Reporter Wang Wei reported that on the evening of October 30, the final of the 2021 "Origins Cup" Youth Football Championship was held in Zibo, Shandong, and the Shenzhen Kaisa u16 elite team won the championship with a 5-4 (6-5 overall score) victory over the national junior team, player Du Yuezheng won the "Best Player" award, and Xia Hezati won the "Best Scorer" award.
After the game, Shenzhen team coach Chen Tao said: "From me personally to the team are relatively young, our team members first cherish such a game, get exercise is the first, our coach is learning, the children are also growing." There are many more things that we need to improve and improve, and we need to hone them bit by bit. ”
Chen Tao said: "Through this competition, we can see that the match with the National Junior Team under the guidance of Yang Chen and the Evergrande Football School 05 team under the guidance of Wang Hongwei has greatly helped the growth of our team members, and only by playing with such a strong team can we find our own problems and gaps." ”
◆ "Football": Hello Chen Dao, Shenzhen Kaisa u16 elite team just won the 2021 "Origins Cup" youth football championship, how do you evaluate the performance of the team?
Chen Tao: On the one hand, the club's guarantee is really good, and on the other hand, the children have really tried their best, the team is also very powerful, everyone has their own duties, but for the whole game process we still have to look at objectively, I think the process is not particularly satisfied, the result is a bit lucky.
From the player's point of view, the mental outlook, the fighting spirit, the physical condition, these three aspects are more satisfactory; from the process point of view, there are still many things that need to be improved, can not be said to win, the process is good. I think the outcome is certainly important relative to this age group, but the process is more important than the outcome.
For them, it is still a long way from their way to professional football, and the special utilitarian at this stage will not help their growth much. So for me, this achievement has strengthened the direction of our work team.
But in terms of process, there are still many things that we need to improve and improve. For example, the change of mentality under the high pressure of the opponent in the final, which also led us to the problem that we usually can't see, usually training also dare to take the ball and control the ball, but when it comes to the game, I think it is still necessary to improve.
This game is an exercise for our players, but if the pressure of such a game cannot withstand it, then in the future, under the pressure of the national brand or the Chinese Super League, it will be even more afraid to show their technical and tactical ability. I'm not too satisfied with this aspect. Therefore, in the next stage, after we concentrate, we still have to improve at the basic level, and at the psychological level, we must let the children face the game without so much pressure.
However, we must maintain an objective attitude, and there is a gap between us and the traditional youth training team. For example, Evergrande's team in 2005, they played very well. Including Shandong Luneng this time is the 2006 team, some of their 2005 team members have reached the first team. Including the final, Yang Chen led the 2006 National Minority. Our team is mainly based on 2005, and only two players were born in 2006, so it is not surprising or happy. Of course, this competition can encourage our children's self-confidence and be able to develop in the direction we insist on.
◆Soccer: You took over in the middle of November last year, and you led this team for almost a year, what do you think has changed in the team? What's the biggest change?
Chen Tao: I came to Shenzhen on November 1 last year, and then the elite team that came after ten days, and there are still a few days to go for a whole year, and I feel that the changes to them, I feel that these children understand that football can be seen from a different perspective and thinking.
I think the shortcomings of Chinese players lie in the overall and group technical and tactical play, including the maintenance of formations, the maintenance of distance, and the movement of formations. In the past year, we have provided theory and video clips before training, constantly interacting and improving in the form of questions, and a year ago they could not see where the problems of this scene were when they answered, and now the answers we asked the team to see were very relevant to the scenes we let the team see, or the same as our thoughts.
So I think they're gradually absorbing and transforming, and they're starting to look at the problems that arise on the pitch from the perspective that the coaching team has developed, and that's the hardest part. And some of the external, including speed, height, strength, I think Chinese players are not lacking, at least compared with South Korea, Japan, we are not lacking in these external things, our fast players are faster than Japanese and Korean players, physical strength is also better than Japanese players, so why pinch together with them there is a gap, I think the most difficult thing is the inside of the mind, so I think first of all to let the player's thinking determine the behavior of the player, from this aspect to let the players absorb more, Change some, that's the most important thing.
◆ During the game, the team's offensive and defensive characteristics are still very distinct.
We work in accordance with the thinking of the Chinese Football Association youth training outline. International high-level competitions are very open and we can take it over to learn, but we have to be clear, what is their training to improve? In fact, they train according to their weak links, so after we take them, it is not necessarily suitable for the ability of our existing players and the cognition and understanding of techniques and tactics. For example, Manchester City's training and Manchester United's training are also different, it is difficult to say who is good at the two of them, because the ability characteristics and technical and tactical levels of each team are different.
