my football i call the shots

Under Coach Wu's greeting, the middle-aged people on the sidelines also began to organize their equipment, tidy up their mood, and walked to the court one after another.

The age distribution of these middle-aged people is rather chaotic.

The young people are probably in their 20s, and the old ones are probably in their 40s and less than 50, but most of them are in their 30s. This is also the core backbone of this "Southern Style" amateur team.

And Coach Wu is really the organizer, coach, and owner of this amateur team.

Obviously, this team has been organized for a while, and everyone has been training together for a long time. There is no need for coach Wu to instruct or lead the team. The team captain is a middle-aged man who looks about 30 years old. He stood up and led everyone to warm up and run laps.

If it wasn't for their age, otherwise, with their well-trained discipline, maybe some people would regard them as a professional team, right?
And Gao Xun and Coach Wu also took advantage of the time when the team was running laps to warm up, chatting leisurely on the sidelines.

"Old Gao, how is your recovery recently?"

"Ha..." Gao Xun touched his fat belly embarrassingly, and said with a blushing face, "I lost about a catty or two."

Gao Xun's words also made Coach Wu chuckle, but then he shook his head in response to Gao Xun: "It's not bad, after all, you haven't played football for more than 10 years, right?"

"Hmm..." Gao Xun nodded, pondered for a while and replied: "Indeed, it's been too long. I went back to Yanbian a while ago and played against Hongjun and Guangzhu. It was the first time in so many years One touch."

"Ha, let me tell you, you haven't played for so many years, and it's really difficult to suddenly recover [-]% to [-]%. The most important thing is to persevere."

Let's talk, Coach Wu glanced at the players who were running circles on the field, his thin face couldn't help being a little stiff, maybe it was because of emotion?

"Old Gao, persistence is really not an easy task. It has been more than 10 years since I retired, right?"

Gao Xun on the side thought for a while and replied: "You retired two years earlier than me, it should have been in 99."

"Yes, 99 years."

Coach Wu nodded with emotion, as if his thoughts followed Gao Xun back to the heyday of football in the 90s, when A-A football was in full swing.However, to coach Wu's regret, he did not participate in the professionalization. Before Chinese football entered the professionalization in 94 and began to evolve into the A-League, Coach Wu had already traveled south to Hong Kong and put on the century-old Nanhua football club. Sports club jersey.

"At that time, I thought that after retiring, I could take a good rest and spend more time with my family and children. After all, I have been fighting east and west since I was more than 10 years old, and I have not been with my family for more than ten years. I'm quite guilty. Don't say it, Lao Gao, I envy you."

"Envy me???" Gao Xun was a little surprised. In his own opinion, his ordinary life after retiring is really not worth mentioning.

"Yes." Coach Wu gave Gao Xun a friendly smile: "You can let go of football and spend all your time with your family. In my opinion, this kind of company is better than anything else."

"Old Wu, didn't I get mad at the 'those things' at the time, and then I simply moved to Nanhu to live here, alas! You knew the 'those things' back then, so I won't talk about it anymore."

Speaking of this, Gao Xun shook his head helplessly. Obviously, he still didn't want to mention the "darkness" that forced him to shout "Chinese football is dead".

But, who likes to always uncover the scars of the past?

Immediately, Gao Xun changed the subject and continued: "By the way, Lao Wu, you can also stay at home with your family after you retire."

"Haha..." When Gao Xun said this, Coach Wu couldn't help laughing at himself: "Old Gao, I want to be as chic as you, but I can't let go of football!"

"I'm so unrestrained..." Gao Xun laughed at himself, "I've lived in a muddle these years, and I can barely maintain a family life."

"That's enough."

Coach Wu couldn't help but heaved a long sigh: "Old Gao, ordinary, sometimes even more precious."

"Ordinary, more precious..."

Hearing Coach Wu's words, Gao Xun couldn't help repeating them several times. Soon, he found the reason for this sentence.

"Perhaps that's the case. Although these years have been ordinary, they are still considered comfortable. Unlike those people, who thought they had everything in their hands, but in the end sent themselves to prison. What a pity for a generation of geniuses."

He sighed and said this because Gao Xun remembered those former international players who had worked together.

When they were over half a century old, they were still involved in the darkness of Chinese football and sent themselves to prison, wasting the reputation they built with sweat when they were young.

"Fame and wealth have always blinded people since ancient times."

Obviously, like Gao Xun, Coach Wu remembered those people, those things, those past, but soon, he raised his head and looked towards the distance of the field. His voice was very low, as if he was feeling sorry for those people Ended up in such a field.

"People, it's real to live freely. How can you want so much fame and fortune? If you don't bring it with you in life, you won't take it away with you in death."

"Haha, let me tell you, Old Wu, why are you becoming a gentleman now? You don't think about it at all, but now you look more like a poet."

Hearing Coach Wu's generosity, Gao Xun smiled a little inappropriately. Obviously, he hoped to talk less about these deep topics with his old friend.

"Haha, Lao Gao, I call it "Live to the old and learn to be old, don't mention it, I recently applied to the University for the Elderly to learn Spanish, shall we come together?"

"...Let's forget about this."

