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Plans kick off soon

For years, Chinese soccer fans have rarely had the chance to cheer for a triumph from the national team. However, hope for Chinese soccer has been ignited (点燃) recently, as the government released an overall reform plan to boost the development of soccer in China on march 16.

By 2025, 50000 elementary and middle schools will include soccer in the curriculum. According to the plan, students will be given textbooks that teach the positions of players and soccer tactics (战术). They will also be encouraged to form soccer teams and participate in competitions regularly. The extraordinary young players will be enrolled into local leagues and training camps, helping to build up a large soccer talent pool.

Chinese soccer, with the national team currently ranked at No 83 in the world, has been lagging behind many other countries for a long time. Critics say the biggest reason is a lack of a well-built youth training system, which is the key to creating a strong soccer culture, according to the BBC.

Take Spain, a team that has dominated the world of soccer for a long time, as an example. It has the world’s best soccer school, La Masia. This FC Barcelona youth academy is widely known for producing skillful and creative soccer talents. Teams in the academy are divided into 12 levels, from U8(for players under 8 years old) to U19. Its talent scouts (星探) are stationed around the world, always looking for boys who show outstanding potential for soccer. Studying there is free of charge. A talented 10-year-old boy can walk into La Masia and come out eight years later as a superstar.

The rising soccer giant Germany also knows the importance of youth training. Germany scored only one goal at the 2000 European Championships, which started a national discussion over why the country could no longer produce good, young players. So in 2001, the German Football League required that all Bundesliga (甲级联赛) clubs set up academies with youth teams from U12 to U23. The clubs now spend over 100 million on youth development each year. And they have successfully raised the standards of young German players.

In 26-year-old midfielder Thomas Muwller, 25 year-old midfielder Toni Kroos and 33-year-old full back Philipp Lahm, for instance, the world has witnessed Bayern’s youth work paying off handsomely.

―Youth is the key to China’s soccer, as late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said‖ but it takes time to gain results,‖ said President Xi Jinping in 2014, ―China’s soccer dream looks far away, but we cannot stop.‖

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 13 WORDS)

78. What is the detail of China’s soccer reform plan?

79. According to critics, why has Chinese soccer been left behind many other countries?

80. La Masia in Barcelona is well famous for____________________________ .

81. _________________________ has raised the young German players.

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