A Comprehensive Reform of Chinese Football!

The interview mostly revolved around football—how he had embarked on this path, what it felt like to study abroad, and his thoughts on leading the national team into the World Cup, among other things.

Since he had coordinated their answers with the production team beforehand and prepared standard responses, Lin Feng only needed to follow the script.

The interview went very smoothly. However, after he had finished answering the prearranged questions, host Jing Yidan suddenly raised a question they had not discussed in advance:

"As everyone knows, after Chinese football took part in the 2002 World Cup, it went through a number of setbacks. The development of football in China once hit rock bottom, and many people worry that the national team's qualification for the World Cup this time will be another flash in the pan, just like last time.

"As the Captain of the Chinese team, do you have any good suggestions for preventing that from happening?"

Lin Feng was somewhat surprised by the question, but he had actually given the answer some thought before.

After a brief moment of consideration, he gave his answer:

"I believe the value of sports does not lie in the competitive arena, but in getting ordinary people involved—allowing them to build their bodies and relax their minds through exercise. Chinese football's decline over the past years happened because its development became detached from the broad masses of the people, turning it into duckweed without roots."

"Of course, every country differs in culture, national conditions, and even institutions, so we cannot blindly copy others. But one can still learn from others' strengths.

"I spent quite a long time abroad, especially in Germany, and the football culture there is incredibly strong. Beyond the professional clubs in the top leagues, there are also huge numbers of