Xu Zhan's related report

Like his predecessors Yang Chen and Shao Jiayi, Xu Zhan, who was selected by Hertha China in April this year, was born in Beijing Guoan Club. The process of Xu Zhan's coming to Germany is full of twists and turns: after the Hertha draft team took a fancy to Xu Zhan in April, Xu Zhan did not come to Germany with the team that came to Germany for training in August, because he was going to be promoted to the first team by Beijing Guoan at that time, and under the temptation that his career was about to come true, Xu Zhan chose to stay in domestic football.

But unexpectedly, because of the club, Guoan finally gave up Xu Zhan. In this case, Hertha Berlin contacted Xu Zhan again and asked him to come to Germany for a two-week trial.

165438+1On October 4th, accompanied by his mother, Xu Zhan came to Berlin on a tourist visa to find his dream. During the two-week training competition, Xu Zhan's level was highly praised by Hertha. Mr. Qu Bole, who is in charge of discovering potential teenagers from China, said: "Xu Zhan trains with Hertha Berlin Youth Team twice a day, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. In the training competition for more than a week, he was praised by the coach of our youth team. He has comprehensive skills and is a very promising football teenager. " "The most important thing is that he passed the two-level test of the first-level Youth League Committee and the amateur Youth League Committee in a row and performed very well. So we decided to keep him and have signed a two-year youth player contract with him. "

As for the most difficult visa issue, Mr. Qu Bole said that he has contacted the German branch of China International Travel Service, and China Travel Service will provide an internship position for Xu Zhan. While carrying out the two-year contract provided by Hertha Berlin, Xu Zhan will also start internship training in China Travel Agency. He will also become a travel agency employee and an excellent player.

At the same time, Mr. Qu Bole also said that due to the time schedule, Xu Zhan, aged 16, will join Hertha Berlin from next summer. The current two-year contract is not a professional contract, but a "preparatory contract". Whether Xu Zhan can put on Hertha's shirt and gallop in the Bundesliga will not be decided until the end of the two-year training period.

The success of Xu Zhan's trial training in Germany attracted the attention of many German media, including the famous weekly Focus, and many German media interviewed him. A reporter from Deutsche Welle also interviewed Xu Zhan himself. Xu Zhan, who plays the center position, praised the German football environment. He thinks that German football training has much higher freedom and higher training density. Although a training course seems to last only about 1.5 hours, by the end of the training, he was exhausted.

During the conversation, Xu Zhan was full of love for German football: "I have always liked German football. It can be said that among the five major leagues in Europe, the Bundesliga is my favorite. The Bundesliga is the most suitable European league for my personal development. " However, when talking about the trial results that surprised the German coach, Xu Zhan still disagreed: "In fact, I personally don't think that exam was very good. I haven't fully played it yet. "

Xu Zhan said that even if he can't stay in Hertha in the future, he will never regret it: "It doesn't matter, I kept my student status in the High School Attached to the National People's Congress." On Sunday, Xu Zhan left Germany with the joy of success and flew back to Beijing.

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According to the regulations of the German Football Association, foreign players who play in the German Youth League must pass the language school test before they can sign a formal contract with the club. At the same time, in order to get a long-term work visa during this period, Xu Zhan must also work in a travel agency under the arrangement of the club and train every afternoon. York said: "Now Xu Zhan can be said to have three identities, a player, a student and a migrant worker. I can't fight the Youth League for the time being. "

Xu Zhan was also a little anxious when talking about it. "Now I can't wait all day. The coach praises me every day. I think I'm okay, too. I just hope to play early. " Xu Zhan won't wait long. He will graduate from the language school in August, after which he will officially "become a full member" and play for Hertha Berlin in the Youth League. In Hertha, Berlin for more than a month, Xu Zhan's performance was quite outstanding. In the recent team training competition, Xu Zhan often won three yuan in a row. "Heading is my advantage, but my footwork is also very good, otherwise Hertha Berlin would not like me." Xu Zhan is very confident in himself. The next day, Xu Zhan will go to Holland with the team to participate in an international youth championship, which will be the first time for Xu Zhan to play for the team. "They said I would definitely play, and there is no limit to international tournaments." Coincidentally, the youth team led by Zhang Ning will also participate in this youth friendly match. If Hertha Berlin is lucky enough to play against the youth team, it will be a wonderful experience for Xu Zhan. "My goal is the national team," Xu Zhan told reporters firmly. Although 18-year-old Xu Zhan didn't appear in the National Youth Team and the National Junior Team, the 2008 Olympic Games didn't close the door for this China teenager. This is a different Xu Zhan. Every day he has to live alone and go to the team for training alone. Xu Zhan can fully understand the German instructions of the head coach. "If you want someone to translate for you, you'd better go home early." Xu Zhan arrived in Berlin in April 1 year, half a month earlier than the China Youth Team, and had lived in Berlin in May 1 month +0 1 day. About 1000 China students are studying in Berlin. Xu Zhan is more like one of them. Every morning at 7 o'clock, Xu Zhan gets up on time, goes out with his schoolbag on his back around 7: 30, and then takes the subway to the nearby hartnackschule Language School. The school officially starts at 8 o'clock and ends at noon 12. Fortunately for Xu Zhan, Hertha Berlin Club specially arranged one-on-one courses for him to learn German quickly. After more than a month, Xu Zhan has learned a lot of German. "Ha ha, before coming to Germany, I studied German in the second foreign language school for a month. It is not difficult to learn German. " In March, Xu Zhan had to ride a bike for half an hour every day to fly from his home in Shuangjing to the Second Foreign Language School. Life in Berlin is new to him now. "The German subway is never crowded and always so clean." By the way, do you know what impressed me most about Germany? "Xu Zhan suddenly asked the reporter," Go to the zoo to see the China panda? " The reporter replied no, I remembered the name of the German subway station. The first time I took the subway, I recited five station names in a row, which was very impressive and I never forgot it. Once on the subway, a German saw Zhan grow so tall and asked him curiously, "Yao Ming?" "No, Massereene Huo, let's play football." Xu Zhan played a head. Xu Zhan told reporters that his predicted height will reach 1.95 meters. "But as long as I don't play basketball, I think1.93m is already very high, hehe. "

