Food for thought: Is there a problem with the soil of Chinese football? The first naturalized person to leave China broke out, starting +9 goals + 5 assists 

Dust Whisperer

2024-06-26 22:24

This season, if you talk about the Chinese footballers in the Europa League, who is the most popular and who performs the best. I believe that many domestic fans will think of a person. That's right, that is known as the first person to naturalize Chinese football, former Beijing Guoan player Hou Yongyong. Yes, the footballer, who was known as the "glass man" in the Chinese Super League, immediately ushered in a big explosion after leaving Chinese football. At present, in the Norwegian First Division, Hou Yongyong is the absolute core and main force of the team Lanheim, he has played 13 league games for the team, starting each game, and almost all of them played the whole game, scoring 9 goals and 5 assists very beautiful statistics. This is a world away from his performances in the Super League. Some fans sighed about this: It is really a person who moves the living tree and the tree that dies, and Chinese football really has to reflect on why such a powerful player cannot succeed in the soil of Chinese football?

In order to make Chinese football achieve good results in a short period of time, around 2019, there was a wave of naturalization in Chinese football. However, from the current point of view, the wind of naturalization has not achieved much effect on Chinese football. Chinese football is still the same as before, it has not rushed to the World Cup, nor has it achieved any decent results in the competition. But the wind of naturalization at that time was indeed very prosperous. As a veteran powerhouse, Beijing Guoan will naturally not lag behind in the tide of Jinyuan football in the Chinese Super League.

Although the Chinese Super League overlord Guangzhou Evergrande team is the most concerned about naturalization, the first to operate naturalized players is Beijing Guoan. However, unlike Guangzhou Evergrande's enthusiasm for Brazilian players, Beijing Guoan prefers to naturalize players with Chinese ancestry. In this context, Hou Yongyong and Li Ke became players of Beijing Guoan. Hou Yongyong became the first player with a naturalized background in Chinese football, and the photo of Yongyong holding his ID card at that time still makes many fans remember it deeply.

Hou Yongyong's joining has made many fans have high hopes for him. In addition to his skills, there is also his appearance, but unfortunately, Hou Yongyong did not play in Beijing Guoan. During his four years at Beijing Guoan, Hou Yongyong made just 28 official appearances, scoring four goals and registering one assist. On top of that, Hou Yongyong not only failed to succeed in the Chinese Super League, but was also known as the "glass man" and was plagued by injuries for a long time. And the most important purpose of naturalization, helping the Chinese national team to achieve good results, has become even more unattainable. Finally, in February 2023, Hou Yongyong broke up with Beijing Guoan, and he returned to Norway and officially left Chinese football.

When he returned to Norway, Hou Yongyong seemed to have changed his image as a "glass man" all at once. He joined Norwegian First Division side Ranheim and was given the number 10 shirt that symbolizes the heart of the team. After adapting to half a season, entering the 2024 season, Hou Yongyong began to show his skills. As the core of the team, he started every game in the first 13 rounds of the Norwegian league, and played almost the whole game, and there was no "glass man" physique at all.

On top of that, he has played to his full potential in Norway, scoring nine goals and providing five assists in 13 league games. Hou Yongyong's changes in the past few years really have to make fans sigh: why did he become a "glass man" in the Chinese Super League, it was difficult to have room to play, but when he arrived in Norway, he became the core of the team and had such an excellent performance. Such a comparison should really make Chinese football people reflect.

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