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In domestic football, there are quite a few athletes who become professional football commentators after retiring. The protagonist of today's article is one of the representatives. Because he always likes to mention the word "consciousness" in the process of commentary, he is jokingly called "Chen consciousness" by fans. However, there may be many fans do not know how cattle he is when he plays football, and today the hard legs will take everyone to review Chen Xirong's football career.
Chen Xirong, born in 1953, a native of Guangzhou, began playing football at the age of 7, attended The Korakuen Street Primary School in primary school in Guangzhou, and Huang Guocai, Kong Guoxian, Mai Guangliang, Lu Lin and others are alumni. In junior high school, he attended Guangzhou No. 41 Middle School.
In the early 1970s, professional sports teams in various provinces began to be reorganized, and Chen Xirong was really selected into the Guangdong Youth Football Team against the background of such an environment.
In 1973, Chen Xirong was promoted to the Guangdong first team, and it was at this time that Su Yongshun, who was the main player of the national white team and the former head coach of the Guangdong team, also returned to Ershatou and took charge of the Guangdong team for the second time.
When they first met Su Yongshun, Chen Xirong, Guan Zhirui, Ou Weiting, Xuan Jieqiu, and He Jia, the young people all felt that the "grandfather" in front of them did not look like a football player at all, but like a reader. Who knows, this seemingly elegant reader, training is so fierce, every day at dawn, he pulls up a few of their young players who have just entered the first team and practices desperately.
However, it is precisely because of Su Yongshun's extra "care" for them that chen Xirong and these young players can grow rapidly. Chen Xirong and He Jia were also the first descendants to become the main force in the Guangdong team. At this time, Rong Zhixing trained in the national team for a long time, and Chen Xirong and He Jia partnered with veteran Li Miaohai to become a trio of Guangdong midfielders.
It is precisely because of his outstanding performance in the Guangdong team that in 1974, Chen Xirong and his teammates Xuan Jieqiu, Du Zhiren, He Jia and Guan Zhirui were selected to join the national youth team under the guidance of Chen Chengda. After participating in the national youth training camp in Beijing for about two months, they went with the team to Africa, going to Chad, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and other places for training.
On the left is Chen Chengda as a young man
Attached is the squad for the 1974 national youth team: Head Coach: Chen Chengda Team members: Xu Jianping, Luo Huaiyuan, Yu Jinglian, Liu Zhicai, Chi Yuexu, Guan Zhirui, Zhang Qun, Yang Anli, Tao Yitian, Yan Qun, He Jia, Chen Xirong, Xuan Jieqiu, Du Zhiren, Xu Yonglai, Wang Changtai, Li Weimiao, Xu Zengfu, Liu Deli
In the 1975 Three Games, Rong Zhixing returned to the team, such as the Guangdong team under the leadership of Su Yongshun, all the way through the barriers, broke into the final, and finally with liaoning team in the final 1-1 draw, finally, according to the temporary requirements of the tournament organizing committee, the two teams tied for the three games football championship.
It was also from this tournament that the Guangdong team began the era of the midfield iron triangle composed of Rong Zhixing, Chen Xirong and He Jia.
Group photo of the Guangdong team of the Three Games, Chen Xirong, the second from the left in the front row
In 1976, Chen Xirong was selected by Ren Bin to enter the national team training list, and was finally selected for the national team to participate in the sixth Asian Cup. Su Yongshun also went to Tehran as an advisor to follow the delegation to compete.
In the last three- or four-place battle with Iraq, the Chinese team has been at a disadvantage in the field since the opening, and the city gate has been in a hurry several times. At the suggestion of Su Yongshun, Ren Bin used Chen Xirong as a substitute to put Rong Zhixing in the center position, and Chen Xirong partnered with He Jia in midfield. Such a adjustment soon saw a miraculous effect, the Chinese team once again firmly controlled the ball at its feet, with a long-range shot by He Jia, 1-0 Iraq, to win the third place in this Asian Cup.
Attached is the squad for the 1976 national team: Team Leader: Huang Zhong Deputy team leader: Nian Weisi Coaches: Ren Bin, Zhang Junxiu Team members: Hu Zhigang, Qi Wusheng, Guan Zhirui, Chi Shangbin, Xiang Hengqing, He Jia, Chen Xirong, Li Guoning, Wang Jilian, Rong Zhixing, Du Zhiren, Li Fusheng, Cai Jinbiao, Zhang Qun, Zhang Yiming, Yang Anli, Yu Jinglian, Li Weimiao
Group photo of the 6th Asian Cup national football team, Chen Xirong, the left one in the front row
In 1977, Pele led the Cosmos team to visit China, during which he played two friendly matches with the national football team in Beijing and Shanghai. According to the memories of many old fans, before the start of the game of the Workers' Stadium, Chen Xirong once staged a wonderful performance of one foot into the basket from more than 20 meters away. This matter is rumored, and it is a pity that the relevant video has not been found.
