Modern Express News (Reporter Gundam Wen / Photo) At 4 p.m. on July 21, the Chinese women's football team, as the first team of the Chinese Olympic team to appear at the Tokyo Olympic Games, ushered in the first match in the group stage of the women's football competition, and the opponent was Brazil. In the end, the Chinese women's football team lost 0:5 to the Brazilian women's football team, and there was no chance to open the door. Li Mengwen, a 26-year-old Suzhou girl and a 26-year-old Chinese women's national football team, started in the No. 2 shirt and played the whole game. In the Suzhou Taihu International Youth Hostel, a group of children sat in front of the projection screen and watched the game nervously, they were all young players of the Suzhou Women's Youth Training Center of the Chinese Football Association. Wang Jianjun, vice principal of Suzhou Sports School, sat behind the children, and he had another identity - Li Mengwen's enlightenment coach.
△ Wang Jianjun (first from left) watching the game
Enlightenment Coach public excavation process
The Modern Express reporter watched the entire game with Wang Jianjun. He said Li Mengwen was the first athlete in Suzhou to appear on the Olympic football field. On July 10, the Chinese women's national football team officially announced the 22-person roster for the Tokyo Olympic Games, and Suzhou girl Li Mengwen was impressively listed. Seeing his former disciples playing for the country in the Olympic arena, Wang Jianjun had mixed feelings.
"Throughout the game, Mengwen performed decently, there were no major mistakes, and the defense was active and remarkable." This is Wang Jianjun's evaluation of Li Mengwen's Olympic debut. Wang Jianjun introduced that the national women's football team trains in Suzhou for more than 100 days a year, and he often meets with Li Mengwen to communicate and give some suggestions. "I called Mengwen the night before and asked if she could start, and she said she would do her best." The reporter asked about the experience of excavating Li Mengwen, and Wang Jianjun came to be interested. At the 2006 Suzhou Athletics Games, Wang Jianjun immediately caught li mengwen, who was in the fourth grade of primary school at the time. "At that time, Li Mengwen competed as a player in the 400-meter event, and her speed and explosive power were exactly the excellent qualities that footballers needed to have." After the game, Wang Jianjun took Li Mengwen back to the football school for training.
△ Wang Jianjun, Li Mengwen's enlightenment coach and vice president of Suzhou Sports School, was interviewed by this newspaper
At first, because of Li Mengwen's excellent cultural achievements, her parents did not support her daughter in practicing football. But over time, they also gradually recognized their daughter's talent. Born in 1995, Under the guidance of Wang Jianjun, Li Mengwen was selected for the Jiangsu provincial team in 2009 and then joined the national junior team a year later. "Frankly, I only took her for two and a half years, and she went to the provincial team after the first year of junior high school." Wang Jianjun said that he first trained Li Mengwen as a striker, until after entering the national team, Li Mengwen changed to playing right-back, he joked that perhaps Li Mengwen's slightly worse ball now was caused by him. As early as adulthood, Li Mengwen had won the National Games championship, and it was because of her great success that Li Mengwen's younger brother finally embarked on the road of professional football. "The power of role models is enormous, and I organized the children to watch this game today with the aim of inspiring them." The Modern Express reporter noted that in the process of watching the game, the children of these echelons have always maintained a high degree of enthusiasm, they will be frustrated by the goal missed by the Chinese women's football team, and they will also be excited by the formation of a counterattack. By the time the game came to 80 minutes, the Chinese women's football team was already behind by a big score, but the children were still cheering for the "teachers and sisters". Without any guidance from anyone, he spontaneously shouted "Chinese team into one" in unison.
△ The young players of the Suzhou Women's Youth Training Center of the Chinese Football Association are watching the game
Suzhou football is on the rise
In Wang Jianjun's eyes, these children who watched the game represented the future of Suzhou football, and there were many good seedlings that some provincial and municipal echelons looked up to. "In my daily training, I will also cultivate their sense of honor and responsibility, and hope that they can one day win glory for the country like Li Mengwen."
Zhang Siying and Gong Zixuan are both members of the Suzhou 13 age group training and selection team, and after watching the game, they said that they would take Li Mengwen as an example and train hard to move forward.
Wang Jianjun said that in recent years, the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have attached great importance to the development of football, and the Municipal Sports Bureau has also given financial support. With the landing of the Chinese Super League, the World Cup qualifiers and the Olympic training in Suzhou, the football atmosphere here has heated up rapidly. "The Suzhou Women's Football Youth Training Center is one of the first three women's football training centers under the Chinese Football Association, which will continue to cultivate women's football reserve talents for the country. With a stable delivery channel, the prospects of young players will also be guaranteed, which will attract more football practitioners and further drive the city's football fever. It is understood that in recent years, the Suzhou Women's Football Youth Training Center has trained a number of gradient members of the national yellow team, the national youth team and the national junior team.
At the end of the interview, Wang Jianjun also expressed his views on the Chinese women's football team. "I think the goal of the Chinese team is to win the championship, although the first game did not get points, the opponents are very strong, but the football is round, I have confidence in the women's football team."