Football News: Bundesliga rematch has been approved by the government, Guangdong celebrities reveal another shady aspect of Chinese soccer

The dominant player in Chinese soccer today is undoubtedly Guangzhou Evergrande. At that time, many fans had a wide-ranging debate about whether Evergrande could represent the southern school of soccer. Many people believe that although Evergrande has brought all kinds of honors to Guangdong and even Chinese soccer, the lack of local players in the team makes Evergrande's "Guangdong" color greatly reduced. It also brings back memories of those Guangdong stars in history, one of which will surely bring back memories for Foshan fans. When it comes to Gu Xingxiang, new fans may be unfamiliar with him. But old fans, especially Foshan fans, will give him a thumbs up. "Football is the city's business card", as a former gold medal ball city, Fosdee team carries the beautiful memories of countless Foshan people. The city hero Gu Xingxiang's status was no less than Alan Shearer's status in Newcastle. 1988 was the most important year in the history of Foshan soccer, when the then Urban Power Supply Bureau and Yuezhong Printing Company joined 30 enterprises to *** together establish the Foshan Development Football Fund. With the support of the Foshan Municipal Government, it began to prepare for the establishment of Foshan's own professional soccer team. On every match day, Foshan team's home stadium, New Square, became a pilgrimage shrine for fans, and even tickets were hard to come by . Passionate Cantonese slogans, flying ribbons and deafening roars have become the exclusive memories of countless Foshan fans. Gu Xingxiang demonstrated his superb skills in this hot spot where the Dragon and Tiger battles have been staged time and again. Foshan New Square is the mecca of Foshan fans, as the only international standard stadium in Foshan at that time, Foshan New Square was always full for every game. People from Nanhai, Shunde, Gaoming and Sanshui would ride their motorcycles to watch the games, and the line of fans to enter the stadium stretched all the way to Ancestral Temple Road! The enthusiasm of the fans also ignited the players on the field, and one wonderful performance was the Foshan team's glorious moment. 1996 A B League, Foshan Foshan Foshan team finally won the third place, unfortunately with the promotion qualification passed by. Gu Xingxiang, the team's leading striker, won the league's top scorer with 18 goals, and was also the player who scored the most goals after the professionalization in 1994. To preview the 1994 professional league, the CFA organized the first National Football Club Championship. The three teams from Guangdong Province all achieved very good results: Guangdong finished second, Guangzhou finished seventh, and Gu Xingxiang's Foshan team finished eighth, which set the stage for the formation of a team for the National Games that year. In order to participate in the 1993 National Games, the Guangdong team blew the rallying cry of the southern school of soccer, a large number of outstanding Guangdong soccer people were invited to vote, including Gu Xingxiang, Guangdong famous Yue Yongrong guide to hang the commander-in-chief of the expedition. Although the Guangdong team included a number of famous Guangdong soccer players in their prime, such as Yao Debiao and Hu Zhijun, Yue still had great trust in Gu Xingxiang, who had never played in the top league. The Guangdong team was assigned to play in the Qingdao tournament, and eventually came out on top of their group and advanced to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Guangdong showed no mercy against Shanghai, who had the likes of Fan Zhiyi, and decimated them 2-0. In the semifinals, they faced Liaoning, the representative of northern soccer, who had been dominating the Chinese soccer scene for many years. Although Guangdong lost to Liaoning, Gu Xingxiang's performance still won people's praise. Fans realized that even if you play in a secondary league, you can still win your own glory. In the end, Guangdong once again defeated Shandong in the group stage and won the third place, and Gu Xingxiang brought a bronze medal of the National Games back to his hometown. After the Foshan team was sold, many former Foshan players chose to follow the new owner to Xiamen. Gu Xingxiang played with the Blue Lions for a few seasons, then the shocking "Yuanhua incident" occurred, the Blue Lions were greatly injured, Gu Xingxiang also chose to retire. He said in an interview with the media afterward, "I can't find the same energy in Xiamen that I had in Foshan". In fact, Gu Xingxiang lost not only the Foshan team, but also the city's spiritual support. After his retirement, Gu Xingxiang returned to Foshan, where he spent his glory days, and followed the owner of Foshan Fosdi to do the motorcycle business for a few years. But has always been a soccer player Gu Xingxiang, found himself not suitable for business, and at that time the economic environment is not too prosperous, the company soon declared bankruptcy. At this time, Gu Xingxiang began to frustration, he did not know the future of the road in the end. Before the infinite glory of the "A B God Feng" has reached a low point in his life, in the words of Gu Xingxiang is "very frustrated at that time, do not know what they can do". Tough transition Gu Xingxiang or not able to return to the soccer circle, once Foshan team famous "Meizhou gang" old boys, also in different fields back and forth. Gu Xingxiang never dreamed that he was once the best scorer in the A B League, and would end up shuttling around in the cold and hot waves of the tide to do courier work, just to help the company to complete an order. Gu Xingxiang's hardship may only be understood by Guangdong fans. The once glorious southern school of soccer has been affected by the general environment of Chinese soccer and has nearly disappeared. At that time the gold medal ball market Foshan new square also disappeared, ancient Xingxiang's status quo in fact is also the status quo of Chinese soccer. Although Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League, but the lack of basic youth training, youth training coaches are forced to transition because of life constraints, is the home of countless "Gu Xingxiang". Now, Gu Xingxiang still can not forget the brothers and soccer, they often get together, eat, sing. Gu Xingxiang also revealed that "I usually go to Chancheng Amateur Sports School on Sundays to teach children to play soccer. When these old boys of Foshan soccer drifted in all directions, there is always a particle of dust in the air called soccer, so that they stop and nostalgia.