Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 24 (Reporter ANGEL) at the football education and cultural exchange meeting between China and Portuguese-speaking countries held on 24th, Wang chengan, former secretary general of the China-Portuguese-Speaking Countries Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum (Macao), said, for Chinese football at a critical stage of development, Portuguese-speaking countries’ football cultural tradition and industrial operation experience have strong reference significance.
“For Brazilian children, playing football is as natural as breathing. Since the age of three, they have generally accepted systematic football training. By the age of eleven, small players with development potential can participate in professional selection held by major clubs.” Bruno Fernández, a football teaching expert from Brazil, believes that football is a real national sport in Brazil, and good culture edifies, A complete training plan and a scientific selection mechanism are the necessary conditions for Brazilian football talents to break through the ground.
Jin Long, an off-campus football instructor, believes that China and Portuguese-speaking countries have accumulated rich cooperation experience in the field of football. “At the beginning, the destination of the ‘jianlibao team was Brazil.”
Shen Xue, secretary general of the children’s football special fund of China’s Next Generation Education Foundation, said that Portuguese-speaking countries such as Brazil and Portugal have advanced experience in training football talents. In recent years, China has also been committed to the development and cultivation of youth football training market. The two sides have great cooperation space in projects such as youth coach training, football summer camp and joint football school.
“The successful experience of Portuguese-speaking countries such as Brazil shows that football must be started from dolls, and interest cultivation is the top priority. Chinese football is actively cultivating a good atmosphere for the whole people, continuously expanding the participation level of teenagers and continuously optimizing the follow-up training mechanism for outstanding talents. It is in this process that China and Portuguese-speaking countries have shown great cooperation potential in the field of football.” Wang chengan concluded. (Finished)