Ningxia women's football team has the best record in the National Games, Sun Fenghao: "Ningxia football has good seedlings, and it can also bear hardships and stand hard work"

Reporter Wang Wei reports On the afternoon of June 8, the 15th National Games U16 women's football team 9 to 10 qualifying matches in the Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, after 80 minutes of fierce battle, Ningxia team with the only goal in the second half, defeated Liaoning team 1-0, won the ninth place in this event, Liaoning team ranked tenth. The Ningxia U16 women's football team coached by Sun Fenghao has created the best record of the Ningxia women's football team in the history of the National Games. In 2001, Sun Fenghao won the men's gold medal of the Ninth Games on behalf of the Liaoning team at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou as an athlete, and after 24 years, Sun Fenghao created a new high in Ningxia football in Guangzhou as the head coach of the Ningxia U16 women's football team.

On May 30, the women's under-16 group competition of the 15th National Games kicked off in Guangzhou. This is the first competitive sports event to be held in the 15th National Games, and the U16 Women's Football Tournament is also the first competitive sports event in the history of the National Games.

In the opening match between the Guangdong team and the Ningxia team, a coach wearing a purple hat in the coach's seat of the Ningxia team attracted the attention of the outside world, he was Sun Fenghao, who had played in the professional league and was selected for the National Olympic team. Although he lost 0-2 to the hosts, Sun Fenghao encouraged the players as soon as possible after the game.

Ningxia managed only one draw in the group stage and qualified for 9th to 12th place. In the qualifying round, Ningxia defeated Hubei 3-1 and Liaoning 1-0 to finish ninth. In the game, Sun Fenghao's purple hat was very conspicuous, and he said with a smile in an interview with reporters: "Actually, there is nothing special, wearing a hat may be more spiritual, and then it is shade." Of course, I like to wear a brightly coloured hat in key matches and hope for good luck. ”

This is Sun Fenghao's second time in Guangzhou to participate in the National Games, and the last time he won the men's gold medal in the 9th National Games as a member of the Liaoning team. "Guangzhou is my blessed land. In 2001, I was still a member of the second team of the Dalian team, and there were many well-known players in the Liaoning team that participated in the Ninth National Games, such as Li Jinyu, Zhang Yuning, Sun Jihai, and Zhao Junzhe, who were all in the team, and their strength was very strong. Talking about the Ninth National Games, Sun Fenghao seemed to be immersed in a happy time, "After arriving in Guangzhou, the Liaoning team was divided into two teams, and I was in the second team, that is, the alternative team. Wang Xinxin was injured in the last game of the group stage, so I was transferred to the first team, and I played twenty or thirty minutes in that game, making an assist, and Liaoning won the game. ”

This time, he accidentally added to the first team, making Sun Fenghao the key Mr. of the Liaoning team's eight into four. "The eight-in-four match was my second game and I remember it very clearly, it was November 19, 2001, when Liaoning played against Beijing, and the head coach Konsa arranged for me to start. Zhang Yuning gave me an assist in that game, and I scored and we beat Beijing 2-1 to reach the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, we defeated the Guangdong team to enter the final, and defeated the Shanghai team 2-0 in the final to win the football gold medal of the Ninth Games. ”

The gold medal winning experience in the Ninth National Games was quite inspirational for Sun Fenghao, "At that time, as members of the Liaoning second team, we lived in two different hotels with the first team. At that time, the first team was very strong, we were just waiting for the replacement players, and many of my teammates in the second team at that time felt that we might not have the opportunity to play in the first team, but I kept holding back my energy, as long as there was a chance to transfer me to the first team, I had to fully show my characteristics and level, and as a result, I was really transferred to the first team, and I also scored a goal and assisted once. That goal was very meaningful to me, and on November 19, 2001, against Beijing, it happened to be my birthday, and I gave myself a special birthday present with a goal in a football match at the National Games. Sun Fenghao said, "I am very lucky to be able to enter the main squad of the Liaoning team, and it is also the harvest after my hard training, which actually played a key role in my future football growth." Now when I coach the Ningxia women's football team, I often tell them that the National Games competition is a very important platform for everyone, and it is also an important starting point on the road to growth, so we must train hard and seize the opportunity. ”

After becoming famous with one goal at the Ninth National Games, Sun Fenghao was selected for the National Olympic team led by Shen Xiangfu, "so the 2001 National Games held in Guangzhou played a key role in my football career. Coming back to Guangzhou to play in the National Games has a different meaning for me, because I am leading the team to participate in the competition and start a new career in Guangzhou, and I believe it is a good start. ”

Sun Fenghao, who returned to the "blessed land" competition again, felt a lot, and participated in the National Games as a player and head coach in different roles, and 24 years have passed in a blink of an eye, "I feel that the changes here are very great when I return to Guangzhou to compete, whether it is the quality of the stadium or the construction of the city, it is a earth-shaking change." ”

In addition to Guangzhou, Sun Fenghao, who retired from the army, has been to Zhuhai several times in recent years, and the beautiful coastline and romantic couple road also evoke his memories, because he once played in Zhuhai and received the care and encouragement of Dong Mingzhu, chairman of Gree.

