Time flies, and years roar.

　　Turning day and night, the calendar was turned page by page, blurring the original clear memory and dimming the once vivid face.

　　On March 9th, another protagonist in the youthful memories of football fans was involved in history, and the years passed.

　　Confirmed by the Peruvian Football Association, former Peruvian goalkeeper Miguel Miranda, who played for the A-A Shenyang Sea Lions, died last Saturday due to a cardiac arrest at the age of 54.

　　Speaking of this Peruvian, as a foreign goalkeeper who was highly recognized by A-A fans at the time, many people are more accustomed to calling his Chinese name "Linengda".

　　In the A-A era, Rinelda was one of the best goalkeepers in the Chinese League and made great contributions to the success of the Shenyang Sea Lions relegation.

He was once hailed by the media as "the top five foreign aids leaving China", but he faded out of A-A due to the adjustment of foreign aid policies.

The Peruvian Football Association issued an obituary for Miranda.

Image source: Official Social Media of the Peruvian Football Association

　　Until 2015, the retired Rinelda returned to China, joined the Guizhou Renhe Football Club with Kokovic and Dakko, and served as the goalkeeper coach for one year.

　　Therefore, the tragic death of Linelda has caused the collective lament and regret of many senior fans, and the memories of many fans have been brought back to the A-League that year.

　　In addition to Linoda, Mamelo from Sichuan Quanxing, Thiago from Shenzhen Pingan, Gao Jia from Shanghai Shenhua and other foreign players in the A era were the first surprises for a generation of fans.

　　Some people say that in the ten years from 1994 to 2003, Chinese football may not know what the "golden dollar" is, but Chinese football fans have the most real happiness.

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　　And whenever the valve of memory is opened, Jinan Taishan General, Qingdao Manatee, Dalian Wanda, Guangzhou Sun God, Guangzhou Songri, Qianwei Huandao, Shenyang Sea Lion, Sichuan Quanxing..., this string of familiar and unfamiliar names will Then poured out.

　　Although time has changed and things are different, memories can always flash back to the ten years long gone in a flash:

　　Dalian was unbeaten in 55 games and scored 7 stars, achieving an unparalleled cause in the A-A era;

　　Beijing Guoan's three foreign guns led a 9:1 victory over Shenhua and three FA Cups to create history;

　　Gao Feng, Fan Zhiyi, Yang Chen, Li Jinyu, Xie Hui, Sun Jihai, Li Tie, Li Weifeng... the famous names and familiar faces connect the passionate years of a generation of fans who shouted for football fanaticism.

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　　Xiaogang is one of them.

"I started watching football, all because of my dad, he likes watching football, I just watched it lively."

　　In 1995, Xiaogang, who had just entered elementary school, accompanied his father to watch a game every week. "At that time, I watched A, and my home team was General Taishan of Jinan and later Shandong Luneng."

　　"In 1995, Taishan won the Football Association Cup. I still remember the main lineup: No. 1 Wang Jun, No. 2 Shao Yanjie, No. 3 Wang Chao, No. 4 Hao Wei, No. 5 Shu Chang, No. 7 Tang Xiaocheng, No. 8 Li Xiaopeng, No. 10 Su Maozhen, No. 11 Xing Rui ......'" While watching the game, Xiaogang told his own football story. At that moment, he seemed to be sharing his happiness.

Su Maozhen scored in A match

　　Like most fans who have a clear memory of League A, Xiaogang is now middle-aged.

However, nearly twenty years after Class A became the "Chinese Super League", he still remembers the situation of that decade.

　　"I have watched A and the Chinese Super League. I think I like the memory of A better." Xiaogang said, "Maybe more because of nostalgia. However, when watching A A, I don't get mixed up. Referee factors, pre-match odds, and other things. Just watching a game, I feel really cool. Now I don’t think it means much."

　　This veteran football fan lamented the changes in the league over the past 20 years: "Now the league has invested a lot and the level of foreign aid is very high, but the youth training has been unable to keep up. You see, there are not many really capable young people in the Chinese Super League. At that time, it was really too far."

　　As Bai Yansong once commented: "The A-A era is over. In that era, we actually had so many stars with personality, characteristics and skills."

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　　Reminiscing about the 10 years of League A, the air is full of nostalgia.

　　Memories seem to be beautiful, or because reality is often too cold, people are more willing to miss the past.

Therefore, whenever there is a long speech from the deceased in the memory of A, it often triggers nostalgia for the past 10 years.

　　Three days ago, old coach Chi Shangbin passed away. While seeing off the old coach, people inevitably recalled the unbeaten glory of 55 league games and the history of accompanying Chinese football out of Asia; in 2016, the former Luneng foreign teacher Sant Lacy passed away, and his achievement of leading Luneng to win the first "double crown" in Chinese football has also been mentioned countless times.

　　While reminiscing about the waves of Chinese football struggling to pursue its dreams in the farewells, it also left the question of when and how Chinese football will rise.

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　　Gao Feng once said that missing A A shows that we are regressing and hope that Chinese football can be better.

　　Having said that, for the fans, the expectation of Chinese football is not in conflict with the nostalgia for that golden age.

　　The protagonists in the memory will eventually become history, but that period of history is worthy of being revisited as a classic.

　　A long time has passed since those ten years, and I miss it very much.