Many fans have talked about the Chinese women's football team, they will know Sun Wen and Shui Qingxia, but for the current sonorous rose, they may only remember the name Wang Shuang. In this year's Women's Asian Cup, the water guide who returned to the national team picked up the coaching whip and implanted the champion DNA into the team. At the same time, more fans firmly remember Tang Jiali, who shined in the final, substitute Xiao Yuyi, the magic goalkeeper Zhu Yu, and the MVP champion Wang Shanshan.
01. Debut from playing volleyball: "Nine-ball diva" from defender to forward
Born on January 27, 1990, Wang Shanshan is a Henan girl. She grew up in the volleyball characteristic primary school in her hometown of Luoyang, and she naturally entered the volleyball team with amazing athletic ability. Fortunately, Geng Hongjie, a primary school physical education teacher, is a football fan, and when he trained in the volleyball team, he used football as a warm-up project, which made Wang Shanshan mistakenly embark on the road of enlightenment.
In junior high school, the teacher told Wang Shanshan: "Since you are not so tall, let's go play football." (Now nearly 1.7 meters tall) Wang Shanshan, who changed the road in the middle, was first placed in the position of defender after walking on the green field. Because she is characterized by being too able to run, whether it is sprinting sprints or long-distance running endurance, she is very good. At the school games at that time, even male classmates were left behind by her.
Because the sonorous rose of that year reached the final of the World Cup in the Rose Bowl in the United States, it also made women's football flourish in China. From Henan to Beijing, Wang Shanshan eventually began her career in Tianjin. Because of a chance attempt by the coach, Wang Shanshan, who changed to a striker, made a name for herself with one goal after another. Wrapping up in front of goal, shooting in front of goal, grabbing points with headers, and scoring goals continuously, she won the nickname of "Nine-Ball Queen". In the national team with Wang Shuang in the front line, it is known as the "Wang Fried Combination".
One of Wang Shanshan's major regrets is that the Tianjin Huisen women's football team disbanded, so that she had to leave the mother team she has been playing for and move between Dalian women's football team and Wuhan women's football team. Despite successively dominating the women's Chinese Super League, Wang Shanshan, who is emotional, has always wanted to return to Tianjin. After tianjin Shengde women's football team appeared in the low-level Chinese League A, Wang Shanshan refused the high salary of wuhan team and took a low salary to compete in the middle league because that was where her "dream began".
02. Lack of personnel in the Asian Cup defense line: Wang Shanshan transformed into an iron gate of defense
Because Wu Haiyan, the former captain of the women's football team and the gate of the defense line, was trapped by injuries, the defense line of the Chinese women's football team has been unstable in recent years. Although Wang Xiaoxue's growth is gratifying, the team needs Ma Jun, Yao Wei and Wang Shanshan to make cameo appearances at centre-backs to deal with key battles in many cases.
The advantage of Wang Shanshan's cameo as a center-back is that she is fast, fierce in front, and has a certain sweeping ability. Wang Xiaoxue is relatively tall, good at air defense and drag protection, and Wang Shanshan's mobility complements her very well. Especially against the Japanese team, the aggressiveness and expansion of the defensive zone through two center-backs once limited the offensive advance of the Japanese women's football team in the middle.
Because she played center back in the youth team in her early years, Wang Shanshan's defensive skills were not bad, and this time the tackle in the penalty area was released, so that the attack of the South Korean women's football team deep into the hinterland was wiped out.
If it were not for the fact that the Chinese women's football team had fallen behind in all three games in the knockout stage, Wang Shanshan might have been placed in the center-back position. Her ability to move continuously is strong and has great tactical value for overall defense.
It can be clearly seen from the broadcast footage that Wang Shanshan, who was originally in the back position of the middle road, suddenly quickly grabbed the opponent's first shot, and then went forward in time to protect the front of the penalty area, forcing the Japanese players who took the ball at two o'clock to choose to cross. As a result, the flank sent a cross, and was released by the rapidly falling Wang Shanshan's header, completely clearing the crisis out of the box.
From the semi-finals to the final, Wang Shanshan won the best player in two consecutive games, and finally won the MVP of the tournament, which was a convincing performance.
In the center-back position, it is obvious that Wang Shanshan has somewhat suppressed his heart as a striker. So after this time, after the break, Wang Shanshan tried to pass consecutively, and the South Korean team had no choice but to foul.
03. In the desperate situation, also look at the captain: the female version of Fan Zhiyi continues to turn the tide
Fan Zhiyi, once the banner figure of Chinese football, left a famous sentence "Face is gone!" "At this Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team completed a magical reversal after falling behind in three consecutive knockout matches. MVP Captain Wang Shanshan always turned the tide at key moments and won the "face back"!
In the final moments of the extra-time match against Japan, the Chinese women's football team, which won a free kick opportunity on the left side of the front, pressed forward. Although the first wave was released, Zhang Xin sent the ball into the penalty area during the second attack, and Wang Shanshan's calm outer foot pad shot into the net, chasing the score to a 2-2 draw.
In the penalty shootout that followed, Nan Menghua's twelve-yard shot was saved by the women's national goalkeeper Zhu Yu. Then Wang Shanshan, who made the fifth penalty, calmly took the penalty and helped the sonorous rose to eliminate the Japanese team.
Coming to the final, although Wang Shanshan did not score again, her tactical value was worthy of the best in the game. When playing at centre-back, he made several key saves, and when he came to the front, he quickly played a role in attracting defense, allowing his teammates to gain space for back point and back row attack.
In the tide of equalizing with 2 goals in 5 minutes, Wang Shanshan is the presence of a wedding dress for her teammates. She twice pinned down her opponents in the middle, creating opportunities for her teammates. It should be said that it is precisely because Wang Shanshan returned to the front line and raised the overall formation of the women's football team, paving the way for a big reversal.
The final injury time kill assist is the result of the teamwork of the Chinese women's football team, and it is also the result of the adjustment of coach Shui Qingxia's substitution. This time, Wang Shanshan responded after retreating from the front line and sent a precise straight plug, giving Fu General Xiao Yuyi the opportunity to face the goalkeeper directly.
At the most critical moment of the final, playing such a wonderful ground cooperation, the Chinese women's football team won the championship this time, and the gold content can be described as full. The continuous reversal of Japan and South Korea, whether in terms of heart, strength or temperament, is worthy of the four words of sonorous rose. Wang Shanshan's pass is so appropriate, from center back to center forward, no matter in that position, she is the MVP captain that the team can always go to absolutely trust.
epilogue:
Next summer we will usher in the Women's World Cup, when Wang Shanshan will be 33 years old. Can this "female version of Fan Zhiyi" still lead the team to a higher level? The reason for the success of the Chinese women's football team is that after Wang Shanshan, Wang Shuang and Tang Jiali in 95 and Xiao Yuyi and Wu Chengshu in 96 can pick up the beams. Zhang Linyan in 2001 has also sent a surprise, the future of the Chinese women's football team, the future is bright.