"Interview with Wei Zhen" an unexpected transformation dragged the center back, and the empty field was convenient for listening to off-court guidance

In the first 14 games of the Chinese Super League, Wei Zhen became the only full-time player in the Harbor team and scored his first goal in the Super League in the first game of his career against Tianjin Jinmen Tigers. The 24-year-old young centre-back is constantly trying to live up to the first major decision of his life in his junior year: to continue his career in football.

In 2017, Wei Zhen was promoted to the first team of the harbor for the first time, and in the past five years, his story is clear to many people, but in the process, how he spent it is rarely understood. This time, taking advantage of the league break, we sat together and talked about the unforgettable past and the future he was looking forward to.

In the three-back system of modern football, the requirements for dragging the center back are different from the general "scavengers" of the past, but they need to have a good overall view and the corresponding pass scheduling ability. It takes some courage to hand over such a key position to a 24-year-old young defender, and from the current point of view, Lecco's choice is clearly correct.

Oriental Sports: When did Lecco decide to use you to play at the back of the centre-back?

Wei Zhen: At the beginning, I was more in the right centre-back position, I remember in a training class before the season, when a teammate was injured, and then I temporarily went to the top for two days, maybe the head coach thought the effect was OK, and then slowly adapted to such a position in training and warm-up matches.

Oriental Sports: So what does the manager want you to do?

Wei Zhen: At present, the core of the team's technical and tactical system is still based on pass control, the head coach wants us to control the game, as far as I am concerned, we must always pay attention to the passing to both sides, and observe the direction of movement of the opponent's defensive formation, which is relatively high for my passing. He (Lecco) has always said that the organization of the back line determines the team's offensive effectiveness to a certain extent.

Oriental Sports: It also means that sometimes as a defender, you may need some adventure. How to grasp such an opportunity, will you be too worried about mistakes?

Wei Zhen: In the past few years, I may have been very afraid of passing mistakes, especially once the forward pass is broken, it is easy to be counterattacked by the opponent on the spot. Now that the game is slower, I will not worry too much about these things, after all, no mistakes are not real players, everyone will have mistakes, even Messi and C Ronaldo, the key is how you will perform the next time you encounter the same situation.

Oriental Sports: After the end of the first stage, many fans said that Wei Zhen's progress was not small, saying that you "rose the ball", what do you think?

Wei Zhen: There should be some progress, after all, the game is played more, which is a very important point, but I feel that I still have a lot of room for improvement. I also thank the manager for trusting me and being willing to put me in this position, and every game he will give me some guidance in some details. Because it was an empty game now, his shouts on the sidelines, I could fully hear. I feel like I can try to do better in all aspects, whether it's the ability to pass forward or the choice against different types of opponents, the more comprehensive the defender, the better, it's best to be able to "cover the water", of course, this is also the most difficult place.