Women's football captain Wang Shanshan: More practice than the young players! If I were a few years younger, I would also go to stay in the Ocean

From the national team to the Beijing women's football team, Wang Shanshan opened a new stop. Courtesy of respondents

She is the "nine-ball diva" on the green field and the captain of the women's national team; she is a physical education teacher at a primary school in Tianjin and the new leader of the Beijing women's football team. The 32-year-old Wang Shanshan is still at the peak of her sports career, but she has a plan for the next stop in her life, "Beijing and Tianjin are very close, which is also considered for the development after retirement." ”

"If I were a few years younger, I would have chosen to stay in the Ocean." "Actually, we (women's soccer) want to get that kind of 'long stream' support." In a telephone interview with a reporter from the Beijing News a few days ago, Wang Shanshan, who was playing in the new season of the Women's Super League with the team in Haikou, continued to say. She believes that the outside world pays attention to Chinese men's football and women's football is supportive of Chinese football, "I really don't want to see the so-called 'women's football in order to step on men's football." ’”

Optional

I joined Beijing because I like the atmosphere of the team

After the Chinese women's national football team reversed the South Korean team and won the Asian Cup, captain Wang Shanshan chose which team to represent in the Women's Super League in the new season caused concern. Although the Wuhan team, a giant women's football team in Chinese football, handed her an olive branch, Wang Shanshan finally joined the Beijing women's football team, which has been in a difficult situation in recent seasons.

This is a decision that many people have come to expect.

Wang Shanshan's attitude was very positive, the National Women's Football Championship opened on March 12 in Kunming Haigeng, when the captain who accompanied the end of the centralized isolation medical observation with the national team came to Haigeng on March 8 to meet the Beijing women's football team, and announced the decision to join the Beijing team in a connection program with Beijing Television. In the first match against Henan Women's Football On March 12, Wang Shanshan came on as a substitute in the second half and played a key role in both offensive and defensive ends, which was the only time she served as a substitute in the championship, and since then, in the four games until the final, she has started and is the key role for the team to finally win the runner-up.

Compared with the accidents of the outside world, Wang Shanshan made the most suitable choice in her self-evaluation. "Over the years, I have had a lot of dealings with the Beijing team on and off the field, and I have a lot of contacts, and I felt that the atmosphere of the Beijing team was very good. It is true that other teams have come to me, but in fact, in any women's super league team can get exercise, I also hope to come to Beijing, so I chose here. Everyone thinks differently, I may play for a few more years before I retire, I work in Tianjin (she is also a physical education teacher in a primary school in Tianjin), Beijing and Tianjin are very close, which is also considered to be for the development after retirement. She said.

Beijing women's football coach Yu Yun has high hopes for Wang Shanshan's role in the team, and the new core and leading figure is his positioning of the new signing. Before finally joining the Beijing women's football team, Wang Shanshan contacted Yu Yun every day, "I really appreciate the guidance, he is looking forward to me, I hope I can play an exemplary role in the team to lead everyone." Now there are many young players in the team, very energetic, and I also hope to play the role of the eldest sister. ”

Regaining the Asian Cup, women's football captain Wang Shanshan made a great contribution. Courtesy of respondents

Highlights

Looking back at the classics, unforgettable Asian Cup against Japan and South Korea

Whether it is the Chinese women's football team or Wang Shanshan personally, the Women's Asian Cup held in India in February this year is a highlight moment - the semi-final against Japan, the Chinese women's football team that was two times behind twice equalized, Wang Shanshan's goal in the final stage of overtime put the two sides on the stage of the penalty shootout, and in the fifth round of the penalty shootout, it was finalized to help the team advance to the final. In the final against the South Korean team, Xiao Yuyi scored a killer goal that was an exquisite assist from Wang Shanshan.

