Chinanews.com, Xiamen, November 2 (Reporter Bian Liqun) In the key match of the Olympic qualifiers, the South Korean women's football team drew 1:1, and at the moment of the final whistle on the evening of the 1st, the Chinese women's football team "boots landed" - missed the Paris Olympics.
Those who know more about the Chinese women's football team may have been mentally prepared in advance, but they still inevitably have a trace of beautiful illusions: what if?
Facing the old enemy South Korean team, which always meets in a narrow way in the decisive battle, this time there are no surprises and no carnival left for the Chinese women's football team, only facing reality.
After the Chinese Women's World Cup group exit, from the unsatisfactory trip to the Asian Games in Hangzhou, it is now completely announced that it will not be able to participate in the Paris Olympics, which may not be an unexpected result.
Even if the South Korean team passes the hurdle and faces the Japanese women's football team or the Australian women's football team in the final stage of the Olympic preliminaries, the fate that the Chinese women's football team will face is actually the same as it is now.
Group photo of the Chinese women's football team before the game, taken by China News Service reporter Tomita
No more surprises
From the final battle of the last Olympic preliminaries to the final of last year's Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team can always meet the South Korean women's football team in a back-to-back battle, and the winning side is always the Chinese women's football team.
The showdown on the night of the 1st is another "Huashan road" for both sides - only the winner can advance to the next stage and compete for the Paris Olympics ticket.
The Chinese women's football team, with 1 win and 1 loss in the first two rounds, is in a more severe situation. Even if they win against South Korea, the Chinese women's football team will have to compete with the Uzbekistan team, which ended the game a little later.
Zhang Linyan (red) in the game. Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
Objectively speaking, the match with the South Korean team was the best game played by the Chinese women's football team in the three Olympic preliminaries, creating many more absolute opportunities than before.
When the opponent scored a goal first, Wang Shanshan, who returned to the front line, equalized. But in the end, the Chinese women's football team did not reproduce the "drama" of the previous reversal and kill, and failed to bring surprises. The 1:1 result made both teams miss the Paris Olympics.
In fact, the Chinese women's football team also has a chance to make a comeback, but unfortunately Yan Jinjin's shot close to the penalty area is slightly off.
Time also, life also. It can't be said that the Chinese women's football team is unlucky, the opponent hit the post in a similar position at the end of the first half, otherwise the Chinese women's football team would have fallen behind.
All three are empty
After the Olympic preliminaries, the three major tasks of the Chinese women's football team this year have all ended.
From the first group exit of the World Cup, to the unsatisfactory trip to the Asian Games in Hangzhou, and now to the failure to participate in the Paris Olympics, the performance of the Chinese women's football team is difficult to say satisfactory to fans.
Of course, affected by objective strength, even if it plays at an ideal level, the possibility of the Chinese women's football team entering the Olympic Games is not great. As for qualifying from the World Cup group and winning the gold medal in the Hangzhou Asian Games, there is also no complete certainty.
The dissatisfaction of the outside world is more aimed at the decline in the process.
For example, in the face of the average strength of the Thai team, the Chinese women's football team was unable to play a smooth transmission in the front court; encountered a North Korean team that was slightly stronger than itself, and was extremely passive for most of the game, and the time to be able to interact with the opponent was very limited; In the first half of the Hangzhou Asian Games against Japan, the opponent played with young players played with almost the same score of 4:1.
After completely missing the Olympics, the coach of the Chinese women's football team, Shui Qingxia, said that she was sorry for not being able to win the game, which also meant that she could not achieve her goal in the subsequent games.
"From the beginning of this year to the present, everyone has been struggling, there are highlight moments, and there are gaps and shortcomings. We try to adjust and change every day, but it may not be fast enough and not good enough. I think the players did their best and thank my team. ”
Shui Qingxia at the post-match press conference. Photo by Chinanews reporter Bian Liqun
Go
From leading the Chinese women's football team to bloom in adversity in the trough, winning the Asian Cup championship after 16 years, to now missing the Olympic Games, Shui Qingxia and the Chinese women's football team have "fallen" rapidly.
On the day of the match with the South Korean team, Shui Qingxia was elected the AFC Women's Football Coach of the Year 2022. But a year on, the Chinese women's football team has changed too much.
After missing the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women's football team is facing a situation where there is no international competition to play in the next two years.
Of course, there are two sides to everything. Although we missed the competition, if we insist on encouraging players to stay abroad, insist on running our own Women's Super League, and encourage more children to go on the green field, then the Chinese women's football team has not been wasted in the past two years.
I am only afraid that the Chinese women's football team will still be spinning in place and will be further left behind by the development trend of women's football in the world.
Entrance ceremony of the Chinese women's football team. Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
The construction of the national team cannot be ignored either. A group of veterans such as Wang Shanshan and Zhang Rui have done their best for the Chinese women's football team, and the future renewal needs to be put on the agenda. From the Hangzhou Asian Games to the Olympic preliminaries, we can already see this trend.
In addition, the configuration of the Chinese women's football coaching staff also needs to be optimized: for example, whether it is necessary to introduce more excellent foreign coaches in some core positions, give more effective assistance to Shui Qingxia, and stimulate the highest level of players in training and games; Or change the coach and start over.
For the Chinese Football Association, it really needs to be fully considered and made in the next time.
Talking about her future, Shui Qingxia did not give a clear answer after the game, but said "It's not easy to say". But in any case, she hopes that the girls of the Chinese women's football team can get better and better and really enjoy happiness on the football field.
The Chinese women's football team needs to learn from the pain, otherwise in 2 or 5 years, a similar situation will appear repeatedly. For Chinese fans, this familiar scene is the most painful. (ENDS)
Source: China News Network