Jimu news reporter Sun Zeyu
Correspondent Li Fangjun Zhan Ou
On February 6, Beijing time, on the final stage of the 2022 Women's Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team successfully won the top of Asia with a steaming "Let 2 Chase 3". That night, the News that the Chinese women's football team reversed the South Korean women's football team 3:2 to win the championship instantly burst everyone's circle of friends.
In this game, the defender Yao Wei, wearing the No. 8 shirt, was like the dinghai god needle in the team, stabilizing the on-field posture when the score was behind, laying the foundation for the final kill overturn. The Jimu News reporter learned that Xinhecun Primary School, a key football school located in Qiaokou District of Wuhan City, is Yao Wei's "cradle of international football".
Qiaokou, a famous sports powerhouse in the country, is also known as the "cradle of world champions", and has successively walked out of 15 world champions such as Han Aiping, Fu Mingxia, Qiao Hong, Li Ting, Li Na, etc., and is known as the "cradle of world champions". As a representative of Qiaokou's "champion spirit", Yao Wei's football enlightenment teacher Xiong Sidi said that she started from being a sparring partner for her younger brother and became a "national footballer" of women's football all the way, and her enterprising spirit is worth remembering.
"Meet" football as "Laizi"
"The moment of the overtime killing, it really made me cry!" On February 9, at Xinhecun Primary School, recalling the key moment of the women's Asian Cup final, The fourth brother Xiong is still vividly remembered. As the enlightening teacher of Yao Wei, the "international footballer" of women's football, The Fourth Brother Xiong told the story of Yao Wei's first "encounter" with football to the Jimu News reporter.
In 1983, Yao Wei's father, Yao Xuewen, traveled from his hometown of Fuyang to Wuhan, where he worked hard to take root, and in 1997 gave birth to Yao Wei and Yao Daogang, a pair of longfeng siblings. Due to the weak physique of his younger brother Yao Daogang when he was a child, in 2006, Yao Xuewen and his wife sent the sisters and brothers to the football special school - Xinhe Village Primary School in Qiaokou District.
The fourth brother Xiong told reporters that at first, his younger brother Yao Daogang only played football for physical exercise, but he soon showed his outstanding football talent and successfully entered the school team to participate in training and competition.
"At that time, Yao Wei had not yet been exposed to football, but she had to wait for her brother to go home every day after training." The fourth brother of Xiong continued to recall, "This little girl sat on the side of the court every day, and once, there was exactly one player on the field, so I pulled her on the field to replace her, she couldn't play, she could only play as a defender to participate in defense." ”
This is the first "encounter" between "international footballer" Yao Wei and football. The reporter asked: Yao Wei also played a role as a defender in the national team, is this related to her football enlightenment? Xiong Sidi said that when he was young, Yao Wei did train a solid defensive technique, "Since then, she has been a sparring partner for her brother, the younger brother is fast, the footwork is good, he plays forward, and his sister comes to be a defender and defends his brother."
"Playing with boys, she is not inferior, and even her ability is still somewhat outstanding." Fourth brother Xiong said that soon Yao Wei's skills were obviously good, and fourth brother Xiong also let her join the men's football team to train together. As the only girl in Xinhecun Primary School who could play football at that time, Yao Wei and her brother entered the school team together. Her performance has also been praised by more and more people, and her football talent is fully displayed.
Enlightenment teacher: Women's football wins the championship is important in the spirit
Boys can still play football, but Yao Wei is a girl, how did she persist? "Yao Wei also flinched, but because of one thing, she has become more courageous since then." In the face of reporters' questions, Fourth Brother Xiong shared a stadium story from Yao Wei's primary school.
Once, when the game was in progress, Yao Wei suddenly squatted down on the field and did not move. When the fourth brother of the bear learned that her right foot was injured, she squatted down to rest unbearably in pain, so she sternly taught: "Squatting down is also painful, and continuing to fight is also painful, as long as the whistle does not stop, you must take responsibility." After that, Yao Wei became a sonorous rose.
"In the final that has just been won, the women's football girls not only won on the technical level, but also in the spiritual level." When watching the game, The fourth brother of Xiong paid great attention to Yao Wei, "As a defender, why does she dare to fight, dare to fight, and dare to gamble?" It's because of this sonorous tenacity! ”
Seeing Yao Wei's sisters and brothers grow into excellent "international footballers", the fourth brother Xiong is also very proud and proud. But when the football siblings were young, their families were very difficult, even if the tuition and miscellaneous fees and football training fees were not high at that time, they also faced a lot of pressure in life. As a mentor, The fourth brother Xiong once interceded with his superiors: If they don't play football, it will undoubtedly be a huge loss to the school, and perhaps it will also be a loss of national football talents!
