Guangzhou team meritorious warrior Feng Junyan interviewed, catering, e-commerce, "running man" are trying and experiencing will never give up the football career, the new policy of the Football Association is good, but the specific operation is unreasonable
(All photos in this article were provided by photographer Wu Huahui, and videos were recorded by photographer Feng Jia'an)
Author: Gangster Ming
Feng Junyan, an authentic Guangzhou native, was once one of the meritorious players of Guangzhou Evergrande, who won the first AFC Champions League in history, and also experienced the lowest fans of Guangzhou football, and was the backbone of local players. Fans like to call him "Feng Zai", and some people call him "Feng 7" because he has been wearing the No. 7 shirt. Feng Junyan inherits the excellent character of Guangzhou people, is low-key and easy-going, humble and practical, and has always been deeply loved by fans. Although after retiring, it is relatively rare to see Feng Zai's healthy posture on the green field, but hardcore fans have not forgotten the meritorious player who has paid all his career for Guangzhou football. And Feng Junyan himself, also did not forget football, did not forget the Guangzhou fans who grew up with him...
Whether on Weibo, WeChat public account or other platforms, you can often receive private messages from fans asking about Feng Zai's recent situation, plus Junyan does not reveal his heart in front of the sports media after retiring, so the author also very much hopes to have the opportunity to share the recent situation and the mental journey of these years with this "person who has witnessed the ups and downs of Guangzhou football" in his career. There are many words, many things, from the mouth of Toshihiko, I believe it must be more convincing.
"Guangzhou football, all the way with you" is the core theme of this interview, for this reason, the author also specially found a designer to make a background poster, hoping to set off the atmosphere of the scene better. However, at the same time, I am also very grateful to the Sunshine Hotel Guangzhou for providing a very good venue for this interview to be completed as desired. Without further ado, here's what the interview is all about.
Ming (Big Guy Ming): Hello Feng Junyan, recently saw you participate in a "earth lights off 1 hour" activity, many fans especially want to know, "Feng Zai" has been busy lately? What is your career focused on? First, let's introduce you to your current situation.
Feng (Feng Junyan): In fact, I have had this feeling since I retired, I have been engaged in football since I was a child at the age of seven or eight, it has been more than twenty years, and when I retired, I wanted to try something in another field. On the other hand, in the course of my career, I spend relatively little time with my family, which is also an aspect that I consider. In fact, when I first retired, I had many opportunities to go out and continue to take the road of football, and after careful consideration and weighing, I felt that I could try and break through in more fields, and I hoped to have more time to spend with my family in Guangzhou. There will indeed be more considerations in this regard, which is why there is a later decision. Recently, you may see me on TV on some other programs, which is actually an experiment and experience for me. Take this opportunity to make friends in more circles and try more while you are young, but this is not to say that I want to focus on TV shows or enter the entertainment industry, it is really an attempt. In the past two years, I have also been engaged in e-commerce and catering work.
There are some like-minded friends who have also instilled things in other areas for me to know, and I have tried to understand them. Everyone's cooperation has always been quite happy, and it has been very rewarding for me.
Ming: Many professional players continue to choose to do things in the football industry after retiring, some as coaches, some as youth training, but everyone sees that Feng Zai seems to be a little different, see you record entertainment programs, see you participate in public welfare activities, rather than just focusing on football, why? What are the more reasons for making this choice? What is the biggest impact?
Feng: In addition to being an attempt, it is also an exercise for yourself. The public welfare activities you mentioned, whether they have anything to do with football, if they are invited by friends, I will generally participate in them to support them. Football is getting hotter and hotter, everyone is paying more attention, and I hope to make a small contribution to it. For example, some activities organized by the five brothers, I will go to the field. Especially public welfare activities, many times are also related to football, and I will definitely support it. I'm more involved in this aspect of things, and I'm less involved in business activities. To do something, you have to do it well! Now that I have chosen to engage in other fields, I am more determined to do it! But football I will never leave, after all, it occupies most of my life, and because football has made a lot of friends, I will never leave football.
For the show "Running Man", a very good friend of mine advised me to try it, because it itself needs an element of sports. For my choice, in fact, what is more important is the significance of this activity, this program can really help young people, including the promotion of football. This aspect is more important to me. In fact, football is still the biggest reason for me to get involved. Many professional players have retired and chosen to continue to work in the football industry, and their feelings for football cannot be abandoned, and I am the same. Now in fact, I will always pay attention to the performance of Evergrande team, as well as the performance of the national football team. After all, football is inseparable from our lives.