Xu Zhan came out of the club office and happened to pass the Hertha store in Berlin. "Wigerhardt's?" All klar? Hello, is everything all right? ) Xu Zhan has a lot to do with greeting the salesman. "We are buddies. He said that there will be my signed jersey here in the future, hehe. " Walking out of the club, a group of people came face to face, surrounded by a black-faced South American youth. "He is Hertha Berlin 10 Massereene Huo." Xu Zhan hurriedly asked reporters to take photos. Massereene Huo readily agreed, and then smiled and compared his height with his hand. Massereene Huo's height is1.74m, and Xu Zhan's height is 65438+. Xu Zhan scratched his head embarrassedly.

Hertha Berlin's echelon dormitory is next to the club, and Xu Zhan lives here. Hertha Club has teams of all ages from 16 to 20 years old. Although he hasn't reached the age of 18, Xu Zhan has been placed in the age group of 18 by the club. His roommate is his Nigerian teammate Kang, and they share a suite and a new room. As soon as you enter the room, you can smell the smell left by the decoration. "The room has just been renovated, so it has this taste." Then Xu Zhan picked up a bottle of Adidas sports perfume and sprayed it around as an air freshener. "The elder brother of Nigeria taught me that there would be no strange smell after spraying. I tried it several times and it was quite useful. " The luggage in Xu Zhan's room is pitiful and spotless. Xu Zhan opened the closet. "Just a box. After coming to Berlin, the club gave me some new pairs of Nike shoes, which were great. " Xu Zhan's sneaker number is 46. It may be difficult to find a suitable model in China, but it is a piece of cake in giant Germany. "The team still wears size 48, hehe." Seeing the reporter's eyes scanning back and forth in the room, Xu Zhan explained: "There is really no luggage and no Chinese novels." Then the reporter saw a tattered black Pederhan dictionary next to the desk lamp. "I bought it outside, so I brought a dictionary. I will learn German well first, and I don't have much time to read it in Chinese. " Qu Bole, the marketing manager of Hertha Club in Berlin who personally took Xu Zhan to Germany, has always taken good care of Xu Zhan. He warned Xu Zhan many times, "Playing football is not the whole of life. If you quit this line in the future, you will know at least German and have the ability to find a new job. " This is what the club demands of Xu Zhan. "They are all right, and they are not allowed to go to German universities in the future."

After returning to the dormitory every afternoon, Xu Zhan will review his lessons for the whole day, and then attend the training of the youth team from 5 pm to 8 pm. This student from Beijing Sangao is obviously more likely to absorb new things than the middle-aged players stationed in Bakixingen at the same time. "When we were in the three highs, we studied in the morning and trained in the afternoon, so we got used to it. How fun it is to come to Germany. So many people want to study in Germany, but we can't come? " Every morning, noon and evening, Xu Zhan eats in the canteen of the dormitory. "Two dishes at a time are not very bad. They are used to it. If you don't eat, you will be hungry, hehe. " The biggest problem that China people encounter when they go abroad is food. For example, China Youth Team once had a "food crisis". When Xu Zhan first came, he was not used to western food. But unlike the China Youth Team, Xu Zhan has no choice. He had to face the life he was experiencing and go on bravely.

When the reporter was chatting with Xu Zhan, his cell phone rang. The ringtone is Jay Chou's My Website. "I like this song, it's super cool," Xu Zhan said. Then he put his long legs on the table and made a cool gesture for reporters to keep this youthful moment. After the evening training, Xu Zhan will simply pack his bags and then go to Holland with the team the next morning. In another month, the World Youth Championship will be held there, where young people dream of rising. Although Xu Zhan died, his dream never ended.