In order to cultivate the talented football players, Xinhecun Primary School immediately waived some tuition and miscellaneous fees and football training fees for the sisters and brothers. Little Yao Wei and Yao Daogang continued to gallop on the green field, and they exchanged their diligent sweat for the recognition of professional sports schools.
After graduating from elementary school, his younger brother Yao Daogang went to Hubei Provincial Sports School, and his older sister Yao Wei went to Wuhan Sports School. Fortunately, the pair stood out from a large number of children who played football. Later, Yao Wei entered guoshao, and Yao Daogang also entered guoqing at the same time. In 2017, Yao Wei officially knocked on the door of the women's national football team and became a young women's football "international footballer". The younger brother also sat firmly in the main force of the national youth, and then became the captain.
56 years of insisting on casting the "cradle of national football"
In an alley next to Jianshe Avenue in Qiaokou District, Wuhan, The Xinhecun Primary School, a key football school in Wuhan, is "hidden" here. The seemingly inconspicuous school gate, when the reporter entered the campus, there was a hole in it. A television screen hangs from the lobby of the school building, looping the glory days of the school's football education and player alumni.
The alumni walls on both sides of the hall of the teaching building are hung with the glorious images of 52 international footballers who have come out of here. Even on cold winter days, the school football field is still green grass, and between the stadium and the teaching building, stands a huge football sculpture, as if it is the totem of the "cradle of international football".
Wang Jianhong, the director of the school's football education, introduced that the school's football education originated from the first children's football team of Xinhecun Primary School in 1966 - the Mountain Eagle Team. That year, the children tried to practice soccer in teams. In the past few decades, the "Mountain Eagle Football Team" has gradually competed from district and municipal leagues to the national arena, and the characteristics of football education have become brighter and brighter. Today, the school has become a famous campus football characteristic school in the country, and has "kicked" 52 "international footballers".
Yao Wei, Yao Daogang, Feng Zhigang, Zheng Bin, Lei Tenglong... These well-known "international footballers" are firmly remembered in the honor room of the school. "When I first came to school ten years ago, the football atmosphere was not good." Hou Lin, principal of Xinhecun Primary School, recalled that at that time, due to the domestic environment, many parents were reluctant to send their children to the school to practice, "I once talked about football education in a taxi, and even the driver master said that Chinese football did not make a head." ”
The trough of the football atmosphere is particularly evident in this school with football characteristics. In 2012, the school had only about 20 students involved in football education, barely able to form two teams. "The school immediately decided that the cost of students' football training should be borne by the school." Hou Lin said.
Subsequently, the school gradually restored the football training echelon of students in grades 1 to 6, with nearly 100 students and 10 coaches joining, and the team was expanded to 8 teams. "Now, more than 100 varsity team members run and train on the pitch every day, and it's very lively!" Hou Lin told reporters that no matter whether the team played or not, when she saw this scene, she was already very relieved.
"Small" football plays out the "big" culture
"Since the 1980s, the school has had a special class football league." Wang Jianhong told Jimu News that for many years, each class has a football team, and when the season comes, the school's football atmosphere is in full swing, "The purpose of establishing the league is to 'pick seedlings', and the second is to promote campus football culture." ”
Hou Lin introduced that ten years ago, the school organized and held a football cultural festival of "Spring Color" and "Autumn Rhyme" every two seasons. In order to let all children feel the joy of football, the school teaches according to their aptitudes and allows students with different hobbies to participate in their respective duties.
"On the pitch, girls also have to show up, boys play football, girls play football babies, cheer for boys." Wang Jianhong introduced to reporters one by one, "Those who can dance will be cheerleaders on the sidelines; those who can take pictures will take pictures of the wonderful moments on the court; those who can draw will design the team flag and team uniform; if the language is good, they will make slogans and write news; and those who can do mathematics will participate in the game scoring statistics." ”
"As long as you participate in football culture and competitions, the school will set up awards for various peripheral projects." Hou Lin said that in this way, every student can fully feel the charm of football culture. According to statistics, the participation rate of children's football culture has reached 100%, and not a single child has been left behind.
Qiaokou, a well-known sports area in the country, has walked out of 15 world champions such as Han Aiping, Fu Mingxia, Qiao Hong, Li Ting, Li Na, etc., and is known as the "cradle of world champions". At present, there are 21 national campus football characteristic schools, 35 municipal campus football layout schools, and 47 district-level campus football characteristic schools.
In 2020, Qiaokou District was rated as "National Youth Campus Football Outstanding Pilot Area". Under the infiltration of the champion culture of "pursuing excellence and striving for the first", Qiaokou campus football continues to create new brilliance. Currently, there are more than 60,000 students in the district, who participate in football activities all year round.
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