China News Network, March 31. Recently, Chinese football fan Fan Zhiyi broadcast live vibrato on social media, and in the process of interacting with fans, he also revealed that he almost had a relationship with Liverpool. "Ignore" the olive branch handed over by Liverpool. In the history of Chinese football, he said that second, I am afraid no one would dare to fight for the first.

Fan Zhiyi live screenshot.

"The ball is going to lose"

Unknowingly, the "general Fan" who was swift and violent was over half a year old. Speaking of Fan Zhiyi, many of the memory fragments buried in the history of Chinese football are a little clearer, but the first thing many fans think of is always the phrase that deafens: "Chinese football faces are gone."

This sentence goes back to June 15, 2013. That day, the national football lost its face in front of the house. In an international friendly match in Hefei, the Chinese national men's football team lost 1: 5 to the semi-main lineup of Thailand. After the match, former international football fan Fan Zhiyi criticized the national football team in an interview: "China's football face is gone!" And said: "If this continues, Vietnam will lose."

Fan Zhiyi's words have been circulating for many years. Whenever the national football team loses, fans will move it out and laugh at some Chinese football that "can't help the wall".

In a recent live broadcast, Fan Zhiyi said the remarks were out of context, but he also said: "It's okay to lose, but you can afford to lose."

"You lose 1: 5 at your doorstep. How can these five goals be scored? It doesn't matter if you lose the game, but you have to lose the ball. How to lose this ball, you wear national clothes, your own goal People let them in, they stumbled and hit empty doors on the ground, so it was said at the time. "Fan Zhiyi explained.

"National interest is above all"

In addition to chatting with netizens about Chinese football, Fan Zhiyi also talked about his football career before retiring, and he revealed that he almost entered the Premier League team Liverpool. But in order to participate in the 2000 Asian Cup, Fan Zhiyi gave up this opportunity.

It is reported that because the Asian Cup of that year was held in mid-October, it happened to conflict with the Premier League season. The condition for joining Liverpool is that Fan Zhiyi cannot participate in the Asian Cup.

"The premise that Liverpool gave me the contract was not to participate in the 2000 Asian Cup at the time. I couldn't do this. After all, I am Chinese and national interests are above all else. You applaud me in silence and once showed Liverpool I've been there before, "Fan Zhiyi said with emotion.

Many fans remember that Fan Zhiyi once played in the Crystal Palace of the English Premier League team, where he was not only named as the player of the year in the team, but also served as the team captain. Liverpool extended an olive branch to him, which also reflected the strength of "General Fan" from the side.

After rejecting Liverpool, Fan Zhiyi appeared in the Asian Cup as expected. He made it to the semifinals with the team and eventually finished fourth. In 2001, Fan Zhiyi was awarded "Mr. Asian Football". Subsequently, he led the national football team to stand out in the top ten of the World Cup qualifiers and successfully entered the 2002 World Cup.

"Football should be positive energy"

After the World Cup in Japan and South Korea, Fan Zhiyi retired from the national team. As he grew older, Fan Zhiyi also returned to China after ending his career abroad, and announced his retirement in 2006.

Although leaving the field, Fan Zhiyi has not stayed away from football. He began to transform into a coach and served as the head coach of the Shanghai East Asian team.

Data map: The 2016 China Star Football Team welcomes the Olympics public welfare tour at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center. The picture shows the former international player Fan Zhiyi's top goal breakthrough. Photo by China News Agency reporter Bo Bo

Time flies by, and now Fan Zhiyi has reached the age of "fifty to know his fate." As he gets older, he quits the front line, but still spreads his "positive energy of football" as always.

After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, as a representative of the Shanghai Old Keller Star Football Team, he donated a total of 10,000 masks to medical staff at the frontline of epidemic prevention. Fan Zhiyi said that now is the time for them to give back to society.

"As a footballer, I usually get a lot of support from the outside world. Now is the time to stand up and report back to the society. I have been saying that football should be positive energy. I hope that we, the old A players, can set an example. , Strengthen cohesion, and jointly defeat the epidemic. "Fan Zhiyi, holding a donation certificate, said so.

Open-minded and open-hearted, free and easy, many years later is still a distinctive label on Fan Zhiyi. Although he is over 50 years of age, he still has a lot of time to convey love and emotion in football language. Of course, everyone knows that in order to make this company more meaningful, the future of Chinese football is the key. (Finish)