Ming: As a professional player, even if you retire, you can't give up football, so is the career that Feng Zai is engaged in now a stage behavior? Is it also their own interest? Will you ever get back into a football-related career at the right time?
Feng: Growing up, 90% of our world was football, and we used to be boarding, with almost no free time for ourselves, not even time to go home with our families. Later, after the foreign teacher came, it gradually became a walking training system, and I felt that life and work were a little separated. At least with this part of life, there was none before. So there is a lack of understanding of other aspects, so what can many professional footballers do after they retire? He doesn't know, or can only do football-related things. For me, I hope that I can try more, so that I can improve in all aspects of myself. In short, at this stage, I feel very good working with a few friends, and I am very happy. As for football, I must say that I have been watching the timing and will do it when it is ripe. Because my philosophy has not changed: either don't do it, do it and do it to be the best! If your own state and the timing and opportunities at that time coincide, it is a one-shot fit, and you will inevitably engage in football.
Interest, of course! Eat in Guangzhou, everyone knows. Guangzhou people love to eat, and now they are engaged in the catering industry, which is also based on authentic snacks in Guangzhou. At present, I am busy expanding my business, that is, opening branches. So I want you to know that when you come to Guangzhou, in addition to watching football, you can also taste many authentic foods. In the future, our restaurant will also add elements of football - Evergrande fans can come to discount, what can be free for those who wear red clothes to watch the ball on match days... Slowly, there will be a better combination with football, which is still in its infancy.
Special attention: Feng Junyan said that he wants to sell a guanzi first, and then go to the provincial stadium and near the upper and lower nine to pay attention to the store name, there are "cow characters and special cattle eating lao Guang tang" food shop, that is, the brand of the company run by Junyan, everyone pays close attention to Oh!
Now there are more and more people watching football in Guangzhou, the football atmosphere is getting better and better, and no one has watched the bad football results in the past. With the rise of Evergrande, everyone slowly feels that football brings us glory and glory. Especially on race days, there is a sea of red near the celestial body, and I am very happy about this. At least the football atmosphere has risen, and as a footballer, you should be happy. We experienced the worst of Guangzhou football, when there were actually a lot of talented players, but due to the favorable time and place, everyone did not have a chance to come forward. But at the same time, without the accumulation of the past, there is no glory of the present.
In fact, for us football people, it doesn't matter what we do, as long as it is helpful for the development of football, I will do it! There are many people doing youth training now, but I think the phrase "football starts from the doll" is very correct, doing youth training is not necessarily just doing youth, young children can actually start to cultivate their interests. Only if they really love football will they enter this industry in the future and play football happily.
Conca and I had talked about it before, and I had met him a few times before when I went to Shanghai, and what he said was actually very touching to me. He said that Chinese players are too restrictive, children are bound by various things from a young age, if they don't like football when they are young, how can they be happy to engage in this profession? Only when he loves football from the bottom of his heart from an early age, he will enter this industry and love this industry when he grows up. Cultivate your child's interest in making him truly love the industry. We football people do youth training, I think the essence should be to let children really love football from the bottom of their hearts, and there is no limit to doing this career.
Ming: As a meritorious player of the Guangzhou team, Feng Zai has been with the team for many years, looking back on your career, there must be many pictures and many moments worth remembering... Which of these people is you most grateful for? Which game will last a lifetime? Which championship is something you will never forget?
Feng: For me, I have met my own noble people at every stage, and too many people have helped me in the process of growing up. Every coach I met had a deep impact on me. Originally, it was Mai Chao, when I and Lu Lin, Tang Dechao, Li Yan and other players were able to enter the professional team, it was Coach Mai Chao who was promoted from the youth team. If there is no such opportunity, there will be no future football road; then it is Qi Wusheng's guidance, he is so old, he was under great pressure at that time, that year was really a lack of luck, we did not rush to the Chinese Super League; then it was Shen Xiangfu's guidance, without him leading us through the baptism of the Chinese Super League, and later after Evergrande entered the home, we quickly rose from the Chinese First Division to the Chinese Super League and so adapted to the situation of the top league, it would not appear. To know that at that time, Wu Pingfeng, Li Jianhua and other players actually had 2 years of Experience in the Chinese Super League, this foundation was very solid; the subsequent guidance of Lee Jang-so, he was very dedicated, perhaps everyone praised him differently, but he was wholeheartedly dedicated to football, as a Korean, he also knew the drawbacks of Chinese football, including the problems of players; Lippi guidance Needless to say, his impact on Chinese football is unprecedented, and the help and contribution to Chinese football is also incomparably huge. For me, every coach I am very grateful, from the heart is grateful, you let me rank I can not do, then tie for the first place hahahahaha.
