The Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup, which made the 55-year-old Shui Qingxia on the hot search. After the Defeat of the Chinese Women's Football Team at the Tokyo Olympics and the Early Exit of the Men's Qatar World Cup, Shui Qingxia was able to lead the women's football team to win the championship, and she deserved this attention. But what many people don't know is that Shui Qingxia's appointment as the coach of women's football is not smooth sailing. She was not the first choice of the Football Association, but parachuted in after the Football Association unsuccessfully competed for a manager.
Shui Qingxia is directing the game
At the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese women's football team was out of the group with 2 losses and 1 draw, and the then head coach Jia Xiuquan left the post. Who will take over the women's football team in the trough, the Chinese Football Association is quite brainy. Former international Zhao Junzhe and former Hong Kong women's football coach Chen Wanting have appeared in media reports. At this time, Shui Qingxia was still the head coach of the Shanghai women's football team, not the first choice of the Football Association.
In the case that the selection of the candidate was difficult to finalize for a while, Shui Qingxia was temporarily appointed to lead the Chinese women's football team to the Shaanxi National Games under the name of "united team". This arrangement is regarded by many as a signal that Shui Qingxia wants to take over the women's football team, but Shui Qingxia himself categorically denies it. Because she knows that the FA's intention is to compete for the women's football manager.
Shui Qingxia and the team members celebrate winning the championship
For the competition for the women's football coach, Shui Qingxia is no stranger. The previous two women's football coaches, Eyolsson and Jia Xiuquan, she has already "accompanied". Therefore, this time, Shui Qingxia was unwilling to "accompany the run" and did not sign up to participate in the competition at all. At this time, Shui Qingxia's focus has returned to the Shanghai women's football team.
Things went unexpectedly. After the FOOTBALL Association competition, I don't know what reason, the women's football coach did not come out as scheduled. The team can't be without a coach all the time. Given that the 2022 Asian Cup is imminent, if the women's football manager is no longer clear, it will directly affect the preparation.
Shui Qingxia and Zhang Linyan took a group photo
In this case, on November 18, 2021, the Chinese Football Association suddenly announced that Shui Qingxia served as the coach of women's football. The FA's appointment notice said that Shui Qingxia's appointment as manager was "made on the basis of extensive solicitation of opinions and carefully studied and decided.". In this way, Shui Qingxia, who did not participate in the competition, directly "parachuted" into the women's national football team. After Shui Qingxia took office, she recalled Tang Jiali and Lou Jiahui, who were not selected for the Tokyo Olympic Games, reused famous players such as Wang Shuang and Wang Shanshan, and used new talents such as Zhang Linyan and Xiao Yuyi, and finally the Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup.