Shui Qingxia made her debut with the women's soccer team, aiming directly at the Asian Cup champion

Shui Qingxia clearly put forward the goal of winning the Asian Cup. Source:Xinhua News Agency

Beijing News (reporter Zhou Xiao) At 18:00 Beijing time on January 20, the Chinese women's national football team will usher in the first match of the 2022 Indian Women's Football Asian Cup. This group match with Chinese Taipei is not only the first match of the Asian Cup of "Sonorous Rose", but also the debut of Shui Qingxia after officially taking charge of the women's national team.

After the Tokyo Olympics collapsed, the Chinese women's football team entered a period of adjustment, and it was finally decided that Shui Qingxia would be the head coach of the team. In preparation for the Asian Cup, the national team began training shortly after the end of the Women's Super League. On January 11, the team's 23-man squad for the Asian Cup was officially announced, and compared with the 22-man roster for the Tokyo Olympics last summer, the personnel changes were large, and Players such as Lou Jiahui, Ma Jun, Li Ying, Zhao Lina, and Li Jiayue all returned. On January 15, the Chinese women's football team departed from Shanghai and took a charter flight to Mumbai, India. In the early morning of the 18th, Tang Jiali, who played for the Tottenham Hotspur women's football team in the Premier League, arrived in India to meet the team. Two days before the first match, all 23 women's internationals who competed in the Asian Cup arrived.

During the Training Camp in Shanghai before the Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team played a total of 6 warm-up matches. In a previous interview with the media, Shui Qingxia expressed satisfaction with the team's preparation effect: "Through training and warm-up matches, the team has basically achieved the expected effect in both offensive and defensive ends and technical positions. "The requirements of the new manager are simple: play the content of the training, play the spirit of the sonorous rose.

At the pre-match press conference on the 18th, Shui Qingxia clearly put forward the goal of this Asian Cup: "I hope to finally win the championship. Playing better is my desire to coach... I hope that the players can be more united, fully believe in themselves, and fight for the same goal, so that we can go further. The coaching philosophy of the new women's football coach is fast, reasonable and victorious, and she hopes that the "sonorous rose" will reap the desired results in the rapid offensive and defensive conversion.

According to the schedule, the opponents of the Three Group Matches of the Chinese Women's Football Team are the Chinese Taipei Women's Football Team, the Iranian Women's Football Team and the host India Women's Football Team. Shui Qingxia said that the team will not despise any opponent, "3 games are very challenging, each team has a different technical and tactical way of playing. We must be fully prepared and value each opponent. ”

Beijing News reporter Zhou Xiao

Edited by Han Shuangming Proofreader Wang Xin