Mention of Chinese football believe that many people have the impression that the level is low, and in the past few years, both our men's and women's football teams have experienced routs. During the Chinese men's football team, it first defeated Japan away during the New Year, and then on the first day of the Chinese New Year, it lost 1-3 away to Vietnam, losing to its opponent for the first time in history, creating another great shame in Chinese football. The Chinese women's football team, which has been very powerful before, also collapsed in the group stage for three consecutive games at last year's Olympic Games, first losing 0-5 to Brazil, then 4-4 by Zambia, which ranked more than 100, and finally losing 2-8 to the Netherlands. It can be said that what Chinese football has presented to us in recent years is a huge gap with world football, and even we do not even have the ability to fight against a team that has just had advanced football concepts, which is also a point that makes many of our fans despair.
But just recently, our Chinese women's football team has refreshed our understanding, it turns out that we are not vulnerable to advanced football, we can also rely on our willpower and unremitting efforts to defeat the opponent. To know that after the fiasco in the Olympic Games and the strange change of coach, many fans do not have confidence in women's football, and they do not have much expectations for the Chinese women's football team's trip to the Asian Cup. But since the knockout rounds, the Chinese women's football team has surprised us again and again. From the quarter-finals, 3 goals behind in the case of 3 goals to reverse Vietnam, to avenge the Chinese men's football team. Then it was the semi-finals, facing the Japanese team that had won the World Cup and was far stronger than ours, the Chinese women's football team was almost pressed by the Japanese team, with only 30% of the ball possession and less than half of the opponent's shooting. However, with strong willpower, the Chinese women's football team twice fell behind and equalized twice, and finally defeated Japan in a penalty shootout, re-entering the final of the Asian Cup after 14 years.
Of course, the most unexpected thing is the asian cup final. Facing the South Korean women's football team, which is one of its higher rankings in the world, the Chinese women's football team initially played proactively, but was quickly scored 2 goals by the counterattack of the other side, and the half-time score of 0-2 made many fans despair. But what no one expected was that the Chinese women's football team launched a Jedi counterattack in the second half, and finally pulled 3 goals in a row, and finally reversed the opponent 3-2 to win the Asian Cup for the second time in 16 years. The significance of this championship is actually huge, because in such a downturn in Chinese football, the Chinese women's football team has defeated so many strong teams with strong willpower and finally won the championship, such achievements will inject strength into Chinese football, let us see hope, and let us have the confidence to continue to move forward.
Of course, the Chinese women's football team can go all the way to the championship, it is impossible to rely on the will of the women's football team alone, and the victory still depends on the correct techniques and tactics and strong enough players. The reason why the Chinese women's football team was able to reverse the Japanese team and the South Korean team to win the final championship, a person's strong performance is indispensable. She is the 32-year-old Wang Shanshan, the captain of the Chinese women's football team.
In the face of the two strong enemies of Japan and South Korea, Wang Shanshan, who has been playing in the center position, changed her position, and she was arranged in the defender position by Shui Qingxia's guidance. The purpose is actually very clear, that is, to use Wang Shanshan's height and confrontation ability to limit the opponent's attack. Because from the Olympic games, our backline lacks big players, lacks aggressive players, and it's easy for opponents to use their personal abilities to break through our defense and score goals. Therefore, Wang Shanshan's placement in the back line can increase the hardness of the back line. It can be said that it is like Beijing Guoan and the national football team with a strong body and a good height forward Yu Dabao to play center-back.
However, at present, Wang Shanshan is more successful than Yu Dabao. In these two games, Wang Shanshan's performance in the back line was very good, and many times she gained an advantage in frontal confrontation and blocked the opponent's attack. What's even worse is that Wang Shanshan will often play in the center forward position in the second half of the second half because of the center-back. In the center position, she also performed very well, it can be said that the Chinese team has this fulcrum, and the attack is sharper.
In the match against Japan, it was Wang Shanshan who grabbed the point of no-failing goal in the 119 minutes of extra time to help the Chinese women's football team enter the penalty shootout, and she scored in the 5th penalty, resisting the pressure and letting the Chinese women's football team successfully enter the final. In the final, it was Wang Shanshan who sent a ghostly straight plug in the 93rd minute of the game, helping Xiao Yuyi get a single knife ball and score, and finally killed the South Korean women's football team. It can be said that Wang Shanshan is the direct maker of the reversal of these two key games.
Wang Shanshan's data in this Asian Cup is 5 games, 5 goals and 1 assist, and finally was officially rated as the MVP of the event by the AFC, and in terms of her performance, this MVP is really deserved. Being able to switch between centre-backs and centre-forwards at will in a single game and perform well can show that Wang Shanshan's adaptability is very strong. And Wang Shanshan actually not only played center back and center forward, she also played the back in previous games, and her interception ability in midfield is also very strong. It can be said that Wang Shanshan's ability is so strong that she can take down the entire central axis by herself, and this ability should also be regarded as the ceiling of Chinese players.
In fact, the reason why the Chinese women's football team can achieve such results, the indomitable spirit of the sonorous rose is one aspect, and the other aspect is that wang shanshan, Wang Shuang and other such abilities are still the first-class or even top-notch players in Asia, and they can give the Chinese women's football team a lot of help in the central axis position. At present, our men's football team does not have these two points, and even in a short period of time, it is difficult to have. Therefore, if we want to see the full rise of Chinese football, we have to wait. What do you think? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!