Recently, the Chinese men's soccer team lost 0:7 to Japan in a grueling matchup, a result that shocked countless fans. Although we all knew that we would not have an advantage against Japan, we did not expect to lose so badly!
As a matter of fact, Chinese soccer is not alone, the three major sports in China are showing a downward trend. In the women's volleyball world league, China's women's volleyball team twice defeated Japan; women's basketball in this year's many warm-up matches also suffered defeat; women's soccer has long been unable to fight against Japan's women's soccer. Last year's Asian Games, Japan's youth team even managed to beat the Chinese women's soccer team. As for the men's volleyball team, not only lost to Japan, even the Olympic Games threshold is difficult to touch!
In the author's opinion, Japan's three major balls are technically top-notch, but due to the limitations of height and physical fitness, it is difficult to reach the top. Especially in volleyball and basketball, the effect of height is particularly significant, especially in volleyball.
In comparison, height has less of an impact on soccer, making the gap between Chinese and Japanese soccer particularly large. Nonetheless, the global emphasis on soccer has left Japanese soccer at a disadvantage in terms of physical fitness and height, but its international success is not to be underestimated, and is enough to put distance between China and Japan.
The high level of competition in basketball and volleyball minimizes the theoretical gap between China and Japan, and even Japan may have an advantage. The women's volleyball team's performance is normal. Although it is slightly inferior to Japan in technical aspects, the gap with Japan is not big because of the solid basic skills and the hard work of the players. Coupled with the height advantage, the overall strength is better than the Japanese women's volleyball team. Men's volleyball team's performance is not satisfactory, the technical aspects of the gap with Japan is not large, as long as the defense tandem and other aspects of the improvement, the overall strength is expected to be slightly better.
Meanwhile, our leagues are known to be professionalized, but not fully realized. Japan has 1.05 million soccer players, while we have only 0.8 million, a normal ratio of 1:105!
As an example, more than 4,000 secondary schools in Japan participate in the Secondary School Football League, and thousands of spectators watched the final. In addition, more than 40 television stations broadcast live. It is difficult to match such a soccer atmosphere in our country!
In addition, we should go abroad and train ourselves in high-level matches, otherwise the gap with Japan will become wider and wider. The Japanese men's soccer team has more than 50 players in the five major leagues, and children as young as 12 years old can go to the youth teams of the Serie A and the English Premier League to play soccer. What about our men's soccer team? What about volleyball and basketball? Breakthroughs can only be achieved through long-term training. If we do not go abroad, how can we improve our strength?
