The women's football girls have won the Asian Cup championship trophy again after 16 years, and the excitement is not only the result, but also the process. In the face of the Japanese team's penalty shootout, in the face of the South Korean team's reverse kill, all showed the personal strength and spiritual motivation of this group of women's football girls, of course, it is indispensable to the platoon deployment of water guidance. At the same time that the women's football team won the championship, it is difficult not to remind people of the men's football match that was played almost at the same time, and the result of the 2 consecutive defeats really broke the hearts of the fans, and it was also a loss to the Vietnamese team on the first day of the New Year, which made people feel indignant. Why is the contrast so obvious?
Leaving aside other reasons for a moment, let's talk about an often overlooked question, who are the players of the national team playing for? The question seems very simple, the members of the national team are wearing the national team jersey, they must be playing for the country, playing for the national team. But, to amplify the problem, they're actually playing for the fans. With the attention of fans, the influence of the game will be large, the value of the players will increase, there will be an increase in the influence of the league, followed by the sponsorship of the brand, and eventually form a virtuous circle, and the overall development of football will be better and better. However, this is not the case.
First of all, we must admit that the attention of women's football is actually not as good as that of men's football, which can be seen from the attention of the women's football league and the broadcast of the game, except for the national team's matches, and even the finals. Therefore, the men's football team is stronger than the women's football team in terms of influence and gold absorption ability. However, it is precisely because of the low degree of attention that the girls of the women's football team are more willing to play for the fans and for the national team. In contrast, the men's football team is not playing for the fans, but for the club, for the investors behind the club.
The Chinese Super League is actually a very fragmented league, the degree of interaction between fans and clubs is not so high, and the relationship between players and fans is not harmonious, which can be seen from the players scolding fans on social media and intimidating fans. In the minds of this group of players, they are not playing for the fans, they are only playing for the people who pay themselves. Therefore, in many cases, the feelings of players for fans are complicated, which is actually very different from the teams in the five major leagues, which is also caused by the different operating models of the clubs.
The league attention of the women's football side is not high, and their average salary is actually a big gap compared to that of male football players, that is, it has been greatly improved after 2018. However, it is precisely for this reason that women's football players are actually more willing to play for the fans, to play for the national team, to do everything they can to win the championship, get the honor, attract more attention, attract more fans. Maybe it's simple and simple, but that's what football looks like, isn't it? If there are no fans, what else do you want to do with football?