Chapter 1680 Knowing how to win is more important than winning

Chapter 1680 Knowing how to win is more important than winning

Lin Xueyi looked at the furnishings in the office, and his eyes were naturally attracted to the framed jersey hanging on the wall.

Hu Lai's, Li Qingqing's, Luo Kai's, and Xia Xiaoyu's jerseys from the national team, the Olympic team, and the club team were lined up, almost filling both walls of the office. It was very spectacular.

"These jerseys... are proof of your success." He praised.

Unexpectedly, Li Ziqiang objected to his statement: "This is not my success."

"Ah?" Lin Xueyi originally wanted to compliment him and then get closer to the interviewees so that he could get to the point.

Usually in this case, the person being praised will be very happy and open up, and the interview will go smoothly.

Unexpectedly, Li Ziqiang played his cards out of common sense and stunned Lin Xueyi.

But Lin Xueyi soon realized that maybe he could start the interview like this, because compared to a formulaic interview with topics set in advance, perhaps such unexpected scenes have more record value.

So he took advantage of the situation and asked: "Why do you say that?"

"Before I came to the Dongchuan Middle School football team, Hu Lai and Luo Kai were already in school. So rather than saying that I trained them, it is better to say that I was lucky enough to meet them."

"But it was you who recruited Hulay into the team, and you also conducted a lot of rigorous training on him. Before that, Hulay had not even received much systematic and professional football training..."

"I just arranged some basic training for him, which is completely inconsistent with what he has achieved today. So his success today actually has little to do with me. That kind of basic training can be done by any football coach." Li Ziqiang shook his head, "Xia Xiaoyu's situation is also It's the same. Before he came to Dongchuan Middle School, he was already a very good youngster in junior high school. Dongchuan Middle School only gave him a platform to perform, and he can't really be regarded as being trained by me. , only Li Qingqing”

"She is your daughter..."

"Yes, she is my daughter, so I can always be by her side as she grows up. And whether it is Hu Lai, Luo Kai or Xia Xiaoyu, they don't get much guidance from me. I can't say that I am. How much role did they play in their growth..."

"But high school football is actually a critical stage in the transition from youth training to professional football. Now more and more high school players have entered professional football." Lin Xueyi retorted slightly.

"Of course, I'm not denying the importance of high school football education. I'm just saying that I didn't help much with their growth. The training of players pays great attention to continuity. The players who now come out of Dongchuan Middle School, I It can be said that they accepted my training because we. In these years of work, I have also summarized a set of training methods and concepts suitable for the Dongchuan Middle School football team... If the jerseys of other international football teams can be hung on this wall in the future, then it can be said that it is Dongchuan Middle School. Credit to the football team. Now..." Li Ziqiang shook his head. "I hang these jerseys here to inspire ourselves and give those players a goal."

Hearing this, Lin Xueyi suddenly understood why for so many years, Li Ziqiang had rarely promoted himself as "Master Hu Lian" in front of the public.

He always thought that Li Ziqiang was Hu Lai's mentor, which was a fact known to everyone and did not need to be re-examined. Li Ziqiang rarely mentioned his relationship with Hu Lai...

"Speaking of continuity... I went to interview and film the work of Hu Lixin some time ago. During training, he would not simply and directly tell the young players how to handle this ball and how to handle that ball, but tell them what to do. Observe more and make your own decisions...and today in your locker room after the game, I heard you repeatedly emphasize the importance of observation. Is this a continuity?"

"Of course it is." Li Ziqiang nodded, "Did you notice Rong Yi today?"

"Noted."

"What do you think of him?"

"Hmm... How should I put it? He is very smart and dares to do moves in the game."

"Not only that. In that unsuccessful counterattack, he observed the space in advance, started first, and got stuck on the inside, thus creating a space to catch the ball. But Zhang Shicong did not pass the football In the past..." Li Ziqiang said. "Rongyi Elementary School plays football at Nancheng Elementary School."

Lin Xueyi was not surprised by this, because he had known it for a long time. When Hu Lixin knew that he was coming to Dongchuan Middle School for an interview, he told him about it.

"Actually, he only became a student of our Dongchuan Middle School in September this year, but he has already been admitted to Dongchuan Middle School, so he is training with us in advance." Li Ziqiang continued to introduce. "He hasn't been training with us for a long time, so he's not very familiar with it, but his performance in the game is very good, and he can cooperate with the team most of the time. It all depends on his observation and decision-making ability. .”

Lin Xueyi nodded in approval. He saw all of this during the game.

"But Rong Yi was in the fifth grade when Lao Hu went to teach at Nancheng Primary School. He only received training from Lao Hu for two years, and Lao Hu's football philosophy was not formed in a day... Rong Yi After only playing under Lao Hu for two years, his biggest gain is actually his self-confidence. Lao Hu allows the players to play freely on the court. Even if they make mistakes, he will not scold them, but always encourages them to do better next time. Therefore, the players he teaches will appear more confident than their peers on the court. I dare to make moves even if I make a mistake.”

"So I feel like he is a little different from other players on the court. Is it because of this?" Lin Xueyi just finished asking this question and realized that he seemed to be saying that everyone else in Dongchuan Middle School was not good.

