2000-01 season, Ma Mingyu became the first Chinese player to transfer to Serie A. Serie A has great influence in China, so Ma Mingyu joining the Serie A Perugia team has received widespread attention.
But in all fairness, at the time known as the "Little World Cup" Serie A, there are many masters, Ma Mingyu is not strong enough to play Serie A, this is a fact, so his joining is more symbolic.
At that time, the chairman of Peruzi, the big fat man Gao Qi, coveted the Chinese market. Because he had previously signed Nakata Hidetoshi, Perugia made a lot of money in Japan, and later signed An Zhenhuan, when facing China At that time, choosing a Chinese player became his wishful thinking, and Ma Mingyu became such a character.
On the evening of August 12, 2000, Ma Mingyu transferred to Rome and arrived in Perugia, where he had dinner with the big fat man Gao Qi. A series of matters including medical examinations were carried out.
In China, Ma Mingyu wears the number eight jersey, but in Perugia, the number eight jersey is worn by An Zhenhuan, and Ma Mingyu can only choose another number.
At 10 o'clock in the morning on August 17, Ma Mingyu wore a Perugia team training suit and officially appeared at the Perugia Club training ground. This is the official appearance arranged by the Perugia Club for Ma Mingyu, local media and more than 100 Perugia Fans watch from the sidelines. Kosmi first welcomed the arrival of Ma Mingyu on behalf of all the players. He introduced Ma Mingyu's personal situation to the players and hoped that the whole team would work together to play well in the league. Ma Mingyu's Serie A career officially began.
But in the following days, Ma Mingyu's life in Perugia was not easy.
A large photo of Ma Mingyu and his wife Lotte published in "guerin sportivo"
On September 21, Perugia and Umbria's amateur team San Sekenda had a match In a warm-up match, Perugia finally won by 9:0. Head coach Kosmi sent the first half of the main force,Ma Mingyu played very active, not only scored two goals, but also instigated most of the team's offensive in the midfield.
The local reporter used the metaphor of Ma Mingyu's performance with the image of "the horse is finally running." Ma Mingyu is also very confident: " At present, there are at least 7 players competing for 4 positions in the midfield, but I believe that as long as you play by yourself At a good level in the domestic league, I can definitely be the main player with my strength."
Unfortunately, Ma Mingyu never got the chance to make his debut in the league.
Compared with domestic effectiveness, Ma Mingyu's salary in Perugia has dropped by 10 times. The first salary in Serie A was paid, but something went wrong when the money was collected. The club gave Ma Mingyu a cash check, which said X million lire, but the bank staff removed a "0" and turned it into X million lire. As a result, the check was converted into cash and deposited When there was an error in the account, Ma Mingyu didn't look at it carefully. When he returned home, Lotte found the error. The next day, Ma Mingyu went to the bank again, and after getting confirmation from the club, the bank corrected the mistake.
Perugia fans cheer for Ma Mingyu and An Zhenhuan
" Yanzhao Evening News " believes that Perugia's signing of Asian players is purely driven by commercial interests. When the Daewoo company behind Ahn Jung-hwan was in financial difficulties, lost the support of its sponsors, and Ahn Jung-hwan could no longer make an appearance.
"When the Perugia Club asked its agent Karlovy to sign Ma Mingyu, it also came with a package of contracts, such as the sale of television broadcasting rights, the transfer of souvenir sales rights, and the commercial invitational contract. However, Karlovy was not only When Ma Mingyu was brought outside of Italy, no progress was made in other contracts, which means that Ma Mingyu’s "added value" is still in China. This is in contrast to the situation where the club made a fortune by buying Nakata Hidetoshi. Therefore, after buying Ma Mingyu The benefit is almost zero.
