Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Lin Benjian
In the past two years, the Shenzhen team has achieved a major upgrade of the lineup by recruiting more than 20 local players and a number of foreign aides, and has also given many players facing layoffs the opportunity to re-employ, and goalkeeper Zhang Lu is one of them.
Recently, in an interview with the Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter, Zhang Lu said that in his most difficult time, it was the deep foot club that reached out to help, and he should do his best to repay all those who helped him.
Zhang Lu saved in a match against Guangzhou
In my most difficult times, Deep Foot helped
In the first half of 2020, Tianjin Tianhai Club was deeply involved in the whirlpool of dissolution rumors, and dozens of players under its command had nowhere to train and faced a situation with no ball to play, which made the Chinese Super League at that time a little chaotic. In the end, the Tianhai Club could not escape the fate of dissolution.
The Shenzhen team, which gradually entered the Chinese Super League, introduced more than 10 Tianhai players such as Zhang Lu and Sun Ke in one go, which not only helped these players to re-employment, but also maintained the stability of the Chinese Super League to a large extent, and also upgraded their strength. After these Tianhai players came to Shenzhen, their income and treatment were guaranteed, and their lives gradually settled down, and finally they found a stable playing environment.
At that time, Zhang Lu was 33 years old, because of a drunk driving in 2019, he was still in the one-year ban period of the Chinese Football Association, and there were still several months to go before the ban was lifted. Introducing a veteran who is burdened with news, is still in the ban period and has not been systematically trained for nearly half a year, requires great courage and is also a risk.
"First of all, I was very touched, because at that time, many teammates in Tianjin Tianhai had to find jobs again, and Shenzu sent me an invitation. I know that everyone from the group chairman to the club management has recognized me very much and I would like to say thank you to them for being able to help me in my most difficult times. Deeply willing to pull me along, my family and I are very grateful from the bottom of my heart, and I have always done my best to repay them. Zhang Lu said.
After coming to the new environment, Zhang Lu could not participate in the competition immediately, and the old leaders and old comrades-in-arms also helped Zhang Lu, "At that time, there were many people who helped me, first of all, (general manager) Ding Zong, as well as Zhang Xiaorui, Guan Zhen, Li Jianhua and several guides, gave me meticulous care. At that time, I came to a new environment and could not compete, and their psychological counseling and help to me was also very huge. My teammates were also very supportive, Gao Lin, Yong Po, Hao Lun, Darren and Pei Shuai, all of whom helped me actively integrate into the team. ”
Zhang Lu kicked off the goal in the match
For the first time, he represented deep foot and suffered from insomnia the day before the game
Last year, Shenzhen's investment was the highest among the 16 teams in the Chinese Super League, but the team's performance was quite different from the expectations of the outside world. In the Dalian Division, it failed to enter the championship group, and after reaching the relegation group, the first round of relegation battle was lost to Tianjin Teda, who was unwinnable in the first stage, which achieved the "myth" of the latter winning only one game in the whole season and successfully relegating.
At that time, the Shenzhen team was under great pressure, and once it was not victorious in the next second round of relegation, the Shenzhen team could repeat the mistakes of relegation in 2019.
At that time, the deep foot attack was strong and weak, and the back line was very unstable. At this time, Zhang Lu has ended his one-month ban, and after several months of systematic recovery training in the deep foot, his state has become better and better. The club's top management and coaching staff decided to use Zhang Lu to make Zhang Lu appear in the next key match against Shijiazhuang Yongchang.
Zhang Lu, who is 1.92 meters tall, has a brilliant career. At the age of 18, he represented Liaozu in the middle and beyond, and at the age of 18, he was selected for the Chinese men's national football team, becoming the youngest goalkeeper in the history of national football. In the game at a critical moment, the deep foot needs an experienced player like Zhang Lu to press the line.
Zhang Lu himself felt a heavy responsibility, "The day before the game, I told my wife that after playing so many games, the first time I fell asleep at 5 a.m.", Zhang Lu recalled the situation at that time, saying, "After knowing that I was going to start, the night before the game has been tossing and turning, I can't sleep, and there are rarely such big psychological ups and downs." ”
Zhang Lu said that in the past, many people asked him whether he was stressed or motivated, "I definitely said motivation, or converted pressure into motivation, but that game was really pressure." That game is not a technical tactic, but the ability to resist pressure, to see who has a strong ability to resist pressure, who can survive. ”
In that match, Shenzhen won 1-0. In the second leg, the two sides fought 2-2, and the Shenzhen team finally landed ahead of schedule with a total score of 3-2 in both legs. At the moment of successful relegation, Zhang Lu clenched his fists and roared angrily. Since then, Zhang Lu has secured the position of goalkeeper of Deep Foot No. 1.
Shenzhen fans cheered on the team during the match
Devoted to public welfare undertakings, he was touched by Shenzhen fans
Zhang Lu is very remorseful about the drunk driving behavior of that year, and he hopes to be able to redeem the adverse effects through practical actions. Zhang Lu is a very caring player, as early as 2016, he and like-minded friends set up the "One Heron Accompaniment" love public welfare team to send football equipment, learning tools, build stadiums to primary and secondary schools across the country, and provide professional football technical guidance for young students.
Zhang Lu said that the starting point of the establishment of this public welfare team was very simple, that is, to improve the dilemma of children in poor areas without football equipment and playing fields. Zhang Lu took the scene when he was playing football when he was a child as an example, "When I was a child, I practiced football and goalkeeping, the venue was not as good as it is now, basically it was a playground like slag and stones, and when I pounced, my whole body was broken. When I came home, I cried and told my dad that I didn't want to guard the door, and I was covered in blood and scabs. ”
Zhang Lu believes that professional players devote themselves to football public welfare undertakings, which is the best football promotion activity, "The players that children see on TV come to them and personally demonstrate and explain, which may be of great help to them in insisting on chasing their football dreams." ”
The public welfare activities of "accompanied by a heron" are still adhering to until now.
The slogan of Shenzhen is "Shenzhen people come". Zhang Lu said that after coming, he personally felt that Shenzhen is a very inclusive city, full of vitality, and the whole family likes Shenzhen very much.
Shenzhen fans also deeply touched Zhang Lu, "This year's Guangzhou division is relatively close, but last year in Dalian, I really did not expect that so many fans would come from afar." Especially in the battle of life and death, this kind of encouragement, encouragement and support on the spot is very powerful, and the encouragement that the players get at that moment is very shocking. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
Source | Yangcheng Evening News Yangcheng Pie
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Editor-in-charge | Liu Yi
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