The Chinese Football Association youth training outline summarizes a general direction, and how to carry it out is based on the coaching method and the characteristics of the players. We organize the attack first from the backfield, advance the attack from the midfield, then advance to the front, and when defending, from the pressure of the high position to the defense of the middle zone, and finally to the depth of the defense. This is the logical relationship between attack and defense, and we teach the children every day according to this model. In this process, through the game to see what problems have occurred in which field area, we focus on solving from that stage. Teach according to the outline of the idea, and then it will be helpful to the children.
◆ "Football": This year, 4 members of kaisa elite team have entered the first team training, and it is also your goal to select young players to be sent to the first team.
Chen Tao: At that time, the first team had players who were selected for the national brand, and there were also injured players, and the number of players trained was not enough, so we proposed to push up a few team members from the elite team to train, and then we pushed up 4 team members. In terms of age, the members of the elite team are still smaller, and after the training of the first team, it is very helpful for them to increase their knowledge, and the first team like Gao Lin and Wang Yongpo are the idols of the children, suddenly becoming teammates, there will be some constructive help in their psychology, and they can also feel the gap with the excellent players in training.
Objectively speaking, the members of the elite team do not have the ability to play as a substitute in the first team, so that they can feel the rhythm and training method of the first team, which is of great help to their growth.
From my point of view, the growth of the team members needs to have a natural and logical process, and in about two years, after they grow up, including psychology and ability, I think you can try it after going up, and whether you can stay in the first team at that stage is the most important thing for the team members.
◆ What is the most memorable game?
Some of the defeated matches are my most memorable, in March this year we went to Evergrande Football School to play a game, lost to Evergrande Football School and Wuhan Sanzhen, the game is basically a fiasco, before this cup we went to Weifang and Luneng's 04 team to play a game, and even lost 7 goals, which was very stinging for us. I tell the children that after experiencing such a game, we must be ashamed and courageous, and we must admit that there is a gap with the good team, but does the gap mean not to work hard, not to catch up? We have summarized this failure and made it clear that there is still a lot to be done that we need to improve.
Playing with such a strong hand is of great value to the growth and exercise of children. In fact, these failures have allowed us to be down-to-earth, feel that we really have to work hard, and really feel that there is a gap with excellent players and excellent teams, so in a stage after each failure, everyone's morale and desire, including the degree of training investment, are very high.
For example, we won the championship in this competition, but at this stage it is not enough to be happy, because for them, the future of this age group is still a long way to go, and no one knows what will happen in the future. But this kind of failure, in retrospect, will become a motivation for children to work hard, and I think it will often help them more in their growth.
In the youth training stage, first of all, to educate people, do not pay too much attention to the results, and then have a positive and correct football cognition, and strive to move up, which is very important. We have been stressing that teenagers should not pursue too much to achieve results, in fact, it is true that at this stage we have experienced painful failures, after each failure, some people may be devastated, and some people may be angry and try to motivate themselves. So from my point of view, this experience of failure may be more memorable to me.
To be honest, the failures we have experienced this year have been quite painful. Of course, it is not that our purpose is to fail, this kind of failure no one wants to have, but after experiencing it, this pain can not be easily forgotten, especially in the adolescent stage, we must bear and accept this kind of thing, and then continue to work hard.
◆ "Football": The elite team has achieved good results, what support has the club done in terms of team protection?
Chen Tao: The club has special support for us, including in terms of capital investment and logistics support, our diet, equipment, travel club have done a full range of services. There are not many clubs that can have such a big investment in the adolescent stage, to be honest.
Our equipment, balls, and venue facilities are all configured according to the standards of the first team, and there are their own special buses for travel, which is relatively rare in the echelons of other teams. The club is also very supportive in the introduction of players, hoping to accept more and better players of the right age to join our team. While we are promoting our own team, we have the opportunity to bring in some good players, and the team will be better.
◆ What are the goals for the future of the team?
The goal of this team is to send excellent talents to the first team after two to three years, and even train some national team members. I'm pretty confident that in two or three years, some of our team will go to the first team to try it.
The national junior team led by Yang Chen is one year younger than us, and they have been very good in the final, and they have done a very good job in the overall front pressure, encirclement and pinch. If the future players have the opportunity to be selected for the national minority, let the children go to the increase of knowledge, and continue to work hard without the opportunity to improve their own level, the national team will never reject the capable players.