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Xie Hui: Communication between studying abroad is not a problem, if you can t play, it means you don t have enough strength

6:39am, 16 August 2025【Football】

August 15th In an interview with Oriental Sports Daily, Xie Hui talked about the topic of studying abroad. He believes that communication between studying abroad is not a problem, and not being able to play is because he lacks strength.

Speaking of the player issue, you have also played football in Europe before. We thought it was very natural back then. Xie Hui was in Germany, Yang Chen was in Germany, and then there were a few in the UK, but now I suddenly realized that the threshold for this matter has suddenly become very high for Chinese players.

This is back to the question we just mentioned. How many of us picked one out of that time, and how many are we now? How many people who are selected in this proportion now have the chance to play in Europe? Now we can see that it is difficult for us to play with Southeast Asian teams, and we are not surprised as insiders.

I say again, this is a mathematical problem. Only when you accumulate the number of people to a certain level can you reach another level. And don’t forget that the European League is also improving. Its level has been higher every year in the past 20 years. Our nearest neighbors have done a very good job. Japanese football was at the same level as us more than 20 years ago. Maybe South Korea is higher than us, but Japan must have been the same team as us at the time, but it is not the case now.

When you went to Germany to play football, what would the Germans give you this opportunity to play?

If you want to meet their standards, all your standards meet the standards, they will let you play. There is no such thing as foreign players in Europe. If you have enough skills, you will play. There is no such complex logic in it. You see many Japanese players like this. Why can they play? It is because he has the strength and he is recognized. Some people are not very sensible in their language, but the most critical issue is your ball, not your other things.

We said it in Germany. Even if many foreign players do not speak German, and even if the communication is not very smooth, there are many non-verbal communications on the football field. If they really reach a certain level, they can play, and this kind of communication on the football field is very easy. In fact, just 20 words can communicate smoothly, without any deep-seated needs. If you master 20 words, you can basically communicate football topics smoothly.

We now have many concerns, or because of culture, language, and because we think too much. In fact, the only thing we should think about is whether you have enough strength or not. If you don’t have enough strength, the ball is not good enough, and everything else is fake.

Sanzaikun didn't speak very well in English from the beginning. Son Heung-min may have a different situation. He went to Germany at the age of 16. He learned German and English there. The most important issue is your ability and level as a player.

source:7m vn1