According to the "Oriental Sports Daily", Tianjin Jinmen Tiger full-back, active international Barton said that the progress expressed by the coach and teammates is attributed to the coach and teammates.
In the 2015 season, Barton represented Meizhou Hakka in the Central B. Before a game, the Meizhou coach answered a phone call, "Your team has asked for foreign help, right?" There's one named Barton. Afterwards, Patton cried and laughed. In the Guoan fan community at the beginning of the season, there were also fans who were surprised that "Barton was actually Chinese".
Slowly, such misunderstandings no longer existed. From the absolute main force of the Guoan reserve team and frequent goals, to the promotion to the first team after a series of starts, to the rapid transformation after the loan of Jinmen Tiger until he was called into the national team by Li Tie, more and more people have met this sunny and handsome big boy.
"Our family is a military family, the family name is Ba, there is a general in the United States named George Patton, originally an excellent tank soldier, in the anti-fascist battle neutrality of a lot of military achievements, my father wanted me to be like a general, invincible." 」
The player, Barton, has a nickname in the team, and everyone calls him "General". On June 19, 2017, he made his debut in the Chinese Super League and also contributed a wonderful assist in the game. It was the day he had been waiting for, and what Jawon longed for most was undoubtedly to gain a foothold in the first team. "I'm playing as a full-back, the type that's good at breaking through, and probably the manager prefers the pass-through kind. This is the reality, I can only train hard, let the coach think I can, there will naturally be me on the list. Patton said.
At that time, Barton thought in his heart that his personal Chinese Super League debut was not far away, "maybe in the next game." But he calmed down and said, "Probably in the second half of the year." But I'm afraid even Patton himself didn't expect that after 12 rounds of competition, he finally ushered in his own opportunity. Wearing the No. 29 shirt, he repaid the trust of the coaching staff with an active running position and unremitting running. Despite not scoring, he used a brilliant assist to remind the home fans of the domineering and technically talented young man, and more importantly, he turned 22 in September.
Barton grew up in Shandong, and when he was 11 years old, his family came to Beijing, so he began to play football in Beijing, and in 2010, Guoan selected Barton when he selected players from various outlets in Beijing. Environmental adaptation is not a difficult problem for Barton, "it can be well integrated from the beginning". However, when he first joined the team, Barton did not play very well. Later, with his personal efforts and physical maturity, Barton gradually found a place in the team and represented Beijing in the 2013 National Games. At that National Games, Barton played for Beijing, from the qualifier group stage all the way to the semi-final stage, when Barton played well, scored a goal in the first round of the game against Changchun, and has repeatedly contributed to the team since then. It went on until the final match of the rematch stage, when the two sides were 1-1, but Barton was sent off with a red card for his uncool behavior. The penalty became a turning point in the game, and the Beijing team, which had one less person, gradually fell into passivity, scoring two goals by the Zhejiang team, losing the game 1-3, and also losing the qualification to advance to the final stage of the National Games. "I was so impulsive, so remorseful, that time I felt like I didn't want to play football, I felt like everyone was blaming me. But in fact, everyone did not blame me, but also came to comfort me..." Still looking back on the experience of that National Games, Barton feels that he "dragged down" the team.
When negative emotions accumulate to a certain extent, people often choose to withdraw, "At that time, I really thought about not kicking, go home and forget it." However, setbacks can also make people grow, and after that "red card incident", Patton matured a lot.
It is wise to transfer to Tsumon tigers
In two weeks, Barton will turn 26. This season he came to the Jinmen Tigers on loan, but it became a major turning point in his career. Since the beginning of the 2019 season, Barton, who lost his status as a U23 player, has only made 23 appearances and only 6 starts in two seasons. That's a far cry from his debut in 2017, when he started in 17 games a season and averaged 75 minutes per game.
When Tsumon tigers contacted Patton, he told him the truth, "Our investment is not high, but we can give you enough playing time and opportunities." This sentence touched Patton, who was in a state of flux, so the player who was quite loved by Guoan fans arrived in Tianjin and became the thickest thigh of the team.