Perugia Club has incorrectly estimated the consumption power of the Chinese market (Japanese per capita income is more than 10,000 US dollars,However, China has less than US$800), decisively decided to temporarily "not use" Ma Mingyu, in order to avoid a double blow in terms of business and performance. The Perugia team’s 50,000-70,000 U.S. dollars per game TV broadcast fee (not including the cost of renting satellites) makes the Chinese TV market unbearable. At the same time, I believe that each Perugia team jersey is 50-75 U.S. dollars (about 450 US dollars). -700 yuan) in the Chinese market can not sell a few pieces. Therefore, Perugia's "bundled sales plan" made Ma Mingyu a victim of "arranged marriage." "(Yanzhao Evening News reported on January 17, 2001)
In terms of his own ability, Ma Mingyu did not have outstanding performance. At the same time, there were restrictions on the appearance of non-EU players in Serie A. Ma Mingyu has to compete with non-European players such as Brazil’s Ze Maria and Argentin’s Paris, and the results can be imagined.
When interviewing Ma Mingyu by Gazzetta dello Sport, it was discovered that Ma Mingyu could not be the other main player. The reason is that his language has always been poor, unable to communicate with the coach Cosmi in Italian, and at the same time, Ma Mingyu can hardly speak with his teammates, because his English conversation ability is also poor.
Perugia coach Kosmi said: "Ma Mingyu's skills should also be meticulously crafted, in addition to his speed and defensive ability should also be strengthened. "Cosmi’s coach said very tactfully, but the meaning is very clear. With Ma Mingyu’s age of 30, his skills have been finalized and there is not much room for improvement.
Kosmi also said: "Players should have their own talents." Not only on the court, he should also have the ability to overcome other difficulties in life and adapt well. If he did this, he would undoubtedly succeed, but unfortunately none of them.
Lang Ping, who successfully coached in Italian volleyball that year, gave Ma Mingyu some suggestions, and Lang Ping warned him,In Italy, professionalism is all-round, and players must adapt as quickly as possible psychologically, consciously and even personally. Another piece of advice Lang Ping gave Ma'er and his wife was to pass the foreign language barrier as soon as possible. Lang Ping used his experience of playing and coaching to tell Ma'er that if you rely solely on an interpreter, you will definitely make mistakes. Only by directly communicating with each other can you communicate with each other and avoid quarreling with the coach due to incorrect understanding like Yang Chen .
In fact, Ma Mingyu’s language barrier has never been passed, and An Zhenhuan, who is an Asian, is also confused. An Zhenhuan said that he also hopes to communicate with Ma Mingyu in many ways, but due to language barriers, the two people The communication is very limited. An Zhenhuan said that after a training session, because Ma Mingyu did not run well in training, he asked Ma Mingyu how old he was in English. I wonder if Ma Mingyu had misheard or was unable to listen to English well, but the answer turned out to be where he lived.
An Jung-hwan said that Ma Ming-woo could not keep up with the team's physical strength for some unknown reason, and he could not understand the coach’s arrangements correctly, let alone communicate with his teammates, whether on or off the court. Any effective communication, although football is the common language of the world, the inability to communicate will make teammates lose the confidence to cooperate with you, which will make you a superfluous person on the field, and you will not get the opportunity to play.
An Zhenhuan also drove Ma Mingyu to participate in the training. He wanted to get in touch with the two Orientals, but An Zhenhuan's English is very general. "It seems that Ma Mingyu's English is not as good as mine. Therefore, between the two people. Communication is still difficult,"
"Chinese Dream: Marching to the World Cup" reported by Gazzetta dello Sport and the original copy of Ma Mingyu's autograph
In the Serie A that year, even Mijatovic and Players like Stojkovic, Effenberg have encountered difficulties in adapting.The competition is fierce. Ma Mingyu was not in his best form when he landed in Serie A, and he was expected to be unable to play in Serie A towards the end of his football career.
But this does not mean that Ma Mingyu made the mistake of staying abroad. He used to be troubled in the ocean. As a pioneer of Chinese football, Ma Mingyu has trained in Serie A and experienced the world's top training and games, which is beneficial to the development of Chinese football. try.
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