The first 11 players include Shen Hua, 5 Tigers, and 3 Genbao generals. Observation: Are you really a national cultivator? The Chinese Football Asian Games team easily defeated the Indian team

On the evening of September 19th, the Chinese Football Association Asian Games team won their first group stage match by defeating the Indian team 5-1. According to the men's football format of the Hangzhou Asian Games, this victory laid a solid foundation for the Chinese football team to advance to the round of 16 as the top team in Group A.

The strength of the Indian team is limited, and the score, tactics, and tactics of this game cannot explain too many issues. However, out of the 11 starting players confirmed by head coach Djokovic, Shanghai Shenhua 5 Tigers occupy half of the team, with 3 players from Shanghai Chongming Genbao Base, making "Shanghai football elements" eye-catching.

This gives people reason to imagine that regardless of the final results of the Chinese football team at the Asian Games, Chinese football, which is currently in a slump, calls for more "nurturing talents for the country" who value local talent cultivation like Shanghai Shenhua and Chongming Genbao bases.

Shenhua Seven will be selected as the largest transportation company

During the Hangzhou Asian Games, it does not belong to the "International Competition Day" recognized by FIFA, so professional clubs can completely refuse personnel recruitment for the Chinese Football Association Asian Games team. As the main guard of the national football Asian Games team, Wu Shaocong played in the youth league of Türkiye's first division league team, but he was absent from the Asian Games for no other reason: the men's football match of the Hangzhou Asian Games was arranged in a non international competition day cycle, and the club could refuse to release the relevant national players.

Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie, and other members of the Chinese Football Association's Asian Games team will start the 2023 season with a stable starting position at Shanghai Shenhua Club.

Türkiye Youth Federation refused to release even one player, but Shanghai Shenhua still chose "national interests first" even though seven players were recruited by the Asian Games team of the National Football Association. Among the 22 players ultimately selected for the Chinese Football Association Asian Games team, there are 7 Shenhua players, including Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, Wang Haijian, Zhang Wei, Xu Haoyang, Liu Ruofang, and Dai Weijun, accounting for nearly one-third of the team. Without a doubt, Shenhua is the largest player in the Chinese Football Association Asian Games team.

While the national football Asian Games team has benefited, Shanghai Shenhua has suffered significant losses in terms of competition. During the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese Super League did not pause, which also means that Shanghai Shenhua, who was selected as the seven absolute main players, will inevitably face a serious decline in competitive performance. If the Chinese Football Association's Asian Games team performs well and advances to the knockout stage, seven Shenhua players will be absent from all three matches of the club's Chinese Super League in September. On September 16th, in the 25th round of the Chinese Super League, Shen Hua, who was drafted with 7 players and lacked soldiers, lost 0-3 to Henan team away from home.

On September 19th, in the first round of Group A of the men's football group stage at the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese team defeated the Indian team 5-1.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yu

Nevertheless, both head coach Wu Jingui and Shenhua Club always emphasize the importance of national interests. Wu Jingui said, "The Asian Games team has selected several members of our Shenhua team, which is a glory of our club. I am very happy and proud to see that the members can contribute to the national team and achieve victory in the game."

Of course, the Chinese Football Association has also formulated compensation policies for the number of foreign players, including agreeing to adjust the time of the FA Cup matches and minimizing the impact of Shenhua players being drawn by the Asian Games national football team. However, no matter what, it is an unavoidable fact that the national football team's recruitment of 7 absolute main players has caused a serious decline in the strength and performance of Shenhua. The coaching staff of Shenhua also believe that "the transfer of national brands has indeed had a significant impact on the team's preparation for the league, but we can only grit our teeth to overcome it, after all, national interests are paramount."

Produced by Chongming base, continuing to transport international players

If using professional club registration as the evaluation criteria, Shen Hua, who contributed 7 players, is worthy of admiration. If we calculate the youth training institutions for the 22 members of the Asian Games national football team, and the Chongming Genbao base that transports multiple national football players such as Wu Lei, Yan Junling, Wang Shenchao, and Zhang Linpeng, we will once again be on the list. Six players, including Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, Xu Haoyang, Liu Ruofang, Peng Peng, and Sun Qinhan, have been studying and playing football at Genbao Base since childhood and have gradually grown into members of the Chinese Football Association Asian Games team.

