Mr. Zhao Dejiang pinpointed the current domestic situation with a single remark.
To this day, overseas countries boast hundreds of thousands, or at the very least tens of thousands, of registered soccer players. In contrast, within Xia Country, the number of registered soccer players barely reaches a few thousand. Among these few thousand, skill levels vary significantly. Domestic soccer clubs can only choose players from this limited pool.
When others select the best soccer talents from hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of players, and you're stuck choosing from just a few thousand, it's inevitable that the resulting gap in player ability will be enormous. This disparity becomes even more pronounced when forming a National Team.
This is another major reason behind the poor state of domestic soccer—its environment.
Why is domestic soccer so bad? Isn't it due to players' attitudes and the unfavorable soccer environment within the country?
