian Cannavaro witnessed The Change in Veschhow, or perhaps he was the one who stood behind and brought change to Himerho. In last year's China Cup, Cannavaro briefly took over the whip of the national football team, and the scene of Wei Shihao's "disaster" happened in front of his eyes. Back at Evergrande Club, Ka Shuai continued to look at the big boy he recognized.
At the China Cup, Cannavaro said, "Wei Shihao has certain personal abilities and has very prominent characteristics. This foul does not mean that he is a bad boy, but only that he is highly engaged in the game. For Wei Shihao, Cannavaro not only gave enough space, but also paid attention to his every move.
Data chart: On the evening of March 21, 2019, the national football team lost to Thailand 0:1 in the first match of the China Cup, and the picture shows the Chinese team Wei Shihao and the Thai team Tongsong one-on-one "head-to-head". Image credit: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
A year and a half later, when it comes to the goalless Wei Shihao in the league, Cannavaro's tone does not seem to have changed much. He said that Wei Shihao has made great progress after coming to Evergrande, becoming more mature, and playing football more purposefully, but "this player I have to follow behind his ass every day, or I have to be in his ear, control or management, he is very characteristic, but I need to follow him all the time." If he can develop along this line, he will make a good contribution to Chinese football. ”
Cannavaro's words have pointed to the hearts of Chinese fans. Nothing in the world is immutable, and this is especially true of man. If Wei Shihao once "offended" the fans because of his reckless mistakes, but after a long time, he can't re-examine Wei Shihao, but no one can question the color of The No. 7 behind him.
Last season, Wei Shihao was also shortlisted for the Chinese Super League's Most Popular Local Player of the Year. Image source: Chinese Super League official micro
The nickname "Wei Shao" spread more and more widely. On top of that, he's used to being silent, and the uneventful year of 2020 is nearing its end, with only 5 pieces of content stopped on his Weibo.
The other side of silence is the focus on football.
Wei Shihao posted a picture in early July, including a photo of him wearing an NBA "bad boy" Rodman jersey, and in terms of personality, he and Rodman seem to have some really closeness. Screenshot of Wei Shihao's Weibo
In fact, he had the opportunity to travel to the top five leagues in the first half of the year, and it was rumored that there were La Liga teams that were very interested in him. If he had gone by then, he would have been in his fifth team in five years, but he chose to stay. According to people around him, possible changes in salary are not the key factors that affect Wei Shihao's decision - at Evergrande, he has found a sense of belonging and comfort zone.
As expected, some fans also "commented" on Wei Shihao because of the various news that was difficult to distinguish between true and false. This time, Wei Shihao did not say anything more, and in the first five games of the new season, he only returned empty-handed. Come back again, build points + break the door. The performance on the pitch speaks for itself.
Wei Shihao was very excited after contributing a goal to seal the victory in the comeback battle.
On the night of his return to the stadium, Wei Shihao, who killed the game, appeared in a live interview after the game. He said: "The two months of not being able to play football are really sad and make me cherish my time on the field even more. He also thanked his "hair stylist" specifically, "Thank you Talisca for dyeing my head last night, and like last time, the old card also said before the game that he would cut my hair if he didn't score." For this new hairstyle, Cannavaro responded simply and rudely, "I can't see it." ”
Cannavaro also spoke of a pre-match conversation he had with Mr. Wei. "I had a brief exchange with XiaoWei before the game, I asked him if he was playing 60-65 minutes, or if you could change the game when you played at the end of the final game, and he definitely told me, 'Still play 30 minutes, go up and help the team.'" From here you can see his change. ”
2020 has become particularly special because of the pandemic. The same is true for Wei Shihao, who is spending an incredibly wonderful year in his life. The role played in the team is becoming softer and more integrated, not being the focus of public opinion, but silently showing a phenomenon-level performance.
At the end of the belated Chinese Super League, if Wei Shihao can get the approval of some fans, there is no need to say more, please do a small thing for him.
That is to redefine the name, the former "bad boy", Wei Shihao. (End)
Source: China News Network