Zhang Yang talks to Shui Qingxia: In the 40 years of the stadium, I have done a good job of this generation
The 2023 Women's World Cup takes place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20.
Before the competition, the Chinese women's football team conducted the first phase of training in Shanghai. There, Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yang conducted an exclusive interview with Shui Qingxia, the head coach of the Chinese women's football team.
Of the eight groups, the Chinese women's football team is in Group D with England, Haiti and Denmark. Facing three strong group stage opponents, listen to what head coach Shui Qingxia has to say.
Shui Qingxia bluntly said that the world ranking cannot simply indicate the strength of the team, and the Chinese women's football team still has a relatively large gap with the European strong teams in the high-speed running of offensive and defensive conversion, and the pre-match training has been actively strengthening training in this regard.
As a coach, Shui Qingxia said that her coaching style is relatively strict, and it can be said that the six relatives do not recognize her on the training ground. Outside the stadium, Shui Qingxia and the women's football girls will discuss manicure together, and will use guessing shells to decide who will clean up the plates after eating...
From athlete to coach, Shui Qingxia never seems to have left football in her life. As a player of the "golden generation" of Chinese women's football, she was appointed to carry the burden of head coach when the women's football team was in a low ebb.
The 2022 Women's Asian Cup is Shui Qingxia's first big test after becoming the head coach. The penalty shootout in the semi-finals, the 0:2 trail in the final, the final substitution decision... She recounted to us the details behind that victory. Shui Qingxia said that the key is to build confidence and emphasize the team atmosphere.
Talking about the situation of players staying in the ocean, Shui Qingxia frankly said that she is very supportive, hoping that the players will give themselves a position and bring changes to the team by experiencing different football atmospheres.
Shui Qingxia also shared with us the diversified employment direction of female football players after retirement. She believes that the life of women's football players is more than football, and hopes that they can apply the spirit they have cultivated in China's women's football to their lives.
For the goal of women's football, she hopes that "sonorous rose" is not only a word of praise, but also the key is to form its own characteristics in technical and tactical play. And in the process, she said the head coach was the one in charge.
The big competition is just around the corner
Come on Chinese women's football!
Producer: Sun Zhiping, Yu Xiaozhong, Jiang Wei, Wang Yongqian
Executive Producer: Zhang Pingfeng Zhou Jie
Coordinator: Shuwen Yang Jinzhi
Executive Coordinator: Xiao Shiyao
Producer: Zhang Yang
Curated by: Ma Yuanchi
Director: Lee Jung-woo
Written by: Zhao Shitong
Directed by Mak Linghan and Lee Zhenyu
New media director: Song Yuze
Executive Producer: Zhao Shitong
Director of photography: Lee Jin-woo
Art Director: Chi Ma Yuan
Reporters: Zhang Yang, Li Zhenyu, Zhao Shitong, Ma Yuanchi, Mai Linghan, Song Yuze, Xiao Shiyao, Xu Dongyuan, Pan Xu, Di Chun, Cen Zhilian, Bai Shuhao (Intern), Ma Wenxin (Intern)
Photography: Zhao Shitong, Li Zhenyu, Mai Linghan, Di Chun, Cen Zhilian
Color: Song Yuze
Stills: Zhao Shitong
Poster: Ma Yuanchi
New media operation: Song Yuze
Acknowledgement:
Chinese Football Association
China National Women's Football Team
Shanghai Oriental Green Boat Sports Training Base
Produced by Xinhua News Agency Zhang Yang Studio
Xinhua News Agency Audio and Video Department
Xinhua News Agency Sports Department
Xinhua News Agency Shanghai Bureau
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