The game of a lifetime for me, perhaps like many people. There are only 11 players on the court, and in fact, the people sitting at the bottom are more nervous than the players on the field! That was the 2013 AFC Champions League final, playing at home to Seoul FC. At that time, my heart was really about to jump out, because we had not experienced the baptism of this level of finals before, not only all of Guangzhou, I believe that all of China is eager for this championship! It can bring more upward things to Chinese football. It's so hard to get to this point, and of course we players want this title too. That year everyone was very united, and they also worked well with each other, and if we didn't win the championship in the end, it would be a blow to ourselves. When the referee blew the end of the game, it was very touching. All day river fans are cheering! Our players' eye sockets were moist and very excited. Although I didn't play this game, I was always more nervous off the field than on the field, which was the most memorable game for me.
Of course, your participation in the game may be more impressive, but the honor of the team is always more important than the honor of the individual! If you score 3 goals and lose the game in the end, it doesn't really make any sense! Your contribution is only valuable if the team wins. This championship is not only the result of 11 people on the field, but also the result of the joint efforts of all the people in the entire Evergrande team. We live together, we play together, we work together and enjoy moments of glory together.
The Evergrande in 2013 is very united, the foreign aid and domestic aid coaches are twisted into a rope, without this momentum, really can't play so many wonderful games, and will not have such good results.
Ming: Looking back on your career, there are many classic pictures, but the moment of experiencing the 200 games of the Guangzhou team must be one of them, and the moment before the game when you and Liu Zong jointly held up the 200 jersey printed on it, this picture has always been talked about by everyone. In your career, is this picture equally profound? That 200 jersey has always been collected, right? Looking back on these days at Evergrande, what is the biggest gain? Share your journey.
Feng: Of course I left that jersey at home and stored it. At that time, the impression was still very deep, I felt that now more and more players can reach this game, in fact, there are not many people who can share 200 games with the team before, and the previous players have not been able to stick to it for various reasons, which is very regrettable... Since the rise of Evergrande, it has slowly stabilized. I believe there will be more and more players who will be able to do it in the future, and soon there will be 300, 400 players. Now gao lin and Zhang Linpeng have exceeded the number of 200, the team is stable, the players are loyal, and they will stay. For these players, I think more applause should be given.
Before Evergrande entered Guangzhou football, the championship was what we most longed for. When Evergrande enters, it will allow us to fulfill this wish quickly, not only the league championship, the FA Cup, but also the AFC Champions League... Evergrande's intervention has a positive impact on Guangzhou football, and many players are eager for a championship that they may not be able to win in their lifetime, and we have won it in a few years! Nor is this very easy to achieve. We players are happy because in this team we can really appreciate what professional football is. We had a lot of irregularities before, including the problem of Chinese football, and there was indeed a gap with professional football. Evergrande gradually standardized it and fully handed over the power to the head coach. This is real professional football, after all, the coach is the one who knows the team best. It was a true example of professional football, and many clubs have since followed suit. Time is enough to explain everything, the head coach responsibility system under the leadership of the chairman has obvious advantages, highlighting the professional style, and evergrande team rarely appears chaotic, which also stems from this.
Ming: As the backbone of the Evergrande team, I believe you will always pay attention to its dynamics, and now Scolari has led the team to win the most championships, but the new season seems to be questioned so far, what do you think is the reason? What is the biggest difficulty for this season?
Feng: I think every coach has his own set of players, using his favorite players to build the team style. In this regard, I will not comment too much. However, I still think Scolari should be more bold in using young players, because Evergrande has already equipped the team with enough players to play. Looking at the Chinese Super League, Evergrande's reserves in this regard are also among the best. In fact, with the increase of age, the state of professional players will decline, Evergrande's peak period of competition has passed 4 or 5 years, the decline in status is a natural phenomenon, and in this case, if young players can not top up, then the team will inevitably have a decline in performance in the future. At this moment, there are actually a bunch of mature players to bring a group of young players, which is quite good in itself.
I often go to the scene to watch Evergrande's matches, and if Shuai Is bolder to play young players, it will be beneficial to the long-term development of the team. After all, Evergrande team experiences too many games every season, there are a number of national team players in the team, as well as the FA Cup, league, AFC Champions League, they will be very tired, there is not much time to rest. Therefore, as long as there is a chance to train new people, they should be bold, and if they do not give young people the opportunity, they will certainly not grow. After all, training and playing are two different things, in fact, these young players are quite distinctive, as long as they are given the opportunity, they will definitely shine.
