taking their children to learn football in japan, former chinese internationals are also working hard: yang xu, sun ke and others are looking forward to defeating their opponents using their opponents’ methods!
2024-09-08
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in the match where the chinese team lost 0:7 to the japanese men's football team, a former chinese men's football international brought his family to watch the game. they waved the five-star red flag to cheer for the chinese men's football team. when the score was fixed at 0:7, the male owner of the family took a photo of the scoreboard and said he would use this photo to warn himself. the player is yang xu, who has played for shanghai shenhua, tianjin tianhai, shandong taishan, liaoning hongyun and other teams. he has played 54 times for the chinese men's football team and scored 28 goals. now yang xu and his family went to tokyo, japan, where his two children received football training. like him, there is also a former international player, jiangsu player sun ke. just when everyone is a little "disappointed" with chinese football, these former international players are using their actions to continue to contribute their own strength to chinese football.
former international player yang xu and his family at the national football team's match against japan
using the national football match to "educate" children
yang xu has been asked countless times whether he would let his children who are learning basketball become japanese citizens. every time he answered, yang xu did not hesitate, that is, absolutely not, whether it is a private question or a public interview. "to be honest, this is a matter of principle. i came here just to learn, and i don't mean to settle down. i admit that the other party is good, and it is not shameful. when you admit that the other party is good, you will learn with an open mind. how to defeat them is our idea." obviously, the reason why yang xu brought his children to japan to learn basketball is that the ultimate goal is to return to china after they have improved and find an opportunity to defeat their opponents.
therefore, when the chinese men's football team came to japan to play a very important game, yang xu would naturally use his "status" to give his children a chance to receive education at close range. during the pre-match training between the chinese men's football team and japan, yang xu brought his two sons to the sidelines to meet and cheer up his former teammates. when the eldest son talked about wang dalei, he proudly said that uncle wang dalei would definitely be able to save all the opponent's shots. although things did not go as planned, it can be seen that yang xu's education and influence on his children at home on weekdays, as well as the children's admiration for the chinese men's football team in their hearts. moreover, yang xu's eldest son excitedly said that he would show his classmates the photos he took of himself getting close to the national team, and they would be envious of them. from this sentence, it is not difficult to see the status of football in the minds of japanese children.
in the official match on the second day, although he was sitting in the casual area and surrounded by japanese fans, yang xu still patiently explained the technology to his children and led them to cheer for the chinese team. after the score was 0:7, yang xu did not rush to leave with his family, but walked to the front of the stands alone, hoping to be closer to the current chinese men's football team and his former teammates, and share the embarrassment with them. yang xu's approach must have infected his two children. at this time, his eldest son's eyes were wet, but he still said firmly that he would work harder to learn football in the future and defeat them in the way of his opponents.
in one game, yang xu gave his children a double education: technical and tactical education as well as patriotism education. this may be what yang xu's family gained from the chinese national football team's disastrous defeat off the field.
using toes to bounce the ball continuously, japan's youth training is to do "useless work" well
it is a rare opportunity to improve football knowledge by watching the national football team's training and games in japan. most of the time, children still have to rely on japan's youth training to improve their own strength. yang xu's family's daily life in tokyo is to accompany their children to play football.
yang xu sends his children to individual and group football training every day. when practicing some boring and repetitive technical movements in individual training, many technical movements, even yang xu, a former international player, may not be able to do better than his own children, such as toe dribbling. yang xu told the media that japanese players have been required to use various parts of the body to practice dribbling since childhood to increase their sense of the ball, and such training is not one or two classes, but repeated over time. therefore, we can see that japanese players can control the ball and pass the ball freely on the field, but these basic training may not reflect the absolute effect in the games of youth. instead, tall, strong and fast can change the results of the game. therefore, domestic youth training often ignores these basic training courses, which also causes a huge gap between our players and japanese players when they grow up.
there was a documentary about a japanese high school league that made yang xu cry. i believe that most chinese fans have seen it. in the video, when the captain who did not win was about to graduate and bid farewell to the team, he said something in the locker room after the defeat that will be remembered by most chinese fans: "i still want to play football with you." this sentence also touched yang xu. perhaps the spirit of japanese football made yang xu decide to bring his children here to learn from it.
"football education is not only about teaching them skills, but also about teaching them how to be a good person. one of the subtle things about us is that children are too hypocritical and too well protected. after the game and training, everyone thanks their parents. i am not saying that this is bad, but our traditional chinese way of thanking parents is not sincere. thank you, thank you, and it is not really thanking the parents, opponents, and referees. my philosophy is to stand up straight and bow for 5 seconds. although these 5 seconds are not long, if you really calm down for 5 seconds, you will think of many things. i have tried it before. during these 5 seconds, i will think about the training process and how i came here. the process is very long. i think everyone can try it. it feels very good, so we keep this tradition." yang xu said. in fact, when his two sons came to japan to study, yang xu also learned a lot. he felt that the details of japan's youth training are very worth learning. everyone is doing a good job of details to help the children lay a solid foundation. although they cannot reap results at this stage, all of them will be glad that this is a contribution to japanese football, and everyone is for the good of japanese football.
yang xu
like yang xu, sun ke from jiangsu is now also playing football in japan with his children. it is precisely because these former professional players have chosen a different path from others after deep reflection that they can bring more data and choices to chinese football in the future. therefore, we should also thank them for their efforts and look forward to them exploring some experiences and lessons of their own for chinese football.
sun ke
yangtze evening news/ziniu news reporter zhang hao and zhang chenyan
proofread by li haihui
