January 23 is Zhang Xizhe's birthday. Both the Guoan team and the Chinese national team sent birthday wishes to the best-skilled local player.
｜ The Chinese national team also sent blessings to Zhang Xizhe
Mention Zhang Xizhe, and many fans will definitely remember the match against Henan Jianye in 2010. 19 The year-old Zhang Xizhe made the first debut on behalf of Guoan and scored two yuan. This also indicates that this thin boy will inevitably become a legend in the history of Guoan.
No one thought that time flies so fast, 11 years have passed in a flash. Zhang Xizhe is no longer thin, he is 30 years old.
｜ Zhang Xizhe scored twice in his first show
Majiqi and Rose celebrated with Zhang Xizhe
It can be said that Zhang Xizhe is the best midfielder in Chinese football today. Throughout the history of Chinese football, Zhang Xizhe dare not say that there is no one before, but he is definitely no one.
Only from the perspective of professionalization, in the position of the technical midfielder, the "Southern Peng Beicao" in the early professionalization period was known as a classic, and then Cui Yinze activated Gao Zhongxun and became the engine of the Chinese team. After that, the technical midfielders, namely Shao Jiayi and Tao Wei, the two Guoan seniors, still have some characteristics, and other players are not worth mentioning.
The current national team captain Hao Junmin is the second-to-last technical midfielder before Zhang Xizhe. However, Hao Junmin is a full-back, and his combination of man and ball is a leader among Chinese local players. As he grew older, he began to move to the midfield and assumed the responsibility of organizing the offense.
｜ Zhang Xizhe and Hao Junmin
The reason why Hao Junmin is the second to last is because there is another one from the bottom, which is Zhang Xizhe’s teammate Park Cheng. Park Sung’s skills at the feet are better than Zhang Xizhe and Hao Junmin, and even better than his predecessor Gao Zhongxun.But Park Sung's passing vision is not wide enough. The most important thing is that Park Sung once wasted, physical injuries prevented him from reaching the height predicted by the famous coach Blazevic.
Zhang Xizhe is 2 years younger than Park Cheng and 4 years younger than Hao Junmin. After him, Chinese football has no more technical midfielders.
This is actually in line with the development trend of world football. In modern football, the positional attributes of the front midfielder have almost disappeared, and the technically organized midfielder must also have the ability to defend and respond.
In fact, Zhang Xizhe’s playing style has also changed a lot. He has changed from AM in the past to CM. Although he is still active in the midfield, he is relatively behind and passes the ball. The starting point is relatively backward.
Zhang Xizhe, who is already 30 years old, has indeed decreased his explosive power and flexibility compared with his youth, but his physical confrontation has improved, his defensive sense of position and his reading of the game are more accurate. Therefore, now Zhang Xizhe is no longer an offensive midfielder when he debuted, nor a left midfielder or left midfielder at his peak, but a completely organized central midfielder.
｜ With age, Zhang Xizhe’s style of playing has also changed
In the era of Pacheco, under the 433 system, Zhang Xizhe played awkwardly and was in the third In the field position, he is not as effective as Park Sung, which is mainly reflected in the awareness of running response and the role of defense. At that time, Zhang Xizhe preferred to complete the final pass or final blow in front of the goal with clever positioning and dexterous technique.
And now Zhang Xizhe, the most suitable may be the third midfielder. Genesio allowed him to partner with Fernando and Li Ke in the midfield and played an extraordinary effect in the AFC.
And this kind of transformation is exactly similar to Croatian superstar Modric. This is also a typical example of the transformation from a front waist to organizer.
When Bilic was the head coach of the Croatian national team, Modric was Bilic’s most trusted player ,He once said that Modric's status in the national team is beyond doubt. When Modric was in the youth team, Bilic, who was coaching the Croatian youth team, was recruited 2 years earlier.
｜ Bilic and Modric from the Croatian U21 to the adult national team
At first, Modric was also a midfielder, but over time, he became an all-around midfielder Organizer.
When Bilic led the Croatian national team to the European Championships for the first time, Modric still has more attributes as a midfielder. When they appear again in the European Championship four years later, Modri Qi has become a central midfielder, and his partner Rakitic is next to him.
｜ Luka Modric & Ivan Rakitic
Will Bilic treat Zhang Xizhe as Guoan’s Modric? If so, who is Rakitic of Guoan? Guoan's midfield foreign aid and naturalization are rampant, and Zhang Xizhe's position has always been uncertain. This should be the biggest homework facing Bilic.
After Modric changed to playing an organizational midfielder, he finally achieved a hegemony after the age of 30. Zhang Xizhe is now 30 years old. Can he play under Bilic like Modric? hope so.
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