Life continues to move forward, but two months later, Wang Shanshan is still unable to suppress the passion at that time, "Those two games are very unforgettable, especially the semi-final, we only win the Japanese team, we have a chance to compete for the championship." 」 ”

To this day, the major social platforms will still play the wonderful highlights of the Chinese women's football team to regain the Asian Cup championship after 16 years, "I sometimes brush it and click to see it, look at it, look at the picture at that time, or feel very excited, very excited." It was in the semi-finals and finals that Wang Shanshan was eventually elected MVP of the tournament.

As for whether there was a small self-satisfaction of "I'm really good" when I came to see the replay later, she laughed and denied, "That's not." At that time, everyone was fully prepared, everyone was very determined, and worked together towards the goal of winning the championship. I don't think about how individually I want to be, and the most important thing is that the team can win the game. ”

From the summer of 2021 to the Tokyo Olympics to the return to the "top of Asia" in early 2022, the "sonorous rose" bloomed again under the leadership of new head coach Shui Qingxia. Wang Shanshan said that the reason behind it is not mysterious, "(The change) has something to do with the arrival of water guidance, and she tells us every day to be confident." Life also makes us feel relaxed, when training hard, it doesn't matter how to play and how to make trouble, everyone likes this atmosphere. ”

The long training camp before the Tokyo Olympics put a lot of pressure on the "sonorous rose" before it stepped onto the field, and the team's transformation in the Asian Cup stemmed from "doing subtraction". "In fact, we did not doubt ourselves before, but when facing pressure, there is a gap between the players in self-adjustment, and some people may feel more pressure. Later, when we played the Asian Cup, The Water Guide was decompressing us every day, telling us how to get confident from a little bit of life. Wang Shanshan said.

As the leader of the team, Wang Shanshan's way of decompression is extremely simple, "that is, sleeping, I think only sleep can make myself really relax and recover." I don't think about it so much, after all, after experiencing so much, I may be able to handle emotions better than young players, because I have to play a central role in the team, so the regulation and transformation of this emotion is also faster. ”

In the new season of the Women's Super League, Wang Shanshan is the new leader of the Beijing women's football team. Courtesy of respondents

Gratitude

Sun Wen is an example, and the older she gets, the more she needs to practice

When She attended Luoyang Dongsheng No. 3 Primary School, no one would have expected that the captain of the Chinese women's national football team would come out of this local volleyball traditional school in the future. When I was a child, "love sports, like to run" is Wang Shanshan's self-evaluation, and later the teacher suggested that parents should not let their children practice football.

This transformation was in line with the little girl's wishes at that time. "When I was a child, I watched Sun Wen play the Olympic Games and the World Cup with their national team, and I thought that I could enter the national team and represent the Chinese team in the future, which was my goal and dream." Watching my sisters win races and win championships is a different feeling. Wang Shanshan said.

From not being able to play football to liking to playing football, from the professional team to the national team, Wang Shanshan has strengthened her love for football in every step of the way. "In fact, the goal at the beginning was not very clear, because there will be concerns about the future, which is not unusual, everyone will be like this." I persevered because I loved it, I loved it even more because I persevered, and now football is an indispensable part of my life. She said.

All persistence cannot be smooth sailing.

Before the 2016 Olympic Games, Wang Shanshan suffered a knee injury, and although she caught up with the Olympic Games after 8 weeks of conservative treatment, the result was not willing to remember it to this day. "It was my trough, I played in the Olympics, but I didn't play as expected in the competition. After all, there is no systematic training for such a long time, the state is definitely not good, and there is a shadow in the psychology after the injury, many actions dare not do, sometimes want to stretch the legs, but the legs just can't stretch out. Wang Shanshan used "torment" to describe the feelings at that time, "That kan'er didn't go over in a day or two, I really wanted to show myself on the Olympic stage... But there is no way, this is competitive sports, you can only pay more, practice more, and slowly break through. ”