I think for the current Evergrande team, the biggest difficulty is the fatigue of the players. I think that the main use of The Commander now is 13 or 14 people, half of whom are international footballers, and they also have to fight for the national football team. Players are bound to have highs and lows, can't be at the peak forever, so many games, and the more you get to the back, the more critical it is. Now that the AFC Champions League has entered the knockout rounds, the more important it is to go back, while the league must be maintained and the chain cannot be dropped. The catch-up in the back is not weak at all. If the FA Cup is slightly lost, it will be eliminated. Four crowns, really not easy to take! The key is to see how the coach adjusts, choose the best in the lineup to play in the current state, and not necessarily use those people every game. After all, these people continue to fight, there will be fatigue.
Now watch Evergrande's game, sometimes the first and second halves are very different, it may play very well in the first thirty minutes, like the championship team; in the last thirty minutes everyone can't run, has been pressed by the opponent to kick, the formation is also chaotic. So these players are not incompetent, they are definitely the top in China, but as long as people are tired... I think there are at least 20 people in Evergrande's squad who can play if they meet the conditions! If a machine is constantly rotating, there will be bad times, and the age of the main players is indeed slowly getting older, and it should be rotated appropriately. The use of veterans at key moments and the appropriate and reasonable rotation when young players can be on top of them are believed to be more conducive to the long-term construction and development of the team.
Ming: The Chinese Super League is becoming more and more popular, and the foreign aid and the new policy of U23 launched this year have recently been innovated, which once triggered discussions from all walks of life. As a footballer, what do you think of the new FA policy that has just been released? Is it beneficial for the development of the Chinese Super League in the future? In your opinion, what kind of model is the most scientific, the most reasonable and the most beneficial development of the Super League?
Feng: As for the new policy of the Fa Association, I will discuss things as a matter. In fact, the original idea and purpose of this policy are very good, but at the specific operational level, I personally feel that it is not very reasonable. Whether it is football, the stock market, or the property market, it can eventually be marketized, in fact, it is better than intervening with various policies. The more oppressive, the more powerful the rebound will be! Previously, some clubs in China liked to take advantage of loopholes to deal with the U23 policy and let young players come down in 5 minutes. That's really not good. The current Chinese football can only be regarded as the middle level in asia, and it is difficult to rely on the current batch of players to quickly improve. Eventually, we have to return to young players, and we have to really grow up. Therefore, the Purpose of the Chinese Football Association's introduction of this new policy is very good, but after the actual situation of "there are countermeasures under the policy", it has swung the "heavy stick" and introduced a strengthened version, which has messed up the entire market at once!
Now the value of players below U23 is soaring, but at the same time, the ability has not reached the corresponding level. And after 23, the value immediately fell, which became very strange. In fact, on the field of play, the factors that can really determine whether a player can play are the state and ability. If he is not capable enough, he will force him to appear, and how to exercise believes that he can't exercise it!
I don't think the Chinese Football Association says that it insists on putting players with insufficient ability on the field, how to lay a good foundation, how to do a good job in youth leagues and reserve teams, how to really cultivate the next generation of young players... More thought should be put here than on the formulation of the New Deal. Looking at the Chinese Super League, there are really not many U23 players who can really play the game, evergrande has accounted for half of it, so Chairman Xu Jiayin is still very prescient in this regard, there are enough young talents reserves, and there is really no need to worry about the new deal. However, with that said, I still think there is something unreasonable about the New Deal.
As for the restrictions at the level of foreign aid, I believe that it will have a great impact on many clubs. I think the Chinese Football Association should use its rights, or spend more thought, on how to invigorate this market. Let everyone like football more, let more people pay attention to the Chinese Super League, and be willing to spend money to watch the game in person, this is what they should try to do. Who wants to see the losing team every day? You are not relying on these superstars to attract everyone's attention at the beginning, how can the market be revitalized? And people don't give you professional things, how do you know what the outside world is like, and you can only be a "frog at the bottom of the well"!
Now that so many big-name foreign aid has arrived, the influence of the Chinese Super League is increasing day by day, not only in Asia, but even in the world. There are more and more fans buying tickets to enter the stadium, unlike the past when sending tickets not to see, 5 yuan a ticket is too expensive... I've been through all these times, so I'm particularly touched. The current approach of the Football Association is somewhat rushed, it should really sink its heart to cultivate young players, for the sake of the future, I think the hope of Chinese football is definitely not in the past 5 years, to see five years later, to see the next group of players. Looking at neighboring Japan, they have always emphasized the cultivation of young people, the Football Association will not say what policy to impose, many children after about ten years of training and growth, now slowly began to emerge. They will never use some mandatory policies to force some teams to use some children who have not yet met the requirements to play.
