In today's high-level football matches in the world, it is probably no longer in line with the trend to only talk about individual technical level and rely on individual foot work. The goal is mainly based on the organic cooperation of the players, and the sense of cooperation has become an important tactical awareness on the field. A well-known football critic commented on the Argentine football team's loss of the 12th World Cup title: "Maradona, as a star, only pays attention to the individual on the field and does not pay attention to the collective, and the individualistic style of play of the Argentine stars has finally led them to isolate themselves from the World Cup champions." Fans often criticize a player for "dribbling too much", because they hate that the player is too much of a player to show off his personal skills, and destroy the organic coordination, so that he loses the opportunity to score. The economic work of a place should form a whole from top to bottom, left and right. Each department is relatively independent, but it is a part of the whole, and cannot be independent of the whole or severed from other departments.

—"Promoting the "Economic Cantata" (September 1988) from "Lifting Yourself from Poverty"

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Maradona is a famous Argentine star with precise footwork and skillful dribbling skills, and was selected for the Argentine national team at the age of 17. Whether in the national team or at the club, he is always the team's "key man". In a match against England, Maradona scored with five defenders in a row, which made many people feel that "he is the greatest talent in the history of football".

After all, football is not a one-man battle, the competition is not only the superb skills of the players, but also the team spirit and cooperation of the players. A team that focuses only on individual skills and not on collective cooperation may play beautiful individual football, but it will be difficult to win games.

For example, in 1982, when the 12th FIFA World Cup opened in Spain, Maradona wore the number 10 shirt of the national team at the age of less than 22. In Argentina's 4-1 win over Hungary, he scored two goals to show superstar strike. However, Maradona's focus on individual play rather than teamwork, coupled with the focus on defending by various teams, has not scored a goal since. In the match against Brazil, he was fouled by a Brazilian player and maliciously retaliated against the opponent, and was expelled from the game by the referee with a red card, and the Argentine team failed to reach the final.

Victory or defeat on the field has an enlightening significance beyond football. As a football enthusiast, Xi Jinping has a deep understanding of this. The British media called Xi Jinping "the footballer on the diplomatic stage". During his visit to Ireland in 2012, photos of Xi Jinping playing football appeared in major media outlets around the world; When he visited Germany in 2014, he visited Chinese young football players trained in Germany; During his visit to the UK in 2015, he visited Manchester City Football Club...... Showing personal hobbies and creating an amiable image, Xi Jinping's "football diplomacy" has shortened the distance between China and the people of the world. When Xi Jinping delivered his 2014 New Year's message, the media noticed that photos of him playing football during his visit to Ireland were on the shelves. He once said that he has a "Chinese football dream". Football reform has also been included in the agenda setting of comprehensively deepening reform.

Xi Jinping used football as a metaphor to clarify the relationship between the whole and the parts: if the parts are organically integrated, the power of the whole will be multiplied; When the parts are at odds with each other, the power of the whole is weakened. Xi Jinping has always emphasized that the process of governing the country should pay attention to coordination and cooperation, "being in the position of the soldier, and planning for the commander", and always consider the problem from the overall situation.