Coach Wu's words made Gao Xun feel ashamed for a while. After all, Coach Wu is 5 years older than him, and he is still learning continuously, which makes him a small financial situation.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing Gao Xun's embarrassment, Coach Wu changed back to the normal topic.

"Old Gao, you have been here for more than a week, what do you think of my 'Southern Wind'?"

Hearing that it was a serious topic, Gao Xun also quickly straightened his face. He looked at the young people who were training in the running circle, and said without hesitation: "The quality of these players is not bad, but the kicks are a bit messy, and there is no rhythm in the midfield. , The offense is purely relying on the backcourt to find the frontcourt, and the midfield scuffles at every turn, presumably lacking a midfield core to do scheduling."

"Hmm..." Coach Wu nodded in approval of Gao Xun's statement: "I said, Lao Gao, if you are asked to lead the rhythm in the midfield and lead them to play, are you sure?"

"Well..." Gao Xun hesitated for a moment, and then responded: "Maybe, but my physical condition is not good now, and I still need to make adjustments. At least I have to lower my weight and improve my physical fitness. Of course , you also know that now we are all 'starting with five', and it is definitely not realistic to want to play like we did back then."

"Haha."

Gao Xun's answer amused Coach Wu.

"I said, Lao Gao, it seems that you have had too little contact with football these years."

"Uh..." Gao Xun shrugged embarrassingly at what Coach Wu said, "I also watched a few games at the 'Forest Club' in my spare time, but they were almost all in a hurry. Going home in a while."

"That's it." Coach Wu nodded understandingly: "Old Gao, the grassroots football routines are different from our professional teams. Especially like amateur teams, the strength is uneven, the age structure is also quite different, and the turnover of personnel is even greater. Don’t talk about it, it’s possible that this player will come to report today, but he won’t be able to talk about it tomorrow. Therefore, it is difficult to form a familiar lineup. I can only ask the players to play the most basic routines well, and I don’t force others .”

After all, Coach Wu sighed and pointed to the players warming up on the field.

"Actually, these players play for their hobby. Some of them are civil servants, some are programmers, and some are even business executives. Everyone does not lack the game subsidies of several hundred yuan. Over the years, this 'Southern Style' 'It has never been profitable, but because of hobbies and dedication to football, everyone has never given up and has been fighting for the dream of the amateur league championship.

Listening to Coach Wu's words, Gao Xun also felt inexplicable.

"Yeah, this kind of pure hobby is definitely more exciting than those professionals playing for fame."

"Haha..." Coach Wu also laughed loudly when he heard it: "Old Gao, we also came from the professional team and the national team, so no one knows better than us that football in the amateur team is the real goal. Play football and play football!"

"Play football for football's sake!"

Gao Xun nodded heavily, but his eyes gradually became blurred, and his thoughts became erratic.

After returning from Yanbian, the desire to "play football" in his heart became more and more intense, so one night he came to the Sports Plaza alone, hoping to find a team and regain the dream that had been lost for more than ten years.

But the world is always such a coincidence. After some exploration, Gao Xun found this not too remote field, and met Coach Wu, a teammate who had worked with the national team.

He is the famous Wu Qunli!The representative of the "Little Kuailing" players of the southern football team, one of the two players who broke the goal of the Argentine national team!

As a factory team player in the 80s, Wu Qunli's deeds are undoubtedly an inspiration to football players.

In 1979, Mr. Wu Qunli, who had reached the age of 18, was eliminated by the second team of Guangfu because of his "too thin body" and became an ordinary worker in Guangzhou Fire Fighting Equipment Factory.

But the football dream made Wu Qunli still clenched his teeth and persisted, and he still practiced hard in his spare time.

Facts have proved that God will favor those hard-working people. Wu Qunli, who devoted himself to amateur football games, was finally elected to the Guangfu City Football Team at the "old age" of 22 years old.Prior to this, Wu Qunli stopped systematic training for at least four years, relying on himself to practice hard and play some "factory team games" to maintain his state.

(PS: The factory team system can be regarded as a "special" product of the Chinese sports system. It is similar to the fact that athletes in the Sports Bureau are linked to state-owned factories. Once they are not selected for the first team, they will retire and become a factory worker. placement.)
At the age of 23, Wu Qunli played in the professional team competition. At that time, he represented the Guangfu Football Team in the finals of the Fifth National Games.Maybe that year was Mr. Wu's lucky year?This year, with his outstanding performance, he created the "triple jump" feat in the football world. In the same year, he played as the main player of the Guangzhou Football Team and the Provincial Football Team, won the runner-up in the Fifth National Games, and was selected into the adult national team. Second team.

But such a feat is still not the time to draw a full stop.

In 1985, Wu Qunli's second national team won frequently in the Kobe No.13 Universiade, and finally won No.3. Wu Qunli even ranked first in the scorer list with 6 goals in the World Universiade, winning Golden Boot.Since that year, the ordinary but destined to be extraordinary name "Wu Qunli" has gradually become known to the world.

Wu Qunli, who has performed so well, has been selected for Zeng Xuelin's national team's first-team squad several times, but he has not had many opportunities to perform.

