In those years, boys were holding newspapers and reading all kinds of comments to discuss which Shanghai player played the best. Their serious faces are far more attentive than in class. Girls may be able to play football no matter how others play, as long as they are handsome, Zhu Jiong, Zhu Qi, Wu Chengying and Shen Si. ...
In those hot summer days, my parents always liked to take a walk in the alley after dinner to enjoy the cool. When they meet familiar old friends and talk with Kan Kan, they always mention Shenhua. "Shenhua's kick yesterday was too embarrassing", "Shenhua's foreign aid is always stuck" and "Xu Genbao's snatch and push is a bit out of tune" ...
In those years, Hongkou Stadium was a sacred place in the hearts of Shanghainese. In those years, before the rise of the Internet, Shenhua had become a label in Shanghai. (Shanghai hotline Shenhua 20 years special topic)
Shenhua
In 2002, Ji Yuyang, a reporter from Guangzhou Football News, wrote this passage: "Standing in the apartment of Shaanxi Road in Xie Hui, looking north, a few hundred meters away is Fan Zhiyi's new home' Oriental Paris'. Looking west, Shen Si and Mao Yijun's new home on Guangyuan Road is just two blocks away. In the northwest, if the weather is fine, you can even see the apartment Chuliang Ou bought on Xinhua Road, which is located in the east and north. Those pale yellow buildings are.
This is brought to them by professional football and Shenhua. Similarly, they also brought football memories to Shanghai. Some people miss those years of Shenhua, and they will miss them, including "desperate" Wu.
In the history of Shenhua team, only four players played every minute in a single season, namely Mao Yijun in 1997 season, He Wu in 1999 season and Wu in 2003 season.
Wu is not a superb player. His greatest feature is that he can run, the style of the ball is fast and crisp, and he can attack and defend. Compared with Sun Jihai, the national football right-back, the latter is better in defense and technique, while Wu is better at breakthrough and long-range shooting.
1997 Wu briefly assisted Dalian Wanda to participate in the Asian Club Cup, and equalized the score in the second stage group match against Posco Steel, and then Wei Yimin headed the goal, which was the first time that China defeated the Korean team (regardless of the club or the national team) after the professionalization of football.
1On March 7th, 998, China beat Japan 2-0 in the 4th Dynas Cup. In the national arena, both sides try their best to use their main players. Nakata hidetoshi, 2 1 year-old, broke through the sharp edge, threw off Ma Mingyu, crossed Fan Zhiyi and Zhang, corresponding to Wu, aged 23.
"Wu's side breakthrough is too fast, and I wonder if I am wrong." Japanese commentators praised him without hesitation. "Wu just crushed the defense of the Japanese team, and we just grabbed it too hastily."
Some Shenhua fans said: "(Wu) was a physical freak when he was young, and his skills were extremely rough." 1995 when I first started out, I had never seen a professional player with such bad skills. The authentic ball was stopped five meters away, but it went all out. Shanghai fans like this kind of aggressive person. It is refreshing to play. " (Tigers pounce on China Football)
Wu may be the only one who can score goals with a bandage on his head, but high attendance doesn't mean that his career is smooth sailing. Wu's comeback from injury can only be said to be a miracle.
Since 200 1, Wu has been having problems with the achilles tendon of his right foot, and his waist has also been injured. At the end of 2002, Shenhua arranged for Wu to go to Lundun for surgery. The doctor who operated on Wu's achilles tendon thinks it will take at least six months to recover. As for playing football, it is estimated that there is no hope in 2003, and there may be no chance in 2004.
However, less than half a year later, Wu stepped onto the field again.
In 2002
2002 undoubtedly became a turning point for Wu. At the beginning of the year, there were rumors that Wu was studying abroad. Lou Shifang, then the new head of Shenhua, appeared at Hongta base and said to a packed reporter: "Why (Como Italy) wants zero rent (Wu)? This may be the Italian rule, so why didn't he lend us the Italian players? "
At that time, Shenhua's asking price was100000 USD, and the other party was unwilling to pay a penny. Cuomo Club rushed to Serie A last season. Wu is a player with average defense and excellent attack, so Cuomo doesn't particularly like him.
