Recently, Shao Jiayi, the leader of the Chinese U19 men's football team, talked about the topic of youth football in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com. He admitted frankly that he must admit that Chinese football currently only has limited resources.
"Although we have a large population, there are not many players and excellent coaches who are truly talented in football and have access to advanced football concepts. It seems that China is a big country in cycling, but in the Olympic cycling competition, we are not considered a strong country."
Shao Jiayi believes that at this stage, Chinese football should make good use of its limited resources and need to be "top-notch" in the field of youth football.
"If there are 100 excellent players in each age group, then 10 age groups are 1,000, although relative to our population base, people may feel that 1,000 is not enough, and 10,000 or 100,000 are needed. But I really can't pick out so many excellent players. There may be 10,000 such excellent players in Japan and South Korea at the same age, but if the 100 of us are well educated, we can still compete with them, otherwise the gap will widen. Great." Shao Jiayi said.
(Bian Liqun Produced by Zhou Jing)
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]