In 1979, Chen Xirong successfully won the National Football League championship with Guangdong team, but unfortunately, at the Fourth Games of the same year, Guangdong lost 1-2 to Shandong in the semi-finals, and finally won the third place in the Four Games, missing the double champion.
1979 Guangdong team family portrait
On 6 January 1980, Guangdong fought West German champion Hamburg at the Hong Kong Government Stadium. Just six minutes into the opening, Chan's powerful shot from the right side of the penalty area at a near-zero angle pierced through Hamburg's door. In the second half, Chen Xirong staged a shocking volley outside the penalty area to help Guangdong score the third goal. In the end, Guangdong team drew 3-3 with Hamburg, "Xi Bo" made the first contribution for Guangdong team, and this game has become an eternal classic in the history of Guangdong football foreign wars.
Friends who are interested in this game can go to see this article written by Hard Legs before: 41 years ago today, a classic foreign war in Southern Cantonese football was staged: Guangdong team vs West German Hamburg.
After leading Guangdong to play the second Provincial Hong Kong Cup, Su Yongshun left guangdong and became the new head coach of the Chinese national team. Under the leadership of Su Yongshun, the Chinese team launched an impact on the final stage of the World Cup for the second time in history.
In the first round of the World Preliminary Round Asian Preliminary Round, the Chinese team fought all the way, and in the duel with the fierce rival North Korea, the Chinese team reversed the opponent 4-2 in extra time and successfully advanced to the Asian Region Final Four.
In this crucial battle, the two teams fought a 1-1 draw in the first half, YiBian fought again, in the 55th minute of the second half, the Chinese team won a free kick opportunity in front of the field, Chi Shangbin directly slammed the goal, the North Korean goalkeeper made a mistake to get out of hand, and the astute Chen Xirong rushed to the horse, pushed and scored, rewriting the score to 2-1.
Unfortunately, in the subsequent Asian Region Final Four, China lost 2-1 in the last play-off match with New Zealand, and ultimately missed the Spanish World Cup.
One foot stepped into Spain, but in the end the dream was shattered, becoming the eternal pain in the heart of Chen Xirong's generation of national football.
The 1982 Nehru Gold Cup also became a farewell performance for Chen Xirong's national team.
In 1983, after representing Guangdong in the Full National Football League and the Five Games, Chen Xirong officially retired. At this point, the once Guangdong team's midfielder Iron Triangle all hung up their boots.
Rong Zhixing, Chen Xirong
After retiring, Chen Xirong began to work as a coach in the Guangdong youth team. From 1989 to 1990, Chen Xirong was the head coach of the national youth team (U19).
Speaking of the most classic battle of Chen Xirong's coaching career, it was in 1992, when he led the Guangdong Sui Coalition Army plus Zhu Bo, Gao Hongbo and Cai Sheng to represent the Chinese team in the Asian Cup qualifiers, and finally won all three battles.
Schlapp then joined the main national football team and led the national team to the third place in the Asian Cup. Chen Xirong served as an assistant coach for him, and in the subsequent Qi family army, Chen Xirong was still the assistant coach of the national football team.
On the right is Chen Xirong
After the top ten matches, Qi Wusheng left class, Chen Xirong also returned to Guangzhou, and briefly served as the head coach of Guangzhou Songri and Guangzhou Sun God, but unfortunately, Guangdong football at this time was already in the sunset Xishan.
After leaving the Helios in the 1999 season, Chen Xirong made a surprising decision, resolutely quit the professional football circle, and gorgeously turned into the professional commentary industry.
From the initial espn, to the later Guangdong Sports Station, Chen Xirong said that it was more than twenty years, and also became a first-class football commentary in China, his comments were professional and sharp, although he was a Guangzhou native, but he did not criticize Evergrande at all, and did not protect his shortcomings.
Once the midfield core of the Guangdong team and the national team, he still continues to write his legend in the football commentary circle!
Wanton ridicule, Laughing and scolding, All hope that Chinese football can be good, Even if he has a rough detour, Even if he is terminally ill, I'm hard-legged, Everyone is welcome to have a chat.