Recently, Nie Weiping, a famous Chinese Go player, once again talked about Chinese football in an interview, saying that Chinese football today has “fallen to an unimaginable level”.
Nie Weiping commented on the national team: “If our football players could look up on the field and see the whole pitch, they would be able to improve several levels. Now, they always keep their heads down and don’t look at the bigger picture. That’s why I always suggest Chinese football learn from Go and improve their little techniques.”
“Back in the day, the national team with Rong Zhixing was the closest to the World Cup, they were practically already qualified, but they were cheated by Saudi Arabia, who deliberately lost 5 goals to New Zealand in Riyadh. Chinese football back then was not as weak as it is now, we wouldn’t have lost 0-5 at home (to Thailand).”
“We had such great players back then, like Liu Lifu, Shen Xiangfu, Gu Guangming, etc., that national team had a lot of potential. I watched many of their exciting games, and I still get nostalgic thinking about them. Now, Chinese football even loses to Vietnam and Thailand, it’s just unbelievable. Chinese football has fallen to an unimaginable level.”
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