On April 28, Beijing time, Chinese women's football coach Shui Qingxia won the National May Day Labor Medal, and the Chinese women's football team of the Chinese Football Association won the National Workers' Pioneer.
Chinese women officially wrote: Congratulations to Shui Qingxia for receiving the 2022 National May Day Labor Medal! Congratulations to the Chinese Football Association women's football team for winning the National Workers' Vanguard. In the Women's Asian Cup that ended in February this year, Shui Qingxia led the Chinese women's football team to score three goals in a row after falling behind by two goals in the final, defeating the South Korean women's football team 3-2 and helping the Chinese women's football team win the Asian Cup after 16 years.
The name Shui Qingxia, in February this year, was almost praised by many fans. Especially after the Chinese men's football team lost 1:3 away to Vietnam on the first day of the Chinese New Year this year, the Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup championship under the leadership of Shui Qingxia, which made many fans fall in love with Chinese football again.
Before being elected as the head coach of the Chinese women's football team, many fans were not familiar with Coach Shui Qingxia. From the beginning of her football career, Shui Qingxia has witnessed the history of Women's Football in Shanghai and even China, she entered the sports school at the age of 11 to practice athletics, and in 1983 she was recommended to go to the women's football team, which was the first time in shanghai history to establish a women's football team. After joining the Shanghai team in 1984, Shui Qingxia has always been the absolute main force of the Shanghai team.
At the age of 17, she was exposed to football, and at first she did not know anything about football, but through her own hard work, she stood out step by step, and eventually became one of the creators of the golden age of Chinese women's football. In 1986, Shui Qingxia was selected for the national team coached by Shang Ruihua, and became the absolute main force in the Chinese midfield with a threatening free kick. In the same year, she participated in the Women's Asian Cup for the first time with the Chinese team and won the championship. In 1993, she won the Asian championship again with the Chinese women's football team, and the runner-up of the 1996 Olympic Games that many Chinese women's football fans will never forget, and Shui Qingxia was also an important member of the women's national football team at that time.
As a professional athlete, Shui Qingxia has won many honors, including the 6th Women's Asian Championship in 1986, the 9th Women's Asian Championship in 1993, the 1995 National Women's Football Championship Champion, the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Women's Football Runner-up, the 11th Women's Asian Championship Champion in 1997, the 1999 US Women's World Cup And many other honors.
In 2001, Shui Qingxia chose to retire. After choosing to retire at the age of 35, she did not hesitate to stay on the court and became a coach, from the Shanghai women's football assistant coach, to the women's football national youth assistant coach, the Shanghai youth women's football head coach, the Shanghai women's football head coach, and now the national team coach. In her new position, she is still proving herself step by step with unremitting efforts and learning, just like when she was a player.
Among them, at the 2017 National Games, Shui Qingxia led the Shanghai women's football team to win the championship in the adult group. Shui Qingxia, who has nearly 20 years of coaching experience in Shanghai women's football, is familiar with the situation of women's football, and has led the team to excellent results, and the Shanghai team has won countless championships over the years, and has also cultivated many talents. At the Tokyo Olympics, 5 people in the Chinese women's football team roster are Shui Qingxia's disciples, including Zhang Xin, Mu Siwen, Yang Lina, Xiao Yuyi, and Ding Xuan.
When it comes to the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's football team has not reached the expected goal, which is why Shui Qingxia took office after the Olympic Games. On the eve of the Tokyo Olympics, the goal of the Chinese women's football team is to reach the top 8, and judging from the 22-man list finalized by Jia Xiuquan at that time, the Chinese women's football team, under the leadership of star Wang Shuang, took the lineup of new and old alternates to play. If the Chinese women's football team is to quickly regain the domineering spirit of the "sonorous rose" era, it is not realistic, and it is a more far-reaching goal to use the Olympic Games to reinvigorate the confidence in the development of China's women's football sport.