In fact, the current football environment atmosphere is very good, the direction of development is upward, there are indeed more investors, more fans are willing to pay attention to Chinese football, really do not be disrupted by some policies to disrupt the entire market, but let it naturally fire up, let more people enter the field to watch the ball, fall in love with football. If there is no high-level foreign aid, the level of the game is seriously reduced, who will go to the ball! How the market should develop, let it develop naturally, and do things that conform to the objective development law, in order to truly benefit everyone.
Ming: I believe that the national team game believes that Toshihiko also has concerns, after the national football team lost to Iran, there is only a theoretical possibility of qualifying, how do you think about the current national team led by Enshi Lippi? How do you evaluate the performance of the Evergrande players in the team? Who do you know best among your former teammates? What kind of person is Lippi in your heart?
Feng: As I said just now, the Chinese men's football team is currently at the level of the midstream in Asia, and anyone can win and anyone can lose. Lippi's driving force on Chinese football is not only the improvement of achievements, but also many aspects, including the confidence of players, as well as the construction of the structure and infrastructure of Chinese football, and he will give a lot of suggestions. I don't think he'll have a long time with the national team players when he comes over, after all, the training camp is only a few times, and there are certainly not many things he instills, and it definitely takes time. But since Lippi came over, it is still obvious that the confidence of the national football players has increased. If the results are to improve by leaps and bounds, this is not realistic, but if there is still a chance, do not give up, play every game well, give Lippi more time, let him better instill his philosophy into Chinese football. The longer-term goal could be to focus on the next Asian Cup, not just the present.
The Evergrande teammate I am more familiar with is Li Shuai, but unfortunately he can't get into the national team... The whole atmosphere of evergrande team is very good, and the relationship between each player is also very good, only in this way will there be results, and the locker room must be harmonious. Coach Lippi once said, I don't look at what you do off the pitch, only look at your state on the training ground and on the playing field. If you are not in a good state, you will naturally be replaced. Everyone is a professional player, no matter which arena they will show professional style, Evergrande footballers have been doing well.
Coach Lippi is a very respectful and kind old Italian man. His dedication to football surprised and admired him. He has achieved brilliant coaching at Evergrande, and in terms of his treatment and reputation, he has no need to come back to bring the Chinese men's football team. Lippi truly loves football and truly feels that he should help Chinese football and leave a valuable legacy, so he will come back. And he really taught us a lot of professional football things, we used to live and work in football, he gave us a clear distinction: life is life, work is work, and only a better life can be exchanged for a better job! A better life means to adjust the work and rest time, live regularly, and maintain a good state. Coach Lippi doesn't have many meetings, he usually gathers around the training ground the day after the game and will talk about some summaries of the previous games. In fact, the video is not much to see, before the game to see the opponent's video, in fact, on the training ground has been informed of the opponent's situation, do not need to always solve these problems in the conference room. He keeps giving us positive things, giving us confidence, and he always says you're the best team in China, and you're definitely capable of winning the championship in Asia. He keeps giving us confidence, and now in the national team, I believe that Pi Ye did the same.
Ming: Finally, Feng Zai will say something heartfelt to the fans and friends who support you all the way and guangzhou.
Feng: Thank you very much to the Guangzhou fans for their support and encouragement to me and guangzhou football. Without your support, we would not be where we are today. Whether it is a low tide or a brilliant one, your support has always been in my heart. So I am very grateful in my heart, thank you, I hope you have always been by the side of Guangzhou football, have been supporting us, thank you.
Interview experience: It is a great honor to give this big interview to Feng Junyan, the meritorious warrior of the Guangzhou team, in the superior environment of the Guangzhou Sunshine Hotel. In the nearly 1-hour exchange and communication, you can indeed feel the humble, low-key and pragmatic qualities of Junyan as an authentic Guangzhounese, and his narrative once again recalls the ups and downs experienced by Guangzhou football over the years, as well as the highlight moments created by Evergrande in previous years, which are indeed very unforgettable. I believe that many fans have been paying attention to Toshihiko's growth, and I hope that through this report, you can also make you more aware of Toshihiko's current situation and status. Finally, thanks to the fan designer A Dong for designing an exclusive poster for this interview, and the video part of this interview is also different from the past, launched in the form of a trailer, I don't know if you like and recognize, you can explain in the message.
Guangzhou football, all the way to you! Feng Junyan, come on, I hope your future is more and more exciting, and I hope that the future of Guangzhou football can be more brilliant.