Speaking of Korean football, Park Ji-sung is a name that can never be bypassed. Nicknamed "Park San-fei", he is one of the most important players under the legendary coach Ferguson . Today we will tell the legendary story of Park Ji-sung.
Every player is eager to have a perfect football career, and Park Ji-sung is no exception. From the beginning of his contact with football, he dreamed of rising from the national youth team to the national team and becoming a football star. But reality is often cruel. In his youth, Park Ji-sung not only had never been selected to the national team, but even faced the dilemma of ending his football career.
In 1981, Park Ji-sung was born in Gwangjung County, Jeollanam-do, and moved to Suwon City when he was very young, where his football career began. In the 6th grade, Park Ji-sung represented the school to participate in the national competition and won the second place, and won the Che Beangen Football Award named after the Korean football star Beangen.
But in his youth, Park Ji-sung is not only short and thin, but also flat-footed. Many people are not optimistic about his future development. In 1998, Park Ji-sung, who was about to graduate from high school, tried his best to lead Suwon Industrial High School to win the championship at the National Football Tournament that year, but still could not attract the coveted Korea University. He decided to try out the professional team directly, but he always got the reply: "The technique is okay, the physique is too weak." After the successive failures of
, Park Ji-sung was once confused. At the end of 1998, just as the college admissions was about to end, the coach Kim Hee Tae from Mingzhi University appeared and saved Park Ji-sung's football career like the savior.
At that time, the enrollment of the football department of Mingzhi University was full. Kim Hee-tae admitted Park Ji-sung to the tennis team. On the eve of school, Park Ji-sung came to the school to participate in the training of the football team. Coincidentally, the Korean Olympic team coached by Xu Dingmo happened to have a teaching match with Myongji University. In that game, Park Ji-sung scored a wonderful score of five people in a long-distance attack, and Xu Ding Mao remembered him.
In the spring of 1999, as a freshman Park Ji-sung came to the football field, he met an excited coach Kim Hee-tae: "Ji-sung, you have been selected for the Olympic team of Hyo Jung-mo! Tomorrow to Ulsan to meet!"
Park Ji-sung, who has never been selected to the National Youth Team, put on the national jersey for the first time as the National Olympic team. And his football career took off. The following year Park Ji-sung left Myongji University to join the Japanese J2 League team Kyoto Phoenix to start his career, and was also selected for the first time in the Korean national team.
On the eve of the 2002 World Cup, Park Ji-sung broke through the gates of England and France in friendly matches and won a main World Cup position for himself. The performance of the South Korean team in this World Cup is already familiar to everyone. Park Ji-sung also scored his first World Cup goal in the game against Portugal.
At the end of 2002, Park Ji-sung declined the renewal of the Kyoto Phoenix and decided to follow in the footsteps of his teacher Hiddink to join the Dutch team PSV Eindhoven.
has just arrived in the Netherlands, facing a completely different football environment, coupled with injury problems, Park Ji-sung's performance is very bad, so bad that as long as he comes on the field, he will welcome the home team fans boos. There was a time when Hiddink only dared to send Park Ji-sung in an away game.
February 27, 2004, a day that Park Ji-sung will remember forever. This day Eindhoven and will be a guest at Perugia to participate in the Europa League knockout round. Due to the injury of the main attacker Robben, Park Ji-sung got a rare starting opportunity. In the end, the result of the game was 0-0, but it couldn't hide Park Ji-sung's dazzling performance. He asked for what he wanted from the wing and sent accurate crosses many times. After the game
, Park Ji-sung was surprised to find that the boos gradually disappeared, and the applause and encouragement increased. This long-unrecognized "rookie" finally ushered in a rebirth.
In his third year in Eindhoven, Park Ji-sung has grown into the core player of the team, not only dominating the Dutch domestic stadium, but also reaching the Champions League semi-finals all the way. In the semifinals Eindhoven and Milan gave a wonderful match. If it weren't for the precious away goal scored by Ambrosini in 91 minutes, Milan might not be the background board for Istanbul.
's brilliant performance in the Champions League attracted the attention of Ferguson. In the summer of 2005, Park Ji-sung officially transferred to Manchester United, the next stop, Dream Theater!
Before this, no Asian has ever succeeded in a Premier League team, not to mention the Premier League hegemony Manchester United, Park Ji-sung also understands this very well. In his mind, the most fierce competition for Manchester United was never the "Dream Theater" Old Trafford, but their training ground-Carrington. Only by fully demonstrating your abilities here can you get the opportunity to board the Dream Theater. Park Ji-sung's choice is to run, to run non-stop.
Evra gave him the nickname "Phantom" for this Korean who was training desperately. This Korean can always appear in any position on the court at any time. No one can refuse a player who works so hard, and so is Ferguson. In his first season at Manchester United, Park Ji-sung made 34 appearances in the Premier League.
In the following seasons, as long as there is no injury, Park Ji-sung has always been one of Ferguson's most important pieces.
"Park Ji-sung is a nightmare"
is just a matchup with Park Ji-sung in training. His Manchester United teammate Scholes made such a sigh. How terrible is Park Ji-sung’s defense? His opponent Pirlo has more say.
In the 2010 UEFA Champions League knockout, Manchester United and AC Milan met on a narrow road, Ferguson gave Park Ji-sung only one task, staring at Pirlo. Throughout the game, Pirlo hardly passed even a kick comfortably and was lost in the nightmare created by Park Ji-sung. The final score of 2-7 in the two rounds also shows how well Park Ji-sung played.
Before the 2008 Champions League final, Ferguson announced the final list, and people were surprised to find that there was no Park Ji-sung. You must know that he just started two Champions League semi-finals and is one of the heroes of their two rounds of losing Barcelona. Now he can only watch the Champions League final that originally belonged to him in the audience.
Park Ji-sung's knee has undergone many major operations, but in the face of this blow, the injury is not worth mentioning.
In the audience, there is another person who is as painful as Park Ji-sung, the Spanish defender Pique. A few months later, Pique chose to leave Manchester United to look for more stable playing opportunities. But Park Ji-sung decided to stay. He was eager to use his own efforts to prove that he was worthy of the Red Devils jersey!
In the following season, Park Ji-sung exploded with tremendous energy, scoring 4 goals in 40 appearances throughout the season. In the Champions League semi-final against Arsenal, Park Ji-sung scored the winning goal. At the Rome Olympic Stadium that year, Park Ji-sung finally achieved his goal a year ago and stood on the stage of the Champions League final.
In 2012, the 30-year-old Park Ji-sung fell into a decline, coupled with the addition of Kagawa Shinji , Park Ji-sung, who consciously could not get the main position, applied for a transfer to Ferguson, ending his 7-year Red Devils career. When
came to Manchester United, the outside world generally doubted that this was just a transfer to open up the Asian market, but Park Ji-sung repelled the doubt with outstanding performance. He made 205 appearances in 7 years, 27 goals, and 11 championship trophies. , He handed over a perfect report card for his Red Devils career.
In Park Ji-sung’s autobiography "Run for Dreams", he wrote: "If there is a chance to re-choose the style of playing football, compared to the more gorgeous style, I am willing to choose dedication."
Talented players cannot beat hard-working players, and hard-working players cannot beat people who enjoy football. This may be the way to success for Park Ji-sung.
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