"Practice more" not only in that period, this year's 32-year-old Wang Shanshan is the "big sister" of young players in terms of physiological age, but the competitive state is not "old" at all, because where time is used can be seen, and extra training is the norm for Wang Shanshan, "We eat youth meals, and now the physical state of this age is definitely different from when she was young, the older she is, the more she knows the importance of the body, so we usually increase our strength." ”

It is common to be tough on herself, so she has more training time than young players, "Athletes have to have this energy, I know my physical state, if today's training session is more relaxed, I will definitely have to practice, because I know what I need, only by understanding my body, can I maintain a good state." 」 ”

Of course, football will also bring different returns, Wang Shanshan's most important thing is not personal gains and losses, but collective honor, "football is a collective project, how to twist 11 people into a rope for the same goal is very difficult, this sense of achievement is very unforgettable, really win together, lose together to carry." Even if I don't kick in the future, I won't forget this emotion. ”

Looking back at the lows and highlights, Wang Shanshan is happy that she has survived the confusion, "Every experience is growth, whether it is success or setback, it is a help to growth." ”

On February 6, the Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup, and Wang Shanshan was elected as the MVP of the tournament. Photo: Xinhua News Agency

Initial heart

"It's more comfortable to play football than to be a star"

Returning to the "top of Asia" has made the Chinese women's football team have a very high degree of heat, and the topic of staying in the West is also hotly discussed.

"If I were a few years younger, I would have chosen to stay in the Ocean." Wang Shanshan is a supporter of "going out". In her view, the confrontation of foreign leagues is very strong, which is exactly what the Chinese women's football team needs now, "This has a visual performance in several players who have returned from overseas and played for the national team, and they are much stronger than domestic players in physical confrontation and self-confidence." If our national team had more foreign players, it would certainly be different. ”

The fact that The Chinese women's football team has gained such a strong degree of attention and heat is related to the Chinese men's football team to some extent. A few days before "Sonorous Rose" won the Asian Cup, the men's national team lost away to Vietnam and missed the World Cup in advance. With the same attitude as Wang Shuang and other teammates, Wang Shanshan hopes that the support of women's football is not only due to this comparison of achievements, "I hope that everyone will not be extreme, do not use women's football to 'step' on' men's football, no one does not want to play well, no one does not want to play for the national team." Paying attention to Chinese men's football and women's football are all supportive of Chinese football, and I really don't want to see the so-called 'women's football team in order to step on men's football'. ”

"The Asian Cup happened to be played during our Spring Festival, and many fans watched the game. In the days when we just won the championship, Weibo and the circle of friends were brushing our news, in fact, we hoped to get the support of the 'thin water and long stream', rather than after this point in time, there was no attention. Women's football is indeed not like men's football, league games are broadcast less, less attention, these years have slowly had network broadcasts. I hope that even if we are not the Champions of the Asian Cup, there will be many fans who will pay attention to our games, not only the national team matches, but also the Women's Super League, the championships. This is Wang Shanshan's voice, fortunately, the status quo is slowly improving, after all, winning the Asian Cup is a good opportunity for the development of Chinese women's football.

Of course, there are other changes are also emerging, Wang Shanshan, Wang Shuang, the "Wang Fried Combination" has become a media darling, they and head coach Shui Qingxia's photos appeared in fashion magazines, various event invitations and interviews poured in, the first time to experience the feeling of being a star, Wang Shanshan shouted tired, she is not used to the feeling of being noticed outside the arena, "Indeed these are our first attempts, but also an experience." However, compared to being a star, it is more comfortable to play football. ”

After a trough and glory, the new season of the Women's Super League has been unveiled in Haikou on April 7, and the Beijing Women's Football Team led by Wang Shanshan has drawn 1-1 with the Shanghai Women's Football Team, which has a number of international players. The new journey of "Nine-Ball Queen" is still a green field, and the story she and the former "champion teacher" Beijing women's football team have just started are also looking forward to.

Beijing News reporter Zhou Xiao

Edited by Wang Chunqiu Proofreader Zhao Lin