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missed the dutch genius? chinese football has fallen behind in the iterative trend, and the “underlying value” of naturalized players cannot be ignored

2024-09-28

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reporter han bing reports the first round match day of the europa league that just passed may have been a mixed experience for chinese football fans. there are also two eredivisie players who are qualified to be naturalized into the asian national team and have performed well. the first is the 23-year-old twente central defender hilges. he scored the highest score in the twente team. he made 8 clearances, 3 steals, and 2 interceptions, helping twente win 1-1 in the away game. draw with the red devils. silges had just successfully naturalized as an indonesian citizen, and at the old trafford stadium, he made the indonesians feel value for money with his strong performance.

in sharp contrast, ajax's 21-year-old chinese youngster feizhan tianle has become the team's main force this season. he scored the first goal in the first round of the europa league to help the team beat bessie 4-0. ketas. although the chinese media and fans have been calling for his naturalization in recent years, and this year he received a positive response from feizhan tianle, there has been no progress in his naturalization. when it comes to naturalization, indonesia and china are as different as the two main eredivisie players.

it is a pity that due to various reasons, the national football team did not make good use of the first batch of naturalized players who were originally leading asia. now in the new round of competition for naturalized players, it seems that they have lost at the starting line.

in the round of 18 in october, hilges, who is tied for the most valuable naturalized player in asia (7 million euros), is likely to become the main central defender of the indonesian team and play in indonesia's game against china. feizhan tianle, who just turned 21 in july, has been included in the preliminary list of 30 players by coach reiziger of the dutch u21 national youth team. on october 4, reiziger will announce the final list of 23 players to participate in the final round of qualifiers for the u21 european youth championship. once feizhan tianle is shortlisted and plays for the dutch u21 national youth team, his chances of competing for the dutch national team in the future will greatly increase. it also means that he will basically have no hope of becoming a naturalized member of the national football team. feizhan tianle is the player with the strongest naturalization ability and the highest level of playing in the league in chinese football overseas based on blood. missing such a naturalization goal with the advantages of age and studying abroad is not a big deal for chinese football. pity.

asian countries such as indonesia, thailand, vietnam, malaysia, iraq, syria, and palestine are competing for naturalization, especially this year. the vietnamese team, which missed the top 18, learned from the bitter experience and just naturalized brazilian forward rafaelsson, who played for the vietnamese team under the vietnamese name of nguyen xuan son. even the japanese team, which remains the leader in asia, is constantly recruiting mixed-race players with better physical conditions into the national teams of various age groups. on the contrary, chinese football is facing a new round of turbulent naturalization waves from asian teams, and it seems to be on the sidelines.

naturalization has long been an intensifying trend in world football. from the top european teams such as spain, italy, and the netherlands, to the weak cambodia in asia, the naturalization trend is almost sweeping. australia, saudi arabia, indonesia, and bahrain, who are in the same group as the top 18 of the national football league, are all continuing to recruit naturalized players. the saudi league is deliberately turning to young and promising foreign players from portugal and brazil this summer. it does not rule out naturalizing them in five years and playing in the 2034 world cup. advance planning for naturalization that achieves great results.

the indonesian football association, which is the most efficient, has already naturalized goalkeeper pais, defender hilges, winger reinders jr. and high center forward rafin, who only turned 20 in october, since the top 36 in early june. a new international player who plays in top european and american leagues, they are also actively promoting the naturalization of many other strong players playing in the eredivisie and the danish super league. as for the popular candidates for the iteration of naturalized players in the national football team, oscar, feizhan tianle, zhou dingyang, zheng zeyan, wu xiaohai and others, not only have there been no news about the naturalization process so far, but even the naturalized forward hou yongyong, who has been killing everyone in the norwegian league, at least there is currently no sign of being included in the latest national football squad.

for various reasons, chinese football almost wasted the dividends of the first batch of naturalized players. originally among the second and third-tier national teams in asia, china was naturalized earlier and has outstanding scale effects and strength advantages. however, as the number of places in the asian world cup surged to more than eight, asian countries have joined the wave of "naturalization", but the naturalization of chinese football has stalled due to various factors. not only has the lead five years ago disappeared, but the possibility of following the naturalization wave of other asian teams is rapidly becoming smaller.

the indonesian football association has naturalized two u20 players, raffin, who plays in the dutch second division, and jahzin, who plays in the sao paulo echelon of brazil. the age structure of the naturalized players is constantly being optimized. oscar and feizhan tianle, who are currently the most valuable naturalized players in chinese football, seem to be getting further and further away from being naturalized into the national football team.

almost all asian football federations are accelerating naturalization. now that they rely on naturalization to improve the strength of their teams, naturalization is actually not an additional driving force for the national football team to compete in the world cup, but to prevent the national football team from being further left behind in asian football. realistic choices.

before there is a significant improvement in the youth training of chinese football, improving the strength of the national team in the short term through naturalized players is not only in line with the world trend, but also a helpless but inevitable means to solve urgent needs. not to mention the huge impact brought by rushing into the world cup, the national football team can rely on naturalized players during the trough period to maintain qualifications for the top 18 in asia, which is of vital underpinning value to chinese football.

if the chinese football world still cannot have a clear and unified understanding of naturalized players, it can be foreseen that a fierce battle against australia and indonesia, two teams with naturalized players, will begin in october. for a long time to come, the national football team will face many naturalized players. the second- and third-tier teams in asia will fall into a difficult period with little chance of winning. as a result, the performance and world rankings of the national football team continue to plummet, and the negative impact on the revival of the domestic football industry and the corresponding public opinion will continue for some time. from this perspective, from the "bottom line" perspective of at least ensuring that the national football team can participate in the top 18 and the asian cup finals, naturalization is an emergency measure that cannot be avoided.