Matthaus: The key to football youth training lies in good coaches – Sports – China Engineering Network

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Matthaus: The key to football youth training lies in good coaches

Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, December 2 (Reporter Xu Dongyuan) How to become an excellent or even great player? German star Matthaus said in a recent interview with Xinhua News Agency that if players want to become strong, they must try their best in every day’s training and every game; and for Chinese football youth training, the most important thing is Have good coaches.

In the 1990 World Cup final, Matthaus could be called the soul of the German team and led the team to win the cup successfully. He was the first winner of FIFA’s “World Footballer”. He participated in the World Cup 5 times in a row and his national team career lasted 21 years.

Recently, the launch ceremony of the cooperation between the German Football Professional League and the Chinese Football Association on the “Dream Bundesliga” project was held in Shanghai. In the meantime, Matthaus, who has been paying attention to youth training, summarized the experience of German youth training.

“At that time, I remember that I had been playing against older players. Why play small against big players? Because you can learn more from more experienced players.” Matthaus said, “Germany is not only in the club Provide football training opportunities, and also provide steps to get in touch with football, understand football, and learn football on campus. We have been playing football from elementary school to university, and we are also thinking about football after the school’s daily courses.”

Matthaus said that he believes that the most important thing in Chinese football’s youth training is to cultivate excellent coaches. Only good teachers can teach good students. “If players want to realize their talents, they need better coaches to improve their abilities. I look forward to more (Chinese youth training) coaches coming to the Bundesliga for exchanges.”

In the past two World Cups, the South Korean team and the Japanese team defeated the German team. Matthaus appreciates the performance of Asian teams in recent years. “The strong teams in Asia are making rapid progress. Intuitively, it feels like they are working harder than the European teams to reach a new level, and the gap between the two is getting smaller and smaller.”

“This often requires the persistence and hard work of a generation. Chinese football still has potential. I believe you can return to the World Cup one day, but this is definitely a long and difficult road.” Talking about the development of Chinese football, Matthaus said frankly He said that the Chinese team will have the opportunity to compete with strong teams in the future, but not now. It will take 6 to 10 years to grow. It needs good coaches, talented players, and needs to develop on the right path.