At the age of 27, he may only have the choice of substitute if there are too many left-backs and left-backs in Italian football. As Lou Shifang said, "It is better to let Wu stay in Shenhua than to let him play as a substitute." Indeed, after trying out Wu, Cuomo quickly signed a left-back.
At that time, Wu had to go to the national team for training, and Cuomo was unwilling to continue negotiations later. As Xu Jiang said, "To put it bluntly, you are an Asian player and others can use it for free. It doesn't matter if you can't. "
That year, the World Cup failed. In Jeju World Cup, the exchange of jerseys between Wu and Cafu was rejected as a topic. Wu played left-back and played all the games against Costa Rica and Brazil.
Against Costa Rica, Wu became the highlight of the national football team after Sun Jihai was injured unexpectedly. Shao Jiayi was substituted at half-time against Turkey, thus ending his World Cup tour.
In 2003, Wu left Shenhua to join COSCO at a price of 6.5438+0.3 million.
In an interview with the 25th anniversary of 20 18 Shenhua, Wu said: "Since the establishment of 1994 Shenhua, we people have actually separated from Shenhua."
Wu's transfer strategy is "blitzkrieg". At that time, he was healing in England, but he faxed the transfer application to the registration office of China Football Association.
Lou Shifang, who was in Italy at that time, rushed to London to meet Wu, asked about his injury and told him to take a good rest, but said nothing about the transfer, and Wu's words were neither salty nor light. An insider revealed: "If Shenhua's retention work goes on, Wu may stay. After all, he has no deep hatred with the team. "
Regarding this transfer, Wu later said: "In fact, I moved from Shenhua to COSCO solely for the development of my personal career and has nothing to do with contradictions. Director Wu (Jingui) and I have a good relationship, and the club treats me well, but Shenhua is not what it used to be. Shen Si and Qi Hong, who played football with me at the beginning, both went to COSCO. Frankly speaking, I can feel the fun of football more when I play with them. "
After leaving Shenhua for four years, Wu, 3 1 year-old, chose to retire, and the memory he left for Shenhua followed memories of youth of a generation.
trend
When Wu is mentioned, people will talk about his personality. We always seem to hear what others say about him, but he has actually explained his personality: "I am a person with dual personality." I am particularly talkative when I am with my family or friends. However, when dealing with strangers, I don't know. I always feel that I don't know where to start, although I feel awkward. "
In the 1990s, at the peak of the "Four Little Swan of Shenhua" (Xie Hui, Qi Hong, Shen Si and Wu), hundreds of fans gathered outside Jiangwan Stadium every day. "After the training, I couldn't find him (Wu) to sign, and he disappeared."
In China football, it is not difficult for a person to keep a low profile, but it is difficult to remain invisible as always. Football reporters have also lost many times in the "contest" with Wu, and unconsciously got "fear of Wu". Perhaps, as he himself said, "Good players don't need the media to hype themselves."
On the night of the national football World Cup qualifier, Wu wore a five-star red flag and a T-shirt prepared by the team, which read "China football has never felt so beautiful" on the front.
left back
20 17 Wu was interviewed by Football News. When referring to the evaluation of "the best left-back in China football at that time", he gave his own answer: "No, in my time, there were many excellent left-backs in China, such as Yang Pu and Sun Xiang, and I was just one of them. I think Ji Hai is better than me. Ji hai is letting me. He is very modest, I am not the best. "
Ye Zhijing, head coach of Shenhua Upper Body Women's Football Team, chose No.4 jersey for Wu, who wore it from Shenhua to the World Cup.
Rong Hao chose No.24 jersey when he joined Shenhua in February 2008. He said frankly: "I originally wanted to choose No.4, but I finally felt that No.24 was better. A 4 is in the heart and a 4 is on the back. "
Wu on the court is full of energy, wandering on the left like a cheetah. Someone gave him the evaluation that "he is too fierce", but the most unexpected thing is that such fierce Iliad is actually the "most introverted player".
This is his contradiction. He is a "desperate Saburo" on the field and a "lone ranger" off the field. Perhaps because of this, when Qi Hong and Shen Si went to prison, he was not affected.
Many people remember the aloof figure of No.4, and some people talk about his long-range shot with an epiphany, but no matter how Wu is defined, he is the original130,000, and more people remember himself when he struggled forward.