In 2003, Dalian Saidlon team moved to Zhuhai and changed its name to Zhuhai Anping, and later received the title sponsorship of Gree Air Conditioning. "After the start of the 2003 AB season, I also returned to the Zhuhai Gree team from the National Olympic team, and in the match against Harbin Lange, I was hit in a scramble in the first half, and I was sent to the hospital only to know that my ribs were broken. To this day, I still remember that Dong Mingzhu of Gree Air Conditioning personally visited me in the hospital, encouraged me, praised my fighting spirit on the field, hoped that I would recover soon, and gave me a copy of her autobiography. It's been more than 20 years since I played in Zhuhai, but I still remember the experience vividly. More than 20 years have passed, Gree Air Conditioning is now an internationally renowned large enterprise, and Ms. Dong Mingzhu is still 'coaching' this company, I wish Ms. Dong and Gree Air Conditioning better development. Sun Fenghao said.

In that game, when Sun Fenghao played more than 30 minutes, he was pushed to the ribs by the opponent's goalkeeper in an attack, but he insisted on playing the first half, and the team doctor found that his ribs were broken after an examination at halftime. The spirit of "Desperate Saburo" is admirable, but it has also become a turning point in Sun Fenghao's career. "Because of a broken rib, I missed a lot of training for the national Olympic team and missed the Olympic preliminaries, which is a big regret in my life."

If he could qualify for the Olympics, maybe his football trajectory would be different. Speaking of the regrets in his career, Sun Fenghao sighed: "As a Dalian player, one of my goals was to represent the Dalian team in the Chinese Super League, but whether it was in Dalian Sedron or Dalian Changbo, I always passed by the top teams in Dalian, which is also my great regret." I hope to have the opportunity to contribute to Dalian football as a coach in the future. ”

Sun Fenghao, who was born in 1981, is 44 years old this year and is already an AFC A-level coach, "I think for those of us who have turned from professional players, we must continue to learn, constantly update our cognition, grasp the latest development trends of international football, and then integrate them in practice." My biggest dream is to coach a professional team and hopefully I can achieve my dream in the near future. Sun Fenghao said.

In order to prepare for the 15th National Games, Ningxia U16 women's football team is a professional football team formed again in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region after a lapse of 36 years. In the U16 women's football qualifying tournament of the 15th National Games, the Ningxia women's football team stood out with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss and reached the final stage, achieving a historic breakthrough in Ningxia football.

Becoming associated with Ningxia football and serving as the head coach of Ningxia U16 women's football team is a special opportunity for Sun Fenghao. Sun Fenghao has a good friend named Xue Zhiqiang, who is the head coach of the Ningxia Pingluo Hengli team of the National Five Super League. Last year, the club received the task of forming the Ningxia women's football team, so Sun Fenghao, as the A-level coach of the AFC, took over the coaching whip of the Ningxia U16 women's football team. "In the preliminaries of the National Games, although we lost to the Shanghai team in the first game, we then defeated the Hebei team and the Anhui team in succession, and the Ningxia women's football team entered the final stage of the National Games for the first time."

Sun Fenghao has three National Games experience, the first time was with the Liaoning team in the Ninth Games and won the gold medal, at the 14th National Games held in Shaanxi, he served as an assistant to the Shanghai team U20 men's football coach Tang Tian, this time he is participating again as the head coach of the Ningxia U16 women's football team. Although the Ningxia U16 women's football team is only competing for the ninth place in the 15th National Games, it has made history for Ningxia football.

For the U16 women's football game, Sun Fenghao affirmed the dedication and efforts of all the players, "Our players trained very hard, and in the three group games in the final stage, our players showed their characteristics in each game, such as the first game we faced the host Guangdong team, although we lost 0-2, but our team has not given up the game." In the second game against Shaanxi, both sides played more conservatively, but we played with the tenacity of the Ningxia women's football team. In the final round of the group stage, we still have a chance to advance, but we are not as good as Jiangxi in terms of goal, the opponent has a 100% success rate with four shots in the goal, and we hit the crossbar with a penalty, but we never gave up and scored the first goal of the Ningxia women's football team in the National Games. From the qualifiers, group stage to qualifying, we have completed the task of the National Games, in addition to showing the competitive level of Ningxia football, the most important thing is to show the spirit of Ningxia football, and lay a good foundation for the development of Ningxia football. ”

Ningxia football is an underdeveloped area in the territory of Chinese football, but after working in Ningxia, Sun Fenghao has a deeper understanding of football here, in his eyes Ningxia football is not short of good seedlings, the most urgent need is to cultivate or introduce excellent youth coaches to carefully cultivate these good seedlings. "Leaders at all levels of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the Ningxia Sports Bureau are very concerned and supportive of football work. Although Ningxia football started relatively late, the children of Ningxia can bear hardships and stand hard work, and if there are excellent coaches to train these children, I firmly believe that they can produce good players. Sun Fenghao said, "I think what Chinese football lacks the most at present is the spirit of hardship and hard work, but the children in Ningxia do not lack this spirit the most." ”