For a long time, China football has spawned non-negative traffic, labels and expression packs: a head coach who was fired because of his remarks at the dinner table, a football city that has lost its luster, and the humorous but firm "three-character classic"-"pressing to play".
At least for more than a month, for a long time, I had to board the hot search football in China with a negative image, because Xie Hui and Dalian people's clubs were finally normal.
Speaking of it, 47-year-old Xie Hui is not a young coach, but he is still in the stage of accumulating experience: after all, the time of teaching alone in Nantong Zhiyun and Dalian is not as good as his assistant coaching career in Shanghai Port.
As totally different tactical styles, Xie Hui and Dalian brought a clean stream to the surviving Super League. Even if it appears in stages in the form of "beggar's edition", the "one slow, two slow, three slow" Super League has something to do with the "trend" and "trend" of European stadiums. Like 20 years ago, Xie Hui brought "the outside world" to China football.
An error or mistake caused by a strange combination of circumstances.
Like Yang Chen and Zhou Ning of the same generation, the fate of Xie Hui and German football was also brokered by schlappner, the former China men's football coach. At the turn of the century, 24-year-old Xie Hui, introduced by schlappner, went to Germany and contacted teams such as Frankfurt and Stuttgart, aiming at completing the great leap from A to the five major leagues in Europe. In Xie Hui's memory, the miss with Frankfurt was full of regrets, "because of various reasons, it was impossible to make it", while the meeting with former Manchester United coach Lannick in Stuttgart was an experience beyond the trial results.
Xie Hui said: "Ronnie's insight into football left a deep impression on me. Although my two-week trial failed to meet the requirements, he finally talked to me alone and gave me advice on how to give full play to my advantages in the future. Looking back now, I really benefited a lot. " Finally, at the end of 1999, Xie Hui got a lease contract of Aachen, a German B club, and his standards were shown on the postcard of his new owner.
When he first arrived in Aachen, near the border between Belgium and the Netherlands, Xie Hui stayed alone in the hotel arranged by the club. He knows nothing about German and has to adapt to a new chapter in his career in a completely strange land. Xie Hui always remembers the first time he participated in the training of Aachen team, as Yang Chen later lamented: "The training of German team is not only 100% input, but even 200%. Even the intensity of the training course is very close to the actual competition. "
Last June, 5438+065438+ 10, Xie Hui, who had finished her studies for some reason, recalled her first training experience in Aachen on social media.
"After the first training session, the atmosphere of the team suddenly became serious. The centre-back staring at me is Captain Frank of Aachen. I know in my heart that this is a test and I must take every ball seriously ... He seems to care more about this training match than I do. I kept my back to the goal to protect the ball, and when he approached, he put a heavy knee on my coccyx! I felt a sharp pain and fell on the grass. I looked at the head coach helplessly. His face is expressionless. Frank turned around and lowered his head and said, "This is no place to play table tennis.". My brain began to hum, as if I had been slapped. I suddenly bounced off the ground and rushed into the game ... "
Xie Hui, who showed no weakness, was not a loser in that training match. In a later attack, he jumped high and scored a meaningful goal with a hammer. He still remembers: "Frank looked at me in surprise, and the whole meeting was silent. Very good', this is also the only sentence that the head coach said in that training class. "
In the first half of Aachen's loan season (1 the second half of the 999-2000 season), Xie Hui played 13 league games for the Bundesliga team and contributed 4 goals1assists. Among them, the game that scored the third goal in Xie Hui-Mannheim drew Aachen with 1 on March 2, 2000, and he also staged a German-English version of "China Derby" with Zhou Ning.
Become famous in one season
In the summer of 2000, Xie Hui signed a permanent transfer agreement with Aachen, which became the most expensive foreign aid in the club's history. He dreams of leaving more marks in the Bundesliga and getting the favor of the Bundesliga team as soon as possible.
It is worth mentioning that in June, Xie Hui moved from the hotel to the apartment designated by the club and took her parents from Shanghai to Aachen. In addition, under the arrangement of the club, he continued to take private courses in 200 yuan RMB every class to improve his German level. With all aspects of life on the right track and strangeness gradually eliminated, Xie Hui gained more energy in the formation of German-German League II.
2000-0 1 season is the highlight of Xie Hui's German career. Although he suffered from scoring drought for seven consecutive rounds at the beginning of the season, Xie Hui, who returned to the main lineup after adjustment, ended his depressed state at the end of 2000.
Since Aachen/Kloc-0 1 1-3 lost to Ulm on October 5th, the China striker, who is firmly in the main position, has scored three goals and assists in five league games, not only scoring twice against Oberhausen, but also scoring a hat trick against St Pauli. Thanks to this hat-trick that created a new history for China football in Europe, center Aachen was also named the best team in the Bundesliga by Kicker.
Due to the limited overall strength, the Aachen team is basically located in the middle reaches of the Bundesliga this season, and it is in a state of wanting nothing. However, Xie Hui, who intends to return to the national team and board the Bundesliga, has no intention of "lying flat".
200 1 From February 28th to April 8th, center Aachen played an efficient competitive state, from one-on-one counter-attack, scuffle in front of the door to the iconic header to grab points, and his goal figures kept accumulating. In just six league games, Xie Hui scored seven goals, including two goals and four consecutive goals, which helped the team's record soar. His league goals reached 14, and he was once ranked second in Germany's top scorer list.
However, due to his desire for the national team and the World Cup, Xie Hui failed to carry out his goal wealth to the end. At the end of April, 20065438+0, he bid farewell to Aachen, who had not played in five league games, and returned to China to report for the China men's soccer team preparing for the World Cup qualifiers. The most brilliant and prolific individual goal performance in the history of studying in China came to an abrupt end. In the end, Xie Hui, who witnessed the opening of the Top Ten matches in China on the bench, ranked fourth in the scorer list of German B in 2000-0 1 season, and he never touched such a height in the subsequent German B journey.
Like Yang Chen, Zhou Ning, Li Tie and Zheng Zhi, Xie Hui's trip to Europe is full of pride and regret, struggle and helplessness. For many China fans who have been watching football for a long time, this is a beautiful memory worth cherishing, which embodies an era full of hope. In the eyes of the parties, those experiences in the world football power have generally opened the door to a new world for them.
According to Yang Chen, the current U 17 coach of China Men's Football Team, "I met many excellent coaches in Germany and saw their advanced ideas and methods. For me now, the experience at that time still has the value of learning and learning. " This personal experience should also apply to Dalian coach Xie Hui who was still recalling his career in Germany last year. ......
"Going to the football field every day is like going to the battlefield. It seems that you want to compete with fate. This is like a strong person in life. "
China football needs more Yang Chen and Xie Hui.
Author: Chen
This article was originally published in the 844th issue of Football Weekly.
Issue date: June 30, 2022
The picture comes from the internet.