Chi Minghua and others are the past of Meizhou football, while Liu Binbin, Ye Chugui and Ceng Chao are the present of Meizhou football. What will be the future of Meizhou football after the integration of campus football and physical education? Our interview team went deep into counties (cities, districts) in Meizhou, and visited more than ten schools from kindergartens to high schools at all levels to disclose the development of campus football in Meizhou, the hometown of football-this issue is the first in a series of reports.
Statue of Li Huitang outside Wuhua Olympic Sports Center and Stadium.
1998, Liao Keqiang is 29 years old. At that time, he used his savings to open a fruit shop in the old city of Jiangbei, Meizhou, and became a self-employed. "I haven't read any books. After graduating from junior high school, I wandered around and tried everything. We produce grapefruit here, and I will sell it. "
Liao Keqiang, a native of C village, has two hobbies, one is playing mahjong and the other is watching football. "I played when I was a child. If I don't choose a sports school, I won't play. Just look and smile. " He knows very well that if he can't play sports school, he can't make a living by playing football. It is better to find something to support yourself as soon as possible.
In the same year, Chi Minghua announced his retirement. At that time, Meizhou football and even Guangdong football had several voices, saying goodbye, regret and expectation. Say goodbye to this veteran who was selected to the Guangdong team from 17 years old and experienced "5. 19" and professionalism; Unfortunately, there is no hometown professional team in Meizhou that can accompany Chi Minghua through his career and the last step of his career; Looking forward to the next Chi Minghua. Liao Keqiang still remembers that Chi Minghua retired in Hongta, Yunnan. "Meizhou is poor and there is no boss to build a team. Hakka people have a sense of roots. Who doesn't want to retire in their hometown? "
1998, Meizhou was just established 10. At that time, "I met in 1998" and "I was too soft-hearted" could always be heard on the street. However, Meizhou people didn't expect that Meizhou (formerly Meixian area), which was called "the hometown of football" from 1956, would go through a blank period of international football for nearly 20 years until Liu Binbin was selected for the national team.
"Hometown of Football" and Li Huitang have become the business cards of Meizhou.
From 65438 to 0994, China football began its own professionalization. Since then, the youth training system of amateur sports schools, sports schools and professional teams that Meizhou used to be proud of has been strongly impacted by the youth training of new professional clubs. When money became the biggest motivation and variable of professional football in China, and when professional clubs waved RMB to harvest good seeds from all over the world, Meizhou football became the first victim to fall in a pool of blood.
From 65438 to 0999, Xie Yuxin played football in Shenyang Sea Lion Club. At that time, his football level was completely different from that of Xie Yuxin who came back from Holland. Since the 2002 World Cup, it has been the low tide of Meizhou football and the beginning of China football. 20 15 due to the development of Jiangnan new area, the economic center of Meizhou began to shift to the south bank of Meijiang. So Liao Keqiang found a place in Jiang Nanan and opened a fruit shop.
Years later, Liao Keqiang got a chance to watch Chi Minghua play football on the spot. "It was a New Year greeting in the village. Chi Minghua came, as well as Guo Yijun and Xie Yuxin. I heard there is Wu Wenbing. For so many years, I saw so many international players on the scene for the first time. "
Watching the Chinese New Year, Meizhou people will never fall behind, not to mention there are so many former international players and provincial team players. "The stadium is full of people, many of whom are Wuhua and Xingning. There are four or five thousand. There were more people during the Chinese New Year, and many Meizhou people came back from outside. " As he spoke, Liao Keqiang opened a grapefruit. "When I was young, some people couldn't afford to buy football, so they played this. This is our ball. This is our life. "
Villagers in Bingcun watch the New Year Cup (through Qiuzhen)
Last Sunday morning, the China national team went to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates again. China will play Oman and Australia here. The first four games 1 win and 3 losses, as well as the lack of will in the game, make people have no confidence in the qualification of the national football team.
Liu Binbin, who participated in the "12 Final Competition" with the national team, is from Meizhou. But at the age of 12, he left Meijiang District People's Primary School and entered Luneng Football School. There, he eventually grew into a new Meizhou international. The original Meijiang District People's Primary School is now the leader of campus football in Meizhou. In recent years, he has achieved excellent results in participating in competitions at all levels, and has delivered a batch of excellent football seedlings to many professional clubs. In mid-June, 5438+ 10, this year's "Mayor Cup" district-level tryouts just ended, and People's Primary School won the first place again.
