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After 16 years of regaining the Asian Cup, the new Chinese women's football team presented a New Year gift to Chinese fans at the beginning of 2022. Today, the Chinese women's football team, which is in health quarantine in Suzhou, is still the focus of attention from the outside world. On February 9, New Horizons in Sports conducted an exclusive interview with Chinese women's football captain Wang Shanshan, and the MVP of this Asian Cup re-examined this unforgettable Asian Cup trip.
In this Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team went out in a low-key manner, in fact, before the game, the outside world was not optimistic that this new team, which had just been formed for a month, could win the championship in competition with strong opponents such as Japan, Australia and South Korea. However, in the Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team showed a very tenacious spiritual attribute, three knockout matches three times staged a reversal of the good drama, quarter-final 3-1 reverse Vietnam women's football team, semi-final, semi-final overtime equal japanese women's football team, and then defeated the opponent in the penalty shootout, and then to the final against the South Korean women's football team epic "let two chase three", every game is full of gas, the team in the counterattack to win the championship at the same time, but also let the Chinese fans can not help but sigh, "sonorous rose" "women's football spirit" is back again.
Wang Shanshan
Captain of the Chinese women's national football team
In fact, after winning the Asian Cup, my mood has not been calmed for a long time, and this joy has always existed. Because this Asian Cup title means a lot to me, after all, I am now 32 years old, I am also a veteran player, it is really not easy to win the Asian Cup in my career, which is also a recognition of my national team career.
In the semi-final with the defending champion Japan Women's Football Team, the Chinese women's football team won on penalties, and the Chinese team that fell behind in that match was equal to the opponent with Wang Shanshan's goal in the last moment of extra time, and in the penalty shootout, it was also Wang Shanshan who scored the winning penalty and led the Chinese team to the final.
The most memorable thing for me in this Asian Cup was the moment when China vs. Japan won the semi-finals, the absolute peace and penalty win, which was really unforgettable for me. Because we still have a certain gap with Japan, then all of us in the Chinese women's football team did not want to give up, and we fought until the end, which fully demonstrated the spirit and willpower of our Chinese women's football team.
This Asian Cup, as the captain of wang shanshan was flexibly used by the water guidance, when defending she is the defensive gate, when the team is backward and can not open the situation, she is a sharp blade, the outstanding performance at both ends of the attack and defense, but also made her the most flexible card of the Chinese women's football team, the final against South Korea, in the case of the team backward, the water guidance will be the defender position of Wang Shanshan to the front line, the Chinese women's football team to kill the opponent's goal, it is from the women's football captain in the last moment of calm treatment, A beautiful straight plug easily tore through the opponent's tight defenses.
The last pass in the final, in fact, I observed Xiao Yuyi preparing to insert it before stopping the ball, I put the ball into this empty space, I believed that my teammates could score this ball.
From the former forward fast horse to today's all-round fighter, with the increase of age and seniority, Wang Shanshan's technical characteristics and game mentality are also slowly changing. During this Asian Cup, Wang Shanshan spent her 32nd birthday, and finally won the award of MVP of the Asian Cup with her excellent performance, which is also the best affirmation of the veteran.
The honor of winning the Asian Cup MVP is a recognition for me, but before the game I never thought of getting an MVP, I think more, as a veteran player, as the captain of the team, my responsibility is more to help my teammates in the game, to enjoy the game with everyone, to fight, to help the team to win more games.
Of course, the Chinese women's football team can return to the top of Asia, but also inseparable from the coach Shui Qingxia's planning, although the team has only been around for one month, but her transformation of the team has begun to show results.
After the water guide came, the biggest change in the team, I believe that the people of the whole country are obvious to all. We won the Asian Cup for the second time in 16 years, and that's the best answer, knowing that our team has only been reorganized for a month. So I want to tell you that you can always believe in the Chinese women's football team, you can always believe in water guidance!
Sixteen years later, the Chinese women's football team has continued to write about the glory of the Asian Cup, and people hope that this Asian Cup championship trophy is a sign of the "sonorous rose" blooming again, not just a flash in the pan. After a long period of lows, the Chinese women's football team regained the Asian championship, which also injected a shot of strength into the temporarily cold women's football sport in China.
In fact, everyone knows that the attention of women's football has been low, and then catch up with the current football environment is relatively low, and then there are reasons for the epidemic, the teams have no sponsorship, the level of the entire women's football league is also declining, in fact, this is a phenomenon that every footballer does not want to see, the Chinese women's football team is also in the stage of the replacement of the old and the new, under the leadership of the water finger, we got this championship, not only for us is of great significance, but also led to the development of the entire football, I hope that everyone through this game, Feel the spirit of women's football not accepting defeat, drive more people to pay attention to women's football, participate more actively, and better develop football culture together.
It is worth noting that when the Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup and returned to China, Tianjin Haihe Media Center also deliberately opened a light show to celebrate the women's football team's victory in the Tianta one hour before the girls landed. As the captain of the Chinese women's football team, Wang Shanshan also conveyed this blessing from her hometown to her teammates and coaching staff for the first time.
After seeing the Tianjin landmark being lit up, I shared it with my teammates for the first time, in fact, I was very proud and happy. Here, I would also like to thank Tianjin and all the fans in Tianjin, thank you for your support and concern for the Chinese women's football team, thank you!