On September 19th, Chinese team player Zhu Chenjie took a shot during the game.

In fact, a large number of players such as Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Shenglong who are currently playing for Shenhua originated from the club's overall acquisition of the 1999 to 2000 age group of Genbao Base. These team members have been studying, living, and competing at the Genbao Base since childhood, and later represented Shanghai to win the National Games championship. They then reorganized and joined the top professional clubs of the Chinese Super League. The development path of Zhu Chenjie's junior brothers shares many similarities with his older brother Wu Lei and other players in the 1989-1991 age group. The only difference is that Wu Lei and others competed in the second tier league at the age of 16, receiving the influence and baptism of domestic professional leagues, constantly improving their strength, and ultimately winning the championship of China League One and Chinese Super League; In contrast, eligible players of the Chinese Football Association Asian Games team such as Zhu Chenjie did not experience low-level professional leagues, but directly entered the first team of Shenhua, experiencing the fast pace of the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League.

During the international match dates in June this year, the Chinese national football team, the men's football Asian Games team, and the U17 national youth team respectively competed, attracting the bright moonlight of Chinese fans. The Shanghai team has the highest number of national football players, not only in the adult men's national team. In the men's football Asian Games team and the U17 national youth team, the number and quality of personnel delivered by Shanghai teams also remain strong, quietly forming a "group army advantage" of national and Shanghai style delivery.

Wu Lei also comes from the Chongming Genbao Base in Shanghai.

From Zhang Linpeng, Wu Lei, and Yan Junling supporting the pivotal position of the Chinese national football team, to Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, and Sun Qinhan playing a major role in the men's football Asian Games team, and then to young talents such as Kuai Jiwen scoring beautiful goals in the U17 national youth team - many of the players trained and transported by Shanghai football have a distinct imprint of "produced from the root treasure base". They have gradually formed a group army advantage in the men's football national brand, becoming a beautiful scenery line.

Truly nurturing talents for the country and valuing local youth training

In the later stages of Lippi's coaching of the Chinese national football team, Chinese football made an unprecedented non blood related naturalization operation. Several Brazilian foreign players who played for Chinese Super League clubs, such as Elkson, Aloisio, Alan, and Fernando, temporarily gave up their Brazilian nationality and joined Chinese nationality after receiving generous settling and signing fees, and put on the national football jersey. During that period, the annual salary of Chinese football coach Lippi was paid by Guangzhou Evergrande; The naturalization operation of non blood related naturalized national football players was also completed by Evergrande with a heavy investment - Guangzhou Evergrande aptly calls it "nurturing talents for the country!"!

The non blood related naturalization of international players by Evergrande is not very successful.

Evergrande is indeed the most proactive club in responding to the naturalization policy. According to Guangdong media statistics, Evergrande has invested up to 2 billion yuan in non blood related naturalization, of which Gaolat alone spent nearly 500 million yuan: 100 million yuan in signing and settling fees, and 400 million yuan in contracts. Due to Gao Lat not meeting the conditions to represent the Chinese national football team, Evergrande's 500 million yuan was ultimately lost, and the related expenses for him to renounce his Chinese nationality were only 250 yuan.

With the tight cash flow of Evergrande Group, the non blood related naturalization of Evergrande football services has also been basically abandoned. In addition to Elksson, who can also be selected into the national football team, the rest of Loisio and Alan, including Fernando, who played for Mount Taishan in Shandong this season, belong to unsuccessful non blood domestication operations.

On June 16th, Chinese team player Lin Liangming scored a goal in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Yulong

The fact has proven that in the past, Evergrande's operation of naturalizing players as "nurturing talents for the country" meant too much gambling, and it was not reliable for the Chinese football team to fully bet on non blood related naturalization; In the long run, just like the Shanghai style football represented by Genbao Base, which continuously delivers Yan Junling, Wu Lei, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, and Kuai Jiwen to the national football team, just like Lin Liangming, who was enlightened in Guangdong but blossomed in Dalian, if every province, city, and professional club is willing to take solid steps to cultivate their own excellent youth training talents, and if every professional club can, like Shenhua, "prioritize national interests" and truly value the exploration of local youth training talents, this is the true meaning of "nurturing talents for the country".