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in 1964, faced with the shortcomings and backwardness of my country's sports in the field of football, he long used only three tricks to restore the glory of the chinese national football team. what were the three tricks?

after the founding of the people's republic of china, china's sports industry flourished. under the leadership of he long, basketball, volleyball, table tennis and other fields flourished. however, the football field suffered repeated setbacks in international competitions, morale was low, and domestic public opinion was in an uproar.

in 1964, in a friendly match between china and pakistan, the chinese national football team lost at home, igniting the anger of the people across the country.

chairman mao was particularly concerned about football, which was known as the "world's number one sport". he believed that football was not only a competitive game on the field, but also a direct display of the country's style and national spirit. faced with the sluggishness of the chinese national football team, chairman mao learned from his mistakes and decided to take strong measures to turn things around. he specially summoned he long and asked him to completely change the face of the chinese national football team.

once he long received the order, he took swift action and went to the national team's base camp to have a long talk with the coaching team, the players and the logistics staff to gain an in-depth understanding of the team's training details, technical and tactical levels, and the psychological state of the players. after a meticulous investigation, he long summarized the major problems facing the national football team: the technical and tactical level urgently needs to be innovated, the training system lacks systematicness, and the team cohesion needs to be improved.

he long understood that only through reform and rectification could the chinese national football team regain its glory.

in response to the problem of lax discipline in the national football team, he long made a decisive decision to transplant his iron-fisted management experience in the army to the field of football. he long regarded the national football team as a disciplined fighting team, implemented military management, used iron discipline and rules to shape the players' behavioral norms, and required the players to strictly abide by the work and rest time, devote all their efforts to training, and obey orders unconditionally.

under he long's careful planning, the chinese national football players were sent to the pla, which enjoys the reputation of "hard-boned sixth company", to be tempered. in the army, the chinese national football players trained, ate, lived under the same roof, and practiced on the same battlefield with the pla soldiers. they participated in high-intensity physical training, challenged their physical limits, studied tactical layout in depth, and improved their practical skills. in terms of improving technical and tactical levels, he long realized that it was difficult to break through the bottleneck by working behind closed doors, so he decided to send young players with potential to go abroad to football powers such as hungary for further study. he long personally selected a group of talented players and sent them to these countries for systematic football training and education. these players learned advanced football concepts and technical tactics abroad, broadened their international horizons, accumulated valuable experience, and quickly became the mainstay of the national football team after returning from their studies.

in addition, he long deeply realized the importance of the coaching team to the development of the team. it is far from enough to rely solely on the efforts of the players themselves. there must be a professional coaching team to guide training and formulate strategies.

he long personally went across borders to communicate with many football powers, and finally successfully attracted many senior foreign coaches to join chinese football. these foreign coaches brought advanced international football concepts and technical training methods, opening the door to a new world for the national football players. under their careful guidance, the national football players gradually abandoned bad habits, learned more accurate short passes, mastered the secrets of rapid attack and defense conversion, and showed unprecedented stability on the field. under he long's outstanding leadership, the national football team has undergone a complete transformation, radiated new vitality, a brand new spirit, strict discipline, and a more mature and stable competitive state.

after hard training, in 1965 and 1966, the chinese national football team achieved great success in international friendly matches and the new emerging forces games, winning the runner-up award consecutively. this brilliant achievement marked a major breakthrough for new china's football on the international stage and became a shining example to inspire football players across the country. looking back on this journey, we highly recognize he long's management ability. his wise decisions laid the foundation for the rise of chinese football.

today, the chinese national football team is facing huge challenges and its glory is gone. i hope that the young players will take their predecessors as role models, train hard, live up to the fans' love, and return to the top of asia.