In the campus football circle in Meijiang District, there is a saying that the people's primary school is made of iron and the principal is running water. The successive principals of Meijiang District People's Primary School attach great importance to campus football. Meijiang District adopts a rotation system for the post of primary school principal, but no matter who is the principal in People's Primary School, the football performance is not bad.
Rao Xiaowen, the current principal, once carried a big burden: "I am under great pressure to come here. Everyone knows that primary school football is a feature. What if I screw up? Don't really regress. Even if we don't make progress, others will think that we are regressing. "
President Rao kicked off for the President's Cup competition in the new semester.
Rao Xiaowen came to People's Primary School in 2020. Although she is a headmistress, she is not an amateur in football. From 65438 to 0980, when she was studying in Songkou Middle School in Meixian District, she was different from others. All the other girls are singing and dancing, but she plays football with other girls. "I played football purely because of my unique hobby. The more you play, the more you like it. "
On the venue, People's Primary School is not the best school in Meijiang District. Although Meizhou is economically backward, it is not stingy in the construction of the stadium. Some newly-built schools have invested more than RMB1100,000 just to build stadiums. Limited by the environment, the People's Primary School in the old city can only transform the cement stadium and make it into artificial grassland after paving the buffer layer. Even so, the scale of the stadium is still not up to the standard of the conventional five-a-side stadium.
Rao Xiaowen was awarded as a model worker in Meizhou on 20 13. However, in People's Primary School, her status as a model worker was seriously threatened. The "threat" comes from Mr. Zhong Yousheng, who is in charge of school football teaching and training. Teacher Zhong, who will retire next year, has worked in People's Primary School all his life. According to President Rao, "I am a model worker myself, and Teacher Zhong is more model than me. Every day, he basically goes home after dark, and insists on leading the team for training on weekends. He is the busiest in the whole winter and summer vacation, training on campus every day. It is precisely because of such a coach who loves football that our starting point will be higher than other schools. "
Meijiang district people's primary school football match
Mr. Zhong also complained. Sometimes, he will complain to the headmaster that he has no overtime pay and nothing else. This made President Rao feel guilty. She always comforts Miss Zhong: "You have a kind heart, which is more important than anything else. If I have the final say, I will give you a model worker. "
For such a situation, President Rao is quite helpless. "There is no subsidy for the grassroots work of campus football, and it is all based on love and dedication. I will try my best to help them solve the problem without violating the rules and regulations. " Zhang Keguang, Zhong Yousheng and many other hard-working campus football coaches have made positive contributions to the development of campus football in Meizhou.
People's primary school has four teams of all ages. Because there is only one venue, the training of the school team and the echelon can only wait until the evening "Principal's Cup" competition. At that time, parents would wait at the school gate without a trace of complaint. President Rao feels that parents have made a lot of efforts to support their children to play football.
Meizhou people like football, but football training is a hard process, which makes parents stumble. But in the "hometown of football", they hope that their children can love football as much as their elders. Meizhou school sports circle always says that "Meizhou people have a deep-rooted love for football." The track and field competition of the sports meeting is necessary, but when it comes to playing football, Meizhou people don't have to mobilize. "
This kind of ball game is not just a festival for "little players"
As an odd-numbered year, it is really special that 202 1 can become a sports year. Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2020 European Cup have been postponed to this year. In addition, the America's Cup and the 14th National Games were held in Shaanxi, and the football match was overwhelmed in just a few months. This National Games has specially set up mass sports including five-a-side football. In Group A and Group B of futsal, Guangdong entered the finals. In the final of Group A, Guangdong lost to Inner Mongolia on penalties and won the runner-up, while in the final of Group B, Guangdong beat Jiangsu 2-/kloc-0 to win the gold medal. This gold medal is the second gold medal of Guangdong team in this National Games.
The mass football team that won the gold and silver medals for the Guangdong team came from Wuhua County, Meizhou City. Although it is a mass event, the medals of these events will also be included in the total medal list of the National Games, so the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau attaches great importance to the selection of five-a-side football teams. Finally, after layers of competition, the Wuhua County team was qualified to represent Guangdong in the National Games.