But Li Ziqiang nodded in agreement and told Lin Xueyi: "A few years ago, we had a very powerful player from Dongchuan Middle School. He scored a total of thirty-eight goals in the three Anton Cup junior high school competitions. He was known as the ace of his school. He also attracted the attention of many schools, including Jiaxiang High School. Finally, he chose to come to our Dongchuan Middle School, but he did not play well in my high school for three years. It’s hard to even compete in the game..."

"Why?" Lin Xueyi asked curiously.

"He is very fast. He said that he once chose between sprinting and football, and finally he chose football. Although he is fast, his skills are very simple and not very good. His offensive methods are basically He was able to score so many goals in junior high school. It also has a lot to do with his speed advantage. But in high school, there are many fast people, and the difficulty of physical confrontation has also increased... His single technical weakness has been exposed, and his personal characteristics are all the same as ours. The team's tactical style is also incompatible..."

Li Ziqiang continued:

"It is said that his junior high school coach did not allow him to practice skills, so he used his speed advantage to the extreme tactically. With his speed and defensive counterattack, the junior high school team performed quite well in the Anton Cup junior high school group. Everyone thought he was an excellent coach, so when he didn't get promoted from my place, his parents came to me and said that I deliberately suppressed their son..."

At this point, Li Ziqiang laughed.

"I asked him to practice his skills and not just rely on speed, but he told me that as long as he can score goals, it will be fine. He also used Hu Lai as an example, saying that Hu Lai can only score goals, but others do goals. To the extreme, he is still a world star. He is faster than Hu Lai, why can't he do better?"

Hearing this, Lin Xueyi showed an expression like "an old man on the subway looking at his phone."

Li Ziqiang spread his hands and shook his head: "Hu Lai is indeed good at scoring goals, but the problem is that he is not really good at scoring goals. He just uses his speed advantage to take advantage of his opponents when their bodies are not yet mature. That’s all. His shooting skills are not superb, and his dribbling skills are average—— Because he is too fast, so fast that he can't control the ball - and he is not good at finding gaps in the opponent's defense. He has almost no movement without the ball... How can he score by relying only on speed? He really should have gone to track and field practice? Yes, maybe you can participate in the National Games now..."

Listening to Li Ziqiang's story, Lin Xueyi remembered the scene he had seen in the competition between Nancheng Primary School and Huayuan Road Primary School.

Players in primary and secondary schools have not grown up, lack strength, and are not fast. So as long as you have a tall, strong or fast player in your team, you can often sweep one side.

In the face of such an absolute advantage, any sophisticated tactical arrangements are useless.

"When all the players I received from those junior high schools were players like this, it was really difficult for me to do anything. But if the young players who enter Dongchuan Middle School in the future are all players trained by Lao Hu, then I will feel a lot more relieved. I even He will say that players who have been trained under Hu Lixin will have an advantage in entering Dongchuan Middle School.”

Lin Xueyi sighed: "You two are like working together on an assembly line..."

"We are indeed cooperating." Li Ziqiang did not deny it. "We hope that campus football in Dongchuan can have a unified style, so that the concept of football can be well continued from Lao Hu's elementary school to my high school."

Lin Xueyi thought of the argument that the photographers had in the car that day, so he said: "We were also considering this issue after we came out of the interview from Nancheng Primary School. Director Hu's philosophy sounds very reasonable, but the actual situation is that if we insist on his It’s really hard to win with one set, how can you promote it?”

"This is what Dongchuan Middle School has to do. In the Anton Cup in the second half of this year, we have to fight for the right to participate in the national competition, and then achieve good enough results in the national competition next year. If not next year, then the year after , Anyway, we have to stick to this matter.”

“So in the end, results have to speak for themselves?”

Li Ziqiang nodded first and then shook his head: "At the high school level, it does still depend on performance. But although winning is important, knowing how to win is more important. I believe that players trained according to Lao Hu's philosophy will not only be able to win, but also know how to win. . Starting from the high school stage, the physical gap between the players is getting smaller and smaller, and the mental gap is getting bigger and bigger. Dongchuan Middle School will definitely win the national championship again."

Seven years have passed since Hu Lai won the national competition. Dongchuan Middle School has never won a national competition again.

But now listening to Li Ziqiang's words, he is very confident.

Lin Xueyi thoughtfully said: "So after the game is over, even though you have won, you still have to review the parts where the players performed poorly... and you also want them to know how to win?"

Li Ziqiang nodded.

At the end of the interview, Lin Xueyi asked the photographer to take many close-up shots of the row of jerseys on the wall.

Although Li Ziqiang said that Hu Lai's success was not due to him, Lin Xueyi believed that Director Li was still too modest.

In any case, Hu Lai, Luo Kai, and Xia Xiaoyu all came into view under Li Ziqiang.

The person who laid the foundation for the building is important, but isn’t the ferryman important?

Whether it is Li Ziqiang or Hu Lixin, there is no distinction between high and low in their work. They are all contributing to the future of Chinese football.

※※※

PS, there are some things the author wants to say, but there are too many words, so I won’t put them at the end of the chapter. I will open another single chapter and send it later. (End of chapter)