"Needless to say, the sharp edge on the field is my response!" More and more girls are finding their place on the pitch, and what they have to defeat is not only the strong opponents on the field, but also the stereotypes of the outside world. The love of football is never limited by gender, and Adidas Football encourages women to push their boundaries and stand out on the pitch.
In the spring of 2022, Adidas Football invited the young players of the Yuanbao Primary School Girls' Football Team in Bijie City, Guizhou Province, to go out of the mountain and use the 3-day "Football Dream Journey" and the new PREDATOR EDGE series of football shoes to help them break through the momentum and break the impossible. The surprise appearance of football star Mr. Fan Zhiyi and the pouring of women's football rising star Shen Mengyu are actively promoting the girls' "breaking the momentum" road.
"Breaking through the mountains, bravely breaking through the greenery"
During the European Championship in the summer of 2021, Adidas Football joined hands with the German national team to bring professional training guidance, excellent equipment and sincere encouragement to this group of brave young players in the mountains, so as to help them realize their football dreams. This year, Adidas Football went further, inviting this group of girls who love the green field to come to the Guangzhou Youth Football Training Base to lay the cornerstone for the sports they love with more professional and systematic training and advanced football concepts.
Under the guidance of the professional coaching team of the Guangzhou Youth Training Echelon, the young players of Yuanbao Primary School completed a tailor-made training course for them, including foot flexibility, conduction coordination, offensive and defensive formation conversion, as well as practical exercises such as group confrontation. With the blessing of Adidas's professional equipment, the young players gradually improved their skills and understanding of the sport.
"Air Dialogue Hope for a Boundless Future"
On the last day of the training camp, the young players received a special surprise - Mr. Fan Zhiyi, a famous Chinese football player and Chinese youth coach, came to the Guangzhou training base and shared his training experience and experience in foreign countries accumulated in his decades of football career. In addition, Shen Mengyu, a rising star of women's football and a caring ambassador of Yuanbao Primary School, who currently plays for the Celtic women's football team, also connected to the scene of the event. This time, the seniors in football and the up-and-coming newcomers opened a "football dream dialogue" that crossed the ocean, and the same experience of staying in the ocean and similar stadium style made the two talk about the story on the field and their hopes for the future.
"No one stipulates what girls should do, and I hope that more people will pay attention to women's football and support women's football." As a professional female football player, Shen Mengyu is particularly sympathetic to the love and persistence of the young players on the spot. From the quiet little girl to the controller of the stadium, it is the love that supports her and always goes all out. Mr. Fan Zhiyi also encouraged the girls present and all the girls who are trying to chase their football dreams in the process of connection: "The guarantee of football technology is unremitting efforts and persistence." As long as you have a dream and are willing to fight and work hard for it, girls can also gallop on the court and show a cool and heroic posture.
In the process of connecting, Fan Zhiyi and Shen Mengyu also mentioned the importance of football equipment for training and competition. As legends and rising stars in the history of the PREDATOR series, the duo praised the on-field performance of the new PREDATOR EDGE. Xu Chengxiao, senior manager of Adidas Greater China Football Category, also came to the scene to give a professional explanation of the new "combat boots" technology upgrade. At the scene, Shen Mengyu specially prepared a new pair of PREDATOR EDGE "boots" for each young player, and Mr. Fan Zhiyi sent this heavy "assist" instead of Shen Mengyu, who was far away from the heavy ocean.
"Racing the Pitch and Breaking the Impossible with Sharp Edge"
Guangzhou Youth Training Base also has a special significance for this group of young players, and 5 students from the Women's Football Team of Yuanbao Primary School are now receiving professional football training at this desirable youth training base. Stepping out of the mountains and dreaming of football on an excellent platform, the young players saw the goals and directions in their hearts in the students.
In the final part of the day's training, Mr. Fan Zhiyi, as a coach, witnessed a friendly confrontation between the young players of Yuanbao Primary School and the sisters of the Guangzhou Youth Training Echelon. With the blessing of the new PREDATOR EDGE "boots", the young players gradually learned how to grasp the initiative of possession while running all over the field, and gradually improved the accuracy of holding the ball and passing the ball. Although the game was short, the young players gained the joy of football and the improvement of professional skills in the team with the players of the Guangzhou Youth Training Echelon and under the professional guidance of the top coaches.
PREDATOR EDGE is not only a pair of "boots" that help players break through the momentum and control the whole field; it is also a concrete symbol of Adidas encouraging women to bravely chase their sports dreams and fearless stereotypes, Adidas has long been committed to the development of football in China and even the world, hoping to build a more inclusive sports environment with practical actions and promote the development of the entire football movement.
Graceful posture can also create beautiful skills, and the "girls are not suitable for playing" argument will eventually become a thing of the past. After experiencing this "football dream journey", the children of the Yuanbao Primary School girls' football team are more deeply aware that football is not "his" or "her" sport, and every "she" who has a football dream and is willing to work hard for it is qualified to ride the green field, to break the headwind situation on the court, to break the off-field mindset, and to break their own "impossible"!