In the first game of the Olympic Games against Brazil, the Chinese team lost 0-5 to Brazil, and the first battle was defeated, and the girls' hearts were frustrated. Historically, the Chinese women's football team and the Brazilian women's football team have had 12 matches, our record in the conventional time is 1 win, 6 draws and 5 losses, which is absolutely inferior, and the only time the sonorous rose defeated the opponent was 25 years ago, that is, the Atlanta Olympic Games when Shui Qingxia was a member of the Chinese women's football team.
Facing Zambia, which is outside the world ranking hundred, the Chinese team is looking forward to winning the second game with Zambia, Wang Shuang staged the big four joys, and finally the Chinese team drew 4-4 with Zambia, and the Chinese team did not win as desired. The first two rounds of one draw and one loss, the qualifying situation is not optimistic, in this way, the final round of the group stage to the world runner-up Netherlands, must win, in order to have a chance to advance to the quarterfinals.
In the third match with the Netherlands, the Chinese women's football team lost miserably again, losing 2-8 to the Dutch women's football team, and the group stage lost 2 losses and 1 draw. That night, the Chinese fans, like the Chinese women's football team, experienced a very painful night, three games, a chicken feather performance, the Chinese women's football fans were very sad.
As the head coach, Jia Xiuquan took the initiative to take responsibility for the first time of losing, and after the 0-5 defeat to Brazil, Jia Xiuquan said: "The responsibility for losing is completely mine, and it has nothing to do with the players. After this battle, Jia Xiuquan said again: "The game did not complete one of our goals, and I bear this responsibility, which has nothing to do with the players." After the 2-8 defeat to the Netherlands, Jia Xiuquan responded: "It is the responsibility of my manager to play badly. ”
Perhaps at that time, many fans also knew in their hearts that Jia Xiuquan would definitely "leave class" after the Olympic Games! Looking back at Jia Xiuquan's three years in charge of women's football: In May 2018, Jia Xiuquan served as the coach of the Chinese women's football red team. Only one year away from the World Cup, Lao Jia lin was in danger, or it took great courage. In the 2019 World Cup in France, the Chinese women's football team qualified and reached the round of 16. Objectively speaking, the achievements of the Chinese women's football team match their own strength. At the Tokyo Olympics, Jia Xiuquan's team did not meet the expectations of many fans.
After the Chinese women's football team ended the Olympic Games, there were rumors that "there is one more national coach in Shanghai football!" Shui Qingxia will become the new coach of Chinese women's football." But at that time, it was only a rumor, and it was not finalized, whether Shui Qingxia was likely to coach the Chinese women's football team in the future depended on the future development of the situation.
It is worth noting that at the National Games after the Olympic Games, Shui Qingxia, as the head coach, led the team to play in the upcoming National Games in the name of the "Women's Football Olympic Team", although it was only a temporary task, but more or less can see some clues. What is interesting is that the adult women's football final of the National Games, the Olympic team against the Shanghai team, this personal "derby" belonging to Shui Qingxia, also proved her ability in the coaching position from another angle. In the end, the Olympic joint team won the gold medal at the National Games without suspense, which slightly eased the pressure of public opinion.
After the chinese women's national football team successfully won the championship, interim coach Shui Qingxia completed the task, and her subsequent task was to lead the Shanghai women's football team to prepare for the women's super league. On October 8, the Chinese Football Association officially released a notice on the selection of the head coach of the Chinese women's football team, because of its rich team leadership experience and good results, after the defeat of the Chinese women's football team to the Tokyo Olympic Games, Shui Qingxia was naturally regarded as a popular candidate for the future coach of the Chinese women's football team. However, at that time, Shui Qingxia did not participate in the competition, so the news that Shui Qingxia coached the Chinese women's football team came to an abrupt end.
At 24:00 on October 12, the application deadline for the open selection of the head coach of the Chinese women's football team is the deadline. It is understood that at that time, there were 4 applicants, namely Liu Lin, the then coach of wuhan Chedu Jiangda, the champion team of the women's super league last season, Wang Jun, the coach of the U20 women's national team, Zhao Junzhe, the leader of the Guangzhou City team, and Chen Wanting, the coach of Hong Kong, China. The name of Zhao Junzhe is the most concerned, his resume as a player is rich and successful, and he has always held important positions in the frontline since retiring.
