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today is the first day of the national day holiday

colleagues from xiaofang learned that

football legend xu genbao, who is over eighty years old,

today led by genbao football base players

for the shanghai youth football team,

went to south korea for training,

to be held in hunan in november

training for the first three major national sports games.

xu genbao revealed,

his goal is to bring back this gold medal to shanghai.

at around 6 o'clock this morning, xu genbao and his coaching staff took the bus from the chongming base to pudong airport. there are 23 u18 and u17 players on this trip. in addition to the base players, there are also several outstanding local players of the same age.

according to the plan, after the team arrives in south korea, they will play 6 games within 10 days. their opponents include the ulsan u19 team, the rising star champion, and college teams. the purpose is to improve the team's actual combat ability and learn the opponent's playing style and tactics.

xu genbao said, "the first three major ball games, its gold medals were included in the national games gold medals. it should be said that this is an opportunity, because it is a competition for age groups after 2006, and the national games was participated after 2005. , our team has more in 2006. if we don’t win this time, it may be even more difficult next year, so we are determined to win this gold medal this year.”

kuai jiwen, a team member from the base, said that this time he went to prepare for the finals. he would work hard to implement director xu’s style of rushing around, receiving passes and turning, and to improve his physical fitness. “our whole team is committed to winning. golden mentality, try your best.”

wang ziheng, a player from the shenhua club echelon, said that it is an honor and a responsibility to represent shanghai. in the next training camp in south korea, he will train harder and improve himself as soon as possible. under the leadership of xu, the team will be more cohesive.

deeply cultivate football at chongming base

xu genbao for more than 20 years

cultivated many football talents for china

more than ten years ago, xu genbao led the team to achieve three consecutive national games men's football championships for shanghai. last year, he was once again appointed by the municipal sports bureau to lead the national games team. lao xu said that he was under pressure and more motivated. especially in recent years, the poor performance of the national football team in international competitions such as the world cup qualifiers has made the octogenarian even more eager to do something for chinese football.

xu genbao says

no matter what

we still have to continue playing football.

"we say that the foolish old man's spirit of moving mountains may not work in my generation, but i believe that generation after generation, it will eventually succeed. the key is that our players will come up later. now we hope that batches of young players can catch up with the current national team. we the team is now 18 years old. if it performs better in a few years, it can surpass these national teams. this is what i can do well now, and i feel it is also the biggest responsibility."

(news room)