Wei Yuanping is the manager of a cultural company, the captain of the Guangdong team in the final of Group B, and the eldest brother who wears the jersey of 10. "The province attaches great importance to the National Games and specially arranged a professional coaching team for us. Ye Xiquan, president of the Football Association, not only came to see our training, but also participated in our expedition ceremony. "
Wei Yuanping won the gold medal.
Although it is only a mass event, the gold content of this gold medal is not low at all. Under the guidance of professional coaches, Wei Yuanping and his colleagues have undergone rigorous training for nearly half a year. Futsal is different from 1 1 futsal, which requires four players except the goalkeeper to keep running, and all tactics are based on non-stop running. This requires a lot of physical fitness, and it is a kind of torture for Wei Yuanping, who is already in his forties. "The training intensity of professional teams is too high. When practicing physical fitness, my legs are shaking every day when I go home, my hands are weak, and my teacups can't be lifted. " Wei Yuanping was deeply impressed by that experience.
Not everyone who has participated in the training and selection of the National Games can stay. With the deepening and refinement of training, some players gradually leave for various reasons. Some people don't meet the standards, some people can't persist, and some people are too busy with their work. Liao Haifeng of Wuhua County Education Bureau is one of them.
Liao Haifeng is a desperate Saburo. He is one of the fiercest players in every training and competition. He wants to take part in the National Games, and he doesn't want to miss this golden opportunity, because he has already missed the championship. Once he went to Beijing to compete, and he even bought a plane ticket. In the end, he was too busy to go. The team won the championship in Beijing. He was the main force before, and finally became a spectator at the celebration dinner. No one can know in advance that the team will win the championship, but Liao Haifeng has firm confidence in the team: "Wuhua's football is the top in Meizhou." So he has always regarded the championship as his goal.
Meizhou players represent Guangdong against Jiangsu (via ball town).
Man proposes, God disposes. This time, he still failed. There is a lot of work in sports and health arts. Although "sports and health arts" is only three words, it actually includes school sports, campus football, health education, art education, national defense education and so on. As the campus football office of Wuhua County, it organizes and holds more than 600 matches of the "County Cup" campus football league in Wuhua County every year, as well as the team-leaving tasks of the Mayor Cup, the Governor Cup and the county football summer camp trials, and also undertakes provincial and municipal campus football competitions and activities. Work makes it difficult for Liao Haifeng to take care of the team's training. In desperation, he can only choose to give up.
"They owe me two championships," Liao Haifeng was a little unwilling. "Players who win gold medals also have bonuses. If I go, I'll treat you to dinner when I come back. Please come to Meixian from Wuhua, and the home and away games are mine. "
To Lao Liao's regret, his son prefers playing basketball. "I also hope he can play football like me, but I can't help it. I have to respect his choice. " Although Meizhou people regard football as their own life, they are very rational. It can be tolerant and better reflect the charm of "the hometown of football".
Meizhou won one gold and one silver on behalf of Guangdong in the five-a-side competition of the National Games.
Without an international, it doesn't mean Meizhou people don't have football. Meizhou has done the best in the popularization of football, and may lack top talents, but on the basis, it is concerned with heart and efforts. People in the industry in Meizhou don't quite agree with the view that Meizhou football has declined. As early as 2009, Meizhou issued a ten-year plan to revitalize the hometown of football. Today, the second ten-year plan is also in the stage of soliciting opinions.
Meizhou people know their own football very well, know their own advantages and disadvantages, and are full of confidence in reviving Meizhou football and southern football. To put it bluntly, Meizhou people do not admit defeat. Xiao Junshan, the former principal of Guangyuan Primary School in Meizhou District, once cried that Guangyuan Primary School only won the third prize in the selection of inter-class sports activities: "Due to the epidemic, last year's selection was made by video. This is so unfair! Guang Yuan primary school space is small, so the video is lost first. Actually, watching the scene, the effect is much better than the video! If I win the third prize in the future, I won't participate! " Xiao Junshan said angry words, but there was an unyielding stubbornness in his words.
This year, she was transferred to the newly-built Yuancheng Primary School in Meijiang District as the principal. Yuancheng Primary School was completed and put into use on 20021,with excellent hardware conditions. Xiao Junshan knows that there is only one goal here, which is to make all students fall in love with football and participate in football activities.
