Having suffered eight major injuries in his career, Zeng Cheng "does not smile" for two reasons

At least in Zeng Cheng's view, the previous five months of recuperation were both an ordeal and a cultivation for him.

"The recovery of the body is not difficult, as long as the treatment and rehabilitation are in place, there will be no problems." In the past few months, several team doctors in the Shenhua medical group should have "accompanied" Zeng Cheng for the longest time, and also learned the most about him from physical to psychological state: "The key is mentality, the same injury, some people may take half a year, some people may only need two or three months to recover, Zeng Cheng belongs to that kind of willpower is particularly tenacious, using the word 'tough guy' to describe him, it is not too much at all." ”

Zeng Cheng was injured in the fourth round of the Chinese Super League with Hebei in May this year. According to the original plan, Zeng Cheng should report to the national team after that game and prepare with the whole team for the subsequent World Preliminary Round of 40 in Asia, which is an opportunity that he naturally cherishes more for this veteran who has missed the national team game due to injury. Unfortunately, because of the injury in that game, Zeng Cheng not only missed the training of the national team, but also missed all the matches after the first stage of the Chinese Super League.

Zeng Cheng's "hardness" was also reflected in the match against Hebei Team — — Although a rib fracture was detected after the game, because the Shenhua team had used up all the substitutions at that time, Zeng Chengqiang endured the pain, persisted until the end of the second half of the game, and near the end of the game, made a rather critical save, helping the Shenhua team to save a 1-1 draw.

So far, Zeng Cheng has suffered eight major injuries in his professional career, two of which were after his transfer to Shenhua, so in his own opinion, the recovery is not only physical, but also mental. "It's really a bit of a rush at the beginning, because other people can't train you, you can't play when other people play games, and some injuries don't mean that you can bite your teeth or stick to it, you can only endure slowly, and then either you beat the injury or you get knocked down by the injury, that's it."

Including some teammates, many people who have just started dealing with Zeng Cheng will feel that he is a little unsmiling, and looks a little repulsive to people thousands of miles away, but in fact, the reason why Zeng Cheng does not laugh much is because he has many fractures on his face and has also hit three steel nails. However, for such a "label" that the outside world has attached to himself, Zeng Cheng himself feels that there is nothing, after all, as the last hurdle in the team's backline, he hopes that he can look more "fierce" and more able to deter opponents.

In the past five months or so, whether in the recovery period after surgery, or later back to the training ground, Zeng Cheng has not relaxed the requirements for himself, in the words of the team doctor, "the weight is good, the body fat rate is good, it is maintained very well, and there is no change compared with before the injury", and behind this "no change" is Zeng Cheng's efforts and efforts in each monotonous or even boring training: "What others see is his outstanding performance after his comeback, what he can't see is his efforts and efforts. It is his love of football and his responsibility to the Shenhua team. ”