Written by /Zhao Yu
When I fell behind South Korea 0-2, my friend Pantzev said in the group: Women's football should be able to win.
Later, it really did, and the Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup after a gap of 16 years. I don't think it's Pantsev's "god prediction" now, he just casually says it and asks those who are going to turn off the TV to look at it twice more.
I can understand the mood of turning off the TV at 0-2 hours, and I also edited the interview video of the women's ice hockey at the Winter Olympics while peeking at the game. In the absence of a clear advantage in strength, it is necessary to change the score of 0-2 unless a miracle happens.
After 45 minutes, the miracle really happened, and the Chinese women's football team proved itself with an impeccable second half. People have seen Xiao Yuyi's kill in the stoppage time stage, but ignored the tacit cooperation of several attackers before the goal, three passes and two falls, playing calmly and confidently, which is the temperament of a strong person.
The Chinese team can equalize and reverse without superiority in strength and 0-2 behind, which is spelled out, and this fighting spirit is the tradition of Chinese women's football and is passed on from generation to generation. Just like the women's ice hockey team, they knew that their strength was inferior to that of the Japanese team, but they still stubbornly dragged the game into extra time and penalties, and finally won.
The word "struggle" is advocated by sportsmanship, but in the era of Chinese football, which is full of materialism, it has become a luxury, which is lamentable. After watching last night's women's ice and women's football matches, I don't know if those who gave up chasing on the court because they couldn't catch up blushed.
If the victory of the Chinese women's football team is simply attributed to the spirit, it is disrespectful to professional ability. The strength of the Chinese team is comparable to that of the South Korean team, and the main reason for the poor performance in the first half is the slow heat. Head coach Shui Qingxia made adjustments in time, replacing Wu Chengshu and Lou Jiahui with Zhang Rui and Xiao Yuyi, who were in general condition, and replacing Wang Shuang, who was injured, with Zhang Linyan in the 60th minute. After several adjustments, the Chinese team's game felt obviously different, coupled with the fighting spirit, the victory came naturally.
Shui Qingxia's seemingly understated substitution in the game is a portrayal of her in-depth understanding of this team, this group of players, and even women's football. From player to coach, Shui Qingxia has been playing in women's football circles for 40 years, most of the time working in the grassroots and leagues that are not noticed, until the age of 55, when she became the head coach of the national team for the first time and was more understood.
People who know the women's football movement know that grassroots work is very hard, the benefits are not much, and the attention is almost zero, but there are still many people like Shui Qingxia who insist on love. However, such a coach with experience in women's football and full of love for this cause almost failed to qualify for the national team due to the way the football association's coaches competed.
Professional, career-loving people often have their own set of principles, and they sometimes fall out of step with traditional human feelings. And Chinese football just chooses the latter in terms of professionalism and sophistication, and some managers are even willing to engage in some small actions of ganging and colluding with interests to make football a miasma. Professional people therefore can not get a broader platform, they are not flattered by the pressure of the superior, breathless.
In the past six months or so, the Chinese women's football team has experienced a crushing defeat at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and now it has won the Asian Cup. Only nine people on the Olympic list competed in the Asian Cup, and the current list slaps the Tokyo Olympic list hard. I don't know if it is as the rumor goes: the Olympic roster is to weigh local interests and prepare for the National Games after the Olympic Games. If this is the case, the decision-makers on the list will still be held accountable even after such a long time. It seems to be a list, but it is actually a microcosm of Chinese football's disrespect for professionalism, disrespect for the law, and bureaucratization for so many years. If this matter can be thoroughly investigated, it will undoubtedly be more beneficial to the future development of Chinese football, whether it is men's football or women's football.
After the women's football team won the Asian Cup, the circle of friends was brushed up. A reporter who has been reporting on women's football for many years said that for women's football, it is always the attention of the whole people during the competition, and then it quickly cools down and no one cares, "We have become accustomed to this kind of 'being concerned for more than ten days, snubbing for more than half a year'. ”
Indeed, the attention and professionalism of women's football cannot be compared with men's football, not only in China, but also in the world. What we should look forward to most is to use this "ten days of attention" to bring more development opportunities and material support to women's football sports, so that those girls who are and are preparing to engage in this sport can see the future and feel that their efforts are worth it. Love can generate electricity, but love also needs more care.
What I am most worried about now is that after the women's football team has made some achievements, after a few managers have sent Wei Guangzheng's circle of friends, they stand in front of everyone in the form of encouragement and condolences, show that professional smile, clear their throats and say: Everyone is doing a good job, I will say two sentences...
Then he began to express his personal opinion at length, using non-professional thinking to make development suggestions that he thought were reasonable for professional problems. Not only football, but also many industries, a small group has just made some achievements, and some people have participated in the reason of "helping you do better", and finally the noise is not happy.
Shut up, leave the professional work to the professional people to do well, do not need the guidance of the manager from a non-professional point of view. Managers should be as they say to "do a good job" and "do a good job of logistics." The support for women's football should not only stay in last night's circle of friends.