Principal Xiao Junshan
The indomitable spirit of Meizhou people comes from their practical ability to talk less and do more. Wuhua County No.1 Primary School is a national campus football characteristic school and a football demonstration school in Meizhou. Li Jun, the headmaster, is a vicious person. He is also a football fan and can jump twenty or thirty times in leather shoes. As early as when he was the principal of Nanshan Primary School in Wuhua County, Li Jun personally coached the football team because there was no professional football teacher.
After arriving at the county primary school, he upgraded the original clay court into an artificial grassland with a plastic runway. With infrastructure, there is capital for development.
Wuhua county is a strong football county in Meizhou, and strong football schools abound. When he was still in Nanshan school, one year, Li Jun led a team to go out to compete, and his son represented another school. One day, when two schools were having dinner, Li Jun was "despised" by others-he was a traditional strong team of Wuhua. Although it was just a joke, the other party still expressed their contempt for the Nanshan school team. "In three years, we will definitely beat your team!" Finally, Li Jun dropped this sentence. A year later, the two teams met again, and Li Jun's team won a great victory, fulfilling its promise two years ahead of schedule.
Only by facing up to the shortcomings can we give full play to our advantages. Compared with the glory of one county and seven international players in the past, Meizhou people admit their decline, but they do not admit defeat. As long as there is good soil, the hope of Meizhou football is still there, the hope of Southern football is still there, and the hope of China football is still there!
Li Jun (who wears glasses in the back row) and his teammates.
Luo Diquan, deputy director of Meizhou Education Bureau, has two "honor cards" for campus football. When serving as the deputy head of Meijiang District, Meijiang District was rated as an excellent pilot county of national campus football, and he was also rated as the county magistrate of an excellent pilot county of national football. This is rare in campus football, and it also proves that the work of Luo Bureau is highly recognized. "He doesn't pay much attention to these two awards. In his eyes, this is a natural thing. In addition to being the deputy director of the Education Bureau, he also has an important identity-a football fan. " I insist on playing football twice a week, once with the team of our education bureau and once with like-minded golfers. "
Luo Diquan's hometown is Xingning, a county-level city with its back to the mountains. Its underdeveloped economy is as famous as its high quality of education. Although Xingning has disappeared from the list of poverty-stricken counties in Guangdong Province promulgated on 20 17, the economic development there has been unsatisfactory. Born in the late 1970 s, I played football in Heping or rice fields in my hometown when I was a child, barefoot, afraid of kicking my shoes out. If there is no ball in the mountains, pick a soft grapefruit and kick it. At that time, children in the mountains played football on weekends.
As the bureau leader in charge of campus football in Meizhou, he needs to consider more. When he was a child, he witnessed the glory of Meizhou football and experienced the downturn of Meizhou football when he was a student, which gave him a clearer and more comprehensive understanding of how to develop campus football in Meizhou. "Football still needs soil. In addition to the popularity of schools, more parents are needed to stimulate their children's interest in football. For example, I like playing football myself, and my children like to play with me when they are very young. But some parents don't like football, and their children are less affected. "
202 1 Meizhou mayor cup
In recent years, "combination of physical education and education" has become the mainstream trend of school physical education development. This change made Luo Diquan very excited. He has his own ideas about the development goal of Meizhou football. "The decline of Meizhou football and China football is synchronous, and I don't know if it is a coincidence. We Meizhou people are southerners and attach importance to technology. Like Xie Yuxin, he is skilled and fast, but compared with northern players, his height is not dominant. At first, football in China was divided into South School and North School. Later, most of the coaches of the national team were northerners, and the selected players and tactics gradually came from the north. Our power in the south is very weak. In fact, I think China football should adhere to the road of integration of South School and North School, and football skills must be mastered from an early age. Japan is an example worth learning. "
In 20 10, Meizhou formulated and promulgated the "Ten-year Plan for the Revitalization of Football Hometown in Meizhou City", which put forward the goal of rejuvenating football glory and re-polishing its brand.
Luo Diquan believes: "Although Meizhou is economically underdeveloped, the poor have to run. The most basic requirement is that our physique is better than that of people in the Pearl River Delta region. We should be "ground chickens" and never be feed chickens. Hakkas can endure hardship, but they are not afraid of it. Meizhou should pay close attention to the popularization of campus football and basic technical links, and then develop our football through the improvement of physical fitness, the characteristics of southern football and Hakka culture. I hope that one day, we can revitalize Meizhou football and revitalize Nanpai football. "