Half a month ago, the national football team U15 defeated the opponent 4-1 in the warm-up match against Korea U15, and the next day defeated Korea's first-ranked U18 high school team with a substitute lineup. Just a few days ago, the 2034 Cup, a national U12 primary school football event, came to a successful conclusion, and hundreds of thousands of people watched this youth training event representing the hope of the future of Chinese football. Whether it is from the scale of participation or the popularity of the event, this year's 2034 Cup has been widely recognized by people inside and outside the industry. And the results of all this are undoubtedly inseparable from one person, who is known as the new godfather of contemporary football - Dong Lu.
He has single-handedly opened a football player and has successfully cultivated dozens of foreign players
In 2017, Dong Lu used his influence to raise funds to start a football youth training organization - Chinese Football Players. This youth training organization is not for the purpose of popularizing football, but aims to coordinate the seedlings of business across the country, and provide them with professional training and opportunities to play and expose themselves abroad against the professional echelon of the giants.
At the beginning, everyone didn't take football players seriously, thinking that this was nothing more than a way to blog traffic on Internet celebrities, but as time went by, everyone slowly realized that football players did provide better opportunities for many potential seedlings. Through the platform of young football players, the seedlings of the 09 level have gained more opportunities to show their abilities in front of foreign scouts, and outstanding seedlings such as Kwong Zhaolei, Lu Mengyang, Wang Xiuhao, and Huang Zijie have been successfully tapped by foreign professional echelon scouts, and just this year, they have confirmed the opportunity to play in the highest level of the youth league in Spain next season. This is definitely a ray of light in the darkness for Chinese football, which has been barren for many years.
Up to now, Dong Lu has used his resources and connections to help dozens of potential players successfully stay in Europe and receive the highest level of football training. And judging from the performance of the national youth U15, this batch of seedlings has gradually realized their talents, and compared with the first-class players of the same age in Asia, there is not much gap in the level. When these seedlings gradually join the senior national team in the future, the improvement of the level of the national football team will be obvious.
2034 cups of a hundred flowers
In addition to becoming a Chinese football player, Dong Lu also single-handedly managed the 2034 Cup, which is a cup set up to cultivate seedlings for the 2034 Olympic Games, hence the name 2034 Cup. This year is already the fourth edition of the 2034 Cup, which has already generated a wide response across the country, with hundreds of teams signing up to participate. Among these teams, there are professional professional football echelons, as well as non-governmental football interest class organizations, but no matter what the level, these children have come together to compete for pure love for football, allowing us to feel pure football for the first time through the live broadcast platform. This year's 2034 Cup final, a total of 10,240 viewers attended the event, and more than one million people watched the live broadcast of the game online. Such a heat can be compared to the cup of any adult event in China.
The 2034 Cup is also an excellent exposure platform, and the players who have played well in the 2034 Cup will continue to compete in the exchange matches with foreign giants, further broaden their horizons, and at the same time, they have taken the first step to stay abroad.
Excellent youth training atmosphere, the World Cup is just around the corner
There is no doubt that the successful holding of the Chinese football players and the 2034 Cup has injected a shot of strength into the national football team in the trough period, and also let the fans who pay attention to Chinese football see the dawn. The 09 football players are 15 years old this year, and we can see them competing in the Asian Junior Championships, the World Youth Championships, and gradually appearing on the adult stage. We are pleased with their current performance and potential, and we have reason to believe that in the near future, the national football team will return to the top level in Asia and enter the World Cup again!