Who would have thought that after a terrible defeat at the Olympic Games, the Chinese women's football team could win the Asian Cup a few months later! The Chinese women's football team can return to the top of Asia after 16 years, naturally inseparable from the credit of one person. I have to say that the Football Association finally did not choose the wrong person this time, but the fans said that they should thank Sun Wen.
So who is this person? She is shui Qingxia, the coach of the Chinese women's football team. Speaking of Shui Qingxia, if it is not too concerned about the women's football fans do not know her. If you talk about Sun Wen and Liu Ailing, many fans may know that Shui Qingxia is a player with Sun Wen and Liu Ailing, but there are some differences in age. Shui Qingxia was born in 1966, Liu Ailing was in 1967, and Sun Wen was younger than them and was born in 1973. They all competed together in the 1999 World Cup in the United States and won the runner-up!
Everyone knows Sun Wen, Liu Ailing, does not know Shui Qingxia, in fact, it is the same as some fans now know Wang Shuang, Tang Jiali, Wang Shanshan, do not know Zhang Linyan, Wang Xiaoxue. Shui Qingxia participated in the Asian Cup 5 times during her playing years, interestingly, 5 Asian Cup trips, Shui Qingxia and her teammates won the championship together, and more importantly, she did not lose a single game. Shui Qingxia won the Asian Cup five times as a player in 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995 and 1997.
In 2022, Shui Qingxia led the team to embark on the journey of the Asian Cup again as a coach, what kind of results can she achieve? After all, the Chinese women's football team has just experienced the pain of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the team lacks cohesion, and many players have lost confidence and enthusiasm for football. Taking over such a Chinese women's football team is a challenge and an opportunity for Shui Qingxia.
The Chinese Football Association announced on November 18, 2021 that Shui Qingxia officially became the new coach of The Chinese women's football team, less than 3 months before the start of the Asian Cup. In the face of difficulties, Shui Qingxia did not choose to retreat, but rose to the occasion, recalling veterans such as Tang Jiali, Li Ying, and Zhang Xin, who were abandoned by Jia Xiuquan in the past, and also selected some young seedlings like Zhang Linyan.
In just over two months, Shui Qingxia recombined the Chinese women's football team and took them to the battlefield. Can they do it? This is the doubt of many fans about the Chinese women's football team before participating in the Asian Cup. The Chinese women's football team started from the first game against Chinese Taipei, and we did see a little bit of disagreement in them. However, with the number of games played more and more, the spiritual outlook of the Chinese women's football team, as well as the understanding and cooperation between the players, have made great progress.
In several games, although they conceded the ball first, they all finally completed the reversal. In the semi-final against Japan, he was twice behind and equalized twice, and finally entered the final with the magic of goalkeeper Zhu Yu in the penalty shootout. In the final, against South Korea, she conceded 2 goals in the first half, but in the second half, Shui Qingxia boldly replaced Wang Shuang with Zhang Linyan, and thus was able to equalize, and finally relied on Xiao Yuyi's killer goal in the stoppage time stage to win the championship with a 3-2 victory over South Korea.
Shui Qingxia's 6th Asian Cup trip was another undefeated one, which finally allowed the Chinese women's football team to regain its footing in Asia after 16 years. I have to say that the Chinese Football Association did not choose the wrong person this time. In this regard, the fans have something to say, they think they should thank Sun Wen. They felt that if it were not for Sun Wen, Shui Qingxia would not have been the coach of the Chinese women's football team. When the Football Association first selected the coach, many news exposed that Zhao Junzhe may be elected, and finally it may be due to many opposition voices on the Internet, the Football Association's selection of coaches is not over. There is also gossip that Sun Wen was forced to resign, and eventually Shui Qingxia became the new coach of the Chinese women's football team (the truth of this news needs to be verified).
Whatever the reason, we are very glad that Shui Qingxia has become the new coach of the Chinese women's football team, and we hope that she can bring the Chinese women's football team back to the world's first-class team!