Sun Xingyi Zhou scored again in the Champions League, and once again became the focus of heated discussion among Chinese fans. Different from the past, today’s Chinese fans always bring Wu Lei who first joined the La Liga when discussing Sun Xingyi, which is somewhat of a comparison. In fact, the two are not comparable at all. Sun Xingzhen has been called a Hotspur thigh and a quasi-first-class player in Europe. Wu Lei is just a newcomer in La Liga. Even in the future, Wu Lei, who traveled to Europe too late, may hardly reach the height of Sun Xingyi……
Regarding Wu Lei’s performance in La Liga, there are two extreme voices on the Internet. One is that Wu Lei’s praise is somewhat irrelevant after he has performed well. The other is that whether Wu Lei is outstanding or not, he will always be a criticism that everyone is drunk and I am awake.
I think neither of the two sounds is desirable, but the latter one is more unpleasant. There are a lot of fans watching football in this era, so even though Wu Lei has a good performance in La Liga, everyone gives praise. In fact, most of the statements you see, such as “Wu Lei’s first battle against the gods”, come from those self-media that need to attract traffic by such titles. Rational fans and media are cautious and objective praise.
However, Wu Lei’s two appearances in La Liga did show quick adaptability and obviously different running modes in this team. In the match against ballecano, Wu Lei did pose a threat to the opponent’s defense line……
Wu Lei’s outstanding off the ball ability has long been determined, this trait and his speed were fully revealed in his first two La Liga matches-it was certainly not a dream for him to gain more opportunities or even start in this weak La Liga team confidently.
In the face of such objective facts, why should many people criticize Sun Xingzhen’s standard to ask for a new man in the Spanish league?
As mentioned above, it is difficult for Wu Lei to reach the height of Sun Xingyi. The main reason is that Wu Lei only landed in La Liga at the age of 28, and Sun Xingzhen went to Hamburg for training at the age of 16 because of a cooperation project between the Korean Football Association and the German Football Association. We also had such cooperation projects in those years. In 1998, Yang Chen transferred to the Bundesliga. Guoan and Frankfurt had an additional player engagement clause. The next year, four Guoan small players went to Germany for half a year of training. Later, 1860 Shao sujiayi in Munich was one of them. Even the Jianlibao youth team, which was identified as not very successful at that time, also walked out of the backbone of Chinese football such as Li Tie, Li Jinyu and Li Weifeng.
But like many people’s total negative attitude towards Wu Lei’s death of Liu Yang, our attitude on the issue of sending players to stay abroad is quite similar. After some attempts to send players out failed to achieve great success, this attempt seems to have a tendency of stagnation. Nowadays, most of these jobs are done by a few clubs or local football associations. In fact, even if Wu Lei succeeded again in La Liga, it would be difficult to achieve unstoppable trend.
The China today football, the door of domestication has been opened. Despite the toss of the league, the U23 policy has also been continued. If there are some big moves in terms of players staying abroad, send more players of suitable age and ability to Europe to try, even in non-five major leagues, that may be the future.
The premise is that the purpose of staying abroad is not to transfer exports to domestic sales that satisfy the interests of a few people.
□ Zhao Hei (columnist)