However, about ten days have passed since the Chinese women's national team coach competition, and the official did not announce the election results, which seemed a bit wrong at the time, and the outside world speculated whether there would be variables for the previous competition. On the evening of November 18, Beijing time, the Chinese Football Association officially announced that Shui Qingxia served as the head coach of the Chinese women's football team. After the ups and downs, Shui Qingxia, who had the highest voice before, took up her post.
In the eyes of the outside world, Shui Qingxia's appointment as the head coach of the women's national football team is unexpected. The Chinese Football Association said in the announcement that the final determination of the manager was a decision made after "comprehensively considering and carefully studying the selection and recruitment of the head coach of the women's national team in the early stage, on the basis of extensive solicitation of opinions". The women's football final of the 14th National Games was played in heavy rain, and the scene of Shui Qingxia standing in the rain for 90 minutes and directing left a deep impression on the fans. Player Shui Qingxia has a tenacious style and a calm personality, and coach Shui Qingxia is serious and reliable, with strong professional ability. The unexpected and unexpected result of this women's football coach selection may be to get back on track after a fork in the road.
Objectively speaking, Shui Qingxia is an "old handsome", but she is also a "newcomer". Although he has a lot of experience coaching the club and his achievements need not be said, he has not yet had the experience of taking the national name. The degree of attention, the difficulties faced, and the pressures to be borne are all different from the past. The Chinese women's football team that Shui Qingxia took over, whether it is the individual ability of the players or the overall technical and tactical qualities, has been far behind the European legion, even in Asia, there is no advantage, the performance of the Tokyo Olympic Games can very well illustrate this. How to pinch the existing personnel is undoubtedly a difficult challenge for Shui Qingxia.
In late January 2022, the Women's Asian Cup will be held in India, which will be the first international competition of Chinese women's football in the new cycle, and the first international competition for Shui Qingxia to coach Chinese women's football. In the first round of the Asian Cup group stage, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Chinese Taipei women's football team 4-0 and won the opening red, and in the second round, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Iranian women's football team 7-0, advancing to the quarterfinals in the early round.
In the quarter-finals, the Chinese women's team defeated the Vietnam women's football team 3-1 to successfully enter the final four, and also locked in the qualification for the 2023 Women's World Cup. In the semi-finals, the Chinese women's football team eliminated the Japanese women's football team 6-5 after a penalty shootout and successfully reached the final. In the final against the South Korean women's football team, the first half of the battle ended, the Chinese team 0-2 temporarily behind the South Korean team, the second half of the peak circuit turned, the Chinese team 3-2 reverse South Korea team to win the championship.
At that moment, I was really proud of the girls, it was the first time since 2006 that the Chinese women's football team had won the Asian Cup, and it was also the first intercontinental championship won by the former Chinese women's footballer Shui Qingxia as head coach. Let the 2 chase the 3! In the third minute of injury time, Xiao Yuyi scored a winning goal, and the Chinese women's football team reversed the South Korean women's football team 3-2, and stood at the top of Asia again after 16 years! That night, the Chinese women's football team once again created its own miracle. At that moment, the Chinese women's football team could not use any words of praise.
The past year of Chinese women's football can be described as a big ups and downs. "Let go of all baggage, pay everything to fight" is the attitude that Shui Qingxia passed on to the team during the break of the game, and more importantly, the Asian Cup championship is not the end, but the starting point. Shui Qingxia said: "It is a gratifying thing to win the championship, and we also see the direction of the future. Whether technically or psychologically, we will go in the right direction. Talking about the dream after that, Shui Qingxia said: "I hope that in the World Cup or the Olympic Games, I will once again stand on a high-point stage and let everyone know that the Chinese women's football team is the best team." "Let's all look forward to it together!