Shui Qingxia said goodbye to the whole team in the locker room after the game, many veterans are ready to transform, and the Chinese women's football team is facing a comprehensive renewal
After the Chinese and South Korean women's football matches, the coach of the Chinese women's football team, Shui Qingxia, thanked all the players and staff for their efforts in the team's locker room and said goodbye to everyone. It is understood that with the Chinese women's football team's dream of the Paris Olympics and the early end of the competition task of this cycle, the team will have no major competitions to play in the next two years. Veterans such as Wang Shanshan, Zhang Rui, and Lou Jiahui will most likely fade out of the team in the next step to prepare for career transformation.
According to the plan, the Chinese women's football team will reconvene at the end of November this month, and then go to the United States to participate in the international warm-up matches with the American women's football team on December 2 and 5 local time. As for whether Shui Qingxia will continue to lead the team, the Chinese Football Association will consider it comprehensively based on the evaluation of the coaching staff's work in the past two years, as well as the coach's own wishes.
In the final match of Group B of the second stage of the women's football qualifiers for the Paris Olympics on the evening of November 1, the Chinese women's football team and the South Korean women's football team drew 1-1, thus missing both of them to advance. As a result, the Chinese women's football team has ended its preparation and competition tasks in this cycle. The team will not return to the real international stage until 2026, that is, two years after the start of the new Asian Cup.
It is understood that after the China-South Korea women's football match, the coach of the Chinese women's football team, Shui Qingxia, made a farewell speech in the team's locker room. On the one hand, she expressed her gratitude to all the team members for their efforts and support for her work in the past two years, and on the other hand, she sincerely wished the team members and staff progress and happiness in their future work. It is understood that the Chinese women's football team will be temporarily disbanded after the end of this stage of the competition. The international players will return to Europe and Australia to play in their respective leagues, while the rest of the players will return to their home clubs before participating in the final rounds of the Women's Super League, which begin on 4 November.
According to the established plan, the Chinese women's football team will regroup at the end of November, and then go to the United States to participate in the upcoming international warm-up matches with the United States women's football team on December 2 and 5. However, compared with the Olympic preliminary lineup, the lineup of the Chinese women's football team to the United States for the warm-up will be greatly adjusted. Including Wang Shanshan, Zhang Rui, and Lou Jiahui, a considerable number of team veterans will fade out of the Chinese women's football team in the future, so as to prepare for the next career transformation. For example, Wang Shanshan will most likely transform into a coach role in the future, and plans to move closer to this goal by participating in professional training.
Since the Chinese women's football team has no major tournaments to play in the next two years, the team will use this "gap period" to complete a new round of personnel renewal. So who will lead the Chinese women's football team to the United States for the warm-up trip? This issue is naturally the focus of attention from all walks of life. Since after the end of the Olympic preliminaries at this stage, the Chinese women's football team must make a comprehensive summary of the preparation and competition work of this cycle to the Chinese Football Association as usual, and the association will also conduct an objective evaluation of the coaching work of Shui Qingxia's team based on the team's performance in this cycle. As for whether to retain this coaching team, the Chinese Football Association will make a careful decision based on various factors, and will respect the wishes of the coaches themselves before making a decision.
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Yun