Director of Red Star Belgrade: I hope that Chinese players will join and play in the Champions League!

Reporter Wang Wei reports On November 16, the 25th Guangdong International Sporting Goods Expo and the 21st Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao International Sporting Goods Expo were grandly opened in Area B of the Canton Fair Complex.

Guangdong Football Association appeared at this Guangdong Sports Expo, in the exhibition area of Guangdong Football Association, Guangdong football memorabilia, Zhixing style display board recorded the imprint of Guangdong football in the development, Guangdong Travel Control, Football News, Foshan La Liga and other football brands are also highlighted. At noon on the 16th, Cui Jian, director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, Lei Jianjun, deputy department-level cadre of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, Xie Changjing, chairman of the Guangdong Football Association, and other leaders came to the exhibition area of the Guangdong Football Association to watch the 2024 Guangdong Football Memorabilia, the historical review of the Provincial and Hong Kong Cup, and the exhibition board of promoting the style of Zhixing, etc., and communicated with the participating football brand institutions.

At noon on the same day, the "I Love Football, Sui'an Street Super Three-a-Person Football Series Challenge" Sports Expo Station kicked off in Hall 11.1, Area B of the Canton Fair Complex, and Zhao Lihong, Tan Ende, Zhu Weizhuo, Huang Guocai, Ou Weiting and other football celebrities were put on the battlefield. Cui Jian, director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, came to the sidelines to watch the game, and Zhou Sui'an, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Football Association, introduced the concept of the event to everyone at the scene.

Stephen, the business development director of Red Star Belgrade Club in Serbia, who was invited by the Guangdong Football Association to visit Guangdong, kicked off the "I Love Football, Sui'an Street Super Three-a-side Football Series Challenge" Sports Expo Station together with Xie Changjing, Chairman of the Guangdong Football Association, Zhou Sui'an, Zhao Lihong, Vice Chairmen, etc. During this period, Stephen was interviewed by this newspaper, he said, "I hope to use the football concept of Red Star Belgrade Club to train more Chinese football coaches, and I hope that in the future, Chinese players will join the Red Star team and have the opportunity to participate in the Champions League." ”

In order to implement the "Peiying Plan", expand foreign exchanges with football as the carrier, and accelerate the high-quality development of football in Guangdong, according to the relevant content of the "Memorandum of Cooperation between Guangdong Football Association and Red Star Belgrade", the Guangdong Football Association invited Red Star Club Belgrade of Serbia to visit Guangdong for inspection and exchange. On the 12th, Cui Jian, director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, met with Stephen, Director of Business Development of Red Star Club Belgrade, Serbia, and his party in Guangzhou.

At noon on the 16th, in an interview with reporters, Stephen, director of business development of Red Star Club Belgrade, said, "I want to first thank the Guangdong Football Association for the invitation, and the people of Guangdong will always be my friends. In the past week, we have been to three cities, to Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Meizhou, and we have seen very good infrastructure, sports facilities and excellent sports talents in these three places, and there is a very potential for sports development here, and we hope that we will have further cooperation with Guangdong football. He said.

Stephen said that Red Star Belgrade is one of the most successful clubs in Eastern Europe, winning the Champions League in 1991 and the Toyota Cup in the same year, a double in both competitions that year. With 35 titles won in the domestic league, Serbian football dominates. Winner of the Cup 28 times, it is one of the most successful clubs in Serbia. "In the last seven or eight years, the Red Star team has returned to the Champions League and are now planning to take the next step in the Champions League, hoping to win the Champions League again in the near future." Stephen said.

Red Star Belgrade is world-class in professional football and youth training, this time the Guangdong Football Association invited the Red Star Club to come to Guangdong for exchanges, the two sides give full play to the complementary advantages of resources, around the sports and cultural exchanges and cooperation intentions of the two countries, especially to bring the advanced concepts, technology and experience of the Red Star Club to Guangdong, continue to deepen the cooperation in the youth training system, work together to cultivate more outstanding young players, and jointly promote the development of football.

Stephen said: "Our biggest vision is to help the development of Guangdong football, to help Guangdong football with the philosophy and teaching methods of Red Star Belgrade, and we want to not only train Guangdong football players, but also help Guangdong football develop football coaches." As I said before, we in Serbia not only want to be a country that sends coaches, but we also want to train more Chinese coaches, so that Chinese players can receive the training concept of Serbian football. ”

In Stephen's eyes, developing players is a long-term process. "It usually takes 5 to 10 years to develop good players, I see that China has such good sports facilities and infrastructure, and I also see that China has the potential to train players well, and I hope that there will be Chinese players to play for Red Star Belgrade!" He said, "At present, Red Star Belgrade is participating in the Champions League, whether it is for Red Star Club or Chinese players, it is a very important opportunity to participate in such a high-level competition, and I hope that in the future, Chinese players can help Red Star Belgrade to participate in the Champions League." ”

At the end of the interview, Stephen extended an invitation to Chinese fans in Guangzhou, "I warmly invite Chinese fans to visit our Red Star Club in Serbia and watch our Red Star matches. ”

Yang Hongbo, Partner of Red Star China, Chief Special Adviser for Business Development, and Chief Representative of Guangdong Economic and Trade Representative Office in Serbia, said: "Thanks to the strong support of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau and the Guangdong Football Association, we visited Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Meizhou in the past week, and in the exchange with the Shenzhen Football Association, we have preliminarily determined that the Red Star Belgrade U15 team will come to China to play the match with the Chinese U15 national team. ”