On May 1985, 5, after the Chinese national team lost 19:1 to the Hong Kong team, the coach Zeng Xuelin dismissed get out of class and Gao Fengwen took over.

In the following days, Wu Qunli's performance was still brilliant, but he was not favored by Gao Fengwen, the "head" of the year. With the national football record gradually sluggish, Gao Fengwen's stubborn use of northern players began to be affected. pressure from public opinion.Under the pressure of public opinion, Gao Fengwen brought Wu Qunli into the first team of the national team, but Wu Qunli still had to watch from the sidelines.

In 1989, the Chinese national team launched an impact on the World Cup finals for the fourth time.

In the first game, Wu Qunli came off the bench and scored a penalty kick in the penalty area with a personal breakthrough in just 5 minutes. He and his fellow southern player Mai Chao became the focus of the first game and defeated the mighty Saudi Arabia 2-1.

Lost to the UAE in World War II.

In the third match against Qatar, when the situation was stalemate, Gao Fengwen had no choice but to choose Wu Qunli, who was not liked by him, to play. Wu Qunli helped the team break the deadlock with an assist as soon as he came on the field. Gao Fengwen, the "head of the national football team" at the time, directed Mistakes eventually created the famous "black 3 minutes" in the history of Chinese football, which was overturned by the opponent and finally out of the game.

In 1991, Wu Qunli won the Chinese Football Golden Globe Award and the honor of Chinese Footballer of the Year.

In 1993, the 34-year-old Wu Qunli led the Chinese national team to the World Cup finals for the fifth time as the captain!

And this journey made everyone regretful. In the first round, the Chinese team underestimated the enemy and lost to the Yemen team, and then lost to Iraq. In fact, they have lost the right to qualify for the group.The Chinese team was eliminated in the group stage, and Shrapna, the first foreign coach in the history of the Chinese national team, dismissed get out of class.

On December 12 of the same year, Wu Qunli once again won the Chinese Football Golden Globe Award and the double honor of Chinese Footballer of the Year.Afterwards, Wu Qunli announced his retirement from the national team and the provincial team, and held a testimonial match at the Yuexiushan Stadium in Guangfu City.

After retiring from the national team, Wu Qunli traveled south to Hong Kong, joined the century-old club Nanhua Sports Club, and played in the Hong Kong First Division League until 1999. In that year, Wu Qunli was close to 40 years old!
After retiring, Wu Qunli still cared about football, but he did not join the coaching position of a professional team like other football players. Between professional teams and grassroots football, he chose the latter and became an amateur player, grassroots football Coaches, Youth Training Coaches.Wu Qunli established his own non-profit football youth training camp at his own expense in Guangfu City, which played an important role in the training of youth football talents in Guangfu Province and Chinese football.

Three years ago, Wu Qunli was invited to Nanhu City as a grassroots football coach.After coming to Nanhu City and living temporarily for a period of time, Wu Qunli was moved by the rich local football atmosphere, and raised funds to form the "Southern Style" amateur football team in the local area under his own name.

Although the "Southern Wind" record in amateur leagues in recent years can only be regarded as mediocre, Wu Qunli never tires of it.Being with a group of people who play football for the sake of playing football allowed him to find the purity of football in half a century.

What made Wu Qunli even more unexpected was that in Nanhu City, a small seaside town, he was able to meet old teammates from the former national team.

Therefore, when the two banner figures of the North and South factions met, it was Wu Qunli who was even more surprised.

He knew that Gao Xun lived in seclusion in the city after retiring from the military, but he never expected that Gao Xun, as a northerner, actually moved south to Nanhu, a small, underdeveloped seaside city, to settle down.

During this meeting, everyone chatted for most of the day. In the training session that day, Wu Qunli directly waved his hand and asked the team captain to take full responsibility.

From Gao Xun's mouth, Wu Qunli learned about his desire to play football.

Therefore, it was logical that Gao Xun became a new member of the "South Style" football team.However, since Gao Xun's physical condition is not in an ideal competitive state, Wu Qunli temporarily let Gao Xun go through a period of personal training to adjust the various functions of his body to a more suitable state, and then let him devote himself to the team. During the training camp.

During this time, with the help of Wu Qunli, Gao Xun gritted his teeth and practiced hard.Although he has not participated in such a large dose of training for more than ten years, he is a hard-working Yanbian man after all. In order to continue playing football, Gao Xun persisted no matter how hard or tired he was, hoping to let his body adapt as soon as possible.

That's why Gao Xun came home so late every night, and when he got home, he was sweating profusely and looked exhausted.

Of course, these hardships and tiredness are nothing to Gao Xun.

After getting the support of his wife, Gao Xun only thought about how to adjust his physical condition in the fastest time, and then put on his own pair of combat boots again, set foot on the field, and lead the team to victory!

After the two former international footballers sighed a few words on the sidelines, in order to seize the time to adjust his physical condition, Gao Xun also suspended the chat and hurriedly joined the lap running team.

……

Grassroots football is always so crouching.

Perhaps a certain old man who is looking at his dying years is a famous football star who used to be all-powerful?Perhaps which uncle with a fat body, he was the former flag of the national team?

Everything is always so unexpected.