When he joined the Jinmen Tigers, Barton was still a little nervous, because he knew the feud between the two teams. However, when he stepped off the team bus, tianjin fans surrounded him with enthusiasm, which made him quickly relax. After playing the first game for the Jinmen Tigers for the first time, Barton was supposed to be interviewed on the sidelines for the first time, but he found that everyone in the team went to the Tianjin fan stands to thank the show, so Barton insisted on asking for an interview before giving an interview. Of course, the reason why Barton quickly gained a lot of Tianjin fans liked it was not because of his good manners, but his role in the game. In the first game between the Tsumen Tigers and Harbor, Barton's precise pass helped Ilocchi score in the final moments. In the second game with Yatai, the single knife ball opportunity he got after his breakthrough allowed him to quickly "circle the fans" in a short period of time.
For Barton, The Zinmen Tigers are actually not unfamiliar with him, because many players in the team know him. For the Jinmen Tigers, the early stage of the league was quite difficult, because the formation time was too late, resulting in a lack of systematic preparation. In this case, Jinmen Tiger simply used Barton as a foreign aid, and even if his physical fitness dropped very badly, he rarely replaced him. For all this, Barton accepted unconditionally.
Beijing Guoan is under pressure
Guoan must not have thought that a player who had no intention of going out on loan was actually selected for the top 12 of the national football team. The pressure from the Fans and public opinion in Beijing has put Guoan under a lot of pressure, and I am afraid that when they analyze this transfer afterwards, they will not be satisfied. Behind all this, Barton's efforts are obvious to all.
Coming to a completely unfamiliar team, Barton did not waste exponentially more playing time, he quickly became the main force of the team and became the favorite of Zimbabwe fans. Barton's perfect transformation is inseparable from his own efforts, of course, but also from the trust and support of the coaching staff. Most importantly, the Jinmen Tiger's own tactical characteristics determine that Patton can display his own characteristics.
In the first few games of the league, Barton was brave on the field, and the scene of single riding through the barrier was impressive, but his missed single knife and the goal account that could not be opened for a long time also made people anxious for him. In the offseason, coach Yu Genwei laughed and said that he wanted to teach him how to shoot, and it was the targeted training that allowed Barton to find the feeling of scoring goals in the second stage of the game.
In the battle with Wuhan, in almost the same position, Barton made up for the regret of missing a single knife in the previous game against Yatai with a world wave, and this goal also made people see his growth. Barton, who is diligent on the court, maintains a humble attitude off the court, saying bluntly that his progress is due to his coaches and teammates.
As a striker, Barton has played almost every position in the midfield this season, and he has created a lot of threats on the offensive end by relying on his super personal ability, flexible running position and active scrambling. His active running and scrambling has created scoring opportunities for his teammates, earned red cards to his opponents, and brought penalties to the Jinmen Tigers. Even Guoan fans commented that Barton was used as a foreign aid in Tianjin.
Being selected for the national football team was somewhat unexpected
Leaving his comfort zone before the start of the season and developing into the newly established Jinmen Tiger, Barton was right. However, what he did not expect was that the national football coach Li Tie called him into the team. The first time he was selected for the national football team, Barton himself admitted that it felt like a dream, "I will cherish every training session, if there is any warm-up game or friendly match, I can fully play my own characteristics, so that the coaching staff can trust me more." 」 ”
Why does Li Tie look up to Patton? If you look at the data, the data of one goal and two assists is not eye-catching. However, those who have watched the Jinmen Tiger race know that no matter where he appears, he can use his flexible running position and active scrambling to create scoring opportunities for his teammates. After half a season of training, Barton has now become the core of the Jinmen Tigers.
When the news of Barton's selection for the national football team came, everyone in Jinmen Tiger said a word of congratulations to him, which made him quite moved. Assistant coach Zhang Chaosong said: "We all remember him and really hope he has a chance to play. But sometimes I was afraid that saying too much would put too much pressure on him, so I still told him to relax and refuel. ”
Jinmen Tiger head coach Yu Genwei should be the most important person in Barton's growth stage, and his use and allocation of the latter actually gave birth to Barton's growth and maturity. When talking about Barton, Yu Genwei said: "I will definitely stay up late to watch the top 12 of the national football team, I hope that Barton can have the opportunity to register or participate in the competition, and the most important thing is to hope that the national football team can achieve a good result, preferably to get points." ”
Today, even in the WeChat group of Doha and Jinmenhu, Barton still jumps out from time to time to say a word or two to coaches and teammates. Everyone's ridicule of Barton has also begun to become an international footballer, which can be seen how much everyone on the team loves him. Barton is full of stories about how a player changed the status quo and how to plan his career rationally, and he made the best choice.
(Editor: Yao Fan)