Live broadcast bar, August 24 -42-year-old Montenegro striker Deyang announced his retirement a few days ago. He has worked for many Asian teams in his career. In an official interview with FIFA, Deyang reviewed the Asian Championship finals in 2013, he said that FC Seoul performed better than Guangzhou Evergrande in the two-round finals, and the striker also talked about the feeling of participating in the Asian championship.
Talking about the decision to retire, Deyang said, “I don’t know why I waited so long to announce this. When I ended my career, I felt that I had been abroad for a long time, stay away from family. Since I was in Daegu in 2020, I haven’t been at home very often. I haven’t seen my family for two years in the past three years, so I am really exhausted physically and mentally.
Although I can still maintain a healthy body, now is a good time to retire. I have done incredible work in Hong Kong, China in the past two years. What I have been praying for is to end my career without any injuries. I am glad that I have done it. It is time to accept the life after retirement. I am very lucky to kick it to the present. Deep down, I think I need to stop.”
In the 2013 Asian Championship final, Deyang followed FC Seoul to win the Asian Championship final against Evergrande. The two sides fought 2-2 and 1-1 in two rounds. Seoul lost to Evergrande due to the disadvantage of away goals. Recalling the final, Deyang said: “Many people say that I have done a lot of great things in Asia, but that trophy is the only trophy I lack in Asia. But I am very happy. I am very lucky to play in that team. Seoul is one of the best teams in the history of the Korean league. At that time, it was the best team in Asia.
They were also the biggest team in Asia at that time and spent more money than many European teams. What I have to say is that we played better, we played better in both games, but we lost. We lost the final, which was very painful, but after that final, we also won a lot of good things. I am very happy to participate in that historic final, this is the only final where the championship belongs determined by away goals. Can you imagine that bad luck?”
At last, Deyang talked about his feeling of playing in the Asian Champions League. He said, “you don’t know how difficult it is to play in the Asian Champions League. You must always play for the top Asian teams. At that time, foreign aid was restricted to three people, if you don’t play well, the team will replace you in a year. I played 9 seasons in the Asian Championship and it was difficult to stay in a country for a long time. I did it and played the highest level all the time.
Everyone knows my character. I hate mediocrity. I want to be the best. I want to win forever. Of course, my job is to score goals. I do well every year. Then I see that I have the chance to become the best shooter in the history of the Asian Championship. Why not chase? I didn’t dare to think about it before, but when I saw that I was very close and I could do it, I pushed myself even more. When you are over 35 years old, you must work extra and spur yourself extra.”
(Luca)
