At that time, in order to better manage the Cuju team, standardize the game and form a large-scale and high-grade game content, people also organized and established the mass association "Yuanshe" to specialize in football. Its individual members are called "Yuan You". This club has a strong lineup and many people, and its influence is no less than that of today's Football Association. At that time, the jingle was: don't enter the social circle, don't be romantic when you are old. Judging from the competition mechanism and the number of people, Cuju in Song Dynasty is also very flexible, with large-scale competitions of several hundred people and small family competitions of several people. If Jin Meng hadn't destroyed the Song Dynasty, a country with a highly prosperous civilian culture, it's hard to say what the football world would be like today.
Stars are indispensable for such high-level sports activities. Throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, there were many high-level kickers, the most famous of which were as follows:
Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu
Judging from the portraits handed down from history, Zhao Kuangyin was open-minded and obese. In fact, he is not only good at kung fu, but also one in a million. The existing "Song Taizu Cuju Map" depicts the scene of Song Taizu, his brother Zhao Guangyi and Prime Minister Zhao Pu playing white chess and cuju. At that time, Zhao Kuangyin was famous for playing football, especially useless football. In other words, when playing football, he can touch the ball with his head, shoulders, back, abdomen, knees and feet, change flexibly and do whatever he wants.
Sushu
He is so famous in Kaifeng, the capital, that even the emperor is his die-hard fan. His performance on the court is described in more detail in the Record of Tokyo Dream. Legend of Wulin in the Southern Song Dynasty also listed the names of some stars: "Thirty-two artificial balls". At that time, the number of participants increased from 12 per team in the Han Dynasty to 4, reaching 16. Names and titles of the two teams: 1, 16 Players: Zhang Jun, Liu, Zheng, Wang Shize, left net Zhang Lin, right net Zhang Lin, third class. Sixteen members of the right army: Li Zheng, Zhu Zhen, Zhu Xuan, Zhang Ning, Bin Xu, Wang Yong and Li San. It is estimated that this should be the first football "starting list" in history.
Ding Wei Song Dynasty
This man has a bad reputation because he once framed the famous Prime Minister Kou Zhun. However, his football skills are excellent. He liked cuju since he was a child and wrote some poems about cuju. Ding Wei's Cuju poem is recorded in Sima Guang's Poem of Sima Wen Gong: "The eagle wins the eye, the dragon and snake entangle their limbs, and stand for a long time in several steps." It can be seen that he is a star of good poetry, both civil and military. No wonder he became prime minister. He should also be a gold medal coach after retiring. The same record is about Ding Wei in the Song Dynasty. The Poem of Zhongshan by Liu Chun in the Song Dynasty tells another story. Liu Sanfu was a famous football player and scholar in Ding Wei in Song Dynasty. His football skills are very good. He knew that Ding Wei, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, liked playing football. In order to be promoted, he waits outside the wall of the Prime Minister's Office every day. One day, the ball finally flew over the wall. Liu Sanfu picked it up and entered the state in the name of returning the ball. When the head, shoulders, back and other parts of the header are used, the ball has not landed yet. Ding Wei of the Song Dynasty was overjoyed and gave Liu Sanfu an official position.
high ball
Gao Qiu is no stranger to his skills, but how high is his level? The book says I have the ability to "stick this balloon on my body." Gao Qiu is the master of the Xu family. Once, he went to Duan Wangjia at that time, when he was playing cuju with ordinary people. When the ball landed in front of the golf ball, he saw a beautiful "Yuanyang turn around" and kicked the ball back to Duan Wang. Experts knew from the beginning whether there was one. Gao Qiu, with this sound, Yuanyang turned around and killed the audience at once. From Xu to Gao Qiu. Later, when he became emperor, he promoted Gao Qiu to be the commander-in-chief of the temple.