Golden Greenery

Maxim Shatskikh walked off the field with his head lowered to the sound of the entire audience at Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center. He ignored his teammate Bakayev who reached out to hand over his hand. He returned to the bench and closed his eyes tiredly. , slumped there like a deflated rubber ball.

The live broadcast camera focused on Zhuo Yang on the court in a timely manner, and as expected, it was found that he did not care about Uzbekistan's substitution at all, but was talking to Zheng Zhi. The two of them were smiling happily, and it was obviously not a serious topic.

In the top 10 Asian qualifying match of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, China VS Uzbekistan, the No. 7 star and 1 captain on the field in the second half, the score on the field was 2:0, the home team was in front.

In the final group match of the 2nd Army Cup, Real Madrid challenged Dynamo Kiev of Ukraine away from home. Kiev's main forward Shatskikh scored twice in the first half, causing the Galaxy to lose face. In the second half, Ronaldo came on as a substitute and scored two goals to equalize the score for Real Madrid.

1. Morocco’s star forward and core player ‘Nuclear Warhead’ Shevchenko 2. Italy’s AC Milan. Kiev’s forward line is in urgent need of reinforcements. Lobanovsky, the veteran Kiev coach and the godfather of Ukrainian football, unexpectedly chose Shatskikh, a 21-year-old unknown Uzbek at the time. The transfer fee of 300,000 made people full of doubts about him.

The following season, Shevchenko scored 24 goals in 34 appearances for AC Milan, and Shatskih scored 20 goals in 25 games in the Ukrainian Super League. Two seasons later, Schatzkih once again won the league's Golden Boot with 22 goals. Before 2008, when Zhuo Yang was still a "German", Schatzkih was the only Asian player to win the European League Golden Boot. forward.

At that time, some people said that the number one striker in Asia was Ali Daei, but more people were unwilling to admit it. In fact, they knew in their hearts that Shatskih was the real number one striker in Asia. Asians are unwilling to accept Shatskikh because he is a migrant, because Uzbekistan is a migrant. Just like now, Australia is an Asian team, but it is difficult to regard Kewell and Bresciano as Asian players.

After the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, Uzbekistan became an Asian country, but their first appearance of football gave all Asia a loud slap in the face.

In the 1-goal match, Uzbekistan went all the way and defeated the traditional Asian strong teams. At that time, there was no age limit for Asian Games football, and each team competed with the first-line lineup of the adult national team.

Uzbekistan defeated the favorite Saudi Arabia 4:1 in the first match of the group. Since then, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand have won all four group matches. In the semifinals, Uzbekistan defeated the star-studded South Korean team 1:0 with the only shot of the game.

In the final, Uzbekistan defeated China 4:2 and won the Asian Games football gold medal with a complete victory.

In fact, Uzbek football at that period was not very good among the five Central Asian countries, let alone the former Soviet republics. At least their foundation was not as good as Kazakhstan and Tajikistan at the time. But just such a team of Uzbekistan, which managed to cobble together 17 people to participate in the competition, put the whole of Asia to shame.

Since then, Uzbekistan has become a strong team in Asian football that no one dares to ignore. Its success in Asia has also ignited Uzbekia's enthusiasm for football. As the saying goes, when the West does not shine, the East shines.

In the top ten matches of the Asian region of the 2002 World Cup, the only defeat of the Chinese team in the group was a 0:1 away defeat to Uzbekistan in the final round. However, China had already confirmed its qualification before that.

In this campaign, all substitutes appeared as bonus players.

At that time, the 23-year-old Shatskih did not play for a few minutes with the national team because he was injured in the Ukrainian Super League, and the sporadic games he played were in poor condition. In Dalian Jinzhou and Tashkent, he was defended into two pieces by General Fan and Li Weifeng respectively. Today, the 31-year-old Shatskikh is still playing for Dynamo Kyiv. He ranks third among Kiev's historical shooters after Ukrainian legend Blokhin and Sheva's national team partner Rebrov. , a remarkable achievement.

Shatskih was booed because he inexplicably sprayed Zhuo Yang before the game. He made wild remarks and said that Zhuo Yang was not compatible with the national team and that no matter how good he was, he could not improve the level of the Chinese team. Shatskih said: Even with Zhuoyang, Uzbekistan will beat the Chinese team without any surprise, because Zhuoyang is like duckweed floating on the water, he does not belong to the underwater world.

No one could understand what Shatskih wanted to say. Perhaps he was venting his dissatisfaction with the Asian football community's differential treatment of him and Zhuoyang.

Because Dynamo Kyiv is the dominant player in Ukraine, they can always get the chance to play in the Champions League. A goal. With this result, it is probably not an exaggeration to call Shatskih the first striker in Asia before Zhuoyang. It is probably not an exaggeration to call him the first man in Asian history. He himself thinks so, but now the two of them are The influence of world and Asian football is worlds apart.

Because he plays for Ukraine all year round, Shatskih does not have a share in various AFC awards, and because of the country's popularity, his presence in Asia is not strong. Schatzkih didn't care before. He felt that Asian football was like a shrimp crawling in the mud at the bottom of a pond, while he was an eagle flying in Europe.

Zhuoyang also has no role in the selection of various Asian awards, but his photo now occupies the homepage of the AFC official website. Even if he disdains it, this is a treatment that Shatskih has never enjoyed.

This difference in influence means a huge gap in business income! Zhuoyang is making a lot of money all over the world, but Shatskikh has basically no extra money except the salary from Kiev. Even in Uzbekistan, because of its weak country and low national purchasing power, Shatskikh has a great reputation but cannot get much income.

When the top ten games started this time, Shatskih returned from Ukraine to gather, only to find that the streets of Dushanbe were already covered with various commercial posters of Zhuo Yang. The economic activities of Chinese businessmen brought Zhuo Yang to every corner of the world. . Fans in their country are talking about Zhuoyang. The small domestic brands that Schatzkih endorsed collapsed in front of Zhuoyang's international brand.

After arriving in China with the team, fans still talked about Zhuo Yang, but his name Shatskih left most Chinese fans confused: Who is that? What kind of chicken to kill? What excitement? Kill what? Not even a single portrait of him can be seen on the streets. A person can wander the streets of Guangzhou from dawn to death without being disturbed by reporters or citizens.

Due to injuries and age, Shatskikh, who has been in serious decline, has not played in Kiev this season. The desolation of his hero's journey inevitably makes him feel sad. His agent has worn out the soles of his shoes in China, but he is still helpless. Shatskih was told that no Chinese Super League teams were interested in him, making Shatskih sad and resentful of the Eagles' gradual demise.

Shatskih, who was determined to express bad words in this game, was not turned into a piece of shit by Li Weifeng today, but his midfield teammates turned into a piece of shit in front of Zhuo Yang and his teammates. Shatskih could not even get the ball. Can't get it.

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